These 45 Pics Were Supposed To Be Wholesome, But Actually Show How Messed Up Our Society Is (New Pics)
When you think about a dystopia, there are a few things that come to mind. A desolate landscape, an oppressive government with cruel laws, and a society with sanity splitting at the seams. It’s what you imagine when you think about “The Handmaid’s Tale” or “The Hunger Games.”
However, dystopia might be closer to reality than one can imagine. Nowadays, environmental disasters and political unrest are our everyday dinner table topics. Add to that constant surveillance, biased media, and the lifestyles of the ultra-rich and you’ll find yourself living in an Orwellian nightmare.
Facebook group “Dystopian late-stage capitalism horrors repackaged as heartwarming stories” is dedicated to those moments when you really notice the absurdity of the world around you. The list below is the collection of their most recent sobering hits. Scroll down to join us in wallowing in misery.
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This was Valley Springs Manor in California. The operators didn't go bankrupt, the care home was closed by the state because of multiple code violations. These two men looked after the residents for a few days and then called in the fire department and sheriff. The scandal resulted in California passing a care reform act (in 2014) to ensure it wouldn't happen again.
Thanks mabelbabel. I love how BP always has a knowledgeable person who will step in to explain things for the rest of us.
Load More Replies...Before Reagan happened to California, and then to the rest of us, there were care homes covered by the state that would have taken those people in. Gotta love governmental deregulation and corporate greed.
I'm sorry but why aren't there professional bodies that stepped in to take over or relocate these vulnerable people?! Like the local government or the body that checks care homes to see they're doing the right thing etc?
There are now, thankfully. This happened in 2013-the care home was closed by the state (California) because of multiple code violations relating to health and safety, fire safety and not doing background checks on staff, so the operators basically closed and walked out. These two looked after the residents for a few days and then the sheriff and fire department got involved. The state passed an act in 2014 to prevent this happening again.
Load More Replies......they just outright ABANDONED those elderly people!? That's beyond messed up. It's evil, heck, without care, those elderly could have died or something. These two men are heroes, truly.
There are many countries out there that can be used as examples of real-life dystopias. Russia with its totalitarianism and the stronghold on the media, China and its personality cult, North Korea and its human rights violations—all of those are correct.
But thinking that the western world is somehow very far removed from those realities is hypocritical. We’re all slowly inching ourselves towards a reality that Cormac McCarthy would have a blast writing about.
How is this bad? Title says 'supposed to be wholesome but shows how messed up society is '
He was forced to give up his dog because he had to stay in hospital. He was lucky that nurse helped him
Load More Replies...Ok, so an idea: what about animal welfare people looking into options for fostering animals whose owners are in a situation like this, so that the people don't need to give up their pets, but they would still have a temporary home till the owner is well again
Unfortunately If he had no one to care for the dog, the humane society was the only option. So thankful the nurse stepped up. Doggo will be good for his healing :)
Some Angels don't have wings..They wear a lanyard and a stethoscope!
Nothing wrong with this one - what a caring, considerate and neighbourly person!
Because everyone should have access to the internet. A person's income shouldn't determine whether or not they are able to access the internet in their home. Especially now that so much of life requires you to have that access.
Load More Replies...What if there's no library? What if the people can't afford to buy a $7.00 coffee each day? What if the person is disabled? What if the person can't afford a vehicle, and there's no public transportation? Here, at least according to the ads, the government will gift a device (phone or pad) and 5gb of WiFi a month to low-income families. Whether it works or not, I don't know.
I don't where you're at but the US has "Obama" phones and discounted Wi-Fi. My mom and I both have these phones. Otherwise we would not have phones. I still pay for WiFi for our house cuz I use a tablet. The phone is too small for my sight and sound.
Load More Replies...In 2023 in developed countries, a basic Wi-Fi connection should be available for everyone. Nowadays (in the UK at least and where this happened I'm guessing from them using the word 'council') you can't do many things (or at least do them easily) without a Wi-Fi connection.
Not only should everyone have access to free internet, but also...how does he know about the college qualification? Is he looking to see what they log into?
I imagine since he speaks with them often enough to know they wouldn't use his, that they probably talk with him frequently. (But I do agree about the possible future history checking)
Load More Replies...Cause Papa down there is now hidden: hey if you see this-congrats on the privilege must be dope but also it ends when everyone has the same f*****g ability to survive and thrive. Stfu 💖
Take, for example, mass surveillance. Don’t tell me you’ve never had that moment where you talked about wanting to get something and then, completely unexpectantly, got an ad for it on your browser. It was creepy at first, but not it’s just a thing that happens.
Everyone that has a phone and internet is monitored both by the government that makes sure you’re in line and corporations that want to sell you a better deal. They track your location, note how long you stay for in which places, keep tabs on your communications and, often, have access to your camera and microphone. If that doesn’t sound dystopian, I’m not sure what does.
When I watch movies, if a human gets hurt, I'm like " ehh, that's sad"; but if there is an animal about to get hurt-I am on the edge of my seat, yelling at the TV, swearing and grabbing tissues. A funny, but not funny, funny story: Hubby wanted to watch " Marley & me", and I still have never seen the end of that damn movie, because I jumped up off the couch and ran down the hall crying, and shut the bedroom door and stayed there til it it was over. And I am a grown woman.I have no shame. IRL, anybody that hurts any animals should be strung up by their genitals and left there til they rot. Period.
