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50 Photos From Real Life In The US That Look Like They’re From A Dystopian Movie
Most folks had some science fiction or fantasy universe they would have loved to live in as a child. After all, the future, with its flying cars, robot assistants and magical long life seemed like it would all be a great time. But the last few years have done a lot to diminish that optimism.
We’ve gathered images from current America that might be more reminiscent of dystopian fiction, from bosses with bizarre, controlling rules, to how hopeless the job market has become. So settle in, brace yourself, upvote the most interesting submissions and be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments down below.
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#1
We Owe For A Surgery That Was Pre Approved By Our Health Insurance
BCBS is completely screwing my wife and I with 45k in medical debt over a surgery that was pre approved and accepted by them. I’m so sick of the health insurance scam in the US.
Sofia 2 months ago
not saying that is right but they created the situation that putted them in danger. More gap between poor and rich and more situation like this will repeat
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Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago
I got a Doctors bill today ( NZ ) $2•50 for my opiate prescription. How the he1l am I supposed to afford that? /s
L.V 2 months ago
Last time I went to the doctor I had to spend £4 to buy a sandwich at the next door shop. What is the world coming to?
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Tiggy Darling 2 months ago
I collapsed earlier this week. Slurred speech, wonky face. Turned out to be inner ear infection and lopsidedness from a tooth extraction. The paramedics thought it might be a possible stroke so got a ride in an ambulance to hospital, CT scan, blood tests, EKG. Got some pills that help a lot and now have to wait until it goes away. Total cost £9.90. Luckily I pre-paid £114 per year to get all prescriptions 'free' so didn't have to pay a thing. Fine now, just a bit wobbly.
Tiggy Darling 2 months ago
Just to say again, I am a lot better. A bit dizzy sometimes but more of an embuggerance than a proper illness now.
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Tim Gearing 2 months ago
Just wait until AI is deciding on whether you get the treatment or if the Organisation using the AI is paying the AI company a % of the money that the AI saves said Organisation. It could get worse
James016 2 months ago
United Health is already using AI to mass deny claims in seconds
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joseph legatt 2 months ago
I don't live in the U.S. Several years ago my wife had surgery. The doctor's visits, specialist consultation, surgery, hospital stay, all free. But I must have spent $30.00 for parking at the hospital over several days of visiting her. Now that's something to complain about.
Gertrude VonSpitzbart 2 months ago
Hey guys, you don't have to put up with this $h1t! Just vote for people that will give you Universal Healthcare. Simples!
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#2
On A Beach Vacation, I Walked Out On A Pier To Watch The Sunset When This Hideous Electronic Billboard Cruised By Scrolling Ads In The Middle Of The Ocean
It felt so dystopian. Nowhere is free from advertising!
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
They are putting adds at gas station pumps and Tesla's are now showing ads on their screens after the latest update to the software that RUNS THE CAR. The newest car I ever owned was a 1987 and it was a stick shift so...
Leolynn Cauthron 2 months ago
Bet there’s a fee or even subscription to stop those adds.
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Sam 2 months ago
It is so beautiful, I am crying tears, tears of love. It is more beautiful than puppies and sunshine and popsicles and mom.
Jan Rosier 2 months ago
Great for pellet-gun practice ! or crossbow, slingshot, trebuchet... get creative !
Sue Phillips 2 months ago
This is South Florida. The old grandma next door has rocket launchers... I like the trebuchet reference, though.
Load More Replies... GlitterPanda 2 months ago
This would make me do anything and everything I could to avoid using their services. Anti-advertising
#3
Lunch Debt
Michael Largey 2 months ago
MAGA would scream that he was teaching those other kids to be dependent.
Austzn 2 months ago
Can confirm; my children have had this at schools before.
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turk 2 months ago (edited)
My labor union did a fundraiser for local schoolchildren to pay for their lunches. If they didn't pay, the school would only provide a milk and peanut butter and jelly sandwich. So, it was a stigmatizing thing for the children who would have to eat that at lunch. They were teased and called "PB&J kids". Sickening that we can give tax breaks to private plane owners, but won't pay to feed schoolchildren.
Min 2 months ago
My nephew would prefer the PB&J so he just wouldn't mention to my SIL if the lunch payments fell behind. She was so embarrassed when she found out from the teacher later.
Load More Replies... GlitterPanda 2 months ago
What really gets to me is how this is presented like it is supposed to be some feel-good story about a kid helping others...NO it is a story about capitalistic greed letting kids go hungry.
Janet Horwith 2 months ago
This young man will end up being the CEO of a badass charitable organization. Right on kid!
People use the word "dystopia" in two overlapping meanings: as a genre of literature and as shorthand for future-or-present-that-doesn't-feel-so-good. Ultimately it's the opposite of utopia, a world imagined to be imperfect, not as faulty but as corrupt, where one or two plausible changes to our world have been extended too far and recreated as known. When someone says "this is dystopian," they usually mean something more than "I don't like it": they mean the system itself controls people's lives in ways which feel inevitable, oppressive, or morally degrading.
Most readers recognize a dystopia by trope rather than by a single prop. There usually is a break,an authentic hinge, like some technological breakthrough, some climatic catastrophe, or some political fusion, and a set of institutions that form around that hinge and make institutional sense of its rationality.
#4
"I Hope I Make It"
Marnie 2 months ago
Capitalism at its worst. The countries with the highest standard of living and highest happiness ratings are all capitalist countries (e.g. Norway).
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
The USA is going to be a 3rd world nation in my lifetime and that sucks.
turk 2 months ago
But we're turning millionaires into billionaires at a record pace. USA! USA!
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Grape Walls of Ire 2 months ago
She must have to charge around $10k per glass. This country is so depressing.
Sofia 2 months ago
raise 300$ buy a plane ticket come here in europe get your surgery for free. Don't even need a return ticket.
Amy S 2 months ago
People from America generally have to pay for healthcare when in Europe as most countries health systems are for the benefit of their own citizens and other countries with reciprocal agreements. However, even paying out of pocket in Europe could be cheaper than paying in the USA.
Load More Replies... Barbara Wilcock 2 months ago
This broke my heart. I hope she will get treatment and live a long happy life
#5
This
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
Reminds me of a guy here in town who does itinerant bike repair. He hauls his tools around in a little van and he fixes bikes. Portland is a very bike-centric city so a lot of us bike. Some employers call him up and everyone working at the business gets a free tuneup. That reminds me, I'm due for a wheel true in a month.
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 months ago
We live in Springfield. Very bike-centric indeed.
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Melvin Lafleur 2 months ago
Meanwhile the space sits empty, but the owner makes out with a write-off
#6
Unlock This Post
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
It's nice when they provide an actual demonstration of the word "irony."
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
The NYT keeps trying to make me use an app to play my games. I don't want to use an app! Leave me and my Boomer browser alone!
Luke Branwen 2 months ago
I have one quick, reliable tip how to save on streaming service subscription 🏴☠️
Leolynn Cauthron 2 months ago
And you can search the same headline in a search engine and read it for free.
Folks envision the rules those institutions promulgate: what permits you to have on hand, how speech is regulated, what kind of jobs there are. Those institutional details are what make abstract fears more concrete. The average person sees dystopia as a world where everyday habits, rituals and forms constantly remind you who's in charge.
#7
A Vendor Selling Bullet Resistant Glass To Schools At A Teacher Convention In America 10/17/2024
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago (edited)
Columbine was 1999. Has ANYTHING changed? It's been over 1/4 of a century and almost half my life.
Sam 2 months ago
We won't be free until every toddler is heavily armed and a full black belt in jiu-jitsu.
Uncle Panda 2 months ago
FWIW, my niece and nephew were almost impossible to hold onto and knew how to throw a straight punch to the nadgers by age 4. Because UncleJujutsu, that's why.
