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“My Jaw Has Never Hit The Ground Faster:” 50 Times Out-Of-Touch People Got Shamed Online
Everyone sometimes has those jarring moments where you really have to wonder if somehow along the way, you’ve managed to lose touch with normal beliefs or behavior, which is sadly a lot more common in the age of social media. One way to test that is to compare to the truly worst takes out there.
So we’ve gathered some of the most extreme examples of folks being so deeply out of touch that people had to share them online. So get comfortable as you scroll through, prepare to look somewhat confused and bewildered, upvote the worst ones and be sure to add your own thoughts in the comments below.
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#1
They are eating the dogs.
They are eating the cats.
They are eating the pets of the people that live there.
Jess Bertram 6 months ago
...and ppl actually believed (or wanted to believe) the Tangerine Palpatine.
Sam Trudeau 6 months ago
Added to the list of "funniest Tr*mp names" along with: The melon felon, The fanta fuhrer, the orange Adolf, and one of my own, The second red scare"
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Johnnynatfan 6 months ago (edited)
HAHAHA and sadly stupid Americans voted for that fat f*k anyway.
Andie Day 6 months ago
I was getting a razor rcut the other day and the hairdresser commented something about watching the news about the (brown nationality) woman that said she ate a cat, and I just couldn't... .I was absolutely afraid to respond because I would have been screaming WHATTHEFUCKISTHEMATTERWITHYOU AREYOUTHATSTUPID?
Serial pacifist 6 months ago
I laugh so much at this because I instantly think of the bewildered dog meme with this Trump line in the background.
Gunný Petersen 6 months ago
Oh God in heaven. Please make it stop ! Why can't some old people just die of old age like normal old people? Like today???
Regina Holt 6 months ago
OMG, Thank you for that video!!!!! I cannot upvote it enough.
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#2
I was required to see a counselor as a pre-requisite to get on a low-income housing list. During the appointment, I was discussing the stress I was under due to my situation and my counselor said "Whenever I'm stressed, I take a long hot bath. Why don't you try taking a hot bath?"
"Because I'm homeless.".
Joanna Hayes 6 months ago
Wow. The ignorance here is astounding. Also- a literal counselor? F.
#3
"If you give a homeless person $100 they'll spend it in a day, if you give a rich person $100 they'll put it into savings". Yea Mason, give money to someone with no money they'll use it to meet their needs. Give money to someone who already has their needs met they can afford to put that money away for the future.
MeowZedong 6 months ago (edited)
That''s the problem with trickle down economics, If you give money to the poor they will spend it on things they are needing but were doing without. You give money to the middle class they will spend it on stuff they could really use but were doing without. You give money to the rich they will hoard it and make money off being rich.
nottheactualphoto 6 months ago
Which is why you should give that money to the homeless person. Side note: who in the flyin' Sam Hill is Mason?
Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
Nope, they do not put it into savings. They take it out of the economy altogether and sequester it overseas where it can no longer serve the economy that earned it.
fly on the wall 6 months ago
They will squirrel it away and dam the great "trickle down" economic theory
#4
'It was God's will'...when a child dies. Nothing makes my blood boil more than that.
Quiet-Willingness937:
This is the way my B- and SIL talk about their OWN BABY. They do objectively dangerous things (like giving their infant raw milk, SIL will hold baby in a moving car instead of using a car seat) and then talk about how "this is the way we parent and if it's God's will..."
Gets my adrenaline pumping just talking about it.
Tabitha 6 months ago
That was the excuse back before we knew better. Some people are truly living in their own personal, self-created dark ages. They choose to hang back in ignorance and refuse to come into the enlightenment of science and progress.
Anne Roberts 6 months ago
My adult son passed away recently from brain cancer. You trying to tell me it was god's will?? Was it his will that he suffer through the loss of his vision, the inability to drive, and finally the ability to walk and feed himself. It makes me incredibly angry. That's why I never believed in fairy tales.
BrownEyedGrrl 6 months ago
I don't know why you got downvoted. My son died in 2004. People said that sh** to me, too. My favorite is "God won't give you more than you can handle." F*** you.
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Leg less In Minneapolis 6 months ago
I lost my child in 96, trust me don’t EVER say this to a grieving parent. You may gather decked
MonsterMum 6 months ago
I had a counsellor suggest that if I believed in God, I would feel better about losing my daughter (stillbirth). Still not sure how that would work. I sacked her
Karen Krause 6 months ago
God gave us free will, which also means we accept responsibility for our actions.
Vinnie 6 months ago
An Anishinaabe man explained the Creator the same way: "The Creator gives you opportunities, it's up to you to take them."
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TCW Sam Vimes 6 months ago
I really have to keep myself from hitting people like this and telling them "I'm the agent of gods will, kneel before your saviour."
Petra brown 6 months ago
My daughter got really sick at 6 month old ... high fever, onset pneumonia, we were wprried sick ... dear old and very christian auntie: If she dies we have our own Personal Angel in heaven. It was all I could do to prevent my husband from making her our own personal Angel...
Kim Gatlin 6 months ago
I hope your angel made it. And Auntie needs to reread that book. That's not how angels work.
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Bored Sailor 6 months ago
Also raw milk is illegal to sell for humans in many places for a reason. It is even illegal in Florida!
Kim Gatlin 6 months ago
Well dang, if it's illegal in Florida, it's gotta be bad.
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My own brother told me that my severely disabled daughter (from birth, and also not my fault ) is a manifestation of all my shortcomings 😭😔 can you imagine.
Austzn 6 months ago
"No, your religious expressions are a manifestation of your own insecurities."
Nona Jaynes 6 months ago
Once, my brother threatened to smack my then-2-year-old son for reaching out to touch his wallet chain. That was 27 years ago and my brother is STILL not allowed to enter my house.
Wintermute 6 months ago
Then tell him that the black eye he's about to get is a manifestation of his own shortcomings.
#6
I live in Australia and in primary school there is a subject called religious education. My parents are atheists but have always said we are free to choose religion if we wish. So my best friend and I were in the same class in grade 2. We had the religion teacher come in at the end of the day to teach us. I don’t remember how it came up but the teacher tells us that if you have a miscarriage you’re going to hell. School finished and we leave the class to find our parents who usually waited together and my best friend just broke down into tears. Our mums looked at me for answers and I was confused as well. My best friend goes “is my sister going to hell?” While still crying. So I go “oh! The teachers told us that anyone whose has a miscarriage is going to hell.” And that’s how I found out her sister has had 7 miscarriages and that my mum had had 2. Needless to say neither of us participated in religious education again and our mums got the teacher fired.
Marianne 6 months ago
What on earth is wrong with these people? Sometimes I think there is a conspiracy of people who infiltrate Christianity and deliberately pull shít like that to make others leave the church. Seriously, are there really people who think you will go to hell for losing a child???
Peter Bear 6 months ago
There's a saying that 'the devil can quote Scripture to suit his purposes', and (from a religious standpoint) that's what's happening here. Christianity has at its core one simple rule; love one another. Anyone that cannot or will not do that is doing the work of evil.
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Anne Roberts 6 months ago (edited)
The most religious people I know can be the most cruel people around. I try to lead a good life but have no use for organized religion.
turk 6 months ago
Mike Pence once jailed a woman for a miscarriage when he was governor of Indiana.
Kim Gatlin 6 months ago
Mike Pence is a tool with no use in the workshop.
Load More Replies... JenniB 6 months ago
I have told this before but fits here... My grade 10 English teacher (early 90's) in a PUBLIC school told me "you are going to hell for the sins of your parents". This was because I am not baptized SMH.
nottheactualphoto 6 months ago
And how is your baptism status any business of the teacher's?
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Al Padilla 6 months ago
Miscarriage is such a sexist word. "Lady, you dropped the baby. You carried it wrong."
Joanne Long 6 months ago
I am a liberal , compassionate, and intelligent Christian. People who make disgusting, insensitive comments such as those in this thread are none of those. It unfortunately causes people to put us all ( believers in a higher power) in the same box.
Never Snarky 6 months ago
I knew a girl who was told that her mom was going to hell because she got a divorce (from an a*****e a$$hole.)
Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
Just think.... these people claim religion gave them morality, and then behave like this. For me personally, that's enough information to blackball someone completely, and disavow their existence going forward.
#7
“You can just have another” After I lost my baby, I did end up having another and now have a beautiful rainbow baby, but that isn’t the point. I would’ve loved to have BOTH babies.
roddy 6 months ago
I'm sure they were trying to be kind. But sometimes it's best just to shut up and give a hug.
V 6 months ago
Yeah, if you don't know what to say, offer a hug or a cup of tea.
Load More Replies... Nicole Weymann 6 months ago
Oblivious people, psychopaths, AND socially awkward people. I gather OP's mother is in category A or B, but some people are simply at a loss when trying to comfort others.
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goldenwood_cottage 6 months ago
My mom dropped that on me after a 18wk miscarriage. I don't think we talked for 6 months after that - she then asked if I was 'over it' and preg again. Didn't talk for another six months, and were never close after that.
nicholas nolan 6 months ago
"I'm so sorry for your loss." Then shut your mouth. Just shut the f**k up.
BrownEyedGrrl 6 months ago
"At least you have 2 more" when my son died. Which one would YOU choose?
UKGrandad 6 months ago
A baby that follows the loss of a previous pregnancy or death of a child. Because rainbows often appear after storms they are symbols of hope after difficult times.
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Lee Gilliland 6 months ago
You never get over losing your baby. It's been fifty years and I have tears in my eyes.
Joanne Long 6 months ago
The loss of a child is not like a broken toaster "you can just have another" . It's so insensitive and cruel to say that to a grieving parent
#8
All the millionaires saying "we're in this together" whilst sat in the mansions during COVID. That was great 👍.
Nova Rook 6 months ago
I recall the American President saying he wanted fewer tests done because then the numbers would make him look bad. American elected him again. But yeah, non-leaders said some stuff with good intentions that didn't feel helpful.
antoinette maldari 6 months ago
He didn't want the numbers to climb so badly, that he gave our, already short supply of tests, to Putin. Of course this was tRump.