I've never before wanted to shoot anyone 18 times (i.e. 17, plus one for luck), but i may have to re-think my position on that.
I want to find the person who did that and drown them in boiling water while shoving a tree branch up their a**
People can't afford to retire at an age that you still have some life to live, nowadays (unless you live in a Country that has an excellent State pension, or private one via your job).
London taxi drivers are wonderful and hope they never vanish. I visit london often and refuse to ever use Uber, always using london back cabs. They cost the same (for ages I compared the cost of my journey to what Uber would charge and they always came out to being almost the exact same one a few pennies more one time and the other a few pennies more the next) and get you from a-b but black cab drivers know london roads off by heart, know where the cut throughs are, where traffic is bad, little tips and tricks if you say you want ti go to a place, they know dropping you off at the side is easier for you then the front etc They are also all wheelchair accessible, as they have a hidden wheelchair ramp installed that pulls out and so any wheelchair user can know that they can stop any taxi and be able to travel.
They have a discount card scheme for the elderly too. My man had a card and used to get something like 2 reduced journeys a week. It was less than half fare, she used it to go shopping each week
Load More Replies...Happy retirement, Mike! Wishing you a lot of fun and relaxation. (ETA: I looked up the account: Mike (the driver) used to be the chair of a taxi-related charity; and OP donated - https://twitter.com/danbarker/status/1708236953169154168)
And you were so lucky to have the honor of riding in that cab. I'm sure it was special to both the driver and the passenger. <3
Congratulation on your retirement. I retired 23 days ago myself.
Your Highness makes a very valid point, and I respectfully suggest that any doubts should be resolved by booping.
Load More Replies...They are not "pets", but they are our children. And we need them as much as they need us.
Then, let’s not forget about how partisan and politicized the media is. These days it is so tough to find a news outlet that’s neutral when reporting on what’s happening around the globe. To the point that media bias is not at all a surprise, and we even have independent studies and charts about which way which news outlet is leaning.
If Jesus died for our sins, who's gonna die for our debt? It's stupid expensive to be born and stupid expensive to die...
Part in the middle isn't cheap either.
Load More Replies...Kids are the best thing this world has to offer. Sometimes, my son will say or do something so random that it makes your soul melt. He is one of the best medicines I have!
Kids are better people, it's their parents and society that mess them up and turn them into horrible adults.
god i fukin love kids they are so precious edit:spelling
America is a joke. How can we keep being ok in a society that reward for profit healthcare, prisons, military and education? America will never be great with those aspects of society. (And it makes one wonder if we ever really were....)
American "healthcare". Unless you live here, you have no idea how bad it is. This man is literally a slave to the US government to keep his kid alive. Why do we allow the insurance industry to do this?
Run these numbers from a poll in 2020. 63% of the population believes that the government has a responsibility to provide health care for all. And 66% of the Republicans say that the government does not have the responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care. It isn't just the insurance industry.
Load More Replies...So.. You can have health insurance as long as you don't get sick? WOW! JUST WOW!!!!!
It goes back to gerrymandering. For decades both parties in charge of local and state politics have practiced this "delightful" method of ensuring party control. But since Republicans are usually voted into power at these levels, Republican candidates win. That's the main reason McConnel has stayed in office for 100 years.
I am so sorry that you were literally heavy handed into joining the military on behalf of the United States of America. It should NEVER be because you have to in order to get medical care for a loved one! Also: Congratulations on your weight loss journey. That's amazing!!
We aren’t “allowing“ them to do this we just don’t know what to do about it. Any ideas? Not rhetorical..
I am a medical biller. I just had to do an appeal to an insurance because they denied anesthesia for an appendectomy because it wasn't "medically necessary". Yes, the healthcare system in the US sucks. I see it every day. I try and advocate and fight for our patients to get stuff covered that the insurance tries not to pay. It is ridiculous.
All of the posts in these articles are taken from Reddit, X (I really hate the calling it X) and Instagram, so OP will not see your comment. Majority of the "articles" on BP are like this, the only original posts are when the article says something along the lines of "we asked Panda their favorite kitchen utensil, and they didn't disappoint". The good news is you can click on the little words under the picture, and it will bring you to the original post and you can find updates if the OP posts any!
Load More Replies...Same in the UK (but probably cheaper here?). Unless you can afford an excellent pet insurance, you either wipe out your savings or .... wipe out your savings (if not, beg, borrow or sell stuff), as what else can you do but follow your heart? Some would say 'don't get a pet if you're poor', but what about if you weren't when you adopted/bought and then hit terrible times, like losing your job? My marriage broke up because I wiped out half our savings when our dog was diagnosed with Addison's Disease late in life (he was a shelter dog, so no history) and he had a very lengthy stay in the Veterinary Surgery, but had to be PTS after a month as he was too far gone. Our Pet Insurance wasn't as good as I thought. 190486_101...f55a34.jpg
I love your heart. I am very sorry you lost your gorgeous boy. Addison's is very expensive to treat on a monthly basis. Your dog was very lucky to have a wonderful and caring person such as you.
