50 Embarrassing Posts From People Who Were So Close To The Point And Still Missed It
InterviewWhen the full moon rises, it’s more than just werewolves that start howling in the deep, dark forests of the world. Even rarer still, transforming only underneath the light of a blue moon, are ‘self awarewolves,’ internet users who (almost) become self-aware of their flaws and biases, completely by accident. That’s where the r/SelfAwarewolves subreddit comes in.
It’s an online community of just over 522k members that documents the moments that people (again, almost) become “self-aware creatures,” unknowingly describing themselves in their posts on the internet.
Take a look at some of the best and most on-point posts below, upvote the ones that caught your attention the most, and let us know which of these got you thinking, Pandas. Oh, and don’t forget to go and follow the r/SelfAwarewolves subreddit if you liked their stuff!
Self-awareness is potentially one of the most powerful tools in our arsenal, helping guide us through lies and illusions, towards our potential as better, more empathetic, more capable Pandas.
Redditor u/mangeiri, one of the moderators behind the entire r/SelfAwarewolves community, gave Bored Panda some insights about the subreddit, its history, and the constant challenges the mods have to deal with. It's grueling work being a moderator, but far from everyone knows about this.
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Who Would Have Guessed Lady, Who Would Have Guessed
As someone not in the US, this was the weirdest argument I saw around the election. 'Nobody went to Biden's rallies!' Well, yeah, because the world was in a pandemic and smart people knew to stay inside. 'Why were all the postal votes for Biden?!' Um, because voting in person during a pandemic is unnecessarily dangerous.
...or maybe because Trump specifically told his supporters not to vote by mail.
Load More Replies...I‘ve also never met someone who is a huge fan of Biden, but need I remind you who the alternative was?
Not one of my friends voted for the Alta Carrot. He must have gotten even fewer votes than he lied about.
Some people really seem to hate biden, there isn't so much in tge world news about him compared to trump though. But I think even a forgettable president is better than trump
No chance this person lives in a very red community or only associates with like-minded people. "Everywhere" being the 5-mile radius they're comfortable with.
No surprise the treason weasel's supporters were travelling during the pandemic
Being a European, I've also met very few Biden supporters. Most people over here are rather "Anything but Trump". Few like Biden's politics (way too right-wing), but he's at least sane, with an above-room-temperature IQ, and he's less likely to accidentally start WWIII.
Yep. Amongst my friends, the only people I know who preferred Biden were the ex-Republicans who left the party because of Trump. The rest of us supported Warren or Sanders (two more progressive candidates) in the primaries, but voted for Biden in the general election as a vote against Trump. It was similar in 2016 with Clinton.
Load More Replies...Please keep in mind that many Americans suffer from a genetic disease that stifles critical thought.
Moderator Mangeiri told Bored Panda that many mods on r/SelfAwarewolves are "almost entirely inactive," and they were kind enough to answer some of my questions about the community.
According to Mangeiri, the subreddit was created on a whim and its founder actually considered pulling the plug several times. "The top moderator, iSluff, created the subreddit some 5 years ago but has said publicly that they did it as a goof, 'hate meme subreddits,' and 'thought about deleting it multiple times.' Near as I've been able to tell, most of the moderators they brought on immediately after were members of an online Minecraft playgroup, I've only actually communicated with a couple of them," Mangeiri explained to Bored Panda.
The subreddit became more active since iSluff invited Mangeiri and a redditor named Drutt to help moderate it. Unfortunately, the community itself isn't as happy-go-lucky as you might think, watching from the outside. Being a mod is tough, there are no two ways about it. "The subreddit is incredibly challenging to moderate, as recent socio-political events in the US along with Reddit's lax account creation policy make it a battleground for trolls and toxic people to come in and harass sensical commenters," Mangeiri said.
Oh Boy, That Was Close
It really is. How to call yourself stupid without even knowing it
Load More Replies...Smart people won't back up my stupid opinion just because they're smart!
Trump supporters seem to be so stupid that they can't differentiate between "think" and "know"
I’m not going to coat this in even a GRAIN of sugar but you’re such an idiot
Liberals also enroll at a higher rate in college than Republicans do. Also, there was a poll about 3 years ago that showed that the majority of Republicans now see college as detrimental, which is the first time in history of that poll that has happened. College is not fraught will liberal indoctrination either. Majored in Political Science and you read everything, all political views, theories, etc. Furthermore, the professors argue for all sides and counter argue against whatever points the students bring up because they want you to think critically.
The Republican propaganda wings have been pushing anti-education for a couple decades now.
Load More Replies...so basically their saying that there seems to be pattern of people that are highly educated voted for Biden and people who aren't voted for Trump maybe they would like ice for that self burn
I'm a college-educated liberal. I do think we have a tendency to fall into elitism. It's classist and honestly cruel when we do. There's more to life than book smarts, and I think it's important we remember that.
Who cares. If people want to say that not being a trashbag with backwards views is “elitism” then they deserve to feel excluded.
Load More Replies...Could It Happen Again
Remember in Men in Black when Tommy Lee Jones said: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.