Load More Replies... Sarah Belt 6 months ago
My local millionaire built a camp in the desert to self-isolate, came back after a week because he was lonely, and tried to hang out with us (staff at a wine shop) with a shoddy mask during the worst of it. They're just insufferable, self-centered d****e-bags.
Rosecrucian Roeth 6 months ago
They do not live in the same dimension that the regular folks do...................not even when they say they do.......... they live somewhere like never never land where they do not see what the reality of life is but the so-called reality of what they want to see.
Serial pacifist 6 months ago
This girl has zero acting talent. Sorry, but it is so. However, pretty makes everything possible I guess.
Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
Ugh that singing.... I have never wanted to introduce someone's palate to brick so much in my life. UNTIL zegler piped up, but then that's yanks for you.... every day they do something worse than before, and every day the rest of us swear things couldn't possibly get any worse.....
RiadeOla 6 months ago
I hate this one because money didn't stop the isolation and depression from COVID. I mean while it would be certainly easier with all the amenities....I don't know
patricia patricia 6 months ago (edited)
Money didn't stop the isolation and depression from COVID, but knowing you or your family won't starve because you can't go to work should at least be a good reason to stop complaining. Do you feel "depressed"? Tough luck. I volunteered with the Red Cross during the lockdown, taking food from the Food Bank to people who needed it. You don't know how many people started to cry when they saw us, because they had nothing to eat and no money to buy even the basics for the kids. In my country, thousands of elderly people were locked inside their rooms in their nursing homes and left to agonise and díe alone instead of being taken to hospitals. Those rich imbeciles were "depressed" and "isolated" because they couldn't go shopping or partying? Ohhhh!!! I'm so not sorry! They can go and jump from the top of the nearest skyscraper for all I care.
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Marnie 6 months ago
Honestly, they were no better off than I was in my situation (middle class). I think it hit hard if: 1) You were not financially comfortable 2) You lost your job 3) You had minor children 4) You had loved ones actually get sick from COVID. And the like. I think it's actually kind of silly to call out the millionaires for this, because objectively, for a lot of people who WEREN'T millionaires, it flew by far more easily than for many others.
#9
Driving past a large group of tents belonging to homeless people… “I just don’t understand why they would want to sleep outside when it’s so cold out.” Ummmmm they don’t.
HangryHangryHippo 6 months ago (edited)
I went to break with some coworkers, and when coming back found another group that were smoking at the door. As I had time left, I stayed chitchatting for a bit. A homeless man passed by and asked for a cigarette and/or spare change. We gave him some and he went on his way. Among these people, we had the son of the owner doing some kind of 4-weeks internship during summer (basically, "this is going to pass to you at some point, get some idea of what we do here) and he bursts out "I don't understand how can you reach this point, you always have some money left so you can rent something". Ours jaws dropped! We were paid just above minimum salary, barely surviving, while he was going on vacation at least 4 times a year. It stills makes my blood boil
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
when i pass people smoking in the streets, me and my brother used to talk about lung cancer really loudly.
Load More Replies... Roxy222uk 6 months ago
I don't understand why there are people sleeping out in tents involuntarily in one of the richest countries in the world.
Ace 6 months ago
No, it's what you get under a corrupt and morally bankrupt political system.
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Mark Hastings 6 months ago
I have done some outreach work with a group that assists the homeless. What is sad to me is that many of the homeless we try to help would rather sleep outside in the cold than follow the simple rules to get into housing, even if it is free. Most have mental issues and the easiest way for them to deal with that is d***s. Rule #1 to get into housing is no d***s. The biggest problem is that governments, small and large, will spend millions on housing and d**g treatment but will not pay for mental health assistance. It's a vicious cycle with no real end in sight.
Rosecrucian Roeth 6 months ago
So many Muricans are ignorant to the problems of their fellow Muricans..............but then Murica is very much a narcissistic society based on monetary vales and never human value.
Robin Roper 6 months ago
The other comment is "they will not go to the shelters." That's right, the homeless sometimes don't go to shelters because they are dehumanizing; there is no privacy; there is a huge amount of sexual a*****t in shelters; they have to leave each morning so while they gone at night, your stuff is stolen. There has to be a better way; if only we were a wealthy country and wanted to redistribute our funds .....
Tonyah Mcanelly 6 months ago
Some people choose this lifestyle . They want to live their life off the grid. and don't want to be bothered. We had a homeless guy that set up right across from where I work. He never bothered any one . Several employees offered to help him he said he was fine. so we bought him a tent a sleeping bag we would take turns door dashing food . We would let him sit in our lobby and have some coffee. He never bothered any one. Unfortunatley he passed of hypothermia we were all kind of sad about it.
#10
Picture this: I am in high school. My mother and I are told that I have a terminal heart condition, and she takes her own life, I found her body, and my father was away on a business trip for days, and nobody knows where, until they find someone at his office that knows. So I, alone as a teen, have to handle the police, and all that. My dad comes home, decides this is a perfect time to restart his own life, and evicts me. I graduated high school homeless crashing in people's guest rooms and basements. College dreams dashed. My best friend, my only lifeline, says this:
"Will you stop pining about your mother? That was like, 6 months ago. Get over it. I lost my bomber jacket at Clyde's and you don't see me still going on and on about. For chrissake, that was back in high school."
Now in their defense, they were 17 years old, and teens say some pretty dumb things (myself included). But that was the hardest verbal slap in the face I ever got, and was the beginning of the end of our friendship.
Oh, and yeah, the "terminal" heart condition was not terminal, since this was nearly 40 years ago.
Mreoww 6 months ago
Dear lord, that’s utterly awful. What a stupidly thing to say. Bomber jackets versus dead mothers 🤦🏻♀️
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
By 17 they should know perfectly well what they were saying.
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Cadastros de Helen Vanessa 6 months ago (edited)
And your father was a monster. Your BF was a teen. Teens are idiots! So sorry!
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Krd 6 months ago
I hope this is fake. I mean no second medical opinions. The father completey unfazed by both his wife committing s*****e, and his daughter being "terminal". Then somehow evicts them, while still in HS, which would be super illegal to do. And yes teens are dumb, but I can't see anyone comparing a lost jacket to a dead family member. While technically not impossible, there is too many red flags. Which would be good, because I'd hope this would never actually happen.
Billo66 6 months ago
Yet if they put in every detail we tend to TLDR. It's a f*****g tightrope man
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Anne Roberts 6 months ago
So sorry this happened to you. I hope you eventually got on better footing.
Karen Ballou 6 months ago
I had a 45 year old woman that compared my loss of my husband to her loss of a dog.
Cindy Brick 6 months ago
Incredible. But I have this really awful feeling that you have let the resentment from this consume more of your life right now than it should. Yes, you were wronged. Big-time. So how can you let this go, and continue on with life? I do feel for you, though.
#11
For me it's gotta be during the 2012 presidential campaign when Mitt Romney's wife went on about how the hard times they went through during their college years. Mitt even had to sell some of their stocks, just to survive. Can you imagine.
R.C. 6 months ago
Reminds me our Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland in 2023 (Canada). While attempting to relate on the cost of living, she said, "I personally, as a mother and wife, look carefully at my credit card bill once a month, and last Sunday I said to the kids, 'You're older now. You don't watch Disney anymore. Let's cut that Disney+ subscription."' Needless to say, in a time when people are struggling to afford housing, food and other basic necessities, that did not go over well.
Sue 6 months ago
Pretty close to Trump's - they'll only get 2 dolls instead of 20.
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Geoffrey Scott 6 months ago
A little background here: George Romney, father of Mitt, was CEO of American Motors, then was Michigan's Governor.
Dorothy Reiser 6 months ago
They were so poor, their butler was poor, their chef was poor and their chauffeur was poor.
Anne Roberts 6 months ago
I kinda like Mitt Romney at the end of his career. But that statement was definitely tone deaf.
Krd 6 months ago
He was a decent when he was in MA (he created Mass Health, a great program! What Obama are was based on). But then he went too far right. But at least he stands up occasionally Trump, something most other Republicans are too scared to do.
Load More Replies... Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
Remember when we thought the 47% comment was as bad as things could get?
Cindy Brick 6 months ago
Reminds me of Hillary Clinton announcing they were "broke" when leaving the White House. Uh huh... sure you were.
#12
I was fortunate enough to go to a slightly pricey summer school and one of my classmates (whose parents were loaded) said "I don't see why everyone doesn't just go to private schools" and "It's so unfair that poor people don't have to pay for college".
Serial pacifist 6 months ago
Yeah, and like, why doesn’t everyone just book charter flights, it’s like so much more convenient?! Entitled brat
Karl der Große 6 months ago
I had a discussion in college with a guy who said that nobody has an excuse to be poor because he went around his neighborhood and mowed people's lawns for money, and anybody could do that. Another guy in on the conversation was from Ghana, and even he couldn't convince him that he was extremely privileged to live in a place where that is possible.
XenoMurph 6 months ago
Bet he had a top of the range mower his parents bought for him. And neighbours who could afford to pay for someone else to mow thier lawns.
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Corwin 02 6 months ago
They should use the Finnish model ,in Finland, education is free for everyone, from pre-primary to higher education. This includes free textbooks, school lunches, and transportation for students who live far from school. The Finnish education system emphasizes equity and equal opportunities for all students, regardless of their background.
Bryn 6 months ago
Darling, you aren't paying for it either - your parents are. You are not rich, your parents are.
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
Oh yeah, exactly what I said to a guy in my homeroom flexing about having three Ferraris or smt.
Load More Replies... Tonyah Mcanelly 6 months ago
Poor people dont have to pay for college???? alot of kids whos parents cant afford college are going to school while working .
marianne eliza 6 months ago
Yup. I worked full time while doing night school. Took 7 years to get my degree.
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At university, when I was searching for a new job all day every weekend and my girlfriend (now wife), who had never had a job, said “I don’t get it, why don’t you just get a job. If one my friends wanted a job… they just got one.” Found out her friends all worked for one of their parents companies. I reminded her first time she looked for a job.