Load More Replies...Yep. I had a really sick cat that was on the way to the rainbow bridge and had no money for the vet. I had some collectable Browning Hi Power pistols and sold them all. In the end, it made very little difference, but we had to try and I would do it all again in a heartbeat. RIP Bonesy
I edited the post, and it removed the image, so redid it.
Do we even need to mention the environmental disasters? Floods in California, droughts in the Midwest, islands on fire—and that’s just the US. There were heatwaves all over with record-breaking temperatures and floods in Sudan, Libya, Ghana, and way more. One just has to remember how New York looked during Canada’s wildfires earlier this year and you’ll know you we are living example of dystopia.
Actually just an arrow pointing from the A to the Z, since Amazon has everything from A to Z.
They did eventually add Amazon Smile, so not just an arrow anymore.
Load More Replies...Technically the official name is "Amazon Smile" but.... 😏
Load More Replies...Except that's not a smirk. It's an arrow that connects A to Z in their name to show the broadness of what you can buy on the site. Don't like them, don't shop there.
They literally wanted the arrow to look like a smile, you walnut. Where do you think “Amazon Smile” came from?
Load More Replies...I have a hookup for eggs. It's laying season and her hens are laying about four dozen a week. Yeah 1650s feeling.
In the 1600's you would most likely be owned and entirely beholden to the local lord with absolutley no legal protection, nothing to look forward to except back breaking work until you die, no chance for any medical care and the likelihood that half your children would die before age 5. If you can't see the improvements in the human condition you are delusional.
You know, I never thought about it like that, but it makes sense. This is the new dark age.
Just plain ignorance and entitlement. Imagine not having a market or having to rely on yourself for survival. Maybe raise a chicken or a rabbit or grow something edible. Maybe walk or bike instead of using modern transportation. Maybe read a book and research something or discover something on your own. Maybe make something from scratch. Can you sew? Can you make a meal from simple ingredients? Go back to your iPhone and tiktok and be grateful others let you live
I am now going to listen to Rage on my way to work this morning!
Load More Replies...Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why I scroll on company time
There’s hope though. We don’t check all the dystopian boxes just yet, at least not everywhere. One of the criteria seems to be uniformity and conforming to same expectations. And so far, we are doing alright there.
It seems the good humans are the workers. Something seems to go wrong with a lot of people when they gain "power" over other humans.
Load More Replies...Cafes and restaurants are always going bust. The average life expectancy here is about 3 years, with the owners losing money on it.
If I live in the area, I would probably be a regular to support them.
And how long did it take before the Teamsters tried to unionize YOU ?
This is the only one so far that isn't dystopian in the slightest. This should just be standard practice.
Write to the author, and they'll send you the article for free. They don't get any of this money.
I've been told this many times and have received several articles/writings from the author for free. Sometimes a Google search will find a free copy
Load More Replies...Teachers want us to use references from scientific articles. Who will pay for this then
Go to your local library. They have access to a lot of articles.
Load More Replies...BTW if you live in the US, it's more than likely that you can read a lot of magazines and newspapers online for free through your local library app. Don't even have to go into the library. I read whole magazines on my iPad.
Don't agree with the theme behind this one. Academic journals have always been expensive, largely because of the limited readership. The most mainstream one's will normally be available in academic ie university libraries. More importantly, the advent of the internet has improved access to papers that would previously have never been easily available. Plus a great deal of it is free. Indeed you can read the article referenced for free here: https://www.nature.com/articles/356739a0
The difference now though is that there are other models by which scientific research can be published. But because everyone is used to the classic model of paying publishers, it is difficult to change. Everyone needs to change at the same time for it to actually happen. Paying a publisher thousands of £/€/whatever to publish work that has already cost thousands is nuts. On top of that, peer reviewers and/editorial boards are expected to do their duty for free. It is insane. I'm very selective of publishers I review for nowadays. The outcomes of publicly funded research should be available to the public for free if we want people to trust the scientific process and advance society away from folklore and conspiracy theory.
Load More Replies...Previously this information was available in printed journals. Which you had to pay for.
Had to be the USA. The only western nation where if you want health care, you pay for it yourself.
I'm a full time wheelchair user and I get my chairs paid for by a government paid scheme called wheelchair services. When I read about people in the USA either using totally the wrong type of cheap chair (which can cause all sorts of issues) or house bound as they can't afford anything it makes me so angry and sad for those people. If you require a wheelchair as you can't walk, it should be a basic human right.
Load More Replies...As a full time wheelchair user who is lucky that they live in the UK and so get provided with the specific type of chair I require for no cost, stories like this make me angry and upset for the persons involved. If you can't stand/ walk, a wheelchair should be a basic human right and protected as such.
Reminds me of the sadly true story about a high-school robotics club that built a wheelchair for a boy who was born with severe birth defects - after the family's insurance company refiused to spring for it. Greed, greed, greed!
No. This is not good. No one should have to save up to buy a wheelchair. I'm so often embarrassed by our country. That being said, the world needs more kids like him. Amazing child.
Many of us have rights to protest and do exercise it. Sometimes there are hiccups here and there, but people seem to be aware enough to notice the issues. On top of that, people can doubt things and voice their opinions about it. Sometimes, they even garner following for it.
The people who abuse staff are known as "bosses", sometimes "colleagues" but mostly "bosses".
