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		throwaway1777 on Jan 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Working for someone vs. doing your own thing Sleeping on a parent's couch isn't an option for many people for a wide variety of reasons, and it's certainly the very minimum bar for a safety net. For example many people I know live thousands of miles from their parents. Sure it's an option, but it would be truly a last resort before homelessness.

SamReidHughes on Jan 15, 2020 [–]

Yeah well a lot of people envious of success act like having parents with a spare bedroom is some sort of elite privilege, and not the norm.

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