Michael Largey 6 months ago
The people who organized my high school reunion decided on a Wednesday luncheon at a downtown hotel. They saw no problem in getting their employer to give them the afternoon off. They just went into their boss and said "Dad, I'm leaving work early on Wednesday."
LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
My sister is constantly on my heiny to "get a job" and telling me that there are "jobs everywhere" and I can work in fast food or retail as they're always hiring. (I'm 43.) I worked retail for two and a half years and it was an absolute nightmare and incredibly stressful, not to mention that managers can cut your hours if they feel like it, or force you to cover someone else's shift, etc. I told her that working retail the last time really eroded my mental health. My sister was like "I totally get it. But do it anyway." ...my sister has worked for our family's small business her entire life and has literally NEVER had any other job. She has NO idea what it's like to work retail, fast food, etc. She's always been able to go on vacation for weeks at a time, anytime she wants to, and these days she plays pickleball every weekday morning from 8am to noon. She doesn't have to find anyone to "cover her shift" or "request time off" - she just goes on cruises or flies to Miami for a month.
Sarah Belt 6 months ago
Retail is horrible. The only sections of it that are tolerable to me are those half-way between luxury and regular goods like wine and weed. When a lot of knowledge is required by the staff, the intimation factor seemed to keep more of the worse customers at bay. Not all, but far more.
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urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
Ivan and Nathan Cleary/Kyle and Shane Flanagan
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I was on maternity leave and staying at my MIL's for a few days. I was worried about bills and debating about going back to week when my daughter was 6 weeks instead of 8. My MIL was asking about my mom and I told her that my mom was really sick and dealing with being sick. Aside from her MLM down line (that I hate) my MIL hasn't worked or made an income in 10 years, she lived off my FIL's social security until he died and my husband has been helping her since FIL passed.
My MIL says "Well at least she'll get some time to lay in bed and recover." I said "No she's still working," "I just don't understand why someone would work when they're so sick. It just seems so irresponsible to me." "Well not everyone has someone to help them with bills. That's why I'm going back to work 2 weeks earlier than I should."
RomanceRadish 6 months ago
This is absolute truth. Taking a few weeks off to have a baby costs a lot. Getting sick costs a lot.
MarTa 6 months ago
We have 4 months paid maternity leave and that's one of the shorter paid maternity leaves in Europe. I can't imagine going back to work after only 8 weeks. Not good for the baby or the mum.
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MonsterMum 6 months ago
I guess this is in America. It's awful to expect parents back to work so fast. I took a full year maternity leave (UK)
Anne Roberts 6 months ago
Maternity leave should be a right. Sure you get time off from work to 1. Get little sleep 2. Hope breastfeeding goes well 3. Changes loads of diapers 4. Go possibly days without a shower 5. Wondering when you have the time or energy to do laundry, grocery shopping, cook, etc. My two children were very much wanted, but it's a rough time having an infant. When my daughter went back to work 6 weeks after giving birth her boss asked her if she had a nice "vacation". She went back to her car and cried.
Ai 6 months ago
If my husband knows we are having a baby and chooses to help financially his adult, fully capable mother instead of taking care of me and my child, I would be furious. She doesn't have financial or MIL problems. She has a husband problem (and obviously, the law in the country she lives in is atrocious).
Colleen Glim 6 months ago
The US maternity leave boggles my mind! My youngest is 26 and I got a full year maternity leave. In Canada
Rosecrucian Roeth 6 months ago
Maybe get out of that marriage, seems like hubbie is still attached to mom.
#15
Have you seen the Mariah Carey interview where she's surprised that "you have to pay for electricity in your country?" Because Mariah thinks that "electricity is free in America".
2x4b523p 6 months ago
Mariah has been taking the whole ‘land of the free’ delusion a bit too literally
Michael Largey 6 months ago
Mariah, the cost of the electricity is included in the bill for those shock treatments you're obviously getting.
Maim 6 months ago
This woman has no excuse to be so dim-witted. She wasn't born a rich megastar, how did she not understand the basics of life while she was growing up in "near poverty" (her words). If that were true she would most definitely know you have to pay for luxuries like electricity. So therefore, she is just dumb or a jerk.
tori Ohno 6 months ago
My mom had s neighbor years ago who almost got violent, but contained it to screaming, because she had to pay for her house's water. Some people are just delusional.
Krd 6 months ago
Actually that might not be too crazy. Where I'm from water is almost always free (oftentimes you have a "well" on property, get the water right from the ground water). So they might of been shocked if that wasn't what they are used to. I'm 33, never had a water bill (Massachusetts for anyone wondering).
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Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
Hot take : celebrities aren't actually humans. They're just acting a part and sometimes faff their lines.
#16
I have an extremely severe eating disorder. On the same day I found out I had weeks to live if I didn’t change immediately, my mother “took away” the food in the house because she was angry at me.
It was like an ohhh s**t moment because I realized she would NEVER take me seriously. And she’s probably a big reason why I’m even like this!! So I stopped waiting on her and took control of my own life.
Piwakawaka 6 months ago
I wonder how old they were at the time. Parents are the most important supporters of young ED sufferers, to aid in recovery. This parent sounds uneducated and ignorant about EDs and how real and scary and deadly they are.
Vaa10 6 months ago
I already knew that my parents are the reason why I can't lose weight, but recently I noticed that they are also the reason why I had a eating disorder when I was younger (that I never got a full recoverer). I'm trying to take control of my own life, I'm already 22, but for my parents "while you live under my roof you do exactly what I say"
#17
When told Norway has a speeding fine proportionate to income, my mother loudly exclaimed "that's discriminatory to rich people!"
Sam Trudeau 6 months ago
Come to think of it, if there's a negative word to refer to rich people, would BP censor it? Shower thoughts (metaphorically)
Rinso The Red 6 months ago
Let's find out: Twats, d***s, d****e bags, scumbags, a******s
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Fire Singer 6 months ago
I WISH they'd adopt this in the U.S. But we all know that's not gonna happen in my lifetime.
Krd 6 months ago
Idk, Trump appears to be pushing everything so far right, it's probably going snap back all the way to the far right. Remember, most periods of intellectual darkeness/repression ends up being followed by a period of enlightenment. Just look at the Dark Ages.
Load More Replies... Peter Bear 6 months ago
This is why rich people have problems with the 'equity' portion of DEI. They don't like diversity, because they only like people like themselves. They don't like equity, because that would mean playing fair (and you don't get rich by being honest, ever). And they don't like inclusion because excluding people makes them feel powerful.
Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
You don't have to speed so if you get stuck with a big fine, it's your own fault
Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
Incorrect, it is actually explicitly undiscriminatory. By basing it on income, rich people don't get to behave like monsters simply because they can throw money around.
Rosecrucian Roeth 6 months ago
That's the point d******k................because they are discriminatory to everyone else who is poorer to them!
#18
A regular at my work just lost her 17y/o son in a car accident. My co-worker said to her not a week after, “I know just how you’re feeling. My son (college age) stopped talking to me six months ago and blocked me everywhere. It’s breaking my heart.” The look on the lady’s face when she said that to her is what broke my heart!
Mreoww 6 months ago
Some people need to know that it’s not all about them. Stop making this about yourself and offer empathy or help instead.
Bryn 6 months ago
Some people relate to others by telling similar stories. They don't mean anything bad from it & it's their way of helping.
Load More Replies... Rosecrucian Roeth 6 months ago
Some people have no empathy nor any kind of sympathy and will say the most disgusting things and wonder why nobody really likes them or actually hates them!
DeeDee M 6 months ago
So...this needs context. You don't know why this womans child went no contact. Maybe they're an a****t, maybe they are suffering from severe mental illness. Stuff like that falls under the category of ambiguous loss. Dealing with the loss of a person who is emotionally present in our lives but physically absent for whatever reason, can be an immensly complex grief process. Both cases of "losing a child" are absolutely tragic. I would say, it's different degrees of tragic.
AsylumWalker 6 months ago
Who cares? You dont bring up your child going NC (something which 99% of the time is because of the parent) when someone is grieving their dead child ffs
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I worked for a major insurer during the recession. We had two people running our local office- they were husband and wife and made millions. During the annual All Associate Meeting, the Mrs was trying to warm up the crowd by telling "relatable" stories about her personal life.
The first story was that she was taking motorcycle lessons, because she just bought a brand new, completely decked out Harley. She made sure to describe all the bells and whistles, as well as her new leather jacket and motorcycle wardrobe.
The second story was her mocking one of her executives because when she was telling him about her brand name purses, he didn't know Coach, and Prada were purse brands. She laughed hysterically as the crowd (which had been informed the week prior via email that we were not getting raises) sat stone-faced.
At the end during the Q&A, she had the balls to tell us we just didn't have the budget for cost of living raises. People actually booed. B***h, you just spent THIRTY MINUTES flaunting your lifestyle. I'm wearing second-hand clothes because it's what I can afford, and you're telling us about your new Vuitton wallet and matching bag. I hope your drive your f*****g new motorcycle off a cliff, Sandy.
We didn't have any more in-person All Associate Meetings after that.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
I once had a girl gush over my “amazing” purse, apparently it was some fancy expensive brand I’d never heard of. I didn’t have the heart to tell her I’d bought it for $3 at a thrift store because I needed a inconspicuous travel bag for my bong 😂
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Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
The lack of in-person meetings are in fact the reason people become like this : nobody tells them off or corrects them.
Cindy Brick 6 months ago
I saw something similar at the magazine I worked. (We were owned by Rodale.) We got a surprise visit from Mrs. Rodale, supposedly to learn more about her employees. Lots of positive vibes from people, me included -- because we believed her. Not long after that, the Rodale's axman showed up -- and everyone working less than full-time got laid off. (I was doing 37 hours/weekly.)
#20
“By no means was my family well off, there were times I would only get 10 presents for Christmas.”.
roddy 6 months ago
Imagine thinking 10 is not a lot of presents. Our kids used to have to share one or two presents if they were at all expensive. All they ever got from in-laws was socks and underwear. They already had more than they needed of that. But they never complained, though their friend down the street had presents he didn't even get around to opening.
