• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Still… he was unemployed from 2017 to 2021 and he felt in 2020 he was doing better than he was when he had a job and could support himself.

    That’s quite a stretch. Did he have health issues that prevented employment?

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      5 months ago

      Not really. Our mother is very lenient and he was in training for the tail end of it. One of the reasons I knew it wasn’t exactly a fair question to him. He was in a situation where he would be doing better, but his financial situation, while having a better outlook for the future, did not materialize until biden. In general “how were you four years ago” is a complicated question.

      He’d spent about two years thinking “woe is me” and waiting for a family situation to resolve itself. If it had resolved itself for the better I think he believed he’d never have to work again. I don’t think I’m allowed to say “exactly” how it resolved, but I can say things twisted in a stupid way and I’m pissed about it. After that he went into training for about two years. Regardless of his prospects he also had more how going into 2017 than going into 2021, for reasons that have nothing to do with the president.