• thorbot@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Grew up poor eating salted cabbage for lunch. Not that smart but not dumb. Making $80k a year doing IT. this image is fucking stupid.

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      6 months ago

      I grew up poor enough to receive school lunches. Got straight A’s all through school, yet as an adult I’m plagued with mental illness that I have neither the money nor support to get through, so I work in retail for $26k/yr.