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21 People Post The Best ‘Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions’ Jokes They’ve Stumbled Upon
“Modern problems require modern solutions.” Those are the words of American stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle. Though he said the phrase in a skit during an episode of Chappelle’s Show, jokingly advocating for the use of fake Canadian ID cards for free healthcare, people are using this format to post about real-life problems that need creative solutions. Some of these jokes are hilariously on-point while others tell us all about the sad state of society.
There are a lot of problems in the 21st century. From life on the streets being worse than life in prison to the invasion of privacy via facial recognition technology, and much, much more. Bored Panda has collected some of the saddest and funniest 'modern problem' posts that make you think, so scroll down, have a look, and let us know what modern problems you personally think are the biggest, dear Pandas. Remember to upvote the stories that left the biggest impact on you and read on for Bored Panda's interview with redditor Imthatguy25 who is very proud that they created the joke format in the first place.
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STress the Terrible 5 years ago
Smart? Nope, I think it's rather Honda or something like that...
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ebony1k124 touch 5 years ago
While paintballs hurt like hell when you get hit by them, using them in this fashion is a lot better than firing a gun aimlessly.
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Ami Temi 5 years ago
Yes, girl power! Can't wait for the regime to change, all the Iranians I know, never wanted it. They've completely had it with suffering for decades....
jiriw 5 years ago
Agreed. but the Americans are also wanting a regime change in their own country ?
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George-Florin Constantin 5 years ago
Now, isn't it a shame to cover up such an intelligent and beautiful person? There is a gorgeous face in front of that super-brain!
Aisha Boudy 5 years ago
No it isn't a shame. Its ok if a girl wears a hijab, she's not harming anyone and it's her own choice. What is a shame is banning someone from playing in a team for wearing hijab.
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Blue of the yams (They/He) 5 years ago
As a trans muslim person, I can say there is nothing wring with wearing a hijab in and of itself. But no one should ever be forced to wear one. It is a choice to wear one or not.
Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
When Germany expelled Jewish scientists Albert Einstein, Hans Bethe, John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, James Franck, Edward Teller, Rudolf Peierls, Klaus Fuchs, & Enrico Fermi ( he wasn't but his wife Laura was Jewish) they went to the UK and US and built the first atomic bombs.
Dave Harris 5 years ago
And she looks very beautiful and highly intelligent!! Their loss is America's gain!
#3
chi-wei shen 5 years ago
Look at this report from BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20931304#:~:text=A%20man%20in%20China%20hired,unemployed%20son%20was%20spending%20online.
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Take his gaming system away if it’s such a big problem and he is living in your house. Be the parent
kat lia 5 years ago
He can always log in to another gaming system. You know they are resourceful. They invested too much on their character, how many levels went. So the only way i guess is to kill the character.
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Azure Adams 5 years ago
He could have also just destroyed his son's gaming machine like crazy parents in the US do
Popcorn Colonel 5 years ago
Two questions, One: was their solution even remotely successful because this sounds like it would make his kid sorta depressed. Two, Let the kid live his life. Or at least tell him to get a life YOURSELF!
Alecto Carrow 5 years ago
He hired gamers to stop his son from gaming? He paid people to do what his son was doing??
Lalo Vidals 5 years ago
Plot twist: his son became a better player and now he earns his living by playing videogames.
Heather Althouse 5 years ago
Doesn't Make much sense...he will always have more lives won't he ? that's just poor parenting
Redditor Imthatguy25 told us all about what inspired them to create the 'modern problems' meme. "I've watched Chappelle's Show since I was a kid so the 'modern problems’ quote has always been something I'd regularly quote to myself or to some others. I basically treated it like it was a motto,” they said.
“But even then, I honestly didn't expect the format to pick up much traction. Until I saw a bunch of other redditors hit the homepage from using the format and making their own.”
