50 Pics That Might Have You Laughing Through The Sadness (New Pics)

Miles Mawyer 10 months ago

I'm not a fan (of any politician really), but AOC is sure as hell right about this one for damn sure. Besides, who the hell cares what this person does in her free time. The fact that she's a paramedic makes her a HERO.

32points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Me too. She gives me hope for the future.

2points

Roni Stone Premium 10 months ago

Ditto, Tritto, Quaditto

1point

Jnausicaa Premium 10 months ago

AOC 2028

0points

Curt Harvey 10 months ago (edited)

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Cammy Mack 10 months ago

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Riley Quinn 10 months ago

Oh, no. Turning to Only Fans to pay for rent and food. How absolutely scandalous. We should shame her right out of existence. Just leave the profit-loving CEOs and shareholders alone.

11points

Angelshark 10 months ago

Coming from the New York Post, I'd be surprised if it was even true.

5points

Rebecca McManus 10 months ago

America is irreparably broken

4points

Rick Seiden 10 months ago

Or that OnlyFans gigs pay more than being a Medic?

4points

Sylvia Hinz 10 months ago

Preach AOC!

3points

David 10 months ago

She wasnt an EMT, Senior Care pays pretty well and I know people who work for them. She was a ambulance driver with no medical certifications, but going through the training courses. Senior care has a program that people can drive the ambulances and observe the actual EMT's while being trained at EMT's. That is why this was misleading. her $18/hour was just for driving until she got her certifcation the company was also paying for

2points

Jennifer Crompton 10 months ago

My husband is an EMT paramedic level and if they don't work for a municipal fire department, they make very little money. Working for private ambulance service or transport they make only a dollar or 2 over minimum wage. When we were first married, I was a low level supervisor in a call center and made significantly more money. It's depressing

3points

Storm Rise 10 months ago

Exactly AOC!

1point

martin734 8 months ago (edited)

So what? In the late 90's to early 00's, I worked as a nu*e/p*rn model. First for things like camera clubs and art groups and then for adult magazines. In fact, probably most of the top-shelf UK gay magazines from that time have pictures of me in them. I have no regrets about doing it and it allowed me to leave university with far fewer debts and to be able to afford my own flat off-campus. If onlyfans was a thing while I was modelling, I would absolutely use it.

0points

Steve Robert 10 months ago

I don't see the necessity of paying for po.orn, it's free. But by paying medics and teachers so poorly, if this is how they raise the needed money to survive, then STFU!

0points

#2

It Is A Facepalm To %1 Billionaires

Tweet expressing paradoxical humor about immigrants paying taxes and admired billionaires not doing so.

Final score:

401points

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Zephyr 10 months ago

Cos that's what the billionaires encourage them to do

93points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Divide and conquer. Keep the people fighting each other

19points

Meami 10 months ago

And there is so much celebrity worship in this country.

3points

Roxy222uk 10 months ago

Exactly. If you are that wealthy you have enormous influence. Manipulating the populace is much easier from there. Even this post shows we're blaming the people being manipulated rather than the perpetrators and their compatriots.

2points

Subaru645 10 months ago

Duh…

0points

tnqmp59vc7 10 months ago

I’m not a communist… but a good old French style revolution could definitely help

14points

Roland Nijveld 10 months ago

As a European I'm surprised they already haven't. So many things in America are so s**t compared to Europe that it would get me to protest. Like needing 2 jobs to survive for example. Not even to mention the lack of rights as an employee

9points

kansasmagic 10 months ago

Because many people are, to be blunt, stupid. And I don't mean ignorant, confused, misinformed...although they might be those things as well. I mean *stupid*. They don't grasp basic logic, or understand how systems work. They only understand simple cause and effect, black and white thinking, etc. Billionaire = smart, immigrant = bad. That's about as complex as they can get.

11points

Liam Walsh 10 months ago

Populism, a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. You are right, they can't see it. They aren't smart enough. They are also misinformed of course. The same type of people support Farage in the UK and were recently praising Musk for informing us of something we already knew about.

8points

Charles Kormos 10 months ago

"Because someday I'll be a billionaire too!"

10points

UKGrandad 10 months ago

That's the one. They have been led to believe the lie that is The American Dream.

7points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

It's simple. They don't like to admit that the immigrants, both legal and illegal, actually CONTRIBUTE more than their own middle class @$$3$

8points

Riley Quinn 10 months ago

Every decade, our public schools graduate students who know less and less. They aren't taught how to comprehend what they're reading and they're never taught how to think critically. Less educated people are easier to manipulate. That's why the US is becoming an oligarchy.

5points

Neil 10 months ago

Because the immigrants don't try to trick you into believing you can be one of them.

5points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Capitalism & republican tax breaks.

5points

ORSOrama 10 months ago

Because most people are like sheep who like to have someone to tell them what to think. And want someone to hate.

3points

Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago

Let me fix that for ya. Hate immigrants that pay taxes, but LOVE the cheap labor.

3points

#3

Gay

Funny post about concerns over children's book themes and their impact, highlighting irony and humor.

Final score:

378points

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KamaboCo. 10 months ago

My parents raised me on straight stuff only but my genetics didn’t care and I’m still gay

170points

Tobias Reaper 10 months ago

similar to me my parents raised me on books that didn't have serial killers in them

43points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Well in fairness I read Hungry Hungry Caterpillar to my kid and they immediately wanted cake and ice cream. Ten years later and they still want to eat cake and ice cream so.... /s

16points

Jedi Panda 10 months ago

My parents are crazy homophobic, don't allow MENTIONS of the LGBTQ+ community, yet here I am, Bisexual as $#!*

5points

Alex De Sa 10 months ago

same lol

4points

Joshua David 10 months ago

Same.

2points

Curt Harvey 10 months ago

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char 10 months ago

my parents are like "you never said you were gay until you started reading books with gay characters!" like, yeah, maybe that's bc I was indoctrinated into thinking being queer was the worst thing possible, and then once I started to see that being gay *wasn't* as horrible and disgusting as you made it sound, I was like "damn, that might be me actually" so you're right, it's all the woke mind virus

30points

Jaya 10 months ago (edited)

"You never showed signs as a kid!" Yeah, maybe because I was scared out of my mind of anyone finding out so I did everything I could to hide it. "You never were until you started hanging out with people who are also gay/trans/whatever" Yeah, that's why I started to hang out with them, because they seemed liked the only people I would ever be able to come out to in this town. "You never were until you started reading that book/watching that show" Guess WHY I picked up that book/show....

23points

pfeils wife 10 months ago

I knew my boy was gay before he came out. I also watched him struggle with it on the inside and fight against himself. It didn't take long at all and once I figured it out... So I encouraged him that he is safe to be himself w/me FOR-EVER and I will always have his back. It was like I could literally see the weight lift off of him at that very moment... and he has shined ever since. ❤️

13points

Hobby Hopper 10 months ago

I grew up in a really conservative family, and I had/have a gay nephew. Everyone knew, probably before he did. What was really surprising, in the best way possible, was that for the most part (with a couple unfortunate exceptions), the whole family has been really accepting of him (and why not - he's awesome - and his husband is really cool too). I wish more people would just accept their kids and love them for who they are. Instead, so many people deny the truth right in front of them and cling to their preconceived notions like a sinking ship.

10points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

I am absolutely not allowing Billy to date Brad. Brad's a loser. Billy could do better. He should go with Jeff. Jeff's a stand up guy.

25points

Tom Brincefield 10 months ago

I think he should date around a bit. Don't settle for the first guy he sees. Andrew and Ahmed are both pretty cool dudes.

11points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 months ago

I want to read the book about the penguin with two dads! I love stories about happy couples! I read a fantasy romance novel recently about a gay paladin who falls in love with a gay corpse-doctor, and it was awesome.

15points

Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 10 months ago

I Google 'gay penguin book' and I think I found it? There's a book called And Tango Makes Three which is about a pair of male penguins and their adopted baby. Also, it's based on a real story!

9points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 10 months ago

I think they're referencing a kids author who is blind and gay called paul. Ill have to look into his last name and his books

6points

Amanda Lynch 10 months ago

His name is Paul Castle and he and his husband are honestly goals. I know one of his books is called the Secret Ingredient but I'm not sure that's the one with penguins.

4points

Libstak 10 months ago (edited)

I read fantasy romance, my faves are The Black Dagger Brotherhood series, there are 4 gay romances included, as a hetero, i am invested in every one of the characters, love them.

4points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

If you like Gothic fantasy you might like Gideon the Ninth. She's gay, although does not end in a happy relationship sorry. But she does slay (like as in literally kills lots of things). But the penguin book is called "And Tango Makes Three". It's based on a true story about a pair of bonded gay penguins in the Central Park Zoo. But it's a children's book, as in for toddlers. I bought it for my kids when they were little, and have since given it away.

3points

Deborah 10 months ago

corpse-doctor?

2points

Valegro 10 months ago

Sounds interesting! What's the book?

2points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Lol. You should've seen the reactions to Harry Potter when I was growing up with it. WITCHCRAFT! EVIL MAGIC!

12points

Hobby Hopper 10 months ago

Ironic that the overarching theme of the HP series is basically 'don't be a bigot'. Oh well, "love the art, not the artist" I guess.

7points

GalPalAl 10 months ago

This is no different than asking for representation in media like tv and movies. People with prejudice need to stay in their own lane and maybe not be allowed to buy guns or stockpile weapons.

9points

Hobby Hopper 10 months ago

You know this is exactly who is stockpiling weapons.

6points

ScootyPuffJr 10 months ago

I always wonder how people who believe books can make you gay rationalize all the homosexuality in the animal kingdom. Dolphins, giraffes, penguins, bats, etc...

7points

Jaya 10 months ago

They don't know it exists, deny that it exists, or see it as a sign of humans doing something wrong (lion copying what they saw gay tourists do, frogs being gay because of stuff humans put in the water, and so on).

10points

Novadoe (She/They) 10 months ago

I'm eternally grateful to have supportive parents and friends, and I hate that so, so many others don't. I hope there comes a day where everyone can just be, peacefully.

6points

DowntownStevieB 10 months ago

Hiding it doesn't get rid of it. It's nature NOT nurture.

6points

Enlee Jones 10 months ago

But did Brad go to the prom with Billy? I must have answers!

5points

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

Upvote for the definite article!

0points

We might think that crying and laughter are two very different emotions. But think about it: haven't you laughed so hard that you started feeling tears fall down your face at least once in your life? Yale University psychologist Dr. Oriana R. Aragón and her team claim that it's the body's way to regulate itself.

"People may be restoring emotional equilibrium with these expressions," she explained. "They seem to take place when people are overwhelmed with strong positive emotions, and people who do this seem to recover better from those strong emotions."

#4

The Dad Had No Reason To Be Angry - It's The Truth

Tweet about uncle refusing to discuss politics unless complimenting Trump, leading to unexpected results; funny and sad.

Final score:

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Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Lol. The only thing Trump is normalizing is dementia, mob- like tactics, and idiocy.

27points

Nonya Business 10 months ago

trump has not one redemptive characteristic

16points

Tom De Paul 10 months ago

His advanced age and the fact he is prohibited from running again.

8points

Carilyn Beverly 10 months ago

He blamed the California fires on fish

9points

Silly Dragon 10 months ago

I feel sorry for the fish

4points

DowntownStevieB 10 months ago

He has made me pay attention to the news, so I guess there's that?

6points

Limey 10 months ago

If more people had paid attention to the news BEFORE he was elected, he would not have been elected. Frankly the reason he was is because over 1/3rd of the country weren’t paying attention.

16points

Tropical Tarot 10 months ago

He's added laughter to the world. By way of his insanity and stand up comedians.

6points

char 10 months ago (edited)

i'd be laughing a lot more if he wasn't about to be our freak fracking president again

25points

Loudawg76 10 months ago

😂😂😂😂😂

5points

Montanavanna 10 months ago

Oh this one gave me the chuckles!

5points

Pyla 10 months ago

tell ol' uncle that his medicare, medicaid, and all the rest will be going to pay Elon's taxes

4points

Earonn - 10 months ago

He has also shown that the USA is so free that even a rapist can be president - if he has the 'correct' skin colour, of course.....

3points

Zero 10 months ago

America needs to protect themselves from him..

1point

#5

The 1% Has To Go

Protest sign reading "The only minority destroying America is the rich" held up against a cityscape background.

Final score:

357points

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Zephyr 10 months ago (edited)

Nah it's the powerful, they are just hiding that fact behind their money

22points

The Darkest Timeline 10 months ago

Their money is what makes them powerful.

39points

Spidercat 10 months ago (edited)

To be fair..Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos wouldn't be rich if people just stopped using their businesses. It bugs me that sheeple don't seem to understand if they stopped using X, Facebook and Amazon for 12 months all those idiots would be broke and out of business but here we are. Who do you blame, the people who set up the business or the people who fund it? ( For the record I don't use any of these things or drive a Tesla).

5points

Channa 10 months ago

and how did they gain all that power? Buying everyone they could

1point

Sofia Carlson 10 months ago

Nah, it's the rich Democrats.

-1point

StumblingThroughLife 10 months ago

This is global...☹

5points

Riley Quinn 10 months ago

When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

4points

Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago

It's not the rich, it's the attitude they got there alone. That NOBODY helped get them there.

3points

Katie Barnes 10 months ago

“My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars"...

1point

Two_rolling_black_eyes 10 months ago

America is not hurting the rich. Musk was worth $12B in 2015. $24.6B in 2020. He's worth $426 billion today. Musk numbers are from Forbes. Per the US Federal Reserve, top 1% had a net worth of $49.23 trillion in 2024 Q3. The bottom 90% combined for $52.30 trillion (50-90% percentile =48.42 trillion, below 50%= $3.89 trillion). Half of America combined is equivalent to $8 of out a $100 for the top 1%.

2points

cj be like 10 months ago

this is very true and it needs to be not true

2points

Nikole 10 months ago

✊

2points

Janice Sanz 10 months ago

True that.

0points

Alyce 10 months ago

If it were that simple, the country would have been destroyed before it started

0points

dragon 10 months ago

Damn skippy they are

0points

#6

Well Said

Funny post about flushing documents in a house with 28 fireplaces, highlighting absurdity and incompetence.

Final score:

354points

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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 10 months ago

And you don't have to put up a name to know who it is :(

162points

Show thyself 10 months ago

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8points

Falafal salad 10 months ago

The big fat orange.

3points

Roland Nijveld 10 months ago

Well, I don't know....

3points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

more to the point...

1point

Sofia Carlson 10 months ago

Right, we all know it was Hunter Biden.

-2points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

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Tamra 10 months ago

Flushing documents down the toilet is the least of his offenses. And that's pretty damned sad.

25points

Lotekguy Premium 10 months ago

The real reason he bitched about low pressure toilets. Takes too long to destroy piles of evidence.

4points

Wang Zhuang 10 months ago

He had no choice, the fireplaces were all busy burning other documents

18points

Nikole 10 months ago

Ha!

14points

laura lee 10 months ago

Ugh, I forgot about that one. Trump's tactic is to crime SOOOO much and throw hissy fits nonstop that we can't keep track. He's the filibusting felon

9points

Otto Katz 10 months ago

He was so used to flushing documents his whole career, his offices in NYC didn't have fireplaces, he didn't know he could burn them. Very set in his ways.

9points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Right? How can he be so stupid as to think that's a good idea? A janitor could plunge the toilet and get some secrets

7points

Jackie Lulu 10 months ago

That's why he started eating them instead

3points

Mingey 10 months ago

So many clowns..which one was it...

2points

DowntownStevieB 10 months ago

THIS!

2points

Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago

But then he would have to figure out how the fireplace works. I am sure he struggled enough with the toilet.

1point

But this list is hardly about crying from laughter, is it? It's more about things that make us feel so desperate and helpless that we feel that all we can do is cry. Sometimes, we use laughter and humor to deflect so that we don't feel as much empathy.

As psychoanalyst and author of To Heal a Wounded Heart Pilar Jennings explains, sometimes laughter is the body's way of saying "I can't deal with this." If we allow ourselves to empathize with the person or the problem on a deeper level, we might open ourselves up to the same emotion. Thus, humor acts like a protective shield.

#7

Just Like Religion Shouldn’t Play A Factor As Well

Tweet exchange about government and reproductive health choices; a funny yet sad commentary on policy proposals.

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332points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

It's male reproductive rights so of course it will be more important than women's rights 😔😑

189points

Megalodon Meg 10 months ago

Always. Didn't you know they don't see us as people?

31points

Barong 10 months ago

This is exactly why the bill was introduced. For context: ”” Rep. Rolanda Hollis, the bill’s sponsor, conceded that many consider her bill an “outrageous overstep in authority,” and added that laws that restrict abortion are similarly objectionable. “Year after year the majority party continues to introduce new legislation that tries to dictate [rules for] a woman’s body and her reproductive rights. We should view this as the same outrageous overstep in authority,” she said in a statement.””

27points

Scott Rackley 10 months ago

The fact that we came up with hard d**k pills before a cure for cervical cancer should tell you all you need to know

22points

Zombie Andrew 10 months ago

"Women's WHAT??" - misogynists everywhere

8points

Channa 10 months ago

right? we cannot even get a male birth control pill on the market!

2points

Wanda Peachtree 10 months ago

It's a troll by the dem.

2points

Janice Sanz 10 months ago

SUCKS

0points

Alan Gale 10 months ago

It's their fault, they CHOSE to.be female!

0points

Nikole 10 months ago

And, as always, fúck Ted Cruz.

24points

Marlowe Fitzpatrik 10 months ago (edited)

'I do not like that Ted Cruz man - I do not like him shouting "Klan" - I do not like him in a room - I do not like him in Cancun - I do not like him playing ball - I do not like his face at all - I wish he'd lose his cushy job - that man Ted Cruz is a *ucking k n o b' - https://idonotlikethatmantedcruz.com/

11points

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

Ted Cruz is one of the most despised Senators. Yes, by his fellow Senators. He and Rand Paul vie for the top spot. Source: friends who are reporters covering that august body.

6points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I'm just glad he goes by Ted. I hate that we have the same first name

4points

Kelbers11 10 months ago

Aka the Zodiac Killer

2points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Actually this isn't a bad idea, and I say this as a man with 2 brothers who have 4 and 5 kids respectively and can't pay child support and live off of basically nothing. Vasectomy is reversible, too, anyway. If you can't afford to have these kids, then just get your sack tapped

17points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

While things may have changed, when I got mine in 1999, the doc said it was reversible for a while, but the chances of doing so successfully would decrease between 10 and 20 years after the procedure. So... as the meme says, we'll yes, but actually (maybe) no(t depending on time).

6points

Yvonne Blau 10 months ago (edited)

While I agree with your point (!) it still feels wrong to have this measure forced upon you.

2points

Pandarosa 10 months ago

Condoms. Just sayin'.

1point

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

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Jrog 10 months ago

The thing Ted Cruz is WAY TOO STUPID to understand is that the bill was **not a serious proposal**. It was a deliberate provocation by Rep. Rolanda Hollis in response to the Abortion Ban passed by the state. It was a protest coordinated with the ACLU to underline the absurdity of the government intervening in reproductive choices.

16points

James Frail 10 months ago

Seriously, Cruz is as stupid as he is spineless. If I was him in 2016, and Donald Trump suggested that my father killed JFK and called my wife ugly, I would have Will Smithed right in the midfle of the debate. It might have ended my presidential run, but it would have ended Trump's, too. And as a Republican from Texas, there's 0% chance that act costs him his senate seat.

7points

Sergio Bicerra 10 months ago

Minimun wage in my country is about $300, a vasectomy is about $400, so instead of mandatory vasectomies maybe fund free or cheap vasectomies. Btw, 2 years ago there was a free vasectomy campain and the hospital flooded with guys wanting one, many couldn't get it because it was a 1 day campaign.

6points

Jude Laskowski 10 months ago

I knew I didn't want kids, so I had my tubes tied when I was 30.

5points

Carilyn Beverly 10 months ago

If men could get pregnant our reproductive healthcare in general would be 1000% better

3points

Lorraine R 10 months ago

If men could get pregnant they'd be women -- unless they were brooders, like male seahorses.

