npub18p3fccwqgnxx5nay7xvder7ypazqa4n6ephqgje3ntgwywl5nkhsk403wh (npub18p3…03wh) As far as I can tell, it’s a very British thing. Having a hard life is some kind of moral high ground.
I guess it probably goes hand-in-hand with the extreme self-deprecation.
I never realised it until I left. I do not miss it.
(I’m guessing the responder you saw was British. Just a hunch.)