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ljm

> 1000$ is not a lot of money

For a lot of people in the world, it's a tremendous amount of money. Congrats on being someone without that concern.

> Stop making excuses.

Take that up with the person you've imagined you're talking to.

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We are talking about people with internet access, not some rural farmers in the third world.

Nobody says those rural farmers should embark on an emoji project.

Here in the United States, there's well-publicized research into how hard many families would have to work to come up with the money to cover an unexpected $400 expense.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2019-economic-we...

I didn't see anything about how much they would have to work, just what percentage would have trouble coming up with the money on short notice. It doesn't even imply they are poor, they could simply put all their money into their mortgage every month.

$1000 a month is a good developer salary in lots of third-world countries, and that's not even entry level jobs. Hardly a bunch of rural farmers.

> For a lot of people in the world, it's a tremendous amount of money.

And for a lot of people it is a pocket change.

> Congrats on being someone without that concern.

> Take that up with the person you've imagined you're talking to.

Gee, someone being able to afford something really crawls under your skin.

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