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In twenty minutes, at my hourly rate, I earn roughly:

- the entire hourly-equivalent salary of a new high school teacher (average, US) or

- enough to pay for my entire Starbucks consumption for over a week or

- enough to pay for almost two of my family's "luxuries" (netflix and one other service) or

- enough to pay for the entire quantity of gas I use every month or

- almost certainly double (or more) of the Comcast Rep's wage

This isn't meant to brag but to put in perspective what twenty minutes is worth via a common valuation (money). The lower the socioeconomic class, the more twenty minutes is actually worth, because they tend to have to work more hours to make ends meet, and thus their free time, unit for unit, ought to be valued more highly than mine.



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