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Happiness – isn't that the thing most of us are striving for? The problem is, though, that not a lot of people nowadays feel happy. Young people are particularly disillusioned; according to the 2024 World Happiness Report, the young are the least happy age group of all.
This generation faces an interesting irony: the world has the resources to make life better and more comfortable for most people, yet most of us are still wildly unhappy. Communites like the Lost Generation subreddit reflect this sentiment pretty accurately. So, here are some posts that echo what the current generation thinks of the world and their place in it.
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#1
Wake Up America
General Anaesthesia 11 months ago
Important until forced birth; after that mother and child can drop dead.
Sand Ers 11 months ago
Oh, they'll be perfectly happy if the pregnancy kills the pregnant woman long before it's due. 5 already this year.
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Nikole 11 months ago
If he goes all “states rights” (because that worked soooo well the first time conservatives pulled that shít), I’m glad I at least live in Illinois. Women from other states can get abortions here too, but I know that not everyone has the means to pay for travel, etc. Argh I’m getting angry and sad again.
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DooBeeDoo 11 months ago
It’s exceedingly obvious that a particular kind of male ideology is making the decisions here.
JustAPandaGirlInAPandaWorld 11 months ago
If they are going to throw a doctor behind bars for 99 years performing an abortion, then the r*pist should go to jail for the same amount of time.
Tabitha 11 months ago
Nah. Let the doctor perform a very late term abortion on the rapist.
Load More Replies... Jason K 11 months ago
Do you all believe everything you read? This is so deceptive. Alabama made it a class A felony, which is the same class crime as having non-consensual sex with an incapacitated woman would be. The same. Sure, a judge could sentence differently for each, but to say that a doctor gets 99 years and it would be more than a rapist is a lie. If people have to lie to make their point, they probably don’t have much of a point to begin with. Source: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-abortion-law-penalties-alabama-lack-context-389799878328
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#2
This Is So Heartbreaking
Andy Frobig 11 months ago
That's true anywhere, but the system shouldn't be designed to guarantee it
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Ann Kapoxeet 11 months ago
Why in the world do people think Trump will make any of this class warfare better?! It's absolute insanity. I'm so grateful I live in a blue state. I'm so sorry for those of you trapped in the hateful red.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
I live in a very "red" city in an overwhelmingly otherwise blue state. The next four years are going to suck.
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Justme 11 months ago
If I get cancer, I don’t plan to fight it. I won’t bankrupt my family just for a few extra months and a slim chance of hope.
Fullo Shit 11 months ago (edited)
This is so wrong.I really don't understand why the majority of US Americans still think that a Universal Healthcare System is "evil" .
Sand Ers 11 months ago
Sure, why not? The outcome really will be rigged this time, but we may as well go through the motions. Remember - people without ethics believe that everybody else is just pretending. Every Republican accusation is a confession. They've been announcing for 8 years that they intended to rig the elections as soon as they got the chance. Now they have the chance.
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Riley Quinn 11 months ago
We have been brainwashed since birth that the US is #1, and it is in one category only - our prison incarceration rate. We're taught we live in a democracy. We don't. Technically, it's a constitutional federal republic. Realistically, it's a caste system and the driving force is capitalism. And as long as Americans continue to buy this fallacious propaganda the longer it will take to fix the broken systems, from education to health care to housing.
Sand Ers 11 months ago
Crony capitalism. True capitalism permits at least a hypothetical possibility of competition.
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We Are Not Free
John L 11 months ago (edited)
Didn't use to be, but as with all things, in the US...lobbying (what the rest of the world calls bribery) messed things up. I found some old pay stubs from the early 90's while cleaning up and I saw that healthcare used to cost me $4....yes, you saw right...$4 per pay period for health insurance.......
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Uncle Schmickle 11 months ago
At the risk of sounding monotonous, affordable health care is a basic human right. This should be enshrined in the American Constitution.
Nancy Bania 11 months ago
We complain and complain, but we keep electing people who don't care. I wish I could understand why.
Tamra 11 months ago
There is never anyone to vote for who will fight for universal healthcare. We need to face the absolute reality that we do not have a working democracy. Call it an oligarchy, kleptocracy...call it anything other than a democracy. Until our representatives can no longer be purchased by the wealthy, we can expect things will continue to get worse.
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Julia Cargile 11 months ago
This is why the murderer of the insurance CEO is being touted as a hero.
Sue User 11 months ago
I have auto immune and havent seen a doctor for it in three years. I feel like i have been getting sick again , but am not going to doctor. 1) if i wait until after the new year it will only effect one deductible 2) our insurance went up this year because too many claims, dont want to be cause of this next year 3) it would take so many visits/tests to even convince them i am sick , with the last one being a six month wait to see a " specialist " who probably has never heard of my disease.
Libstak 11 months ago
I never stop feeling sick to my stomach at what is going on for you all over there. I am so sorry, it simply is not right, not right at all.
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Maxime Lecoeur 11 months ago
And Trump has been relected, even if he canceled the Obama care. Everything is ok ?
mike fish 11 months ago
Visited the Doc here in NZ and she gave me a 'check up' (I'm a fit 79) I also needed some more high blood pressure pills. Visit was NZ$15.00 and the prescription was NZ$15.00 the pharmacy fee was free. The American Health system is well known tp blatantly ROB people, and force them into bankruptcy. So much for being Great country.
Riley Quinn 11 months ago
That so many of us, from all walks of life, rallied around Luigi Mangione speaks ear-shattering volumes. Mangione is accused of killing one person, but that one person is behind countless deaths via coverage denials. The US health care system is white collar crime on steroids.
If we were to believe Maslow's hierarchy of needs, we need our basic physical needs met in order to be happy. That includes food, shelter, stable income, and good health. Sadly, not all Americans have that. In fact, a whopping 37.9 million people were in poverty in 2022 in the U.S.
If the original Lost Generation got its name from living through two world wars, this current generation calls itself 'lost' because we feel that the system is rigged against us. As stated in the description for the r/LostGeneration community, we "did everything our parents told us to do... now what?"
#4
The Truth's S**t
Emie N. 11 months ago
Many of us Americans have known for years. We hate it.
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Dawn Marie 11 months ago
Absolutely true. Just remember when they thought that "trickle down economics" would work"? I am still laughing my head off at that one!!
Mike Rodrick 11 months ago
They own 85% of the country's wealth & 85% of trump's tax cuts went to them.
Riley Quinn 11 months ago
Blame the US government for this. They decided to make corporations "people", subsidizing corporations, and allowing the wealthy to get away without paying taxes. Of course, altering the government would require voters to pay attention to the substance but they're too focused on the guy in the corner jiggling keys.
Abdullah Abd Rahman 11 months ago
Absolutely correct ! Wake up Americans ! You are being screwed by the rich and their politician friends , Democrats or Republicans.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 11 months ago
Elon Musk is so rich that if he spent a million dollars a day, he'd have to live for a billion years before he ran out of money.
#5
This Is How The World Ends
B 11 months ago
What's truly alarming is the number of 'news' reports on trash websites about people announcing their fifth/eighth/twentieth pregnancy. This is insanity. The world population right now is over 8 billion - DOUBLE what it was just fifty years ago, and it had taken tens of thousands of years to reach that figure. Exponential growth is a real, terrifying truth which everyone chooses to ignore or discount. Please, please read the novel (it's a thriller, brilliantly written) called 10:59 by N. R. Baker - it will change the way you view your future, the world you inhabit, and your place in it.
Sand Ers 11 months ago
Again, not everyone. People capable of elementary multiplication have been loudly warning since the 70s that population growth was going to be catastrophic if nothing was done. All that was done was to double down on destructive mass factory farming techniques, which temporarily produce more yield at the expense of ruining the soil and thereby requiring higher and higher quantities of artificial fertilizers.
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geezeronthehill 11 months ago
Not the end of the world. The earth will abide. Human civilization, and possibly the human race, might not survive.
#6
8 Guys vs. 4 Billion People
James016 11 months ago
Now you have an unelected billionaire sociopath telling the elected billionaire lunatic what to do.
Socks Thecate 11 months ago
The unelected billionaire is also worried about population collapse. Let's see what happens with laws about abortion and contraception this next four years. It's pretty easy to be a billionaire with three or four baby mama's who take care of the kids for you. Not so easy for the rest of us.
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Merrill N. Munro 11 months ago
Someone once said that greatest scam ever was for the rich to get the middle class to hate/ blame the poor. So, when 99% of us are poor, then do we get to hate the rich?
Keri Hart 11 months ago
The problem... you have to convince all of those people under the poverty line, that they aren't going to get s**t from Trump. Hes already convinced them they gettin sumfin. They aren't, even as pawns, they are less than pawns. But "they think they will get sumfin". When they are nothing to trump. It's sad. It's really sad that so many people just want to openly lick TrumpElons nut sack and a*****e....
Riley Quinn 11 months ago
The Welfare Queens have always been the problems. It's a tired old yarn, blaming the poor for the country's ills.
cerinamroth 11 months ago
The unelected lunatic is also fiddling around in Germany’s elections! Finger weg, du Arschloch!
Ramona Hyrne 11 months ago
People need a helping hand, not a hand out. The system is set up to keep the poor people poor. It needs to change.
Robert Beveridge 11 months ago
Steak and lobster, baby! (when I was on food stamps, for the short time I was able to get them, I did buy as much steak and lobster as I could afford one month and posted a Pic to Facebook just to p**s off certain relatives/lapsed high school friends. For the record, it was like 2 oz. of filet and a $4 half-lobster tail, with the combo costing less than a Wendy's combo meal, but it definitely got the desired result!)
One of the reasons experts say people under 30 are so unhappy is social media. The U.S. surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy told The Guardian that as of 2024, there is no data proving that social media is not harmful to children and adolescents. He says that governments having no regulation of social media for children is "insane."
It's not just the young people who are perhaps overusing social media. A typical user spends from two to two and a half hours a day on social media sites. Experts are saying that the prevalence of social media has contributed greatly to an epidemic of loneliness and isolation.
#7
Simple Truths, Complex Barriers
XenoMurph 11 months ago (edited)
Sometimes the solution is very complicated. People have competing needs. The rights of a person to choose to have a child vs the necessity to reduce our population. The needs of people to earn a living vs the requirement to eliminate corporations. The needs of efficient non-wasteful food transportation to feed 8billion people vs single use plastics or cutting down trees for natural packaging, or oil usage. An honest workable economy vs capitalism vs "communism". The solutions are often insoluble
Erik Biesemeier 11 months ago
I don't think most of those are unsolvable, just that they would require a change, and the number of people that will wail and moan about any change, even ones that benefit almost everyone, keep anything from being done.
Load More Replies... Fire Singer 11 months ago
The only rules that get passed are the ones that create profit for the right people. Nothing is done "for the greater good of the people".