0points

Elizabeth Patrick 10 months ago

Men are typically the default subjects in medical research, creating standards that may not accurately apply to women. This focus on men can lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment in men while underdiagnosing and undertreating women.Feb 22, 2024 https://www.qualityinteractions.com

3points

Elizabeth Patrick 10 months ago

If you’re going to make us have babies absolutely no matter what, then I say give ‘em all vasectomies! Next thing you know there won’t be menopause medications for hormone therapy and there won’t be anymore hysterectomies for any reason!

3points

Zephyr 10 months ago

The us government is wiiiillld I've seen marriaged with more boundaries

3points

Tom Brincefield 10 months ago

It was a state representative, and she was proposing it to point out the hypocritical way Republicans treated women's healthcare. She didn't expect it to pass.

8points

#8

The Wage Gap Has Been

Tweet humorously addresses wage gap by comparing job titles with gender labels, sparking both laughter and despair.

Final score:

327points

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Broccoli 10 months ago

Sad yet true

84points

Jrog 10 months ago (edited)

Lots of people being unjustly downvoted, let's bring the receipts. [A] In 2009 the U.S. Department of Labor Study published a comprehensive review of over 50 peer-reviewed papers, finding that the commonly cited "23-cent wage gap" is largely explained by individual choices made by both genders. [B] The American Association of University Women (AAUW) in 2012 financed a study named "Graduating to a Pay Gap" with the objective of fighting that finding, only to discover that 1) the actual overall wage difference is about 6 cents on the dollar, not 23, and 2) that difference disappears when personal choices are taken off the calculation. [C] The Bureau of Labor Statistics looked into the matter in 2017, and found that 1) men daily worked hours were on average 11% more than women, and 2) in high risk, high paying professions 97% of the jobs were taken by men, greatly pushing up the statistics. [continues]

3points

b9cjc4fdfb 10 months ago (edited)

Jrog, those “individual choices” you refer to are almost always related to caring for family members such as children and elderly parents. Since Roe v Wade was overturned, it can no longer be argued that having a child is a “choice” - in many places, there is no other option for women who are raped except to have the baby. Having parents grow old is also not a “choice.” Even if it was, who do you think is going to raise the next generation of humans? Women take lower-paying jobs and/or work part-time so they can care for their families. Believe me, I would rather have taken the med school professorship I was offered than the lower paid remote work position I have now. The remote work gives me the privilege of buckling my mom into the car this morning to bring her to the dermatologist to have a growth removed, then picking up my autistic son from school. Someone has to do it, and I would prefer that it wasn’t me but life happens. My experience is not unique.

11points

Jrog 10 months ago (edited)

[D] An Harvard paper ("Why Do Women Earn Less Than Men? Evidence from Bus and Train Operators" Bolotnyy, Emanuel 2018) tried to address the issue under identical working conditions, taking away the difference from risk pay. They analyzed jobs from one of the largest public companies in the state, MBTA, and found that there was effectively a difference in yearly average pay. Then they run the numbers to look for possible causes, analyzing six years of wages slips for 6000 people, finding that 1) male train and bus drivers worked about 83 percent more overtime than their women colleagues 2) males were twice as likely to accept an overtime shift at x1.5 time the hourly pay, 3) twice as many women as men never took overtime and 4) Women took twice the unpaid hours off as males. https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/bolotnyy/files/be_gendergap.pdf

5points

Nonya Business 10 months ago

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Angelshark 10 months ago

I'm just going to start gendering all the jobs men tell me they do. "Oh you're a Man-construction worker? You're a male-janitor? You're a guy-police officer?"

7points

KatSaidWhat 10 months ago

I was getting all ready to get offended during that first sentence. Now I'm just angrily agreeing.

5points

Kalevra 10 months ago

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laura lee 10 months ago

Speaking of such, tangentially, yall notice how maga only cares about trans women in female sports?? No one give a flying eff about trans men in male sports. Gee, I wonder why...🙄

3points

Tom De Paul 10 months ago

No. How about real gender differences among nurses, teachers, and social workers? And they take leaves for varying periods of time to rear their children.

3points

olaff 422 10 months ago

I hate when people put "female" in front of anything they also wouldn't put "male" in of.

2points

Roland Nijveld 10 months ago

Wtf is with all these downvotes? Wow.... I honestly expected better from you all

2points

Sarcastic Panda 10 months ago

Sad truths of the world.

0points

80 Van 10 months ago

This joke was stolen from comedian Jeremy McLellan. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3wO77nbygr0

1point

Skip62 10 months ago

I wonder if a woman could apply to be a male engineer?

1point

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago (edited)

What you're literally saying is that they get the same exact jobs only men get paid more. That's the definition of a gender based wage gap. And *not mansplaining*, I am ALL FOR the equal rights act to finally come into play

1point

Bewitched One Premium 10 months ago

Naw really? Is that what they meant by that? Huh! Who’da thunk

4points

Bored Retsuko 10 months ago

Woosh wooosh

-2points

KatSaidWhat 10 months ago

Cheers for the mansplain.

-2points

#9

This Is Exactly What It Feels Like

Reddit post humorously comparing Election Day feelings to biopsy results, highlighting dark humor in life's challenges.

Final score:

324points

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CamiCamilion 10 months ago

T.T And they're celebrating that the cancer won.

139points

Nikole 10 months ago

It’s insane. And so very stupid.

17points

keyboardtek 10 months ago

Because they are made of cancer cells themselves.

6points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

Except that if cancer runs its course, you don't get resurrected with President Couchf***er.

5points

Ann Hoff 8 months ago

he truly is a malignant cancer, destroying everything cruelly & painfully.

0points

Binky Melnik 10 months ago

Who’s TT? Or what this comment meant for another post?

-1point

Molly Shuck 10 months ago

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Robert T 10 months ago

It's like watching the plot from Idiocracy unfold. It really is almost a documentary at this point!

10points

PHOTOBOB 10 months ago

This is a paraphrase of something I saw on Facebook the other day. It's like we are in a new Jurassic Park movie. People are saying, "but the dinosaurs got loose and killed people." Others are saying, "yeah, but maybe the dinosaurs will ne nice this time." Fingers crossed. Because I heard dinosaurs don't like to eat people with crossed fingers. The fingers get stuck between their teeth.

9points

iseefractals 10 months ago

I again feel the need to preface this by saying, i have loathed trump for 30 years. Terrible human being, terrible president who wants to do terrible things. However between 2020 and 2024....the number of black people voting for trump increased from 8% to 16%, Hispanics from 32% to 45%, Asians from 34% to 38% other racial demographics from 41% to 54%....and among young people from 41% to 53%. Turnout among white voters however dropped from 58% to 55%. Democrats might want to investigate the underlying cause of that shift. Maybe want to consider the fact that yes, most people, even within his own party loathe trump....just not as much as they hate the tired song and dance that the dems have been doubling down on, over and over again for the past 15 years.

7points

Roland Nijveld 10 months ago

To me one of the main problems seems to be that Biden wanted to run for it first, only to be replaced by Harris. If she had the full run, I'm not so sure Trump would've won.

6points

Abel 10 months ago

Enjoy the next four years of nonsense craziness!

6points

Tamra 10 months ago

At this point, I'm simply hoping it's *only* four years.

16points

Riley Quinn 10 months ago

When he gets into office and flushes all the environmental laws down the toilet, we won't be rooting for cancer because we'll be too sick with cancer.

5points

Trophy Husband 10 months ago

Not a single one of my relatives or close friends voted for Trump... My electrician is the closet person to me who did...

3points

Angelshark 10 months ago

Knowing that he won is like seeing blood in your underwear, but being unable to afford go to the ER.

3points

Kalevra 10 months ago

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Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

Aww I love that they're still so positive about this state of affairs. This was no biopsy. This was full cerebral resection and they're sitting drooling in a chair waiting for the brain to crawl back into their head of its own accord.

2points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

wow. that was on point.

2points

People also laugh when they're anxious or uncomfortable. Researchers speculate that it's how we relax in stressful situations, similar to laughter's function when we see something funny. Margaret Clark, professor of psychology at Yale University and co-author of the study "Dimorphous Expressions of Positive Emotion", also hypothesizes that it's how we let other people know that we need help to down-regulate our nervousness.

#10

Makes You Think

Funny post highlighting irony about minority treatment, sparking laughter and despair.

Final score:

316points

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Nikole 10 months ago

Ha!

63points

LittleTeapot 9 months ago

You respond only “Ha!” to many posts/comments. And in each case, it’s quite perfect. Well done.

0points

James Colhoff 10 months ago

Native Americans fully understand the fear and insult in becoming a minority in our own country.

9points

BarfyCat 10 months ago

Wish I could upvote more than once!

5points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Technically America is such a melting pot, I'm pretty sure there are no such things as minorities anymore. I'm white, Vietnamese, and Irish mix

3points

Bewitched One Premium 10 months ago

Well, if anything, whites already are the minority if you count all the other different races in this country together and then “caicasians”. So you have whites vs Native American, African American, Asian, Latino,Italian, etc etc. were probably way outnumbered as is so who cares lol

2points

Riley Quinn 10 months ago (edited)

When I hear someone who is not Indigenous say this, I desperately want to smack them upside the head. People of Spanish descent lived in the Southwest long before whites got there. And if white people didn't want Blacks living here, they shouldn't have kidnapped them from African countries. Oh, and the Burlingame Treaty welcomed Chinese as cheap labor. None of these morons know anything about US History.

2points

Bewitched One Premium 10 months ago

Totally feel you on this. lol

0points

Roland Nijveld 10 months ago

In America it is a weird thing to say yeah

2points

Roxy222uk 10 months ago

Yeah, imagine ending up the position of native Americans . . .

1point

Sofia Carlson 10 months ago

Right on.

0points

Channa 10 months ago

ROFL

0points

Angelshark 10 months ago

For real.

0points

#11

Interesting

Funny post about a dad's unpredictable Christmas gifts growing up, relaying a humorous family story involving a union.

Final score:

311points

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Tabitha 10 months ago

Tell ‘em, Grandma!

109points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

The American right has been very effective in demonizing unions. It was a stroke of absolute genius on their part.

18points

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

Thank Saint Ron the Pompadoo and his disciples.

9points

DC 10 months ago

Everybody needs to hear, read, know this. And act accordingly. Worker, but no union member? Ok, then, why do you agree to mere cents per hour, and no repercussions for reckless employers risking your life to benefit a tiny bit more? You don't? Then, why aren't you a member to the only sort of institution that ever has effectively opposed such?

14points

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

Unions save lives. See Nikki's story.

10points

Nikki Gross 10 months ago

The ONLY Non-Union job my Dad worked on was, because my Brother and Uncle were going to be onsite and Dad refused to let them be on that job without him. He traded places with my Brother to drive a Forklift that they KNEW had faulty brakes and a broken safety harness.They threatened to fire my Uncle and Brother if one of them didn't get on that Forklift, so Dad had the most experience and refused to let my Brother or Uncle to drive it, so instead he took their place. He was backing up and couldn't stop, hit a small incline that was leading to a storm drain which caused it to roll back and throw him off the backwards out of his seat and the forklift rolled over him. Those forklifts were HUGE that they used on those sites, since the amount of weight that had to be moved it required Heavy Duty Machinery. My Brother was on the roof of the building that they were working on and saw the whole damn thing.

9points

Nikki Gross 10 months ago

He was so desperate to get to Dad that 3 men had to tackle him, because he tried to jump off the roof instead of climbing down the scaffolding. My Uncle was on the other side of the building and he told me that he would NEVER forget the sound of my Brother screaming. The accident was at 1 pm and Dad was taken to the hospital where he died in surgery at 4 pm from Massive Head, Chest and Internal Trauma. OSHA gave the company a slap on the wrist and they filed bankruptcy after 2 years and Mom tried to sue them for "Wrongful Death". We were given a tiny amount in Workman's Comp and that was it. My Uncle worked on one other Non-union job years later, the scaffolding collapsed and he almost died. My Brother went back to the Oil Fields for after that and would only work occasional jobs with our other Brother and Uncle. It absolutely infuriates me when I hear people bashing Unions.

12points

ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

I grew up thinking unions were bad but couldn't logically figure out why? Oh because my mom said so, nothing relating to logic.

5points

Jayeff Vee 10 months ago

I'm sticking to the union!

3points

Dariusz M. D. 10 months ago

Unionize everything.

2points

Nikki Gross 10 months ago

It still infuriates me that OSHA only gave the company responsible for my Dad's death a $125 fine and write-up. Apparently, that's all his life was worth to them. The company filed bankruptcy 2 years later, in order to avoid the "Wrongful Death" lawsuit that Mom filed against them for Dad's accident and death. They were able to escape without taking any responsibility for what they did to Dad and our family. Again, UNIONS SAVE LIVES!. My Uncle did 2 Non-Union jobs in his entire career in Construction and Masonry. The first one was when Dad was killed and the second the scaffolding that he was on collapsed, narrowly avoided death and left him Permanently Disabled. That accident ended a decades long career and it took YEARS to finally settle the lawsuit that he filed against them for faulty equipment and unsafe working conditions. Companies like those 2 know that they can get away with that BS, because when money is tight sometimes you have to take jobs whenever you can find work.

1point

Nikki Gross 10 months ago

Exploitation, is still a HUGE problem and it's only gotten worse, since now you can hire illegal immigrants that don't have the ability to ask or demand safe working conditions. Everyone talks about Illegal Immigrants taking jobs, that's because companies can hire them cheap and get away with putting them into positions that a Union would NEVER allow to happen. They don't have to pay Insurance or fees since the workers are being paid under the table. It's f*****g disgusting and needs to stop. I honestly don't know what the answer is to helping Immigrants, but I do know that someone needs to find a way to step up and give them the same protection that EVERYONE else that works for a Union is allowed to have in order to be safe and treated FAIRLY.

1point

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

If you work in a COAL mine and people suggest brushing your teeth, you have VERY bad breath. Have you seen what coalminers look like, coming out of those places?

0points

#12

Wanting Or Being Able To Is The Issue

Funny yet sad quote on societal issues by a poet, highlighting disparities in censorship and gun laws.

Final score:

310points

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Nikole 10 months ago

These are so very frustrating

70points

Montanavanna 10 months ago

I hear you, our art and words are vital right now. They dont want us talking to each other about this stuff. Now is the time to talk to more people louder about all this stuff. We are supposed to withdraw into frustration and misplace our anger on each other so we don't look at them. Avert your eyes puny underling, nothing to see here.

8points

Tabitha 10 months ago

And that parent doesn’t even have to have a valid argument, just the loudest and most obnoxious voice. Or money.

11points

Bluonthefront 10 months ago

The priorities of a nation that loves money and glorifies violence.

7points

Jnausicaa Premium 10 months ago

Gun care and health control.

3points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Disgusting. It proves that prolife is in the timing.

6points

Richard Iachetta 10 months ago

Part of the blame goes to nine old and maybe senile people who think people have the constitutional right to a bump stock for their assault weapon making them even more dangerous. Good decision you senile old f*rts

4points

pfeils wife 10 months ago

This makes me so sad and so p!ssed off at the same time 🤬

4points

Jnausicaa Premium 10 months ago (edited)

She was Poet Laureate of the USA. And she wrote and delivered a poem for President Biden's inaguration. And most important, her birthday and mine are the same day. I am a few decades older, but all power to the Pisces.

2points

Riley Quinn 10 months ago

And as long as Congress, SCOTUS, and states continues to distract us with this level of foolishness, we can't see what they're doing behind the curtain.

2points

April Pickett 10 months ago

I've got her poem on my Kindle. It's still a most beautiful piece of literature.

2points

Marilyn Holt 10 months ago

But in all of these posts we're looking for some logic. And there ain't none.

1point

The "Funny and Sad" subreddit also fits in pretty well with the type of humor millennials enjoy. When we think about the TV shows, movies, and other media that we're consuming at the moment, it's hard not to notice how dark and absurd some of it is. In her article for The Guardian "'Horrifyingly absurd': how did millennial comedy get so surreal?" Rachel Aroesti points to shows like Rick and Morty, The Good Place, and BoJack Horseman.

#13

This

Text post humorously addressing contradictions, emphasizing funny yet sad elements in religious texts.

Final score:

305points

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Spidercat 10 months ago

Technically Jesus was a Zombie...

123points

Corvus 10 months ago

Technically, he was a lich.

22points

Tabitha 10 months ago

New bestseller: “The New Testament and Zombies”.

15points

TheElementalGod️️ (He/him) 10 months ago

And a necromancer! (bc of Lazarus)

14points

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

and illegitimate. If she was a virgin then they hadn't consummated the marriage. Also worth noting that pre-edit, the scrolls referred to dragons.

9points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

Mary gave birth to a zombie?! That's the s**t they don't teach you in Sunday school!

9points

Nonya Business 10 months ago

technically he's fictional

7points

James016 10 months ago

He was the original zombie.

7points

turk 10 months ago

And God was a r-pist.

6points

Glenn Cuneo 10 months ago

Technically he cuts my grass every other week during the summer, him and some other guy, Hector I think....

2points

Bonesko 10 months ago

Could be a vampire 🤷‍♀️

2points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago (edited)

Easter 🧟‍♂️

1point

heather morris 10 months ago

whenever I tell people that they look at me crazy

0points

laura lee 10 months ago

Is* Jesus *is* a zombie and his followers have definitely had their brains eaten. 😏

0points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

Technically, yes. And worshipped.

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

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Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

I love this kinda thing. Being gay, I love disproving Bible thumpers. My response is simple. READ THE ENTIRE BIBLE, INCLUDING THE APOCRYPHAL TEXTS THAT WERE REMOVED. then you'll see that there's nothing wrong with it at all. It's all the different denominations and cherry picked Bibles that are the issue

13points

Clown fish 10 months ago

I like to point out one only god can judge. Two it's a sin to be offended so there for them being offended by gay people is a sin so you all sinners at that point by their book

6points

Daniel Alexander 10 months ago

Conservatives when they realize it's called a Bi-ble and not a Straight-ble:

9points

laura lee 10 months ago

That was stupid lol but I gave it like for the sentiment 😅

3points

MC C 10 months ago

actually, even with all that ridiculousness the bible still doesn't say that homosexuality is unnatural, people are just making that up

8points

Peter Griffin 10 months ago

True, it doesn’t say it’s unnatural. It says it’s an abomination

-3points

Learner Panda 10 months ago

A fictional story about a village girl who got pregnant and her dad married her off to an older man.

6points

laura lee 10 months ago

🎶 Tale as old as time...🎶

3points

Hobby Hopper 10 months ago

Almost every New Testament reference to homosexuality was written by Paul, who seemed to have quite the hang-up about it.

6points

Suby 10 months ago

Paul had problems with heterosexual marriage and women, too.

6points

Tobias Reaper 10 months ago (edited)

you what this reminds me of when you get a fantasy or sci fi movies and people complain about it being unrealistic like dude there was literally a dragon or its about space wizards and pirates.

6points

Nizumi 10 months ago

People who say sh!t like that should never study zoology - it would mess their worlds completely.

5points

laura lee 10 months ago

Lol ikr??

0points

KamaboCo. 10 months ago

That book doesn’t even say it’s a sin. It’s just nasty people

5points

meeeeeeeeeeee 10 months ago

It says it's as bad as eating shrimp...it's hard to know what level of badness that is.

12points

Ambrosius 10 months ago

Jesus said nothing about gays tho. 5 books of Moses, one of them the famous Leviticus, are the work of JEWS.

4points

laura lee 10 months ago

Jesus was not only a Jew, but a rabbi so....

2points

#14

No Guys, Capitalism Works I Swear

Funny sad post highlighting wealth increase during pandemic, criticizing lack of paid sick leave for employees.

Final score:

289points

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Lez Be Honest 10 months ago

Ugh this just makes me sick to my stomach 🤢

106points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

I will simply quote AL Pacino in scarface for this. "You know what capitalism is? Getting f***ed."

8points

Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago

...and demanding people work to age 69 to collect SS. All while being taxed on only the first $168k of income.

5points

Roland Nijveld 10 months ago

I know someone working at Amazon and it sounds like a horror place. And that's UK

5points

Montanavanna 10 months ago

No buy 2025. Love Robert Reich!

