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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Feb-2026 02:59:44 JST Adrianna Tan

   RE: https://mastodon.art/@petrikas/116125821528139989

   Middle class kids like me can get one there every decade maybe. I’m about to throw a dart again.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Feb-2026 03:03:52 JST Adrianna Tan

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     And unlike many other middle class kids in my country with almost exactly the same life and financial situation, I also have more darts because

     Not having to be financially responsible for my parents (because they are economically comfortable without me) is a huge gift they gave me. I give them money for fun but it’s not like many of my friends who have to keep their own family and their parents and siblings fed.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Feb-2026 03:26:36 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I also went to schools surrounded by people with lots of darts and have learned that I can take theirs sometimes.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Feb-2026 03:53:39 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Sally Lait

     @sally could have been more fun

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     Sally Lait (sally@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Feb-2026 03:53:40 JST Sally Lait

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     @skinnylatte For some reason I saw this post first and was pretty confused until I got to the top of the thread, haha 😆

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     Shafik Yaghmour (shafik@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Feb-2026 06:45:56 JST Shafik Yaghmour

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     @skinnylatte

     I want to one of the NYC technical high schools and going back for reunions is very eye opening.

     You have some of what were the brightest tech kids in NYC and most of them are doing ok but they are mostly middle class working very hard.

     I feel like reading "Fooled by Randomness" was such an revelatory book for me. Realizing that probably most big success is actually just luck.

     When he figured out that by including all the failed portfolio managers in the tables their performance as an industry was basically a coin flip.

     Once you see that, it is hard to look at success the same way.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Feb-2026 08:57:23 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Danny Jay Donnell

     @ddonnell I get what you’re saying, but that crowd is talking about generational wealth, though.

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     Danny Jay Donnell (ddonnell@mstdn.party)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Feb-2026 08:57:24 JST Danny Jay Donnell

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     @skinnylatte this is a very odd framing to me. It implies that wealth comes from starting a business, I.e. throwing a dart. It's rather straightforward to build wealth by going to college, getting a decent gig in corporate America, starting to invest wisely at an early age, then climbing the corporate ladder. I say this as someone who grew up poor by American standards where no one in my immediate family finished high school, including my younger siblings.