#8
The Land Of Dreams
JoMeBee 11 months ago
That's good; it means you're not desensitized yet. Or is that bad? It would be easier not to care...
Load More Replies... Rahul Pawa 11 months ago
A few years ago, John Oliver's show did an episode about medical debt. They went into how debt collection agencies buy the debt cheap and try to collect on it. John said they spent $250k of HBO's money to buy medical debt and not collect on it. I've dreamt about doing that ever since. Not sure how to go about it or how much money I would need. But if I win some kind of lottery, that's one thing I want to do.
Bookworm 11 months ago
There was just a Reddit story on here the other day about a guy who used to spend like 5k on presents for his family, but since they never showed any gratitude, he used the money this year to buy up debt from about 1600 people so it would never go to collections.
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Tiffany Marie 11 months ago (edited)
You can't remain in the same household after divorce. This is my problem. I have no where else to go. They will not give health insurance to someone divorced living at same residence. It's silly.. because no longer filed jointly. To get on my husband's work Insurance it's $850 a month.
Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 11 months ago
Yes, you can. Many divorced people live in the same house because it's not fiscally smart to sell. You can be living as roommates. They can't stop you. Appeal this decision, make a lot of fuss, write the newspapers, talk to the news people on TV (most have someone who helps people get their problems resolved), let your local radio stations know. Call your senators and congressmen! Be relentless until things change.
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Karina 11 months ago (edited)
This wouldnt have been so sad, exept, the system actually watshes them and penalises them if they dont physically seperate as well.. Leaving him alone, and her without the love of her life for most of his final time. Because,!
Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 11 months ago
The "system" can b!tch & moan all they want, but they can't force them to live apart. And they can't penalize them either. They can live where they want, how they want, and with whomever they wish. It probably burns some CEO's a$$, but it's perfectly legal. You what's not legal? Those same greedy, uncaring, lying pieces of sh!t trying to manipulate a recent widow into paying off her late husband's car AFTER they had already repossessed it! Yup, Chase Auto Finance had their lawyers calling me 2-3 times a day, every single day, for months. I was told that I either had to pay the difference between what was owed and what it sold for at auction, or they would put a warrant out, put leins on our belongings (which was funny - they took the only thing worth anything!), they'd garnish my SS benefits, pension and any other income I had. All so they could get more money. They'd have gotten more if I'd kept the car! Luckily, a very sweet lady passed on to me that because my name and/or signature was nowhere on the paperwork, I owed them nothing! The same goes for my husband's medical bills. Unless I signed off on something, I'm not responsible for it. This poor woman won't owe anyone a penny for her husband's medical bills or anything else. I had the pleasure of siccing my BFF on Chase, as she's a lawyer (not her specialty).
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Joanne Hicks 11 months ago
Who can fix this? Why hasn't a fix been talked about let alone implemented?
#9
The Board Is Set, The Pieces Are Moving
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 11 months ago
And the poor kids become our soldiers, and if they survive their enlistment, they can go to college...this is the part they don't tell you...one of the reasons they don't really want to change anything.
Rosecrucian Roeth 11 months ago
And if they get wounded or suffer PTSD while enlisted, they will promptly be forgotten as soon as they leave...............
Load More Replies... Helena 11 months ago
Yup. Everytime they bang the drum about charter schools and private schools I get a little more depressed and forlorn.
Sue User 11 months ago (edited)
It is sold as " your kid can leave this crappy public school and get great education" but really, it is just socioeconomic segregation.
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Bartlet for world domination 11 months ago
The disenfranchised will vote for the populist, who makes it worse, so their numbers will rise, securing more votes for populists, who will make it worse...
Dawn Marie 11 months ago
Also, if I may add, dismantling the federal board of education will also take away all special education because that is the department that funded it and over saw all of its wonderful opportunities for children from birth to age 21 with special needs because of Public Law 94-142. Not only those children who are challenged, but also those children who are gifted and talented.
Andy Frobig 11 months ago
I've been convinced for years that the rich aren't happy unless there are lots of poor people to feel superior to
Tamra 11 months ago
Republicans. They have introduced bills in multiple states to erode child labor protections, alongside the intention of gutting the Department of Education.
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iseefractals 11 months ago
The kids are already doing poorly in school, public schools already have a bad rap, and the funding for those public schools is tied to property taxes, which absolutely no one wants to see go up.
Sand Ers 11 months ago
The existence of "good" and "bad" schools is indefensible in a public school system.
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#10
Reminder To The Politician
Helena 11 months ago
If I thought I was electable I'd run for an office. Since I know I'm not, I'll settle for voting every single time I can.
John L 11 months ago
Look at who is in office now....any of us are "electable". Hell, Lauren Boebert, got her GED weeks before taking office.
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P1 No-Name 11 months ago
“Decisions are made by those who show up” Quote by Aaron Sorkin. But absolutely true.
Abdullah Abd Rahman 11 months ago
Why do I feel America will self-implode? With politicians and their super-wealthy friends helping themselves at the expense of ordinary American citizens?
Sand Ers 11 months ago
Because they've been doing it more and more brazenly for decades. New cherry on top: The Supreme Court recent ruled that obvious bribery of an elected official isn't bribery as long as you don't pay them until after they rigged something for you.
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The Darkest Timeline 11 months ago (edited)
I understand why so many people are disgusted with politics but it’s self-defeating to think, “They’re all just a bunch of crooks and I have to get up and go to work in the morning no matter who wins so, why bother?” Thinking that Harris and Trump are crooks on anywhere near the same level is some real shït.
Sand Ers 11 months ago
And if you do vote, you're still letting other people choose for you. At the Federal level, there are multiple safeguards in place to prevent majorities from gaining control.
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Michael Largey 11 months ago
Everyone is deeply involved in politics. Some know it; some don't.
john doe 11 months ago
We need a socialist party but it disgues itself as some redneck pandering party that can take away from the hard Republican base, just say the party is for a truck in every driveway and lowering the price of NASCAR events. Then just push left wing socialist policies, people on the left will get it and vote for them and people on the right will be successfully fooled into voting for their best interests for once.
Tamra 11 months ago
Add in a colorful baseball cap and a three word slogan that's easily chanted at a rally, and you've got a recipe for success!
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Orysha 11 months ago (edited)
In France, we had to vote recently and now the ones who losed are running the country so whats the pooint? Next time I'll go vote with some knives, a shotgun and a flamethrower (if this one is available on amazon). Everyday I wonder when I burn my voter registration card. Corporations run the world not the politicians and not only in the USA. It' s time for a Revolution.
#11
My Bank Its $37 🥲
Gala Guiba Guerrero 11 months ago
I had not realized this had happened to my account (!I thought I made a payment from a different account) and since there was not enough money to cover the $35 penalty within 24hrs, it triggered another $35, and another… count 4 total… I kept putting $50 in my account, and couldn’t understand the deal. F*ck you WFar!
BookFanatic 11 months ago
Oh, do NOT get me started on WF. They sold my mother's mortgage after 20 years and didn't tell her. She kept making payments to the old address instead of the new. I had to go knock a couple of heads together.
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LuisSD stuff 11 months ago
I've been with Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase. All screwed me over. Now, I have an online bank and have never been happier.
Sand Ers 11 months ago (edited)
You do not have an online bank. You have a "financial tech" company pretending to be a bank. If you're lucky they're quasi-legitimate and partnered with a real bank. More likely it's a fly by night scam like paypal, which provides banking services but claims to be (and de facto is) exempt from all banking regulations because it's "not a bank". Get your money away from the scammers and open an account with a credit union. . . https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/collapse-fintech-firm-10-million-users-without-access-money-rcna153599
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Brian Droste 11 months ago
The bank I bank with if you are under 5 dollars they won't charge any overdrawn fees.
#12
Cops Are Just Psychopaths With A God Complex
Plant lady 11 months ago
You are wrong in my state police officers spend a lot of time learning the laws. Even after they are finished with the academy they still attend refresher courses. They are trained in how to identify and deal with mentally incapacitated person. Personally I have not met any police officers that are psychopaths.
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Jihana 11 months ago
That's a problem very specific to the US. The training to become a policeman is 4 months, with most of that time being spent on shooting practice and very little education on law or deescalation techniques. In Europe it's around 2 years, with the focus on law and deescalation.
Lady Lava 11 months ago
In my country you get a physical and psychological test beforehand. You can't become a police officer if you are mentally unstable.
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Sand Ers 11 months ago
You'll need an honest Supreme Court to accomplish that. They created qualified immunity decades ago out of thin air, without any legislative or case precedent to justify it.
Load More Replies... Abdullah Abd Rahman 11 months ago
That's the USA,unfortunately. There's nothing to envy about the US today, truthfully. Ordinary Americans are screwed, big time!
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 11 months ago
American cops scare the everloving cr*p out of me. They seem to be generally psychopathic thug racists that just happen to have a uniform.
HurlWurk 11 months ago
Rule number 2 of gun safety: NEVER POINT A FIREARM AT SOMETHING YOU AREN'T WILLING TO DESTROY. Cops need to be taught to never point a gun at people until after something serious has happened because we are taught that when someone levels a gun on you, it's time to shoot or escape.
John L 11 months ago
That's why you would probably be a good one. The perfect person for a job is usually one who doesn't want it. It's usually the ones who want it, that are trouble.
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#13
Spending $788 Billion On Military Budget And Still Having No Healthcare
General Anaesthesia 11 months ago
That same country spends more on "healthcare" per capita than any other country on earth, with coverage at or below developing country level. So universal healthcare could be cheaper "but socialism!".
LuisSD stuff 11 months ago
Politicians are paid off by the health insurance companies to be sure that universal health care is never achieved
Uncle Schmickle 11 months ago
Americans are paranoid about anything merely hinting at socialism. Seems to work quite well for several European countries. The UK and Australia have "national health care" which works not too bad. It could be better, but at least no one will die in the gutter because they don't have private health insurance.
Tamra 11 months ago
I'm American, and very well aware of how successful and beneficial social democracies work for other countries. I'm definitely not alone in that knowledge, either. I will say that I wish it was more well known here, and the ideas were more mainstream. I do see it changing. Starting with Gen X and younger generations, as we become more connected with the rest of the world (thank you internet!), people's minds are changing. But man, that change is slow.
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Donna Peluda 11 months ago
The cost of the war on terror, is estimated at 4 trillion over 20 plus years. Thats more then enough to have decarbonised the whole economy of USA.
Sand Ers 11 months ago (edited)
Got a number for the war on drůgs? I suspect that would make the terror number look like a rounding error.
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Pferdchen 11 months ago
"Total Christmas spending in the United States was forecasted to reach approximately $1.1 trillion in 2023." I won't get into the amount of money spent on pets and Halloween. We can afford to address homelessness and hunger, we just choose not to.