People shouldn't have to be told this. They should have enough decency to treat others with respect without having to be told too
I don't think an outdated business that didn't adjust to changing technology qualifies as dystopian
It's nostalgia. We're remembering a happy, easier time when we were younger and life was an open road ahead. Now we're closer to the end of our lives than the beginning, the road behind us was much more difficult than we imagined and the road ahead is an uncertain and likely painful journey. Blockbuster and pizza is about remembering happy times with absent friends and family.
Load More Replies...And so Blockbuster became irrelevant, and Domino's has always been inedible.
All these stories of disabled people going without basic equipment are making me so angry and sad. I'm deaf and even though the top of the range Bluetooth hearing aid I got given at no cost (yes it's paid through my taxes but I mean out of pocket) to me hardly does anything for my level of deafness, I was given it regardless. Same for my wheelchair (though that does a lot as I can't even stand so without that, I'd be stuck in bed for life) it's the type that I require and made to my needs. I like visiting the USA but as a disabled person, I often thank my lucky stars I was never born there!
I'm with you there. Also a UK resident, I've been on medication for my epilepsy since I was 11 years old, and I will probably have to take it for the rest of my life. If I lived in the US, I'd either been in huge medical debt, or possibly 6 foot under.
Load More Replies...Congratulations. You have managed to construct a sentence that is completely incoherent but at the same time also obviously false.
Load More Replies...All in all, we’re not quite full-on dystopian just yet. We can get there very fast if we want to, though, so it’s important to note the sate we’re in even if it’s through internet lists like this one. As a wise man once said, check yourself, before you wreck yourself. And we all know that the last thing we need in this world is more wreckage.
Jesus Christ, what is wrong with our world. People working and not being able to afford to rent a place, something is going to break, sorry HAS TO BREAK!!!
Greed . It is called Greed. It has been the driving force of pretty much all of societies major issues over the last 8000 years or so, probably more. Greedy people take from whoever they can, in anyway they can. They then have enough wealth to have tremendous power, because they can pay (or bribe) people to put them and keep them in power, because these people are either greedy themselves, or desperate. Then they accumulate more wealth by abusing their power, and taking more and more from the struggling vast majority of their society, make laws to keep that vast majority in poverty, until the vast majority have enough, and revolt. Then, after the revolution, people vow to not let it happen again, and a couple decades or centuries goes by, but resources may become scarce, something major happens in the world, etc, and the Greedy person starts the cycle all over.
Load More Replies...Thanks to the republicans who are hellbent to reduce or destroy every social program that has supported our citizens for decades. They need that money to give their big corporate overlords more tax breaks. Rethugs are awful awful people.
Before 2008 presidential election a Vietnam war veteran told me, "If you are a working class person, you can never afford to vote republican." I did not fully understood it then but now I do.
Load More Replies...Now they need to at least add showers. Was homeless, working 3 jobs and showering was one of my largest logistical nightmares.
I lived in my car for 7 months (UK), partly because I couldn't give up my 2 elderly rescue cats because of no pets allowed, and partly because I couldn't afford the excessive deposit money/credit check fees to rent privately.
I was made homeless and unemployed in the first place by my abusive ex....
Load More Replies...Yes, the "Tiny House" hype, making the dream ever smaller. Now people living in their cars is hyped as the new tiny house living. Sad to see, really! (Nothing wrong with living in a small house, just feel like it is being sold as a way of life, and it is just horrible that people cannot afford housing!)
Not in California BTW. Sleeping in your car, no matter how drunk you are is illegal there.
It is too easy to go from paying for a 300K house to living in your car in 3 years. Greedy banks and mental illness will do this in a minute. BTW - Pat, thank you for saving me and giving me a good rate for rent.
Living in your car is not "affordable housing" It is subsistence survival. OMG.
Still nothing. Wait for it to order itself an replacement just to go into early retirement itself
Load More Replies...For being convenient for its owners? Oh wait, you must mean F**K its owner. To each his own. Now to be down voted and banned since everyone on BP is of the same mindset and thinks this is an attack instead of an observation.
Load More Replies...Can you put the AI equivalent of a parental password on it? Imagine a Tesla with an Amazon wishlist...
*Gets notification of impending delivery* Me: "Alexa, what is my delivery?" Alexa: "Fluffy dice"
Load More Replies...Sorry, but if you buy a Tesla you are in fact asking for something like this. I bet Elon will even vote for you on your behalf at some point.
People should not buy better cheaper electric cars causing other car companies to compete. We should keep buying gas cars because Elon is a jerk. That will teach them.
Load More Replies...That's a function for rich people. Which means that for Tesla owners, this most likely won't be any issue
The kind of people who own these Teslas and have this option turned on, don't have to check their bank accounts often.
The kind of people who own Teslas don't need to check their bank accounts often
Load More Replies...World Bank is greed incarnate. They see a beautiful, untouched forest and can think of only furniture? They cannot appreciate natural beauty? What utter Philistines. What scum.
Load More Replies...You can extract economic value from forests while leaving trees standing. There is an excellent academic book called The Forest Farms of Kandi about agroforestry in Java, where 100s of outputs are harvested from within a forest in a sustainable way. But it can't be scaled up, so global capitalists wouldn't be interested.
