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 "what about Supplementary Nutritional Assistance Programs?"
 
 yeah those only work if your family is rich enough to be a citizen. I know
 it's hard, but we're poor, honey, and that's just what we have to deal with.
 Here, take my bologna. They have ketchup packets at work.
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

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 "homeless" is just cap-talk for "too poor to function"
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--- #2 messages/431 ---
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 Rent is expensive because they only want you living there if you're working.
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--- #3 fediverse/1669 ---
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 "she has a certain, I don't know what, je ne sais quoi? that I don't know what
 to describe as."
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--- #4 messages/483 ---
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 "hey listen! Do this thing to hurt me! Build the infrastructure to do it so
 that you can use it on people who deserve it!"
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--- #5 messages/663 ---
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 "cheetos are not a healthy dinner!" my mother's voice echoes through my mind
 as I reach for my chopsticks
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--- #6 fediverse/5097 ---
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 "um, actually sweetie, you deserve respect. everyone does. but you have to
 earn it doing hard manual labor and retiring at the age of seventy three, like
 your gran-pappy and mammy. only then can you be respected in any way shape or
 form. now take off that dress you're making the neighbors look funny."
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 When you say "we need more low income housing" they hear "I want to live near
 more poor people" and they think "why would I want to live near poor people?
 They're poor for a reason! We only need enough around to work the jobs that
 suck anyway." which is basically their way of justifying slavery/indentured
 servitude, as it's not like they'd ever offer a way to climb out of that
 low-income pit. And its not like they'd ever let you pay them more, so they
 can afford to be equals, because then they wouldn't be middle-class anymore.
 They'd just be mid.
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 cookies or cheetos for dinner is better than nothing for dinner, but please
 eat your vegetables when you can.
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--- #9 fediverse/4295 ---
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 I'm the kind of witch who's so poor, she can barely afford to eat because
 she's paying all her money on rent
 
 "just get on food stamps, you'll never pay for food again"
 
 sorry, can't do that. I'd feel rich with a full pantry. What is best in life?
 A full pantry, the smell of warmth, and the space to resist peril.
 
 I know I'm not rich enough to afford those things, because I don't work hard
 enough. HA just take the handout, solve your material problems, live in your
 house for 6 more months instead of 2, and stop complaining you stupid ritz
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--- #10 fediverse/5322 ---
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 "I am liberatory" they tell me, yet everyone I know has a job.
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 "but what about their legitimate grievances"
 
 uh hello I'd like a number 5, a number 9, extra pickles, some fresh human
 blood supplied by the guy behind the counter with the pretty green eyes, a
 number 2, make it a combo, some fresh icicle drippings even though it hasn't
 snowed since last year (RIP winter), a side of fries, and a diet coke. Large.
 Actually make it two diet cokes. Yep, both large. Alright see you in a sec.
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--- #12 fediverse/751 ---
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 went to costco, got a ton of delicious and nutritious food... yet I subsist on
 pickles >.>
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 "mom can we have some kirby's air ride"
 
 "sure we have kirby's air ride at home"
 
 the kirby's air ride at home:
a picture of a pre-release image from Nintendo Power showing an obviously unfinished version of Kirby's Air Ride the Nintendo Gamecube game... except for Nintendo 64. Clearly it was delayed.
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 "ungrateful brat" read my work and tell me what I'm worth
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 what if instead of spending most of our paycheck on rent we spent most of it
 on food so that our food could be higher quality
 
 "but then people will starve because they can't afford food"
 
 okay how about we make food free and tax it
 
 "but then people will be fed by MY tax dollars and what if I don't want to use
 the services that the tax dollars are paying for"
 
 oh you don't want to eat, do you? or do you just not want THEM to eat? I hope
 leopards eat your face
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 if I don't take this job, then I'm going to be homeless.
 
 if I do, then I'll be moving to a different city.
 
 a city that I don't know.
 
 my upbringing tells me that this isn't a choice at all, but... 
 
 at least I have a place to keep my stuff. maybe I can find a different job.
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 I only take things that aren't mine if they're in the trash. Or near the
 trash. Or in a store.
 
 so weird how the store won't let me leave until I give them some of my
 dollars. This quartermaster drives a hard bargain!
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 "Hi, would you like to eat something that you probably won't like, but that
 has an interesting flavor and texture?"
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--- #19 fediverse/3755 ---
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 @user-1071 
 
 hehe it was my favorite job I've ever had
 
 downside is... it was hard to get to work every day. I'm not built for
 long-term dedicated labor. Maybe I should freelance? idk where to even begin
 with that, though.
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--- #20 messages/359 ---
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 "God doesn't know he ate the universe, and we're doing everything we can to
 make sure it stays that way."
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