UtanaYona 11 months ago
U.S. Native American disabled Veteran here...maybe it's having to help other countries fight their wars or shouldering the majority of financing for NATO. Maybe we could make it better by not sending/spending any money outside our country. Think of the money we could save. Think about how much money we could have saved if we had not participated in the World Wars or even Ukraine...there is a bit of sarcasm here.
Aleksandras Tvardauskas 11 months ago (edited)
I like how we sit here in Europe, laugh about America spending $738B on military and not on healthcare, and enjoy our free healthcare without chipping in to the agreed NATO budget during the 2014 meeting. Maybe we should stop relying on US financing our safety before criticizing their military budget...
Spidercat 11 months ago
Population reduction. More guns and fewer doctors means less people, which equals more resources for those who remain.
Bartlet for world domination 11 months ago
Economic growth requires more productivity or more people. The latter is much easier to achieve.
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Libstak 11 months ago (edited)
Is there no victim of crime assistance? In Australia you get a whole range of social assistance and for assaults etc, there is pain and suffering compensation available. Not alot as in millions but I had a friend who was sexually assaulted and received $25,000 to restart her life after many months of psychological and physical suffering, all of which she also had help with.
Kimi 11 months ago
When I was in my early 20s I was shot and injured in a drive by shooting. My medical was covered by crime victims compensation. I don't know if it was a state or federal funding. It didn't help me buy food or pay my rent. At least the restaurant I worked for held my job for 8weeks while I recovered.
Abdullah Abd Rahman 11 months ago
Americans are screwed: Gun violence and no universal healthcare, even though it's the richest country in the world.
UtanaYona 11 months ago
I am curious...no offense intended...there has been open wars in the Middle East for decades where innocents are killed, so is it ok to kill innocents as long as the country has Universal Healthcare?
Load More Replies... Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 11 months ago
Technically, yes. But most hospitals are willing to forgive a debt under those circumstances
Jim Robertson 11 months ago
Yes as if you were somewhere else you would not have been shot, therefore it's your fault lol
Richienotsorich 11 months ago
But also in America, you sue the shooter, their family, whomever bought the gun, whomever has supported them to take the action they took.
Sand Ers 11 months ago
And after you've wasted tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, you're ten or hundreds of thousands of dollars poorer. Because even if you win, you're never getting a dime out of those people.
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Now I'm Thinking About It Too
Karina 11 months ago (edited)
it happended before both wars. edited to say, "all" wars.
Load More Replies... UtanaYona 11 months ago
See...Universal Healthcare is easy...especially with 20 U.S. military bases in the country protecting them.
Isa Car 11 months ago
Sweety, the US already pays more than enough for healthcare, they just need to change to an actually GOOD system. So "but the US is protecting Germany with its gunsss" doesn't even matter here ...
Load More Replies... Nikole 11 months ago
I’m predicting a depression followed by the thing that always got us out of a depression: war. Yay!
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EJN 11 months ago
Rather than protection from fascism, it always seemed that in the USA, worker protection and benefits was tolerated so as to avoid communist thought. For a similar reason, allowing fascist politicians to weaken regulation in favor of owners/upper management with money ensures fascist politicians votes and funding. They, in turn, appoint those other wealthy to positions in the government as we currently see happening which ensures additional influence and support for developing a fascist government.
Fullo Shit 11 months ago
Du weißt gar nicht ,wie gut wir es in Deutschland haben. Germans sometimes forget,how much better we have it here compared to many other countries.
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Youth unemployment rates are also high not only in the U.S. but in other developed countries as well. The age-old "Get an education and you'll get a sturdy job" rule also often goes out the window. Joanie Bily, chief workforce analyst at Employbridge, told CNBC that many college graduates are taking jobs that have nothing to do with their degrees. "They’re looking to enter into the workforce and launch their careers, and many of them are taking jobs even in leisure and hospitality, because that’s where the jobs are."
#16
The American Dream Is Crumbling
Steinem Sukker Rumpe 11 months ago (edited)
I love how small countries are picked out. I live in Denmark, m***********s this is how it be in so so many european countries. Look at this one small, kooky place doing it totally different. Could never work ine the US with its 350m people. MFKers, it works like this for hundreds of millions of people here, not just kooky lil denmark. They're lying to you. Land of the free, my a*s. Only thing you're free to be is majorly exploited.
HardBoiledBlonde 11 months ago
And all the benefits indicated in the post?
Load More Replies... iseefractals 11 months ago
Denmark, doesn't have a minimum wage. That McDonalds worker has an effective tax rate of 35.6%. In a country that has a higher cost of living than the U.S. If the minimum wage in a country is equal to $50,000, but the cost of living is $60,000.....yes they're getting paid more, but they're still not in a good position. Doesn't matter where in the world you are, McDonalds is paying exactly the bare minimum they have to. https://dk.talent.com/en/tax-calculator
Joe Reaves 11 months ago
And if you point that out to an American you get told - that's because we pay for your defence! Or in some cases they claim the US is actually subsidising everyone else.
#17
This Is Why You Don't Use The "Proper Channels"
Karina 11 months ago
Bored panda used to be a place to plot the peaceful destruction of the capital system, now its buckeling like rotten soil.
Steve Robert 11 months ago
Every time they ask for money for content pilfered from other sites, I leave it. BP you're killing yourself for no other reason except greed!
Load More Replies... Rahul Pawa 11 months ago
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Know The Real Culprits
Bob Brooce 11 months ago
One of the things that really pisses me off is how much money and energy governments waste installing pretty lights and keeping them lit, and I get a reminder every time I drive over one of several bridges in my area.
CanadianDimes 11 months ago
I live in a building where the communal areas are maintained by the local council, who, in their (lack of) wisdom have put lights outside each flat, in the stairwells (that are one storey only) and in the entries - these lights come on when it’s dark and don’t turn off again until the light reaches a certain level the next day. There’s a school facing my flat with lights on all night over the empty school yard. There are also a number of other buildings in my immediate area with the same imposed light pollution. It is SUCH a waste. Their line is that it deters crime but the lights could so easily be motion sensor in that case.
Load More Replies... iseefractals 11 months ago
That's the emission share by sector in the U.S, factoring in Electricity and gas consumption. Times square consumes 161 megawatts per day, or 58,375 megawatts per year. Overall energy consumption of the U.S is 4.7 BILLION megawatts, putting times square at 0.0012% of overall energy consumption. Comparatively, the energy consumption of NYC averages out to 5500 megawatts per day....except in the summer, when everyone turns on their AC.....which spikes usage to 10,000 megawatts per day. There is no one single entity that anyone can point to as being solely, or even "more" responsible.....it's a collective failure, and everyone needs to stop making excuses and justifications and start doing better NOW, not after everyone else has lived up to some standard that you refuse to accept for yourself. total-2024...adacc0.png 
Joshua David 11 months ago
Worked in corporate HR. They completely gutted the main office 3 times and yet cant give a raise?
Søren Schilthauer 11 months ago
So? Turn down your AC and THEN scream at the companies that advertise. Oh! And DONT BUY THE ADVERTISED PRODUCTS!!!!!
The current generation is also very uncertain about the future of the planet. The climate crisis, political unrest, and the dire prospects for our species has many young people skeptical and wondering whether they should have children or if they should even bother working towards any goals.
#19
Do You Accept?
Robert Beveridge 11 months ago
Anyone who's still unaware that trickle-down theory is a pipe dream needs their head examined.
Sand Ers 11 months ago
It's based on a completely false picture of how our economy works. And the people pushing it are and always have been fully aware of that.
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Sand Ers 11 months ago
My only question is if you're actually this stupid, or are pretending to be.
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It's A Real Head Scratcher
Angie May 11 months ago
And let them die if the fetus they're carrying is either unviable and/or a risk to their life.
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keyboardtek 11 months ago
The ones having the most kids are the religious pro-life who support Fascist Christianity, and the poorly uneducated youth whose parents and school system do not believe in educating them about birth control.
Nikole 11 months ago
I know everyone always beings up Idiocracy, but it’s exactly like that movie!
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CP 11 months ago
I'm fairness no one is having kids in first world nations. USA isn't even the worst.
Socks Thecate 11 months ago
My daughter got married a couple of years ago and we had a long conversation this weekend about the cost of having children, how it impacts work life, child care. It's quite hard to navigate. All some people want to do is blame, pretend young people buying Starbucks coffee and being selfish is the reason they don't have children. By the way, my daughter wants to have a child.
LuisSD stuff 11 months ago
It's too expensive to have children in America in the 21st century.
Michael None 11 months ago
Republicans: Kids can work in factories now Republicans: if an active shooter comes into their class, kids should hide in big metal box Republicans: lmao why would preschool be free Republicans: why aren't people having kids anymore There fixed it for you.
Sand Ers 11 months ago
Republicans: minimum wage is communism. Republicans: Union representation is communism. Republicans: worker protection laws are communism. Republicans: nobody wants to work any more!
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There Is No Such Thing !!
kkrq2vk4tm 11 months ago
Not true, a pre existing condition is just that a specific diagnosed condition that you have prior to a current medical event that may or may not have an adverse effect on current treatment it forms part of a whole medical history the fact that insurance companies make it there business to know about them doesn't change the facts Dr's need to know about any pre existing conditions as it may affect current treatment negatively
Ramona Hyrne 11 months ago
If you dare to use health care you get punished by now having a pre-existing condition, which can cause you to loose or be unable to obtain healthcare, and if you can qualify, the cost will be so high you can't afford it any way.,
Rebecca McManus 11 months ago
UK here, daughter has condition called POTS, I work in a middle role which offers private health insurance as an optional (taxed) benefit and will apply to the family as well, but they won't cover her so I refused the benefit, she's covered by the NHS and having private cover would only save a week or two on treatment
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
Not true. In Australia most, if not all, private health insurance requires you to sign on for at least 12 months before you can claim for pre-existing conditions.
AsylumWalker 10 months ago
Uh no, most of them only have a waiting period of 3 months
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Joanne Earle 11 months ago
Just like homeowners ins not covering damage from 'named storms'. Who names the storms? The freakin Weather Channel.
Sand Ers 11 months ago
The World Meteorological Organization names storms.
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#22
Basically, The Laws Exist To Protect The Capitalist Class
Nikole 11 months ago
I’m pretty sure he still owes several U.S. cities for the cost of his… rallies.
Load More Replies... Sand Ers 11 months ago
Plenty of billionaires in "progressive" European countries. Laws skewed to tilt the table toward the already rich aren't anywhere near unique to the US.
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Geoffrey Scott 11 months ago
One of the 'socialist' (US) ideas that helped us (employees) was the PBGC. Granted, the pensions we get are nowhere near full, but they couldn't walk away from it. Even the most rabid conservative employee is grateful this is a thing
#23
Pretty Much Most Countries Just Say F**k You To Your Teeth And Eyes
JLMay 11 months ago
You have to wait from six months to over a year before you can use the insurance. I'm a US citizen, and I dream of leaving the States, but I will never be able to afford that.