Finding quality moderators to help out in a fairly toxic and troll-filled environment is one of the biggest challenges. "Some of the aggressive individuals we've dealt with have derogatorily called us 'unpaid digital janitors,' and sometimes it feels all of that. We've lost fellow moderators who had to step down due to the toxicity of the experience and try our best to inform potential moderator candidates as to what they're walking into and make sure it's the way they want to shape their Reddit experience going forward. Unsurprisingly, we've had some quality folks tell us, 'no thanks.'"
Mangeiri was candid that they don't know the inspiration behind the name of the subreddit. Meanwhile, the subreddit's 'No Gnomes' rule was already in place when they and Drutt joined r/SelfAwarewolves. "We left it as a nod to our inactive predecessors. Another mod indicated it was a term to describe a specific type of bigotry which slips my mind at the moment, and perhaps it was meant in that context, but none of the earlier mods have ever chimed in to tell us."
Was This Already Posted Here?
Those damn trees that just catch fire by themselves. Or is it the liberal news media that sets fire to them? The plot thickens.
Spend some time reading the impact of the drought on wild fires and less time on posing with one swath of your long hair over your shoulder.
Essentially Aware
Liz doesn't seem to understand how surgery or God works. One supposedly works fine at home.
One of the anti mask Christians actually said outright that he doesn't believe prayers work through a mask. So she probably also doesn't really believe in omniscience or omnipotence.
Load More Replies...Yeas, the Biblle actually encourages you to pray in privacy, so it's absolutely non-essential to have a big public place where you can show off to your neighbours how pious you are.
I don't get it. Are Americans divided by party lines only? I'm Danish - and I'm a liberal socialist as well as a pro-life, churchgoing, well-educated professor. But it seems to me that combinations like that are almost unthinkable in a thread like this.
Yes, the majority of Americans are split politically along the imaginary Republican/Democrat line. Thing is, the "R" or "D" in front of a candidate's name is all that matters to them. They don't realize there are more than just the 2.
Load More Replies...Why do you need a church, if God is all powerful then surely you can pray to him from the comfort of your own home
Faith can be done anywhere, abortion needs a safe, clean and sterile environment.
Glad Liz Wheeler "sees the light". If you require a church to believe, then you got it all wrong.
Healthcare Is For The Elite
I saw a news report recently about a pregnant woman and her husband decided to walk to the hospital (about a mile away) after their car broke down instead of calling for an ambulance while in labor. Why??? Because, it cost $1000 for an ambulance. They made it just in time before the baby came. Ridiculous!!!
Only time I had an ambulance, I was unconscious, otherwise I would have refused. Damn thing cost $1500.
When I sliced my finger with a knife and laid on the dining room floor trying not to pass out I had to tell my husband/then boyfriend DO NOT call 911! Just had to elevate my arm and keep pressure on the cut. We live within 4 miles of 3 hospitals and I still have to be dying before I will even let him drive me there.
Load More Replies...This comment had me laughing. But then there is nothing funny about people not being able to afford healthcare.
In the U.S. ambulance companies gladly take every call they get no matter how stupid because it's so hugely profitable. When I was young and the U.S. healthcare system wasn't such a corporate sham, ambulances would not show up for the stupid calls.
An ambulance is not a taxi to the hospital, but for the exact opposite reason. Taking a taxi instead of an ambulance can be deadly. People need to be able to call an ambulance to get medical care on site and during transport without a crushing medical bill. Ambulances should be free.
I had to pay $1000 for an ambulance to drive me 8 minutes to the hospital. I wish I had taken a taxi, it would have been way cheeper.
Only in America will they charge you for something that could save your life. I'm from the UK and I really don't get that.
I have a friend whose doctor told her over the phone to take an AMBULANCE, not a taxi or Uber, to the ER because the doctor was afraid my friend might be having a stroke. Turns out she wasn’t, and insurance refused to pay for it, so my friend is out $1,000. So, yeah, Bernie, I get your point.
It is only if you need urgent care so you can't just take a normal transportation. When I broke my leg, I took the bus, because I could.
I don't know why this was downvoted but maybe i can articulate your point more clearly. An ambulance is indeed preferably used for emergencies. The reason is there are a limited number of them and probably too few for the number of cases that come up. They need to be used as priority vehicles for life-saving scenarios. In our country, we have more cases of emergencies than ambulances can actually meet. So if someone decided to call an ambulance over a broken arm, it would definitely be a waste of scarce resources. Calling an ambulance should really be for things like stabs, heart attacks, etc.
Load More Replies...If you’re planning on being an active member of r/SelfAwarewolves, then you have to know the community’s rules by heart. Obviously, the content that you post has to fit the spirit of the subreddit: if there’s no self-awareness involved, odds are, the screenshot might fit a different part of Reddit better.
Like many other subreddits, r/SelfAwarewolves asks its members to refrain from reposting images too often. The pics might be great, but looking at the same ones over and over all the time can be exhausting.
In tune with the spirit of the subreddit, the moderators also ask its members not to be bigotted, to avoid being ‘edgelords,’ and not to troll anyone. What’s more, you should refrain from any “name-calling and abuse.” Personal attacks won’t be tolerated.
