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		johnpowell on Dec 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Techies Are the New Puritans How much did your parents make? Did they buy you your first computer? Did they pay for you to go to college?

ars_technician on Dec 12, 2013 [–]

I'm tired of this same old implication. My parents made ~25k. They did not buy my first computer, and they did not pay for me to go to college. Is that what you are looking for?

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