Verena 11 months ago (edited)
People with zero money are able to make their way to Europe. If you want to leave, you are in the comfortable position to just show your passport and you are allowed to comfortably travel to almost any country of your liking. Apply for a job in a country you like, borrow some money (it is by far less than the ones need who have no other choice than to take the smuggler's route), get on a plane or safe boat with your own hut.
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Bored Sailor 11 months ago
This I fully hate how cosmetic but require to survive. Dental and vision are medical and needed.
Otto Katz 11 months ago
And your mental health is an add-on and even when you add it on, insurance will commonly pay for only half.
Fry Me A Liver 11 months ago
Health insurance: Teeth are luxury bones that we must pay more to continue enjoying.
#24
Hmmm Sounds About Right!
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 11 months ago
The guy who invented Monopoly would tell you that is why he invented the game...to show the evils of capitalism.
Rahul Pawa 11 months ago (edited)
🤓 Um Actually, Monopoly was based on a game (the Landlord's game) invented by a woman named Lizzie Magie. Apparently the original version had an alternate set of "anti-capitalist" rules. That sounds interesting to me and I'd love to try it.
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Chris the Bobcat 11 months ago
Fvck the system. I play for a different, dirtier objective. Hookers, payoffs and flophouses everywhere! monopoly-s...e6-png.jpg 
Political polarization is another issue that has many young people stressed. Although some people claim that Gen Z are pretty polarized themselves and good targets for extreme, anti-establishment candidates, others suggest that the new generation might be the one to phase out polarization from American politics.
#25
Freefromwork
Nicole Weymann 11 months ago
Ah, but don't forget there's a lot less you can buy for that money, even if you did manage to save it! /S
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#26
Don’t Be A Rat Comrades!
Data1001 11 months ago
Living in LA, I see a lot of homeless people ride the trains without paying (there are certain stations where this is incredibly easy to do). As long as they're not causing a commotion, not bothering anyone, and not smelling to high heaven, there's no way I'm going to tell the authorities about it. They're just trying to get by. Now, the people in nice clean clothes (who very obviously aren't homeless) who do that, I have no problem with reporting.
Rahul Pawa 11 months ago
Idk about this. Some people who are struggling aren't obvious about it.
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Wingsofwrath 11 months ago
A few days ago I was at the checkout and the old lady in front of me pocketed a few packs of wet cat food while putting her groceries on the conveyor belt. Both me and the cashier saw it and we just locked eyes and decided, then and there, without a single word being exchanged, that we didn't, in fact, see anything at all.
Kelly H. Wilder 11 months ago
There is a difference between stealing bread, baby food, etc. and stealing filet mignon. We had a guy at my store a few months ago that we caught taking multiple packs of filet mignon by dropping them down the front of his pants. When confronted, he said he just didn't like paying for things. Because we could no longer sale the product he was given the option to pay for them and take them home, or if he could not pay for them we would put him on the payroll so he could earn them (and if it worked out, it could have become a permanent position), or he could call the police department and turn himself in--we had him on video. He pulled out his wallet, took out 3 $100 bills, and paid for the meat. He hasn't been in our store since. All this in spite of the fact that it is well-known in our town that if a person has a need all they have to do is speak with a manager and we will make certain that need is met to the best of our ability. Stealing from need is dramatically different.
Nikole 11 months ago
Yeah, not all shoplifting. My CVS had to stop keeping packages of chocolate by the liquor section because this couple would steal them. And two days ago when I was there, a woman was sitting on the ground near the back going through two packages of Hagen dazs ice cream bars while her toddler ran around (and she looked like a perfectly normal Asian lady).
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 11 months ago
This is the #1 reason Next door is a cesspool. During the few weeks I was there, I watched people report all of these "problems" because OMG CONCERNED CITIZEN. I'm pretty sure I'm banned for life after I finally had enough and replied to one of them (with something similar to this, but a bit more longwinded and a great deal more profane) who was trying to organize a tent-destroying posse.
Montanavanna 11 months ago
Homelessness is criminal, they say. Gotta break up their gathering spots and living spaces because being homeless is wrong and obviously a choice. Please, what they don't like is when homeless people live in a tribal way they are more equipped to opt out of the capitalist machine. They often take care of each other and eek out a living together. Can't have that.
Leesa DeAndrea 10 months ago (edited)
Waiting in line at the self check in Walmart, week before Christmas. Employee who usually monitors that area gone. Young couple ahead of me, loaded cart, just started bagging up their items, mostly groceries, without scanning. I was shocked. But I didn't rat them out.
Tamra 11 months ago
Given that you likely voted for the guy with dozens of felony convictions to be president, you really don't have a leg to stand on here.
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I'm So Sick Of This Dynamic
Liz The Biz 11 months ago
This. By the time I have finished work for the day, done all the household chores, looked after my kids, looked after my mother I don't have the time or energy to do anything else. My 'days off' are usually to do something for somebody else. I wish I could do things with the power of my mind and I wish I could be I two places at once.
Howl's sleeping castle 11 months ago
My mum is going through cancer treatment and has to be fed through a tube every 3 hours between 6 am to 11 pm. Between my job (fortunately WFH), cooking fresh feed, taking care of the medicines, keeping an eye on her in case she needs something, I don't get to even step out of the house unless going to the hospital for follow ups
Jenna Kay 11 months ago (edited)
Ended up in therapy and the doc kept telling me work was not my life. Dude, I am at work more than I am at home. I am expected to answer whenever they call or text. I am burned out but the bills don't pay themselves. Yes, it would be great to indulge one of my interests, but when exactly would I do that?! I got a new therapist.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 11 months ago
I once read that one of the first questions people ask is what your job is, to decide how much they should respect you or not. so I no longer answer it. "what do you do?" "I cuddle my cat, I read a lot, I write, I dabble in various crafts, I enjoy cooking. I want to do more art" "no, what's your job" "that's not relevant or interesting. it tells you nothing about me as a person. what I do for my own enjoyment does"
Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 11 months ago
I knew kids in high school complaining about being underpaid, overworked, and underapriciated. My stepsister had to miss cousin Christmas cuz she couldn’t get the time off. Someone in choir when I was in high school had to call in sick the Saturday of a concert and he was 16. It’s pathetic.
Authors of Generational Politics in the United States claim that all the previous generations (The Silent generation, Baby Boomers, and Gen X) were more polarized in their political views than millennials and Gen Z. They theorize that because these generations are less religious, more ethnically and racially diverse, a new political center could form, one where polarization isn't as prominent.
#28
America Is Immoral
Saddest_Lion 11 months ago
We can't cure cancer! It's not fair to all the people who already died from cancer! Why should I care about Your cancer? It's not My cancer, so I don't care about curing it!
Angie May 11 months ago
If you just stop buying avocado toast and pull yourself up by your bootstraps you can get rid of your cancer, stop whining!
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Trophy Husband 11 months ago
I took out $30k in student loans at 2.25% in 2002-4. It was a 20 year loan, but with very low payments. For these calculations to be correct, his interest rate would have to be something in the 15% range at least.
Geoffrey Scott 11 months ago
May I urge EVERYONE reading this to contact Reps and Sens (US) to demand an interest rate on student loans no more than a mortgage rate. My teacher daughter is paying 12.5%...usurious! THAT'S why Sean is having this experience, and take forgiveness out of the equation, and focus on THIS if you want success. Offends the people who have paid off their debt.
Bored Sailor 11 months ago
The route cause needs to be the focus. Why is a 100+ year old school charging 1,000% higher tuition for a course that has not changed? Who pays is not the issue, it is charges.
Nikole 11 months ago
It’s also a factor that student loans shouldn’t have such high interest rates.
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#29
Exactly!!!
Miki 11 months ago
I remember an..... "article" from few years back, here in PL, saying something like: "new trend among young people. They only buy very small apartments." Like it was their f*****g choice.
James Peek 11 months ago
Saw one where they were talking to students about the "new" trend of roommates!! They answered that it was not a trend, but a FORCED necessity!
Load More Replies... Alewa 11 months ago
When was your age, 35k would buy me a home and I could afford 4 children while my wife was a SAHM, so you must be spending it wrong.
M O'Connell 11 months ago
Please tell me this is sarcasm. If it's not, that explains SO much.
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Verena 11 months ago
I live in the Netherlands and can live quite comfortably with 35k€. It requires making choices, but I don't feel poor and would not either with the same in my European home country.
Lady Lava 11 months ago
But you probably can't buy a house on that salary? I'm from the Netherlands, and while we do have proper wages in most jobs, I see that many young people can't find affordable housing. They can't get a mortgage and renting is expensive, because of the house prices gone skyhigh over the last decade. Only if you are renting or having a mortgage for a house for several years, the cost of housing is still affordable.
Load More Replies... Abdullah Abd Rahman 11 months ago
Americans are screwed by their politicians - Democrats or Republicans- and their wealthy friends.Just stating the obvious, which the rest of the world can see....
Bec 11 months ago
The US Median household income is around $80k, $35k may be a Per Capita' value? It looks like around 25% have income under $35k.
Angie May 11 months ago
The Us population is about 333 million. 25% of that is 83.2 million. And median household income can mean two or more incomes per home depending on marital status/roommates. So this is still a staggering amount of US citizens making roughly 35k each.
Load More Replies... funnybunny 11 months ago
maybe people should try to work and get a better job or learn to save money. it's not that hard to pay your expenses if you are smart with your money and work the hardest you can. my friend has been a car salesman for his entire life and can support his family of five and his mother
iseefractals 11 months ago
No matter how many times this is posted, it continues to be wrong. The average salary in the U.S for 2023, was $63,000 while the median salary was $59,000. Alabama was the state with the lowest average salary, and even that was $50,620. https://www.sofi.com/learn/content/average-salary-in-us/
Bartlet for world domination 11 months ago
About half of Americans make less than $35,000.
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This Is What We're Up Against
Leigh 11 months ago
My sister was looking for a house for her family. A guy selling a house received her offer and a slightly higher offer from someone who flips houses. He was kind enough to sell it to her. He explained he rather see a family enjoy it.
James016 11 months ago
This is what happened to us 9 years ago. The old guy selling decided to sell it to us despite getting a higher offer from someone who was clearly going to flip it. We did meet the seller at the viewing and my son lunged at him for a cuddle. We say that sealed the deal. The seller preferred to sell it to a someone who would live in it.
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Otto Katz 11 months ago
We will be selling our home, on the market mid-end of Feb. We told our agent we will NOT be selling to a flipper, or a corporation. We will be selling to a family. We CAN say no to flippers or corps, they are not 'protected classes'. I want someone raising a family in this home, like I did..