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Dragons Exist 2 months ago
Thank god, now our gun problems are solved by you asking
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Stannous Flouride 2 months ago
As long as the kids aren't exposed to stories that have two dads raising a happy kid or maybe books that say sl@very was bad, everything will be fine. Right?
#8
Amazon Won't Let Us Listen To Music Or Sit Down But We Get These "Motivational" Messages All Day Long
Cee Cee 2 months ago
I have stopped buying from Amazon. Horrible company. Local newspaper (UK South West) has an article today showing piles of plastic pee bottles outside the horribly named fulfilment centre. Amazon disclaims responsibility as most drivers are employed through a third party. Disgusting way to treat employees.
CooperDooper81 2 months ago
It is almost the essence of Orwell, isn't it?
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turk 2 months ago
I'd say unionize. But Trump has shut down the NLRB by not staffing it. So, even if there is a successful union vote, it cannot be legally certified. Trump took away the Constitutional right to organize.
Nikole 2 months ago
Yep. And there was barely a blip when that happened. I sure do hope that the person who stopped the escalator at the UN gets arrested and hanged though… argh! WTF is happening??
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Janet Horwith 2 months ago
Bozo serves a purpose because I am legally blind and cannot drive any more. But he's still a capitalist s*****g. And his wife is f*****g yougly.
Lil be lil 2 months ago
Same. I'm a senior with a vision problem and no real transportation. I have to get deliveries especially heavy bulky items.
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Seen At The PBS Building In Boston Today
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
Because Bert and Ernie were, er, uh, "roommates," so the Feds thought.
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
It was more that conservatives thought PBS was liberal and pushed a liberal agenda. Maybe.... a bit, but I think it was more intellectual and inclusive. Wait! I just described the liberal agenda! Doh!
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David 2 months ago
they got 15% of their money from the feds (NPR was 2%) the rest from Donations. Both are surviving fine without taxpayer money. Years ago, PBS got 80%+ from the feds, bc it was needed to provide educational content for children. Today, they get most of their budget from donations and sponsors, and will continue to do so.
Janet Horwith 2 months ago
All because the infantile "president" doesn't like when someone else dishes out the same BS he does.
The second element of the popular idea of dystopia is the built world and sensory feel of life within the regimes. People imagine isolated cities, gated enclaves for some and abandonment for others, blaring loudspeakers and public spectacle, ration tickets and synthetic food. All the small, repetitive things,the smell of water rationing, the hum of the drones, the announcements, that's how the notion of "dystopia" is made real and tangible. When a world is described only in sweeping ideology, people are preached at; when it's shown in the grain of ordinary life, it reads as dystopia because you can almost do the routines yourself.
#10
Start Their Influencing Career Early
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
I can only hope so but it doesn't have the "Obvious Plant" watermark.
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Krrriiisss 2 months ago
Children will always want to copy whatever their parents do. this is not much different than toy hammers or cooking utensils. not everything is indoctrination
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
OMG, available at Walmart for $50. My soul is smoldering into ash. Can we not spare the children?
Jrog 2 months ago
$50 for barely $2 worth of wood and half that in manufacturing.
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Leolynn Cauthron 2 months ago
So freaking sad. And quick research shows sets like these are available from many major retailers.
#11
Solving The Homeless Crisis With Tickets
Savannah greenleaf 2 months ago
If you neglect to pay them you could potentially be jailed for unpaid fines. Depending on the weather jail may be better than the street, and that is just a sad observation.
The Majestic Opossum 2 months ago
And then you'll get charged for your jail stay.
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Gordon 2 months ago
When I was homeless, we used to get beaten up by the cops on the daily....It was horror....And that is part of why I have PTSD.
Rosie Cat 2 months ago
D**n Gordon, I'm sorry and pissed off that happened to you. F**k!!
Load More Replies... turk 2 months ago
Brilliant. Solve the problem of people with no money or homes by putting them further into debt.
Charlie the Cat 2 months ago
Lots of tents on the other side of the road. That police officer is going to have a busy day.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
The Mayor announced today, that after a two year hiatus, the cops are going to start ticketing again.
#12
The Grocery Robot Pleaded For 15 Minutes For Cleanup In Aisle 16 For A Square Of Tissue. No One Came
Bonnie Blue Bird 2 months ago
People were putting masks on them during the pandemic ... i found it funny
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Jrog 2 months ago (edited)
The whole project was scrapped by Walmart after a couple years. It proved in all its iterations to be ineffective, unreliable and led to swaths of customer complaints. They failed at a first attempt in 2012-2014, failed again in an updated version in 2017-2018, and utterly failed in 2019-2022. A company (Stop&Shop) attempted to roll this out on other brands, but I can't find a single success story outside of news directly traceable to their press releases.
Uncle Panda 2 months ago
Our local Walmart has an independent floor sweeping robot. Very utilitarian and does the job.
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Dirk Daring 2 months ago
"I can't. I don't have it. I don't have a square to spare. I can't spare a square."
Technology is at the center of much of our modern use of the term. Informally, "dystopian" often means "surveilled" or "algorithmically regulated": cameras, facial and voice recognition, social credit, predictive policing, constant targeted advertising. But devices themselves, no, but a kind of sixth sense whispers that dystopia emerges wherever technologies making life easier or healthier also produce new mechanisms of control and new markets for power. Popular perception is that technology is a miracle and trap, convenience will come at the cost of privacy, autonomy, or dignity, and that conflict is a synonym for dystopia.
#13
This Rejection Email
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Honestly, you don't even have to specify that with an AI. That's the default state. It takes more work to get it NOT be warm and generic.
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Tucker Cahooter 2 months ago
They have censored the name of the person but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just "{{Applicant_Name}}"
Bored Sailor 2 months ago
A lot of jobs created were for government funding by hyping the job creation numbers and the company never planned on filling the positioning with someone.
Beak Hookage 2 months ago
That would certainly explain the two years of utterly pointless applications I've been forced to fill out just to keep my unemployment benefits, knowing full well none will even get a response other than the odd vague "candidates more closely aligned with the role" BS. It's all but deliberately designed to make the unemployed feel completely hopeless and apathetic about their situation ever changing.
Load More Replies... Glasofruix 2 months ago
The problem with AI is that people that rely on it have basically relocated their brains into the cloud to the point where they don't even check if the answer makes any sense.
Janet Horwith 2 months ago
You really don't want to work for a place that treats people like this.
Stannous Flouride 2 months ago
Pretty hard to write something that sounds less humane than ChatGTP but here we are.
#14
10 Years Of Paying School Loans, I’m Almost Back To The Principal Balance
Jrog 2 months ago
True. But also, financial illiteracy at its finest. If your (predatory) repayment plan is designed to cover only interest, you should be aware that you should pay some more at any occasion to start chipping away at the principal, else you will be stuck with it with your whole life. There is a reason why interest-only loans are heavily regulated by EU banking authorities, and often subject to strict limits on debt volume, proof of financial solidity and how those debt can be traded.
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Janet Horwith 2 months ago
I knew someone who never had a student loan and was billed for over $80k from a college that didn't exist. He sued them for the $80k and won almost thirty thousand dollars.
wobbly jelly 2 months ago
I was talking to one of our UK grads - just got a pay rise so student loans repayment went up, but was still less than the interest - so debt just growing!
Shaggy 2 months ago
I was lucky, got out without any in the 90's. Wife had about 30K. She consolidated them all and we ended up with a loan at 2% or so. That was super cheap compared to the 6-8% we were paying on the house etc. So we only paid the minimums. Took until around 2015 to pay off. Managed to get the kid through without. His current GF has over 100K. Ya just can't win.
#15
This Sign On A School Near Uvalde, TX
The_Nicest_Misanthrope 2 months ago
Horrifying message? Check. Grammatical error to showcase the terrible US school systems? Also check
Charlie the Cat 2 months ago
It's a shame the police will not do whatever is necessary to protect students.
