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[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago

"We had a lot of margarine growing up because it was cheap, but by my teenage years we could afford butter, which is a massive upgrade."

My experience was similar. Weirdly, it makes me sort of grateful for growing up in poverty, because there's so many things I got to try as an adult that were huge upgrades, like you describe with butter. The biggest example I can think of is actual parmesan cheese — it blew my mind when I first tried it.

Same. We weren't poor though, my parents were just super frugal, so we lived like we were poor while my dad made a middle class salary.

And I'm grateful for that because it helped me learn the value of delayed gratification and enjoying what I have.

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