Imthatguy25 has some ideas about why the ‘modern problems’ joke format gained so much popularity so quickly. “Other than the obvious ‘Dave Chappelle is a comedic genius and everything he says is meme gold,’ redditors can be pretty clever when they see a meme that they believe has potential,” they explained.
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chi-wei shen 5 years ago
If people have something to do while waiting they complain less. One of our clients had their offices in the top most floor of a high rise building and employees started to complain about the time they had to wait for the elevators. Then they installed lots of man-sized mirrors around the waiting area and complaining stopped.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
It's because the wait seems longer when there is no distraction
Load More Replies... XianJaguar 5 years ago
LOL, yeah, that's the nice thing about large airports. Getting to the baggage claim takes a while, so by the time you do get there, your luggage has arrived!
Azure Adams 5 years ago
plus it give people exercise, time to use the restroom, stretch, and all that
Bob Belcher 5 years ago
This is at IAH where it already takes forever to walk to baggage claim. I mean at least 15 minutes if not more.
Iapetos 5 years ago
London subway does the same. I find it better to walk than to wait, and so do most people, I believe, but what is with people who have problems walking?
littlesaresare 5 years ago
I have a serious heart condition. I'd much rather wait than walk. I'd like to think that's a legitimate reason for you?
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Ami Temi 5 years ago
Came here to say the same: the system's so messed up.
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Sathe Wesker 5 years ago
Thats America for you. Glad I'm Canadian. Don't get me wrong, we have our own problems but I legit called an ambulance for our local homeless man (who I've known for years) very recently and he was properly taken care of. No charge.
Demongrrrrl 5 years ago
In America, hospitals have to treat you if you are brought in an ambulance. So people without insurance call an EMS unit so they can get basic healthcare. Ambulances are expensive but EMS cannot NOT answer a call. This is one reason why healthcare.Ambulance costs are so high and the wait for an ambulance can take so long.
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
That is just f****d up. I remember hearing a story where a CEO stole millions of dollars through fraud and got a slap on the wrist, a homeless guy robbed a shop or bank for about $5 and is facing years in prison. Whether that is true or not I don’t know but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was true.
Vicky Zar 5 years ago
Wouldn't be surprised as well. The amount of corruption in that country is unbelievable.
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Courtney Christelle 5 years ago
How messed up is the system when you have to be a criminal to receive medical treatment?
ebony1k124 touch 5 years ago
Desperate times call for desperate measures. It was twistedly smart in a way.
Nadine Khazaka 5 years ago
In Florida the prison system is the biggest mental health care provider.
K.Kobayashi 5 years ago
The key is to commit a federal crime, that way you end up in federal prison rather than state. I know someone who always says if he got a serious illness, he'd rob a post office.
#6
margotlevraut 5 years ago
" 420, 4:20, or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is cannabis culture slang for marijuana and hashish consumption, especially smoking around the time 4:20 pm, and also refers to cannabis-oriented celebrations that take place annually on April 20 (which is 4/20 in U.S. form)." (Wikipedia)
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Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
On highway 195 in WA State they went to the State Representatives to get mile marker 69 changed to 68.9. I s**t you not. I see it now and again.
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
Am I the only one who has no idea what mile 420 is supposed to mean, or why anyone would steal It?
backatya 5 years ago
It means your a damn druggie who doesn't have anything better to do
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Billy The Kid 5 years ago
What a fkn waste of money! i would walk 420 miles and i will walk .01 miles less. The Proclaimers song
“The meme alone was a pretty cut and dry, simple to understand. But like I've said, redditors have their own vernacular way with memes. I've seen this dude rage war with Instagram using my format and managed 100k upvotes out of it. I honestly owe it to Reddit and Instagram for making the meme so shareable,” the redditor shared.
According to Imthatguy25, they don’t have any problem with others using the ‘modern problems’ format for social or political commentary, however—they have to be funny.
“I'd at least like to see it with a bit of wit behind it,” they said. “Really, as long as it's funny I could stand behind it.”
