Adrianna TanFeb 24

RE: https://mastodon.art/@petrikas/116125821528139989

Middle class kids like me can get one throw every decade maybe. I’m about to throw a dart again.

I’m aware lots of things had to have happened for me to even be able to do this. Primarily that my parents without college degrees experienced a once in a lifetime economic growth story in a country that suddenly became rich in their lifetimes. And that I have a passport that lets me go anywhere i want.

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And unlike many other middle class kids in my country with almost exactly the same life and financial situation, I also have more darts because

Not having to be financially responsible for my parents (because they are economically comfortable without me) is a huge gift they gave me. I give them money for fun but it’s not like many of my friends who have to keep their own family and their parents and siblings fed.

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I also went to schools surrounded by people with lots of darts and have learned that I can take theirs sometimes. Many of my classmates even owned dart factories.
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I also had parents who told me I deserve to have as many darts as I want, which is also exceptionally rare for an autistic and female presenting person in my society.
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Also I grew up Chinese in a society where that basically makes me white. In many ways. It would be very different somewhere else. I had no qualms asking people for money at any point in my life including when I was young and relatively inexperienced.
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Many in Asian societies are part of the 'sandwich generation' where they have to provide for their children AND their parents / uncles / aunts.
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