3points

Channa 10 months ago

Unfettered capitalism is also companies like WallyWorld and Mcky'D building social welfare programs into their pay scheme and, at one point before the world found out, their new employee training.

2points

MarTD 10 months ago

Twenty-four TRILLION?? Am I reading that right?

2points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

No, that's unfettered slavery.

1point

Sofia Carlson 10 months ago

That's not capitalism, that's greed.

1point

JuJu 10 months ago

Do what the Brits did: unionize

1point

#15

Class Solidarity Now

Funny post about class solidarity and wealth disparity, highlighting the reality between being homeless and a billionaire.

Final score:

287points

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Nathan Lewis 10 months ago

But Elon is so cool and smart, and if I ride his meat hard enough he might notice me.

84points

cj be like 10 months ago

Can't, its too small

24points

The Darkest Timeline 10 months ago

Someday I might be wealthy enough to be an oppressor, too!

10points

Tabitha 10 months ago (edited)

What, and some of his money might fall off him and onto you? That’s not money, sweetie. That’s b******t, and he is dumping it on you and others like you by the truckload.

7points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

He has none. That is why he over-compensates by building rockets

5points

tnqmp59vc7 10 months ago

Yeah, he’s so cool that he faked being a good gamer 🤣

5points

Hans Sitte 10 months ago

Elon is NOT cool. He is a total jerk. He is not brilliant! I want him to go to MARS and stay there!

4points

Storm Rise 10 months ago

Bahahahaha- also *barf*!

0points

Roxy222uk 10 months ago

Thank you Grimes

0points

laura lee 10 months ago

🤢 🤮

0points

Tha Monkey 10 months ago

Eat the rich. Épater les bourgeois. F*ck musk.

9points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

I am pretty much homeless. I can't work, my anxiety is too serious. I have not left my grandmother's house in almost 2 years. My skin is so pale the veins are visible. I graduated with honors and couldn't use my degree, because of course, you need experience to get the job, and how am I supposed to get that experience unless I was hired?

4points

ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

What's your degree/background in? Depending on that, have you tried looking into volunteer work? Something you can do remotely? That could be a way to get experience.

2points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

But I could be a billionaire tomorrow if I win the lottery, so no!

4points

john doe 10 months ago

Everyone needs to grow some class consciousness, it has become us vs them, and if it wasn't for the bootlickers out there we would have universal healthcare and free college education for our kids, but no just put out another post about how Elon is a genius and he will bestow you with millions.

3points

kansasmagic 10 months ago

Solidarity with the "working class" (if you have to work for a living, you are working class!), or the "I'm going to be a billionaire any day now class"?

3points

Blondie23 10 months ago

as someone that is struggling right now and living in an extended stay hotel just to have a roof over her head I agree with this 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2points

zims 10 months ago

My parents peripherally knew the head of Amway and spent YEARS fostering the belief that they, too, could be wealthy if they just worked harder at selling it. Definitely bought into the "temporarily disgraced millionaires" mindset.

1point

ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

You're telling me.

1point

EJN 10 months ago

I'm counting down to bankruptcy in my old age.

0points

Aroesti seeks to answer the question "Why is millennial humor so weird?" and suggests that it reflects the sentiments of many young people that the world just doesn't make sense anymore. In 2017, The Washington Post offered another reason: we're becoming more rootless with the delay of marriage, kids, and home ownership, and disillusion with religion, so all that gets reflected in the comedy and the content online that we consume.

#16

People Would Really Say That

Tweet about public libraries potentially being seen as a socialist plot if invented today; evokes humor and reflection.

Final score:

286points

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Michael Largey 10 months ago

Some MAGA types are trying to close public libraries by withholding government funding because those libraries make available ideas they don't like.

13points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago (edited)

Guess who would be crucified by NatCs (Nationalist "Christians") if He came back today.

10points

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

Well, there is a precedent...

6points

DowntownStevieB 10 months ago

You know that park and park bench you use? That bike lane? Socialism built that.

9points

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

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Steve Vasta 10 months ago

I used to bring up that point with people who complained about "socialism," and then i realized that, to people who don't particularly read, libraries are exactly that: "We don't need them!"

8points

Sophia Athene 10 months ago

Followed by, "If you want to read a book, you can just buy it!" I probably read $2,000" worth of books from my library each year. I can't even imagine not having access to books. Reading has saved my life time and again. It's the one place where I can find my reflection. I can't say I would kill myself without books, but I would be on the verge. Books have brought me out of depression too many times, esp. when I can't afford psychiatrists and the litany of medications to fix it. The last time I saw a psych, she twisted one statement and suddenly all my problems stemmed from my dad wanting a boy (even though he got one 5 years later and treated us no differently). That day, I stopped by the library and spent the rest of the day crying as I read. I had to have books!

2points

Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago

Said this before here, but imagine(US) wanting to build the interstate highway system today. No? neither can I.

6points

Mike D 10 months ago

They would still build because businesses use it. That's fine as long as everyone else can still use the system also.

1point

CP 10 months ago

Same with public schools.

3points

James016 10 months ago

She's not wrong.

3points

Jayeff Vee 10 months ago

It's the same with Public Education.

2points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

Same is also true for fire departments.

2points

Khavrinen 10 months ago

They ARE frequently condemned as "socialist", "Marxist", and "Leftist".

2points

laura lee 10 months ago

Pinko Commie Liberals, was a "fun" one from the 80s

1point

#17

So Controversial

Social media post on housing and income, highlighting funny yet sad commentary on affordability challenges.

Final score:

284points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

Best we can do is a cardboard box and slice of Velveeta

110points

Random Panda 10 months ago

A cardboard box AND a slice of Velveeta? Look at Mr Money bags over here

22points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 months ago

I'm already there. Give me my Velveeta. I love that sh!t. lakota_in_...0c0a7a.jpg

16points

Sue User 10 months ago

Have you seen the price if Velveeta lately ? Cheap cheese is less expensive. Some with Spam. Ham is much cheaper.

6points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

I hope the velveeta is just to use as a blanket, because no one should have to eat that s**t.

4points

Alan Gale 10 months ago

Cardboard box? Luxury!!

2points

m6nbtfpx7q 10 months ago

I think you meant to say Kraft singles. Not that rich people cheese, but the poor people cheese *product.

2points

Joshua David 10 months ago

You get velveeta? I use the Great Value equivalent.

1point

laura lee 10 months ago

Pfft, you wish

1point

Dawnieangel76 10 months ago

"Oooh, fancy pants, rich McGee over here....f*** you!"

0points

Channa 10 months ago

surely one would have to buy the store brand on the low wages today

0points

KT 10 months ago

Velveeta is expensive now

0points

Robin DJW 10 months ago

Velveeta comes in SLICES? Who knew?

0points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Yes you should. Absolutely. Now if only we could raise the minimum wage to a livable wage, and have the right to smack the slumlord who will charge you 1000 for a studio apartment...

8points

Brian Droste 10 months ago

I am retired doing financial ok but I up voted this because I don't see how young people can afford to start out in life by themselves where everything is so expensive now a days.

6points

Angelshark 10 months ago

Agreed, and I don't care if that means building rockets or building burgers. Everyone should be able to afford to live.

4points

MonsterMum 10 months ago

I think if you work a full time job you should be able to afford more than that

4points

Sharkbait1313 10 months ago

The amount they are charging for rent in these apartments is downright sickening. It's more than I used to pay for my mortgage before my divorce. So.... incredibly.... sad.

3points

Roland Nijveld 10 months ago

I can and I don't have a good job or anything. The moment I can't is the moment I'm gonna protest and revolt. Don't understand Americans don't

2points

Sean Sean 10 months ago

And yet, "Dorm Living" is quickly becoming a new trend in rental properties in the USA.

1point

Ivo H 10 months ago

*live at least in a one bedroom apartment WITH ONE CHILD without struggling. That's the only way two working people can at least replace themselves (demografically speaking)

1point

T Premium 10 months ago

Minimum wage was put in place for this exact reason. Somehow, people got s*** twisted and thought FDR was thinking about high school kids getting spending money during the Great Depression.

0points

#18

Democracy

Funny post about teaching kids democracy through movie and pizza voting, but overriding choice as the one with money.

Final score:

267points

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Zephyr 10 months ago

Great start...... next eat most of the pizza as a form of tax for them not having money

109points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

They used to pay for infrastructure (roads etc), schools, police, fire fighters etc. etc. with tax money. Now they pay for stadiums for billionaires' sports franchises

7points

Channa 10 months ago

then tell them they are whiny and should appreciate the scraps and crusts you throw to them

2points

robin aldrich 10 months ago (edited)

and.. leave them the crusts.

2points

laura lee 10 months ago

Again, not democracy.

0points

Lola July 10 months ago

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Bradley Curthoys 10 months ago

A better analogy for America has never been uttered

12points

Giles McArdell 10 months ago

Technically you should have paid your kids to vote your way.

6points

Jnausicaa Premium 10 months ago

The Golden Rule: The one with the gold makes the rules.

2points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

Actually it would have been more accurate for you to make them pool their pocketmoney for the pizza, and then eating 86% of the pizza yourself before giving them the cold leftovers while berating them for not "pulling themselves up by their bootstraps". Just saying....

2points

laura lee 10 months ago

Sorry bruh, you didn't teach them democracy, you taught them kleptocracy.

1point

Nikole 10 months ago

Well, yeah. Hell’s bells…

1point

EJN 10 months ago

And make them do the serving and cleanup to cover the cost for their share of the pizza.

0points

Janice Sanz 10 months ago

Valid

0points

Angelshark 10 months ago

HA HA HA! Then I beat them because I drink instead of going to therapy, and then someone called CPS and they took my kids away, and then I smashed my car into a light-pole and died with half my face scattered across the pavement! HA HA HA!!! SO FUNNY!

0points

laura lee 10 months ago

If only, at least that had a happy ending. The kids got out of an abusive home and a pos got got.

2points

Aroesti calls the shows she listed "sadcoms" and describes them as "a strain of comedy-drama shuddering under the weight of personal hardship and the idea that actual jokes are largely unnecessary." This type of humor, according to her, pierces the panic-inducing online news cycle and gives us at least some reprieve from the world going to bits.

#19

Faith, Lmfao

Text post humorously critiquing selective faith-based beliefs, illustrating funny and sad contradictions.

Final score:

250points

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Nikole 10 months ago

Yep

56points

Pyla 10 months ago

double yep

3points

MonsterMum 10 months ago

Don't you be wearing mixed fibres, eating shrimp or cutting your forelocks

17points

Angie May 10 months ago

Stuff like this always makes me think of Reverend Lovejoy in the Simpsons movie asking Marge, "You ever sat down and read this thing? Technically we're not allowed to go to the bathroom."

9points

Suby 10 months ago

Exactly. The only way I could respect those people's opinions would be if they truly stuck to every little rule in there - even the contradictory ones.

6points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

Oh dear I misread forelocks there for a second

5points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

My religion says that everyone should get a pet, and the hours of 12:00 to 15:00 shall be spent cuddling your pet. So that's why I need that long lunch break

8points

cecilia kilian 10 months ago

Assuming their faith is Christian, what about the golden rule? Love your neighbor as youself.The Good Samaritan is about the only Bible story that has stuck with me.

6points

Helena 10 months ago

Because they're insane. They twist that love thy neighbor into judge that neighbor, condemn, preach, and shun them into the 'righteous path'. It is insanity.

4points

patricia patricia 10 months ago

There's no hate like Christian love

2points

Definitely a Human 9 months ago

And that story is about someone who is not a Christian, yet is the epitome of a good person

0points

Lez Be Honest 10 months ago

Spot on!

5points

Strahd Ivarius 10 months ago

applying the sanctions related to the 10 commandments to US politicians would create a lot jobs openings ...

4points

Nikole 10 months ago

Especially for the next presidency.

4points

𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋 10 months ago

One of my favourite misappropriated quotes, “the son doth shine on the righteous”. People very often forget (or are not aware) that the next part says “and the unrighteous”. It means do not be proud, and look down on others. And it’s part of the famous ‘love your enemies’, as in, be kind to everyone (don’t spread hate). Which is the total opposite message of what people are generally promoting when they use the first part of that quote. The holier than thou brigade. This is a good post!

3points

john doe 10 months ago

Don't you dare wear clothing woven from multiple fabrics! It's against my religion and I will get the government to back me up!

2points

Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago

If there is a defect, isn't it the fault of the manufacturer?

2points

Cara Vinson 10 months ago

Eating shrimp is an abomination too.

2points

#20

"F**k You, I Got Mine!"

Man opposes birthright citizenship; ironic tweet highlights the contradiction, evoking laughter and despair.

Final score:

246points

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meeeeeeeeeeee 10 months ago

The world would be so much funnier if people like this just got automatically deported. If I was in charge I'd make that a rule for a laugh. I remember before the Brexit vote seeing people on the news with clearly non-English accents saying they shouldn't let any more of those foreigners in. lmao

92points

Owen 10 months ago

Yep. Brexit was, and still is, a disaster. As a hell of a lot of the country knew it would be. Luckily we have a lot of rascists that ensured we could mess up our country if we want to.

17points

Donna Peluda 10 months ago

I know people who voted for Brexit having retired in Spain. And now can't pay for private insurance to be able to stay more the 180 days a year. And are STILL complaining about immigration, when you tell them that they are immigrants in Spain they say no we are English. It's like asking some one if it raining and they reply yes the train is late.

12points

Tabitha 10 months ago (edited)

Almost same here in the YS, except it’s the loudmouth racists saying it. Yet they keep forgetting that their own families came here as immigrants, and that the only true Native Americans are the Native Americans who those same loudmouths’ immigrant (aka conqueror, colonist, settler) ancestors used, abused, nearly made extinct with disease (and some tribes actually did eventually die out completely) and the wholesale slaughter of their main food sources which also nearly made an entire species of animal extinct, forcibly move them off their ancestral land to the worst other land possible—-until something valuable was found on that land, then they were forcibly moved to even worse land, of course, then forcibly take their children and put them in boarding “schools” where they were forbidden to speak their own languages, were trained by force and cruelty to be “Americans” and not Native Americans, and were abused to the point where many died (and were secretly buried on the grounds) but the facts were hushed up and the families never told the truth, and in general treat like s**t, keep in poverty, and be hypocritically prejudiced against.

11points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

As a Latin American immigrant living in the US, I heard this joke. A man is walking by a fish-stall in a market, and sees a basket of live crabs. He says to the seller, "shouldn't you put a lid on that basket, aren't you afraid the crabs will climb out?" The seller replies "no, they are hispanic crabs. When one starts to climb out, the others pull him right back down." This is very true of American immigration as well. Well we got here, quick shut the door behind us.

7points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

And Brits living in Spain and France saying how the EU was terrible... both my parents are batty. My mother voted to leave, which is awful but she justifies it in her own, weird way, and my father ultimately decided not to vote, but for ages was pushing the Brexit narrative, despite having emigrated to France in 2012. Now that I just don't understand.

6points

laura lee 10 months ago (edited)

That goes go for Melania her anchor baby and her parents.

5points

Nicole Weymann 10 months ago

"You mean *I* should suffer the consequences of my actions?? Can't have that!" /S

3points

Simon Chen 10 months ago

Deported to where? Lets not forget that the US was the place where many countries got rid of their idiots. I mean, who went to the US mostly? Undereducated poor people or religious nutjobs. What did everybody expect where this would end? Most people from civilized countries nowadays have no desire to move to the US because the educated and liberal people are getting fewer and the crazies are making more noise then ever.

2points

Channa 10 months ago

It's called "fall in line or be crushed with the rest" and it's all too common in society

2points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

Yeah, and this is what successive Tory Home Secretaries (and a PM) have done. Both Priti Patel and Suella Braverman were born to immigrant parents (as was Rishi Sunak) yet both worked hard to prevent others from immigrating and enjoying the benefits they enjoy. Both are horrible people.

8points

Rob D 10 months ago (edited)

The only thing any republican is consistent about is hypocrisy. Glaring, unapologetic hypocrisy that touches literally every single aspect of their lives.

6points

Tamra 10 months ago

Prime example: the self-described party of law and order supporting a convicted felon and sex offender as president.

6points

WonderWoman 10 months ago

Pulling up the ladder is a republican specialty! They do it in every policy they put into place, every law they write, every initiative they support.

5points

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

Birthright citizenship means you are automatically a citizen of the country in which you were born, regardless of who your parents are. Not all countries have it, but the US does. And you can't just "end" it: it's in the Constitution.

5points

ABC NrEight FCK CENSORISM 10 months ago

I mean, Kanye West is trying to be a Nazi... he'd be one of the first they would "take care of", so one should think that would ward him off, but... there's a lot of idiocy in the world.

3points

Nikole 10 months ago

Don’t forget Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist, far right wing “pundit” who praises Hitler often.

2points

Carilyn Beverly 10 months ago

Do as I say, not as I do

2points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

Amazingly, this is the attitude of just about every immigrant I speak wiith, whether they are legal or illegal. "Keep those GD immigrants OUT! I just look at them in amazement.

2points

Donna Peluda 10 months ago

Same in UK, all the Tories against immigration came came over or were born to immigrants who came to UK in the 50s and 60s

2points

Bluonthefront 10 months ago

Complete asshattery.

1point

#21

Funny

Astronauts in blue suits holding flowers with funny caption about being stranded in space.

Final score:

233points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

Do they get overtime? Or is that coming out of their vacation days?

41points

I'm probably a t-rex 10 months ago

People get vacation days??

8points

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

The latter. And pay $12,000 a day for the rent .

5points

WonderWoman 10 months ago

Boeing can't get their sh!t together and those poor people are forced to pretend they are okay with missing Earth for the better part of a year!

1point

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

Tbh, their bodies are going to be wrecked for life from being in low gravity for so long. So it is coming out of their flesh.

0points

Just stopping by 10 months ago

Oh my goodness that would be amazing😭😂✌🏽

8points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago

This is hilarious 🦍

7points

turk 10 months ago

The US they will return to is a lot scarier than the ones the apes ruled.

4points

R.C. 10 months ago

Omg, yes! Sign me up for one ape costume! Lol

3points

Orysha 10 months ago

Why would they want to return?

3points

Abel 10 months ago

"You maniacs! You blew it up!" 😱

2points

Lorraine R 10 months ago

Is that a "Twilght Zone" quote?

0points

Jumping Jellyfishes 10 months ago

I’m in!

1point

stupidMonkey 10 months ago

You blew it all UUUUUPPPP!!!!

1point

JessieJ&LilyLovebug 10 months ago

🤣

1point

Gen Z, in turn, amp up their attraction to dark humor by laughing at their own trauma and hardships. Much of Gen Z's humor reflects their struggles with mental health conditions and the dystopic state of the world. Some say that Gen Z is the most honest generation yet: they call it as they see it.

#22

Lmfao

Man disrupts book burning event, throws Bible into fire, causing both laughter and despair.

Final score:

230points

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Megalodon Meg 10 months ago

Flex honestly

97points

MonsterMum 10 months ago

According to one online count, God killed 2,391,421 people in the Bible, while Satan killed 10. Satan will give you fame and wealth for your soul, God wants you to behave to give him your soul. Remind me who the bad guy is (PS God created Satan, if you believe)

32points

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

Apparently in his own image...if he were omnipotent and omniscient, how would he have let things get so out of control?

18points

Tabitha 10 months ago (edited)

TBH, it might not be as wild as you think, but is an illustration of what religion has become these days. I’m not religious myself, but if I was, I would fervently believe that Satan has infiltrated the church and is the biggest influence on supposedly religious people today, considering how they tend to behave in such unchristian ways. Maybe that’s an idea that should be put forth to scare the s**t out of the hypocrites.

14points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

The great thing about the Bible is that's it's really long and uses really antiquated and dense language. This means if you're a con artist, you can make it mean whatever you want it to mean and people will believe you because most of them don't have the education necessary to actually read it critically.

14points

Roland Nijveld 10 months ago

They always behaved like that. It's just more known now

1point

Daniel Alexander 10 months ago

Oh, like how HYDRA infiltrated SHIELD in Captain American The Winter Soldier.

1point

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

I want to be there to clap and nod my head in appreciation.