#7
Dre Mosley 5 years ago
The toilet paper hoarding seems to have died down. It's been easy to find lately.
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ebony1k124 touch 5 years ago
That is definitely one way to do it. I wonder what they did for toilet paper and paper towels.
Cianne Hende 5 years ago
I'm danish (live in Denmark) and nobody here hoarded tp or paper towels :)
Load More Replies... Popcorn Colonel 5 years ago
I saw someone coming out of Target with a cart FULL of TP and Hand sanitizer. lmao!
joi 5 years ago
what sort of precious snowflakes buy hand sanitizer? Soap worked fine for mom.
Dónal Ó Murchadha 5 years ago
Maybe the type of precious snowflake that doesn't have a sink and running water in their car.
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Mehboob Ahmad 4 years ago
why don't they just impose a limit on scarce items. You know, like sensible supermarkets did.
Billy The Kid 5 years ago
i will never do anything like that! i can say my hands are clean from this wrong doing!
#8
Izzy_ 5 years ago
Hahaha I've actually had to do that. I was over 1lb on my checked luggage (yep, 1 measly pound) and I had no room in my carry-on. All I had was a small backpack. So I wore 5 shirts and two sweaters. Luckily I didn't look too puffed up haha Once I passed TSA, I asked for a shopping bag at a store and carried my clothes in there since I was allowed one more item as carry-on XD
Jo Choto 5 years ago
It's not always about the total weight you are taking on board. Oftentimes unions for baggage handlers limit the weight of a bag for safety of the handlers.
E Menendez 5 years ago
Exactly. People think the airlines are being petty but it has to do with worker safety and union regulations.
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D. Pitbull 5 years ago
LOL!!!! I LOVE THIS!! Just imagining her slowly waddling onto the plane in uber-winter-cold-spell level clothing... "2.5kg my #&$#(&)$*...I'll show you 2.5kg..."
Bhuvy 5 years ago
Same thing happened with my friend she had 2 kg overweight so she had to took out her pathology book we thought it will be less than 2 and it turned out to 3.5kg It was during this covid time so we had to walk with it for at least 10 min before she could put it in another bag..
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago (edited)
I have done this too. After a five-hour train ride in a heatwave, wearing the very lightest of summer clothing, I was told at the gate that the combined weight of my suitcase and the carry on plus my handbag was above the limit and that I would have to pay X outrageous amount. They would also not allow me to carry both the carry-on and the handbag. The handbag would have to be placed in the carry-on. There was very little time left and instead of changing clothes after the passport control (which I told them was my plan), I got changed right there in front of the check-in counter! Jeans, socks, boots, a sweater, a cardigan, and a jacket plus an overcoat on my arm and the pockets stuffed full. Ha!
mariana quiroga 5 years ago
She could have changed the flip-flop sandals for shoes and taken care of a good portion of that extra weight...
#9
chi-wei shen 5 years ago
I just feels sorry for both of them. The false cop later received 11 1/2 years. It was a rather high sentence because he severely beat his victims with a hammer. At least he is know drug free.
The ‘modern problems’ meme first popped up in December 2018. Redditor Imthatguy25 posted some dark humor and attached Chappelle’s photo with the catchphrase alongside it. The meme spread.
Since then, other people have been changing the purpose of the meme to suit their needs. While some are going for pure comedy, others are taking things a bit more seriously, using the format for social commentary and to show how dystopian some parts of our society have become.
In both cases, the meme tends to talk about current topics. So when it first showed up, you could see a lot of talks about Thanos, Fortnite, and Article 13. How things have changed since then!
#10
Nadine Khazaka 5 years ago
Way safer and more environmental friendly than the real thing. Also fluffy robes.
Jim Ellington 5 years ago
What a coincidence - I use my computer in my living room to recreate cancelled sexual relationships.
