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bojackstorkmanon How poverty changes your mindset

This is a wonderfully thoughtful response, and thank you for sharing it. While I'm not sure I agree with your final point, I share your feelings.

bojackstorkmanon How poverty changes your mindset

Sorry if I gave that impression. I have no problem with lots of perspectives. I specifically asked if anybody had made room for, uh, the poor people.

Considering my response has already gotten one "Well you're obviously not poor if you read this", and another asking for clarification of my opinions on non-poor people, I guess this wasn't the place to make that point. Sorry.

bojackstorkmanon How poverty changes your mindset

I can't represent everybody, but I personally read HN so that I can eventually, one day, learn some stuff that leads to gainful employment.

Like I said, I know what website I am on.

bojackstorkmanon How poverty changes your mindset

As a followup, I am a Real Poor! I am self taught, underemployed (I make less than $200 per month in the USA), and have pretty much been the poorest person in the room for my whole life.

I eat exclusively off of foodstamps. I am uninsured and partially disabled. I have been able to pay rent for the past few months by working off the books for a couple places, and cashing in on a very limited amount of goodwill that I accumulated in my youth. I have no reason to believe that this will last into the future, or even rent for March.

Anyway, if you have any questions, ask away!

As an aside, I am not great at Angry Birds.

Edited for clarity and typos.

bojackstorkmanon How poverty changes your mindset

I love how when this comes up, it's people either saying "Here was my experience when I was poor in the past." or "Here is what I think about economics or the wording of this article."

Don't get me wrong, I know what website I'm on.

But in all seriousness, is there room for currently poor people in this discussion?

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This is an interesting point. I'm not great with math, but I'd love if you could share how you calculated that?