Language, symbols, and memory are another vector to which people associate dystopias. If history has been rewritten, words have become weapons, or propaganda slogans occupy the public square, then the world is closed and constructed. Ordinary citizens identify these acrobatics as attacks on shared meaning: when you cannot speak truthfully of the past or call what is happening in the moment, disobedience is not merely dangerous but ideologically complex.
#16
Love That A Software Update Can Make You Not Be Able To Drive Your Car
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
I think the word "dystopian" was created specifically for situations like this.
Cydney Golden 2 months ago
Years ago Verizon changed our home phone number (land line) but could not change it back bc the 'computer' wouldn't let them. They never told us they changed it, we certainly didn't ask them to. Only noticed it when I called and the number they repeated back to us a number that was not ours.
Zander Porbanda 2 months ago
Ford Trucks. Purchase one and you don’t own it, just licensed user.
#17
At A UPS Hub - Do Borderline Impossible Work For The Chance To Be Hydrated
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago (edited)
Pleasures of working at a foundry (Even if you're office staff) We get unlimited free Gatorade and flavored ice pops (I'm not sure what they're called, long packs of flavored water that they freeze). As it turns out, having the staff not die of heat stroke or dehydration is a positive thing for the company.
Beak Hookage 2 months ago
We call 'em Icypoles or Zooper Doopers here in Australia!
Load More Replies... Tucker Cahooter 2 months ago
No doubt the Gatorade bottle will the size of those alcohol bottles you see in a mini bar in hotel room
Michael Largey 2 months ago
Don't even try. If enough people succeed at doing it, it will become an expectation for all.
#18
They Started Replacing The Refrigerator Doors With LED Screens At My Local Supermarket
AnnaB 2 months ago (edited)
Who thought this was a good idea? Now you have to open the door just to see if what you want is even in stock. Before you could just see through the glass.
CP 2 months ago
If you look it shows no bottle available where it is out of stock. 3rd cooler down next to the red gatorade.
Load More Replies... Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
A news report says: The smart doors display a digital screen that shows what products are inside the cooler, as well products' nutritional information, price and availability. The doors also display full-screen ads. According to the Cooler Screens website, the doors use front-facing sensors and internally-facing cameras. Three internally-facing cameras track what products are inside the cooler to show inventory and positioning, while front-facing sensors detect customers' presence and interaction. The sensors do not collect or store shoppers' data, nor seek to identify them through facial recognition, the company's website says. Instead, the sensors track customers' presence, dwell time and door opens.
Lil be lil 2 months ago
Try to reduce my Amazon shopping but I cannot shop here! Vision impaired.
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Bree Davis 2 months ago
I would think it would make the supermarket greener by not having idiots opening the doors and then choosing what they want..
Brandi Delph 2 months ago
My grocery store did away with them after a few years. They were not always accurate, so people opened the doors "just to make sure" anyway
Stannous Flouride 2 months ago
It's so they can surge price things. Temp over 95º? That Gatorade is now $2.25.
Scarcity and stratification are what readers also seek in a dystopia. Not necessarily famine; rather more frequently that goods needed are being rationed, access is partitioned, and small comforts or basic rights are now class markers. Black markets, forged documents, or furtive exchange in everyday life apprise readers the system is under stress and unequal, which is central to the common perception of dystopia: living under structural shortage, where survival requires moral sacrifice.
#19
My Ambulance Bill
I was very sick last month with myocarditis and had to be transported off site for cardiac MRI and had to be on oxygen and EKG. Although it was down the street and a short 3 minute ride in Boston. Unfortunately since I was having difficulty communicating due to shortness of breath and leaving my house with not even my ID or belongings. Clarified with them about my insurance and will hopefully be resolved. Will hear back in a few weeks. Stressful
veirdbuttrue 2 months ago
OMG This is all so awful, honestly I feel sorry for Americans rn. Terrifying.
Marcos Valencia 2 months ago
The real problem here is not only about private/public health, but about totally outrageous prices. Comparisons are always deficient, since societies are a whole, but an ambulance in my country (Spain), without insurance of any case (private/public), is €150 h (or fraction), non medicalized, or 260 h (or fraction), medicalized. The price here is like 25 hours (!) of medicalized ambulance in my country.
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
Yes! As I wrote in an earlier post, when I had to go to the hospital for a kidney stone here in France I called a friend to drive me because I didn't know that the ambulance here is either free or minimal and is covered by French health services. And my ride would have been 25 kilometres, so I assumed it would be be 10 to 15 thousand like it would be in the US.
Stannous Flouride 2 months ago
I just spent 6 days in the VA hospital for surgery and recovery. But because in 1970 I was too poor to afford bones spurs, my draft number 17, and I'm not a fücking coward and I served in the US Army for just under two years, it was all free. But there wasn't a single person I met there, staff or patient, that didn't believe it was the standard of care EVERY American deserved to have for free. (btw- I think draft resistors were not draft dodgers. Fleeing your country for your beliefs is not a cowardly act.)
Janet Horwith 2 months ago
I hope this turned out for you. Resubmit all claims yourself and call to get a human contact with your insurance company. They will do whatever they can not to pay.
Al Padilla 1 month ago
Had a diabetic patient who developed severe hypoglycemia during a church service. Parishoners called 911 (emergency number) and the patient was treated by EMTs and transferred 1/4 mile (0.15 km) to the hospital ER, where she was checked and discharged. The bill came to something like $4000. Her insurer (I think UnitedHealthCare) refused to pay anything, because she was transported by an "out-of-network" ambulance, which happened to be the only ambulance. Her "in-network" ambulance was a 45-60 minute drive away. Patient was a nurse/Diabetes Educator, and we worked together to file a complaint with the "Connecticut Managed Care Ombudsman." The denial was repealed, but had we not "known the ropes" she would have been stuck, which is probably the case with most "normal" people. Gotta love it, says this endocrinologist.
#20
Absolutely Dystopian
Lady Chelsea (LadyChelseaoftheVoid) 2 months ago
No, unions are the things that keep workers from killing your greedy asses.
nicholas nolan 2 months ago
And people buy into it most of the time. I can't wrap my head around it.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 2 months ago
You can absolutely trust what the company says about unions. Because the company has your best interests at heart.
turk 2 months ago (edited)
As a union worker, my pay is about 25% higher and my benefits 80% higher than a non-union worker in the same industry. My union dues are about 2% of my wages. I have better safety, a voice in my workplace, training, and job security. Union workers are also more productive and I get production bonuses. And more importantly, I never have to kiss a*s for advancement opportunities. So, tell me again how this is a bad deal for me?
Esler Charles 2 months ago
Absolutely all true. I have been in a union job for 10 years now. I love everything about it. Teamsters 350
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Biofish23 2 months ago (edited)
Anyone else see speech bubbles coming out of a pair of underpants?
Johnnynatfan 2 months ago
This is nothing new. Corporations have been anti union for well over a century.
#21
Police Officer Halloween Costumes Have Been Militarized. This Is Just So Depressing
Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago
I'm canceling your down vote because you are 100% right.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
Police cars have those lights and bright colors to make them MORE visible. Look at how they've changed the outfit over the years. We've gone from Andy Griffith's tan and Dragnet's blue to black tactical vests and camo gaiters.
nicholas nolan 2 months ago (edited)
It's super weird. My Dad and uncle were cops, and I remember when the first plate carrier vests came out when AP ammunition was flooding the streets in the 90s. Departments wanted their cops protected, but they still wanted them to look like cops and not soldiers. So the vests were made to look like uniform shirts. Complete with normal blue, brown/tan, or grey colors, standard shirt pockets, and "shirt "buttons" down the front. Now the local sheriff's department in my hometown looks like Marines in Fallujah, 24/7.
Load More Replies... Janet Horwith 2 months ago
I would turn my pittie loose on any moron that showed up at my house in that asinine costume.
#22
If I Didn't Have Insurance, I Would Have To Pay More Than 400 Dollars For A Single Bottle Of ADHD Medication. How Did We Normalize This???
