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Why were they living in the coal mines?
I’m gonna tell you in the form of a song!
Here is some background on what a company store is:
Just West Virginia things
Companies in the late 1800s to early/mid 1900s would build towns and housing around the mines and pay workers in “credit” only redeemable at the company store for necessary goods, food, etc. Due to the high prices and single company monopoly over all aspects of life there, people would go into debt and be essentially locked in with fences like prisoners and forced to work off the debt.
“I owe my soul to the company store”
I think they were just making a joke about the wording of the OOP.
That being said, the background info is probably good for other people seeing this
Thanks for the text OP, I couldn’t read all of that
Do you need it transcribed?
Sarcasm buddy
riiiiiight.
So you think there’s nothing ridiculous about people posting screenshots of a Shitter post (which isn’t long!) and adding a bit of text that’s just repeating the punchline?
Not really. Its pretty normalized on the internet. Has been since the late 2000’s.
