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		chefandy 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bacteria (and their metabolites) and depression You’re making arbitrary definitions for those words. Austerity can absolutely lead to misery and some of the happiest times in my life have been some of the most impoverished.

ninalanyon 8 months ago [–]

> Austerity can absolutely lead to misery

I didn't say that it couldn't, merely that it doesn't necessarily do so.

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