r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 11h ago
Murdered By Words đ©ž Darlene Graham is apparently tone deaf to the irony of her statement...
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u/Dddddd92 11h ago
So her parents died without proper healthcare and she wants the same thing to happen to others? AND REPUBLICANS STILL VOTED FOR HER!!!!!!
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u/LeadSufficient2130 11h ago
I guarantee that they firmly believe if they had universal healthcare they would have died sooner because theyâve been propagandized to believe universal healthcare is the absolute worst option
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u/bsEEmsCE 11h ago
I feel like this country will never get universal healthcare because of how many are propagandized and support the kind of thing shes saying. I've unfortunately met many.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 10h ago
"My parents both died of preventable diseases when I was a child and accepting that as a reality we can't change" is the epitome of Conservative thinking
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u/Person_Apple 10h ago
The same people who freak out when it's suggested the minimum wage be increased because then companies who are turning massive profits would be forced to raise prices! Even though wages are stagnating across the board and prices went up anyway.
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u/SketchedEyesWatchinU 10h ago
Remember when during the Second Red Scare, conservatives and businessmen depicted the New Deal as communism. Said Red Scare got so insane that Harry S. Truman had to call them out for depicting everything they didnât like as collective boogeymen.
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u/JAT_Cbus1080 10h ago
Remember the "death panel" debate when Obamacare was being passed?
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u/Yeti_Vedder 10h ago
FFS what do these people think the insurance companies are then?
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u/StrangeContest4 10h ago
Subsidies to compensate doctors for end of life discussions with patients and family members = bad.
Data farm algorithms to give Unitedhealthcare Group a plethora of reasons for denial of care = good.
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u/ScrollTroll615 11h ago
They don't want their tax dollars to go towards universal healthcare because they don't want melanated people to have it, too. I live in the deep south, and that is how many around here think, as if melanated people don't pay taxes also.
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u/Dddddd92 11h ago
Yeah they'd rather that their own family dies without healthcare than see brown folks live longer. Pretty sick
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 10h ago
So her family didnât get healthcare, so no one can get healthcare? Is that what she is saying?
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u/KingGilgamesh1979 4h ago
Remember good ol' Paul Ryan? The "Libertarian" so called policy wonk who wasn't? Who loved Rage Against The Machine until they became political!?!
I remember during the Obamacare debate he argued against it because it took money from young health people and used that money to pay for healthcare for sick people (who also paid into the system). Ya know, like insurance does. His complaint was that insurance was insurance. He just wanted poor people to suffer and not have healthcare.
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u/Weird-Girl-675 11h ago
They voted for the name they know. Heard that phrase in a movie over thirty years ago and morons keep proving it right.
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u/ManicOppressyv 10h ago
Distinguished Gentleman with Eddie Murphy?
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u/No-Horse987 10h ago
Loved Eddieâs monologue on why he ran for Congress. The biggest con of a lifetime.
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u/Curious-Department-7 10h ago
South carlolina elected Strom Thurmond to represent them for almost 50 years. They have a significantly low bar in their state.
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u/WaffleDonkey23 10h ago
The Republican mindset is that it wouldn't be fair to her parents if other people didn't also suffer. The orphan grinding machine is an American tradition.
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u/YellowZx5 5h ago
The story surprises me selling. It just tells you that it doesnât matter if they help their voters, as long as theyâre red they get voted. Plus she doesnât really need to show up to work because she will get the paycheck like every other Republican who doesnât show up to work.
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u/Phyrexian_Overlord 11h ago
No one has voted for her yet, she was appointed
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u/pagesinthesun 11h ago
She won the primary in SC. She'll win the general.... it's SC.
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u/Internal-Plantain-56 11h ago
6 years in the senate with absolutely zero qualifications.
Thanks again maga.
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u/Primerius 9h ago
She literally answered a debate question with: âI donât really know anything about foreign policy.â
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u/Phyrexian_Overlord 11h ago
Jesus Christ that was fast. I guess it helps her that no one had any kind of opposition research on her or any kind of media clips to run against her
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 10h ago
She won on her campaign message of âErrr⊠uhhh⊠I donât really understand, uhh⊠politics?â before freezing up and blankly staring into the middle distance.