11points

Suby 10 months ago

I'm Christian (a liberal Catholic), but I approve. Anyone who tries to turn a religion that promotes love into hate needs to be called out. And yes, I'm aware of the atrocities that have been committed over the centuries, but that was by people who were not truly religious, just power-hungry. I'm holding out for better times.

8points

Lez Be Honest 10 months ago

This is fantastic!!

6points

Upstaged75 10 months ago

Legend!

5points

detective miller's hat 10 months ago

I wish I had that kind of energy.

5points

Enlee Jones 10 months ago

Not all heroes wear capes.

5points

HF 10 months ago

He is still a Christian then, just playing for the other team

5points

laura lee 10 months ago

Well, doesn't make him a Christian as that would be a follower of Christ.

0points

#23

Blaming Us For The World They Created

Pregnant woman with hands on belly and humorous tweet about millennials, rent, and wages.

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MegDragon 10 months ago

Show us the replacement level money and then maybe we’ll talk babies

96points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

I believe that's called prostitution

0points

Spidercat 10 months ago

Replacement level translates as 'Not enough people to keep the billionaires rich'.

12points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Not really. Replacement levels are actually about the population staying the same size. The problem with all social safety nets (and please keep in mind I actually AM a socialist and am strongly in favor of these safety nets), is that they are effectively a Ponze scheme. You use the current generation of laborers' taxes to pay the benefits of the prior generation. If the current generation is smaller than the prior generation, then there will not be enough money to pay the benefits, and you will need to increase taxes or decrease benefits. This problem is already happening in Japan and South Korea. The reason that Europe and North America are spared is because of immigration. Immigrants make up the gap to keep the populations growing. To be clear, I am also in favor of taxing the rich, and because of the benefits of immigration, that is a MUCH bigger priority than increasing the birth rate.

5points

Angelshark 10 months ago

Oh no. There won't be any more poors for the wealthy to exploit.

7points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

GOOD. There are too many humans on this planet! We need to cut the population in half and keep it at that level in order to establish a permanent balance between humanity and the rest of earth's inhabitants.

3points

Earonn - 10 months ago

But...but...forced birthers are telling me that having babies is all about the perfect happiness and total fulfilment! Now it's all about being a breeding mare for overpopulating the world?????

3points

Christina A Davis 10 months ago

Make the damn multi billionaires pay THEIR fair share. That would help. And stop taxing regular people out of a living.

2points

john doe 10 months ago

Yep if my wife and I doubled our income it would be on the table to have children.

2points

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

$1500! Where did you find such a cheap apartment?

2points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

And it's also because we, like the younger generation, are exposed to toxic masculinity and the kind of people who want "traditional" marriages. I'm gay, just so you know. And even I would say he'll no

2points

laura lee 10 months ago (edited)

Every one alive is exposed to toxic masculinityand all "kinds" of people. I think you're speaking specifically of "trad wife movement" with its undertones of subservience. Traditional marriage isn't that. And for raising successful children and household for that matter, one of the parents needs to be the Family Manager. There's nothing inherently wrong with traditional marriage, someone needs to work outside the home (just meaning they get paid from funds not already in the family) and someone needs to work inside the home, it can be any/either parent/partner but it might be a good idea to remind yourself why it became a tradition, it did so bc it's successful. You don't see it so much now bc people can't afford it. People get divorced more now for the same reason, money. Number one reason. If you fix the financial disparity, you'll have less divorce and more babies.

1point

Gypsy Lee 10 months ago

And having a baby cost $36,000 in a hospital back in 1996. Can’t imagine what it is today. And for clarification, that’s just the 24 hours in a hospital. Doesn’t include prenatal care, the newborns care, raising the child, nor even the epidural. Can’t imagine why people forced to earn low wages aren’t having a baby! .. said nobody sane, ever.

1point

#24

Wtf

Text post about the irony of banks refusing a $950 mortgage when rent costs $1400, highlighting funny and sad realities.

Final score:

220points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

Yup. Prove to us you don't need money so we can give you money.

77points

Ben 10 months ago

Negative. There is escrow that pays taxes and insurance. That's before owners realize that insurance doesn't pay to fix a heat pump.

1point

MonsterMum 10 months ago

This is true but when you own a home, no one pays for the roof leak, boiler breakdown, new window etc

3points

ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

Yep. I have had to replace my entire roof, new hot water heater, new furnace, new air conditioner, repair/restain my deck...In the span of 3 years. It can certainly add up. But then again, I do own the house (well, technically the bank still does, but eventually I will own it).

4points

Blondie23 10 months ago

Thanks for AI deciding everything rather than a human most of us will never own a home!

2points

kitteh floof lover 10 months ago

apples and oranges

2points

Nizumi 10 months ago

Seriously - this! If I can show I've always paid my rent in full and on time, this should be enough for a bank to accept my request for a mortgage.

2points

Je souhaite 10 months ago

Yeah but do you have an emergency fund in addition to the down-payment, lawyers fees, realtor fees, land transfer tax etc etc? I'm guessing nope

-2points

sari swick 10 months ago

We had to put up with this logic for 10 years.

1point

CCLoos 10 months ago

My mortgage is so much cheaper than rent!

0points

Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago

My spending habits would suggest I do not need money....however, my salary would suggest otherwise.....

0points

Sofia Carlson 10 months ago

Been there, done that.

0points

Littlemiss Premium 10 months ago

Yep got laughed out of a bank for the same thing. Doesn't make sense.

0points

One young person told the Bipolar and Depression Support Alliance that nihilism is the go-to response for this generation because they don't see adults and politicians taking action to solve societal problems like climate change, school shootings, socioeconomic inequality, and many others.

#25

That Is A Fact

Funny post highlighting police trust issues, contrasting with the fire department in a humorous and despairing way.

Final score:

216points

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Panda Kicki 10 months ago

In Sweden ot has happened multiple times that firefighters are lured in on fake fires and ambushed. Some areas they now cant enter without police escort.

38points

stupidMonkey 10 months ago

What the actual F**K is wrong with people.

43points

Tabitha 10 months ago

Why firefighters? I can see it with cops, but firefighters? Unless it’s a neighborhood full of arsonists, why lure firefighters just to jump them?

10points

Karen Krause 10 months ago

It's a great way to have your neighborhood burn down. Many inner-city neighborhoods were robbed and/or looted enough that the insurance wasn't worth it, so they closed their stores and never came back. Now, people complain there are no stores there. All you need is one radical local authority who says, "We can't afford police escorts there as it takes them away from other crime areas." Then the firefighters say they aren't going in without some assurance and while everyone argues there goes the neighborhood.

9points

Parmeisan 10 months ago

I was happier not knowing this, but thanks regardless. Always better to be educated.

3points

CP 10 months ago

That happened in the UK too in the 00's

2points

Susan Raskin 10 months ago

I thought crazy stuff like that only happened in the USA

1point

Roxy222uk 10 months ago

People have also assaulted paramedics and ambulance crew in the UK (not common, but known to happen), which seems even stupider to me.

1point

Ken Beattie 10 months ago

Do you have a link to support that? I did some googling but I wasn't able to find any news articles to support it.

1point

MistBorn 10 months ago

What did they do ?

1point

EJN 10 months ago

Well, that is one place Americans have not yet gone to, but give Trump time and he will have his supporters attacking firemen too.

0points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

I am wondering if there is an ethnic element to this.

0points

laura lee 10 months ago

Black metal bands? I'm gonna say it's black metal bands

0points

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Rick Seiden 10 months ago

I trust the police. I don't panic when I get pulled over. But then again, I'm a slightly older than middle aged white guy who lives in a nice area, so you know, the police love me. (I actually was pulled over, last year and it went very well, and I look back on it and think how different it could have been if I weren't white. I know I'm privileged. I know I get better treatment. I know it's unfair.)

18points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I was once detained by the police for flying a balsa wood rubber-band powered airplane in a public park with my 4 year old son. Being Latino in the USA is no fun. They told me that powered model airplanes are illegal to fly in that area, and they confiscated the plane after holding us for 3 hours, with me in cuffs in the back of the car, and my son sitting on the curb crying. When I got home I looked up the rules for that park and learned that there is indeed no such rule about model planes being flown there. And in fact the park hosts a RC plane competition every year. They just wanted to f**k with me. So no I don't trust cops.

21points

Jrog 10 months ago (edited)

If there was a song called "F**k the Fire Department", it would be about hot steamy sex, not angry resentment.

14points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

To be honest, there ARE good cops. I've known a few. And I've also known the d1ckbags as well. Arrest me for a nickel bag of pot? Really? Go catch a rapist

5points

StarCrossedFriday 10 months ago

I met a decent couple of them last week, when I got pulled over for ‘driving suspiciously’ (I was, admittedly, driving in circles for a while because I was trying to find a friend of mine who got lost). They did a breathalyzer and a d**g test, and went ‘miss, have you taken any amphetamines today?’ and I’m like ‘what? I’ve never ever seen them in real life.’ They believed me and did another one; turned out the first one was a false positive, which was kind of bizarre. And then they waved me on my merry way. Took half an hour in all, but it could have ended very differently in another place and time.

5points

Tha Monkey 10 months ago

Especially now (I live in L.A.)

4points

Nikole 10 months ago

Oh this is good.

3points

Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 10 months ago

As a retired Fire Captain from the United States of America, though most people appreciate our job. I can say that there are incidents where members of the Fire Service have been shot and killed in the line of duty. Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin, just to name a few.

1point

Jrog 10 months ago

The theory of the "Good Guy with a Gun" finds its limits in the realization that there are statistically a thousand total imbeciles for any good guy out there.

3points

Definitely a Human 9 months ago

The fire department doesn't send you to jail though

0points

Channa 10 months ago

this is brilliant!

0points

maxsunity‍ 10 months ago

Or a shirt

0points

#26

Let's That Sink In Already

Tweet highlighting wealth disparity in social security discussions, featuring Elon Musk and US Senators.

Final score:

214points

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Nikole 10 months ago

Get ready, people on social security! And if you voted for trump, as always, fúck you and thanks so fúcking much!

163points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

I saw someone saying that it was great Trump was finally going to scrap Obamacare. When someone pointed out that she benefitted from it, she said "I don't need Obamacare, I got the Affordable Care Act!!". For those who don't know, the ACA *is* Obamacare. The Republicans just tried to tie it to Obama to turn their nasty supporters away from it. Well that's going to come back to bite those supporters.

31points

PHOTOBOB 10 months ago

I've said t before and I will say it again. Normally I would gleefully say, those that voted for Trump will get what they deserve, but I am going to get it too. Sigh.

21points

Carilyn Beverly 10 months ago

I honestly do not understand the people who think he is the best president ever and a great human being. To me he is a vile human with nothing positive to contribute to society/humanity.

12points

Deborah 10 months ago

This scares the hell out of me. Let those people live on SS for a while, take away most of what they've save and let SS be their only income, and then let them talk like this. I doubt they could make it one month without going mad.

12points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

President Musk is also trying to defund the NIH so that there is more money available for military contracts for Space X. He's an a*****e, but he's not stupid.

6points

Meami 10 months ago

I’m on social security and I definitely did NOT vote for that flaming AH

2points

Bonesko 10 months ago (edited)

👏👏👏😁

2points

Alyce 10 months ago

Yep, cause none of these problems existed under Biden, Obama, Clinton, Carter....they only appear under Republican administrations, fading into obscurity otherwise.

-2points

Sofia Carlson 10 months ago

Social security is going up under trump.

-3points

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PhaseWitFact 10 months ago (edited)

Save your soda bottles, soon no one will get a bathroom break

13points

Vivian McBride 10 months ago (edited)

Aha! A use for those for those commerative tRump Coca Cola bottles!

2points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Elon musk, who inherited money from his parents in South Africa, bought everything from tesla to Twitter, as in from the people who invented them, other people's ideas, to make himself seem smart.

10points

TribbleThinking 10 months ago

Reuters report on the lies about Tesla's low range - www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/

4points

Bluonthefront 10 months ago

If this doesn't tell you how very, very screwed the "under $1M" people in this country are going to be after Jan. 20 then you aren't getting it.

7points

DowntownStevieB 10 months ago

This reminds me of the Coal Miners Union in 2016 and how they lost their health coverage, Affordable Care Act, by voting for Trump because he said he'd get rid of Obamacare. They had no clue, due to rhetoric, that it's the same.

7points

Binky Melnik 10 months ago

On the one hand, I feel awful for ‘em,(well, mostly their kids, who don’t deserve this) and on the other, it seems like some sorta karmic Justice. If you’re gonna run around flapping your gums about things you know NOTHING about and make NO effort to learn about those things you’re flapping about, you get EXACTLY what you deserve.

1point

Khavrinen 10 months ago

Hey Congress, ever hear the expression "Lead by example"?

4points

Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago

As above, the more infuriating thing is Musk is (SS) taxed only on the first $168k.

3points

David 10 months ago

And why are we promoting a man on the SPLC list for his years of promoting antisemitism, homophobia, etc, the man Kanye credits with his "eyes being opened" when he went on his antisemitic rants. I mean he tells black people that the Jews run a secret cabal to keep Black people down, and all their misfortunes are the Jews

3points

Joshua David 10 months ago

Elon has no business even being a part of US polotics. Trump is gonna kill us all.

2points

turk 10 months ago

And his other two main proposals for "cutting waste" were making the retirement age 70 and more tax cuts for billionaires. Shocking, I know.

2points

Jenna Kay 10 months ago

I will never get to retire. I will just have to work till I die in my office chair ... the future looks so bright 🪦

0points

#27

This Actually Happened To You?

Funny post highlighting healthcare frustrations with emojis and dialogue between a patient, doctor, and insurance bureaucrat.

Final score:

209points

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Neil 10 months ago

Soon to be known as the "Luigi Defense"

108points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I keep telling Americans that yes in socialized medical decisions there are a panel of bureaucrats deciding which treatments should be payed for and which should not. But this is true of the American system as well. The difference is that in socialized systems, those bureaucrats are composed of medical doctors who are accountable to the voters, and in the US system, they are composed of MBAs who are accountable to the shareholders. Who do you really want running your system?

16points

Nikole 10 months ago

As well it should be. *This* is criminal to such a larger extent.

8points

Littlemiss Premium 10 months ago

Soddi defense, some other dude did it.

1point

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

And this is why Healthcare CEOs get shot

14points

Nova yt 10 months ago

As united health care just made headlines this morning for over charging by a thousand percent for cancer d***s. What a miserable place this is

12points

Tamra 10 months ago

Yep. United Healthcare's pharmacy benefit manager, as well as Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, all pocketed $7.3 BILLION for price gouging.

6points

Craig S. (EvilSausage) 10 months ago

DENY DEFEND DEPOSE!

7points

Kari Panda 10 months ago

And this is where the government should step in. I‘m European, and if they could, health insurance companies over here certainly would pull that c**p, too. But we have laws to keep them in line. I know everyone says we have too much bureacracy, too much goverment interference, but people are greedy, so this is necessary.

7points

Robert T 10 months ago

It should be renamed Healthdontgiveash*t!

6points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

You have your champion, muricans. Now follow his lead. Mangioni is your Guevara.

3points

DowntownStevieB 10 months ago

I hate this part of my job, having to adhere to what someone with no medical degree says your treatment should be.

3points

ScootyPuffJr 10 months ago

I had a scheduler tell me a doctor I was referred to couldn't help me and denied making an appointment!! WTF?! I had to keep calling to find someone sane.

4points

Christina A Davis 10 months ago

Because people who make the rules and laws----don't suffer any consequences of their decisions. duh

2points

Earonn - 10 months ago

Which is why we all rooted for Luigi, and hope that someone else will continue his work.

2points

Experts say that Gen Z is the generation that grew up with many stressful global incidents and the internet. This cocktail brewed an army of nihilistic, absurd humor-loving kids. Columnist Elise Sanders even likened Gen Z to the Dadaist movement, because they, too, reject the logic and restrictions of capitalist societies.

#28

Amen

Funny post about modern mumble rappers and overpaid teachers, highlighting humor and despair.

Final score:

207points

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Tha Monkey 10 months ago

I'm really hoping that's "sh*tty" blurred out, and not "sexy"...

46points

Mike F 10 months ago

There hasn't been sexy music since Barry White died. 😔

6points

Stygtand Premium 10 months ago

Dont know why. But instantly thought sony music.

3points

Karen Bryan 10 months ago

it's Sam, so I'm pretty sure your first guess is correct.

0points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago

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Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Maybe we should just pay teachers more, period. After all, they not only have to teach your hellspawn, they have to PUT UP with them

12points

Lost Panda 10 months ago

Please tell me this was the real Samuel Jackson and not someone just messing around...

6points

Nikole 10 months ago

There’s a blue checkmark, but who even knows anymore.

1point

CP 10 months ago

The first part is just an old guy complaining about the younger generation's musical tastes. There are way better reasons to pay teachers.

4points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

Plot twist: an all-teacher mumble rap collective

3points

18geoffreypedwards 9 months ago

Amen.

0points

Dan Holden 10 months ago

Choosing to compare teachers salaries to musicians? Really? Granted some singers/rappers/musicians reach a level of fame where they make pretty good money, for 99% of the musicians out there, even earning enough to just get by on music alone is a pipe dream!

0points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

Not ONE mention of m**o's?? I call b******t, this isn't really him.

0points

Hans Sitte 10 months ago

So true!

0points

Abel 10 months ago

"Modern"like "m***********g"?

0points

#29

This Is Just Sad

Funny post showing a Twitter exchange about choosing baby fathers, evoking both laughter and despair.

Final score:

206points

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Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Contraception exists

64points

MonsterMum 10 months ago

So does consent, but sadly there isn't always consent.

23points

ynyrhydref56 10 months ago

Also, free will. Assuming she wasn't forced (to use a more sanitary term).

6points

CCLoos 10 months ago

In the US, it exists *for now*

1point

Mental Liberals 10 months ago

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Mary Jean Walker 10 months ago (edited)

Does anyone else ever think this might really be a quite sad statement of how little real choice women expect to have over even those aspects of our lives apparently up to us?

6points

Dave In MD 10 months ago

Not really. I think she just f***s so many different guys she is playing "baby daddy" roulette but is not smart enough to understand that.

21points

Rob D 10 months ago (edited)

I get what you're saying, but the above, specifically, uh, no. It is a really sad statement on access to reproductive education.

6points

Papa 10 months ago

No, because it's ridiculous.

2points

David Morgan 10 months ago

I'm going to be the one person who interprets this as meaning 'of all the people in the world, I wish I could pick the specific person TO BE the father/provider' i.e. find the person with all the traits YOU want and they become the father. At the moment, relationships pretty much have to be a mutual thing so you can't just choose.

5points

WonderWoman 10 months ago

The word NO exists!

3points

Boredest Panda 10 months ago

Unfortunately, no is heard as “absolutely yes” by some complete aholes. They are the only reason your comment isn’t the ideal solution, and I’m sorry we have to breath the same air they do.

7points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

My mother got pregnant before marriage and felt she needed to marry my father, a known alcoholic and abuser. Guess what, they ruined my life.

2points

Channa 10 months ago

weird, granted, but have you folks ever heard of s ex crimes?

1point

JessieJ&LilyLovebug 10 months ago

🫣

1point

Tee Lee 10 months ago

Anyone this dense shouldn't be allowed to have kids anyway...

0points

Ken Creamer 10 months ago

Public schools

0points

Zero 10 months ago

The gene pool needs clearing

0points

#30

Well, It's True Isn't?

Actors in "A Christmas Carol" scene, conveying humor and despair, with text about wealthy generosity.

Final score:

205points

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Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

I can't even begin to tell you how much I wish Elon Musk were nothing more than a bit of undigested beef.

99points

MarTD 10 months ago

What an excellent, literate reply1

7points

[>.<]/ 10 months ago

or a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato.

5points

Bonesko 10 months ago

🤣 oh how I hate the 2020's😔

3points

Gregg Bender 10 months ago

Or a blot of mustard.

1point

Dawnieangel76 10 months ago

Or a piece of corn floating in a turd of undigested beef....

0points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

In fairness to Dickens, that was kind of his whole point really.

10points

Julie S 10 months ago

Blackadder's Christmas Carol is my favourite. I watch it every year it's definitely worth a watch.