Upstaged75 2 months ago
I'm pretty sure that's the insurance price. Self pay would likely be a bit less. Which is really a moot point because we shouldn't have to pay anything at all!
Marcos Valencia 2 months ago
Laboratory price in Spain is €53,15 and final price at pharmacies is €83,00. But, since 98% of the Spanish population is covered by Social Security, your monthly payment can vary from €8,23/month (low incomes), €18/month (up to €100K/year), €67/month (from €100K/year).
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Multa Nocte 2 months ago
In the US my husband's diabetes medication cost about 750 dollars per month (although that was 4 years ago and I understand it has increased). Here in France if you pay straight cash and not use your carte de séjour it is about €80.00.
Charlie the Cat 2 months ago
In the UK if you have diabetes all prescriptions for medication are free.
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Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 2 months ago
My last refill of ADHD meds (not the same type, though) cost me $14. I'm on insurance, but I'm also Canadian, and it's less stupid here.
For All Pedernity 2 months ago
That's still expensive. I don't know what ADHD medications cost in Norway, but you'll never have to pay more than 330 US dollars a year for all medications and treatments put together.
Börje Strömming 2 months ago
Hello neighbor ! Our high-cost protection is lower but you guys earn more so guess it evens out.
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Debby Keir 2 months ago
*n the UK, Elvanse (the brand name for lisdexamfetamine, the active ingredient in Vyvanse) has an indicative NHS price of approximately £62.82 to £68.60 for a 28-capsule pack, depending on the strength. These are the d**g tariff prices, and the final cost for private prescriptions may vary, so it's best to check with a local pharmacy or your doctor*
#23
My Apartments Trash And Recycling Chutes Lead To The Same Bin
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
Recycling is a scam in so many parts of the US. I still do it, though!
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George Costanza 2 months ago
My workplace did the same. They eventually just removed the recycling bins since people didn't actually separate things anyway.
Esler Charles 2 months ago
Some companies have a system called single stream where it's all together at the pickup site and then separated at the dump facility
#24
Uber Eats Dystopia
Janet Horwith 2 months ago
Never have Uber or Door dash. Don't be so effing lazy and get your own take away. While you can't see what they are doing, your order could be poisoned, eaten or worse.
#25
Delta Airlines Says Don’t Unionize
firecrackershrimp 2 months ago
And they won't you distracting yourself with a game
Load More Replies... Ange Marsden 2 months ago
Wow, that would actually be illegal in NZ - employers are not allowed to encourage or discourage an employee to join a union
For All Pedernity 2 months ago
Same in Norway. Also, unions never cost this much and the dues are tax deductable.
Load More Replies... turk 2 months ago (edited)
And you'll make about 25% more on your earnings. So if you make $50k, you'll get about $12,500 more per year. Also, no more a*s kissing.
David 2 months ago
Actually Delta pays better than all the Unionized airlines currently, and the only ones that pay from 30 min before boarding until the plane in empty, the others dont start paying until the door closes before takeoff
Load More Replies... David 2 months ago
To be fair, Delta has better pay and benefits than all of the Unionized airlines and are the only one who pays them from 30 min before boarding until they get off the plane, the Unionized ones, the flight attendants dont get paid until the door closes and have lower average hourly wages.
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
Delta, based in the anti union south. Now that GM and Ford no longer have a presence there..
#26
This USPS Mail Sorting Facility Where You Read And Enter Addresses All Day And Are Not Allowed To Speak
Glen Ellyn 2 months ago
Is this something new? Or is it a directive made by former postmaster general Louis "no joy" DeJoy, who resigned in March 2025?
General Anaesthesia 2 months ago (edited)
The original Reddit post that BP scraped is three years old, August 2022.
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Robert T 2 months ago
I've worked in an office like that in the UK. Open plan and the size of 2 football fields. There was no rule against talking though, so the sound was deafening as people talked louder and louder to make themselves heard. Noise cancellling headphones in and music on, otherwise it gave me a headache.
Dave In MD 2 months ago
This is the office where they decode handwriting that the OCR readers cant figure out. It requires concentration.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 months ago
not really. my husband used to work in MDEC, which is the royal mail equivalent, and they're allowed to chat or listen to their headphones. if it needed particular focus and concentration, it wouldn't really be the job for him, bless him. but he worked there happily for years. he liked it because it was relaxed and he could just switch off and get on with it.
Load More Replies... Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Less concentration on work. Of course, it also makes employees hate their job, which also causes less concentration on work.
Load More Replies... Mary Peace 2 months ago
I hope no-one sneezes near me, because I d say 'bless you' without thinking.
#27
The United States Secretary Of Defense Just Promoted A Clip Calling For Women To Lose Their Right To Vote
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
Well, I can pretty much guarantee you that the real Jesus wouldn't have put up with that shit.
Peeka_Mimi 2 months ago (edited)
Yet Ericka Kirk is allowed to be CEO of Turning Point? That goes against everything her husband preached. She needs to stay home and be a mom.
Schrödinger's Douchebag 2 months ago
Living the dream USA. Oop, sorry I meant WAKING NIGHTMARE.
veirdbuttrue 2 months ago
Your Christian overlords are coming for you. Oh and fascism. Also coming for you.
For All Pedernity 2 months ago
For real!? The Handmaid's Tale is turning into a documentary... Ashamed that this rasshøl has Norwegian ancestry. Sorry!
ManuelQue 2 months ago
Author Margaret Atwood said that everything in that book, plus the trilogy that starts with Oryx and Crake, describes situations that have happened, are happening, or likely will happen.
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Debby Keir 2 months ago
Yeah and wimmin should wear hijab so you don't get tempted by their bodies.
#28
Apple's New "Privacy" Ad Creates Dystopian Effect By Appearing To Record Me In My Apartment
Beak Hookage 2 months ago
This had better not be a reference to the famous painting "Le fils de l'homme".
General Anaesthesia 2 months ago
Meta/Faecesbook's new camera-glasses are much more stylish. A decade ago, Google glass failed because people didn't like getting filmed on the street, despite the old "you have no right to privacy in public" perverts.
#29
My Corporation Is My Religion My CEO Is My God, I Don't Question I Consume
Felicia Baxter 2 months ago
I want a game with this premise, maybe by rockstar, they have awesome enviornmental story telling
#30
California Is Under A Tsunami Advisory But The States Tsunami Evacuation Map Is Down
The Majestic Opossum 2 months ago
People seem to forget that virtual platforms still rely on physical bandwidth to operate. This is why you print and prepare ahead of time.
Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago (edited)
Plus it was only some of coastal California under an advisory notice, not the entire state. We got a tsunami alert in NZ too. Anywhere between 50m/164ft above sea level was notified if they were in the possible locale of a tsunami.
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Lost Panda 2 months ago
This may just be a Japan thing (or even a regional Japan thing, I don't know), but when we bought our house, they provided a flood map of the entire city that showed not only our, but all evac/safe points. I say this, because I feel it should be a requirement for all city/local governments to hand this stuff out annually.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
I had friends who were watching that one. It happened after an earthquake in Russia sent out a potential tsunami towards Hawaii and California. That was like last month.
Janet Horwith 2 months ago
When we visited CA years ago, we saw all these Tsunami Zone signs everywhere. We left two days early because there was an earthquake.
#31
My Toothbrush Wished Me A Happy New Year
Dragons Exist 2 months ago
Imagine you time-travel to the past, say 1922. Someone asks what technology in the future is like. You reply with "my toothbrush wished me a happy New Year"
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
How much money do I have to pay them to get the model that doesn't remind me that he only one who wished me a happy new year this year was my toothbrush 😂I know I'm an introvert, you don't have to rub it in... well, more of a vibrating massaging motion than just rubbing it in, I guess.
Uncle Panda 2 months ago
If it makes you feel any better, we all missed my 60th birthday a few years ago. I clued in about a week later.
