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Part of why so many key industries are *so* dependent on immigrants is that our schools have an oddly narrow view of what kids can do with their lives. They aren't told they could, like, buy a gas station.
— ππππ π― (@atlanticesque) March 3, 2025
American public schools subtly imply that all jobs are email or retail.
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No no no they just like the idea of potentially owning the Chevron. They are far too good for that and deserve high paying desk jobs
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I would kill for a gas station. Especially if it's in the middle of nowhere, like in No Country For Old Men. But alas I cannot inherit one.
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But you would make shit money and have no days off.
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Exactly, small physical businesses make shit for money, although it can turn out ok in the long run. A popular music venue/bar in my college town was owned by two guys who were literally in there working 7 days a week for 20 or 30 years. I doubt they made much money off the bar but they kept investing their profits into the local area and eventually owned the entire building the bar was in. It's not there anymore, but those guys probably made several million dollars off selling that thing based on the part of town it was in and who bought it from them.
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Yes but I could have my butt plug fall out at an inconvenient time and not get fired.
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You can get a work from home minimum wage call center job and do the same.
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It's invigorating, like trying to do field repairs on your beater car and make it home.
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You married into it?
Trans lives matter
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just watched that movie for the first time last week. I couldnt help but laugh at they scene.
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I feel like nobody really understood that movie, but lie and say they did to not appear stupid
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