4points

ScootyPuffJr 10 months ago

I wish I could give you more than one upvote.

1point

Ann Hoff 8 months ago

I went to Christmas Carol & it physically made me sick- it is so disgustingly pathetic that they don't have universal health care

0points

Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago

I wish Elon were a ghost.....

0points

Nice Beast Ludo 10 months ago

A Muppet's Christmas Carol will forever be my favorite... And the Marley and Marley song has the scariest lyrics "doomed scrooge- you're doomed for all time! Your future is a horror story written by your crimes! Your chains are forged, by what you say and do. So have your fun when life is done, a nightmare waits for you." And Disney plus cut out the best/most emotional song in the whole movie "The Love Is Gone" about Belle leaving Scrooge

0points

Janice Sanz 10 months ago

Would be good.

0points

Timbob 10 months ago

I think sharing is the wrong word here. Helping. Educating. Healing. Training. Nurturing.

0points

Sarcastic Panda 10 months ago

I low-key feel like in A Christmas Carol he's being converted. Like ok, dud doesn't like christmas. Leave him alone. Same with the Grinch.

0points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

little typo there : FAIRYtale Rich people do not share. That is why they are rich.

0points

If you, too, have a nihilistic streak, you probably enjoyed the pics on this list. Let us know which were your favorites by upvoting the best to the very top. And if you'd like to see some more, check out our previous articles with posts from the "Funny and Sad" subreddit here, here, and here!

#31

Women Are Humans, Really?

Tweet by Jessica Rose about societal views, blending humor and despair.

Final score:

202points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

Next thing you know, them uppity women folk will be wanting to vote

92points

JB 10 months ago

And to ride trains! We can't have their uteruses flying about the cabin!

22points

Khavrinen 10 months ago

Or even worse, have their own pockets!

15points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

& earn their own less money than men.

8points

Ty Stratton-Quirk 10 months ago (edited)

Or get a driver's license! Or open a bank account in their names! Or file for divorce!

6points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

or get abortions! THE HORROR!

2points

James Flowers 10 months ago

I believe they just voted their rights away and to become chattel

1point

Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago

Trump nullified Roe v Wade, so you KNOW Women's right to vote is next on the docket.

0points

James Flowers 10 months ago

I believe they just voted to become chattel

0points

DC 10 months ago

Oh my, they really aren't furniture?

4points

BarfyCat 10 months ago

I know of a husband (and they're still married!) who told his wife that she means just as much to him as a chair.

1point

turk 10 months ago

The wife of a Republican, you mean.

3points

Angelshark 10 months ago

Ugh, bad enough they want luxuries like sanitary napkins. /s

2points

Coffee 10 months ago

Imagine being their mum too...

1point

Vicki Perizzolo 10 months ago

darn uppity women

1point

Nosirrow 10 months ago

I'm my father's only daughter. He seemingly likes all girls and women, apart from me. When I said I was assaulted by a paramedic, he said nothing. He has four granddaughters and called them dziurawce which means holes, like down there holes.

1point

CCLoos 10 months ago

❤️ I am sorry.

0points

Joshua David 10 months ago

For a long time credit cards weren't issued to unmarried women. Let that sink in.

1point

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

...and yet, they all voted the way their ignorant husbands wanted them to. Amazing

1point

Bluonthefront 10 months ago

Can't even. I'd be so repulsed, I wouldn't be able to look at him.

1point

#32

Capitalism Cannot Survive Without Poverty

Tweet pointing out the irony of not raising minimum wage but food prices rising, illustrating funny and sad economic observations.

Final score:

189points

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StarCrossedFriday 10 months ago

Especially when it’s been proven over and over that raising minimum wage doesn’t have to mean food costs go up. It just shows that big businesses are getting more and more greedy, and one day the bubble is going to burst.

63points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I would argue that Trump's victory is the bubble bursting. It's just that the people aren't informed enough to realize that he's going to make it worse for them, not better. Imposing tariffs will increase the cost of goods. His tax-cuts from his first term actually RAISED taxes on Americans making less than $400k / year. But his victory is the people looking for a fix, and he gave them an easy scapegoat. We will spend $100 billion dollar deporting immigrants, then he'll find another and another and another. It's the been the hallmark of fascism since the Italians invented it in the 1920s.

7points

Ken Beattie 10 months ago

What we need are more luxury taxes. Don't raise costs on things like eggs, bread etc. Raise them on things that are "fancy". Similarly, a 30k brand new car should be relatively low tax, but if it's above say... 100k then it's taxed double, if it's above 250k it's taxed triple or quadruple. if you can afford to buy a Ferrari then you can pay the tax on it.

6points

R.C. 10 months ago (edited)

It doesn't have to but the reality, unfortunately is that it does. I worked in retail during 2 minimum wage increases in Ontario and in the 3 months after both of those increases we changed the price tags of every item in that store. Corporate greed.

6points

laura lee 10 months ago

I think it's going to blow up in their faces in the next 4yrs

4points

turk 10 months ago

The Democrats lost this election because they didn't go after corporations for gouging on prices, which was the reason prices soared. And if they won't do it, who the hell will? Certainly not the group coming into office, bank on that.

7points

Justme Again 10 months ago

Senator Elizabeth Warren sponsored a bill to do exactly that. Republican House didn't pass it.

5points

Angelshark 10 months ago

Except they did. The Biden administration "investigated" cooperate price gouging. Of course that's like hiring a mobster to catch a thief.

2points

Marlowe Fitzpatrik 10 months ago

What? Half of Mrs Harris' campaign was about going after corporations! Where you not listening?

1point

DowntownStevieB 10 months ago

LOL I love this lie they all tell us. It would just close the poverty gap some and the rich can't handle it.

4points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Donald said he'd lower food prices & I'm sure he will because it's easy.

4points

Tamra 10 months ago

And he's very trustworthy! 😂

4points

Channa 10 months ago

If profits did not have to perpetually increase, 4 times a year, then both could be accoplished

2points

Littlemiss Premium 10 months ago

Here they had supermarket workers who had to provide their own PPE and work extra hours for little more pay (tax ate most of it), and the cost of food went up 200%. A packet of Ramen went up to $24.00 for a 10 pack. Apparently we're still in crisis because prices never came down.

2points

EJN 10 months ago

But the GOP believes in trickle-down theory; you know, if I become rich some of my spending will trickle down into poor people's purses. Decisions are made based on old BS.

0points

stella rossa 10 months ago

Capitalism creates poverty. Capitalism is the reason of poverty.

0points

Abel 10 months ago

I think it is called "inflation".

0points

Lee451 Henderson 10 months ago

Thanks, Biden!

-2points

#33

Still Relevant 90's Joke

A judge tells a man he can relax, but the man keeps his hands up, creating a funny yet sad scene.

Final score:

187points

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Zephyr 10 months ago

Ahh the American dream

57points

Nikole 10 months ago

Damn… But, yeah.

10points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago

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Jrog 10 months ago (edited)

This episode came out a few months after a slew of high-profile incidents where police shot young black Americans without justification, so it was very actual and on point. It was just after the Rodney King beating, so it was very much in the zeitgeist. This phrase is a direct reference to the killing of Leonard Bennett, an unarmed 25-years old black man that received five "warning shots" in the back from a pursuing officer.

9points

LittleWombat 10 months ago

Thank you for sharing this!

1point

George Costanza 10 months ago

Just shows that sentiment has been around for longer than many people reading this have even been alive.

8points

MotherRobinson Premium 10 months ago

It's a shame but true

3points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago

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EJN 10 months ago

Smart guy.

0points

Tom 10 months ago

More relevant than ever - if even an acorn makes those people 'fear for their lives'..

0points

Joshua David 10 months ago

And if he don't kill you, the guy outside will.

0points

Kerri Corley 10 months ago

This one aged like a fine wine

0points

Shelli Aderman 10 months ago

😔

0points

#34

Nintendo

Tweet humorously comparing video game consoles and political terms, evoking laughter and despair.

Final score:

187points

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Michael Largey 10 months ago

To conservatives, "socialism" is any public program that helps people they don't like.

78points

Gregg Bender 10 months ago

Which is just about everybody anymore.

1point

El hefe 10 months ago

Most don't truly even know what socialism is and they've just heard it parroted on foxnews so they figured that it's bad. Now they use it as an insult or derogatory term.

8points

turk 10 months ago

And it's a word they regurgitate without having a clue what it means. There's quite a list of words like that.

5points

Teachzebra 10 months ago

Look up Eugene V Debs sometime. Arguably one of the most important Americans ever, and totally lost to history. He was a socialist who ran for president six times, including once from prison for protesting America’s involvement in World War I. His radical socialist agenda; 40 hour work weeks, overtime pay, health benefits, sick pay, child labor laws, Social Security, retirement pay, and so on. Ask your average person who talks so negatively about socialism if they would want to live without any of those things today

2points

J Adams 10 months ago

Could say the exact same for the use of words like boomer, Karen and right-wing with the modern definition of each being ‘someone I disagree with’

2points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

You're not wrong. Ultimately any label is used to simplify categorization. I've explained to my Gen-Alpha kids that they have far more in common with American boomers, than gen-alpha kids from my own country. And conservative in the US is very different than conservative in Brazil. There I am a conservative leaning member of the Workers Party (we have a multi-party system). Which puts me roughly in a center-left position. I believe in regulation of enterprise and anti-trust laws, but I also see the benefit of a well regulated capitalist system in lifting people out of poverty. But in the United States, I'd be described as a rabid socialist.

3points

Korthias 10 months ago

It seems like in the USA, Socialism has been equated to Communism

1point

Sophia Athene 10 months ago

It doesn't SEEM like it is. It actually IS equated!

1point

Thomas Wilson 10 months ago

And they slap the "woke" label on anything they don't like.

0points

Sean Sean 10 months ago

Considering that in the USA many homeless are former veterans, hunting them will probably not end the way they think it will.

0points

Mental Liberals 10 months ago

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ABC NrEight FCK CENSORISM 10 months ago

I'm not living in the US, so I'm neither democrat nor republican, but if I were, I'd certainly vote for democrats. I still won't call you sexist, rapist, phobic or any of the other words you just used. I just call you a brainwashed idiot parroting the bullshít the Big Orange yelled at you.

5points

Austzn 10 months ago

I'm pretty sure those words you used as examples have specific meanings. What exactly does "woke" mean again? 🤣 You really missed the point of this one.

5points

iseefractals 10 months ago

Well since you're the only one that brought up the word "woke" i think you missed the point. But hey, you're not really interested in the point...which is actually the entire point. 15 years of virtue signaling, identity politics, perpetual outrage and brainless attacks in the face of any and all criticisms. My, my, what an attractive advertisement. "If you don't agree with everything we say, think and want you're a racist, sexist, phobic, white supremacist MORON"

0points

Bartlet for world domination 10 months ago

Tbf if your self interest consists of white cishet males can have everything and get away with anything, the insults write themselves.

4points

iseefractals 10 months ago

So by your estimation, minorities are entitled to be concerned with their own self interest first and foremost....but the other 70% of the country is also supposed to prioritize the interests of minorities to their own detriment? between 2020 and 2024....the number of black people voting for trump increased from 8% to 16%, Hispanics from 32% to 45%, Asians from 34% to 38% other racial demographics from 41% to 54%....and among young people from 41% to 53%. Turnout among white voters however dropped from 58% to 55%. That's the reality. And people like you just don't seem to grasp the fact that what the democrats are selling, is getting less and less attractive to the people they claim to be advocating for.

1point

#35

I Think This Fits Well Here

Two men express contrasting views on economics and vacation, illustrating a funny yet sad cultural difference.

Final score:

186points

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PhaseWitFact 10 months ago

*Cries in American*

75points

Wintermute 10 months ago

No crying on the clock. Get back to work.

10points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

*laughs in emigrated to europe at age three*

1point

MotherofGuineaPigs 10 months ago

That would just be yelling indignantly

1point

Enlee Jones 10 months ago

Europeans: I'm backpacking through Switzerland for the next three months. Americans: I'm having a heart transplant tomorrow but I'll have my phone with me in case there are any emails.

14points

Multa Nocte 10 months ago

And if I can't pay my bills they'll repossess my heart.

5points

El Dee 10 months ago

This, sadly, shows that you can have a bigger economy, higher GDP per head, lower employment and higher growth and STILL be poorer as the wealth is held in so few hands..

6points

Marilyn Holt 10 months ago

got healthcare?

4points

WonderWoman 10 months ago

And America would pat itself on the back claiming that they are "world leaders" Well guess what, America can no longer say such ridiculous lies - we elected a rapist FELON who already failed as a leader.

3points

Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago

.."and am getting a medical procedure that won't bankrupt me."

2points

Tha Monkey 10 months ago

Is it true that they don't have to clean up everything while they were gone? I earn a considerable amount of PTO (been working here 25 years, get 17.5 hrs/2 weeks), but the amount of work that is stacked up and waiting for me makes me not want to take more extended vacations... :(

2points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago (edited)

2 weeks is not a considerable amount of vacation. WTF dude! I took 6 weeks last year, not including sick days. I trust my coworkers to do their jobs while I'm gone. Edit: I live and work in the United States

8points

Bobby 10 months ago (edited)

I have no job but still have the right to at least 20 days of vacation away from my duties that I need to do to keep my social services income....the fact that that is a considerable amount of pto for you makes me angry for you.

6points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

My Out of Office tells people I'm not working, when I'll be back, and who to contact if there's something that absolutely can't wait. Other than that, I'm the only person who can do my role (literally we can't even hire someone to do it), so things will have to wait. There's only one of me, so even if I came back to a long todo list (unlikely) it can still only be processed as fast as I can work during work hours.

5points

Pernille 10 months ago

I don't know how it works for everyone, but my out of office would tell people to email someone else who would pe picking up my work while I was on holiday. A lot of customers with non urgent business would just email again after my return date, except the US customers who always got s****y when someone had the audacity to be on leave for three weeks.

5points

Dilly Millandry 10 months ago

You prepare staff, colleagues and bosses and ensure anything is covered by someone/s while you are away. It's not that difficuilt. Most people really are not indispensible. I had 6 weeks annual leave, max 2 off in one go unless special circumstances (honeymoon for instance). It is doable.

1point

Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago

I hope you mean PTO of about one day every week, not 2 weeks total? I can't speak for everyone of course but for me and the people around me it's usually a day of sorting through missed correspondence, getting up to speed about what's happening and getting organised again. Is it true that in the US a sick day costs you PTO? As in: if you're sick for a week that comes off your holiday time?

1point

Sean Sean 10 months ago

Yet another reason I'm trying to move back to the UK.

1point

Cecilie Hammershøy 10 months ago

Or we are at the hospital without getting bankrupt

1point

kansasmagic 10 months ago

Oh, but we Americans *hate* taking vacation time! (As some very sincerely say...)

1point

#36

Pls, Why Is The World So Bad

Tweet about chocolate and slavery issues, highlighting a funny but sad problem.

Final score:

177points

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Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago

That hits pretty hard. Everyone (including me ofc) wants things to be better but also has a limit of how much personal"discomfort" they are willing to accept to make that happen. Will have to reassess my priorities methinks

61points

Game Guy 10 months ago

Nestle is not the only producer of chocolate. Google "slave free chocolate" for a website listing ethical companies to buy from. The best part is they're almost all higher quality than Nestle anyway.

18points

Owen 10 months ago

But you're wise enough to understand that, so there's still hope.

8points

Nils Skirnir 10 months ago

In the Anglosphere most folks will tolerate no personal discomfort to free others

8points

Suby 10 months ago

Yeah, but most people are able to do it to stay alive themselves, for example if they have to cut out chocolate or other goods/habits due to medical conditions, e.g. allergies, diabetes, etc. If we can do it to preserve our own lives, we should be able to do it for other people's lives, too.

3points

David Beaulieu 10 months ago

Tonys Chocolonely

11points

kansasmagic 10 months ago

Good chocolate, and it comes in big, fat bars that make Hershey's looks and taste like....

1point

Deborah 10 months ago

Boycott Nestle. This doesn't apply to every chocolate producer, does it?

8points

Bartlet for world domination 10 months ago

Yes it does. Sorry.

-3points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Not just chocolate. COFFEE. and both of those plants are being farmed to near EXTINCTION. imagine having to describe to your grandchildren how chocolate and coffee tasted

5points

Mike F 10 months ago

Boycott Nestle, ALL of their products.

4points

Orysha 10 months ago

Nestlé should be burnt to the ground!

4points

tameson 10 months ago

If you want chocolate, you shouldn't be looking at Nestle for it.

3points

Blondie23 10 months ago

Honestly.... if you tell me to end slavery means giving up chocolate then I am in. I love chocolate but it's not worth another human being's life!

3points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

And then there's that whole baby formula disaster...

3points

Joshua David 10 months ago

I watched a clip of a man who brought bars of chocolate to the people harvesting the beans. The "employers" don't tell them this is big business. They are happy to be working because the bean is useless to them and who's even buying these? He gives a man the chocolate bar 🍫 and this is the first time this man has had chocolate and it was sad to see his face after being told that was what the beans are for. Then another man came to try it and the man who had it legit ran off with it. It was sad and surreal at the same time.

1point

Nice Beast Ludo 10 months ago

That is the saddest and greediest thing I have ever heard. (Greed on the employer's s part not the man's)

0points

#37

My Type Of Woman

Woman drinks $200 cognac to avoid security, with text "Not all heroes wear capes." Funny and sad moment captured.

Final score:

176points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

Was she allowed to fly?

35points

Mark Alexander 10 months ago

Not in the cockpit.

36points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

Oh, she was flying...

11points

Tha Monkey 10 months ago

I know *I* wouldn't have been. Actually, I'd be surprised if she didn't get alcohol poisoning...¯\_(ツ)_/¯

5points

Marilyn Holt 10 months ago

I don't think she was the pilot

3points

Abel 10 months ago

Well, she was high, but do not dare to make her fly. It can end pretty bad.

3points

zims 10 months ago

I don't see why not. They serve alcohol on the planes. Unless she was being violent or vomiting everywhere there's no reason drunk people can't fly.

2points

WonderWoman 10 months ago

She let the pilot do that. hehe

1point

Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago

Lol either way, she was FLYING!!!!

0points

Steve Robert 10 months ago

Yes but she no longer needed the plane.

0points

EJN 10 months ago

Why not? She was not driving the plane.

0points

Lotekguy Premium 10 months ago

She was demoted to navigator.

0points

Kalevra 10 months ago

Nah, we still havent been granted that ability.

0points

KatSaidWhat 10 months ago

I bought a bottle of something in Greece and the hotel reminded me that it was over 100ml and that it would not be allowed in hand luggage, so I chugged that too...

5points

laura lee 10 months ago

Should've just bought a bunch of 3oz containers...

2points

Radek Suski 10 months ago

I lost a litre if damn good gin because of damn Latam

2points

dan jerrim 10 months ago

I am living proof that it doesn't.

2points

Donna Sempek 10 months ago

As a passenger she could fly but cannot be the pilot

1point

Roxy222uk 10 months ago

Honestly, how come she didn't know not to try and take it on as hand luggage?

1point

Michael Largey 10 months ago

She should have taken a big swig and then left the rest for the TSA people. They surely need it.

1point

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

And leave a generous loogie in the bottle.

-2points

Channa 10 months ago

definitely a boss move. sickaf on that flight I bet but ... ya know. nope, not letting you take that one bub

0points

Charlotte Andrus 10 months ago

How many barf bags did she then need.

0points

#38

Americans Be Like: Universal Healthcare?

Meme highlighting funny and sad reality of preferring higher private health insurance costs over universal coverage.

Final score:

174points

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JessieJ&LilyLovebug 10 months ago

Yep

41points

Nikole 10 months ago

Yep

4points

Khavrinen 10 months ago

"But if I pay 5% for universal health insurance, that will mean 'those' people will get to use it too! That's just something I can't put up with!"

23points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

This is exactly it.