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#32
I Wonder What Else They'll Make Into A Subscription
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 2 months ago
I'll never get rid of my l Brother laser printer. Not that I'll ever have to. They last forever
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Ace 2 months ago
I never understood this - not the _optional_ ink subscription model itself, which may or may not work for some people, but why so many people apparently went for it in the first place and then complained later. Did they just not read the details and think they were getting a printer at a bargain price?
Laughing Orc 2 months ago
This. I tried the subscription for a while and it was okayish, but they do make it fairly clear what you're signing up for when you start it up. I've since switched to an ink tank printer, which costs more up front but the ink refills last for thousands of prints.
Load More Replies... joseph legatt 2 months ago
Please explain to me like I'm 2 years old, why do people still buy HP c**p?
Schrödinger's Douchebag 2 months ago
This one PMO enough to throw my HP printer in the bin and boycott.
wobbly jelly 2 months ago
before you even get to the ink my drivers that supported the printers duplex printing, scanning and doc feeder (including OCR etc) was replaced with the web app that printed one side and scanning from glass only; loosing over half it's functionality. All HP's have been replaced
#33
The Bojangles Near Me Has Started Using AI To Order
Glix Drap 2 months ago
Just what I was thinking. WTF would you call it Bolinda?
Load More Replies... Lady Chelsea (LadyChelseaoftheVoid) 2 months ago
"Go f**k yourself, clanker. Get me a person."
Otorgar 2 months ago
Scrap the clankers! Into the crusher with the lot of them.
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Lauren Caswell 2 months ago
Lol! They tried to design a special Aussie/Kiwi accent one for Burger King (well here in NZ they did). It failed so hard they are currently using the UK Burger King AI as it can handle our accent
Janet Horwith 2 months ago
You may want to think twice about ordering from here. Bolinda may not respond.
#34
Pay For College With Your Blood
Upstaged75 2 months ago
This isn't a new idea. People were doing it back when I was in college.
Beak Hookage 2 months ago
STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM! Nobody breaks the law on my watch!
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 2 months ago
Pretty symbolic, isn't it, sucking out your blood, as you then STILL have to pay for the classes themselves. Plus these days $250 MIGHT buy you a single text book.
#35
School Supplies Expensive? After All, Taxes Don’t Pay For Pencils Or Tissues! Why Not Take Out A Private Loan?
Gertrude VonSpitzbart 2 months ago
America, your country is a f&%$ing dumpster fire. None of this is normal. Don't stay calm, get angry.
Alan Jay Weiner 2 months ago
Yup. Every year lots of companies have fund raisers of school supplies to help kids and teachers out
#36
Two Men Carrying Shoulder Mounted Devices. Each Person Has The Device Strapped Around Their Waist. They Appear To Be Adwalkers
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
A bit of history: Walking ads, or "sandwich boards" carried by people, emerged in 19th-century London as a way to avoid competition for wall space and an advertising tax. Terrible to think that paying people a minimum wage would be cheaper than posting an ad somewhere now.
Wolfgang Bonow 2 months ago
I believe so as well. Tiny screen, if it is one, on a small footpath, in the suburbs from the look at it - why should these be ad walkers?
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I Have To Fight My Insurance Every 3 Months To Fill This 1 Prescription
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
I wanted a specific antidepressant that I knew worked for me. My insurance insisted I get the generic version. The generic version did not work for me. My doctor said, yeah, the formulation is not the same and it doesn't work the same way. He petitioned to have me use the name brand. Was denied. I ordered the name brand and the bill for a month was like $230 - maybe higher (a while ago). We. are. screwed. when it comes to health care in the US.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Think Luigi can use that as a defense? "Well, I just wasn't really in a pleasant place because my health insurance denied me the medicine that helps keep me sane."
Load More Replies... Alan Jay Weiner 2 months ago
Me too. I study Krav Maga - some of the t-shirts say "you look like my next groin kick". :)
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Light Pollution From The Sphere In Las Vegas
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
The whole place is a bit cringe. It does, however, have some excellent p**n shops off the strip. I went to one that.... I think? was a technically a p**n shop, but he seemed be more specifically collecting war memorabilia. Guy had actual WWI and WWII equipment for sale. The prices were pretty good, too. I got a WWI trench helmet and gas mask (I collect helmets and masks) for like $70. Sure the straps were rotted away, but even for damaged gear I'd have expected to pay more than $100.
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Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 2 months ago
I mean we can be allowed one place to enjoy ourselves and have fun without being stressed out with guilt, can't we? Surely Vegas could be a pleasure
#39
Some Kroger Grocery Stores Are Now Implementing Slot Machines Inside
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
The US is not homogenous. Some states allow these machines outside of a casino. Many states don't, mine included.
Bored Sailor 2 months ago
Yup, in Las Vegas and Reno you will see slot machines every where. Mostly adds to the tourist allure.
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Nikole 2 months ago
The same people who hang out in a gas station shop a block from my house? And I’m in Chicago.
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Stannous Flouride 2 months ago
Have you visited our new coke and horse departments? Just as addictive and just as rewarding.
#40
Steak Prices In Florida Are Wild
Bored Sailor 2 months ago
I am ~4-5 hours from this store and this quality of NY strip is ~$12/lb here. This is Orlando and everything is supper up costed because of Disney.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
Whenever a sentence contains the word "Florida", it should be read in Rod Serling's voice.
Claire Holman 2 months ago
I need to show my mother this: she had a tantrum recently over striploin that was $4/kg.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
FOR Strip Steak!?! That's borderline Sirloin. I'd rather have T-bone or 7-bone chuck. Sirloin has no flavor.
Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago
Sirloin is good in a slow cooker stew but, I agree, not as a steak.
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
Just looked at the weekly paper, NY Strip loin (they will slice) for $9.99/lb. Local store that processes pigs and beef ($1.89/$3.99/ lb from whole animals. Their grocery prices are 20- 30% higher than Wally World or Meijer, but then again you don't have to drive 25 miles. I suspect EBT customers are screwed on this.
Beak Hookage 2 months ago (edited)
Meanwhile so far as I know, my homeland of Australia is still refusing to buy American beef. We're producing plenty of our own which is not going to be infected with Mad Cow disease, thanks.
Ryan Wilkins 2 months ago
Thanks Trump!! At least he's yelling at David Letterman on social media though! MAGA!
Janet Horwith 2 months ago
Florida is like Texass. Nothing about the people, government or anything makes sense. Shitholes.
Littlemiss 2 months ago
Here in NZ a basic pound or 500g of minced beef or hamburger cost $19 to $26. We can't afford to buy meat grown and produced here. Food prices went up 200% during covid and have stayed that price! People in America and UK can buy our food cheaper than we can.
#41
You Don’t Say
Peeka_Mimi 2 months ago
Oh I'll just pay the debt, I didn't know that was an option. Thanks for clarifying.
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
But whatever you do, DON'T demand Musk and Bezos pay SS tax on their ENTIRE compensation package!
Lauren Caswell 2 months ago
It's a giant monopoly game and we are all players added well after property is sold: we enter. circle, spend our money and leave.
#42
Breaking News: Gen Z Has Discovered Vacations
sturmwesen 2 months ago (edited)
jup (written while having 2 weeks off..wait..am I micro retired?)
Load More Replies... Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Not if your employer doesn't offer the days, unfortunately. More of a US problem.
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HeavyMetalHeart 2 months ago
What. I never got less than 20 days off from a job (plus public holidays and almost two weeks over Christmas). And you had to take them. Two weeks every 18 months is brutal.
JoRo 2 months ago
Are you UK? I love that we have a minimum of 28 days for all full time workers and many companies also let you buy or sell up to 10 days (5 to sell I think!). My 16 year old son has just started a small part-time job (13 hours a week) at the local chippy and they also get holiday and have a full employee manual with a grievance procedure and everything!