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
He'll have thrown his bedroom out of England by then
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 6 months ago
I celebrate Hanukkah, we got a small present each night.
Load More Replies... Mark Hastings 6 months ago
When I was 14 me and my brothers got a pair of socks for Christmas. One pair each. Our sisters got a 4 pack of underwear each. My mother borrowed $20 from our father to buy the gifts and expected her to pay him back. My father gave each of us a $20 bill for Christmas. I gave my bill to our father because he was telling us that our mother owed him $20 and he probably wouldn't get it back. He gladly stuffed it in his pocket. This was despite the fact that he was months behind on his child support and had no plans of ever paying it.
#21
"You can't be African, you look white" said by a European dude, who was a tourist in my home country, in Africa!
Ria C. 6 months ago
Please tell me you are referring to Charlize, right? Right?
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urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
if ur born there, you identify as the nationality.
Load More Replies... Sam Trudeau 6 months ago
Look up "La Blanche". You might have to translate the lyrics if you don't speak french, but it's about a girl who is African but has tan skin, and she doesn't fit in
Sara 6 months ago
The American Dear Leader is welcoming African immigrants! (But only the white ones, of course)
Yo Mama 6 months ago
"What kind of last name is that? You look exotic - where are you from? Can I touch your hair? What are you?" I'm mixed races but I pass as white however when strangers look at me too long - and they are racist - they start noticing little things about me that aren't quite white lol
#22
“I mean it’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost? 10 dollars?”
GrammarPolice 6 months ago (edited)
More like 1 million+ dollars for the one taped on the wall
Anne Roberts 6 months ago
Sure. Kids should start selling bananas instead of a lemonade stand. Smh
#23
When a teacher said to me, "You're not slow like these others. It's hard to believe you grew up poor. It's almost like you're white!" I think I was 10.
tracy black 6 months ago
my math teacher in 1979 told me i hope to God you marry rich cause youre too stupid to do anything else ( all because i just couldnt grasp algebra i still dont understand it 48 yrs later nor have i ever needed it )
Mreoww 6 months ago
Mhm. If you can do basic math, you’re perfectly fine.
Load More Replies... Nova Rook 6 months ago
Visiting the US as a non citizen is sometimes very shocking as so much racism is just quietly conveyed. But thankfully America is importing white south african refugees to help matters.
Nikole 6 months ago
Don’t you just love that THOSE are the ones designated as refugees???
Load More Replies... Serial pacifist 6 months ago
And it’s almost like you’re a racist a-hole, although as a matter of fact you are a face and have a mouth!
EJN 6 months ago
Well, the SOB certainly did admit he believes in prejudice, didn't he? It is obvious that there are differences as to how much opportunity minorities have in the great land of "equality", but some don't recognize that. Then, again, maybe he meant that because you are a minority, your genes aren't up to the "white standard". Either way, it is ignorant and racist to say that! Standards in education for elementary-level teachers are pretty poor. Sorry you had to hear that.
Dorothy Reiser 6 months ago
My high school counselor (1972): You're Japanese and Jewish...what happened?
Sven Horlemann 6 months ago
"You are so dumb and clueless. I can't believe you are white. And a teacher."
#24
One person I know does not understand why poor people cant go on holiday and said "why don't they just choose a cheap destination?"
#25
Over a decade ago I drove a yellow cab for a living. I picked up a well off gentleman and took him to the local country club. He was surprised that I wasn’t interested in joining when the club charged most of my yearly salary to join. According to him it was only $50,000 to start. When we got there, he tried to negotiate a lower fare.
Serial pacifist 6 months ago
You should’ve said yes and asked him to pay since you don’t keep change in your pockets.
Al Padilla 6 months ago
That's how they got rich. If you save $2 each time you take a cab ....
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#26
I was leaving a job site (residential renovation) one day, loading up my tools into my big military style backpack because I was riding my 2007 CBR600RR, when this slick black BMW rolled up the driveway.
The mom was driving and her son was in the passenger seat but I had heard from my boss that the BMW belonged to the kid, he just couldn’t drive yet.
Anyways they parked and he came running up to me, gushing about my bike, then he says “Man, that is SICK, how did you get your parents to buy you one?? They’d never get me one!”
I told him I worked my a*s off and bought it all on my own. I’ll never forget how he looked me dead in the eyes and said “oh man that really sucks, I hope I never have to do that”
Really made me realize that some people are playing a completely different game than the rest of us.
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
Look, I don't think the kid meant to be rude or anything. He was probably just really well off and that's probably not his fault or anything. His parents may have actually got the money through hard work.
#27
“I don’t understand why people are poor. There is so much opportunity.”
- My brother, who is an Ivy educated doctor and MD PHD.
Michael Largey 6 months ago
Actually, our society does offer a lot of opportunities to be poor. And the current administration is trying to expand them.
Anne Roberts 6 months ago
With tariffs looming we will all have the opportunity to help poor. ☹️
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tori Ohno 6 months ago
My parents, who were both working, couldn't afford a college so I could get a degree. Not without re-mortgaging the house. I just started working instead.
K Barnes 6 months ago
My parents were divorced and could afford my university but refused to help me and also started charing me rent to live at home while I paid for my own schooling. I took out loans and worked while I went to school. I only took 4 classes a semester instead of 5 because of work, so it took me 5 instead of 4 years, but spread out the cost. Paying back those loans and living in poverty was hard but I like my job so I'm glad I did it.
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#28
My wife and I had a stillbirth.
A friend of Mine's baby was a little irritable and so my friend turned to us and said 'are you sure you want kids?'
Also got a comment from a work colleague; 'It's all for the best'.
Tabitha 6 months ago (edited)
I have miscarried a couple times, and finally got too old to have kids, but that’s so so different than a stillbirth. My pregnancies ended early, before the 12th week (one was four days away from 12 weeks). I never actually gave birth to my babies, knowing they weren’t alive. That’s incredibly devastating.
Anne Roberts 6 months ago (edited)
Pain and grief go hand in hand. With both my children I loved them from the moment I found out I was pregnant. Just because you didn't give birth doesn't mean the grief was any different or less. I'm so sorry this happened to you.
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Cee Cee 6 months ago
This happened to me. When I rang to tell my parents my mother said God was punishing me and that's why the baby died.
Nona Jaynes 6 months ago
I'd have been arrested for attempted mürder if someone would have said that to me after losing a child.
Tanya Williams 6 months ago
My son died at 8 days old. Someone told me at least it was a baby & you didn’t get too attached. Plus all those insensitive - you can have another. Or gods wanted you to have an angel .
Christine M Quigley 6 months ago
My mother had a stillbirth ( her first Boy) in the last 50s'. She never recovered emotionally, women were treated horribly after still birth in those days. Never even got to hold the baby. She went on to have 5 more kids, but it haunted her to the end.
Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
TO be fair I agree absolutely that life is better without screaming fecal pumps smearing all your property with the contents of their diaper. But even I would think twice before saying that to a couple before the foetus is even cold.
#29
A white guy once told me he could relate to experiences of racism because he used to have long hair and a beard and people thought he was up to no good.
Michael Largey 6 months ago
If true, then only at a very shallow level. And "relate to" is a pretty elastic term.
Kat Alison 6 months ago
People with long hair and a beard can get a haircut and shave. I didn’t know you could change your race any time you feel like a change, too. /s
Krd 6 months ago
Yeah, not even close. I will say, addicts/homeless people understand discrimination, not racial discrimination obviously (unless non-white), but somewhat similar. Hassled relentlessly by cops, followed around in stores, looked down upon, stuff like that. Hence why black/brown people who are also homeless and/or addicts have an especially hard time in society.
#30
A friend of mine once said you can’t have a real wedding for less that 40k.
Tabitha 6 months ago
I had one for way less than that. We were married at the courthouse, our friends who were also our witnesses took us to a wedding dinner afterward, and one of them handed us the keys to her beach house for our honeymoon as a wedding gift. Perfect wedding and honeymoon, as far as I’m concerned. BTW, that was 24 years ago and we’re still happy together. Most of the people I knew who had the big expensive weddings and honeymoons have been divorced long ago. Some of them twice by now.
roddy 6 months ago
We had the courthouse wedding too, I don't think the license cost very much. Then we went out to dinner after, but not at a fancy place. Saved a lot of money. I don't regret not doing the white dress and trimmings, I'm an introvert and hate being the center of attention.
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Francesa Miller 6 months ago
I actually made a profit on my wedding. I made my dress and the cake. Church we attended was free for event and reception. Relatives from far away sent money instead of coming. Friends and local family sang, played music, held a potluck, and we just had a nice celebration with people we liked instead of a public spectacle.
BeKind&Rewind 6 months ago
I would rather have a successful marriage than a party that costs as much as a car.
Just me... 6 months ago
Oh my! Does that mean my husband of 40 years and I aren't really married?
Shaggy 6 months ago (edited)
So not courthouse, but Frugal. We got married on flagstaff mountain at the amphitheater in Boulder Co. Maybe $50 bucks to rent the place for a few hours. Had the reception at a state owned historical house in a state park(think old victorian) prob $100 for the day. Had about 100 people from all over the country, Buffett and open bar. Entire thing was probably 5-8G. DJ was my buddy with my component stereo and and a rented karaoke machine. My wife mixed a bunch of cd's for the reception. I sold a car. Parents chipped in a bit. People still talk about it. 30 years and going strong...
CD Mills 6 months ago
My late husband and I eloped, not because either side of our families had any issues with us getting married, but just because it seemed like fun. And it was a fun adventure! He asked, I said yes, so off we went! We were married for 44 years(we knew each other for 48 years), and I still miss him.
Cara Vinson 6 months ago
I got married at the 24 hour Church of Elvis in Portland Oregon for 25 cents.
#31
I was in a restroom once and overheard a group of girls at the sinks. One girl says she wanted to buy a leather jacket but was going to wait because it's a big purchase. This other girl responds immediately with "You should just go to Turkey to get a leather jacket!". There's a pause, and then the first girl says "Are...are leather jackets less expensive there?" The 2nd girl takes a second to consider what was just asked...then dismisses it with "You should just go to Turkey for the vibes and then pick up a jacket while you're there!"