Billy The Kid 5 years ago (edited)
i do this when im working from home on the computer. i just sit there and look at it. beer in one hand remote in the other
#11
Azure Adams 5 years ago
depending on the politician I would either stop using pornhub or vote for the guy
Hanne Klit Johansen 5 years ago
He didn't gået elected. His name is Joakim B Olsen and was runing for the danish parlament in 2019.
#12
miten sasmita 5 years ago
They did, via skype / zoom and eating jn their own places. And then they meet in person on second date, the dude wearing giant bubble to roll over.
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Patty Letourneau 5 years ago
This is photographer Jeremy Cohen, on Instagram as JermCohen - they went on a number of distanced pandemic dates and he will be posting part 6 soon.
Bob Belcher 5 years ago
I remember this on here a few months ago. Whatever happened with them?
You can watch the original ‘modern problems’ video clip starring Chappelle right here. The skit was shown in the first episode of the second season of Chappelle’s Show which first aired on January 21, 2004.
The critically acclaimed comedy TV series premiered on January 22, 2003, and ran for 28 episodes until July 23, 2006. Chappelle’s Show found success not just in the United States but elsewhere, too, including in Germany, Brazil, Canada, Australia, and the UK.
#13
Sue Hazlewood 5 years ago
I don't think it would be working where ever this is either. He is still tipping the bag on the scales so I doubt much difference was made.
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Lucille McGillicuddy 5 years ago (edited)
The reason for weight limits on luggage is because OSHA regulations state that a single person is not to lift more than 50 pounds, so baggage handlers don't break their backs lifting our luggage. You pay more for heavy bags because baggage handlers have to use the buddy system to lift them. It's not about how much weight goes on the plane, because then they would weigh every passenger too.
Nomadus Aureus 5 years ago
Too many baggage is absolutely a thing. We had it happen when an excess of 500Kg was on our small aircraft and half the hold had to be emptied. Fuel usage will differ as well, obviously and they can't just top their tanks up either just because people can't grasp the concept of weight limit.
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Kathy Lord Tate 5 years ago
I don't get how that would make a difference. You would just be moving the weight to the front of the bag so it would still weigh the same. Isn't the scale the whole pad?
Catlady6000 5 years ago
All the weight would move to the front only if a fluid or balls or something equally mobile
Load More Replies... Bob Belcher 5 years ago
That's a pretty d**k move really. The weight limit is set by OSHA for safety reason, not by the airline.
Julie C Rose 5 years ago
I learned to just fess up when I was in a tight spot with my luggage. A lot of check-in staff waived the excess baggage fee purely because I wasn’t being a Karen about it.
Stephen Lyford 5 years ago
This is actually stupid and dangerous, putting the entire flight at risk. They weigh bags to know just how much weight is going onto the plane. If the plane is overloaded, guess what's going to happen when you try to take off?
Delgada 5 years ago (edited)
yes! this! there was a tragic accident where the whole crew and all passengers died because of that. and the pilot fought so hard not only to save them, and when she knew she couldn't - to try not to kill people on the ground as well...
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XxInstantKarmaxX 5 years ago
Bags are weighted for a reason if everybody cheated like this the plane would be overweight, putting everyone in danger !!!
Francis Campos 5 years ago
Tilting the suitcase does not remove any weight, try it you'll see.
#14
Nameless 4 5 years ago
Next week, we'll hear about the police bringing a battle elephant
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Azure Adams 5 years ago
gotta up the game I guess... how about leaving animals out of human drama!!
Jim Ellington 5 years ago
The twist: the police dogs were Rhodesian Ridgebacks, AKA African Lion Hounds.
Lydia Interiano Dalton 5 years ago
wow its just cruel to take the lions and dogs for that matter into dangerous human affairs :/
#15
According to the United Nations Foundation’s post in January, some of the main issues to look out for in 2020 included the acceleration of climate change, the continued presence of inequality and exclusion, as well as the humanitarian crises in Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, and elsewhere.
