• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    29 days ago

    Idk of this is satire of the meme on 4chan but I recently saw that there’s a meme about black people not changing the battery on their fire alarms. I’m not sure why it was specifically black people though

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      28 days ago

      My job gives me access to lots of people’s homes. It’s kind of true now that I think about it. Not exclusively but certainly more than average.

      • Cris@lemmy.world
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        28 days ago

        It doesn’t feel terribly surprising that preventative care for uncommon emergencies would be less common or considered less important in a culture shaped by externally created and enforced poverty