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Who doesn't love a well-timed, fuzzy, heartwarming and wholesome post? They remind us that all is not lost in the world. That somewhere out there, between the misery and despair, some good still exists.
But sometimes, we search so hard for the positive that we think we’ve found it in feel-good pictures of smiling employees going above and beyond, or stories about someone finally paying off their student loan debt by working three jobs. For a split second, our icy hearts melt. Then our brains catch up, and we realize that these posts are just heaven on the surface but hell down below… Grit wrapped in a pastel bow.
There’s a special corner of the internet reserved for wolf-like content dressed in sheep's clothing. Facebook page, Dystopian late-stage capitalism horrors repackaged as heartwarming stories is exactly what the name suggests: a wall of reminders showcasing just how twisted society really is.
Bored Panda has put together a list of the best posts from the page to pinch you awake if you've lost touch with reality. May they serve as a warning that sometimes, the most dystopian thing isn't the future but rather the way we've learned to romanticize the struggle right now...
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Jack Smith 3 days ago
Well said! It's infuriating how rightwing a$$holes hate when tax dollars are spent feeding American citizens but don't mind the trillions of $ in handouts private companies receive in the form of subsidies, bailouts etc
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Cora C 3 days ago
It is illegal in a lot of countries to decline sick days that are signed off by doctors.
Crystal M 3 days ago
I know a woman with breast cancer, her employer did a silent auction with the other employees to help fund her treatment because she was out of PTO. Read that again, the employer had the employees fund what they were lacking.
Day Andie 3 days ago
That's all nice and good, but what about the thousands and thousands of employers who don't. Insurance should NOT be tied to employment. It should be mandatory that employers allow workers time off for illness. If the worker can't return, there should be a minimum severance package of at least two weeks so their work comp and unemployment can kick in. If they can return, their job should be waiting. The federal government allows positions to be filled with an open end date with two weeks notice. They can even do a possible reduction to part time to allow the original employee to slowly enter the workforce according to his healing process.. Capitalism s***s.
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Beady El 3 days ago
The cult of "your own bootstraps" is nearing its natural conclusion. If you're prepared to throw the legitimately needy under the bus in order to guarantee nobody can game the system, that's not civilization. That's the law of the jungle.
Michael Largey 3 days ago
The phrase "Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" was coined precisely to mock the thinking of those who use it now.
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Jessica Daus-Warner 1 day ago
Amazing how some companies will literally do anything to avoid paying fair wages and time off
Earonn - 1 day ago
Had to be off once for 3 months. Not one of my colleagues had to suffer for me. After 8 weeks ca 80% of my salary was paid by the health insurance. And you could have that, too, USA, if you got your bums up. It's not as if Germany had all that because our rich people were saints.
BookFanatic 3 days ago
My organization used to let us "gift" sick days to colleagues. Then we found out it was technically illegal (at least in Illinois).
Michael Largey 3 days ago
We had a sick day bank, which you joined by donating a single sick day, to draw on if your accumulate sick days ran out. We later got this extended to cover maternity leaves.
Anne Roberts 3 days ago
My employer very kindly did that for me when I had to retire for health reasons. It saved my life
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Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 1 day ago (edited)
Exactly 💯 When they enacted this same type of policy, at my Fire Service, I was seriously unamused and disappointed with the Command Staff and Fire Board. When, we could have just enacted a "Prolonged Paid Family/Personal Medical Emergency Leave Policy", that would be used, when proper documentation/information was submitted, for these type of situations.
Tams21 3 days ago
The system in Germany has a number of safeguards. You can't just say you're sick, you need to go to a doctor who will give a you a letter that you give to your employer. If you're off for a long period of time, health insurance will take over your pay and will have their own doctors check records and/ or ask to see you.
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Lady Eowyn 3 days ago
You know so little of what America really is. Yes there is bad, but there is still good and I for one am sick of you claiming everyone in this huge country is as bad as what you've been exposed to. The UK has plenty of faults, every country does. Look to your own house.
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Spencer's slave no longer 3 days ago
When children have morals and empathy far greater than their government.
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Lost Panda 3 days ago
While the situation is bleak, Gary Sinse is a wonderful human being up there with the likes of Dolly Parten and Mr. Rogers
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Daisydaisy 3 days ago
I love this!! Let's shower good people with prizes and bring some joy to civic life!!
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Nay Wilson 3 days ago
I’m no mathematician but wouldn’t that mean he was taxed roughly 75% of his winnings?
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Joe Methuen 3 days ago
That's awesome recognition. Maybe you won't get to meet her again but you can pay it forward. That should be the way we honor those who helped us.
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Eroe Infinito 3 days ago
I love living in the USA. BUT. There are still a few serious problems that need worked out.
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Leena Petrich 3 days ago
true that. thats why i hand them cash or leave it under a rock poking out.
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Nico di anglo-solace 3 days ago
I learned to do this when I was 7 because my schools gym door doesn't have a lock...
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Say No to Downvoting 3 days ago
While we’re here, can we also stop glorifying “never missing a day” - if you are sick or your family needs you, you can take a day off.
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The_Nicest_Misanthrope 3 days ago
Unrelated to the post, but what the actual f**k is going on with that guys chin?
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Day Andie 3 days ago
Oh, I believe this. Google is free as gvizzle74 says. Also I believe that people have to scrounge if they want a funeral in the US. Funerals in the US are obscenely expensive and funeral companies prey on the emotions of the grieving to sell overpriced c**p. I have told my family I insist on being cremated in a cardboard box without being embalmed, then scattered by them instead of having an expensive urn in some crematory crypt. I don't want any sort of memorial at an expensive funeral home. But many people don't want that for their dead family, and that's their choice. They shouldn't have to go into major debt to do things differently though,.