Gwyn 11 months ago (edited)
When we sold our house one of the offers was from a guy who basically wrote into his offer that he'd beat any other offer by 500, he was a flipper. I know other people who would have taken his offer because it was highest. We went with the offer from a family that was $1,000 less than the best offer, who had been looking for a house for several years and kept getting bested by guys like this. I'm still glad we did that.
Toothless Feline 11 months ago
I get these kinds of texts repeatedly asking about a property across town from where I live, that I’ve never lived at, never owned, never had any family members live at or own, and that I don’t think I’ve ever even seen in person. It’s always the same specific address. It’s definitely not a case of me having somebody’s old cell number, because I’ve had my current number for almost thirty years, far enough back that they hadn’t needed to recycle numbers much yet.
Robert Beveridge 11 months ago
Housing is like Thanksgiving dinner: everyone should get a plate before anyone is allowed to go back for seconds.
Tracie Ess 11 months ago
My BIL passed away in May in the Bronx. About a month ago I got a text from someone wanting to buy his apartment. Never heard of this person before. I texted back asking how he got my number and he said the county surrogate court. I then told this person that yes, his apartment is for sale, we would give him a great price .and gave him the number to the landlord. My BIL rented his apt. Also threw in that the texter was a ghoul. Did it help? No. Was I happy? Yes.
Geoffrey Scott 11 months ago
Been getting offers in the mail to sell our house for 20% of it's value. We laugh, but those who contemplate it...
If you feel like the world is going to bits and no one else cares, just check out what people on the r/LostGeneration subreddit are saying. You may find that many actually have a similar mindset to you! You can also see more discussions about today's harsh realities in our previous posts about the subreddit here, here, and here!
#31
This Needs To Be Shared!!
Scary Laugh 11 months ago
Britons have been citizens rather than subjects since 1948. (The British Nationality Act)
Load More Replies... Steinem Sukker Rumpe 11 months ago (edited)
When I was a teacher in the UK, child poverty was becoming a big concern. What did the Torys do? Help, provide more money, better schemes, support? Nope. They redefined poverty. Meaning little Timmy who got a free school meal yesterday doesn't get one today, because he's no longer poor. Good news Timmy, apparently you're not poor anymore and you're having a plate of air for lunch. Doesn't that feel great, Timmy! F*****g a******s. Next Royal celebration, jump it. Steal their s**t and f**k it up!
Robert Beveridge 11 months ago
I kind of hate that I looked at this and thought "more food pantries than branches of mcdonald's should be aspirational for the USA."
Barbara Wilcock 11 months ago
So,you just pop up to Charles and say 'hey mate,can I have your gold init' Yes,that will solve all the problems
Steinem Sukker Rumpe 11 months ago (edited)
You're so British, why you asking politely? Many country has done it to their royals and its had a staggering affect on the distribution of wealth and power back to its people. Many European countries (and more firther afield) dabbled in dismantling their monarch's, with violence. Just f**k his s**t up. No please, thabk yous or apologies needed.
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Anne-Marie Tye 11 months ago
In Scotland we are not robbed but benefit from the Uk government. For every £100 the UK gov spends in England the Scottish gov receives £126. We all know how good the Scottish gov is at managing money but, hey, let's blame Westminster.
Load More Replies... Orysha 11 months ago
The saddest part is you could replace UK by almost every country in Europe except maybe Spain.
Deborah Coalter 11 months ago
Look at the Vatican as well! Sell those "priceless" works of art and feed the World! Jesus Christ had nothing, so should his mouthpiece on Earth!
Rebecca McManus 11 months ago
To be fair, it was the government that created these problems, not the monarchy
Sheena Leversedge Wood 11 months ago
the "magic gold hat gene" is a myth. a lie. they're not better or more important than us, they're just RICHER.
#32
Tax The Rich One
Jenna Kay 11 months ago
Have heard so many billionaires say they really want to help. Okay - provide loans to people who need a car to work, at like 4% interest (not fancy cars, just a family one), buy a load of single family homes and townhomes and make the rent affordable, offer loans to small mom & pop shops at a low interest rate, invest in a trade school that creates skilled workers that can make your products, ... billionaire still makes money, but is helping others too.
Leesa DeAndrea 10 months ago
And yet American citizens elected a corrupt billionaire again who will give big business and the wealthy everything they want while he pretends to care about the rest of us.
Nik Odongray 11 months ago
I don’t know why the conversation didn’t stop with Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders saying that they wanted to raise taxes on the 1% and use that money to pay for Medicaid For All and other government programs that would help the other 99% of us.
iseefractals 11 months ago
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2025/
Rosecrucian Roeth 11 months ago
But why??????????????...........they whine, endlessly.....F**K
#33
One Can Dream, Can’t They?
SlothyK8 11 months ago
I paid $700/mo for my first apartment in the mid 90's in CA on an income of $35K/year. That same apartment now leases for almost $3K/mo. I have NO IDEA how people afford that. That's more than my mortgage payment!
Joshua David 11 months ago
I got my first apartment and it was amazingly affordable. $400 with all utilities paid except for phone and tv. I was making $9 an hour and was able to afford it. Same apartment listed for $1500 and again with all utilities paid.
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Storm Rise 11 months ago
The 80 year old, 1 bdrm apartment I paid $165 p/w for in Sydney, Australia 1999, now rents for $1320 p/W. How is this legal?
Chckn nuggie 11 months ago
We are the only species on earth that pays for stuff and makes earth unstable by a long shot, mainly just because of these little 2d rectangles that are like a God to us. I'd rather be called a pig or cow than a human. They have way better lives. Maybe we aren't the smartest species, but the dumbest. We. Are. Ruining. The. Earth. And. Our. Homes.
Chckn nuggie 11 months ago
Edit: I am 13 and I have a feeling I have more sense than most money blinded
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 11 months ago
Honestly I'm cool with $30 Chinese food as long as it's someone from the syndicate rather than a chain. Keep mom and pop in business! (if you don't know about the Chinese restaurant syndicate, watch the doc The Search for General Tso. Absolutely fascinating.)
Fack Suckerberg 11 months ago (edited)
Chinese food in Germany is about 10$ today. It was around 6-7$ 10 years ago. My 45m² appartment is less 400$ (cold) in a large German city.
Andy Frobig 11 months ago
It is worth mentioning that everyone always wants the costs of five or ten or fifty years ago, but not the wages
Renay T 11 months ago
Uhh where you buying Chinese? It's $5.99 to $7.99 where I am. You get meat, rice or noodles, and crab ragoon or egg rolls. You get a lot.
Jenna Kay 11 months ago
Where the heehaw do you live?!! The crab rangoon alone is $9 here.
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#34
A Trans Man In Ohio Was Beat Up And Arrested For Using The Bathroom Associated With His S*x Assigned At Birth. This Isn't A Bug, It's A Feature
Rahul Pawa 11 months ago (edited)
There's some subtext here that doesn't get talked about enough. Those men beat that person up because they fully believed that person intended to rape a woman in the bathroom (If there's a different thought process behind their actions, please tell me because I don't see it). Their own actions belie their belief that men can't be trusted in private spaces with women because the man will rape the woman given the opportunity. What does it mean when a group of men believe this so much they beat up someone who was just trying to relieve their bladder?
Foxglove🇮🇪 11 months ago
I don't think they actually believe the r*pe thing, it's just an excuse to beat someone up for being different
Load More Replies... Kimi 11 months ago
Everyplace that is open to the public should have a non-gender or family bathroom. I was in a wheelchair for a couple years. My husband had to help me which usually meant getting a member of management to close the bathroom for us and inconveniencing everyone or I had to go home.
Kelly H. Wilder 11 months ago
I absolutely agree. I have a special needs son who can not toilet independently. That means I have to go with him to assist him. I take him into the ladies' room, but if a non-gender restroom were available that would definitely be my choice. I am also certain that I would frequent that business far more often than others, so it would a win-win.
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Tobias Reaper 11 months ago
there is not a single man alive that would care if a trans man used the men's bathroom for one simple reason we don't like to talk or even make eye contact with other dudes in the bathroom. I dont get why they forced them to use the womens bathroom the world can be a really horrible place
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 11 months ago
Love and strength to my trans siblings ik how scary it can be 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Beary Nice 11 months ago (edited)
this was described so badly I was confused so had to find the story... this person was advised to use the woman's bathroom by the campground owner ( who this person described as a family friend and aware of the transition ) for safety reasons as they had not been through any surgeries. a woman in the bathroom started freaking out accusing the person of being a trans woman then men outside got involved and attacked him...he was not forced to use the bathroom, it was a friend concerned for their safety from men...a reason many women are concerned..this really just highlights both concerns oddly...
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
The thing about gender neutral bathrooms is that the only 'shared' bit is the handwashing area. The cubicles are intended for one person, just as they are in gendered bathrooms. Not that this matters, because the debate isn't actually about the practicalities of gender/gender neutral bathrooms. It's not even about people being raped (because that can happen no matter where you are). It's about people deciding what is 'right' for society and these people don't want transgender people to exist at all because they aren't 'right'.
Certainly not Dan 11 months ago
I think this illustrates how people are easily whipped up into a rage to support whichever camp they are in. There are very few grey areas now. Anything other than full support for trans people is transphobia and therefore evil. Anyone not born female using a female toilet probably a rapist. Is not helping anyone
#35
Murica
Igor914624 11 months ago
Met a retired couple on a cruise ship that was living on the ship. They booked the cruises for years, and only had a PO box for mail. The cruise line would even ship their stuff to a new ship if they wanted to change locations. They could get off the ship and stay in a port until the next time the ship docked, and get back on. They loved it.
keyboardtek 11 months ago
But not really comparable to assisted living. On a cruise ship no one will help you take a bath or get dressed if your are disabled.
Panda Kicki 11 months ago
I did some fact checks about that and it isnt as good as it sounds.you need to be healthy enough to mainly handle yourself. If you frequently use the nurse/doctor it will cost a lot at most boats. Nursing homes are mainly for those needing a lot of assistance, at least here. They wouldnt be allowed onboard without a caretaker.
John L 11 months ago (edited)
How do you get better care on a cruise ship? Last time I took a cruise I sprained my ankle (mexican tequila will mess you up). They wanted thousands of dollars for treatment. How would elder care be affordable on a cruise ship?
Michael Largey 11 months ago
You can buy health insurance as part of a travel insurance package. My wife had a stroke on a cruise. Everingthing ended up paid by insurance.
Load More Replies... Uncle Schmickle 11 months ago
Not only that, but if you die on a cruise ship, you may get a no - cost "sea burial" .....way to go.