Right?! I guess the capitalists don't breathe oxygen? I'm sure they'll find a way to monetize it and start charging $$ for air. This list is really upsetting me.
Load More Replies...Here's an idea: Open walking trails, guided tours, educational trips to learn about the fauna and flora.
please no, there is not many places left in the world like Bhutan. ;-; WE NEED MORE TREES DAMMIT
There was research published in 2020, by a group of environmental researchers detailing about 1/3 of the tree species on the earth actually being endangered, which various scientists from about 40 or so other countries agreed is a rising problem. The loss of that many species of tree can heavily damage forest biodiversity and health, for plants and animals, as well as impact the livelihoods of many people who rely on those forests. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of the publication right now, and my science news app it's not the easiest to navigate through previously read things. X/
Home: $200/month, Retirmenthome: $2000 / month. Dinner: $20/ person. Wedding-dinner: $40
Where is home $200 a month? I mean that was my rent on a really crappy room in Shikoku, Japan, but outside of there? My 2 bed flat in London is £3300 a month 😐
Load More Replies...That would be a nightmare for me. Cruise ships are like giant shopping centers you can't leave.
Unless you are very well to do, you can't do this and still own a house, car etc. it's an amazing ice though .
People this age should not do this. If you have a heart attack or a stroke in the middle of the ocean (out of helicopter range), it's a death sentence (or worse) despite the fine medical facilities many cruise ships have. My wife had a stroke on our cruise this summer. Fortunately the ship wasn't at sea or at one of our stops in Greenland. It took place in a port with a major medical facility and where we spoke the local language. 100% revovery.
Most ships probably have better medical facilities than many areas in the US, and at least they don't have to pay extra to access it
Load More Replies...*picks lock and steals sign* (I'm not a git. I would rather pick the lock than break the window)
I just lost every trace of my remaining hope for humanity that hasn't been replaced with cat videos
A fellow I know used to just leave his convertible unlocked so people wouldn't rip the top open to get inside.
Load More Replies...I still have 20+yr old black leather Cat boots that are still good - although tatty, lol. Bought these before they stopped making women's sizes 4 and 5 (UK) in black leather.
Load More Replies...If you want good work boots, go to a real workwear supply store. In the UK you don't pay the 20% VAT on proper safety shoes either, so you save money! I used to have a pair of doc marten Rosa rigger boots and they were fantastic. Bought they from screwfix
Docs are awesome, shoes for life. I still have the ones i bought in mid-80s and early 90s.
Load More Replies...I had a pair of timberlands that lasted 7 years. I walked the soles flat. Uppers still good but too worn to resole
Wow, that's pathetically accurate. No retirement in your future so give us your money and we will give you boots.
My parents (UK) are leaving their bodies to science to avoid burial debt the kids would have to pay. We don't mind paying, btw, but they are insistent and have already signed the relevant paperwork.
Same. Or rather I'm donating cuz my mom cannot afford to bury or cremate me. If I outlive her. If I don't. Doesn't matter. I just hope if she goes before me that I can get her ashes but I'm not counting on it. 😕
Load More Replies...Why is there a Pizza Hut in the background of the certificate? That sounds like a sus crematory 🤨
In SA if you don't claim the body the state just cremates it for you.
"I told my wife I wanted to be cremated. She made an appointment for next Tuesday." - Rodney Dangerfield
But is the rest of the funeral free? Because that's where the expenses are, tbh.
Well, Whiteclaw looks like a soda. It calls itself a soda. Legitimate lawsuit territory here. The Alcopops need to make their packaging look like booze. Sorry, but accidents like this are bound to happen eventually.
Because I don't live in the US, I've never heard of Whiteclaw. Looking at the pictures, I could easily make a mistake, myself, thinking it's alcohol-free plain or fruit-flavored fizzy water. I agree, they need to redesign their packaging.
Load More Replies...There is a fundraiser for her on go fund me https://www.gofundme.com/f/gu8n7-help-for-miss-hanna
Thanks. 😊 I've shared it on Twitter, too.
Load More Replies...OMG! Plus, going through Chemo and having to work to survive (and supposedly needing the wages to pay for her treatment?) They've basically put her on Death Row. Does she have a Go Fund Me, or something similar, btw? I'd contribute.
reporting her, and they were already looking for a reason to fire her because of her illness. It should be illegal to make it look so much like a soda! And to Bec: how do you know what rules they have about what's in their fridge?
Why is it in a shared fridge at work or is the shared fridge like a community pantry sort of thing that she was using as food is so expensive for her?!
From what I've read she grabbed it from home thinking it was seltzer water that she had, but instead grabbed her roommates whiteclaws
Load More Replies...If she only was drinking one she wouldn't have been impaired to drive (not recommending any drinking and driving here but bear with me), so it was probably somebody who knows white claw contains alcohol who seeing her
Not necessarily. Given the cancer and chemo. It's likely she was taking pain and/or nausea medication. Either when mixed with alcohol will increase any side affects that would impair driving ability. I mean I can drive with my pain meds, but if I require an extra dose or take my nausea meds, that's a big nope. Any alcohol is a big nope with my meds, driving or not (alcohol is a nope with my condition, too, but that's beside the point).
Load More Replies...Imagine being any of the qualified 26 lawyers who lost to him lmao. Not a good look for them.
