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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 809 days ago
> and the alertness in its eyes makes me realise that it has a much higher standard of living than my roommate's

Or else the alertness in his eyes may indicate the number of times he has come close to dying.

I would guess a lot of kids in war torn parts of the world have more alertness in their eyes than kids in the US or EU, but it wouldn’t indicate a higher standard of living.

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he wasn't skittish, he just took interest in the world around him