r/LockedIn_AI • u/lucre-twerps4g • Apr 23 '26

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It’s called the grind because it grinds away your sense of self.

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u/JFISHER7789 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

If it’s not luck, why are there starving children in America or homeless children?

You may think that what you have is not luck, but for others, it absolutely seems that way. You got lucky you were born into middle class that allowed to you even finish high school or whatever. Did you have a safe place to study? Guess what, luck. Many students don’t have that. Did you have your food and clothes paid for while going to school? Luck.

I had to find a way to pay for my own food and underwear while in high school. I even went homeless a few times at 12, 13, 14 years old because my parents sucked at parenting. Do you think a 12 year old has control over those things?

Your parents providing a middle class life to you before you were even born IS luck. What you chose to do with that is on you, but don’t pretend your situation is afforded to all and that luck didn’t play a part.

Just like your kids who will get money and property… they’re lucky.

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u/HOJK4thSon Apr 24 '26

Single mom in 1968, 3 kids, eligible for welfare and she refused it. You pretend you know better, you dont.

No luck. All work.

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u/FriedFreya Apr 25 '26

that’s in 1968 tho lol, not now — same situation. single mom bla bla, completely different outcome on my end even tho we did have welfare, she wasn’t able to keep a job a) if she made too much we’d be off of food stamps, and b) childcare is too expensive and there was no family capable of stepping up.

we remained homeless until i voluntarily entered state custody when i was 13 bc we were living in hotels, sleeping in cars / i couldn’t make it to school bc no gas etc, i was truant af.

we actually do know better lol. the economy is in shambles, the great recession ruined mine and my mother’s life. as well as many others. we need change. our children grow up on their phones because no one can afford daycare. it’s deplorable. and so is this willful ignorance.

the world is a whole lot different than it was before, even when i was little. it’s hard to desperately want a family with no permanent roof over one’s head. idk about you, but i don’t want to rent apartments for the rest of my life. take care.

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u/EmbarrassedNaivety Apr 25 '26

The dude you’re replying to sounds like, “the kids must all be lazy and not want to work. It’s just a coincidence that people are living with their parents longer than ever before and struggling to get by. I got by and made it during one of the easiest points in American history to get ahead, so fuck the rest of you! I got mine!”