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I’m a Poor who hasn’t jobbed since 2015 and you had me throwing my $8 that I earned from digging Gucci loafers out of a bin in goodwill where I then cleaned the Rich Person Toe Crust out of them then sold them on the internet to another Poor who doesn’t recognize that they are also a Poor for writing this

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U ever sprinkled rich person toe crust on top of a bowl and hit it in a bong? I havent either but curious about the floral notes

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Probably more of a Garlic-Gout Banger

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I sincerely appreciate ur $8 my g 🙏

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NOT like. Love 💙

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This reads like someone live-tweeting their political awakening while stuck in line at a Bushwick bodega at 2 AM: chaotic, profound, and somehow exactly right.

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CRYING

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I feel accomplished

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Deny, Defend, Depose, Deez Nuts

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Extremely good piece you absolutely cooked

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Would recommend reading the article re: New Yorker tho bc headline doesn’t match content…

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I def read it. Its good and thats where i got the structural violence. I wouldnt know that word myself lol. Its just funny when people on the internet yell at each other but are saying the same thing in a different voice

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Strongly agree, writers don’t choose their titles and some editor obviously chose that one to rile us up and get clicks- don’t fall for the polarizing veneer, appreciate Jia’s attention to detail and explanation of the meaning of this act to the elitist morons who read the New Yorker

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Also, agree with all points you made.

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This is so fucking good. Thank you for this Eddie!

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Thank u for teaching me how to substack my g

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Absolutely smoked this 🤝

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What I find funniest is that a revolutionary act has been co-opted by the media. Nearly all discussions are focused on how hot the shooter is and partisan arguments about the merits of Luigi vs Kyle Rittenhouse. It’s also moved all focus onto health insurance and away from the rest of the machine.

Distract, dissuade & disenfranchise.

He has a six pack!

Lest we acknowledge the rapid rise of chronic disease.

He was from a rich family!

Forget about the conglomeration of hospitals and family care practices.

He’s a folk hero! No he’s scum! Don’t worry we took the Sackler name off the side of the museum.

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I appreciate this article. So many smiles online. We have no idea what anyone is going through in their personal life. Especially not those we see on screen or those behind the scenes.

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Americas next top shotta is a tv show pitch you might actually sell brother

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Hosted by Sleepy Hallow and Sheff G

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Boston sand and gravel i’m dead

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My wife said theyre always hiring

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If this were the '90s and you created a network show that lasted 6 seasons, studios would be throwing 3-year, 8-figure deals at you. The CEOs found a way to vacuum up all the money from the creatives.

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For real now im out here on the Substack pole but i love it. Sometimes hârdshïp leads u back to yourself. I had no idea how much i missed blogging and talking to real people instead of hollywood vampires trying to suck my blood

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I reading this post gave me flashbacks to reading your old blogs back in the day. You still got it, the same spirit I remember from those blogs lives on within you!

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Brilliant

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🙏🙏

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“I got writer friends that moved back in with their parents in PHILADELPHIA. No one actually wants to live in PHILADELPHIA. I know actors from major shows chopping wood in Maryland. I know DJs who who are loan sharks, I know former executives selling street wear, I know art advisors that are now strippers, every one is standing on their heads trying to make ends meet. I’m about to get a job at Boston Sand and Gravel if this keeps up.”

You mean you only know luxury people with luxury beliefs who can’t find more bullshit email jobs to continue their luxury. I simply COULD NOT IMAGINE living in Philadelphia, said the substack writer who’s probably not interacted with a middle class American in years.

Yeah your poor people’s “revolution” is right around the corner. The left is very much known for its unity, structure and lazer sharp focus on how to build coalitions. The healthcare industry is a fucking nightmare, but yeah, murder people in the streets and dance on their graves you kween 💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼

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¿Do u even şátïrę?

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“I was just kidding when I wrote that 10,000 word screed lol”

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I appreciated 100% of the poetry and 50% of the sentiment.

Which these days, = > 1/2 bad.

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Eddie is (OBVIOUSLY) making the point that even the people he knows who are usually doing well financially are struggling right now, that no one is safe from capitalisms demise. Never once did he say let alone insinuate that he only knows rich people. You intentionally missed the entire point for no reason other than to embarrass yourself, either you get off on humiliating yourself and this is a fetish of yours or you have no self-awareness. Either way you’re definitely a full blown idiot

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🙏🙏🙏

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As an aside, Harambe 💔 RIP.

We do need a revolution. Just because the left is a shit show is no reason to not at least say so. And while that man’s grave is far too inconvenient to go to and actually dance on, I will dance to the thought of rich assholes everywhere not feeling quite so emboldened to asshole. It’s not murder people in the streets, it’s murder the rich who walked away with the bag (that was already ABSOLUTELY drenched in blood), while on their way to tell the public a bunch of bullshit. Bullshit that likely includes calling for more “tightening up” that will mean squeezing even more blood out of workers and the people the company “serves.” If Eddie’s a kween, I’m applying for House of Huang.

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That’s a lot of babbling saying nothing. This new version of the dirtbag left is just former angry shitlibs trying to sound edgy like Taylor Lorenz or whatever cringe figure was screaming at you for being a Bernie bro ten years ago.

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I’m so happy that people who share this guys political views are disenfranchised like it makes me so happy

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💯💯💯💯💯

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You're totally wrong. Philadelphia is a great city!

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