T'Mar of Vulcan 6 months ago
Had the same experience when I got some punjabis on sale in Lens. Was telling an Indian parent at school about this and she says, "Oh, punjabis are so expensive here in South Africa. You should just go to India where can can get them for practically nothing!" Um, lady, what about the plane fare?!! (South African Indians call a salwaar kameez with pants a Punjabi.)
Ace 6 months ago
So I didn't for a second think you were talking about people from Punjab, but did you really expect anyone to know the other term you used as explanation? (some sort of clothing/dress thing).
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#32
My truck needed an oil change which i do myself for the cost of about 35$ and maybe 20 minutes of my time and the girl i was seeing at the time said "Just get another car when the light pops up." also the same gal who said I was stupid for paying my phone bill " Why do you pay that." Because I want to use my phone I said. She responds. "Thats stupid just make your parents pay that." My parents could barely pay for their loaf of bread lmfao guess her parents helped her out a bit too much good for them and her but I think it sure f****d up her mentality. She was blonde and pretty on the outside but oh so ugly on the inside (figuratively).
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago
And... Sometimes the sweetest, kindest, most-empathetic beings present far-removed from what society deems beautiful. Moral: Keep an open mind and teach your kids to do the same.
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
My ex's sister has totaled 4 cars in the last 5 years (drinking/taking sleeping pills before driving. Yes, she's gone to jail a few times.) Every time she wrecks a car, she demands their parents buy her a new car. The last time, just 6-7 months ago, my ex tried to convince her (and their parents) to procure her a used car this time. NOPE, UNACCEPTABLE. She demanded a new car. She finally agreed to a "used" car but demanded that it couldn't be older than a 2024... which still cost their parents $25,000.
jim kendzior 6 months ago
Thanks for the ("figuratively") - it clears up a lot of questions...
Dorothy Reiser 6 months ago
My son's friend had a fit because his parents got him a Porsche instead of a BMW for his 16th birthday
#33
**Avocado toast is the reason millennials can't afford houses** - example of how out of touch wealthy folks can be with the realities and struggles of everyday life for the rest of us.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
Bread here is like $3 a loaf (for my favourite kind) and an avocado is ~$2.50. So it probably costs me about $3 to make two pieces of avocado toast. Not the cheapest breakfast but certainly not the reason I can’t buy a home 😂 in my neck of the global woods, homes start around a MILLION DOLLARS.
turk 6 months ago
How dare you treat yourself when you could have just eaten the bread? What's next? Putting an egg on it so you can't afford gas?
Load More Replies... tori Ohno 6 months ago
Avocado toast is why avocados are so expensive. It's called price gouging.
Queen Boudicca 6 months ago
Egg producers reporting *record* profits...hmmmm
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Dariusz M. D. 6 months ago
No one really says that. It's a dog whistle. I heard variation of the same saying attributed to the boomers. This is to divide us, pitch against one another.
marianne eliza 6 months ago
To be honest, there are some people whose priorities are a little... warped. A woman I worked with would go around the office daily to collect empty aluminum cans so she could "buy milk for her baby", but go across the street twice a day for a tall Starbucks. That's probably 2 gallons of milk worth of coffee.
TeenieMeanie 6 months ago
We can probably say goodbye to avocados anyway. Sine most if the supply to the US comes from Mexico. Although California does produce a lot.
Tara Noe 6 months ago
'avocado toast' is simply a representation of the type of choices people make. You could buy a big bag of porridge oats and throw the cheapest fruit it in for breakfast. You could share a house to save money and you could get a book from the library instead of paying for TV, you could choose not to have children, but people don't want to do it. They want a certain quality of life, whether it's luxurious or not and the standard of living they choose is almost certainly higher than the ones our parents or grandparents had.
AsylumWalker 6 months ago
No, its really not. The guy who said it legit meant that avocados are expensive and its because millenials eat avocado toast all the time apparently
Load More Replies... Verena 6 months ago
Yes and no. I do know people who are addicted to be up to date with clothing, furniture, gadgets and stuff. They complain about lack of money. If they spent less on looking hip and rich, they would have had enough money to buy a decent, average terraced house. Sometimes it is choices Sometimes not.
Richienotsorich 6 months ago
Back when houses were admittedly more affordable compared to income, we didn't have (the latest) mobile phones, several TV packages, newish cars, designer clothes etc.
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2 weeks after I (29F) found out I was pregnant with my first child my husband (30M) was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer with mets to the peritoneum. 5 year survival rate is 5%.
When breaking this news to my boss she said “Oh you shouldn’t be sad, you should be happy that there’s still a chance!”
My jaw has never hit the ground faster.
A dude who likes to drum 6 months ago
That’s genuinely horrible. I hope your husband and your baby are doing well ❤️
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago
Sitting here at work in a colorectal surgeon practice, that first paragraph hit me like a club to the gut. Such a terrifying diagnosis. My prayers are that the husband was in that 5%....
Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
I honestly think I'd have burned the building down with that man inside.
#35
"At least you know you can get pregnant" - ER doctor to me, whilst I was bleeding from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and about to have emergency surgery.
Serial pacifist 6 months ago
And although he can’t, he was by far the biggest cünt in the room.
Richienotsorich 6 months ago (edited)
Another assuming it was a male doctor!
Load More Replies... Christine M Quigley 6 months ago
Some OB doctors really hate women. Coming from a retired OB RN. Some. of the comments I've heard were jaw dropping.
#36
When my mom passed away, my paternal grand father told me “don’t worry, you won’t even miss her because daughters always prefer their fathers” … my blood still boils when I remember that….
Danish Susanne 6 months ago
My guess is, that you will not miss your paternal grand father when he dies.
#37
For context, this is when I just finished uni and started my first full-time job.
This person asked “How much do you earn?” I replied ‘around $50-60k’
And then he responded ‘is that for a week or fortnightly?’
You can only guess what sort of spending he is on a week.
Verena 6 months ago (edited)
€45-55k is not bad, it is a pretty decent salary. Taxes and fees for social care, pension and health care will be deducted, but the remaining mobey is still enough for a normal life
Still Going 6 months ago
That's one way to tell you don't live around here. My daughter and son-in-law were lucky to find a nice apartment in a good area for "only" $2,850/month. For a one bedroom apartment. Many others pay more.
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« Why don’t you ask your father to pay for it? »
I was working in a French private school with out of touch teenagers from wealthy families.
EACH year, they’d do a school trip either to Asia or North America.
One of my student just couldn’t afford it, the trip was so expensive. And the others couldn’t understand WHY. Like… can’t the parents pay for it, as theirs do ? They were nice kids, but sincerely could not understand that not everyone was as privileged as them.
Rachel Pelz 6 months ago
I'm privileged in many ways (like food, health, safety) BUT I take it as a duty to teach my kids that not everybody has our privileges. Privileges are random, nobody deserves them or earns them (by birth).
#39
An aunt of mine told my mum just weeks after my dad died "Sure you can always find someone else"
I knew this aunt never got on with my dad but I still found it heartless.
Danish Susanne 6 months ago
Maybe she would not feel very much if it was her own husband who passed away, so couldn't imagine your mothers feelings.
#40
This one time my shrink suggested that I approach strange women on the bus and tell them they smell nice. I... I just don't even. Is there anywhere where this wouldn't be creepy AF?
Michael Largey 6 months ago
Maybe the shrink was trying to give those women traumatic experiences to drum up business.
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
Wtf is a shrink? I'm picturing a guy with dwarfism d**g-dealing on street corners
Al Padilla 6 months ago
US term, short for "headshrinker" - shrinking the head cures mental illness, so = psychiatrist
Load More Replies... Neb 6 months ago
Em... I can imagine a situation where you already spent time next to some woman (e.g. if the car is full), and tell her "I love your perfume", when you are climbing out. This would be complimenting smell and her choices, and not a compliment to her (as it could be body smell). Also, if you climb out after that, she is not forced to think what you had in mind saying it and what she should answer; also - if you climb first, it pretty much allows her to feel more relaxed, as you are not waiting to see where her stop is, or even worse - getting out in the same stop. So, theoretically it is possible, but depends on situation and behavior.
Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
That shrink is over a certain age, I bet. I remember when this was not only completely normal, but people even TALKED to eachother on the bus. HONEST!
#41
My very very wealthy boss was telling me about her recent vacation with a private plane to a private yacht anchored off of some beautiful island once and she looked right at me, while knowing exactly how much money i made because *she hired me* and said “if you ever get the chance to do this, you really should”
i just sort of blankly looked at her and said….you bet. 😐.
Phoenix 6 months ago
My boss once told me, "it's not how much money you make, it's about money management". He and his wife each made 3x what I did and couldn't pay their bills, while I was single with a mortgage and everything was paid up.
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
that's kinda true actually, to an extent. you could earn a lot but lose it to gambling etc
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Beffett 6 months ago
This. This is what would pop out of my mouth before I could stop myself.
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urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
If you ever get the chance to send her to hell, don't think twice
#42
My washer and dryer broke. I was complaining about having to go to the laundry matt to the doctor I work for. She replied with “why are you stressed, you just drop off your clothes, they wash it and will even will fold it for you!” She pays for the laundry service there. I obviously have to use the coin machines and wait while I do it myself.
Yo Mama 6 months ago
You know - a lot of people use text to talk and a lot of people make typos. It's not that big of a deal. Pointing it out is lame. It's not like you didn't understand what they said.
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Wasĥ and fold service is really. Pricey bit not our of ŕeach. I love how everything is folded into a perfect square.
Ace 6 months ago
I can understand her confusion, as this is typically how a laundry works. If you'd used the correct term maybe she wouldn't have misunderstood you.
#43
Vaccines cause autism and should be avoided.
Gunný Petersen 6 months ago
Fuckthat s**t and the people who believe it! Just f**k them and their stupid brains!!