Funnily enough, the ‘Self Awarewolves’ community moderators also have a separate rule that simply states: “No Gnomes.” No additional context. No explanations about why gnomes might be excluded. Simply, “No Gnomes.”
Well S**t Let’s Just Provide Healthcare For Everyone Then!
Good idea, maybe include healthcare in the tax you pay, just an idea, seems to work well over here.
We won't do it because the US has a legalized system of bribery and our politicians get free top shelf health insurance with the job. They have no incentive to change anything. Plus half the country is so stupid they think we'll turn into Russia if we have socialized health care. They don't realize we already have socialized education, police, fire and *social* services. We need to get smarter and demand a change. There are so many successful examples to build a system from. Just look at our neighborinos to the north.
Load More Replies...I'm so grateful to be living in a country where I never ever have to even think about healthare cost. Not because I'm filthy stinkin" rich (which I'm not, am broke af lol), but because I was born in a better place
these company that make chemotherapy shouldnt make a profit off our illness. most people dont have healthcare and no money so death is the only option ?
As someone who has suffered from cancer and got almost broke, i support free chemotheraphy.. anywhere in the world
I Changed The Photos To See If The Impact Was Still The Same
So your friend dies and you can't feel grief or sadness because that's feminine? Sheesh.
Oh we can grieve and be sad, just have to do it like a man. By bottling those feelings up, self medicating with drugs and alcohol and lashing out violently 😊
Load More Replies...The men here are grieving, yet the OP chooses to focus on such a miniscule detail? Disgusting and heartless.
The original image did not show american soldiers. They're making an ironic point that actually, look, here are macho soldiers covering their mouths in shock.
Load More Replies...Toxic masculinity is super common, and absolutely everywhere if you look. PS: I put my hand over my mouth after reading this because frankly masculinity seems boring and I prefer emotion over abs, thank-you-very-much.
People post rubbish like this becuase they want to make themselves appear better than others, they clearly have an inferiority complex
I live in a culture where I went through life threatening initiation, yet I'm still encouraged to cry
imagine your best bud dies in combat and you touch your face to wipe away a tear and you instantly become a woman
I'm trans, but I doubt if becoming who I truly am is worth a life...
Load More Replies...not gay exactly according to the OP it changes your gender to female maybe this is something for any trans people out there who have trouble affording expensive hormones just put your hand over your mouth an bingo no need for surgery or hormones its like magic
Load More Replies...comments like this are why a lot of guys don't talk about their feelings and why some unfortunately commit suicide i mean the OP comment by the way not yours
Load More Replies...Women Everywhere Be Like
You are assuming that you are so attractive that every gay man will want to hit on you. Got news for you...
This used to make my Vietnam vet husband really annoyed, especially when people said no gays in the military so the fragile men don't have to endure being looked at in the shower. He worked in an industry with lots of gay people and was hit on a few times in social situations. Did not find it hard to say "Thanks, not interested" and simply get on with life. You know, like women have to do every freaking day.
if your attempt of conversation makes her go directly to the "i have a boyfriend" even before her need to say "Hello, what is this all about?", then yeah, no,...
A while back, I reached out to Vanessa Bohns from Cornell University to talk about all the embarrassing knowledge blind spots that we have.
"We spend a lot of time and effort presenting an ideal version of ourselves to other people. When something happens that contrasts with the image we’ve been projecting—when we say or do something that shows we actually aren’t as graceful or as smart as we’d like people to believe—we feel embarrassed," she told Bored Panda.
We Like Your Music, Just Not You
and very manly! Although I do think he touched his face now and then.
How can I reply to someone without a reply button? Anyway McKenna, he was a Parsee, which is a minority (everywhere really), and immigrant is not a synonym for illegal.
Don't waste your time on McKenna, she is too far gone.
Load More Replies...yeah, not "super gay," he was bisexual; and supposedly it wasn't necessarily well-known for much of his career (I wouldn't know, I'm too young :'( Is it possible to miss someone you've never met?
Believe In Yourself
Satan is a bro. He respects good people and punishes the jerkasses. Also, he has peanut butter cookies.
No he doesn’t. According to scripture he just dwells with jerkasses. And we have to go by Yahweh’s definition of jerkasses, which is basically everyone. Not worshipping Yahweh hard enough? Jerkass, going to Hell. Fan of mixed fabrics? Jerkass, going to Hell. And so on.
Load More Replies...God: Do not eat from the Tree. I intend you to be stupid af. — Satan: Eat all the Knowledge.
As an atheist, I agree with you but I think from a Church angle, your soul can only be saved through following Jesus's teachings, being a good person alone is not enough.
Load More Replies...I Cannot Believe She Got So Close While Still Completely Missing The Point
Gosh, as a Brit, I never realized that basketball involved penetrative sex without protection. You learn something new every day, don’t you
"Discovering you were wrong about something most everyone else around you has long known to be true is one of those moments. In that moment we learn, 'Wait a minute, maybe I haven’t been presenting the image of being smart or worldly that I thought I was presenting all this time,' which is embarrassing,” Vanessa explained that we feel mighty embarrassed when our imagined perceptions of ourselves and reality don’t line up as we think they should.
