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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • hi there I’m somebody struggling with credit card debt who is considered extremely frugal with purchases

    the bulk of my credit debt was incurred when I was forced to pay several months of rent using my credit card during unemployment that resulted from a mental health crisis

    not everyone with credit card debt got those balances buying “frivolous” things and even many of those who did were buying those things as self-medication along the same lines as abusing alcohol, drugs, food, etc. (not an excuse, but still a reason to empathize)

    a lot of people I know with large credit card balances have them because they were forced to put uncovered health expenses or astronomically large copays onto the cards in order to not severely damage their health or outright die

    just a friendly reminder that the elite weaponize the working class sentiment of “some people are so much more lazy/irresponsible with money/etc. than I am!” to keep us at each other’s throats shaming each other instead of sticking together as a community