They can tell themselves that the best lawyer in the world can lose if his client has no case.
Load More Replies...This needs to be higher because the story is hilarious and someone should make this movie.
I'm pretty sure the show Suits kinda goes like this
Load More Replies...He probably did some worthy cases for worthy people? Can't have that, can we? ;)
He was misrepresenting himself with education and license to practice law, that's fraud which is illegal in most places. He also assumed the identity of a real lawyer called Brian Mwenda Ntwiga which is also fraudulent. That is why he was arrested. Can you imagine going to a doctor paying the bill for someone you believed to be a highly trained specialist and finding out he/she was not a doctor but someone posing as one?
Load More Replies...Probably one of the few people who could actually represent themselves in court.
Was reading a few days ago of a fake doctor who was so loved by his township that the testimonials from patients kept him out of prison. The fraud was only discovered when a medical supply company realised that they had two doctors on their books with the same name.
My dad knew of a man years ago who was such a celebrated and loved surgeon that when he came to retire the hospital and local area wanted to do a big celebration piece about him. Someone was tasked with researching his career and only then did they find out his official medical training was as a nurse! He had self taught himself everything else and yet so good that he was their top surgeon and people demanded he do their operations. He was obviously sacked but people who were due to have him do their operations didn't want the actual qualified surgeon that stepped in, they wanted this man because he was so good.
Load More Replies...HOW? That makes no sense. I'm old so 4.00 was the highest and 1600 was highest in my time. I scored pretty close to both and had a ticket to any college I wanted. Have things really changed that much?
In the US, when kids take higher level classes than normal (honors, Advanced Placement, IB) they can get a "weighted GPA" where instead of 4.00 for an A you get 4.25, 4.5, or even 5.00. I can tell you as a university counselor for the US (I live in Greece), SCORES DO NOT GET YOU INTO COLLEGE. Most of the parents here believe this to be true. But universities care about who you are, and what you're doing with who you are, in a holistic way. Universities are also looking heavily at "fit", or basically, "are you one of our peeps? do you want to save the world? invent bombs? help the AI take over? hug the trees and the whales?" My guess is that he: 1) wrote a Common App personal essay that made him look like a sociopath ("LOOK AT MY ACHIEVEMENTS AND BOW DOWN") while they're supposed to actually be very, very personal and not academic, 2) wrote the extra paragraphs that colleges ask for in a way that was either very copy/pasted across all schools, or which made him look terrible.
Load More Replies...Don't cry over this kid. Not only was he accepted by other collages, his dad works for Google.
I'm in the UK, and interview for medical school entry-we have 10 applicants for every place, and they are all generally around the same academic level, so grades don't help distinguish between candidates suitability. We now interview via MMI, where there are 10 stations with 2 examiners at each station, and these are a mix of questions and role play designed to demonstrate qualities like communication skills, empathy, problem solving, how to prioritise and time-manage, and conflict resolution. It's not something you can study for, or have a prepared answer for-its not "why do you want to be a doctor?" so it's a good way of seeing how well they think on their feet and gives a better idea of character and suitability than pure academic grades do.
With a last name like 'Zhong'... But I don't want to allege racism since I don't have any information at my disposal that could substantiate any such suspicions.
Obviously it is otherwise she would have quit after badge #1.
Load More Replies...This doesn't belong on this list. This is how we we're told the world was supposed to work.
The new CEO of Costco (kinda a big deal, for those outside the US that may be unfamiliar) started at the company as a forklift operator. Not horrible at all!
I kept all my badges during my progression from Green badge- new starter to Branch manager when I worked for McDonald's
Karen: "I want to see the manager!" Katie: "You're talking to one." Karen: "The OTHER one!" Katie: "You're talking to the other manager." Karen: "You were making food and drinks!" Katie: "I sure was."
Some US school districts prohibit outside help in paying of lunch debt. Preferring to punish the poor
Seriously? If that was the case I would be standing outside the school gates handing out the amount each child owed for them to pay it off. I'd hope they couldn't stop people coincidentally gifting them the exact amount they owed?
Load More Replies...I live in the US and this is insane to me. Every child deserves to eat. As someone said below, its punishing the poor and struggling.
If you don't think food is a human right - especially for school kids - you are beneath even the vilest, most disgusting scum.
Load More Replies...So, they would of had to watch all of their classmates get free ice cream while they would have been denied if the restaurant hadn't intervened? Real nice.
Ironically Christian hypocrites oppose most of these schools lunches :(
I went into lunch debt so many times in elementary/primary. It was always super embarrassing when they'd announce to everyone "sorry (insert my deadname) but you can't pay for that". At least I was usually able to pay it off eventually, I can't imagine how awful and embarrassing it would be for those who weren't able to pay. Society is messed up :(
Ummmm, go to hell. Ran into this type before. Found out the best solution is to stop drinking coffee, and stop caring. You get what you get out of me. Sure I could do more, but if you have that attitude, you are not getting it.
Pressure is what makes me into the worst version of myself. Is that a privilege?
Pressure is what leaves me unable to do anything except cry, should I be glad I failed 3 courses?
Load More Replies...That's what my handsy uncle used to tell us when we would go camping as a group during college.
"Pressure is a privilege.", huh? Well, let me lay this grand piano on you, and we'll get your take on the matter.