14points

Johnnynatfan 10 months ago

For the record its not us Americans who want this. Its the f**k heads in power who do. Now with that said Americans are idiots for voting for those f**k heads

10points

Tabitha 10 months ago (edited)

And the real kicker to that (in the US) is that everyone in your company pays the same flat rate for insurance. Let that simmer a moment. The CEO, who makes millions, pays an amount per month for health insurance that equals 20% of your whole monthly salary—-only on the CEO’s salary, that amount is less than the lost change in their sofa or the leftover allowance money in their kid’s piggy bank. Now, if the payment wasn’t a flat rate, but a percentage of total salary, it would be more equitable. Especially if you consider that it would only need to be a small percentage, say 1% or 1/2%, to more than pay the premium for everyone, and those at the lower end of the salary range wouldn’t have such a huge chunk taken out of their already inadequate paychecks. Now, take that concept and apply it to a national health system, where the same percentage of your earnings goes toward making sure everyone in the country can afford to go to the doctor and not be bankrupted by extreme issues like cancer or diabetes, or the need for heart surgery—-or choose to die unnecessarily to keep your family from being bankrupted. Universal Healthcare, aka National Health, doesn’t sound so bad now, does it?

8points

Stygtand Premium 10 months ago

Private health care that is worse than the public healthcare

6points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

Having been on both (and used both extensively), I am absolutely convinced that any American who had Medicaid for a year and then went back to private Healthcare companies would start planning riots. No private insurance even comes close. (full disclosure: I worked in health care insurance for 13 years)

7points

Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 10 months ago

Why is this so difficult for people to understand

5points

Austzn 10 months ago (edited)

I've been quoted 50% at one job. I asked, "How do you expect that to work?". I received blank stares for a moment and then was told, "well you don't have to buy it".

3points

meeeeeeeeeeee 10 months ago

but then they still pay for their own treatment too? I don't get it.

3points

Nikole 10 months ago

Because it doesn’t make sense.

3points

Abel 10 months ago

When I read that you have to pay for an ambulance in US to take you to the hospital I cant believe those stories. Public healthcare is far from perfect here in Spain but at least you dont die abandoned!

2points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

20%? You're getting off easy!

2points

#39

Funny And Sad

Funny and sad tweet about political responses to the working class, featuring hashtags and emojis.

Final score:

173points

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Zephyr 10 months ago

Democrats are kinda of like woke executioners, they be like, "could you tell us your pronouns before we cut off your head"?

54points

Donna Peluda 10 months ago

We need to stop using the word woke, it means nothing. It a construct of far right marketing to be able to package every the hate so they can target it. Woke means nothing. Electric cars Health diet Renewables Human rights

10points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

Really? Sounds like someone drank a little kool-aid

3points

Joshua David 10 months ago

Make them feel seen and it wont hurt as bad. Demo here but i can also agree with this.

1point

Channa 10 months ago

and thanks to By den's little opinion on the eRa, well, now it gets to go before the stakked cort to be killed, cuz congress suggested, in the preamble, a deadline to ratify. that was not put i the law, but was long ago ...1982 or so

-2points

turk 10 months ago

The Democrats don't actively hate and try to destroy the middle class, unlike the people across the aisle. Unfortunately, that's all we got.

12points

Craig S. (EvilSausage) 10 months ago

THANK YOU for saying it. So many Americans are unaware of the fact that the Democrats decided, decades ago, that advancing a genuinely left wing agenda was tooo haaaaard, so why not just be an inch or two to the left of whatever the Republicans are saying.

3points

CP 10 months ago

Do you know why that happened? Oh that's right Reagan then Bush. I guess they could've kept just losing elections instead of changing.

0points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

How about we just elect a third party for once? Teddy Roosevelt did it. We can do it again

3points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

2points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

The First Past the Post system makes it nearly impossible for a third party candidate to win. That's one of the reasons but R&D are pretty terrified of ranked choice voting and proportional representation, both of which are starting to gain galrassriots activists.

1point

Dar Mal 10 months ago

Please see 2016 election for reference. Dems broke into different parties, Repubs held their ground. That's what would happen...now if the Repubs made a party....

1point

Kalevra 10 months ago

Good point. Why dont you guys do that? Hmm...

-1point

Gypsy Lee 10 months ago

We need a new political party. I vote for starting the Luigis.

0points

Christine Zanfino 10 months ago

Yeah, all we get are " thoughts and prayers "

0points

DeeDee M 10 months ago

pretty much

0points

john doe 10 months ago

This!!

0points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago (edited)

That’s not gonna fly on BP.

0points

veryvenasaur 10 months ago

I hope I can change that when I’m an adult (ok technically I’m 18 but I’m literally still in high school) it’s the same as people who preach autism awareness and trans visibility but don’t bother with throwing acceptance and equity in the mix.

0points

#40

Clever Comeback

Funny post about passive income and common man advice, showing humorous contrast in Twitter replies.

Final score:

173points

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stupidMonkey 10 months ago

Please tell me where I can find a treasury bond that yields 8%. I will then be able to make 3 million bucks by selling that information.

68points

Game Guy 10 months ago

It's a point that illustrates how easy the boomers had it because between 1975 and 1990, you could get Tbonds that paid over 8%, and sometimes as high as 16. This is why the OK Boomer thing started, because they were busy telling people like you that you're a loser for not being as rich as them without considering they got lucky and lived on economic easy mode for most of their careers. And the anger toward them stems from that generation then voting for policies that made them even richer at the expense of you being able to afford a 1br house.

14points

ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

I know, T bills are running at 4%, but still...even 3 million compounding on 4% is a ton of interest.

0points

Zadigrim 10 months ago

I was just thinking that, someone hasn't been paying attention to the treasury yield actuals for the past two years.

-1point

El Dee 10 months ago

Don't know about 8% but UK 30 year Gilts are over 5% now..

-1point

Zephyr343 10 months ago

Why didn't I think of that! It's so clear now!

5points

Nikole 10 months ago

I feel like such a fool!

2points

Amy S 10 months ago (edited)

Don't worry, the $3 mil I invested in beanie babies is going to pay off any day now.

4points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

I would take all my high finance advice from a Nigerian prince before I listened to this Elfenbein joker.

3points

Abel 10 months ago

Can somebody lend me 3 million euros? I will return them back. Promise!

2points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Sounds like a congressional job.

2points

Channa 10 months ago

honestly?

0points

laura lee 10 months ago

Now I just need a father that can give me a tiny 40 million dollar loan I don't have to pay back.

0points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

HA

0points

#41

Broke Broken Bro-Can’t

Funny meme about airlines introducing a class below economy, highlighting humor and despair.

Final score:

168points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago (edited)

Isn't that where the bags go? Or are they just going to duct tape you to the wing now?

111points

Stygtand Premium 10 months ago

Lol ducttape. Thats an xtra 20$. Just hold on tight

23points

Wood Carver 10 months ago

No you gon' have to flap...

11points

Lisa Catacosinos 10 months ago

You get a folded piece of paper

5points

WonderWoman 10 months ago

You did bring your own duct tape, right? Sorry we don't provide that. Good luck

4points

Abel 10 months ago

Dont give them ideas...

4points

Channa 10 months ago

shhhhh. they might take that suggestion!

1point

robin aldrich 10 months ago

Yeah, "economy" is already miserably uncomfortable.

1point

Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago

I think they will just start putting us peasants down below with all the cargo.

0points

Dawnieangel76 10 months ago

Ever seen The Great Muppet Caper?

0points

Sarcastic Panda 10 months ago

I don't think they mean literally.

0points

Tabitha 10 months ago

Standing up, packed like sardines, in the cargo hold?

7points

Subaru645 10 months ago

Wheel well seating is now open…

7points

Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 10 months ago

Standing room only

6points

stupidMonkey 10 months ago

It's the get out and push class

6points

Ken Beattie 10 months ago

Having flown for more than 30 years, I feel like economy now is already the class below economy :(

4points

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

I looked at OP's link. If I wanted a paywall, I'd read BP.

2points

Adrian 10 months ago

With a pic of Delta?

2points

Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago

"Please use the ladder up to the wing"

1point

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

They have always had wheel wells...

1point

#42

No Way

Funny post about the disparity in wealth, comparing historical earnings to Jeff Bezos' weekly income.

Final score:

168points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

They step on the backs of others

82points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Throats.

9points

Bluonthefront 10 months ago

Kicking and stomping randomly but intentionally.

3points

Amy Lee 10 months ago

Stampedes on the backs of others.

1point

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

That last sentence. No one works for a billion dollars; they inherit a few million and buy other people's goods ideas to "make" that billion. Elon, bezos, and jobs are prone examples

9points

AndyR 10 months ago

Bezos, yes (mostly through exploitation). Musk was born rich and used it to buy good ideas that he isn't bright enough to understand.

4points

Lez Be Honest 10 months ago

That is mind-blowing to think about!!

5points

Suby 10 months ago

I don't even have a problem with people having a lot of money. I have a problem with them not sharing it and spending it frivolously. If all the super rich spent their money on helping the poor, providing health care, housing, food, education, child care, etc., they would still have the same standard of living, but actually have a reason to feel good about themselves. Hoarding riches is wrong.

3points

Karen 10 months ago

I had to do the math, and sad to say, this is correct...

2points

Ken Beattie 10 months ago

The simple math is correct, but the adjusted for inflation/cost of living math is not. $5000 was a ridiculous amount of money in 1492. Earning that *every* day means you'd be making such a stupidly huge amount that you'd be buying massive amounts of property, investing in businesses etc. So you'd be as rich as Bezos by now.

0points

Brian Droste 10 months ago

I would still take 5000 dollars a day. I would be whole better off finically than I am now.

1point

Ann Hoff 8 months ago

We need to have a reverse hunger games & sacrifice the richest person every year! Musk can be the test case.

0points

Jac Carr 10 months ago

Columbus never got as far as North America

0points

Channa 10 months ago

... sailed to islands kinda near N America ...

0points

Marilyn Holt 10 months ago

of course, Columbus didn't sail to America. Just sayin'.......

0points

Pandapoo 10 months ago

He sailed to the Americas which consists of more than the US.

2points

#43

Fun Fact

Twitter post humorously discusses Bible and conception, evoking mixed emotions.

Final score:

157points

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Panda Kicki 10 months ago

I had to look thkat up. It is about how to identify adtuöterous wifes by poisoning them with some kind of toxic water. The abortion is a side effect, not the purpose.

62points

Game Guy 10 months ago

So? It's still an abortion which we are being told is 100% opposed by the bible. We're being lied to and oppressed, and arguing semantics on the Internet instead of sharpening the pitchforks, just as they knew we would.

33points

Corvus 10 months ago

In the Bulgarian version, it's called "the bitter water that brings a curse." Abortion isn't mentioned explicityl ,but it says the woman's womb would "dry up."

7points

Shelli Aderman 10 months ago

If you read it in the original Aramaic, it makes better sense.

4points

[>.<]/ 10 months ago

11 Then the Lord said to Moses, 12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him 13 so that another man has sexual relations with her, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act), 14 and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure— 15 then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[a] of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing. 16 “‘The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the Lord. 17 Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water. 18 After the priest has had the woman

3points

David 10 months ago

1) Not poising. It is a magical elixar made the priest of water and a burned paper that had gods name on it. 2) Nothng about abortion, or even the woman being pregnant is mentioned. It says is she is guilty her stomach and thighs swell until she dies. If she is innocent, her husband gets punished for falsley accusing his wife

3points

CP 10 months ago (edited)

The abortion is the purpose if the wife was adulterous.

3points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

You are incorrect. The water is not toxic, and the purpose of the procedure is not to identify adulterous wives. The Hebrew describes what is happening in this way: "When a manly man suspects his wife....." etc. etc. The entire passage is about how to pacify a macho or overbearing man. The formula for the drink is very benign: a pinch of sand in a glass of water, then after the accusation is written down on some parchment the parchment is briefly dipped in the water as well. This is not toxic. And the rabbinic commenaries make it very clear that the entire purpose of the procedure is to embarrass the husband--for his outrageous jealousy and accusations. . . . . But not knowing that it is about a macho man in the first place is what happens when you read a (bad) translation, instead of the original.

2points

AndyR 10 months ago

And that's the closest the bible gets to mentioning it. Then again, it doesn't mention kangaroos on the ark.

1point

Janice Sanz 10 months ago

I like the op's version better

0points

PunnyPanda 10 months ago

How else could it have survived into the king James version?

0points

CP 10 months ago

You used a lot of word just to say the Bible doesn't mind abortion. Seems like you are trying to hedge.

0points

Montanavanna 10 months ago

Yikes!

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Either way..

0points

Channa 10 months ago

make no mistake, it is also the purpose. Until the latter 1900's is was distasteful for man to have to raise another man's child. For many years, a women young enough to remarry after being widowed would have to leave her children behind forever.

-2points

Spidercat 10 months ago

Fun fact: Most of the bible is total büllshit and was written by men with a vested interest in controlling the populace for the benefit of the ruling classes.

18points

ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

Wait? Burning bushes don't really talk!?!

7points

Nikole 10 months ago

I’ve mentioned the “first breath” thing to certain people before. Nope, they don’t care. “God doesn’t want babies to be murdered!”

8points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

After birth, though, mother and child can drop [unalived].

8points

Trillian 10 months ago

Nobody wants babies murdered. But they are not babies until they are born.

4points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I'm sorry but what does Christianity have to do with the Bible? I thought it was a religion based on buying private jets for pastors.

1point

Dadmech RubricB 10 months ago

Ummmm.....Why is no one worried that the Bible is saying it's okay to poison your wife?

4points

CP 10 months ago

That is not a wife that is a defective piece of property. According to the bible.

1point

robin aldrich 10 months ago

And even if she was wasn't adulterous, it was her husband's child, the whole village gets together and stones her to death yay, good times

2points

Julia Kinderknecht 10 months ago

This is a false representation of that Scripture. The "bitter water that brings a curse" was a symbol that the Lord required in the Old Covenant, and certainly not poisonous. He was promising to reveal sin supernaturally through obedience to the law, which was the point of the Old Covenant in the first place. Under the New Covenant, we all have drunk that bitter water and we are all found unfaithful, but Jesus makes a way for us to be loved and accepted and made new. The law is meant to reveal sin as it is, so we can understand and receive Jesus's gift as it is.

2points

EJN 10 months ago

Sorry but the "I have and am still sinning but I am saved so no worries" just does not fly for me. Talk about excuses...the "I believe and am therefore forgiven even if I am the most evil person in this world" is a crock of cr*p.

1point

m6nbtfpx7q 10 months ago

Reading the comments…omg. Why can’t the takeaway from this be that their magic book says life begins with the first breath.

1point

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

That certainly is one of the take aways.

0points

Jac Carr 10 months ago

Considering the book was written decades after Jesus apparently lived and only one person in the book actually met him, this is probably the only bit I agree with

0points

Zero 10 months ago

Oh my God

0points

Roxy222uk 10 months ago

Up until really recently birth control and abortion were considered women's issues and therefore unimportant and below the consideration of men, by the Catholic church.

0points

#44

The Excuses Used Against Us Are Ridiculous!

Funny post about saving money on lattes, highlighting the irony of financial advice in a humorous way.

Final score:

154points

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Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Or better yet, just do it the way our parents did, and some of us still do: buy beans and make an actual pot of coffee

34points

Tabitha 10 months ago (edited)

I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. I upvoted you to try to cancel a downvote. Anyone who has ever had to tighten their belt in lean times knows the first things you cut are the conveniences; those things you can do yourself a lot cheaper, like make your own dinner instead of takeout, and make your own coffee, and flavor it any way you want, instead of ordering Starbucks. Hell, even buying all the supplies to do it yourself ends up being cheaper, and kind of more convenient (once you’ve got the routine down pat) than having someone else do it for you, in the long run.

10points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I do the instant coffee, but same idea. $2 of black beans and another $1 of rice will feed me for 3-4 days. What the OP is saying is that even taking these measures, you will likely not save enough for a home.

5points

The Short Lady 10 months ago

Or do what makes you happy with your own money.

2points

Dawnieangel76 10 months ago

Sure, because if you're poor, you don't deserve one goddamned thing that make life a little easier to choke on while you slowly starve to death...or die from medical conditions you can't afford to treat....and pray it happens BEFORE you're homeless.

1point

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

My parents bought pre-ground "Bokar," the A & P (or was it Bohack's?) house brand. They brewed it in a percolator.

1point

Miles Mawyer 10 months ago

The fact that someone actually downvoted you... mindboggling. lol.

1point

Tom Nagel 10 months ago

My wife and kids still go to the coffee shop 🤦

1point

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

WHAT? You want me to drink coffee at home? What will my 14 followers on Instagram/TikTok/X/Reddit think?

0points

PandaGoPanda 10 months ago

I think someone didn't pay attention in math class ... $5 a day is $1,825 a year.

1point

MaggieMay85 10 months ago

5 day work week.

1point

KatSaidWhat 10 months ago

I had my first coffee shop iced latte today and was very disappointed. It cost £5... I will return to buying the little cans from the shop for £1.50 from the same brand.

1point

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

How about donating it to charity for the homeless. NO?

1point

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

Please tell me a man did not just say that, that may be the campest thing I've ever even HEARD, and I've been dragged to musicals.

0points

Brian Droste 10 months ago (edited)

5 times 365 is 1825, times that by 10 years is 18,250. That a whole lot more than 12,000. Talking about 5 times a week 5 times 52 weeks is 260 days times 5 equals 1300, times 10 years 13,000.

0points

Kiki 10 months ago

5 x 7 is not 25

0points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

they are not talking about weekends

5points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

I think this depends on where you're buying a house. In 80% of the country, $12,000 is plenty for a down payment. It is not necessary to live in one of the ten biggest cities in the country. Live in a smaller city and you will enjoy better schools, lower crime rates, better air quality, less pollution, lower prices on food and gas, lower taxes, and a slower pace of life.

-1point

Kiki 10 months ago

5 x 7 is not 25.

-3points

Boredest Panda 10 months ago

I think they meant a normal work week, which is usually 5 days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)

2points

iseefractals 10 months ago

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Kelly Scott 10 months ago

Yeah, it's people like me that have no streaming services and is going to cut off internet to save money, hasn't bought clothes in years, has to live 12 miles from the nearest grocery store and other services to afford a place to live, never has delivery or used Uber, doesn't buy anything from Temu, Shein, or Amazon, can't afford to take a class at the local college or the gas to get there, can't work on account of a disability which might be helped if I could afford health care, yeah, we're the problem all right, you douchbag.

8points

roddy 10 months ago

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#45

Probably

Funny post about family dynamics at Thanksgiving, questioning how racist people react to open-minded relatives.

Final score:

150points

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Nils Skirnir 10 months ago

Yes

79points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

yes

1point

Khavrinen 10 months ago

Except now they use the word "woke".

26points

DC 10 months ago

Sort of. They call them "woke" or "socialist" or "leftwing radical", but essentially, they mean like sane people, but can't admit that they're nowhere near that state of mind.

15points

Rob D 10 months ago

You just summed up the conservative mentality to a tee.

7points

Siemata 10 months ago

They 100% are. I thought about skipping Thanksgiving and my uncle said "that's one less socialist we gotta feed." Then spent 10 minutes talking about how Tr*mp will save the country like I wasn't even in the family facetime. We went. Brough rainbow deviled eggs. It was worth it.

3points

Amy Lee 10 months ago

Rainbow trout? Skittles? Skittles cake? Rainbow layer skittles surprise cake? You need more rainbow food in your life and I want to help make it Siemata!

1point

My O My 10 months ago

Well, in law family doesn't like me (hubby isn't reeaaally liked either) and I/we are the only open minded peeps at the holiday dinners. I f*****g hope they don't like seeing me and I hope the hate me always standing up for whatever people the currently hate on

2points

turk 10 months ago

There's plenty of MAGAts on the comments. Ask one of them.

2points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

No. They're like the rest of us are about vegans. It's not the views that are tiresome, it's the sanctimony.

1point

David Beaulieu 10 months ago

I hope so!

1point

Ann Hoff 8 months ago

My sister in law won't let my brother watch Fox NEws when I am around & he starts going thru withdrawal just like a j****e. He picked a fight with us so that we'd leave & go to dinner without him- when we came home he had all kinds of new racist facts.

0points

Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago

Open minded...?? You mean a socialist....??