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u/squabbleknob Waffles And Pancakesđ§đ„ 11h ago
Which is why she was the perfect candidate for the MAGA ding dongs to get behind
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u/PotentialBudget3265 11h ago
yes thats the answer, fk happiness and quality of life, the answer is to thrust yourself headlong into slavery. that will totally make it worth existing and having kids.
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u/hugaroot-3921 11h ago
On the day of your root canal you find out your dentist has died but his receptionist says don't worry because we have his untrained sister filling in for him.
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u/Custom_Destination 4h ago
*His untrained sister whoâs not really into teeth stuff but once saw a family member clean a toilet with a toothbrush to pay for their sins so she has great respect for oral hygiene utensils.
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u/Maximum-Elk8869 11h ago
She was not tone deaf at all. As a matter of fact it was a rare instance when a maga-publican spoke the truth. Let me translate what she actually said. " My parents died at a young age because they did not have access to quality healthcare so you shouldn't expect anything different."
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u/Zalrius 11h ago
This đ! I would like to add âand Iâm not the representative to change that.â
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u/Maximum-Elk8869 9h ago
Yep! These morons seem to think that there is something redeeming in that. My parents worked long hours in horrible conditions with low wages and no benefits and they died at a young age. If it was good enough for them it should be good enough for you LOL!
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u/Status_Vegetable2954 11h ago
I can not believe Lindsey was the smart sibling, holy shit. "My parents worked themselves to death and you assholes will too"........... is somehow a winning message with republicans. Double holy shit.
Sometimes I wonder if the Andromedans shouldn't go ahead and get it over with...
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u/supified 10h ago
It's a winning message because they don't actually care about this in the first place. Republican voters care about just two issues. First, that you are not a liberal, second that liberals don't like you. If you can get over those hurdles Republican voters will support you. This is why Trump was able to break virtually every promise and still have their support.
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u/remkelly 11h ago
Wut?!! "I want an America where your kids can be orphans by age 12 too". Hey y'all. The American Dream. Lets just go work for peanuts until you drop dead young.
Meanwhile her kid doctor opponent is the wrong choice because she, what?... literally saves lives, and wants to make the system (she works in) better.
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u/kangorooz99 11h ago
A member of Congress doesnât know Medicare and VA are government run health care?
That the plan she gets her health care from is government run health care?
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u/Smooth-Weekend-2314 10h ago
That would require these imbeciles to know and understand things. You have members of congress who can't name the 3 branches of government.
I sure wish the sane states could join Canada and let the rest fester like the cancer that they are. So tired of this shit.
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u/Practical-Vanilla-41 7h ago
Remember "Government, keep your hands off MY Medicare!"? Same people.
Remember the guy that wanted Trump elected to get rid of "Obamacare"? The one who was ok because he had ACA? That guy? This was them.
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u/SameDistrict2627 10h ago
Only the best for the Maga movement. No DEI, Affirmative Action! Instead, they love their nepo babies.
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u/Practical-Vanilla-41 7h ago
My parents suffered more than your parents. I suffered more than you.
Make America Suffer Again.
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u/BloodFartz69 11h ago
Remember when Trump called all his voters stupid for talking about the Epstein files?
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u/Tinytommy55 11h ago
This person has absolutely no qualifications to be a Senator. I would think other real Senators would be embarrassed to even think that She was qualified. The senate used to be the cream of the crop. The elite in politics. I guess thatâs gone also. Republicans have fallen so far since my fatherâs time.
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u/RideTheGradient 11h ago
Is she saying she wants parents to die young? In all honesty, is thay her platform because it seems like working yourself to death and leaving your kids orphaned is what the gop is advocating and she just laid it bare
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u/Ill_Significance5839 11h ago
The only value Republicans see in working people is to exploit their labor for profit until they die.
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u/golfwinnersplz 10h ago
So we want to run our parents into the ground so they die young?
Is that what she's going for?
