• Flying Squid
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    -23 days ago

    Sorry, I didn’t realize Charles Dickens was raised in the U.S. like I was and told these things by his parents.

    • @[email protected]
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      93 days ago

      He wasn’t, Charles was born and raised in Britain, but later in his career he visited the US for his journalist work.

      • Flying Squid
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        -33 days ago

        Then possibly I would know a bit more than him about being raised in the U.S. and being told such things by parents? Especially within the lifetime of everyone on the planet currently?

        • @[email protected]
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          63 days ago

          Having also been born and raised in the United States and having met a variety of people from various walks of life, I am of the opinion that he hit the nail square on the head. I’ve met kind selfless people, sure, but that is the exception to the rule most often.

          • Flying Squid
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            -33 days ago

            There is a vast gulf between being a kind and selfless person and thinking you could be rich someday if you worship the right plutocrat.