• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Sorry, I didn’t realize Charles Dickens was raised in the U.S. like I was and told these things by his parents.

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      He wasn’t, Charles was born and raised in Britain, but later in his career he visited the US for his journalist work.

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        Then possibly I would know a bit more than him about being raised in the U.S. and being told such things by parents? Especially within the lifetime of everyone on the planet currently?

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          Having also been born and raised in the United States and having met a variety of people from various walks of life, I am of the opinion that he hit the nail square on the head. I’ve met kind selfless people, sure, but that is the exception to the rule most often.