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It's stunning how many people seem to forget that there are other countries on the planet that use dollars and weren't involved in Vietnam. No, I'm not making an assumption. The person who posted this is Canadian.

Y'all really need to take a step back and reflect a little bit.

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This is hyperbole

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 160 points 1 week ago (6 children)
[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 94 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 131 points 1 week ago (16 children)

That's... Dying at 54 years of age?

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 62 points 1 week ago
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[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 90 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Didn't work for me... in my 1972 bank job interview I was told, "I'd hire you if you were a man, but you're not. If I hired you, you'd just get pregnant and leave." It wasn't against the law for him to say all that.

And for what it's worth I didn't buy a home - a small one-bed flat - until I was in my 40s. Cost me so much I couldn't afford proper furniture. Yes, my current house is worth a lot more than what I paid for it (mainly because I bought a wreck), but so is any other house I could afford if I sold it.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Neo liberalism is proving to be a terrible bandaid. It could be argued their hasn't been any human progress. We could turn back the clock for anything at this point.

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[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (6 children)

The ideal life is dying when you're only 54? That's pretty bleak!

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Right? I sure hope it doesn't take that long.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fuck I hope not. I’m 54 now.

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

June 19th 2026. I'll see you soon.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you were a vet and saw combat in Vietnam, that was the cancer you got from all the Agent Orange they sprayed on you that killed you......

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My birth father died a slow agonizing death after getting exposed to agent orange. My adopted mother calls me a bastard all the time. She is a horrible person. Life is America is horrible it is no wounder so many kill themselves.

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 50 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Or you could’ve been sent to Vietnam…

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (6 children)
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