• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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      Yeah, Crystal Pepsi was discontinued in 1994, but Star Wars Special Edition (see C-3PO on the Doritos bag) was released in 1997, so this is weird.

      Edit to add: I was curious, so I looked up the history of the Mountain Dew logo. They connected the “T” and the “A” in 1996, which honestly makes this all a little bit weirder.

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    Thankfully I never had to deal with that! While friends were around. My parents knew how to wear the “we’re a perfectly happy family” mask

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    I think the coolest difference to reflect on is the respect I felt as a kid in my poor friends homes and the disrespect I felt as a kid in my rich friends homes.

    Rich parents see their kids as a burden to their peace. Sleepovers made it super apparent.

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        The more money you get, the more empathy you lose. This phenomenon has been studied, but not enough. Even if you started off poor, if you become rich you being to think you’re smarter and better than everyone else, even if you really only got rich because you were lucky, which is most rich people.

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    We just go out and touch grass to avoid it. 50/50 chance we end up with an angry farmer chasing us in a field but we could run faster than him and his landrover couldn’t jump the fence.