Andy Frobig 11 months ago
That would be bitchin... I'm already telling my sisters I want to be donated to a forensic farm. Death expenses are one of the biggest wastes of money there is
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Huddo's sister 11 months ago
There was a story on the news (commercial 'news') about 6 months ago about a retired Australian couple that did this because it was cheaper than aged care, which makes me sad, especially considering cruises aren't exactly cheap.
Donna Peluda 11 months ago
Yes but remeber most staff on cruises are from 3rd world or emerging economies and and basically are XXI century slaves. I've done subcontract work for all the big cruise companies and I've been in the belly of the best.
#36
Just In Case You Didn't Get The Message
CanadianDimes 11 months ago
It’s not beginning to look like that. It’s been that for several decades now, at least.
nottheactualphoto 11 months ago
Yes, and Putin and Trump are butt-buddies. Coincidence?
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#37
This Country Is So Depressing, All It Takes Is One Medical Emergency And Your Finances Are Ruined
The Cute Cat 11 months ago
2 month ago both of my son get DHF almost in the same time.. Both spend 10 days in hospital.. My family don't use insurance, because at that time I am just a freelancer while looking for a job.. It cost around 4 times average salary in my place.. That no crippling our economy at all..
Jenna Kay 11 months ago
I have good insurance - ended up in the ER and my part is more than I have in savings. On the plus side, I haven't received the bill for the surgery I had to have yet 🫣
Display_Name 11 months ago
I was in a bad car accident last year and couldn't take off efficient time to heal. I used all of my PTO for doctors appointments. I had a more tragic wreck this year. I was out of PTO time. I couldn't stay home and heal. BTW, I had gotten a second job after the first wreck to buy a car. I was going to quit the second job tomorrow but this wreck changed that because I have to save money to buy a car...again. I'm hurting so bad from working 7 days a week sometimes from sunrise to well past sundown. The only thing that has kept me with y'all is too many people depend on me.
Abdullah Abd Rahman 11 months ago
Americans have a health don't-care system, unfortunately. You guys are screwed by your politicians and their wealthy friends.
Fry Me A Liver 11 months ago
My first thought: Dear God, WHY is there a severed thumb glued to that guy's placard??!
Storm Rise 11 months ago
My daughter spent 2 weeks in the burns unit in Seattle Harborview Hospital in 2007. I did all her debriding, wound dressing and brought her food to the hospital as they had things like hotdogs and corndogs for dinner, and sweet pastries for breakfast (how the hell are you expected to heal while eating c**p?) $50k later we took her home with the instruction to come back for grafting in 3 months. I took over her care, and 3 months later she had little to no scarring, much to the disgust of the docs who told me off for not 'leaving it alone until they could graft' Yeah- bugger off! Why the hell would I sit around and not help my child heal, just to put her through more torment with skin grafts that she wouldn't need if they'd actually done their jobs? I did it for them. Absolutely s****y so-called healthcare.
#38
Oh, No! Anything But That!
Helena 11 months ago
And even when it does cover something it is next to nothing and at least some part of it is going to get rejected.
Angie May 11 months ago
Or they'll deny your claim so they don't need to pay it at all even when it's for life saving procedures or medications.
Load More Replies... Orysha 11 months ago (edited)
That's not true even in Europe we got private insurance if you choose to have one. The difference it's that's not compulsory if you don't want to die.
The Darkest Timeline 11 months ago
Exactly. It is a flat-out lie to say that private insurance would be “abolished” if we had universal health care. Private insurance exists in places with UHC, it’s something you can purchase on top of your UHC. But lies like this are par for the course for the shills at the NYT.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 11 months ago (edited)
1776: "No king? There's no precedent for that in American history!"
Nik Odongray 11 months ago
My wife and I are on Medicaid because we can’t afford private insurance that doesn’t cover anything, even if I worked a higher paying job. I’ve discovered that it’s better to work less and make less and have insurance that covers just about everything at 100%. I suspect this is a factor in the reduced workforce.
Gwyn 11 months ago (edited)
I learned the other day that there are other countries that offer federal fines insurance and allow private insurance to exist at the same time. The federal insurance is very competitive and keeps prices down. There's more than one way to do it. If America is that exceptional we should be able to figure it out.
Philly Bob 11 months ago
We'd rather pay $15K a year with a $7K deductable rather than an extra $4K in taxes because why should I pay for some rando to have a healty life. What a foxxing joke!! It's all fun and games until they, their spouse or kids need it.
Michael Largey 11 months ago
For some people, "socialism" is any government program that helps people they don't like.
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No War But Class War
Norm Gilmore 11 months ago
Here in NZ landlords were given tax cuts that the National government said would make rents cheaper as they would "pass those savings on to renters" Hahahahahahaha...... (Their leader Christopher Luxon is infamous for saying in an interview "Let me be clear: I'm wealthy, I'm - you know - sorted." https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536726/quote-of-the-year-2024-luxon-s-wealthy-and-sorted-in-running-for-annual-contest
Luke Branwen 11 months ago
I can imagine it worked about as well as "trickle-down economics"
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RP 11 months ago
Not sure about the USA, but in many other countries I know, you cannot deduct your mortgage. You can deduct the INTEREST you pay on the mortgage if you rent out the property because it is a cost of the business i.e. it's costing you (as opposed to paying off the actual debt because that is equity you then own). This is NOT the same as being able to off-set your entire mortgage. People seem to get this one confused a lot
BlahBlobLa 11 months ago
Same in the US, interest only, not the whole thing.
Load More Replies... Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 11 months ago
In the UK if you lose your job you can claim benefit to pay your rent but not your mortgage. So your landlord's mortgage is covered, but not your own. You might be able to claim for help with the interest on your mortgage, but not the principle. So the bank gets theirs, but you can go swivel.
Beachbum 8 months ago
And not get reported to the credit bureaus. I a mtrying to buy a house righ now, I have been preappred for a loan, but the only thing in price range are REO's, and s**t properties. I can't find anything where a cute little family is ready to upgrade to a bigger house. Do people just not do this anymore?
#40
I Know A Lot Of Friends With The Side Hustle Mindset. I See It As Sad More Than Anything
Strings 11 months ago
I work a PT job for the mortgage payment, and a regular job for the rest of life
Geoffrey Scott 11 months ago
I do side gigs (lawns) for my expenses. My "regular job" is for our expenses.
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J J 11 months ago (edited)
I have a $30 hour job with 12 hour days. I'm still looking for a 2nd job. $1000 a month for 1 bedroom in Georgia. Been here 2 years. My rent has increased 3 times and the company that owned the rental sell eveytime they increase rent. I think they do it to show an increase in profit so they can make a quick resale for more profit.
Doofnuts 11 months ago
Hate to say it, but that's pretty much how I came out ahead. Worked like a dog for 50 years and been doing whatever the hell I want for 15 years so far. Still in excellent health, so here's hoping.
Kristy Marion 11 months ago
Same! Working 2 jobs on and off has enabled me to see the world, buy a home and more importantly pay off that home.
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Ellie Vanille 11 months ago
Umm... This meme should be made with different pictures. In this scene Spiderman actually sees better without the glasses, so...
Mobey Drunk 11 months ago
This is pissing me off even more now. Not only have I been doing this, but I had a family emergency and am trying to figure out how to keep things stable with the lost wages.
Dread Pirate Roberts 11 months ago
Pisses me tf off when people say, "These young people are lazy and don't wanna work," just because said young people want to actually have a life and only want to have to work 1 job with fair pay instead of barely surviving while working 3 jobs.
Donna Peluda 11 months ago
Don't know where I read that humans are the only animals that pay to live on planet earth.
#41
Thanks Reagan…
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 11 months ago (edited)
You want to see something interesting, look into the things their son said about his parents...The Reagans documentary is 😳
Mike F 11 months ago
St Ronald Reagan would have never taken advantage of the rank and file that way! /s
Helena 11 months ago
He is one of the architects of the downfall of the US. McConnell isn't far behind him either.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 11 months ago
Why not? He's teabaggin' all of us from the grave.
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#42
Let's Talk About This
Mobey Drunk 11 months ago
That's one of the best analogies I've heard in a long time.
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quentariel 11 months ago (edited)
Sex is not a priviledge, but using condoms should be a common sense. And society should change it's attitude towards contraceptives and sex alltogether and promote healthy, safe and consensual sex instead of demonising it. My country gives free contraceptives to underage teens, and they are affordable and easy to get to anyone. The results are visible and teen pregnancies are really rare.
Liz The Biz 11 months ago
To all those saying, don't have kids if you can't afford them, remember anybody's financial circumstances can change in a heartbeat through no fault of their own. Redundancy, illness, bereavement, divorce to name a few. It can happen to anybody from any walk of life.
Deborah 11 months ago
If you can't afford to have a kid have all the sex you want - just use birth control.
David Morgan 11 months ago
This is a ludicrous sentence. Anyone who says "don't have a kid you can't afford" is supporting the idea that just because you want to f**k, doesn't mean that everyone else should pay to give any resulting child a half-way decent life. A baby isn't a fashion statement or an accessory, it's a human being that will live (potentially) for a century. It will need food, medication, clothing, shelter, education. If you aren't ready to provide that, rethink your actions.
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#43
Some Bootlicker Making Poverty Wages Went And Shot A Pregnant Women To Protect His Capitalist Overlords
Agat 11 months ago
Let's wait and see if they can survive the bill for surviving being shot. :(
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Rahul Pawa 11 months ago
If she was shoplifting, how was that a threat to him? What was he protecting himself from? I hope he lost because that's clearly b******t.
Auntriarch 11 months ago
I don't know about Walgreens, but certainly Tesco in UK withhold a bonus from staff if shoplifting takes place. Not that anyone is likely to be shot, but it increases the chance of a store worker tackling a thief, which puts them at risk of harm.
Load More Replies... quentariel 11 months ago
I have panic disorder and I sometimes act a bit suspicious-looking in stores when the panic is rising (like sneaking around big crowds, taking breaks in some corner to gather myself and overall looking nervous and scared. Here in Finland I've been stopped a few times, but every time their suspicions have turned into a concern when they take a closer look. After explaining about my disorder, I'm usually asked if I want to helped somewhere to rest and have never been asked to show my bag or anything. I can't even think how dangerous it would be for me to live in a country with liberal gun-laws.
Jenna Kay 11 months ago
My daughter has diagnosed anxiety and agoraphobia, along with Asperger's syndrome and ADD. She has learned to tell employees she is having a problem as soon as she feels uncomfortable, and is always treated well after telling them. We do live in the US, in a state with open carry and concealed carry. I am glad she learned this coping mechanism, because who knows what could happen otherwise.
Load More Replies... Fullo Shit 11 months ago
That was my first thought.Who's paying the medical bills?
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TotallyNOTAFox 11 months ago
Poverty, low education and guns for everyone - Best country on Earth, eh?