Dawn Marie 6 months ago
May polio affect your family like it did mine BEFORE the vaccine became available.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago
Hoping that RFK follows his own advice about vaccinations... And visits the pediatric wards in several Texas hospitals very soon. Perhaps he can offer those children dying from measles a hug and kiss or two. You know, politics aside....
Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
This was the work of one single man. FORMER doctor Wakefield, who had his license stripped for this exact crime.
#44
I was visiting my girlfriend's family in California in 2012-2013. Fuel was super expensive - like pushing $5 / gal, but in 2012 dollars.
Her dad said something like "I don't understand why people don't just fill up the tank. It's so much more effort to come back later!"
I believe you, that you don't understand. You own a commercial real estate business that owns over $100,000,000 of property. You retired at 52. Your parents are old money and were social elite at Stanford. It makes total sense that you have never had to choose between eating for a week and putting 10 gallons of fuel in your tank.
DrBronxx 6 months ago (edited)
I can now afford to fill my car up. It's a compact SUV. I caught myself a few weeks ago thinking "why did I only use to fill my car up $15 at a time? Filling up makes much more sense". Then, I almost slapped myself in anger and embarrassment. I filled the car up $15 at a time because THAT'S ALL I COULD AFFORD. I still can't believe that I had almost forgotten that.
Lauren K 6 months ago
I remember searching my car for loose change to get one gallon of gas during one particularly bad time. I was only 3 miles from home, and my gauge was wayyyy past empty.
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Jane Hower 6 months ago
CA gas might go to 10$ a gallon before the end of the year and not because of Trump but because of the slimy dem govenor
Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
Five dollars per GALLON. That's literally cheaper than milk. Utterly unbelievable.
Sanni Lindberg 6 months ago
Super expensive….. Right. In my country, a gallon of gas is 6,87 dollars and that is cheap! I’d be dancing with joy if our gas prices were that low.
#45
My boss, who owns the company and gains around £3 million a year, once took me out on a job with him and when I said I was going to get lunch he said " I don't know how much it costs, but get yourself something from McDonalds" and handed me a £50 note.
Cindy Brick 6 months ago
Actually, I would have been thrilled if a boss had done that for me. (They never did.)
weatherwitch 6 months ago
I wouldn't know how much it costs either since I couldn't afford it in the first place
#46
My father-in-law, who was born in 1953, told me it would have been wise to invest in apple in the 80’s. That way I would be rich now.
I was born in 1995.
He’s a retired doctor with more money than God and lives in a massive house and buys his cars outright with cash. And has a $1,250,000 boat.
He also asked, “Are you guys maxing out your 401k’s?” To which I replied, “No, we can’t” and he couldn’t understand that we couldn’t budget in such a way to max them out without missing rent payments.
Lynne Hammar 6 months ago
An old friend of mine had a good reply to this. Her in-laws were planning to visit Germany and wanted her & her husband to join them ... On their own dime. She said they couldn't afford airfare & was being questioned about how they spent their $. She said, acting very serious .. "Next time, I'll bring all of our bills, and you can go over them & show me how I can afford it!"
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
Money management is one of those things you can do however much you make. It's better to do it than not to it, regardless of income
#47
Talking to my Gen-Z niece and nephew during the time of the stimulus checks(only people who made less than $80k recieved it)
we were talking about receiving it in the mail and she made a face and says “wait you make less than $80k??”
i live in a low-cost-of-living area where the average income is like $50k. and my niece has wealthy parents who bought a business for her to “run”
i just laughed and said, “yeah, a lot of people around here make less than $80k.”.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
The amount of money you make isn’t tied to your worth as a human being. I wish more people u feed told that. Too many people love mocking and looking down on others just to give their ego a sense of superiority, it’s so sad.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago
Unfortunately it seems that making a LOT (millionaire level) of money causes one to morph into ugly orange trolls and their monster counterparts. Frankly, I'm just fine knowing that my own value comes from within. Definitely something trolls and monsters can't claim.
Load More Replies... Inservio Smurf 6 months ago
I make €1016 per month, after tax. €150 of that goes to savings automatically, which I never touch except to cover unplanned expenses like a laptop dying, government documentation needing replacement, or the like. I have no problems whatsoever feeding myself or doing the things I enjoy, but I do not take vacations, do not go out, do not date, have no pets or children, and haven't bought new clothes in years.
Verena 6 months ago
$50k is €45k. So to an US citizen this is on the brink of "poor"? In the Netherlands and Germany this is a pretty nice salary, we also pay taxes from that and fees for mandatory social care, health care and much more - which fund our affordable health care, mostly free schools and universities, you name it. If the wages in the US are so much higher, why is your health care so expensive, when our group effort with less money make it free?
#48
"You're having trouble getting a job? Well, make sure your resume is printed on the nice paper, it really helps!".
Michael Largey 6 months ago
Gee, why not just go to the business and ask to see the manager. That's sure fire!
Jeremy James 6 months ago
I'm a Millenial and I know that paper resumes are way less important, but most of the jobs I've gone for still require them, even though nobody reads them and it's the same information I've already input into the application. I've been using good, extra-thick stock for my resume ever since my first job at a paper store. If you're thumbing through a stack of pages, mine is the one you catch on. And it makes a really satisfying wobbly sound when you wave it in the air.
AsylumWalker 6 months ago
What industry are you in that they still require paper ones?
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#49
Ordered a taxi to drive them to the gym next door.
Ace 6 months ago
And there may be no possible way of getting there on foot. Some people I used to work with used to stay, when on business trips to our US offices, at a hotel on the same road as the office building, not just the same road but within sight of each other, like just across the road. They needed to book a taxi each morning and evening to get to and from the office.
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#50
I was just out of college, working as a farmland for room, board, and about $100 a week. I was getting ready to start a new job across the country and saving up to pay for gas and new work boots. A couple weeks before I was planning to leave the transmission on my car completely gave up, and I was panicking.
Another one of the farmhands who was from the bay area and just passing through (when he got tired of taking trains and planes, his parents sent him money to buy a new car in cash), asked me "why don't you just get some money? That would solve everything."
I just sat and stared at him.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
“Why don’t you just get some money?” Oh golly gee willickers, why didn’t I think of that?! You’re an amazing genius and I’m just a silly goose!
Yo Mama 6 months ago
This reminds me when my son was a preschooler and he wanted me to stop at Burger King for lunch. I told him that I don't have any money for that right now and that we'd go home and eat. He replied: "Just go to the bank and take some money out." These people remind me of that lol
Nicole Weymann 6 months ago
"Buy money", as my cousins used to call it. In their defense: they were kindergarteners at the time.
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#51
Someone told me I had white privilige because I'm Asian once. They were fairly adamant about it. Apparently I am not susceptible racism because I'm "technically white" and all Asians are "White passing".
Was a weird as hell time.
They seemed to be very "Freedom fighter for all POC" type people but somehow ended up going full circle racist lol.
Lara Verne 6 months ago
Because there are only light-skinned Asians that look exactly like white people..
#52
"I wish I was as tan as you"
I am black lol.
PunchinelloTX 6 months ago
It’s more awkwardness, I think. In high school, I had an insanely handsome friend on whom I had a massive teenage crush and I said to him, “there’s my favorite man with a tan” and he looked at me and said, “I’m Mexican.” Of course I knew that! His name was Manuel for goodness sake, but I always got tongue tied around him and I wanted to say something flattering to show my affection without being too gay as a closeted 16 year old. He laughed it off. But, I can kind of get this one.
Cheese Man 6 months ago
this just sounds like ignorance. Like when someone just isn't raised with the concept of race. doesn't excuse it but explains it.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago
My biracial grandchildren -- who have the most-beautiful caramel-toned skin -- hear my envy a lot (how I wish I had their skin tone etc). On the same hand, I keep in mind just how unfortunate they are that racism still exists so blatantly and that same enviable skin tone will cause idjits to judge them.
#53
Rishi sunak the British former prime minister saying he didn't have sky tv growing up because everyone has to make sacrifices....has to be up there. Let them eat cake vibes.
CF 6 months ago
For most of my life I didn't realize that y'all across the pond have to deal with the same type of rich racist conservatives vs rich racist-but-hiding-it-well liberals, etc, as the main choices for who to run your governments. Not sure what I thought it was like, just know that I expected everyone to be more enlightened over there 🥹
#54
“Oh, but you’re such a happy person so it doesn’t count”. I told them that my dad died when I was six.
#55
"When are you going to buy a house"? The most out if touch and tone deaf thing to say in 2024...
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago
Well, I was down at the pet store and saw one I could afford. Unfortunately the plumbing wasn't up to par.
#56
One of my college friends didn't know what a frying pan was.
Ace 6 months ago
And conversely I know loads of people who wouldn't know what a skillet was. Hah! Even my UK English spellchecker doesn't recognise it!
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CD Mills 6 months ago
I can't imagine not knowing how to cook at college age. I started cooking at seven, just basic stuff, but real food/real cooking. My older brother and I were latchkey kids before that phrase was invented, and if we didn't cook, we didn't eat. My mom was a bartender and was never home in the evenings, she usually got home about 2:30 am. She absolutely could NOT afford a babysitter, so we stayed home alone. People in the late 60s to early 70s had a tendency to NOT 'think of the children' like, at all!
Spencer's slave no longer 6 months ago
In many countries around the world it is called a frying pan because it's used for frying.
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#57
Why don't you just work harder and save.
Or
why don't you get a degree in a different field while you look. Surely you'll find a job in a different field it's guaranteed.
#58
In high school my rich friend got a brand new Ford truck after her first car which was a Jeep. They had to get rid of the Jeep because it didn’t have side-impact airbags and she needed a car with side-impact airbags. When she was telling us all this, I said “my car doesn’t have side-impact airbags… it’s a 10 year old piece of s**t… my mom got it for me for cheap…” so my rich friend said “I guess your mom doesn’t really love you then.”
Savannah Newman 6 months ago
I guess her mom never taught her not to equate love with things. Shame.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago
You read this the same way I did... Shame = Such pity for someone who has no concept of true value in people, not things.
