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If someone says "I grew up poor" is that horseshit

the people that tell this story live in Houses with Foundati...
orchid hominid
  07/05/26
whoops I misread OP but I would say that even if you had a r...
avocado passionate stag film
  07/05/26
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Microsoft Product Anomalies
  07/05/26
when i graduated i dated a younger girl in ug who would cons...
Fuchsia Stimulating Crackhouse Quadroon
  07/05/26
Kind of how women dont see men who are under 6', they dont s...
Wonderful Ruddy Garrison
  07/05/26
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Rusted Deranged Stain
  07/05/26
people definitely see what they want to see if someone ju...
orchid hominid
  07/05/26
redditors really are poor though
Tripping resort roommate
  07/05/26
...
Fuchsia Stimulating Crackhouse Quadroon
  07/05/26
You just don’t understand!!! That bitch Kaitlyn wore ...
Racy electric furnace
  07/05/26
wtf did she have to say for herself lmao. did her dad get a ...
orchid hominid
  07/05/26
i laughed my ass off at her and was likfe wtf r u talking ab...
Fuchsia Stimulating Crackhouse Quadroon
  07/05/26
You showed her
Slap-happy police squad
  07/06/26
lol you pulled down your pants and showed her your 3 inch sh...
Rebellious jew library
  07/06/26
Herro
Up-to-no-good Stubborn Wagecucks
  07/05/26
in the US yes its horseshit. proles try to spin life as blue...
Swollen Base
  07/05/26
...
razzmatazz chad
  07/05/26
everything is experienced relative to your peers. this is th...
hairraiser toilet seat laser beams
  07/05/26
you're in denial if you don't think some people in the U.S. ...
avocado passionate stag film
  07/05/26
yeah that's what I'm saying, it exists but the "I grew ...
orchid hominid
  07/05/26
kids who grew up as literal bums or homeless generally try t...
smoky vibrant useless brakes whorehouse
  07/05/26
Unless it's a Lie or the poverty is way behind you, people a...
orchid hominid
  07/05/26
in the US you get free food, housing, and income. Not to men...
Swollen Base
  07/06/26
Rare in the suburbs other than housing projects and trailer ...
Tripping resort roommate
  07/05/26
Jews fled persecution in Europe, came to America with 5 shek...
galvanic sound barrier sanctuary
  07/05/26
yeah world jewery surely didnt help fund them
Fuchsia Stimulating Crackhouse Quadroon
  07/05/26
People who grew up poor or poverty-adjacent mostly reminisce...
Racy electric furnace
  07/05/26
I grew up poor and abused and used like a piece of household...
mewling state
  07/05/26
no you didn't
Arousing tanning salon weed whacker
  07/06/26
I absolutely grew up poor and I’m still poor.
mewling state
  07/06/26
no you didn't
Rebellious jew library
  07/06/26
You don’t know anything about it pumo.
mewling state
  07/06/26
I grew up gay and retarded
Bearded appetizing milk
  07/06/26
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Sable death wish sex offender
  07/06/26
Real poors are usually ashamed of their upbringing. In coll...
insecure overrated native national security agency
  07/06/26
That’s what I’m saying. Not just shame but that ...
orchid hominid
  07/07/26


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Date: July 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: orchid hominid

the people that tell this story live in Houses with Foundations and yards and Cars and had Consoles and stuff

the actual poors who don't tell this story live in Trailers. no one asks them their stories.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980090)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 3:55 PM
Author: avocado passionate stag film

whoops I misread OP but I would say that even if you had a roof over your head you count as growing up poor if your family regularly couldn't afford one or more of: electricity, food, running water

but yeah I agree people that made their way to white picket fence are way more likely to say that

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980091)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:05 PM
Author: Microsoft Product Anomalies



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980101)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:04 PM
Author: Fuchsia Stimulating Crackhouse Quadroon

when i graduated i dated a younger girl in ug who would constantly talk about how poor she was growin up and how hard it was

we went to her childhood home her parents were still living in in san antonio and i was expecting us to go to the hood

we drove up to a clean neighborhood and her house had 6 bedrooms and was two stories

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980100)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:07 PM
Author: Wonderful Ruddy Garrison

Kind of how women dont see men who are under 6', they dont see the entire working class, just UMC and above so lower UMC is the floor and "poor" in a sense. To them

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980105)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: Rusted Deranged Stain



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980107)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:15 PM
Author: orchid hominid

people definitely see what they want to see

if someone just wants to be a Loser and ngaf they'll convince themselves that any degree of success is rare or doesn't exist basically.

Also libs/redditors really want to think that everyone is poor.



