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		munificent on March 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Suspicious discontinuities (2020) This is like saying, "If only my house had been destroyed by a hurricane too, and then I would have qualified for that sweet FEMA money." I mean, sure, but you were still better off to not have your house destroyed in the first place.

thaumasiotes on March 21, 2024 [–]

No, his house was just as "destroyed" as everyone else's. It's like complaining that after his house was destroyed by the same hurricane that hit the rest of the neighborhood, FEMA made him, but only him, ineligible for assistance.

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