saralovesjuicyfruit
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- Jan 8, 2019
I listened to the podcast reading Brick by Brick last night and realized some things about Bob that I didn't know before. Relatively speaking, he had an extremely privileged and comfortable upbringing. First example (and one that he probably takes totally for granted) is simply having a childhood home at all, let alone a childhood home that he was allowed to live in until he decided to move out of at age thirty-one. He grew up in a two-parent home, both parents had steady employment, weren't drug addicts, and were able (and willing) to afford him his little gaming gadgets on top of making sure his basic needs were comfortably met. His family are close-knit enough to all take turns staying with grandma at the hospital, and as we saw more recently, they're even willing to dogpile on some guy on the internet for making fun of Bob a little bit (however ill-advised the dogpiling may have been). Geographically, he was also raised in an area with a lot more opportunity than many other parts of the country, and came of age during a time of enormous economic prosperity. Also, he's a white cis male, so by his own standards he has the Holy Grail of privilege.
So, hey, Bob: with that bounty of privilege, why have you only gone as far as you have in life? You're a Z-list e-celeb (better-known for your dumbassery on Twitter rather than your actual movie reviews) who lives in a shitty one-room basement apartment in suburban Boston at age 38. You don't travel, you're not in a relationship, and you think empty beer and soda cans are the height of home decor. Could it be that you're not as smart and 'elite' as you think you are? There are people who started with way less who went way further.
Oh, and, those Midwestern mayonnaise ghoul farmers definitely have way more money than you will ever have.