Load More Replies... Bonnie Blue Bird 2 months ago
Since it's a micro-retirement does that mean I do not come back to 900 emails?
#43
I Don’t Even Have Words Anymore. I Don’t Need A Job Bad Enough To Talk To A Robot
Beak Hookage 2 months ago
Ugh, I'm even gladder I never touched that thing with a ten-meter clown pole. Human sycophants are insufferable enough as it is without talking to a brainless program that automatically agrees with everything you say, up to and including "I would be better off dead". Which it has. More than once.
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 2 months ago
I desperately need a job, but if it means being infantilised by a fvcking AI bot I'd rather rip out my own pancreas and eat it.
#44
These Ads I Just Saw On My Feed About Personal Armed Robot Guards
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
"Metalhead" was one of the scariest Black Mirror episodes ever. And here we are.
Johnnynatfan 2 months ago
It was f*****g scary as hell. The sense of hopelessness in that episode was bleak.
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#45
Meta’s Official “AI Character” Pretends To Donate Clothes To Charity
#46
What Is This?
Ace 2 months ago
Bbbbut, this seems to allow free tapwater without the app, so what's the problem?
firecrackershrimp 2 months ago
If the tap water is warm and crappy in the overheated warehouse you work in it would be nice to have a chilled cup of water that doesn't taste like sulphur
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I Tried Using An App To Make A Budget Because Money Is Tight, And This Is What I Got Back. I Didn’t Even Realize It Had Gotten This Bad. How Are We Supposed To Survive Like This?
Aballi 2 months ago
Oh yeah I tried to create a budget with ChatGBT and was also told I can't save money. I work 40+ hours a week as an a*******n counselor and case manager, which I love but is so draining. The suggestion I received was that I open a side hustle offering one on one counseling. Basically competing with my employer. Just what I want to do in my free time!🙄
Aballi 2 months ago
Bored Panda, you really censored the word @dd!ct!on?! Way to help break the stigma on this disease. What's next, censoring the word "diabetes"?
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I’m Pregnant And Had Some Dehydration From Hypermesis Gravidarum. I Went To The ER For Fluids And Monitoring For About 3 Hours. Here Is My Bill Before And After Insurance
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
This is so sad. A year and a half ago I went to the ER here in France late at night for a kidney stone (thought it was appendicitis). I was there 5 or 6 hours, had IV fluids, plenty of tests run, and an MRI scan. They diagnosed the kidney stone, gave me pain meds and a referral, and three months later sent me a bill for 350 euros, most of which is covered by the carte de séjour. My friends asked why I didn't call an ambulance because I was in so much pain and I explained that in the US an ambulance would cost thousands and thousands of dollars and they laughed and said, "Well, it's free here." Live and learn.
Ace 2 months ago
To be clear to readers, the 'Carte de Séjour' is not itself healthcare-related, but is what gives MN the right to live in France, and therefore to access the mostly-free French healthcare system.
Load More Replies... Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago (edited)
So, under the current US regime, you can't LEGALLY NOT have a baby BUT you also can't AFFORD TO have a baby.
veirdbuttrue 2 months ago
I think the fact that $5520.83 was not covered by insurance is so crazy. And that just for fluids and monitoring. USA So scary
#49
Had To Pay 50 Cent To Use The Restroom, But There Is A Cutout For Kids To Use It Free
Dragons Exist 2 months ago
Exactly, or just step over it. They really shouldn't have implemented such a dumb thing and then made it rely mostly on the honor-system
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BlahBlobLa 2 months ago (edited)
I have never encountered pay toilets in the US, only outside the US.
Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago
The US isn't the only country to have dollars and cents as their respective currencies.
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GenericElder 2 months ago
When I was a child many public and private (like in restaurants) had little coin operated locks on the stall doors. I think they cost like a nickel or a dime. Can't remember how many doors I crawled under to keep the coins my grandmother gave me for them. Ick to think of now.
Huddo's sister 1 month ago
In Australia and England it cost a penny, which led to the saying 'I'm going to spend a penny' when you need to go to the toilet. Last time I saw one (no longer pennies as we decimalised money) was in Alice Springs in 2007, not sure if others still exist.
Load More Replies... nicholas nolan 2 months ago
Pay toilets is one of the few European things I don't want over here.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
As far as dystopia goes, this is more Terry Gilliam for me. I can totally see this in the background of Brazil.
#50
Unskippable Ads When Turning On Your TV
Jrog 2 months ago
These ads play on your TV whenever you turn it on, before the TV is actually usable. These are not from the TV channels, these are extra ads from the TV manufacturer.
Load More Replies... GenericElder 2 months ago
They're doing the same thing on Jeeps (and possibly other vehicles?) that have dashboard screens. The Jeeps even will stream ads at traffic light stops! Feb2025 Article: https://www.kbb.com/car-news/jeep-owners-fed-up-with-in-car-pop-up-ads/
George Costanza 2 months ago
You bought a super-cheap ad-supported TV. There's a reason it was that cheap - they're shoving ads at you to make up the difference.
#51
New Sign In Idaho Public Libraries Requiring A ID To Enter
Otorgar 2 months ago
This is because libraries can make you smarter and that is a very dangerous thing.
Gertrude VonSpitzbart 2 months ago
As opposed to guns, which you can buy with less b******t than this. America truly is lost.
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 2 months ago (edited)
Holy shit, that's a nightmare!!!!!! 🤬 Edited: I just remembered that this was Idaho where they don't want you to have an educated brain to think with. I'm guessing this is coming to Florida and Texas next.
GhostlySnail (she/her) 2 months ago
And yet they complain teens/children are always on their phones. Taking away access to libraries is terrifying.
GenericElder 2 months ago
Especially after paving over any place said teens/children could recreate without having to pay for the privilege.
Load More Replies... firecrackershrimp 2 months ago
Jeez I practically grew up in the library as a kid . They are trying to keep the homeless out too. That's Idaho for ya.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
So, conservatives are pretty upset that books in the library can have things that show gay people in a positive light or might support liberal brainwashing (Read, any opinion that doesn't match theirs and is presented in any form other than mockingly).
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Catherine Spencer-Mills 2 months ago
If you go k**l some time after school and your parents work, what option do you have? Checkout 40 books?Call your grandparents? Um. Grandma employed mom. Get a fake ID?
Seedy Vine 2 months ago
They're trying to thwart homeless people entering them. Often times it's the only free place in the US to go to get out of bad weather, use a restroom, get water to drink, or try to apply for jobs. I speak from experience.
Oddly Me 2 months ago
Then why must you be 18 to enter, if it's to keep out the homeless?? Is the Idaho homeless problem mostly minors?
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Pam Wilson-Walter 2 months ago
My older sister and I used to walk to the library and had no issues. But this was back in the 60's when people believed in expanding a child's mind by reading FREELY!
#52
I Bet You Haven’t Heard Of The Tote Taxi
George Costanza 2 months ago
They won't though. Because someone is desperate enough for work that they will hand deliver those croissants to them, and they'll enjoy them, sip some very expensive coffee, and go about their very luxurious day.
Load More Replies... nicholas nolan 2 months ago
They've been flying in specialty food items in since forever. This is "big shrug" territory.
GenericElder 2 months ago
Of course, I feel the same way about UberEats and DoorDash and any other "pay a fee to get your super-processed, fast food, delivered to your door" companies.
#53
New Inconvenience - Receptionist-Free Doctor’s Office
Uncle Panda 2 months ago
I'm ok with this one. Once you're checked in, the receptionist is like a waiter who just points at the buffet table. "Go sit and wait for my name? Wow!"
GenericElder 2 months ago
The blood-draw lab I use (I'm old, okay?) has these. I've found they encourage conversations and interactions between the people waiting. Much nicer than sitting quietly under the judgemental eye of a receptionist trying to do their job in the midst of a small crowd. Will admit the most common conversation starter is "Does anyone know how this works?!?"
