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89 Things About Modern Life In America That Would’ve Seemed Absurd Not That Long Ago
If you’re living outside the United States, your frame of reference for life on the ground is what you see in the news. Most of it will likely revolve around political division and immigration-related issues that seem to be getting more problematic over time.
What you’re not seeing are the daily experiences of regular folks. You may not have a firsthand look at their struggles with rising costs, different forms of discrimination, and societal changes that may make life in America feel like a dystopian movie.
Here are some examples through images shared by the citizens bearing the brunt of it all.
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"Letting The Cat Out Of The Bag"
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America Is A Glorified Company Town
#4
If You See Someone Stealing Food... No You Didn't
Crystalwitch60 1 minute ago
RIGHT, nothing to see there , I do not approve of stealing what so ever ,but times like that clearly needs must, long as it’s very clearly only a weeks worth or one or two tins and not the organised crews that shop to order to make money ,then you speak up, (easy to work out they steal entire shelf loads at a time ,)
#5
Sad That This Is What The Mcdonald’s Play Place Is Now. I Miss The 80s
#7
Like, Why Are People Feeding Into And Helping The Whole Mass Surveillance Thing?
#8
It's Not Like The Food's Not Out There, Though, At Least In The Us. We Have Enough Food To Feed Everyone. We Choose Not To
#9
Anybody Else Not Allowed To Poop At Work?
#10
Mcdonald’s New “Play Place” For Children. Two Screens/Two Chairs
#11
Am I Crazy For Thinking $101 Should Get Me More Groceries Than This?
#12
Your Sunset Is Brought To You By Pepsi
Norm Gilmore 1 hour ago
They're doing fantastic things with defence drones nowadays. Just saying....
#13
Anti-Homeless Benches Designed To Prevent People From Laying Down Makes It Hard To Sit
#14
The Credit Score Is Audacity
#15
Shame That Nobody Could Erase This With The Stroke Of A Pen, Eh?
#16
Dystopia
Did I say that out loud? 3 hours ago
Yet another reason on a very long list of why not to buy a Tesla.
#18
3rd Bill For My 3rd Rabies Shot Out Of 4. This Is The Discounted Rate. Btw, Untreated Rabies Is Fatal
#19
My Birthday Present To Myself Was Using An Extra July Paycheck To Make A Big Final Push On My Student Loans. In The Time It Took My Payment To Process My Loans Accrued $0.37
#20
Ad Advertising That Companies Should Stop Employing Human Workers
Beak Hookage 3 hours ago (edited)
You'll be hiring the humans back once you realise the stupid AI cannot in fact do their jobs after all. You idiot. And of COURSE the AI has been represented by a "beautiful" woman, because misogyny is always a part of it.
#23
Smiling Through The Dystopian Nightmare
#24
Texts With My Antivax Mom
Roman Arendt 4 hours ago
"Anyway, just wanted to tell you I just got diagnosed with cervical cancer. Thanks, mom!"
#25
My Estranged Father Was On Life Support, I Was Forced To Make The Decision To Pull The Plug, And Now I Owe Over $2k
#26
Just Gonna Leave This Here — Totally Not Related To The Last Beat!
#27
Relying On Chatgpt To Have A Basic Conversation
Did I say that out loud? 3 hours ago
Another one that's not exclusively a US thing, according to the current title, but if chatgpt says you're relying on it too much, you really need to listen.
#28
Glad Critical Medical Care Is Being Taken Care Of By Private Companies That Definitely Give A Shit
#30
Only Donating To Charity If They Get Good Reviews
#31
This
#32
I Am Now Getting Ads In My Android Messaging App
#34
Getting A Bill For The Ambulance Ride After The Bill Is Due
Did I say that out loud? 3 hours ago
Getting a bil for the ambulance ride is fúckèd up on its own.
#35
Flock Camera Pointed Directly Into A Michigan Dispensary Parking Lot. Dispensary Reacted Accordingly And Correctly
#36
My Mom Watching An AI Series
Robert van Deventer 3 hours ago
Apparently boomers are easily hooked on AI slop. My 74 yo mother loves her monotonous, droning stories. I keep telling her she is no different than a j****e.
#37
Aww You’ve Been Sexually Harassed? Well Walmart Is The Real Victim Here
#38
The Sugar Inside Drinks Today Should Be A Crime
#39
I'm More Confused On Why Milkyway Is Green, Like Isn't It Supposed To Be Blue??
#40
I'm In Agony And I Can't Afford Us Healthcare
#41
The Doctors Office I've Been Using For 10+ Years Is Now Charging An Annual Fee
#42
Went Fan Shopping Due To The Current Heatwave. Rollback Sign Is Just Insulting🤦🏽♀️
#43
Going To A Concert In 2026
#44
Robot Dog Firing Bullets With Minimum Recoil
#46
Facebook Page Generated An AI Video Of Anne Frank Eating Various Foods To Talk About Her Life
#47
I Want To Fight Whoever Made This Billboard
#48
Painting Over Core Values At The FBI
#51
Can't Find Any Microplastics If You Don't Look For Them
#52
I Went To See The Famous Giant Donut In La But It Was Covered With An Advertisement
#55
Concert Tickets Should Never Cost The Same As Rent
#62
A Car With A Carburetor Would Never
#64
This Bench Advertises That “No Kid Should Ever Have To Sleep On The Streets” And Then Adds Bars So Homeless People Can’t Sleep On The Bench
Elladine DesIsles 5 hours ago
Covenant House is quite content to put kids back on the street, as long as thet are at capacity on the days they have to report for funding calculations. They are especially fond of summarily discharging LGBTQIA2S kids, kids who aren't part of a mainstream Christian denomination, and young women who have had or are planning to have an abortion.
#67
Elderly Palestinian Couple Looking At The House They Once Lived In, Now Occupied By A Couple From Brooklyn
BlackestDawn 1 hour ago
How is this this related to america specifically? How would it be different if the current house owners were from another country, or even from Palestine?
#71
Save Act Ended And My Student Loans Came Out Flagged As 90 Days Overdue. Dropped My Credit Score To 493 As Result
#75
My Neighbourhood Has Been Taken Over By Delivery Robots That Crash Into People
#76
Bro Thinks He's Special
Elladine DesIsles 4 hours ago
This is nothing to brag about; Trans people can say the same. The difference is that cisgender people have their genders recognized and respected from birth.
#77
This Is So Dystopian, Company Makes A Bench Turn Your Bare Legs Into Ads
#78
How Long Until We Match This Level Of Casual Cruelty And Turn Against These Jerks?
#79
An Oregon McDonald's Is So Desperate For Workers It Hung A Huge Banner Outside Calling On 14-Year-Olds To Apply - It's Medford
#81
No Subtlety Anymore
#83
Democrats Are Straight Up Admitting They Like Immigrants Because They Can Exploit Them
#86
Ah Yeah Heaven
#87
From Our Newest Contract Holder
#88
How Are People Even Existing?
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