Money-Making Breadwinner
If he did, he would probably wear a mask or at least believed that covid is dangerous.
Load More Replies...Jordan Klepper also had this conservation at the same rally "You're pro-life?" "Yes!" "So why no mask?" "It's a personal choice"
By the way, go check out Jordan Klepper on YouTube. His videos are hilarious and if you don't live in the United States, they show you the exact representation of Trump Trash.
And Go
Ooooh, those are rare but delicious like truffles.
Load More Replies...Trump loves the uneducated, weak minded, brain dead, easy to fool dumbheads. They are always begging to get filled with sh:t, like diapers.
Let this one go. Seems to be doing a great job devaluing himself publicly.
Jeez Imagine!
If you ever travel to countries in southern Africa you will find out that other vaccinations are indeed required.
yep, don't want people coming over here bringing diseases, especially not from "developing nations" like texas.
Load More Replies...Other vaccinations are required in other countries and other situations....and in some they are mandatory....
I can't enter University without a certain amount of vaccinations...if I refuse I will be bared from classes and not allowed to graduate. This has been around for years.
When I went to Russia about 10 years ago I needed to prove that I was up to date on all standard vaccinations and negative for a bunch of STDs to get a visa.
I’m pretty sure I did have to get a tetanus booster before going for my first overseas job.
Indeed, my trip from South Africa to Malawi (15 years ago) required me to be vaccinated against yellow fever. Gor vaccinated, survived, didn't get yellow fever, Malawi is amazing, everyone was happy.
Meanwhile, psychotherapist Silva Neves from the United Kingdom told Bored Panda that some people who feel insecure about themselves can lash out at others because they feel like they’re ‘not enough.’ However, self-compassion can help them become more secure, confident, and empathetic toward others.
I Just Don’t Get How They Don’t See It
The heading is so naive though. "I don't get how they don't see it" - they DON'T CARE. It's not about not seeing it. They DON'T CARE how illogical they are. You can point out inconsistencies to these folks all day long and they will not budge. They will argue with you, change the subject, or move the goalposts. Because it's not about facts, it's about WHAT THEY WANT. And they want white supremacy and for all the people they don't like to die. They don't care about democracy and they sure as s**t don't care about anyone who's not in their group.
Ladies, ladies. There’s plenty of backwards beliefs to go around!
And, let's talk about that "Chinese virus" s**t, shall we? In the SF Bay Area, there are people of Asian descent being attacked because of that crap, when they have f**k all to do with this pandemic. One of my good friends worries about going out and about, because she knows people who have been harassed and hurt for being Asian. I will add that she's Japanese and was born in Utah: her family was relocated after Pearl Harbor. Her sister remembers being in that camp, at 5 years old. So don't give me this self-righteous white garbage. There aren't enough BS flags in the universe to cover that load.
I Do See Where It’s Going, Thank You Very Much
we have this thing in the UK called national insurance that basically is something we pay alongside tax it pay for the NHS universal health care work despite what others may say i like the fact i dont have to worry about being bankrupt if i need to go hospital
Being able to hold your kid for free after YOU F**KING GIVE BIRTH TO THE THING
Is this site not supposed to support that kind of opinion? Even I, a grumpy bitter conservative, agree with that.
And yet you all continue to vote for people who will never change the system. Why not vote for someone who actually wants to change things for the good and not just to keep themselves rich....
Yup, basic needs are human rights. Good for you to realize this, dearie. Clean water ought to be included in the list too.
We should charge everyone who is against socialized health care for their k-12 education, police and fire services and any other social services they use. They should also give up their right to *social* security. Then watch them b*tch about their 'rights' and what they're entitled to.
When English speakers are attempting to learn English. Right and Privilege are two separate words with two different meanings.
Choose One
"The floor here isn't made of floor, it is made of material that we stand on and is below us." -Quartz
So they pre-judge women. Like in "prejudice". SOmeone needs an etymological dictionary. Or maybe just enough brains to deconstruct compound words.
The same people who need said dictionary would not be able to understand your excellent comment!
Load More Replies...They usually look better too. It's nicer looking at sexy bodies than loosley clothed men!
Are you being ironic or are you for reals also missing the point?
Load More Replies...Brought to you by the dildos trying to rebrand slavery as "involuntary relocation". (look it up, it's a thing)
The sky is not above us, it's just the perception that it's not under us.
yes, that would be correct. As there are certain tasks that a woman does better than a man. I feel this one is taken out of context.
"Insecurity carries the message: 'I'm not enough', 'I'm not good enough,' or even 'I'm worthless.' These are painful beliefs to have about ourselves but many do have those underlying beliefs," the psychotherapist explained to Bored Panda what lies at the core of insecurity.
Yeah, Let’s
Someone actually thought this was a good come-back? *facepalm* Americans are so used to cops being executioners, especially of Black people, that we forget that's definitely not what they're supposed to be doing.
No. Let's arrest every cop who killed a person without legitimate reasons and circumstances... which totally includes Mrs Taylor.