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
If a 10-year-old car is a piece of sh!t, what does that make my 24-year-old van that I'm still driving? XD
Lester the Space Duck 6 months ago
My first car was a 1983 Ford that a friend and I d**g out of the woods with a tractor...
Wild Cream 6 months ago
Hey my first car was a 1983 Ford too! It was a Tempo :) the seats were beige and my aunt’s kids had spilled blue Gatorade all over them which made them look extremely moldy, and the door locks didn’t work 😆
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6mo old puppy lost to a vehicle accident.
I texted extended family the news just so everyone knew to avoid future awkward conversation.
3 days later was a planned babyshower for a sibling. I didn't want to go because of grief, but I dragged myself out. The first thing my mom (who received the prior text) says:
"You look depressed!"
me: "My dog just died."
I gave my sister a bulk bag of dog treats (she had 4 dogs) so they could be of use and left shortly after.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago (edited)
Some people, having never established a true connection with an animal or pet, simply don't grasp the level of love that pet parents feel for their "children". Thus, when an animal death occurs, they don't comprehend the level of grief that follows. I've always said that a pet parent will grieve the loss to the same degree that they valued the love for the animal. And all agree that they wouldn't trade the love for less grief.
#60
When I was 24 I confided to my girlfriend that I'd always wanted to visit the United States. Her reply was "*just go!*"
Yeah...yeah, I'll forget about having only a few hundred pounds of discretionary income every month once my obligations are taken care of, and "just go" on a holiday across the Atlantic.
Michael Largey 6 months ago
Many of my girlfriends also said "Just go!" But it never had anything to do with a holiday.
#61
I had a friend tell me she wanted us to have mismatched silverware for a cottage core aesthetic and i had to explain to her i grew up poor, it’s not an “aesthetic” lmfao.
#62
> You have nothing to be depressed about.
When talking with my mom.
MonsterMum 6 months ago
I was very unhappy as a young teen and people told me I shouldn't be as these are 'the best years of your life'. Great, you're telling me it gets worse
Dawn Marie 6 months ago
My dad always told me to "snap out of it." I have had clinical depression since I can remember.
Little Bit 6 months ago
A few years ago I was going through a particularly difficult time in my life. Nothing was going right, every time i thought things couldn't possibly get any worse they did. I had financial difficulties, I was looking after my mum who was having treatment for cancer, my house was falling apart around me because I couldn't afford to do anything about it, my peg dog was poorly and needed round the clock care and my brother in law got killed in a freak accident. Just two days after that I was made redundant. That was the final straw that broke the camel's back for me. I mentioned to one of my managers (who was fully aware of my situation) that I couldn't take any more and I felt depressed. He replied, "I really don't understand what you've got to be depressed about."
#63
My boss at an old job let one of his friends who sold insurance come into the shop (it was an auto garage) to give a pitch about buying insurance from him.
No one took any of the brochures. We just stared at the guy. I was being paid $10/hr. AS IF I had the money to take on extra bills for no reason.
#64
"I make 500k and it feels like poverty".
Michael Largey 6 months ago
"Well, give me 450k of it. Apparently you won't notice the difference."
Dawn Marie 6 months ago
My first year teaching, granted it was the 1986-1987 school year, my take home pay was $11,376. for the year
#65
Someone I was friends with who was semi religious, they tried to get me to go church all the time, but I declined, and they weren't upset by it. My mum died, and the first thing they said to me was, "God always has a plan. Maybe you can come to church and pray for her soul with me." I never responded and blocked her.
Michael Largey 6 months ago
Yes, God always has a plan. Like the Flood or the Ten Plagues of Egypt. Clever guy, that God.
Nicole Weymann 6 months ago
To paraphrase Marc Uwe Kling: The bible starts making a lot of sense if you don't start out with the preconception that god is good. Imagine how confused you'd be if you read The silence Of The Lambs with the notion that Hannibal Lecter is the good guy. Maybe god isn't mysterious - maybe he's just an arsehóle.
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
I got the whole "it's God's plan" BS from my religious aunt after my dad's accident. And she also would tell me "God only gives us burdens that we can carry." I was 18 years old when my dad's accident happened and I was his caregiver for the next 21 years. So apparently my father's catastrophic brain damage and the subsequent f**k!ng-over of my entire young adulthood was "God's plan" and was a burden that I was TOTALLY able to carry. (I loved my father and don't regret helping to care for him, but it did destroy my young adulthood. I never moved out, never finished college, never had a real job/career, never had the choice to get married/have a family, etc.)
Rinso The Red 6 months ago
She's dead. Do they really think their god is going to change it's mind about her because you asked nicely?
#66
The former BP CEO that complained about just wanted his life back after men died on an offshore oil rig due to their poor management.
#67
Surely
‘A small loan of a million dollars’ has to be up there
Or when Adin Ross thought the average salary was 100k.
#68
Was helping a friend unpack in his new house and he pulled out a framed puzzle of a horse and he said
"look I got this for my daughter's bedroom she's really into horses nowadays, what do you think? I got it at a garage sale for like $120" I made a weird face and before I could say anything he went " I know right such a f*****g bargain! "
It was just a $14 100pcs puzzle from kmart that some old lady finished and framed...
Krd 6 months ago
That seller huddled him good! Must have been flashing a wad of cash, or a fancy Rolex.
Lost Panda 6 months ago
Or he just said "I'll give you $120 for it" before they even asked the price thinking he was at an antique auction
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I’m 25 years old and still live with my parents due to financial issues (big student loan payment, and just other, normal bills) and some health problems with my dad. A friend of mine from high school recently dug into me about how she couldn’t imagine still living at home and how awful it is that I do. It really hurt me until I remember that her parents paid for her bachelor’s and her apartment for those four years and now they’re paying for her masters degree.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
LOL my 32 yo boyfriend still lives with his parents and I’ve told him to keep doing it as long as he can, because they’re pretty well off and don’t charge him rent. That’s a rare luxury these days, and I told him he should use it to his advantage as much as possible.
#70
I’m a Black woman. I started a new job. My older, white, co worker (55/M) on my third day of work said to me “I’m so curious about your hair. I can tell it isn’t yours. I’d love to see your real hair. How long is it.”
Yo Mama 6 months ago
I'm so curious about your balls. I can tell you have none. What happened to your balls? How small were they?
Bill Swallow 6 months ago
... did they just fall out of a hole in your pocket?
Load More Replies... Wild Cream 6 months ago
No, he was curious and then became very rude very quickly. “I can tell it’s not yours” like excuse me?! You don’t talk that way to people, sorry.
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"You should just keep a set of gear (winter coat, boots, hat, gloves, etc.) here." - my boss
For context, I work as a daycare teacher. By no means do I earn enough to own an entire winter set for home, and for work.
#72
Semi-retired colleague talked at me about finding a good job with a pension, and maybe buying some land as an investment. As if I was working three part-time jobs as some kind of lifestyle choice.
#73
Two weeks after my miscarriage a colleague said, 'I need to talk to you cos I think you'd have researched this stuff before you got pregnant. Can you tell me all you know about how child benefits are calculated by the government?'
#74
My coworker's son was having some behavior trouble in school. She went and bought him and his fellow troublemakers an a*s load of candy to have at lunch because she didn't think it was fair for them to lose a few minutes of recess. She really is one of the dumbest people I've ever met. Stunningly stupid.
#75
"I like Scandinavian men, they're mean and a*****e but s**y and I won't have to work cause they'll pay for everything" I was almost not allowed to work because of my a*****e ex.
"Surgery is unnatural and I would never get surgery. " right before I got my gallbladder surgery.
"I don't have any help I'm all alone" her family sends her money, she doesn't pay her own bills and my dumb a*s let her move in for less than 1/3 rent cause she's 19.
"That's disgusting I dont understand how anybody can get that low." Talking about homeless people. I was homeless when I was 17.
"I don't take medicine, it's all addictive" first off... it's a nasal spray cause she was sobbing about how she can't breathe. Second off, she was addicted to fentanyl like 1-2 years ago, smokes $200 of weed every month, and has a new vape every week... starts tweaking if she can't get weed or a vape.
"That's not a real job, that's such b******t what a bunch of bums" about people selling $5 bouquets on the side of the road. She didn't have a job before she moved in with me.
Yo Mama 6 months ago
Just $200? I have multiple sclerosis and smoke medicinally almost $300 a month lol
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago
I was thinking that same thing.... Along with "Where do they live and how is weed regulated (if at all) there? From a dispensary or home grower?" These are questions I must ask before planning where to move next.
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#76
I went to get sushi with my mom and she ordered a spider roll that she didn’t think was very good.
I then watched her call over the waiter and hear her tell them the roll wasn’t good and they should try this other place in town and take notes since they know how to make it right.
I yelled at her and she just looked confused and said she was just trying to help.
(I tipped really well and apologized to the waiter on the way out).
RomanceRadish 6 months ago
Expressing concern to the mom about her behavior would've been fitting. "Yelling" was unnecessary.
Yo Mama 6 months ago
I was there and I saw it happen - YELLING WAS NECESSARY !!!!!!
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“What do you mean the servers here don’t get paid a great wage, this is a expensive restaurant”- said by a man born with a silver spoon in his mouth and makes 600k a year doing idk what, the most saltine cracker of a man with the most toxic views and so brave saying completely false s**t with his full chest.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 6 months ago
Oh come on!! It's never the parent at fault. Of course, parents NEVER mess children up! It's the teachers, police, doctors etc that make children act the way they do. Da*n!! My nose just grew all the way through those statements.
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A counsellor told me his 6 week online programme (as part of our marriage counselling) would allow me, a recovering alcoholic, to drink again. Despite my protestations he wouldn’t let it go and brought it up about 4 more times.
We didn’t go back to see him again….