Debby Keir 2 months ago
We have that to sign in for appointments in the UK. If you need to speak to the receptionist about anything else, you ring a bell - works very well, and the system tells the doc/nurse rhat you have arrived, as well as telling you whether there's any delay ( eg, appoinments running 20 mins late)
Melanie Fisher 2 months ago
Possibly an improvement, Dr's receptionists have a certain reputation.
#54
Mcdonald’s Flag At Half-Mast Today
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
Why does McDonalds' flag exist? That is some Idiocracy sh!t.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
Because, as a corporation, they hold no loyalty to anything or anyone else.
Load More Replies... Johnnynatfan 2 months ago
I verified this was recent before I commented but the flags should have never been lowered to half staff for that racist piece of s**t Charlie Kirk.
Jrog 2 months ago (edited)
McDonald honoring f*scist rabble-rouser Charlie Kirk. Let's remember McDonald made themselves available for a PR stunt during Trump's campaign in one of their Pennsylvania locations, and approved their franchisee request to host the photo-op. Do your part and avoid giving them money.
nicholas nolan 2 months ago (edited)
Honestly, this is McDonald's honoring US Flag Code. The president can call for a lowering for any reason, per the code. Personally, I'd fly mine at half mast, if I had one, until the day that a*****e left office. Edit to add: yes, I know it's not a requirement. Be weird if they stopped following it as a courtesy now, though.
Load More Replies... Spencer's slave no longer 2 months ago (edited)
Can someone tell Glen Ellyn that half mast is correct where English is spoken?
Mreoww 2 months ago (edited)
I’ve actually barely ever heard half staffed. Always half mast here.
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Amber L. 2 months ago
A McDonald’s flag should be at half mast whenever their ice cream machine is broken.
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
Look, Amber. They have to fly it all the way up sometimes
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#55
Work. Work. Work. Work
David Shaw 2 months ago
And kids never wake up or get ill or houses get burgled or burn down when the parents are out working, do they?
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C R T G 2 months ago
This actually is beneficial for people who need jobs and don't have kids though. Being a parent isn't a requirement......I hope.
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"Tablet Strollers" At Mall. Let Your iPad Kid Watch Even More While You Shop
George Costanza 2 months ago
If it shuts the little monster up just enough that you can get your shopping done it might totally be worth it. Although most people just hand their kid their phone these days.
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
They need a "gen alpha mode" that blocks anything that isn't actual TV shows.
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Target Employee Told Me They Lock Up Necessities Because Those Are The Most Likely To Be Stolen
Dragons Exist 2 months ago
I can't, it's literally the only grocery store near me (other than Whole Foods, which is crazy expensive)
Load More Replies... Lady Chelsea (LadyChelseaoftheVoid) 2 months ago
if you lock up drinking water, you deserve to be stolen from
Ace 2 months ago (edited)
That appears to be just bottled water, but specifically aimed at babies. Where in the world is that a necessity?
QuincyForrest 2 months ago
Safeway, Quincy, CA, locked up my male stick deodorant. Ordered a year's supply online from the A-zap, delivered in three days, half the price of buying local. And stores wonder why we're not "shopping local". It's because they're treating me like a thief.
#58
This Means That All Water Is Now Unsafe To Drink, There’s No Safe Drinking Water Anymore. The People That Poisoned Our Water Must Be So Proud
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
But remember folks, "climate change is just a stupid hoax promoted by the leftist liberals!"
Pam Wilson-Walter 2 months ago
So 'Liberals' control the CLIMATE HOAXES and create all the strange weather patterns, fires, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornados we are now having using 'weather machines? Ask GOD who controls the climate . . .
Load More Replies... Debby Keir 2 months ago
Hmm, never tried drinking rainwater - most of ours go into reservoirs to be treated before it goes into the taps. The plants appreciate it though, and don't mind the grot in the water butt.
Pam Wilson-Walter 2 months ago
I grew up on tap water and have been drinking it my entire life (I'm 70 now) - except when my city had a drought and we were advised to not drink it. After that passed - back to tap water. It also depends on the piping in your home and if your city CARES about making tap water safe!
#59
Who Is Even The Target Audience For This?
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
There's... How do I say this. There's an AI bot for all circumstances. Usually sexual. I don't know about this one since I don't know what the host is. Go on to a character card site (they're like bot instructions that users put together and share, generally telling the bot how to act as a character). There is a search tag for "Autistic as f**k" and most of the bots who have this tag are NSFW bots for intimate chat. And no, that is not using "Autistic as f**k" as an insult to the bot's quality. They're bots where the main attraction is that the bot's personality is autistic as f**k. I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand i suppose it's mildly flattering, but on the other hand it's moderately concerning.
#60
We’re Living In A Dystopian Nightmare
#61
Are We Really Doing This Now?
Shesa 2 months ago
Here in Finland, junkies steal expensive meats and cheeses. They then sell them on to finance their daily d**g use, so...
#62
Now You Can Get Special Anti-Infrared Lenses For Your Glasses To Defeat Unwanted Face ID Theft!
Tyranamar Seuss 2 months ago
Great. So my iPhone won't be able to recognize me while I wear my glasses. No thank you.
Ace 2 months ago
Err, if you want to use facial recognition, that's your choice, but these products are not aimed at you.
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#63
Dystopian Storage Container Walls Around People’s Park In Berkeley, CA, To Keep Homeless Out
joseph legatt 2 months ago
That would be akin to socialism, you know, that thing the farmers hate but are asking for now.
Load More Replies... The Majestic Opossum 2 months ago (edited)
Yeah, that's totally false rage bait. "These containers were installed by UC Berkeley at People's Park as part of efforts to secure the site for planned student housing development. Purpose: The containers serve as a barrier, preventing access to the park area where construction is intended to take place." Not intended to keep homeless out, but to keep everyone out of an active construction site.
#64
Just Crazy
The Majestic Opossum 2 months ago (edited)
Yes, but most smart devices (all of our family's watches and phones) will contact emergency services. It's still better than nobody being alerted IMO.
Peeka_Mimi 2 months ago
My Samsung watch is supposed to detect a fall. At like 3a looking for my lost dog (She jumped out of the window after I rushed my othet dog to the emergency vet, but I found her a week later) I fell, very hard. It didn't tell anyone. I had to call 911 because I sprained both my ankles and could get up, but couldn't walk.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago (edited)
How does a cell phone app detect a serious car accident? How does a cell phone differentiate between being sat on by a fat @$$ and smashed to bits in an accident?
Jrog 2 months ago
Gyroscope and accelerometer data. The acceleration combinations and exerted forces are very different.
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#65
Urinal Ads
Glix Drap 2 months ago (edited)
This comment is just taking the pìss. But at least it's not cràp.
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 2 months ago
You KNOW that everyone is going to pee on that ad, you just KNOW it.
Johnnynatfan 2 months ago
In the old days there would be news papers hung up usually with the sports section. That was nice.
#66
This Is America In A Nutshell. Sugar Cereal Bacon Found On Memorial Day
Glen Ellyn 2 months ago
Ack! 🤢🤮 I want my bacon to taste like bacon! And it better be crispy. 😠
Ace 2 months ago
This in a nation that routinely puts sickly sweet syrup on their bacon is no great surprise.
Melanie Fisher 2 months ago
I always though it was a weird combo but it is actually pretty tasty
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 2 months ago
Hey! We saw this on another BP article this week and I believe I was heaving over this.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
But cards on the table, I feel like cinnamon as a seasoning could actually work well with bacon. I'm not sure I'd want it to be sugary, though....
M O'Connell 2 months ago
A useful hack for you, see if your grocery store has "ends & pieces" bacon, usually randomly sized bits that are leftover from cutting the perfect strips which cost half as much.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 2 months ago
Don't tell me you've never dipped your bacon in maple syrup from your pancakes? Maybe it's the same idea? Although it does sound kind of nasty.
