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    11 hours ago

    Oh. I hadn’t read it like that. I thought the brother was a hypocrite because if he has a PhD he SHOULD be able to pay his debts and get a hose (I’m not from the us so I’m guessing that part) but I stead seems to not ba able to manage his own money while criticizing OP

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      5 hours ago

      College graduates (PhD or otherwise) drowning in debt and not being financially able to pay it off is common enough here in the US that it’s a trope, and likely the basis for this “joke”.

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        1 hour ago

        I see. Thanks. Lately I’ve started to realize just how expensive health and education are in the us.

        I went to see a neurologist and paid 0 cents My brother is considering a biology PhD and he’s broke. A 3 bedroom house costs like 60k usd