Every fucking time. Every single one.
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Hey team, like, this is frustrating AF, especially when the narrative is framed as a "bootstraps" one, but can we refrain from threats of violence please? That is not cool.
I’m just going to leave this here and say if you are angry with wealth disparity, the lauding of wealth and the criminalisation of poverty, especially as it intersects with systemic racism, please make a donation to Sisters Inside.
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I’m putting my money where my mouth is. Generate something good out of collective frustration.
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A couple of folk have brought it to my attention that Domain instigated some editorial changes to the article. This is far more responsible and better reflects the intentions of the article's author who is as frustrated as we readers are.
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When you look at the tiny house movement nearly always called in parents or family land. So cheap.
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A lot of this is actually regulators fault. I work in mortgage broking and the hoops we have to jump through For people just to get a loan.
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In Baron Munchausen, "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" was intended to be an ironic statement about something that's a lie and clearly impossible, so kind of nailed it in a way
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