Racists, sexists, homophobes, etc. should not be allowed to be police officers
True, but racism in policing is not just a few bad apples. The problems are extremely deeply embedded in the very culture of policing. In the U.S., modern policing directly descended from slave patrols. Police were the men behind the fire hoses and dogs turned on Black people in the 60s, and the people behind the teargas and batons today. There's a racism problem with the institution of policing that desperately needs to be corrected. The problem isn't just a few officers.
Load More Replies...Brother in law: “he was resisting arrest.” Me: “so resisting arrest is a crime punishable by death without a trial or judge?” Brother in law: “???”
If they killed someone when it was NOT the last resort to get that person to stop trying to kill them—-if that was even what their victim was doing (most were running away)—-then hell yeah. Lock ‘em up!
Maybe we shouldn't try to defend people who stand on people's necks in court?
Yeah...no right to criminal defender if Bacony Cakes thinks you're guilty
Load More Replies...Few white Americans know that policing in the US is a direct result of slavery.
Under A Bernie Tweet About How Children Should Have Free School Lunches
In all honesty, the parents of these children usually can vote. And they will appreciate it if someone feeds their children.
Lots of kids that get free lunch, have parents who are here illegally and do not vote. No social security number is required for the free lunch application, and the more free lunches a school qualifies for, the more federal funds they receive for other things.
Load More Replies...omg what if he actually isn't just saying it to get votes???????????????? /s
It's the lack of empathy and human emotions from the Trump Trash that are absolutely astonishing. And every time you think they can't go lower, they manage to.
Any country who considers themselves developed yet lets kids go hungry..........
Nix, don't bite the future hand that's just about to wipe your ar*e.
Oh, you have just made me realize my life is a lie, because I have been teaching little people for the last 32 years of my life. Silly me. I didn't realize that humans only mattered if they were old enough to fill out a ballot.
But they should have access to healthy food regardless of their ability to vote. That's just simple humanity.
Does This Fit Here?
Yes. Those are war crimes. Only narcissists think they are not accountable for their actions.
Colonizers brought "Civilisation" to barbarians. They did them a favor, Sir! *massive eye roll*
Load More Replies...I'd like to think Ilhan Omar would consider those war crimes. Imo, she's one of the few elected leaders who hasn't been afraid of calling the U.S. out on our bullshit.
Warning Japan to stop the war before we dropped the Bomb didn’t stop them. Neither did a warning about a second Bomb. Dropping them to prevent millions more deaths by Japan finally stopped them. It wasn’t a crime.
I agree. Firebombing Tokyo didn't end the war. Nothing was ending the war and more people kept on dying on all sides. Prior to dropping the first nuclear bomb, the government dropped leaflets to warn people to leave. Then the first nuclear bomb was dropped and the US asked Japan to surrender. They still didn't surrender. It took two nuclear bombs to end the war. Dropping the bombs wasn't a war crime because it ended the war. The bombs were beyond horrible and I am so sorry for all those who were in the area. The documentaries show just the worst suffering that no one should have go to through. I hope that bombs never had to be dropped again.
Load More Replies...Invading Iraq for NO legitimate purpose other than to steal their oil....that was a crime!!! Greed has a huge influence on any decision to go to war.
Disagree on Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing. This was done to force an end to the war with Japan. They proved, in Okinawa, that they will jump over a cliff, with their baby in their arms. rather than surrender. The bombing of the two cities in Japan saved countless American military lives. It is a tough decision to make but I think Truman make the right one.
The Okinawan people were told they would be tortured, raped and other attacks. These messages dropped by the Japan air force. They were afraid that the US would do what Japan army did to other people.
Load More Replies..."Insecurity can manifest either by making themselves invisible (If I'm not seen, nobody will notice my flaws), or the opposite, by what we call 'bragging': shouting at everybody about how wonderful they are. This is usually to try to persuade themselves that they are good enough,” the expert noted that sometimes insecurity can manifest in extremely different ways.
Well, Yeah?
Yes, now your getting it. The rich should pay there fair share in taxes for starters.
Pence is a real sh!t too. I think I hate him more than I hate Trump.
Load More Replies...You, person reading this right now, are not rich. Add the cost of absolutely everything you own. You're closer to being penniless than a billionaire. Stop voting for policies that favor the mega rich. That's not you. Most people die in the same wealth bracket they were born into. Wealth disparity is out of control. Start advocating for yourself, your family, and your community.
Conservative have-nots don’t vote conservative because they think they’ll become rich. They vote conservative because the conservatives tell them that the “deserving” poor are poor because the “undeserving” poor suck up the resources by being “lazy”.
Load More Replies...To paraphrase FDR; the point isn’t to give more to those who already have more than enough. The point is to give enough to those who have nothing.
Correct
Wonderful! Let's help make people feel more accepted and happy, without fearing for their safety :D
Shapiro is the dumb persons idea of a smart guy. He peaked at 14 and mentally he’ll always be there.
No need to drag harmless 14-year-olds into this though, they have excuses and can improve.
Load More Replies...yes. Fortunately though we haven't heard from jordan peterson in a while.
Load More Replies...this whole article could be easily comprised of nothing but selfish, nasty, self-unaware Ben Shapiro posts. That guy is the one of the biggest heap of garbage on the planet and proud of it.
