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Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:22 am to FLTech
I think every comment on this is right in some way.
Truthfully, it's a lot of reasons related to, not only cause, but also effect of being poor. I grew up in a really poor county in Mississippi, and it was basically the way of life. I remember growing up and asking my mom why so many people "drank"(you could probably include drugs), and she said for a lot of people it was all they had ever known and because there was nothing better to do. For these people, poverty was all they knew and was considered the norm, they usually had no aspirations to move from that, and any one median or higher was considered rich.
It's really so many factors a lot of times that it's impossible to pin down to one area. My dad was adopted and raised in wealth and excess, and for me one of the most intuitively intelligent persons I have ever known. So it made no sense to see someone with his intelligence and upbringing fall apart the last ten years. Went from lab chemist to jobless and homeless, but the alcohol remained constant and ultimately did him in. It's a shitty situation and even worse when you do everything you can to help that person but it doesn't make a difference for them in the end. Life is hard on everyone in their own little way, and we all have ways of coping.
Truthfully, it's a lot of reasons related to, not only cause, but also effect of being poor. I grew up in a really poor county in Mississippi, and it was basically the way of life. I remember growing up and asking my mom why so many people "drank"(you could probably include drugs), and she said for a lot of people it was all they had ever known and because there was nothing better to do. For these people, poverty was all they knew and was considered the norm, they usually had no aspirations to move from that, and any one median or higher was considered rich.
It's really so many factors a lot of times that it's impossible to pin down to one area. My dad was adopted and raised in wealth and excess, and for me one of the most intuitively intelligent persons I have ever known. So it made no sense to see someone with his intelligence and upbringing fall apart the last ten years. Went from lab chemist to jobless and homeless, but the alcohol remained constant and ultimately did him in. It's a shitty situation and even worse when you do everything you can to help that person but it doesn't make a difference for them in the end. Life is hard on everyone in their own little way, and we all have ways of coping.
This post was edited on 6/22/18 at 9:24 am
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:23 am to FLTech
"I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too."
RIP Mitch
RIP Mitch
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:26 am to AnorexicGator
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:30 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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72% of smokers are poor
My brother-in-law and his dad have a VERY successful business and both chainsmoke, even in their offices. I'll never understand it but maybe it's because of the people they have to deal with.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:31 am to FLTech
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Smoke
Drink
Do Drugs
Have Tattoos
Have iPhones
one of these is not like the other.
People drink at all levels of social class dumbass.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:32 am to Salmon
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Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:32 am to Peazey
Maybe they're smarter than you? Follow the rules, be healthy, blah blah blah (You're gonna die either way). Enjoy life and do what you want while you're here or do everything right/safe and die with regrets!
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:33 am to FLTech
Because snow skiing at Solden has become too chique and it's getting overcrowded.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:34 am to rowbear1922
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My brother-in-law and his dad have a VERY successful business and both chainsmoke,
72% =/= 100%
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:35 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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72% =/= 100%
No shite, Sherlock. I realize they are in the 28%. I was just stating I don't understand why they smoke.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:38 am to Kraut Dawg
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Maybe it's because you missed mine?
The point where you said genetics plays zero part in the choices people make?
No, I didn't miss that.
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You've rebutted nothing I've said, perhaps it's because you're referencing my "racism" comparison as being real rather than sarcastic?
No. I laughed that off as nonsense. I never referenced it again.
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What part of showing up to the box factory every day, working hard, don't spend more than you bring in is difficult? Where's the genetic failure in that? It isn't genetics, it's work ethic. We're not talking about being wealthy. We're talking about not being poor.
Low IQ people make poor decisions. "Working hard" is a decision. Not spending more money than you make is a decision. These decisions are driven by variables that are generally beyond our control.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:39 am to Klark Kent
quote:people of all social classes do drugs & have iPhones too
People drink at all levels of social class dumbass.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:40 am to Salmon
So you are advocating that genetics plays a part in decision making?
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:41 am to Klark Kent
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So you are advocating that genetics plays a part in decision making?
Yes.
Thought that was obvious.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:43 am to Salmon
ohh man. this is a new one for the "I can blame someone else for my problems" group. It's my grandfather's fault i spend all my money on drugs.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:44 am to Klark Kent
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this is a new one for the "I can blame someone else for my problems" group. It's my grandfather's fault i spend all my money on drugs.
:sigh:
What a dumb argument to ignore the obvious.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:45 am to FLTech
Food Stamps and Medicaid cover the main expenses.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:47 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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quote:
People drink at all levels of social class dumbass.
people of all social classes do drugs & have iPhones too
The issue is that higher class people can afford it. It appears the OP's point was that poor people are wasting their limited income on wasteful items, than can also further cause them problems with employment, health, law enforcement, etc.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 9:48 am to Kraut Dawg
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, generally speaking, that's a BS excuse. Genetics has NOTHING to do with it. That sounds like a racist remark to me. You saying that more blacks tend to be poor because of their race?
He didn't bring up race.
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