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980111)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Tripping resort roommate

redditors really are poor though

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980159)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:26 PM
Author: Fuchsia Stimulating Crackhouse Quadroon



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980125)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 7:39 PM
Author: Racy electric furnace

You just don’t understand!!! That bitch Kaitlyn wore head-to-toe Abercrombie and Kendra Scott jewelry while she had to get some of her wardrobe staples from Marshalls and Old Navy.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980396)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:15 PM
Author: orchid hominid

wtf did she have to say for herself lmao. did her dad get a Promotion? or is this the entire story lol

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980113)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: Fuchsia Stimulating Crackhouse Quadroon

i laughed my ass off at her and was likfe wtf r u talking about

u could tell she felt stupid af

i showed her what poor actually was and she had no response

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980126)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:01 AM
Author: Slap-happy police squad

You showed her

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49981432)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 2:45 PM
Author: Rebellious jew library

lol you pulled down your pants and showed her your 3 inch shrimp? 😂

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49981897)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:13 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good Stubborn Wagecucks

Herro

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980108)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:36 PM
Author: Swollen Base

in the US yes its horseshit. proles try to spin life as blue collar in poughkeepsie as "growing up poor" its fucking absurd.

true poverty only exists in other countries.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980153)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:37 PM
Author: razzmatazz chad



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980156)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: hairraiser toilet seat laser beams

everything is experienced relative to your peers. this is the same kind of argument shitboomers make - "yeah Houses are 40-50x your Income now but back when I bought, we didn't have fancy electronics like iPhones!"

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980167)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: avocado passionate stag film

you're in denial if you don't think some people in the U.S. are living like people in poor countries. obviously it's not as widespread here but there are absolutely people living in abject poverty.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980180)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 5:19 PM
Author: orchid hominid

yeah that's what I'm saying, it exists but the "I grew up poor" people aren't the ones who experience it. Maybe because they'd just say "I am poor atm" lol.

also because of credit cards the poorest idiots can experience Consoles and Disney World at least on occasion. so not experiencing these things is more likely to be parents not wanting to spend money on that shit, possibly combined with being frugal or Indian.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980215)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 5:22 PM
Author: smoky vibrant useless brakes whorehouse

kids who grew up as literal bums or homeless generally try to hide that fact, for a lot of different reasons.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980218)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 5:54 PM
Author: orchid hominid

Unless it's a Lie or the poverty is way behind you, people avoid bringing it up.

if you walk into OCI with a generic "I am Poor" study they will want you to gtfo. No one wants to get labeled Scum at the worst possible time.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980278)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Swollen Base

in the US you get free food, housing, and income. Not to mention the safety nets of police, fire, and adequate roadway/infastructure system. the only people who dont have this in the US are either drug addicts or retards.

you also do not have to worry about military conscription, child labor, sex slavery, and other brutal shit that happens in the slums of third world countries.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49981392)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 4:40 PM
Author: Tripping resort roommate

Rare in the suburbs other than housing projects and trailer parks.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980162)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: galvanic sound barrier sanctuary

Jews fled persecution in Europe, came to America with 5 shekels in their pockets and somehow reached the pinnacle of their professions within a year of arriving.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980285)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: Fuchsia Stimulating Crackhouse Quadroon

yeah world jewery surely didnt help fund them

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980308)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 7:47 PM
Author: Racy electric furnace

People who grew up poor or poverty-adjacent mostly reminisce fondly about their upbringings and honor their families, even though, or maybe even *because* they struggled. But they do it very, very quietly and only in like company.

And then people who grew up poor AND caught up the some horrendous web of substance abusing family and similar things to hard to either end of the spectrum. Either they’re blowing up social media with a constant stream of attention-poasting about their “trauma” or they will work very, very, very had to avoid the subject of family and childhood altogether

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980403)



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Date: July 5th, 2026 8:03 PM
Author: mewling state

I grew up poor and abused and used like a piece of household furniture.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49980417)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:03 AM
Author: Arousing tanning salon weed whacker

no you didn't

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49981434)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 2:41 PM
Author: mewling state

I absolutely grew up poor and I’m still poor.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49981885)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 2:45 PM
Author: Rebellious jew library

no you didn't

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49981900)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: mewling state

You don’t know anything about it pumo.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49981910)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:02 AM
Author: Bearded appetizing milk

I grew up gay and retarded

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49981433)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: Sable death wish sex offender



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49981914)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: insecure overrated native national security agency

Real poors are usually ashamed of their upbringing. In college LMC kids try to improve their position in the progressive stack

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49982081)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 8:09 AM
Author: orchid hominid

That’s what I’m saying. Not just shame but that people will give them a blank look at best if they talk about it. It’s not the type of situation where you can milk it in any relevant way, and OCI is at stake.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5879857&forum_id=2#49983519)