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[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 42 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm sure the cost was high, they never had a normal childhood and were undoubtedly exposed to negligent and dangerous adults in the industry. But they'll never want for anything in their lives and neither will their families.

I'm not sure if I should envy them or feel sorry for them.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I don't envy them at all. They were also exposed to sickos on the internet in the early 2000s who created countdown clocks until they were 18 or publicly fantasized about them while they were underage. It was so gross. That's when we should have learned the internet was not the utopia we thought it would be.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago

I mean... I was online in 96 and utopia is not a word that ever crossed my mind. And that was before all the cyberpunk literature I then read.

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'd rather be angry than poor in the US.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why not both? Then you can be a maga NPC.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tons of impoverished americans arent magats and are still angry. We live in a shithole, we should be angry. What are you trying to say by this?

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Magats are in the ascendancy right now, in case you weren't watching. Those others are just standing back and taking it....

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Hahaha. Okay. Plenty are organizing in one capacity or another. Poverty teaches you the importance of community very quickly.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

I'm sure the cost was high... But they'll never want for anything in their lives

Two words: therapy. 😅🤌🏼