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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
 

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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You forgot the part where you get to call young people lazy

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 3 weeks ago

I mean okay but this person would've been a young adult during the Vietnam war and the war on drugs and died at 53 to avoid the war on terror.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

You have to be at least middle class and "white"/seen as the dominant demographic for this to work out. Just like every other place and time period.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

middle class constraint can be relaxed for hunter-gatherer societies.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Life for seniors is ok. About to get a tax break on SS benefits. Would be 78 this year. Possible to get another 12 years of senior benefits. Trump was born that year, so things can work out past 2001.

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[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't think dying at 54 is ideal...

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[–] Shootingstarrz17@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Only to live during a time where hate and sexism was rampant. Nah, chief, I don't wanna live in that period. I'm good.

[–] StarMerchant938@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look around, you already do. You always did. There's a lot more people willing to do the right thing and speak out against it now... but I wouldn't count on that lasting much longer.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Impress them with a firm handshake.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

The bio of old television personalities is always that they took a wrong turn into the BBC reception and got hired on the spot.

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