Images a society where you can come up with a better argument than shut up
Load More Replies...I assume he was trying to be sarcastic but it just sounds motivational. Lol
Gosh one of my friends loves Ben Shapiro and wonders why I won't listen to him. This is why, Blake!
another reason being your eardrums might burst from the hertz of his voice being too high. could I just say, Ben Shapiro's initials are literally BS
Load More Replies...Brexiteer Discovers What Brexit Meant For Their Holidays
"I want all the advantages, but not the inconveniences"... The summary of all the British EU policy since forever.
Modern people in a nutshell (at least those shown in the media(
Load More Replies...I remember when a Brexit-supporting British Member of the EU Parliament said, a few weeks after the Brexit vote, that it was unfair that the UK was being excluded from the EU committee that was tasked with dealing with the blocs preparations for Brexit... GENUINELY. THEY. SAID. THAT.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-party-mep-june-mummery-european-parliament-trade-deal-commission-a9294051.html
Load More Replies...I have consistently heard that the idiots in Britain who voted for Brexit had not a damned clue what Brexit meant other than being some sort of middle finger to foreigners.
Morons like this https://www.indy100.com/news/brexit-pig-farmer-vote-leave-b1940272
Load More Replies...Face-palm moment for Brits. That is exactly what you voted for. You wanted to not be considered part of the Union and you wanted to stop the freedom of movement.
Lets be clear, only 17 million out of 60 million voted for it, dont lump all of us in with the idiots
Load More Replies...That's exactly the Brexit you voted for. If you don't want to be in the EU, you're a foreigner, just like people from Myanmar, Djibouti and Suriname.
I really don't understand what happened with Brexit...like why would you ever vote for it? I live in the Caribbean and even I know that's bad.
Over 25% of the people didn't vote at all and it was a close call with 52% for and 48% against. I reckon most pro-brexit had no clue what they were even voting for. A lot of people whining about foreigners -cheap workers from eastern Europe- stealing their jobs and the typical crap, and they assumed brexit would mean everyone magically getting their salaries tripled while sitting on their asses doing nothing all day. And see where it got them. The foreigners are gone and none of the British actually want to do those jobs, even if they don't even have any other job, so no work gets done and. And now they have no gas to put in the cars, because there are no truck drivers and there will be no turkey for christmas, because 7000 jobs in that sector aren't filled and so on. Something something about educating ones self instead of following whatever that one person on facebook said.
Load More Replies...“Another way to counter the 'I'm not enough' is by pushing others down, sabotaging other people's success, or attacking people as a way to feel powerful so that they can control their inner pain of 'I'm not enough.' All of these strategies don't work because what they do is either internalizing or externalizing the belief 'I'm not enough' rather than changing it," psychotherapist Silva told Bored Panda that certain individuals put down others to feel better about themselves.
Gop Invents Universal Healthcare
That is a laugh out loud moment right there. They are soooooo close
Well the problem is GoFundMe is voluntary donations. Medicare would be based on mandatory taxes which pisses people off. So the giant gofundme has to be based on voluntary donations.
The difference: GoFundMe is voluntary contributions and MedicareForAll is involuntary, through taxes. You will never get a conservative to be happy about a tax funded program.
American conservatives are weird. They're perfectly happy with the military being funded through taxes, police and firefighters funded through taxes, schools, road repairs, snow removal, national parks, GOVERNMENTS for chrissake all funded through taxes, but let anyone mention healthcare and hospitals and some people start to hyperventilate.
Load More Replies...Medicare isn't a 'gofundme', it's paid by taxes only, not voluntary contributions like gofundme.
Conservative Journalist Accidentally Admits To Being A Hypocrite
"Don't murder children! Just let them starve to death naturally or get shot to death at school! " /s
That’s been the “conservative” platform for decades, Rhino. It’s the obligation to forced birth party, not the right to life.
Load More Replies...That's the funny thing about ultraconservatives -- their positions are so extreme and horrible you really have a hard time even telling the difference between truth and satire of their ideas.
Definitely after “I ignore infant mortality in the poorest states.” 100% they glazed over that, not understanding what it meant.
Load More Replies...Super Political But Still Very Accurate
That's a Tumblr funnyman showing it to the other Tumblr funnymen so everyone can look at it.
Load More Replies...And Alabama took their Covid money and built four prisons. Disgusting. Red states are the worst.
The tragedy of this one is that he's probably not thinking of letting them out, he likely wants the rope or the chair . . .
So if you call fouls on only 1 team, because they other team does not commit fouls, then you are wrong?
"The key to becoming more secure is to change the underlying belief 'I'm not enough' to 'I'm enough.’” Learning self-compassion can help unlearn the ‘I’m not enough’ beliefs that we grow during our childhoods. As we mature, these beliefs can become deeply enrooted in us.
Accidentally Arriving At The Right Conclusion
in smart countries police education is years, not months. They teach law and de-escalation of situations. Weapons are seldom drawn and when a police person shoots it's national news. That's what a normal police force looks like.
I was astonished to learn only last year that US police train for like six months. What?? And then they're given guns??