What we got this year was pretty much on-point with the UN’s prediction. The bushfires that ravaged Australia were linked to climate change. The Covid-19 pandemic and rising unemployment showed the stark differences between the haves and the have-nots. While the humanitarian problems abroad haven’t gone away. So, yes, modern problems do require modern solutions. Permanent ones—not just temporary band-aids.
#16
Katie Lutesinger 5 years ago
I recognise that design! You see it in the game Okami, on a "demonic paper slip". The game is based on Japanese mythology, so it makes sense.
Oathbraker 5 years ago
Now I'm curious what the curse says. Is it something inconvenient like diarrhea and a headache or something bad like maiming and painful death.
Dani Marie 5 years ago
Sorry, but this goes under the, "modern problems require ancient solutions."
ebony1k124 touch 5 years ago
We need something like that around here for toilet paper, paper towels, and especially disinfectant wipes. I haven't seen swipe since March.
#17
SykesDaMan 5 years ago
Or a sequel to "Vanilla Sky"? This could apply to both! :)
Load More Replies... Electric Ed 5 years ago
Doesn't really sound like a modern solution. Corona-mask + sunglasses is the way to go these days.
Tired-Panda 5 years ago
Don't forget the baseball cap. I was wearing all three the other day and seriously looked like I was going to rob a bank!
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MantisKeeper 5 years ago
unless you key your iphone to recognize the mask
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Curry on... 5 years ago
Some criminals have worn masks depicting a different race when committing crimes.
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Monday 5 years ago
except burning the weeds away is beneficial for the soil too...as long as you don't do it too often.
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ElusiveIntrovert 5 years ago
In some Asian countries, it is an old practice to burn the stalks and weeds in the farm once the crop is harvested to take care of the waste, weeds and bugs and to turn it into fertilizer. It is better than pesticides but can cause a lot of pollution.
icandyapple 5 years ago
The added nutrients come from the act of burning itself. The ash from a fire is incredibly rich in phosphorus, nitrogen, and even minerals like calcium. Fire takes all of the nutrients from the dead plant material above ground and converts them back to elementary forms. This helps the nee plants grow much better.
Katinka Min 5 years ago
In my country people do that in their gardens, but with a wee little 'flamethrower' where you actualy don't see a flame. this is way more impressive. It is MUCH better than using pesticides.
chi-wei shen 5 years ago
It seems to be less dangerous to the environment than chemicals, but does anyone here on BP know whether it works or not?
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
It's banned in some countries - kills the good in the soil as well as the bad. In india stubble burning produces a cloud of particulates visible from space and has produced what has been described as a "toxic cloud" in New Delhi, resulting in declarations of an air-pollution emergency.
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Shelp 5 years ago
But that's a fellony. Plus, it does not only harm the teacher, but his whole family aswell.
Monday 5 years ago
Also sending them homework probably wasn't even his idea, but just a job requirement. These little shits need to be punished.
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Giovanni 5 years ago
You could buy or build a signal jammer for anything between 10 and 90 usd (depending on the range and what signals you want to block) throw it somewhere near the teacher house and they will be cut off until they find it or the battery runs off.
Load More Replies... elk 5 years ago
This is a fake post but put here for humor fitting the post just so's you know guys. Made an account just now just to let you see this pic is false. Its funny but don't let it spur your RL thoughts.
Fred and George Weasley 5 years ago
obviously theyre kids but they shouldnt do that and theyll probably still get homework anyway
elk 5 years ago
Heya :) its a fake post but people are taking it seriously in the comments..have a look!
Load More Replies... Electric Ed 5 years ago
WiFi. A.k.a. WLAN, or WIRELESS LAN. I bet the wires they cut was something else.
Giovanni 5 years ago
People these days are using WiFi as synonyms to internet connection
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ebony1k124 touch 5 years ago
Just wait for a gust of wind. I was going to tell a wall joke but it blows.
