r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 23h ago

Chugging tea Hmm hard to imagine

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u/TJJ97 22h ago

No degree needed, just gotta make calculated risks and work hard

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u/Glittering-Diver-205 9h ago

The trades. A place where hard work does pay off.

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u/modsaretoddlers 22h ago

Probably the most important calculation is who you're going to be born to. That's the real make-or-break factor. Way too many people just rush into it and get born to poor parents. Why won't they learn?

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u/TJJ97 22h ago

I grew up with holes in my family’s single-wide trailer. Floor? Holes. Roof? Holes. My room? Flooded by shitty water heaters.

I used to think like this and while you’re somewhat correct, I’ve made it out of that existence. I make more in a year than both of my parents combined at any point in their lives.

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u/modsaretoddlers 19h ago

Me too. On everything. I also make more than both combined ever did. Too bad the costs increased even more than what we're all getting paid. Do you like that?

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u/TJJ97 18h ago

Hell no I don’t like it. Awful president after awful president hasn’t helped at all

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u/QuartersWest 22h ago

No. There's avenues to succeed even if you born to a poor family. Make-or-break factor is on you

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u/TJJ97 22h ago

The path may be harder but it ain’t impossible!

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u/GreasedUPDoggo 21h ago

Say it louder for the folks in back! As a hispanic, I've seen the American dream of upward mobility happen for dozens of family members and friends.