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1. iei02n+(OP)[view] [source] 2018-09-12 10:31:49
And all the free time in the world while working 3 jobs:

https://youtu.be/wFNj5sireDo

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2. bko+q1[view] [source] 2018-09-12 10:51:25
>>iei02n+(OP)
OP originally said it was expensive. She did not argue that it was easy or the person had free time.

That's a cute clip, but if you look at statistics you'll see Americans with less than a high school degree work on average 7.8 hours a day, and only 30% work on weekends and holidays.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.t04.htm

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3. iei02n+82[view] [source] [discussion] 2018-09-12 11:00:25
>>bko+q1
Statistics hide the raw numbers and emotional reality.

30% is how many people?

What’s their schedule look like if they have kids too?

That’s a cute trick, using cold hard facts to normalize away bullshit

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4. shafto+c7[view] [source] 2018-09-12 11:54:04
>>iei02n+(OP)
You don't get ahead by making excuses and you don't help people by defending straw men.
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5. bko+r8[view] [source] [discussion] 2018-09-12 12:05:45
>>iei02n+82
Provide something to back up the claim that less educated Americans are working 3 jobs and that it's impossible for them to receive education. The evidence I provided to support my claim is not perfect but it's better than a video of bush making a joke
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6. _rpaf+Mn[view] [source] [discussion] 2018-09-12 13:39:51
>>shafto+c7
You also don't get ahead if you there's a perfectly valid reason outside of your control that prevents you from 'getting ahead', or makes it extremely unlikely. Most dictionaries would call those 'excuses'. And you especially don't get ahead if those valid reasons exist but are seldom discussed by the people with the most power to solve them, and are instead often reduced to 'excuses', 'lazyness', or any other straw man, like the one you're complaining about.
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