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Daisydaisy 3 days ago
Alternatively: a fair and sensible social welfare system and universal health care. People - especially wealthy people - could pay taxes for this and the world would be a better, healthier place!
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Shark Lady 3 days ago
This might be the only thing a school district can do to help, it shouldn't be necessary but at least they are parking somewhere relatively safe where they won't be moved on by the police.
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Howl's sleeping castle 3 days ago
Teachers? And not for their personal use? To buy classroom supplies? Who was this sadistic who came up with this idea?
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Tyranamar Seuss 3 days ago
Imagine taking someone's arm as a souvenir. Imagine having to pretend like you're happy to be receiving it back from the psychopath who took it.
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Debby Keir 3 days ago
So, physically and mentally unfit to drive through tiredness, but still working to pay the inevitable medical bills from when he crashes?
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Zig Zag Wanderer 3 days ago
In Australia, even before we had any medical cover (temporary residency) we paid $25 for an x-ray.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 3 days ago
I can believe this, having worked for workers compensation insurance companies. It's almost as corrupt as America, but government still has controls. In NEW ZEALAND the GOVERNMENT covers all workplace compensation. You read that right. It's probably a communist conspiracy, but hey....
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Savannah greenleaf 3 days ago
I thought this was fake. I googled it and it is a real item available on Amazon for $17.49.
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TheOneWithTheHat 3 days ago
I think it's important to have some kind of occupation. Like an elderly lady who takes care of her dog or something like that. This is healthy and keeps you mobile. Or if you WANT to keep doing whatever you did before. But if you HAVE to work till the reaper comes because you can't afford retirement, that's a whole different story.
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kansasmagic 3 days ago
Good news is that, according to a post above, you'll be happier this way!
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Tyranamar Seuss 3 days ago
What? They're apologizing for firing workers by not paying their other workers?! What a terrible company.
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kansasmagic 3 days ago
But no roommates? Pssh - amateurs. You could totally rent out the other side of the kitchen floor for passive income!
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Tobias Reaper 3 days ago
considering it cost minimum about £30000 to climb it would have been easier just to give the money spent to the food bank
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Tobias Reaper 3 days ago
21 year old takes job where he could either be k****d or have to k**l someone to fund his college education. There we go fixed it
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Pittsburgh rare 3 days ago
If the shoplifting stops will the cost of that shoplifting, which is already factored in the price, be lowered? No? I thought so
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DC 3 days ago
They even admitted that to me, that they were pretending to actively search, advertise as if the position actually exists, but they only did IN CASE such a position was open again, so that they'd have me and my fellows in the sleeve already. We were 20 people, all having believed the position actually exists, because the ad said exactly that. Won't name them, they still exist, and companies coming after you for exposing their fault isn't what would help me much now.
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Danielle Hardesty 3 days ago
My son and his fiancée stayed with us a couple years, then a couple years with her parents. We all got to get to know our new family members better, they graduated school nearly debt free and had a down payment for a house
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Tyranamar Seuss 3 days ago
No, they can't really. A lot of them have terrible breakdowns from work like this.
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kansasmagic 3 days ago
Also, don't spend any money. On anything. Did you know you can live under a bridge and eat out of dumpsters for free, while you "hold tight until you have passive income"?
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Nico di anglo-solace 3 days ago
500 a month is more than most paychecks after 3 weeks let alone a teens
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kansasmagic 3 days ago
If you can't get by on $300k from your day job, I think you might be doing something wrong. Bay Area rent isn't that high.
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Kelly Scott 3 days ago
Saying that should be considered cruel and unusual punishment in every state in the US.
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Tyranamar Seuss 3 days ago
Actually, if it gets people in prison fruits and vegetables I'm all for it. You should see the c**p most prison's serve. Baloney sandwiches on white bread with American cheese and an apple. It's gross.
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TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 2 days ago
Civil War II, Electric Boogaloo seems more and more likely
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 days ago
Where do YOU live? How are things in YOUR country? Cripes. We Americans know a lot of things suck about our country (especially our government) but WOW, GUESS WHAT? Most of us average citizens are AVERAGE CITIZENS and are NORMAL human beings, just like you. I hate when people like you generalize.
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Steff 3 days ago (edited)
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years Link in reply
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 3 days ago
We had our chance and f****d it all up.
Load More Replies... Mimi M 3 days ago
Guess what? I don't come to BP for dystopia. Downvoted. Why do I keep posting comments like these? B/c I'm hoping over time, some of the BP posters might notice - see the things we appreciate (the interesting, uplifting, funny, beautiful), and the things that we (at least I), don't.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 2 days ago
Why did you read the article then? There is plenty of warning in the title, yet you still chose to read it and comment on it. That's on you, dude
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TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 2 days ago
Civil War II, Electric Boogaloo seems more and more likely
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 days ago
Where do YOU live? How are things in YOUR country? Cripes. We Americans know a lot of things suck about our country (especially our government) but WOW, GUESS WHAT? Most of us average citizens are AVERAGE CITIZENS and are NORMAL human beings, just like you. I hate when people like you generalize.
Load More Replies... Steff 3 days ago (edited)
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years Link in reply
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 3 days ago
We had our chance and f****d it all up.
Load More Replies... Mimi M 3 days ago
Guess what? I don't come to BP for dystopia. Downvoted. Why do I keep posting comments like these? B/c I'm hoping over time, some of the BP posters might notice - see the things we appreciate (the interesting, uplifting, funny, beautiful), and the things that we (at least I), don't.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 2 days ago
Why did you read the article then? There is plenty of warning in the title, yet you still chose to read it and comment on it. That's on you, dude
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