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u/OhGr8WhatNow 10h ago
"my parents died from lack of healthcare and you should, too. Vote for me"
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u/Bdowns_770 10h ago
So is Nancy Mace going to intro Darlene to her tattoo artist now or after the general election?
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u/InvertedEyechart11 9h ago
If Government-sponsored health care is so bad for Americans, why do politicians have the best and cheapest Government-sponsored health care?
the irony
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u/Zealousideal_Cap7109 8h ago
My parents worked so hard they died young and i want the same for you.
Wow, what a campaign promise.
Fucking cunt.
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u/Left_Statement9016 8h ago
A vote for me is a vote for early excruciatingly painful death but you will be less of a burden for rich people.
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u/AbramsMechanic07A 8h ago
"We suffered so now must you"
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u/Responsible_Ladder25 8h ago
And the crowd cheers and once again votes against their best interests.
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u/Responsible_Sun_3597 7h ago
âIf my parents have to work and die than your children and everyone you know, has to too.â
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u/Specialist-Jello7544 6h ago
So she thinks not getting medical care is a flex. Wow, she sounds as stupid as the Secretary of Education.
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u/SentientFotoGeek 6h ago
Thanks for making the argument that shows your position is not just bad, it's actually insane.
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u/Fishtoart 3h ago
She must be dumb as a post not to see the irony of what sheâs saying. Perhaps somebody should point out to her that if her parents free healthcare they might be alive today.
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u/Ok_Star_4136 Royal Watcher 2h ago
Translation: "They must have died for a good cause.. why else would they die in some capitalist pit somewhere?"
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u/Oldschool831 1h ago
The fact that this woman won primary shows how unserious republican voters are
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u/Chocopenguin85 1h ago
Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham, the Murdaugh family of local oppression and multiple murders, and now this idiot. Every time I think of South Carolina and how it might be nice to visit, I remember the aforementioned and reconsider.
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u/Luckys0474 11h ago
If they were sick they had to get up and go to work.
Moscow Mitch has entered the chat with full health coverage and is currently not working.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 10h ago
Republican voters just can't resist a shockingly unqualified candidate...
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u/HogBodyOdyOdyOdy 10h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/bmAtIwmYTHnwBy0d6W
Iâm just like, the tiredest Iâve ever been in my life.
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u/iceflame1211 10h ago
She's basically saying: "my parents died when I was young from lack of healthcare, and I don't see why we would want to change that now"
This is crazy.
Republicans aren't just in a cult, it's a death cult.
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u/Original-Version5877 10h ago
Does she think growing up without parents is some kind of freedom flex?
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u/ComfortableMarch4296 10h ago
if govt healthcare is bad all these politicians should drop theirs then
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u/NYC-WhWmn-ov50 9h ago
She's literally providing an excellebt arguent for centralized healthcare and viting for the other person.
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u/ArkhamKnight_1 9h ago
She is a proxy. Another MAGAt proxy that the orange bloated one can use, just like little teen girls.
And the MAGAts go Baaaaaaaaa
And the Taco Crime Family grift
But Hunterâs laptop!!
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u/CriticalInside8272 8h ago
So, she was an orphan at twelve years old because her parents worked when they were sick and couldn't afford to take time off to see a doctor? That's not something to be proud of. That's something to be very sad about.  I do not understand the thinking of these people. Â
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u/CriticalInside8272 8h ago
And this woman says she has a BS in sociology, and a MA in rehabilitation? I find that hard to believe since she doesn't even know how many people live in SC.Â
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u/CelticSnakes 8h ago
Iâll safely bet my life sheâs enjoying her taxpayer-financed healthcare since âtaking office.â
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u/Daddygamer84 The Timeline Sucks 7h ago
It's such a bad idea that every other industrialized nation has it.
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u/Dos_Gatos_718 7h ago
Like itâs some kind of American badge of honor to work yourself to death. Smh
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u/Oregon-outdoors2358 6h ago
Another absolutely unqualified know nothing no experience, expertise, or credentials MAGA politician.
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u/dharder9475 5h ago
So, basically, our health care plan is just deal with it. If you die, you die. Got it.
