• Capt. Wolf
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    2 days ago

    “At the tone, please state your name.”

    Me: “Momit’smeI’matthecopshopattheboardwalkreadytogetpickedupi’llseeyousoonloveyoubye.”

    "This is a collect call from “Momit’smeI’matthecopshopattheboardwalkreadytogetpickedupi’llseeyousoonloveyoubye.” To accept charges, press 1. To refuse charges, press 2.

    Mom: Presses #2 and picks up her keys

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    3 days ago

    Much less technology, how did they live? Look how happy she looks.

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      3 days ago

      She’s smiling because she knows she can afford to buy a house and later chastise her children for being lazy, avocado toast eating renters lacking bootstraps.

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        You are blaming the wrong people, you are blaming your parents for living in a fairer world. The owners of production taking more and more profit out of the system and exerting disproportionate political influence is why the common working person today cannot afford to live.