Load More Replies...Also: - homes for the homeless - shelters for abused women - basic income grant so that no one has to rob/murder/steal for money - free education, so everyone can become employable - free entrepreneurship classes, so those who can't find work can create it - better public support for registration of patents and companies, preferably free.
I don't remember the country, but whichever it is, police train for 3.5 years before they "hit the streets". I bet they get a LOT more training in psychology and drug abuse than our "shoot for center mass" officers. I also bet they don't have police unions telling them to ignore a mandate from the president that was designed to save their lives.
It's easy to "Monday morning quarterback" the actions of police officers, apparently...
I'm so sick and tired of hearing Defund and Demilitarise the police but think about that the next time there's a shooting at your child's school!!!
Yes, maintaining or increasing the prevalence and use of guns is the best way of reducing the number of children who get killed with guns.
Load More Replies...I can see it now, “And how do YOU feel about this man mugging you?” “And how do YOU feel about this man not wanting to get mugged?”
She Is So, So, So Very Close
Okay so now....read what you just said....and really think about that for a while.
That is a very difficult task you requested!! Read it and think if it's easy for them to think😅
Load More Replies...your body, your choice? My company, my choice. I choose vaccinated staff.
Democrats are a clusterf*ck of opinions and values, but Republicans firmly adhere to their hypocritical values.
Uh Yes That’s Kind Of The Point
Except for lawyers… they’ll do anything for a buck!
Load More Replies...I don't think it applies for all professions! The ones that lives are depended on yes! But honestly who would start to report any bad colleague ever? While risking your own job too? We wouldn't do any other job if this was the case! But for police and doctors i agree
How about: we COULD use it for any profession, but we SHOULD use it on professions that have an impact on public health?
Load More Replies...But a cop's literal job is turning in people who break the rules. It's the only profession where turning a blind eye to crime makes you bad at your job. ...besides maybe moderator?
Doctors are supposed to do no harm and there is a laundry list of racist experimentation that has gone on in the US for centuries.
Load More Replies...As long as there's bad cops, there's no good cops. Someone said this in the Michael Moore podcast. And it rings very true.
any profession lets test it if you have 12 librarians that let people talk in the library and 1300 one who don't and those 1300 good librarians don't say something to the 12 bad librarians you have 1312 bad librarians doesn't really have the same ring to it pesky librarians letting people talk in the library and not going sshhh
Yes. This misses the larger point though. Doctors don't have the history that policing does. In the U.S., policing started as a punishment assigned to drunkards. Then it morphed into slave patrols. Then it morphed into union busters who prioritized products over people. Now it's a highly weaponized industry with incredibly high brutality rates, especially against people of color. It's not that there are 12 bad cops. It's that the system is rotten.
Um they kinda do. Look at the "father of American gynecology" experimenting on slave women's lady bits without anesthetic. or the whole Tuskegee experiment thing. Or the way orphans, the disabled and minorities were used in experimentation, or the forced sterilization of native women up through the 1970s. We just treat these as "bad apples" much like bad cops used to be treated rather than looking at it through the lens of systemic racism
Load More Replies..."Perhaps parents didn't praise children enough, or they paid more attention to the mistakes rather than the successes. As an adult now, people can give themselves a hug once in a while and tell themselves, gently: 'you're doing good,' 'well done,' 'congratulations.' Eventually, the brain will listen and slowly change the message 'I'm not enough' to 'I'm enough.’ Rather than shouting your praise at other people, it is about speaking to yourself in a loving way. When people are genuinely aware of their successes, they can become genuinely more confident without the need to impose their power onto others."
Spot On
The really scary thought is that if we keep whitewashing American textbooks like publishers have since the Civil War, Trump will probably be noted as some sort of charismatic egalitarian moderate. (He isn't.)
They're literally whitewashing the Holocaust in Texas school textbooks now. I guarantee you they're whitewashing Trump as well.
Load More Replies...I don't know that I'd put him down as the worst president. Definitely the worst in my lifetime. I'd rate him as one of the top 5 worst we've had (no Great Depression, no World Wars or Civil Wars, although not for lack of trying on the last one). Don't fear, this is NOT a defense of Dolt 45. I loath him completely and pretty much all of his faithful minions.
Answer, yes: the worst president ever. Literally the only good thing about him was he didn't start a war.
Sadly, the American Myth-Making Machine will likely counter this. Trump wasn’t unique in his shitiness. There have been others and the vast majority of Americans don’t even know their names. Both Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover practically shat in the Oval Office, but the legacies are bleached by the Machine into complete banality.
We tend to paint just the president as the bad guy, but how many people do the presidents hire to do their dirty work? If nobody would follow the craziness they prescribe, the deeds would not be done.
Ridiculous To Suggest We Supply People With Necessities
@mckenna have you heard of a thing called canada you might not have it's like above maine
Don't think Martin is a very good Thief Catcher 'cuz someone's done taken off with his brain.
Well even Jeremy Corbyns party dumped him. Sadly he was replaced by an useless idiot.
Utilities like power and water were a luxury at inception. At this point, this notion is being monetized to enrich a selected few and is actually holding society back. The privatization of modern day essentials was a good idea to accelerate growth. But as utilities is being less and less unregulated, these companies has grown too powerful, even to influence important policies that impact our race moving forward. Climate change is one, the move away from fossil fuels is another.