Yeah ya'll left an entire generation homeless. It's f*****g hysterical.
I hope they ARE, give him the wrong meds, and free up some housing space
Load More Replies...That's the equivalent of punching someone in the face, then judging them for having a black eye. Dude, you're the cause!
I'm actually over here crying and rocking back and forth. :)
Load More Replies...It's our fault we can't live in the same world they did.
Load More Replies...No one has ever said "ok boomer" to me. Probably because I eat too many avocados
Poverty porn. Let's go gawk at the poor people. How much money does the New Delhi Slum walking tour company donate to the exhibits in their human zoo?
That was my first thought. "Nothing like a day out, having fun at the Poor People Zoo" 🙄🤬
Load More Replies...I'm still trying to get over the fact that 180 people gave this tour a 5 star rating
Sadly, for many under-developed or developing countries, such poverty do exist.
Load More Replies...My department got Kaizened a few years ago. The hospital where I work (UK NHS) decided to waste a lot of money by bringing in a management consultancy firm to streamline departments and improve efficiency. Rather than talk to the people actually doing the work and seeing what their ideas for improving the service were, a team arrived who had absolutely no idea how a laboratory operated. Their first suggestion was that to build team cohesiveness we needed a departmental motto and mission statement and we should all meet in the committee room every morning for 15 minutes to recite the mission statement and compliment each other (seriously-they said we should hold hands in a circle and say something positive about the person to your left and right, in turn). It went downhill from there.
I used to work at a performing arts center and even they didn't dance before meetings.
Just stay seated in your chair and tell them you’re honoring the ancient tradition of the plopnsquat dance
I'd quit if I was forced to do that. Glad I don't live in the US, I'm so sorry for you guys.
If people had to watch me dance before meetings, there soon would be no meetings. Very soon.
If you don't have a real window, this placebo effect might actually be good for the mental health
They use tricks like this on submarines and other places with no natural light too to ward off depression
Load More Replies...I work in an office with no windows and have often thought about putting in a TV and streaming an outdoor webcam so can I know what the weather is and how the day's progressing outside. We refer to the room as the psychiatric ward.
Honestly, I'd rather have a projection of somewhere else to look at than my actual neighborhood.
For those who don't get the Plato reference, it's the analogy of the cave.
For anyone horrified, this is what you do putting photos of plants or coral reefs at the back of your fish tank, or a mirror in a birdcage. Same thing.
What about us who look at this and think it might be good for me?
Load More Replies...My bedroom doesn't have a window and I do actually have a fake window on the wall. It's a tapestry that shows a tropical beach. :)
I had the same thought- people stuck in care homes or hospitals or just a person in a very small apartment? I think this is a great idea.
Materials are a dime a dozen now. It's the houseing and food that costs so darn much.
When ww2 servicemen came back to the UK and found houses in rubble, a lot of them took to squatting other buildings until the government got off its a**e and started building mass housing projects. We need to do this again.
Load More Replies...My Nan is still in that mindset, it has served her well in this cutthroat economy.
I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. We're far too wasteful with our resources. Being frugal and careful (using stale bread for something else--duh) with what you have is good. Having to do it because you can't afford necessities is bad, but just being careful is good.
My husband and we're always frugal, not cheap, but frugal. We aren't rich, but we own our home and are debt free. We sacrificed for years, but was well worth it.
The people of that era tried to take care of themselves, not expecting anything from others. Instead of crying about what they didn't have, the figured out how to use what they did have.
Also, they grew up during the Depression, when resources were scarcer, so they learned to be frugal as kids.
Load More Replies...I'd have to assume there are far fewer housewives today than in 1940
To make a heartwarming sandwich... For twice the price and 10 times more plastic waste
Or maybe sell the cookie cutter that creates these? We have a big heart-shaped one for making sandwiches look cool for kids' parties that cuts very little of the crust off, and still looks like a heart.
I did that when my daughter was a kid. I got to eat the rest - bonus!
Load More Replies...Same thing with underwear. Why do people buy Minecraft underwear when nobody is going to see it and it feels even less comfortable for ten quadrillion times the price?
04am shifts at 38 weeks pregnant???! This is so unhealthy! My country has many flaws but luckily it protects mothers and pregnant women, it is illegal to work for them in night hours from 10pm to 6am even if they worked different shifts before pregnancy
Here hours get cut and it's shifts starting at a reasonable time. And you get given a quite comfortable office job if possible. You can get leave anywhere from 36 weeks pregnant. Even dad's get a pretty good amount of paternity/family responsibility leave.
Load More Replies...Yup!! I worked a shift from 5p-5a and I worked pregnant up until the very day I went into labor. It's gotta get done, here there is no special treatment for pregnant woman. Only after you have the child and not every or even many employer offers a reasonable maternity leave.
The only thing protected for pregnant and new mothers is they can't fire you. Until, you come back and they find some BS way to fire you.
That's bs. They can fire you but not for being pregnant. They will think of something.
Load More Replies...I worked 6p to 6a as a nurses assistant, on my feet until the week before i gave birth, and I went back 8 weeks PP. 'Merica
Well, no one forced you to get pregnant. Nor is the world fair. 🤷
The fact we can't even tell if it's real or satire really paints a picture.