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
Didn't I see large parts of it were blown down recently?
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Kady Maree Mcgrath 5 years ago
Trump is the biggest idiot ever I hope someone else who is a bit smarter becomes president of America (no offence Americans) because I am sick of hearing Trumps voice on the news in Australia!
Andrew Gibb 5 years ago
sí tu puedes. Aquí hay uno grande que te llevará por encima de cualquier muro.
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#21
Angela 5 years ago
What? Get a job you say Vanky?? Wow, none of us would ever have thought of that!
ebony1k124 touch 5 years ago
Great advice from someone who has never had to work for ANYTHING.
Boudica 5 years ago
Mmm, perhaps not quite as dumb as the people who voted him in though!
Load More Replies... Ami Temi 5 years ago
And now her dear old dad wants to postpone the election. Legally, they need to have a new president at the determined due date. And I thought this year could not get worse... Well, let's hope Karma exists and is coming for a reckoning.
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
Even if it exists that's not how it works - consequences are in the next life.
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Don't want to be homeless? Buy a house. I see the daughter really is a child of her father, No DNA testing required. Even though the father would "gladly do her" as he said.
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
Hes unreal. Totally unreal. My husband met my daughter at 6. I knew him for 3 years prior. Shes now 14. And beautiful..and my hubby is too. I have never ever seen anything but protective daddy. He prefers older woman cuz he can't see himself with "a child". Right!? That's a child to him! His flesh and blood and he looks at her like a piece of meat too. She is a meat head...but anywayz
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Too bad that there aren’t enough jobs for everyone to work. In Australia (just before Covid-19) there was approx 500,000 unemployed people and only 200,000 jobs available. Now with Covid the unemployment rate is even higher and is just getting worse. So yeah telling someone to just get a job like it is easy is just ridiculous.
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
AlphaPuck Pretty much everywhere worldwide have the same issues with unemployment and lack of jobs, not just Australia. And superpower, pfft at least we aren’t crashing and burning like the US has been of late. US is the laughing stock of the world.
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Nevid 5 years ago
A few months ago, Emmanuel Macron, the president of France was discussing with a young man who told him he could find a job in horticulture (for which he studied) despite being registered in the employment agency and sending his CV to everybody who could have a job for him including in public service. Macron answered something like "You can work in a café or an hotel. Just cross the street and you will find a job."
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Is the cafe or hotel hiring, or have they cut back due to loss of business to Covid? Politicians are so out of touch
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mph seti 5 years ago
"Why don't you all just ask daddy for a six figure+ desk job that requires no actual work?" -Ivanka Trump
Whawhawhatsis 5 years ago
Doesn't she have one already? She certainly hangs around Daddy enough. She is as sociopathic as he is; not even a single molecule of empathy exists in any Trump body, except Mary Trump and her father who died already. (I might have, too, to escape that revolting crew.) Ivanka is Daddy's little feel-good girl; he feels her all over and that makes him feel good. Which he's been doing since she was about 10 years old. Look at the old pictures if you don't believe me. He's been at least groping her since she was barely pubescent. And he accuses Democrats of being pedophiles?
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A Jones 5 years ago
Seems like a nice modern solution if someone wants to save and share the meme. :)
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blugeagua 5 years ago
It would have been better without Chappelle's picture on EVERY SINGLE ONE. The first couple are fine of course and gets the point across. But every one of them when we already get it? Come on
Billy The Kid 5 years ago
loved this. most of them were so funny they seemed unreal. more of this please
A Jones 5 years ago
Seems like a nice modern solution if someone wants to save and share the meme. :)
Load More Replies... blugeagua 5 years ago
It would have been better without Chappelle's picture on EVERY SINGLE ONE. The first couple are fine of course and gets the point across. But every one of them when we already get it? Come on
Billy The Kid 5 years ago
loved this. most of them were so funny they seemed unreal. more of this please
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