Aileen Grist 2 months ago
Never - pancakes have sugar and lemon on them. Maybe fruit sometimes - apple, no sugar.
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Long Live Capitalism
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
That was totally 2008. If you were a grad in 2008, you wanted ANYTHING that just paid the bills. It was bad.
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
Ironically enough, she (or her company) would now need to pay 100 grand just to get a H1B.
#68
I Got A College Degree, And My Job Is Still Getting Replaced By AI
I just earned a degree in paralegal studies. Guess I’m replaceable
#69
Ugh
Schrödinger's Douchebag 2 months ago
I really miss my hour-long rail commute next to the guy with BO and the kids who open face cough onto me.
Ange Marsden 2 months ago
Getting stuck in traffic yelling at cars is so good for my mental health
Lil be lil 2 months ago
There are no trains in Detroit, barely any bus transportation either, to Wayne State University or anywhere downtown or to the suburbs! Driving your car through the streets is not pleasant either!
George Costanza 2 months ago
To be fair I do like my walk and subway ride each day. I get out in the air, get walking in, get some interesting people watching in, sometimes run into people I know. I don't want to be cooped up all alone in my house 5 days a week stuck at the computer. I agree with the author.
nicholas nolan 2 months ago
So? Before an after work, go for a walk if you want to. This BS article c**p is being used as b******t justification to force people back to office jobs.
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#70
The Article To Do An Assignment In Class Is Paywalled
Johnnynatfan 2 months ago
Washington post provides free access to students. This person is using it as an excuse not to do their work.
#71
McDonalds Cash Bonuses For High Schoolers In Midland, TX
Savannah greenleaf 2 months ago
In all fairness finding a job in highschool can be difficult. I see nothing wrong with having an after school job, and if the employee gives a reward for good grades that is just a bit extra.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
Actual fairness would be paying a living wage for work done and recognizing that your employees grades are private information that you are not entitled to.
Load More Replies... Tyranamar Seuss 2 months ago
I think this is great that they're paying the kids to keep their grades up. Why is this dystopian? Did no one else work as a teenager? It was very common back in my day. We almost all had after school jobs to help pay for car insurance, get cute clothes, etc.
LookASquirrel 2 months ago
my 1st job at 15 was at McDonald's. It was awful. This would have been a nice motivation.
Load More Replies... Otorgar 2 months ago
For a giant greedy corporation McDonald's does offer employees better perks than a lot of giant greedy corporations.
firecrackershrimp 2 months ago
Notice it's only if you work 29 hours minimum.... So watch the managers schedule you for 19 hours.fir just one week and you get Zero dollars
Johnnynatfan 2 months ago (edited)
I don't see an issue with this. I worked in High School because I wanted money to buy the dumb s**t my parents would not buy for me. Getting a bonus for doing well in school is a nice motivator too.
veirdbuttrue 2 months ago
This isn't as bad as the medical insurance ones, they leave me clutching my chest in fear and I don't even live in the USA
#72
Apparently Now My Local Gas Station Is Posting The Price Of Zyns Next To The Fuel Prices
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
When I look up the word "Zyn" it says that it is "a brand of nicotine pouches that are placed between the lip and gum." Do places no longer advertise tobacco products in the open? I can't remember this from when I lived in the States (left 4 years ago), but since I don't smoke I wouldn't have noticed it.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
I'm not sure on the overall prevalence, but they do sometime still advertise them on signs. It's less common, but you'll see them frequently advertised on the outsides of gas stations or smoke shops (Which I suppose would be an obvious thing). Some of the older gas stations around still even have the good ole' Marlboro sign on display.
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#74
Hiring 14-Year-Olds
turk 2 months ago
Florida Republicans are pushing a bill that would make it legal for children as young as 14 to work midnight shifts and then go directly from work to school. It removes the 30 hour work limit on schoolchildren. Also, just for kicks, the legislation takes away the 30 minute break required every 4 hours, to allow for unlimited working time without any breaks. This is America becoming great again.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
It should be note that the 'great' is pronounced with a generous slathering of sarcasm.
Load More Replies... Dawn Woolley 2 months ago
Back in 1984 at the age of 14 my daughter worked after school in the local McDonalds here in Australia. She wanted to do it, enjoyed having her own money, learned valuable skills and has ever has since been a very valued employee wherever she has worked. The possible difference is we didn't need her to work to keep the family afloat.
Leg less In Minneapolis 2 months ago
In 1981 I had my first tax paying job. Me and some friends worked as chambermaids. I worked constantly since, even full time around my high school schedule. It was best thing I could do for me.
Debby Keir 2 months ago
I had my first 'Saturday job' at 13. I worked Easter and summer breaks from 15. Not through economic need, it was just something most kids did in the 60's (UK) Nothing wrong with understanding early that money doesn't grow on trees.
Justanotherpanda 2 months ago (edited)
In the Netherlands kids can work from the age of 13. There are very strict rules though. No more than 2 hours per week. I think it teaches good work ethic, your money has to come from somewhere. But the rules are just better here, no exploitation.
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 2 months ago
I started working weekends and school holidays at 14 in 1995 in Australia.
#75
Trumps Bible In Oklahoma
Johnnynatfan 2 months ago (edited)
Yet more proof to me that god is not real. If so that bible would have burst into flames.
#76
Domino’s Has Sign You Would Normally See On A Zoo Exhibit, Inside New Location
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
If you work in the industry, most places give the staff free meals. That's been my experience. Still I wouldn't walk across the street for free Dominoes. They're worse than that 7-11 piza that's been under a heat lamp for six hours.
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C B Jones 2 months ago
Most of these posts are either horrifying, heartbreaking or both. I need to look at cute kitty pictures for a bit now, that'll help.
Stannous Flouride 2 months ago
Don't downvote posts like the one from sophiamaegan. Click on the 3 dots and report it as spam. It's faster.
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Uncle Schmickle 1 month ago
I'm afraid the USA is stuffed. However I hope that all this c**p doesn't pollute the rest of the world.
Kitsune 2 months ago
however, then again, Trump won the popular vote, so it was most Americans who did not attempt to stop trump, so your perspective is completely understandable, but so is all of these people who are making jokes about it. plus, I bet half of them are other Americans who can either laugh about it or cry about it, and they chose to laugh
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Nate B 2 months ago
What if there was a post entitled: 76 Depressing Pics Of BoredPanda That Made People Wonder When Did It All Go So Wrong?
Nate B 2 months ago
1. Aggressive ads for Premium subscriptions 2. Ludicrous censorship of everyday words (to the point you can’t understand some sentences) 3. Kardashian articles 4. Bianca Censori articles 5. Quizzes with incorrect answers
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 2 months ago
Then make America a better place to live instead of blaming the messenger.
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C B Jones 2 months ago
Most of these posts are either horrifying, heartbreaking or both. I need to look at cute kitty pictures for a bit now, that'll help.
Stannous Flouride 2 months ago
Don't downvote posts like the one from sophiamaegan. Click on the 3 dots and report it as spam. It's faster.
Load More Replies... Uncle Schmickle 1 month ago
I'm afraid the USA is stuffed. However I hope that all this c**p doesn't pollute the rest of the world.
Kitsune 2 months ago
however, then again, Trump won the popular vote, so it was most Americans who did not attempt to stop trump, so your perspective is completely understandable, but so is all of these people who are making jokes about it. plus, I bet half of them are other Americans who can either laugh about it or cry about it, and they chose to laugh
Load More Replies... Nate B 2 months ago
What if there was a post entitled: 76 Depressing Pics Of BoredPanda That Made People Wonder When Did It All Go So Wrong?
Nate B 2 months ago
1. Aggressive ads for Premium subscriptions 2. Ludicrous censorship of everyday words (to the point you can’t understand some sentences) 3. Kardashian articles 4. Bianca Censori articles 5. Quizzes with incorrect answers
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 2 months ago
Then make America a better place to live instead of blaming the messenger.
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