I’m tired of all these “YOur lIFe iS WHat yOU maKe iT” people. No it’s not. It’s entirely determined by the circumstances you’re born into. A UK newspaper just released a “how deprived is your area” postcode checker. I put my postcode in, guess what:
Your area is ranked 10,550 out of 33,755 in the 2025 Index of Multiple Deprivation (where 1 is most deprived and 33,755 is least deprived). This means it is more deprived than most neighourhoods. Of the five main components that make up IMD, your area ranks lowest (most deprived) on health and highest on crime.
Well here I am with rapidly deteriorating health and have been the victim of many violent crimes, but I guess I brought it on myself since my life is what I make it.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2025/oct/30/how-deprived-is-your-area
two types saying that ignorant bullshit. either born privileged since nobody who has had to struggle just to survive and has actually experienced what its like to not be privileged would be saying that. then you have those few bootlickers that think somehow, some day, their minimum paying job is gonna look at them and say “you know what? you’ve worked hard here for 15 yrs. you deserve a huge raise”. they live in that fantasy mindset for decades and never wisen to the fact that it aint happening so they never even understand their struggle fully because they think there’s some pay off thats coming their way
so basically two camps of people whose opinions should be laughed at and discarded