0points

#46

Middle Class Died

Black and white meme showing a family waving, with text about 1950s economy and middle class decline; funny and sad.

Final score:

146points

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Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Actually it was more than that. The dollar fell in value. 5 dollars in 1950 would be more like 30 today. Then there were the wars, reaganomics, and people like Trump raising rents to untenable levels. It used to be cheap to live in New York, for example. Now that single studio is gonna run you 7000 a month

40points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

And let's not forget the war against unions.

17points

WonderWoman 10 months ago

REAGAN and him being the stooge for the ultra wealthy he used his position to lie to the people sow seeds of distrust and then gave the wealthy all kinds of tax breaks that we haven't been able to get out from under.

8points

Ann Hoff 8 months ago

Every GOP POTUS in my lifetime has been a felon. THey have destroyed this country.

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Who in the HELL wants to live there?

-1point

Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago

And actually, a college student could work over a summer and pay for tuition plus have some left over.

6points

Jnausicaa Premium 10 months ago

Thanks for getting that started, Rea*an. F*(k you very much.

1point

dan gerene 10 months ago

If things were so good why is that businessman working a second job as a very polite Uber driver?

1point

les 10 months ago

there was never a middle class, thats a tool the wealthy use to keep us divided. we are all working class

0points

EJN 10 months ago

We cut taxes is not correct; the GOP cut taxes is correct.

0points

Janice Sanz 10 months ago

Yes, it's sad. Hate worthy.

0points

AtoZ 10 months ago

Maybe a White family

0points

Bored Panda 10 months ago

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stupidMonkey 10 months ago

Had to look it up and a quick search shows that the Laffer Curve relates to the tax revenue collected in relation to the tax rate. It say's nothing about differences in taxation of the rich vs the everyoneElse. So I propose that the first word in your comment be redirected.

23points

#47

Eh, They’ll Figure It Out

U.S. map with text about minimum wage earners affording rentals; no states marked in red, highlighting rental cost irony.

Final score:

137points

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Tabitha 10 months ago

Minimum wage is actually supposed to be enough to support a family of two adults and two children. It’s not even enough to support one person who walks everywhere and doesn’t eat a lot.

72points

Alyce 10 months ago

Umm, it was never meant for that.

-2points

Sue User 10 months ago

To Cajun: states cannot make laws that break federal law. So Federal says " lowest is 7.25 " If States say " here it is 17 " that is not same as States controlling.

4points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago

I believe the minimum wage for everyone should be Federally mandated, and at least $20 an hour right now. It should go up every year to account for inflation and the cost of living.

1point

Neil 10 months ago

"It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933

3points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

So nowhere then

2points

Bobby 10 months ago

Woosh

5points

Mental Liberals 10 months ago

The entire country has corrupt politics and businesses!!!

1point

BoredPangolin 10 months ago

In America, BP. In America.

0points

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

One bedroom is enough for single people.

-3points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago

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Joshua Lewis 10 months ago

Ah yes, your anecdotal evidence about one McDonald's obviously proves that no one anywhere is making minimum wage.

23points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 months ago

And how much is the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment where you live? How much do groceries for two people cost per week, on average? McDs could pay $50/hr and it wouldn't be a "living wage" if rent costs the average person 40%+ of their monthly wages. Just because McDs pays $19/hr where you live doesn't mean people can SURVIVE normally on $19/hr.

10points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

Cool story bro. So, as you keep saying, states control minimum wage, not the federal government... here's a WILD idea: why doesn't the federal government MANDATE a minimum wage (like, you know, virtually every other modern democracy) and thus force states to raise theirs? Then people working on minimum wage (and there are millions, despite your trip to a single McDonald's) might be able to afford to live. No prizes for guessing which way you vote, btw. I'm guessing you're a fan of the orange felon.

6points

#48

We're Married, I Swear

Funny post about a wife being better looking than the husband, leading to a cashier dividing their groceries.

Final score:

121points

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CajunBreaux 10 months ago

😂

29points

justanotherweirdo 10 months ago

I don’t get it

1point

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

They assumed it was two different customers, because there is no way these two people are together.

6points

Janice Sanz 10 months ago

Oh, no!

0points

robin aldrich 10 months ago

awwww

0points

Suby 10 months ago

Sounds like a Rodney Dangerfield routine. "I don't get no respect!"

0points

Abel 10 months ago

Healty vs unhealty? 😒

0points

#49

Where You Swipe Left Right Or Up

Policeman posing in a gym for a Tinder profile, showcasing humor and irony.

Final score:

118points

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Nikole 10 months ago

Ha this is pretty funny

52points

M O'Connell 10 months ago

ACAB and all that... I'm just amused by that shelf holding on for dear life!

6points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Dude I'm straight, but even I'm tempted now. Well done sir

5points

Tabitha 10 months ago (edited)

Or is it really just another way for the police to f**k you? Now imagine if you ended up deciding you didn’t want to date him anymore? Think of all the resources he has to make your life a horror story. (Now I’m not saying this particular man would do something like that, but there really is another side to this joke that’s not so damned funny.)

4points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

What a nice way to set yourself up for a gangster chick to have you jumped!

3points

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

Do you want me to take you from behind standing, do you want to bend over the table, or are you going to lay on your belly on the bed?

1point

Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago

Even NWA would approve!

0points

Marguerite Barnett 10 months ago

Nah, don't date police lol. i and my girlfriends have learned the hard way.

0points

Foxglove🇮🇪 10 months ago

Been there done that (also Army, Navy, USMC, air force...)

0points

Nimitz 10 months ago

That's still very much a no.

0points

#50

Sad Indeed

Three swordfighters labeled with generations, humorous text about pollutants: microplastics, asbestos, and lead.

Final score:

84points

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Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Don't forget those of us who are still in our 30s and have all of them. Asbestos removed from my childhood home at 8, lead pipes in my 1950s house, and of course, plastic everything

35points

CP 10 months ago (edited)

Asbestos in homes wasn't a problem for the inhabitants. The final product in homes didn't typically give off dust. Asbestos is dangerous for miners, manufacturers, and home builders/remodelers. But if you have asbestos in your house just covering up would make it totally safe.

6points

keyboardtek 10 months ago

And don't forget about all the right wing nonsense that got filled into our brains.

4points

James Flowers 10 months ago

So not sure if you would sink with the lead or float with the plastic, but at least you are fire proof

1point

I'm probably a t-rex 10 months ago

That would be the jar of dirt they're fighting over lol

0points

El Dee 10 months ago

I am somewhat older - I have the full set..

3points

Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 10 months ago

Recently found out that my synagogue's old floors (that really need replacing, they're cracked and broken) have a fun surprise underneath - asbestos! So all I need now is lead poisoning and I think I get a bingo?

1point

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

So close to a trifecta!

0points

James016 10 months ago

The Spiderman meme would fit here as well

1point

Dan Cone 10 months ago

My future descendants full of skibbidi

0points

Nicola Thrope 10 months ago

and me... full of hope, the most toxic substance known to mankind.

0points

Emran Ahamed 10 months ago

https://t.co/OxSWCgJdLF

0points

Emran Ahamed 10 months ago

https://sites.google.com/view/part-time-jobs-in-usa-for-indi/home

0points

GrowingThruConcrete 10 months ago

My grandmother full of hate and bitterness

0points

ScootyPuffJr 10 months ago (edited)

Tons of my students have issues from lead poisoning. Thanks, lead pipes!

0points

#51

Look, Sky Daddy People Are At Again

Funny post about the moon not being a rock, with commentary on how vision works.

Final score:

52points

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Zephyr 10 months ago (edited)

Won't blame people for not knowing this probably couldn't focus in class over the sound of an active school sh**ter

22points

Erik Biesemeier 10 months ago

No, this is just willful ignorance.

3points

Rob D 10 months ago

...that they voted for.

3points

MC C 10 months ago

so that's your generation's excuse for being dumb a$$es?

1point

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

ouch

1point

David Beaulieu 10 months ago

Isn't that a photo of a rock reflecting light?

4points

sheetzy 10 months ago

Yes. The side that looks whiter is literally the light reflecting.

2points

Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 10 months ago

Think about it this way - if it produced light, it wouldn't have a shadow. Because that's how light works.

3points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

⊂(◉ڸ◉)つ

0points

Marilyn Holt 10 months ago

(its)

-2points

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

No, "it's" is correct in the original post.

1point

Adrian 10 months ago

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Johnnynatfan 10 months ago

Are you dense? I think you are because this is the second stupid post by you that I have seen in this thread.

4points

#52

Wrong Mythology

American mythology humor meme about hard work and wealth disparity, featuring workers and a businessman.

Final score:

52points

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Tim Fawcett 10 months ago

"If hard work is so great, why haven't the rich kept it for themselves?" Proverb

11points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

oh. that's a good question

0points

Angelshark 10 months ago

Oh! A Texas lawyer explained it to me. He said it's because they're "dumb with no skills" and they don't deserve to be "well paid."

1point

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Simple. Their great grandparents did a lot of hard work. They live off the millions that they never struggled for. As for the rest of us? I guess f*ck us then

1point

Kikadin 10 months ago

They buy s**t they can't afford and loans keep them broke.

-1point

T Premium 10 months ago

S*** being food, housing, and healthcare.

0points

#53

Realitysville, USA

Tweet comparing affordability in the 1970s vs. 2020s; a reflection on work hours and housing costs.

Final score:

47points

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HF 10 months ago

"If I work enough hours, my boss can buy a new car"

25points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

A 500 million dollar yacht.

3points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Or a spaceship if you work for Amazon or Tesla

2points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

there's that

0points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

More like you can afford rent but not food or utilities

3points

Enlee Jones 10 months ago

We work hard so Elon Musk can afford another yacht.

2points

m_c_t 10 months ago

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#54

I Can't Help But Laugh

Funny post showing a text conversation about cheating and a SpongeBob meme expressing desperation.

Final score:

46points

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Owen 10 months ago

She just went ahead and dropped the mic.

19points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

This is why you don't try to get her back after she already found out

3points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

IDK, my ex wife is now dating the guy who cheated on her before we got together. Makes me think I must have been really s****y.

2points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago (edited)

what a doosh. great meme reply too

0points

Lady Lestrange 10 months ago

XD

0points

#55

The Grammar Police Of The World. Lol

Tom and Jerry meme: Europeans and Asians with language skills; Jerry represents Americans struggling with English. Funny and sad.

Final score:

46points

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KamaboCo. 10 months ago

I’m American and bilingual, but I have seen some examples of botched English on Reddit.

7points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Have you not heard trump speak?

9points

Cindy Brick 10 months ago

...written by people who are not Americans. (I speak more than one language, too -- yay, USA)

4points

Deborah 10 months ago

And many other places, by people who are American.

1point

BarfyCat 10 months ago

If we want more Americans to know a foreign language, we have to start teaching the target language in kindergarten, when language learning is easy. But nooooo... we wait until high school when language learning is already becoming infinitely harder.

3points

Dilly Millandry 10 months ago

It's also taught badly. We don't learn our own language the way they are taught in schools.

0points

Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 10 months ago

I'm Canadian, and I often have trouble with English because it's a stupid language that laughs in the face of common sense. I really admire people who are able to learn English as a second language, it's genuinely impressive! For me, I can stumble through basic French and read Hebrew words without understanding them, and that's about it.

3points

Tha Monkey 10 months ago

I'm US and speak 3 languages (if Spanglish and Pidgeon English count), and some of the worst examples of botched English has been in emails from my kid's high school updates. 😱

3points

Tobias Reaper 10 months ago

the irony of this comment about language and it starts I'm US.

4points

CP 10 months ago

I just hate this one. I get that learning another language is good and all, but if you live where only one language is spoken, can drive for 6 hours in every direction and still have that be the only language spoken, why would I learn another language? Even if I learned another language I would lose it from not using it at all.

1point

Dilly Millandry 10 months ago

Doesn't it depend on what you want from life to some extent? There are jobs, even home-based ones, that require more than one language. It opens doors to other opportunities and by learning one language, people would then realise if they have an aptitude for learning others, becoming multi-lingual and using that for some amazing career or travel. Perhaps it should be one of those subjects that are an option, rather than a requirement?

1point

ScootyPuffJr 10 months ago

Yep. If the states bordering mine had different languages, I would definitely learn them!

0points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

True. I've pretty much lost two of the languages I learned at school, simply from disuse

0points

Vincent Bevort 10 months ago

Just so you all know: America is the double continent of North and South America. You are talking about the country inside the North America continent called the United States of America or USA for short. There are a lot of Americans outside the USA (ppl that are not USA ppl to be clear) that talk more than one language.

0points

#56

Sometime Doing More Is Not The Way

Funny post about work misconceptions between a boomer dad and their child, highlighting generational differences.

Final score:

45points

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Tha Monkey 10 months ago

Lawd, that sounds like my dad, when I switched to WFH. He'd call during the day (I work 9-5, M-F), and ask, "Are you working or at home?", repeatedly, despite me correcting him. Sigh.

9points

B 10 months ago

I work 9 hours a day from home & my MIL would want to stop by since I was home. I"M WORKING!

2points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

Was in the workforce 1990-2019. Number of people I saw "promoted from within" in 29 years: 2. Every other job, including C levels at three companies, were hired in. I'd say I don't think the world they remember exists any more, but over time I came to wonder if it ever existed at all.

4points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

A friend's boss told him "You're going to be doing a lot more work. There's a hiring freeze, and two people just quit." Friend - "Update: 3."

3points

#57

Work

Funny post comparing European and USA workers' vacation policies with humorous speech bubbles.

Final score:

42points

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Otto Katz 10 months ago

I"m in the US. HR tried to deny my time off after the fact for my EMERGENCY appendectomy.

5points

ScootyPuffJr 10 months ago

Yeah, I had to set up intermittent, unpaid leave for emergencies going forward.

1point

MonsterMum 10 months ago

UK, I had a full year maternity leave

3points

PHOTOBOB 10 months ago

I used a week of vacation to be on jury duty. Luckily I only had to serve one day.

2points

cecilia kilian 10 months ago

Well, at least we got "Breaking Bad", one of the best non supernatural/sci-fi TV series to come out of the US.

0points

#58

Crazy To Imagine, Huh?

Funny post about life's irony, contrasting a simple existence creating art with modern credit scores and taxes.

Final score:

42points

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Spidercat 10 months ago

This ☝️. Ask any anthropologist, the remaining hunter gatherer people of Earth (and there are few left) have more free time for rest and creativity than any modern or so called 'advanced' society.

23points

Libstak 10 months ago (edited)

Yes, they take down one big game, then a few days later others in the group go out to get another. The majority then gather fruits etc, potter around cutting up meat, making stews and roasts, stoking camp fires, with hours in between of not much to actually do, maybe brush away some old threshing and webs, fix a patch of roofing here and there no rush,

4points

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

But no internet.

1point

Montanavanna 10 months ago

The reason the tribal way worked is because it works, that is still true today. We are the descendants of the taker lifestyle born about 10k years ago. Maximum harm, unlimited expansion, divine right to destroy the planet in the name of wealth and power accumulation. Join or be destroyed. The opposite of capitalism is tribalism. This is what we need to replace the current models that shape our world.

0points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Only if we choose to pay said taxes and even care about credit. This is why d**g dealing is looking like a damn good career. Cash money and no taxes

0points

#59

Yesss Sir

Cartoon of people around a campfire with a humorous, dark twist about corporate values and planet destruction.

Final score:

41points

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stupidMonkey 10 months ago

Gather round children while I tell you the fantastic story of corporate personhood.

17points

Nova yt 10 months ago

Omg that made me sick to my stomach

4points

Mireille Oosterhof 10 months ago

I listened recently to a podcast where RFK Jr got mentioned with some painful joking about his upcoming policies. I then had a come to Jesus moment that its not that the people at the top are not caring that there is a good chance that society will collapse at one point. Its just that they are planning to make as much money as they can while its going on....

3points

ScootyPuffJr 10 months ago

That mentality is super gross. The last date I had said that he didn't care about climate change because he would be dead before things get really bad. I pointed out that he has a four year old who will be living in that world. No second date. Yuck.

1point

#60

Funny And Sad

Map showing UN vote results on making food a right, highlighting countries against the motion.

Final score:

41points

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Megalodon Meg 10 months ago

This tracks

24points

Nikole 10 months ago

This is disgusting and, yeah, not surprising.

13points

Karen Krause 10 months ago

Damn, I mean even RUSSIA said it's a right.

6points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 10 months ago

You need it to survive.. not a right tho 🙄 god people are terrible

6points

El Dee 10 months ago

Part of the peace deal is to force them to allow the minimum amount of aid in. NB this should never have been stopped at all, people need food and water..

3points

Deborah 10 months ago

This stinks.

3points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

WTF America?

2points

Otto Katz 10 months ago

this makes me so sad

1point

Ravenkbh 10 months ago

Next they'll want access to air to be a right

0points

StarCrossedFriday 10 months ago

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0points

#61

At Least They Only Had To Pay For One Wedding

Funny post showing conjoined twins with a caption about paying double tuition but earning one salary.

Final score:

39points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

Do they both get taxed though?

12points

Ace macbeth 10 months ago

Can they claim each other as a dependent is the real question lol

15points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 months ago

I imagine so. They are two individual people. Their brains/minds/thoughts are separate.

6points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

hmmm, head of household? filed jointly? how DOES that work?

0points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Sort-of. The income is taxed once, but they both have to file their taxes as they have two different legal identities.

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Uncle Sam doesn't miss anything.

0points

Chicken Mitten 10 months ago

Very interesting question that I would like to know.

0points

Spidercat 10 months ago

How do you make the distinction between two people with one body and one person with two heads and two brains?

3points

Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 10 months ago

Well, since they have separate brains, they have different personalities I assume. So two people.

3points

Earthquake903 Premium 10 months ago

Wow. That's insane

0points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

I saw them in the news articles yesterday discussing how they share their love life with their husband. THINK ABOUT THAT

-1point

KatSaidWhat 10 months ago

Thanks, I did and now I am wondering if one of them has a little nap during the other one's session.

1point

#62

I Feel Sad For The People Who Are Actually In This Situation. Capitalism Sucks

Close-up of a man with a tear, showing a funny and sad meme about a thief searching for money.

Final score:

38points

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Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 10 months ago

Seen in this meme: me.

5points

Crissy Newbury Premium 10 months ago

If you find anything, let me know…

0points

#63

Merica!

Soldier in camo sitting indoors, head in hand, reflecting on the irony of age restrictions.

Final score:

38points

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Megalodon Meg 10 months ago

Oh no it's worse than that. You can enlist at 18, can indeed smoke at 18 but can't have alcohol or pay for a hotel room in a lot of places until 21

13points

Spidercat 10 months ago

Welcome to the UK: You can enlist at 16 and buy alcohol at 18. You are an adult at 18.

6points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago (edited)

You can't rent a car until you're 25. Also, I enlisted when I was 17. You just have to have a high-school diploma or an equivalency.

4points

detective miller's hat 10 months ago

In the US now you have to be 21 to buy cigs.

4points

Johnnynatfan 10 months ago

Depends on what state you are in. Some states have raised the smoking age to 21

3points

Bonesko 10 months ago

You can't by alcohol until you're 21 because your brain is still developing. Developing brains are perfect for training soldiers though 🙄

2points

PHOTOBOB 10 months ago

That's because you are not emotionally stable enough to be able to drink at 18. Kill a person, sure, but not handle the effects of a beer.

2points

m6nbtfpx7q 10 months ago

The smoking age in the US was raised to 21.

0points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago

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Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 10 months ago

Things CajunBreaux is mad at: puberty blockers and the concept of boob surgery. If that 15-year-old needed that mastectomy because of cancer, would you have a problem with that? I don't think so. So leave trans people alone, you total waste of braincells.

2points

CP 10 months ago

It makes sense when you think about it. With all the things we are learning about the brain and the prefrontal cortex maturing at the age of 25, putting off any sort of recreational d**g as long as possible will help the brain in that process. At the same time an army wants to be able to shape a mind to be able to kill so getting them at 18 when the brain is more fungible makes sense.

3points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago

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Herringbone 10 months ago

I joined the USAF at 18, and showed my military ID to a bartender where legal drinking age was 21, and he nodded and served me.

