Aww man . I upboat all kinds of memes . Some suck some are dank . I just really like upboating memes . Lol <| sep |> Do you guys see this comment emphasis mine It ' s extremely difficult for normal people to see all the hidden hoops poor people have to jump through , just to remind at status quo . Most of us middleclass people have a decent amount of safety nets . But the lower down you go , the less of those you have . He ' s seemingly sympathetic but damn . normal people . Most of the country is poor , dude . <| sep |> When I graduated high school , I wanted to get out and experience the world so my brother got me a job working as a laborer for a railroad construction company . I was on a bridge gang , and we mostly replaced old timber , like ties , stringers , and pilings . All of the new timber is coated in a black , paintlike substance called creosote , which essentially helps to preserve the wood from the elements . Real potent stuff , unique smell . Well all the other guys warned me , not to get the creosote in your pores because it ' ll burn you . We were finishing up one day , and I rode with our machinery operator to go pick up some equipment for the next day . I was pretty dirty , and Mark , the operator , refused to let me into his truck until I cleaned myself off . So I just grabbed a rag , and got to scrubbing . Within MINUTES , my arms and hands felt like they were on fire . Constant , searing pain that could not be alleviated . The next day my arms and hands were so swollen I couldn ' t lace my boots , and the horrible burning sensation continued for the next several days . The only way I could stop it was if I held my arms underwater . Of course , I had to keep working and the sun beaming on my burns just made it so much worse . So I wrapped my hands and arms in wet rags and just dealt with it . After about a week or so I developed horrible scabs , and it took over a month for my skin to heal completely . I quit railroading and went to college a short few weeks after that .