• Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I like to imagine what I could have done if my father owned an emerald mine and I could have afforded multiple prestigious universities

    My Dad cooked meth in the early 2000s and I dropped out of community college at 17 because my Mom had brain cancer.

    I always just look at people who don’t see the benefits of standing on the shoulders of others as entitled and childish.

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      1 year ago

      The secret is that you have to have emerald mining money without emerald mining parents if you get me.

      My dream is to raise my kids middle class and surprise them when they graduate college with 5-figure (or if we’re dreaming, maybe 6-figure) lump sums to set them up for life. All the generational wealth without the spoiled attitude.

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      1 year ago

      That’s part of it though. He was born with insane privilege and no amount of premature balding humbled him.

      You were born with hardship and learned humility and empathy. You would cringe at doing the sorts of things that make someone a billionaire.