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[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Lol, considering I heard it all the time growing up in the 80s you might be a bit off on your assessment.

I grew up in a middle class suburb where the it was used as an insult kinda like " poor people are poor because they are stupid"

She grew up in the Ozarks and they used it more as a " we got ways to make do"