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WCDT strips 3781 - 3785 (9-13 July 2018)
helo:
I've been reading for three years and this was kind of a screeching halt for me. What bizarre turn of events can make you too poor for raisins? That was definitely something I could get with school lunch too. Is there some kind of grape famine that needs to be explained at a later date?
Neko_Ali:
I've been that poor. Yes, raisins are cheap. But they are also not filling. The primary goal when your food bill is around $10 a week is how much filling mass you can get so you don't feel like you are constantly starving. That's why quarter ramen is a staple. Cheap price for that amount of starchy filler.
Freelance_Physicist:
Some lived experience (with more stories in the comments): Being Poor
jesslc:
So Clinton just shared about how awful his dad was and now Brun mentions something that affected her upbringing. I guess it's Elliot's turn next...? :-)
Edited to add:
I personally have never been so poor that I couldn't afford raisins but I've talked to or read stuff by people who have been that poor, and yeah... Brun's comments were totally believable to me. I count myself very lucky that I've never been in that situation (even though I have lived below the poverty line a lot, my situation has never been quite so bad).
brasca:
Too poor for raisins? Sounds like a setup for the Yorkshiremen sketch.
Don’t feel too bad Clinton. It’s just as presumptuous to think Brun wouldn’t know anything about raisins because she’s poor or foreign.
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