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WCDT strips 3781 - 3785 (9-13 July 2018)
Loki:
As a child, I only very rarely had ice cream; it was 50ct back then.
I once spent about half a year wearing shoes that were chafing my ankle. (New ones would have been 30 Euros or so). Before my mother had discovered it and was apalled, I had literally developed calluses.
When you are a poor child in a poor family, you learn not to ask for those special treats, because you are aware you are poor, and your parents probably won't buy it anyway, and you don't want to stress them, so you just never mention anything that goes beyond what is usually bought. Because you don't have a real concept of what things are worth, and when your parent says "it's too expensive", you remember that, no matter if it is 50 ct or 30 Euros.
Poverty fucks with your mind, especially when you are a child.
(I cam out of the woodworks just to say this. Damn, I never want to be poor again.)
SordidEuphemism:
--- Quote from: Loki on 11 Jul 2018, 03:33 ---When you are a poor child in a poor family, you learn not to ask for those special treats, because you are aware you are poor, and your parents probably won't buy it anyway, and you don't want to stress them, so you just never mention anything that goes beyond what is usually bought. Because you don't have a real concept of what things are worth, and when your parent says "it's too expensive", you remember that, no matter if it is 50 ct or 30 Euros.
Poverty fucks with your mind, especially when you are a child.
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Amen to that. I think folks are focusing on the wrong target here. It's not the raisins. It's the opportunity cost of raisins.
dutchrvl:
I'm not completely sure where JJ is going with the current arc, but the approach feels somewhat ehm, heavyhanded? (Is that the right word?)
gopher:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 11 Jul 2018, 06:25 ---I'm not completely sure where JJ is going with the current arc, but the approach feels somewhat ehm, heavyhanded? (Is that the right word?)
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I don't know. Much like the start with Claire, I think the author is being quite careful in setting out his stand before commencing the story. A huge amount of his characters, and I suspect readers, are somewhat privileged, probably middle class and have never properly struggled for money. Having to buy Aldi tinned tuna instead of Waitrose/Trader Joe/Spar is not struggling. Stretching 1 can for 4 might be. Give him a chance. If we are lucky it will develop into the Claire arc, if not the Tilly one ;)
Oenone:
I’m just hoping this is the arc we learn about how Brun and Renee became friends
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