#79
My buddy fighting that's he is middle class even though he was at his cottage saying it was normal and he was confused I didn't have a ski cottage I asked him to elaborate turns out his family has 3 cottages and he couldn't fathem the average person can barley afford a new device once a year.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
I could afford it if I gave up eating for a couple weeks every year :)
Load More Replies... Yo Mama 6 months ago
I was born and raised in Louisiana and when I moved to Colorado at 40 years old, the number of people who asked me if I like to snow ski was hilarious! Sorry bro, the only skiing anybody does in Louisiana is on water Cuz there are no mountain ranges and rarely does it snow. It's a literal swamp state - what the hell makes people think I ski? 😂
Bi.Felicia 6 months ago
Did these people ask if you were a skiier after telling them that you had moved from Louisiana? If not, I'm thinking that they asked if you skiied, because you now live in Colorado, a state with plenty of mountains/snow.
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During the 2008 recession, Boomer Brother bought a condo that had gone into foreclosure. Spent the next decade lecturing everyone that they need to buy a foreclosed condo. Not everyone has the down payment just laying around and a lot of those condos were shoddy builds which is why people were walking away from them.
#81
"oh yea im broke rn" "why don't u ask your parents for money?" hearing that as a kid made me mad my parents lived pay check to paycheck $30 was alot to em even $10 was too much to ask. like no i can't just go and ask em that.
Rinso The Red 6 months ago
I got a job at 13 just to help with the bills. Unreal just how entitled some people are
#82
“Law enforcement is always out to get people like me.” - my heterosexual, white, upper-class (ex) boyfriend.
#83
I was friends with a kid who genuinely said “just because my parents own a boat doesn’t mean we’re rich”.
Yo Mama 6 months ago
This is true. When my stepdad retired, he bought himself a used bass boat that he had been wanting for years. He is not rich he just loves to fish and he was smart about purchasing.
Load More Replies... Bill Swallow 6 months ago
Maybe they were rich *before* they bought the boat, but not afterwards. "Boat (n) - a hole in the water which you fill up with money."
nottheactualphoto 6 months ago
If you own a boat - or fancy car, etc. - all it means is that at one time you (thought you) could afford it.
#84
When someone said, "Why don’t you just buy another one?" about something clearly expensive—it’s like they live in another world!
LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
Reminds me of when my mom told me to euthanize my dog Stilgar when he was sick as a puppy because "You can just get a new one." He survived and is a happy, wonderful doggo. My mother is still a sh!tbag - she says she "can't stand to look at him" because it "makes her feel bad/sad" to see how disabled he is. (He has myoclonus - constant, uncontrollable full-body muscle twitching - and a few mobility and balance issues. He's also a bit crooked. He has NO idea he's disabled and can run and jump and play like a healthy dog!) stilly_at_...45c450.jpg 
Shadow 6 months ago
He is a beautiful dog. Don't forget to give him lots of treats and a very big cwtch( welsh for hug or cuddle).
Load More Replies... Dawn Marie 6 months ago
That is like when doctor's or physical therapist tell me to just go buy this, it will help you feel better. The doctor wanted me to buy a $200 air purifier/vaporizer and the physical therapist told me to go buy the Sketcher Slip-On's!!!
#85
My (22F) friends boyfriend at a dinner with our friends, whilst sat next to me - ‘I could never deal with dating someone going through grief’ - my mum died three years ago.
#86
"You mean you went camping and slept in a tent? On the ground?! Where was your RV?!".
Agfox 6 months ago (edited)
I thought something similar the last time I went camping & slept in a tent - especially around 6am when I was woken by a strong wind blowing the centre pole over onto my head. This was in 1969 & I have never forgotten it nor have I ever been camping again. Edited to say that RVs weren't thing then where I was living, I was thinking of a comfortable bed in a motel room
#87
One of the C-suite guys likes to talk to me at work as we both get in super early.
One day he was all anxious because his vacation home was in the path of a hurricane and he didn’t know what he was going to do if it got damaged. Mostly because he was going to host Thanksgiving and it’s just not as nice at his regular house.
Meanwhile, I’m trying to figure out if my roommates and I are going to lose our apartment when they raise the rent another 100$ a month.
#88
Fullyrawkristina on YouTube is one of my favorite examples of an out-of-touch person. She is the kind of person who, if she became famous during the TikTok era, she would have been ripped apart *bad* by Gen Z.
She pushes this ridiculous, very expensive raw food diet. So to prove once and for all that her diet is affordable, she filmed herself shopping at Whole Foods, to prove she could make 3 meals with “just” $20.
The best line was something like “if I can buy three meals from Whole Foods for $20, then *you* can buy three meals from Whole Foods for $20.”.
#89
When Europeans tell Americans to just go to the ER.
Sam Trudeau 6 months ago
That's not rich vs poor, that's (Canadian terms) human healthcare vs animal healthcare (humans have universal, vets charge money)
Queen Boudicca 6 months ago
Americans keep voting for people who vote against it.
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"It only costs NT$100,000 (US$3,085 / £2,500)" when I told a parent of my student that I liked his brand of camera (Leica) but couldn't afford one.
Tbf, him and his wife are both orthopaedic surgeons so that's probably a few days wage for them.
DrBronxx 6 months ago
Sure, but how does he not know at least that that's a lot of money for a camera?
Bill Swallow 6 months ago
He's probably never *read* a price tag in his life.
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A rich friend of mine wanted me to cash a 3rd party check for him at midnight, in a bar, on a Saturday, 35 years ago, for $360+.
Bill Swallow 6 months ago
"... and I want *you* to jump in this tank of live piranha. Let's see who makes out better!"
#92
I was scolded by my “father” for expressing pain while in a physically painful situation.
Yo Mama 6 months ago
When I got a little bit choked up while talking about being assaulted - My dad told me that I was weak and couldn't handle life. I got angry and told him that he had been telling me my whole life that I'm not allowed to cry or have feelings and that he could f*©k off with that nonsense. He got real quiet then said "please don't hang up on me." 😂 Ever since then every time we talk on the phone, he's so much kinder and actually listens to me.
#93
"You need to budget better". I asked him how many payments he had left on the e-class he was leaning on and he shut up real quick.
nottheactualphoto 6 months ago
Poor little rich kid. E-class might mean a Mercedes, in which case it's not even top of the line.
What do you think ?
PunchinelloTX 6 months ago
People just don’t think. Often they mean no harm. I recently had an acquaintance say, they wish they could be as thin as I am and asked my secret. “Ohh… fatal blood cancer” was not the answer they wanted. Of course they know that’s what’s happening with me but in that moment they were only thinking about themselves and their own image and problems. Most people do. People are selfish and life’s too short, truly, to be outraged all the time because of that reality.
Shadow 6 months ago
These reminded me of of something that happened on the 30/11/22. I was in work, and I was talking to my colleagues about my stepdad, who was home under palliative care. A woman heard me and demanded to know why my stepdad wasn't in church as it would "cure" him. I said that it wouldn't help him in any way shape or form. She demanded to know the religions in my family. I told her that I was Roman Catholic (non practicing) and my sister is a pagan. That resulted in her saying that my sister was the reason my stepdad had cancer. My colleague stepped in to defend me whilst I cried and her child tried to comfort me, whist my supervisor forced the woman to leave. She isn't banned, but if my colleagues see her make me cry again, she will be banned. Also, on the 4/12/22, my stepdad passed away. On the 1/12/22, he insisted on us opening our main shared gift, as he wouldn't see us open it Xmas day. He had bought us a Nintendo Switch, with some games. I miss him so much.
Lara Verne 6 months ago
I once heard rich person talking about homeless. "I don't get why homeless people stay in one place in such a terrible condition!They have so much free time! If I were homeless, I would travel the world and visit some tropical paradise!" Others told him that homeless peope don't have money to pay for tickets and he said: "they could just walk. They have enough time:" Like, tropical paradise is in walking distance? Not to mention how would he walk over the ocean.
Little Bit 6 months ago
When actors and TV presenters who are on salaries upwards of 350k a year complain that its not fair that some of their colleagues earn more than they do. Well hello. Millions of people have to manage on a fraction of what they get and do ten times more work. Maybe they should get themselves a minimum wage job and then they would earn exactly the same as all their other colleagues who are on minimum wage.
CooperDooper81 6 months ago
A friend recently asked me if there are dogs in Europe. I responded by asking what a German Shepherd was.
PunchinelloTX 6 months ago
People just don’t think. Often they mean no harm. I recently had an acquaintance say, they wish they could be as thin as I am and asked my secret. “Ohh… fatal blood cancer” was not the answer they wanted. Of course they know that’s what’s happening with me but in that moment they were only thinking about themselves and their own image and problems. Most people do. People are selfish and life’s too short, truly, to be outraged all the time because of that reality.
Shadow 6 months ago
These reminded me of of something that happened on the 30/11/22. I was in work, and I was talking to my colleagues about my stepdad, who was home under palliative care. A woman heard me and demanded to know why my stepdad wasn't in church as it would "cure" him. I said that it wouldn't help him in any way shape or form. She demanded to know the religions in my family. I told her that I was Roman Catholic (non practicing) and my sister is a pagan. That resulted in her saying that my sister was the reason my stepdad had cancer. My colleague stepped in to defend me whilst I cried and her child tried to comfort me, whist my supervisor forced the woman to leave. She isn't banned, but if my colleagues see her make me cry again, she will be banned. Also, on the 4/12/22, my stepdad passed away. On the 1/12/22, he insisted on us opening our main shared gift, as he wouldn't see us open it Xmas day. He had bought us a Nintendo Switch, with some games. I miss him so much.
Lara Verne 6 months ago
I once heard rich person talking about homeless. "I don't get why homeless people stay in one place in such a terrible condition!They have so much free time! If I were homeless, I would travel the world and visit some tropical paradise!" Others told him that homeless peope don't have money to pay for tickets and he said: "they could just walk. They have enough time:" Like, tropical paradise is in walking distance? Not to mention how would he walk over the ocean.
Little Bit 6 months ago
When actors and TV presenters who are on salaries upwards of 350k a year complain that its not fair that some of their colleagues earn more than they do. Well hello. Millions of people have to manage on a fraction of what they get and do ten times more work. Maybe they should get themselves a minimum wage job and then they would earn exactly the same as all their other colleagues who are on minimum wage.
CooperDooper81 6 months ago
A friend recently asked me if there are dogs in Europe. I responded by asking what a German Shepherd was.
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