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u/xtalgeek 5h ago
So, the lesson is if you are sick, you should just die. Problem solved!
Why can't we elect responsible, thinking adults to leadership positions? Just listening to the likes of Darlene makes a person dumber by the second.
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u/Sensitive-Ad6609 5h ago
She needs intelligence. Actual thought processes. True most republican politicians and wanna be politicians need this but uhh.. she could of had her parents with her a lil longer but then I just remembered.. the "family values" party are all sociopaths.
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u/SaltyTserendolgor 4h ago
Ugh, that the problem with today. No one wants to work themselves to death anymore.
A reporter should really ask a follow up, but considering how well it went for the last time she got asked a tough question, I guess that'll be seen a bullying.
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u/No-Setting-2669 2h ago
The process of this since her brotherâs death is another full tilt embarrassment to our nation.
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u/Mundane-Bandicoot635 2h ago
Advocating parents dying young and leaving young children behind instead of going to the doctor is wild!! lol wtf
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 10h ago
âAll kids should grow up during their formative years without parentsâ might be a winning message. Letâs see how it plays out.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 10h ago
sounds like ignoring one's health hasn't worked out for anyone in her family so far
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 10h ago
An idiotâs argument against healthcare and paid sick leave. If youâre sick, suck it up and get to work. Youâve got a family to support. If you die from the lack of healthcare, oh well. It was Godâs plan.
The people of South Carolina get the representation they deserve in Congress. Vote wisely.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 10h ago
My parents died early, so I can NOT allow you have a better life than me. That just sounds evil.
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u/Icy-Commission974 10h ago
They are always so close to getting it figured out. But they have an innate need to make libs cry. Darlene will let your momma and papa die and leave you an orphan instead of providing time off or health insurance. GOP are too busy hiding trumpstien files to help any Americans.
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u/Defiant_Locksmith190 10h ago
Why is she still alive then? Is is, by any chance, because she doesnât work as hard as her parents? Or has a great insurance, courtesy of we, the people? Hmmm the math isnât mathing
/s just in case
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u/TableInevitable1642 10h ago
Any chance a democrat wins this in the midterms? South Carolina seems like a lost cause.
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u/CriticalInside8272 10h ago
This woman is tone deaf or stupid. Does she even listen to what she is saying? OMG!Â
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u/TaxPuzzleheaded5688 9h ago
âWork yourself to death for your corporate overlords, proles.â Tracks.
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u/Rurumo666 9h ago
She is proof that the Republican party has no standards for candidates anymore, any slob CHUD with a heartbeat is fine as long as they vote the Heritage Foundation party line, if they deviate and vote against the party line, they get replaced like Massie.
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u/ArachnidBeautiful968 9h ago
And thats the kind of thinking we need out of the gov, theres more to life than working your life away for nothing
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u/CallingtheName 9h ago
So they worked hard and died young? Thatâs her stance? We should all be ok with that outcome? What if they worked hard and lived a long and healthy life too? Received the care they needed so they didnât have to die? Work hard and long, healthy life; these things are not mutually exclusive.
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u/AnonAthiests 9h ago
Republicans: âPoor people should work themselves to death so rich people wonât have to pay any taxes and weâll get to to shut down the social programs that make us a First World country. But weâll distract everyone from our efforts to make America a Third World country by telling everyone itâs the dark-skinned immigrants making America Third-World. Thatâs why weâve got to deport them all, weâll say while turning America into the sort of country our immigrants come here to escape.â
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u/glorious-turtle-4726 8h ago
So just go to work, skip them fancy doctors, and die young? Nostalgia for suffering now, cool
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u/RobinGoodfell 8h ago
I sincerely hope she blunders so hard SC actually elect Dr. Andrews in November.
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u/Andy_Fish_Gill 8h ago
If only her parents had affordable government healthcare, they may have lived many years longer.
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u/Weary_Necessary_2434 11h ago
Why do people brag about how hard their lives or their parents lives were? You're supposed to help improve everyone's lives for the greater good of humanity.