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 11 months ago
This is the reason (aside from being able to afford it and other reasons) that I would not travel to the USA. You can be shot dead literally anywhere, at any time. Anywhere, any time, by any nut with a gun. Why does the US not understand this?
#44
*angry Mao Noises*
Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 11 months ago
F*****g sad. Americas legal system is messed up. When I become a lawyer I’ll operate on a slide scale.
Christopher DiOrio 11 months ago
Nope, you’ll be forced to be part of ‘the club’ as well and will act the same as every other attorney in every state.
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Norm Gilmore 11 months ago (edited)
You think he was at the courthouse every second? He could have found out about it afterward... (and pro se means they chose to represent themselves)
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#45
You Are Drinking From A Bottle
Gwyn 11 months ago (edited)
I don't understand how insurance companies got the power to diagnose and decide on treatment. Can we sue them for malpractice?
Jenna Kay 11 months ago
You can sue them, it's just expensive to do so. I am fortunate to have a primary physician who doesn't mind arguing with my insurance company to get me what I need!
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#46
The Cruelty Is The Point
Helena 11 months ago
Don't anything in Texas. Don't expect an education that is educational, don't live there if you have a uterus. Don't expect working utilities. Don't expect any kind of safety standards. If we could just herd the right into texas and evacuate any liberals, and just let texas secede that'd be great.
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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 11 months ago
Imagine if governors/politicians had to live the worst life they prescribe for one month every year - live on minimum wage on a zero hours contract, no water breaks, pee in a plastic bottle because the toilet is too far to get to during your actual break, ...
keyboardtek 11 months ago
Just what Texas need: dehydrated dizzy construction workers who are having problems thinking clearly from being dehydrated who are building everything.
The Darkest Timeline 11 months ago
Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans are deplorable. Ken Paxton is beneath contempt.
Erik Biesemeier 11 months ago
Because most people are short sighted idiots, that see lower house prices and no income tax, but don't realize they'll pay a ton of property tax and have to deal with the repercussions of the terrible state government policies.
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Tiffany Marie 11 months ago
Why would anyone take away water breaks? Take away his water break.
James Peek 11 months ago
Take away his wheelchair and let's see how he does!!
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#47
Labor History Is Important!
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 11 months ago
Read the novels "The Jungle" or "Coal King" by Upton Sinclaire, or "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck for insight into America's labour/poverty history (also available for free audio downloads from Libravox.com)
The Darkest Timeline 11 months ago
Companies went to literal war with their workers who just wanted a livable wage.
Sue 11 months ago
Even my 70+ uncle is clueless about this. Boomers just undid everything their parents and grandparents did to save a couple hundred in taxes.
dbildbo 11 months ago
Not boomers. 60+ only make up less than 20% of potential voters.
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Caffeine72 11 months ago
Everyone should watch Matewan. Great movie that mysteriously isn't available on Streaming.
#48
This Logic Brought To You By The State Of Tennessee
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 11 months ago
We had a mass shooting in 1996 (Port Arthur, Tasmania) We had a huge gun buy-back scheme (It was VOLUNTARY, we were NOT ''forced'' to give up our guns like the US seems to think and still screeches about) Guess how many mass shootings we've had since? Zero. Not exactly rocket science.
#49
USA Would Never 😂
Random User 11 months ago (edited)
This "school lunch" was staged by the US-based food chain Sweetgreen. https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-no-this-photo-does-not-show-students-meals-in-rome-italy
P1 No-Name 11 months ago
I actually don't care if this was staged. This is the lunch every young person deserves, whether they are in school or not. I actually don't care who funds it - Government or Private companies - as a society we just need to focus on giving young people the best nutrition, education, healthcare and start in life. Anyone who disagrees, does not deserve your vote.
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Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 11 months ago
To the no protine guy in the comments... the food on the bottom right looks like either fish or chicken to me... dont both of those things have protein???
Anna Drever 11 months ago
They do and what that poster doesn’t also realise is that ALL edible food has protein. In differing amounts of course, but if you can eat it there is SOME protein at the very least.
Load More Replies... Storm Rise 11 months ago
This is what they actually serve: https://eatingarounditaly.com/school-lunches-in-italy/#:~:text=A%20primo%20at%20a%20school,served%20as%20a%20second%20course.
EJN 11 months ago
This may be a fake, but the facts remain that school lunches in the US are not only garbage with questionable nutritional benefit but they are contracted out to save money as the number 1 goal. In other countries, this is not the case and it is da*n embarrassing. I live abroad so I know what the schools serve here in Japan because I worked in elementary schools and ate the same things the children did. American food for kids is horrible.
#50
Cool Cool Cool
Leigh 11 months ago
I'm on social security but the US government says I make to much for food stamps and Medicare. Despite the fact I'm poor I'm not poor enough apparently.
Geoffrey Scott 11 months ago
If you are on disability, or at FRA you are eligible for medicare, you must mean medicaid. If you are 62, the ACA costs about the same as medicare "B". And if you earn more than 20k/yr , you are near the ceiling for SNAP benefits.
Load More Replies... keyboardtek 11 months ago
I owned a pro-audio equipment repair shop. I was surprised when I turned 68 that my social security income would be more than my take home from owning a business.
#51
This Has To Be A Joke…
Bob Brooce 11 months ago
FWIW, these guys weren't selling avocados without the proper license or heath department certificate. They stole 300k worth of avocados from the company they worked for.
Atom Bohr 11 months ago
Did they, or were these avocados that would have been disposed of? I've heard of too many cases of theft where the person in question gave away/took home product at the end of the day instead of disposing of it to ever automatically assume wrongdoing by individuals in cases like this
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Ace 11 months ago
Just because there are worse crimes doesn't mean we stop enforcing lesser laws.
Orysha 11 months ago
With criminals in charge how do you want people to respect the law.
Load More Replies... Michael None 11 months ago
Maybe people were molesting the avocados? I've seen some very suspicious squeezing in the grocery store.
#52
Someone Should Check For A Pulse
Noname 11 months ago
This is not the interior of the US Senate. It looks more like Parliament in the UK.
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 11 months ago
The sentiment still stands. Why are we paying our politicians to read erotica on the senate floor to gum up the works and stonewall attempts to get legislation passed.
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Beak Hookage 11 months ago
Word has it that a BIG number of our Australian senators show up to sessions of parliament very obviously drunk, which would explain an awful lot. Well hell, one of our politicians was famously photographed passed out drunk on the footpath in the capital's party district. Yet still kept his job somehow.
TotallyNOTAFox 11 months ago
At least they show up, here in Germany there are sometimes not enough senators in the sessions to do anything
Load More Replies... Tamra 11 months ago
We could also mention a particular government representative (Granger/Republican/Texas) who has missed voting on any issue since July. Turns out she's living in a memory care facility, dealing with dementia. That was kept quiet, while taxpayers continued to give her a salary.
#53
I'm Out Of Words
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
You are wrong. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-07/inglewood-hospital-fined-75-000-for-failures-patient-dying-childbirth-maternal-death
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#54
Boomers With A Longer Lifespans Are Making Young’s Life A Death-Sentence
keyboardtek 11 months ago
A friend's daughter graduated with an art degree planning to become a public school art teacher. Found out the pay was so low and has worked for years as a waitress in an upscale restaurant making more than if she taught.
#55
Getting Dunked On By Fact Checkers On Twitter, A New Low For Biden
Bob Brooce 11 months ago
Along with stopping about 100,000 freight workers from starting a strike that also could have kept 750k non-striking workers off the clock, and resulted in a $2 billion per day loss tot eh overall economy, the Biden administration brokered a deal that got the union a 24% increase over 2 years, and an $11,000 bonus for ratifying the deal.
john doe 11 months ago
Exactly why the Democrats have to go, they as a party can't be reformed into moving to the left and actually pushing policy that is for the people, they have been too deeply corrupted, it's time for a socialist party to replace them, a party that isn't afraid to say what needs saying and is truly representative of the American people.
Geoffrey Scott 11 months ago
None of the last 3 Dem Presidents, no matter what they said were, pro-union. Clinton: NAFTA, Obama: No minimum wage increase...and today's example.
#56
Collapsing Birth Rate Lol
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 11 months ago
Collapsing birth rate is the biggest threat to ... the wealthy being able to continue to exploit the poor through low paying jobs with shoddy working conditions and the constant threat of unemployment and/or homelessness to scare us into submission.
Socks Thecate 11 months ago
The collapsing birth rate is becoming something that the unelected billionaire on X can't stop talking about. I am afraid for Federal abortion laws and contraception in the next four years
Load More Replies... Socks Thecate 11 months ago (edited)
Women have been doing capitalism a solid since it's inception by birthing and raising new workers for free. Capitalism got so greedy by demanding $3K for an average hospital birth with insurance. $1200 is the average child care cost as women cannot stay at home to raise their own children. In state four year college is $108K. I wonder why women are opting out of motherhood? It's almost as if the government and businesses conspired for low birth rate to be the outcome of their policies of grinding the faces of the poor.
#57
It Is Overlord Bezos
Leigh 11 months ago
I know someone who works for amazon and drivers have to pee in bottles discreetly because they'll get in trouble for trying not to get in trouble.
Socks Thecate 11 months ago (edited)
Hmm. This must be why I find water bottles containing yellow liquid on the roadside when I go for walks.
Load More Replies... Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 11 months ago
The purse is stronger than the ballot - stop buying from Amazon. Any time your employer wants to erode your working conditions & benefits, its because Jeff did it first.
P1 No-Name 11 months ago
He looks friendly, but from everything we hear - he really is the face of evil.
Annabelle 11 months ago
In my experience, evil always wears the friendliest smile.
Load More Replies... Uncle Schmickle 11 months ago
Sounds like the days of "those dark, satanic mills". I thought we live in an Enlightened age now ?
Agat 11 months ago
Explain to me then why does everyone order from Amazon? Why don't you vote with your wallet? You could force a change but not by feeding Amazon more money.. And this is not rhetoric, I would really like to know why everyone orders while criticizing them at the same time.
ucp 11 months ago
People struggle to pay their bills, so look to save wherever they can. Amazon is cheaper than a locally run company. However, this perpetuates Amazon gaining more power. With the growth of online shopping, the alternatives are becoming fewer too. I personally make my purchase decisions to avoid the likes of Amazon, but understand that I have to pay for the privilege.
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#58
The Largest Generation Is Changed To Lost Generation
Michael Largey 11 months ago
Part of this is certainly that boomers have more wealth than the other two generations mentioned because they've had more time to accumulate it. (And compound interest, as Einstein noted, is the most powerful force in the universe.)
#59
Europe Is Falling Apart Too, Pls Stop Encouraging Our Complacency By Telling Us How Great We Are And How Badly You Want To Move Here
cerinamroth 11 months ago
Or trains (for the health of our planet, which ultimately impacts our own health).
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Who'd've Thunk It, Eh?
