• xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Yeah. I went to school with rich kids who were suddenly worried about whether daddy could pay for college after that 1987 crash.

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      18 hours ago

      dad bailed on us for good that winter. left mom and us kids with nothing. he spent several years globe-trotting with his flavor-of-the-month mistress.

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        10 hours ago

        I’m sorry that you had to experience that. I hope you all eventally survived and thrived.

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      Yeah, 1988-1996 was pretty bad. It was my computer hobby that saved my life. No idea where I’d be today had I not turned my side hustle into a career.

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        I guess I was “lucky” in that I was too poor to be directly impacted my the market back then. But I was young, energetic and at my peak looks-wise, so I can’t shit on that era too much.