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1. ☢️ :jhg_s: :jhg_n: :jhg_e: :jhg_e: :jhg_d: :denton_laugh: (nitrodubs@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 23:05:56 JST ☢️ :jhg_s: :jhg_n: :jhg_e: :jhg_e: :jhg_d: :denton_laugh:
   People under about 45 were told there was this grand bargain that if they worked hard and studied that they would never be reduced to "flipping burgers". Said bargain was made when those jobs were supposed to be the last refuge of adults who couldn't do better, or for teenagers just entering the workforce. Decades of globalization and financial shenanigans have voided that bargain, and now those same people who said "work hard and study" want you to flip burgers. The middle class lifestyles that the people making those bargains got to enjoy are no longer a thing, and they lack the wherewithal to realize or understand this.
   
   I don't know about you guys, but I'm done making these bargains.
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   • ☢️ :jhg_s: :jhg_n: :jhg_e: :jhg_e: :jhg_d: :denton_laugh: (nitrodubs@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 23:06:27 JST ☢️ :jhg_s: :jhg_n: :jhg_e: :jhg_e: :jhg_d: :denton_laugh:

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     • teknomunk
     @teknomunk And even if they got those jobs the lifestyles aren't comparable. Especially so in urban bug hives.
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   • teknomunk (teknomunk@apogee.polaris-1.work)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 23:06:29 JST teknomunk

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     @NitroDubs The people in the younger generations that did end up with those promised jobs are the lucky ones. They should never forget that luck had more to do with it than skill or hard effort, be grateful for the circumstance, and help others as best they can.
   • ☢️ :jhg_s: :jhg_n: :jhg_e: :jhg_e: :jhg_d: :denton_laugh: (nitrodubs@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 23:19:32 JST ☢️ :jhg_s: :jhg_n: :jhg_e: :jhg_e: :jhg_d: :denton_laugh:

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     • Radians
     @DemonSixOne It's a sad commentary on 2020's America that I'm looking forward to this.
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   • Radians (demonsixone@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 23:19:33 JST Radians

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     @NitroDubs We are in the looting stage now. Soon to be followed by the scavenging stage.