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You included PiKA in the "needing to think" category and that's why he responded as he did. LOL.
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No, I didn't, those were the same sentence.
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Asking questions for what? What is there to ask? LOL.
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I don't know, ks is the one saying they're being asked.
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I wouldn't say you were not totally unmoved by the subject matter. You already said you were defensive based on your experiences.
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Yep, but I don't take responsibility for anyone else's responses, nor do I believe my tone is responsible for some how taking this thread down the road it went, somehow making people say assholish things.
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This discussion is really quite funny to me because such discussions assume that people are so fragile that they can't hear some brutal truths even if the brutal truths don't apply 100% to their personal circumstances. Smart people who can let go of their ego for a minute are able to see whether their life choices have shaped their financial outcomes. That's one of the first lessons when talking to people within the Black community about poverty. If you're going to be all mad and assume that people are judging you (in general) just because they are only going based on the information in front of them (i.e. a flat screen TV when you're asking for financial assistance), you will have a very long financial road ahead of you.
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I think there's a pretty big difference between talking to, and talking about. And if this had been a more general conversation rather than a specifically targeted one I would have felt differently about the responses.
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