Load More Replies...This is completely crazy. I take a bus and a train to get back home. I would be homeless if I didn't take the bus.
Please tell me this is sarcasm! If it isn't, there really is no hope for people.
I found a fantastic cardigan on top of a dumpster once. It lasted me years. And the best snood of my life; a wool blend, found it in a gutter at the side of the road
Load More Replies...So public transport is only for the poor? I was taught that public transport is for the environmentally conscious too...
I have a car but I use public transit when I can. Too bad MARTA is a joke.
Load More Replies...Hmmm, I mean plenty of places have donation boxes (or entrance fees) to help with the upkeep of said place, how is this any different? At least it's not mandatory
I think the word tip is wrong in this case, like you said it is a donation. On the other hand, you would think that the upkeep of a local park would be paid by the taxes.
Load More Replies...Excuse me?!? Pardon me for channeling my inner Karen, but eat a D*CK. This kind of BS will eventually lead Billionaires taxing the sun. #Simpsons reference.
The only problem I have is the amount. As said elsewhere, this is merely a modern donation box - which have been around for as long as I've been on this planet.
Good news: Some team is helping the homeless. Bad news: They have to do this.
Regarding the note welcome to the best homeless outreach providers can do in most cases in the US.
Just as effective as a human preacher but far less likely to beg for money or abuse children
Nah, it'll still have a tip option on the screen at the end, sorry, a 'tithe' button
Load More Replies...Meh....at least you can see the "magic happen" with the light show. "god", if he were real, does a lot less.
Load More Replies...So they combined the robot uprising with organized religion and it actually looks bearable, how long until the robots take over?
I am writing a report on global warming and all its effects. F**k this article
ALL of its effects? You better include how good the wine is now.
Load More Replies...Mind, if I join? At least, we'll die happily.🍷🥂
Load More Replies...The world is both burning and drowning at the same time but at least alcohol will taste better. /s
I'm 13, I'd rather have a somewhat okay future than enjoy the "benefits" of climate change by drinking underage -_-
Every cloud has a silver lining. Or, in this case, the hotter drier climate is simply getting rid of the clouds.
This was supposed to be a reply to Hedgie. Sorry, folks.
Load More Replies...I can't work out how 250k per year for life equates to just 4 million. Is he expecting to die in 16 years?
A lot of the 'for life' games only pay you for a fixed number of years or give you the option to exchange for a lesser lump sum payment.
Load More Replies...He was homeless but spends what little money he had on lottery tickets?
Sometimes you just need a little hope and dream...
Load More Replies...And 20,000,000 people will read this and run to get theirs perpetuating the cycle of ripping off poor people.
It'll be blown, somehow, in less than 6 months. florida, the ohio of the south and sh/th0le.
I think it was probably $250000 per year for 40 years or $4 million one time cash payout. Either way, he was probably broke in 6 months.
because the company will make the money off the backs of people who actually do the work?
Load More Replies...For the first cleaning, so you can decide if you want the service. The company may still pay above the wage using the surplus from the regular fee
Load More Replies...It's saying, depending on the time for cleaning chosen, will be the charge for first cleaning :)
Load More Replies...A 4 hour clean should be about $200. Why are they underpaying their cleaning people?
It's just an introductory rate for the first cleaning.
Load More Replies...Yes! You have no debt, so the lender doesn’t have any way to know how you manage your debt. So go open a credit card so we can see if you’ll be responsible with it or not. Come back in about a year to talk about that mortgage. By that time rates are so high you would qualify for a mortgage, but only for like $14000 because you owe credit card debt.
Load More Replies...Not at all, during our 20's we challenged ourselves to a 6 month sober clubbing run. Any time we went to a rave or club, we did no alcohol or drugs just water and dancing, it was a lot of fun. Saved a fair bit of money too.
Load More Replies..."Every heartwarming human interest story in America is like, "he raised $20k to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used." - pookleblinky
Close to the comment I intended to make. Far too many "feel-good" stories have a rotten core.
Load More Replies...I love how people dread the apocolaypse or a global disaster. I'm like, we're experiencing it rn
I think I’m moving out of this god-forsaken country as soon as I can. Canadian pandas, is it better up there?
Yes, I believe it is, come on up! Bring your boots, it can be a little chilly in the winter, but otherwise we got all the free healthcare and cannabis shops ya need to get ya through.
Load More Replies...I lost all hope in humanity. At least cat videos are still good though... Right? ...Right?
Dear teachers of the lazy middle school alien student who made us for very shittily done homework: Fail them already and put us out of our misery.
"Every heartwarming human interest story in America is like, "he raised $20k to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used." - pookleblinky
Close to the comment I intended to make. Far too many "feel-good" stories have a rotten core.
Load More Replies...I love how people dread the apocolaypse or a global disaster. I'm like, we're experiencing it rn
I think I’m moving out of this god-forsaken country as soon as I can. Canadian pandas, is it better up there?
Yes, I believe it is, come on up! Bring your boots, it can be a little chilly in the winter, but otherwise we got all the free healthcare and cannabis shops ya need to get ya through.
Load More Replies...I lost all hope in humanity. At least cat videos are still good though... Right? ...Right?
Dear teachers of the lazy middle school alien student who made us for very shittily done homework: Fail them already and put us out of our misery.