2points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Hypothetically speaking, I may or may not have been there and done that. No military service though. The streets are war enough. And I got my damn cigarette

2points

Crissy Newbury Premium 10 months ago

What about the second time you kill him…?

0points

Carilyn Beverly 10 months ago

You can join the army but you can't rent a car (until 25)

0points

#64

Why Did He Hide It From His Family?

Lottery winner wears 'Scream' mask to claim jackpot, surrounded by officials, creating a funny and sad moment.

Final score:

38points

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Norm Gilmore 10 months ago (edited)

By law in New Zealand lotto winners can choose to be anonymous. But people will know if I've won. The mini castle built for the cats in the backyard will probably give it away...

34points

Johnnynatfan 10 months ago

Here in the US its state by state which I think is dumb. You should be allowed to remain anonymous.

9points

StarCrossedFriday 10 months ago

Nah, just disguise it as if it’s all cardboard boxes. The cats will be even more thrilled.

5points

YDNinja 10 months ago

"mini"?

2points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

This is actually a good idea, since in America, and in Texas where I live, lottery winners are named and photographed. I wouldn't trust anybody I know not to come rob my @$$

7points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Gloves and hazardous materials overalls, too. He's leaving no DNA behind.

5points

e gads 10 months ago

Genius

4points

Deborah 10 months ago

A lot of places in many countries you can stay anonymous.

2points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 10 months ago

damn straight

1point

Tom Brincefield 10 months ago

There are lawyers in the US who specialize in setting up trust funds for lottery winners to claim the prize while allowing the ticket buyer to remain anonymous. How well it works depends on state laws.

1point

Hobby Hopper 10 months ago

I would either remain anonymous or, and I'm completely serious here, give away the ticket. The things I've read about winners... it's a curse, not a blessing.

1point

Kare Deter 10 months ago

I would love the opportunity to learn this firsthand!

0points

Otto Katz 10 months ago

In the US, it's a state by state thing. Some states you can remain anonymous, in others, you have to show who you are.

1point

Crissy Newbury Premium 10 months ago

Because his relatives are greedy b@stards.

0points

#65

Confused Applause

Funny post about God's creation of humans with confused angel reactions.

Final score:

37points

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Spidercat 10 months ago

This post is derogatory towards, apes, parrots, pigs and dolphins.

39points

Zephyr343 10 months ago

Dolphin...sure.

3points

Nikole 10 months ago

Well, they do seem to like rape.

5points

#66

Heart-Eater 'Murica

Funny post about heart transplant costs, highlighting despair with high payment options.

Final score:

36points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

I guess, like the movie Repo Men

12points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

You just ignore the bill as if it doesn't exist. I'm from Houston too, and my friend just got into a motorcycle accident. 3 Surgeries, 9 pins in his arm, 160,000 dollars. I've always just ignored and never paid those bills. Sure they can hit your credit but they can't take money you don't have

4points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Luckily this is starting to change. Some Republican state legislatures have started bringing back the concept of debtors prisons.

2points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

I am so ridiculously happy that the hospital system I use wipes out copays/leftovers after insurance/etc. for low income patients. Fill out the proper forms and watch your outstanding balance vanish.

2points

El Dee 10 months ago

I suppose they'll just withold your anti-rejection d***s..

2points

MonsterMum 10 months ago

Looks like the healthcare providers also need hearts

2points

Pandora 10 months ago

They can throw me in prison. I ain't paying that.

2points

Angelshark 10 months ago

If you have insurance, but can't pay the copay, they take it from your wages. If you don't have insurance and don't pay, the hospital writes it off and they get it back in taxes anyway.

1point

Michael Largey 10 months ago

I doubt the take it back. What would the health care industry do with a heart?

1point

Lost Panda 10 months ago

Reeeeppppoooomaaaannnnn!

1point

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

Repo Man is always intense.

0points

m6nbtfpx7q 10 months ago

No way that’s the cost of a transplant in the US. That’s probably giving birth to a healthy child and going home the next morning.

0points

#67

Are You Living Your Life ?

Medieval peasant illustration with text comparing modern holidays to historical work patterns, highlighting humor and despair.

Final score:

26points

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Panda Kicki 10 months ago

Thats the days of working for the landlord. THEN ypu had ro work your own fields to actually be able to eat. No holidays there.

45points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

That's not exactly correct. Serfs didn't have their own fields per se, as they were bound to the soil owned by their lord, and were in effect slaves. They could earn money by working in additional labor, but the crops they grew were all owned by the lord, and it was up to their lord how much of the food was available to them. Peasants were free serfs, but still did not own their land. Instead they rented the lord's land, and paid their lord either through labor, or directly by selling their crops. They wouldn't have been asked to work on holidays though, as that would have been heretical. It was also possible for peasants to buy land outright, but this was less common as land was very expensive. HOWEVER, there were artisan and merchant classes who did own land, usually in village centers. Often these were small plots of land, not suitable for farming, although some artisans and merchants became quite wealthy. Sometimes far wealthier than the nobility.

5points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

So this is what happens when mass deportations are done.

3points

Kirsten Kerkhof 10 months ago

Thank you! I came here to add that, but you did it very well.

3points

JessieJ&LilyLovebug 10 months ago

This isn't true...

7points

Zephyr343 10 months ago

Really? Every day is a holiday living in America!

4points

Megalodon Meg 10 months ago

Lol you have to put /s or they'll down vote you

5points

David Beaulieu 10 months ago

Yes, but they did not have weekends.

1point

Broccoli 10 months ago

Students go to school 180 days a year…

1point

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

*FEWER

0points

Cindy Brick 10 months ago

...and a heck of a lot more money.

0points

#68

Poor Kid

Tweet about homeschooling and IQ test results with funny and sad implications.

Final score:

26points

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JessieJ&LilyLovebug 10 months ago

Well, at least she came by her idiocy honestly.

34points

Kikadin 10 months ago

Wow, the stuff people brag about these days.

5points

Tobias Reaper 10 months ago

her IQ is only 3 points higher than Forest Gump's

5points

R.C. 10 months ago

Who's going to tell her.....? Lol

3points

Kris Fireheart 10 months ago

Now let's think about what she could accomplish if polio comes back around, or measles, or MRSA , or God forbid smallpox. Because only our parents and grandparents got those vaccines. Anybody born after 75 did not

3points

highwaycrossingfrog Premium 10 months ago

Really?? I'm not sure about MRSA, but in the UK children are still vaccinated against polio and measles

2points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I was born after 1975 and I got polio, anthrax, and measles vaccines (but Brazil still vaccinates kids against those things). My kids also got polio and measles vaccines, and they were all born after 2000 in the USA. Dude, they've had all the same vaccinations that I got in the 70s and 80s in Brazil, with the exception of anthrax. Plus they got the Chickenpox and now HPV vaccinations

1point

Clown fish 10 months ago

There's no vaccines for MRSA

1point

Tom Brincefield 10 months ago

Polio and measles vaccines are still routine childhood vaccinations. Smallpox is discontinued because it doesn't exist in the wild anymore.

0points

DC 10 months ago (edited)

Oh my ... first, you don't brag about IQ, regardless of how high it is. Second, it only provides a very limited, one-dimensional assessment of a multidimensional process, so it's content of information is limited, and even meant to be. The information about it is about you, and may make you understand yourself better. Third, you understand what you're bragging about, or rather just don't, as it usually makes you appear really stupid to brag about ... well, that...

2points

Spidercat 10 months ago

Cleverness and intelligence are not the same. Intelligence is a measure of a persons ability to comprehend information and solve problems. Cleverness is a measure of how a person uses that ability. Many intelligent people are not particularly clever.

2points

#69

The Biggest Mistake

Humorous post about job rejections and the regret of obtaining a master's degree.

Final score:

25points

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Zephyr343 10 months ago

Yeah, those entry level jobs now require PhDs

10points

Tha Monkey 10 months ago

Naw, dawg, they say you're "overqualified". :| It's either they're afraid you'd request compensation for your education, that you're smarter than them , or that you have overcompensation issues (I have a masters, I've experienced this phenomenon). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

7points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

At least you got rejected by 200 companies. I just got ghosted by four out of every five I applied to.

2points

Craig S. (EvilSausage) 10 months ago

I was once on my lunch break, eating in a McDonald's (don't judge, it was all I could find near the work site) and I overheard a job interview at the next table over, where a guy who said he had an masters in anthropology was begging, with a tremble in his voice, for a job flipping burgers.

1point

BarfyCat 10 months ago

Yep, same thing happened to me when I got my Master's! Which I decided to pursue because so many job listings seemed to require it.

0points

O. Puntia 10 months ago

My Masters was in another field than my BSME and it got me a Science job .... so there's that ...

0points

Cindy Brick 10 months ago

Uh huh. And what was your Master's in??

-1point

#70

It Was A Nice Thought

Funny post of a glowing figure with an American flag leaving the body, symbolizing "the American dream" amid fireworks.

Final score:

22points

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Craig S. (EvilSausage) 10 months ago

If you were getting anything for the taxes you pay, that'd be one thing. But you pay three taxes on one purchase so a billionaire can not pay any.

3points

#71

If My Parents Gets That One Wish

Comic strip about life's ironies, showing both funny and sad moments in different panels.

Final score:

22points

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LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 months ago

My mom (80 years old) got pissed off at me the other day and screamed "I WISH I'D NEVER ADOPTED YOU!" which is extra hilarious because like... you usually have to go to a LOT of extra effort to adopt a child vs letting biology do its thing (assuming normal fertility.) It was also hilarious because she sounded like a snotty teenager yelling "YOU'RE NOT MY REAL PARENTS!!" (incidentally, I have NEVER said that to either of my adoptive parents, because they ARE my real parents.) It also really hurt. Nearly 43 years down the line, she can still cut me to the quick by telling me I'm just white trash like my biological parents and will never be good enough.

15points

Cindy Brick 10 months ago

Don't EVER believe her, LakotaWolf. EVER. (I was adopted, too.)

18points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

Well my dear, if you find yourself in need of an aunt...

6points

Clown fish 10 months ago (edited)

Put her in a sh#t care home and walk away.

4points

Deborah 10 months ago

I am sorry, that's so nasty of her. Sorry for you I mean.

3points

YDNinja 10 months ago

If someone acts like that, they aren't family.

2points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Carajo! White trash nothing. You're good peeps. That's a f****d up thing to say homie. I'm sorry she does that.

2points

Jess Bertram 10 months ago

🥺🫂

1point

*raspberry sound 10 months ago

I'm really sorry she said that to you, that's really hurtful. I'm adopted and my dad used to say some pretty mean s**t to me in my teens (and all throughout the rest of my life,) that cut me right to the core.

1point

Karma Black 10 months ago

Okay. I've seen you on here many, many times. You seem to be a wonderful, beautiful, and beautifully twisted person. Screw that. You may love your mother, but that's pure evil. Sending love and light.

0points

Helen Rohrlach 10 months ago

Why are you still talking to her?

0points

Damned_Cat 10 months ago

As an adopted child myself, I understand the double-edged sword of being made to feel rejected or "less than" by your adopted parent(s). Stay strong LakotaWolf, you are doing just fine.

0points

DC 10 months ago

80 ... 43 ... that will work out.

0points

#72

Really Girl ?

Library interaction turns awkward with a rejected friend request, capturing humor and sadness simultaneously.

Final score:

19points

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Tha Monkey 10 months ago

Weird flex.

10points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

This is funny

2points

#73

Damn!

Funny post comparing the look of being 30 in the 80s versus in 2024.

Final score:

15points

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whodunnitfan2013 10 months ago

Which is funny, because Timothée Chalamet has aged about 10 years in just about 3 years.

2points

Angie May 10 months ago

Crazy what better skincare options and two back to back generations that don't go out in the sun does to people

0points

Corvus 10 months ago

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Johnnynatfan 10 months ago

What does a body decomposing have to do with digging in the ground? This makes no sense

8points

Sylvia Hinz 10 months ago

Has nothing to do with all the embalming fluid which is made from a combination of different preservatives.

2points

Rob D 10 months ago

🤦‍♂️ C'mon now...

2points

CP 10 months ago (edited)

Humans have used preservatives in foods for thousands of years.

2points

Dar Mal 10 months ago

why would digging the graves become harder? The ground should be the same?

2points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

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#74

Let's Pretend We Do Not See The Acronym 😂🤣😂🤣

Funny post about a boomer coworker dismissing keyboard shortcuts as against company policy.

Final score:

13points

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Tha Monkey 10 months ago

I kinda hate the boomer qualifier; I'm technically a boomer (identify as GenX - 1964), and am pretty tech savvy. I was just having this discussion about a colleague (~1993), who is most definitively NOT tech savvy. Maybe it's just more nuanced than age?

30points

Deborah 10 months ago

I hate the boomer qualifier, too. This sort of things happen across all age groups. It depends on so much more than age.

9points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 months ago

It's because it's becoming less of a "born in a certain era" signifier and more of a slur/insult. My sister and I are both technically Gen X, but we have wildly different levels of tech and mechanical savviness. I can fix simple home appliances and electronics, can write HTML/CSS, built my own PC, etc... and my sister once got ransomware on our family business computer because she downloaded an attachment from an unknown sender (despite me telling her over and over to NEVER download attachments or click links in emails or text messages without verifying.) I have younger friends who don't even know how to use a computer or a mouse and keyboard, because they've only used smartphones and iPads. Anyone can be tech savvy (or at least tech-familiar) with a little work; it's definitely not gated by one's era of birth XD

7points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

I always take an extraneous "boomer" adjective to mean "This never really happened."

4points

ScootyPuffJr 10 months ago

Same. My parents are first gen. boomers and I'm the idiot who needs help with their TV remote when I visit.

2points

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

I have to keep repeating this: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee. All boomers, all way more technical than the rest of the planet will ever be.

2points

Syrah 10 months ago

Snap, I firmly believe being born in the last 6 months of 1964 makes me more Gen X than anything 🤣🤣🤣

2points

Damned_Cat 10 months ago

I hate it too, and also identify as GenX. I came up in my career teaching older (very resistant) employees how to use a PC with MS Office or special software. I end my career teaching young employees how to use the same programs and explaining that, no, there's not an app for that.

1point

Otto Katz 10 months ago

1964 is Gen Jones, as am I. 1957.

1point

Angie May 10 months ago

Oh no I better scroll down to make sure someone hopped in and complained about the use of the word boomer on a post on BP-- oh thank god someone has it covered.

0points

Carrie B Premium 10 months ago

Okay boomer. J/k, I'm an Xer and I hate generalizations too.

0points

Montanavanna 10 months ago

Maybe everything is more nuanced than our feelings and controlled perceptions like to tell us. Well said.

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Identify as?

0points

stupidMonkey 10 months ago

Is anyone going to tell her what BBC stands for? Other than some silly broadcasting company that is😉

2points

The Other Guest 10 months ago

Black-billed cuckoo https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-billed_Cuckoo/id

0points

Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago

Started work at a new place in September and got told by my older colleagues that I didn't really update my files because I used ctrl-c ctrl-v to grab the file and they didn't see me physically left-click and select copy and then paste. I think they're scheduling my burning at the stake as we speak.

2points

nottheactualphoto 10 months ago

Why are they looking over your shoulder while you work?

1point

Tim Gibbs 10 months ago

My being a so called boomer this post has a major trigger effect and has caused me to question my mental health, how dare you insult me like this, stop being an idiot and get on with other generations instead of putting them down and insulting them.

1point

The Other Guest 10 months ago

Meh, it doesn't bother me. It's a shortcut, like calling someone a Karen or Chad. As long as I don't act like an "OK, Boomer..." person, then I know they're not talking about me, so why should I get my knickers in a twist over it? And yes, I'm a baby boomer, *and* I have a first name that is (admittedly rarely but not never) used as a derogatory term, before y'all start dogpiling me.

0points

Tim Fawcett 10 months ago

Before we make this a "boomer" issue, let's not forget which generations were involved in the development and growth of computing. Ctrl-C + Ctrl-V probably predate menu options (I recall them or similar in the 80s)

1point

Bored Sailor 10 months ago

Me too. Even while surfing the web and peer 2 peer sites. Had a friend where you had to put the phone receiver physically on the modem before dialing in.

2points

LiuLiu Premium 10 months ago

stop with the boomer stuff - who do you think came up with computers?!? --- my dad was more tech savvy than a lot of younger people

0points

Donna Peluda 10 months ago

You should lookup BBC

0points

Breadcrumb. 10 months ago

Sounds like my mother in law when I gave her some advice. My good man even piped up after and told her it was really good advice..and her response was "well, thats not how we do it" I can't get mad it's to funny.

0points

#75

I Think It's Omnidirectional Hahaaaa

A funny meme depicting an insecure teenager at a crossroads labeled "Mommy issues" and "Daddy issues."

Final score:

9points

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Khavrinen 10 months ago

Why not both?

4points

Bluonthefront 10 months ago

Yeah--just make it a loop.

0points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 months ago

I think the right-hand guy is Andrew Taint, but who's the guy on the left-hand side?

2points

Nathan Lewis 10 months ago

Jordan Penison

5points

CajunBreaux 10 months ago

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Donna Peluda 10 months ago

What's his name, Paterson or what ever looks like count Dracula

1point

kansasmagic 10 months ago (edited)

You rip that sign out of the ground and smash it against your head, like a *real* man would do!

0points

MagicJacket 10 months ago

I would have to choose mommy issues, as to my knowledge, Jordan Petersen, even though a wrong-headed buffoon, is not a seggs trafficking grape-ist who also has his male friends give him hand or mouth relief when he doesn't want to deal with women, who he has no respect for.

0points

#76

Depressing But Funny

Text post comparing "okay boomer" with "okay renter," highlighting millennial struggles; funny yet sad theme.

Final score:

8points

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Tha Monkey 10 months ago

What if you're a boomer who is also a renter?

16points

Kelly Scott 10 months ago

Cover the hurt and don't let them know.

1point

Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago

Then you're one of the cool kids

1point

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Fake it till you make it.

0points

Deborah 10 months ago

Like me.

0points

Angie May 10 months ago

Millennial here. I own my own home, but pop off

2points

David Beaulieu 10 months ago

Who do you think will get your home when you die?

1point

Tom Brincefield 10 months ago

According to my will, it gets sold off. Nobody inherits it.

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Thanks! I'll use this.

1point

Corvus 10 months ago

Am a millennial and own my own home... of course, I live in Europe, so... ;)

1point

Lost Panda 10 months ago

Not all

1point

Crissy Newbury Premium 10 months ago

My two millennial daughters each own their own homes independently of their spouse(s). Not all boomer parents are a bad influence.

0points

Craig S. (EvilSausage) 10 months ago

So boomers flex about the fact that they've left such a messed up country for the next generation that their kids can't afford to buy a house? Seems weird to me, but whatever 🙄

0points

tarryn norwich 10 months ago

The average age of home buyers in the US is 65...

0points

Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

Y'all still really think not renting is the way. Who pays when you gotta replace your hot water heater? Wasn't me last week. Which is good considering I don't have five grand to blow on one atm and we're in the middle of a polar vortex...

0points

Science Nerd 10 months ago

The $400/month I’m saving by paying a mortgage instead of renting can go a long way to pay for a$800 water heater with installation. Who quoted five grand to you?

3points

#77

Accurate

Close-up of a man's face with a neutral expression, featuring text about humor and sadness.

Final score:

-11points

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Megalodon Meg 10 months ago

Uh what in the misogyny is this

18points

Spidercat 10 months ago

Don't you mean "what in the misandry is this"... social construction suggests masculinity and displays of emotion are incompatible.

10points

Nathan Lewis 10 months ago

painful truth

3points

Corvus 10 months ago

It refers to toxic masculinity.

-2points

madeleine f 10 months ago

This is really sad but also relates to that men aren't suppose to express their feelings and aren't couraged to maintain friendship where they nuture and support eachothers mental health.

1point

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 10 months ago

Anyone of any gender struggling rn know some people care xxx

1point

Earonn - 10 months ago

And who was it who was screaming that expressing emotions is a bad thing? Who? We told you that patriarchy hurts men, too, but most didn't listen. Sorry, we have to deal with being forced to carry our rapist's baby, you sort this one out by yourself.

0points