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 11 months ago
Anyone know what they were trying to sell with this ad?
#61
Jesus Phucking Christ
kansasmagic 11 months ago
Twice I have paid rent while the landlord/rental company rented the apartment out to someone else. And in at least one of those cases it was perfectly legal for them to do so.
#62
Don't You Hate It When Climate Activists Block Highways
keyboardtek 11 months ago
I would appear the two commenters failed to get the irony of the blocked road being caused by a weather event.
TotallyNOTAFox 11 months ago
Absolutely not, I just point out that it's stupid to protest in the wrong place. same with throwing stuff at pictures - Great, what exactly does that change?
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTAFox 11 months ago (edited)
Yes, because it does absolutely nothing, blocks emergency services and binds police forces needed elsewhere. If they want change they can block the entries to companies and not pestereing the public
Kari Panda 11 months ago (edited)
My way home from work, usually a one hour drive, took me two hours due to a climate activists block. So why do I still use the car? Because with public transport, it‘d take me 3.5 hours each single day. Don’t hate on people using their cars for getting to&from work, daycare, grocery shopping etc., fight for better public transport. If public transport would add 30 min one way for me, I‘d take it. But 2.5 additional hours one way?
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#63
Gen Z Got Way Better Energy Then My Generation (X)
Janelle Collard 11 months ago
Good for them! (Ralph was shot in the head for ringing the wrong doorbell when he was picking up his siblings.)
#64
What A Conservative Thing To Say.. 🙄🤦🏽
Michael Largey 11 months ago
Lincoln noted that those who recommend slavery always recommend it for other people.
#65
Nobody Wants To Be Exploited
Wintermute 11 months ago
If the economy can't survive without child labor. Let it crumble. No more "too big to fail." That didn't work out last time, so I say let it all come tumbling down. The poor folk will still be okay.
René Sauer 11 months ago
yeah, no. I remember when I read a story online and the OP mentioned their 14 year old coworker, at a McDonalds. Like WTF?
#66
This Won't End Well
keyboardtek 11 months ago
Because the billionaires are not going to fund social security if they have their way.
AtMostAFabulist 11 months ago
I don't anticipate SS being there when I am old enough to "technically " retire. I am planning on working until I die.
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What Can I Do To Improve My Situation?
Agat 11 months ago
I don't get it. What's wrong with thrifting or music? Or romance? And why is authenticity dying? Can someone explain in simple language, please?
BookFanatic 11 months ago
There's nothing "wrong" with thrifting. But people who can afford better are snapping up the clothes, or influencers are making it a "lifestyle."
Load More Replies... Michael None 11 months ago
Read some existential philosophy. Stop looking to everything outside to fill a hole inside.
#68
Burn In Hell
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 11 months ago (edited)
Honestly, I'm beginning to wonder how someone hasn't tried to 😵 this guy... the obnoxious audacity is overwhelming. Lot of crazy people out there...
keyboardtek 11 months ago
It is becoming increasingly clear that excessive wealth is accompanied by mental disease. Or at the very least, to become excessively wealthy one must be a sociopath.
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Floeckchen 11 months ago (edited)
Pretty sure he went to Foxconn and thought: "Yeah, that's perfect. I want that too!"
Socks Thecate 11 months ago
During the pandemic I was working because I'm a nurse. My twenty minute commute went to fifteen or ten. Filling the roads with people who could be working from home doesn't make any sense to me.
Janelle Collard 11 months ago
As if! 🤣He's off finding more women to impregnate.
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They Don't F*****g Know
Spencer's slave no longer 11 months ago
Some of us so called boomers DO know what's happening and the majority of us DO care about how younger generations will achieve what we achieved. Many of us are helping our children onto the property ladder, many of us have adult kids living with us to help them achieve their goals of home ownership. Please stop knocking all of us just because some big gobbed person made a snide comment.
Deborah 11 months ago
Thank you! Boomers get blamed as a whole, there are just as many a******s in every generations.
Load More Replies... Kimi 11 months ago
Old people aren't the reason wages are stagnant, and inflation is insane. We do understand what's happening, it's happening to us too. We saved our entire lives expecting our savings to last until we died only to see it dwindle to nothing because of inflation and healthcare costs.
#71
All Class-War Is Deception
#72
A Person I Know Posted This To Their Instagram Stories
Ace 11 months ago
I don't believe that was actually posted by a 'boomer' though.
Load More Replies... Michael None 11 months ago (edited)
Whenever they say "okay renter" burn their house down when they aren't home. It's a real soft spot for boomers to watch their home go up in flames.
#73
Those Days Never Comes Again
#74
Boomers Be Like 'I Bought A House At Your Age'
Socks Thecate 11 months ago (edited)
This is so true. I am Gen X and managed to buy a house on a $50K salary twenty years ago for $190K. That home now is $600K to buy. My salary did not go up by 300%. Young me would never be able to have afforded that house now. I can understand things are far worse for my daughter but my mother cannot. Drives me bonkers.
#75
Not A Truth Not A Lie
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Rahul Pawa 11 months ago
Ugh. This makes me sick. I couldn't get through the whole list. Too much to be upset about. 😡
Karen Krause 11 months ago
Don't worry if you hadn't subscribed to Premium you wouldn't have been able to read it all anyway.
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 11 months ago
Way to go, BP. These are tweets that could be used to inform and help others understand what people go through when it comes to health care and poverty. And you cut the list off wanting people to spend money to see the rest of it. That's pretty damn low of you. Shame on you! What sort of online site does something like this except for the despicable ones. Shame, shame, shame! I don't understand why you even bother to post things like this, except to point out that YOU are now part of the problem. Congratulations. It was a long way down to the basement but you finally got there.
nut nibbler 11 months ago (edited)
Boss : I'm ill so wnot be in today..... Also Boss: I don't care if you are ill with the same thing I'm not covering your shift, you have to come in and do your shift...... Boss yet again after collapsing on the floor: Why didn't you say you were ill.
Greenmantle 11 months ago
These are all about the US. Should be in the title. Instead of "the world"
Pandamonium 11 months ago
USA defaultism at its finest. There would still be about 95-99% US issues in the list, and if not, it would be twisted into US issues in the comments.
Load More Replies... CK 11 months ago
Identifying the problem is not the same as finding a solution. We need to do something but we also need to choose that something very carefully.
Abe Hartman 11 months ago
And the first step is being able to talk about issues
Load More Replies... Chris the Bobcat 11 months ago
That a lot of people are applauding a vigilante who killed the CEO of an American insurance company should be a wake-up call to those in positions of power. De-fund enough people and no amount of law enforcement can keep them safe in a country where guns are widely available. When class inequality becomes too unbalanced, revolution follows. And heads roll. louis-thum...e7de0d.jpg 
Limey 11 months ago
Shocking and depressing how many posts (almost all) on a “global” list were about the US. I accept there is a lot to be concerned about in other places, including the UK, but in the race for dystopia the USA seems to be getting its wish to be “the greatest”. Way to lead the world, trumperica.
Pandamonium 11 months ago
There is so much to be concerned about in the UK. I know it's just one city, but last year a young mother was stabbed to death in front of her baby by some random guy in Manchester. I used to think Winnipeg was bad for stabbings, but Manchester has been getting worse and worse to the point my friends who live there are scared to go to city center. Then there's all the bombings and explosions in London and Manchester. So much poverty and young adults taking care of ailing parents full time. Canada is not fairing too well, but not that bad. Although some say it's terrible. I want to hear about the rest of the world, too.
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Schnitzel 11 months ago
Don't get me wrong but WHAT are some solutions? That's what I want to know. We are all well aware of the worldly sitution and obviously, WE have to come up with the solutions because the Capitalist State will NOT help.
M O'Connell 11 months ago
Eliminate the richest people until there is nowhere for the money to flow except to those who have really earned it. Trickle-down ecomomics actually works, so long as it's blood that's doing the trickling.
Load More Replies... Rahul Pawa 11 months ago
Ugh. This makes me sick. I couldn't get through the whole list. Too much to be upset about. 😡
Karen Krause 11 months ago
Don't worry if you hadn't subscribed to Premium you wouldn't have been able to read it all anyway.
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 11 months ago
Way to go, BP. These are tweets that could be used to inform and help others understand what people go through when it comes to health care and poverty. And you cut the list off wanting people to spend money to see the rest of it. That's pretty damn low of you. Shame on you! What sort of online site does something like this except for the despicable ones. Shame, shame, shame! I don't understand why you even bother to post things like this, except to point out that YOU are now part of the problem. Congratulations. It was a long way down to the basement but you finally got there.
nut nibbler 11 months ago (edited)
Boss : I'm ill so wnot be in today..... Also Boss: I don't care if you are ill with the same thing I'm not covering your shift, you have to come in and do your shift...... Boss yet again after collapsing on the floor: Why didn't you say you were ill.
Greenmantle 11 months ago
These are all about the US. Should be in the title. Instead of "the world"
Pandamonium 11 months ago
USA defaultism at its finest. There would still be about 95-99% US issues in the list, and if not, it would be twisted into US issues in the comments.
Load More Replies... CK 11 months ago
Identifying the problem is not the same as finding a solution. We need to do something but we also need to choose that something very carefully.
Abe Hartman 11 months ago
And the first step is being able to talk about issues
Load More Replies... Chris the Bobcat 11 months ago
That a lot of people are applauding a vigilante who killed the CEO of an American insurance company should be a wake-up call to those in positions of power. De-fund enough people and no amount of law enforcement can keep them safe in a country where guns are widely available. When class inequality becomes too unbalanced, revolution follows. And heads roll. louis-thum...e7de0d.jpg
Limey 11 months ago
Shocking and depressing how many posts (almost all) on a “global” list were about the US. I accept there is a lot to be concerned about in other places, including the UK, but in the race for dystopia the USA seems to be getting its wish to be “the greatest”. Way to lead the world, trumperica.
Pandamonium 11 months ago
There is so much to be concerned about in the UK. I know it's just one city, but last year a young mother was stabbed to death in front of her baby by some random guy in Manchester. I used to think Winnipeg was bad for stabbings, but Manchester has been getting worse and worse to the point my friends who live there are scared to go to city center. Then there's all the bombings and explosions in London and Manchester. So much poverty and young adults taking care of ailing parents full time. Canada is not fairing too well, but not that bad. Although some say it's terrible. I want to hear about the rest of the world, too.
Load More Replies... Schnitzel 11 months ago
Don't get me wrong but WHAT are some solutions? That's what I want to know. We are all well aware of the worldly sitution and obviously, WE have to come up with the solutions because the Capitalist State will NOT help.
M O'Connell 11 months ago
Eliminate the richest people until there is nowhere for the money to flow except to those who have really earned it. Trickle-down ecomomics actually works, so long as it's blood that's doing the trickling.
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