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[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

He and Linda began dating in the 1980s...He was a chef by then. He’d arrived in the United States from Thailand, speaking no English and washing dishes to pay for an electrical engineering degree.

This is the most shocking part of this story to me...

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the 1980s one could actually afford a degree off of washing dishes on the side or working 3 months in the summer

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

And yet the boomers just think we're lazy

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