Don't Ask Them Who Promotes Christianity, Infighting, And Military Over Anything Else
Replace "Christianity" with "religion" and that describes at least half of this planet right now.
I would say fanatism - Extrem right wing views there, extreme left wing views here and religious nuts somewhere else. Everybody is way to obsessed with the own viewpoint and demonizing others that there isn't any room left for constructive dialogues
Load More Replies...Eddie Izzard told us in his Dress to Kill special back in 1999 that US is the new Roman Empire so we "should be very careful". I've never forgotten that.
I think a lot of Christians falsely inflate these numbers and they love to play the persecuted Christian card as they persecute masses of people. The christian victim mentality disgusts me. Grow up and take responsibility for your actions. Christianity is responsible for some of the worst parts of history: the killing of scientists, the crusades, the childrens' crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, the Salem Witch trials, and the holocaust.
Load More Replies...Yep, This Definitely Happened
Hell, even befire that, Trumpers were mobbing ballot counting locations and rioting in Las Vegas and other parts of NV (don't know about other states), threatening if Teump didn't win. Its one of the reasons the counts took so long
Load More Replies...Funny how 2016’s “You lost, get over it” crowd still hasn’t gotten over trump losing (again) in 2020.
Tomi, who is so stupid she bashes Obamacare and then has to admit that she is on her parents Obamacare.
That's A Great One
Yes. Trump himself doesn't comprehend it so how could his supporters.
Load More Replies...Doctors used treatments involving fetal stem cells on him when he had Covid-19.
Uh, it's wishful thinking when I misread your comment "fetal stem cells" as "fatal stem cells"
Load More Replies...i wish someone would silence him...permanently....
Load More Replies...Thought this weird at the time because so few Republicans think of HIV outside of the gay community.
That honestly made my head hurt reading. Was it a delusional statement, or ignoring of facts, or how in the h&^^ did he rationalize that comment in his head?!?
Yes Graham, Yes It Does
Yes. It's also why the American public should be able to see Trump's tax returns.
Why, yes it does! Especially since getting elected to Congress is a rich person's game.
Yes! Absolutely! Or, how about everybody, EVERYBODY, just paying 5 % on ALL income, NO DEDUCTIONS?
All POLiTICIANS are beholden to Money folks.The voters can't afford to pay for their T.V. and Print time, not to mention Computer site time. So Think about that folks. Before you talk about Money grubbing Politicians! The public created this need .Now the public needs to fix it.
I understand that everyone wants to know his tax records but what I'm really curious about is what he has for tax write offs not how much he's paid or paying.
Obviously you're not from the United States then.
Load More Replies...First Time Posting, Saw This And Just Couldn’t Believe It
Not sure where anyone is seeing "justice, wisdom and goodness" in the bible. It's a book written by bronze age people with bronze age morals and according to them sexism, racism, slavery, homophobia and religious intolerance were all fine and dandy things. Those are not the kind of morals we aspire to in 2021.
Depends. The actual teaching of JESUS are VERY modern, even for now. "If you are driven to lust by the sight of a woman, don't blame her, GUAGE OUT YOUR EYES". Damn, a lot of high schools need that lesson.
Load More Replies...It's funny, but many good people in history have managed to promote those things WITHOUT the bible. It's called ethics.
Exactly. Many scientists are atheists and many of them are great people. Scientists work hard on curing diseases and making our lives longer and better. If you believe in an all powerful creator god, then that god plagued us with diseases and refuses to cure them.
Load More Replies...it also promotes mass genocide according to the story of Noah and murder lots of other weird outdated things
Back then, as a child I thought that the bible were about nice stories for children about how nice behaviour works. Later, it turned out that the stories that we had read in class in elementary school had been carefully selected and rewritten in a child-friendly manner in order to only have stories suitable for children for the class. It was only in secondary school that I found out that the story of Moses included not only bad harvests but also dead children. I was pretty upset when I read that.
You know, the first amendment to the kaaaanstitoooshun was "All people shalt be christians, sayeth Ben Franklin", right?
Load More Replies...PragerU is as much of a university as the SMS Cap Trafalgar was British.
You better watch out there! The Bible is also(If you really look) Full of Incest and Mysogeny too! Morals.We still got bad ones , Just like Rome but in modern times!
He Might Be Onto Something Here
Seconded! Plus, I don't wanna wear make-up as often, so masks are a good thing for me on that front personally. 😅
And you can stick out your tounge to others without them seeing it
Load More Replies...I have quite enjoyed missing the several annual colds etc I usually get this part 18 months. Not as much as a sniffle! I'm definitely going to continue not touching my face before I've thoroughly washed and sanitised my hands after being in public.
Even while the “freedumb” crowd refused to mask up, enough of the rest of us did to actually eliminate 2 strains of the flu from the planet. (Reference: Livescience.com)
I get acne even as an adult...masks are awesome at hiding it. Lol
Unfortunately they are creating it too! I finally got rid of it couple of years ago and now with the masks it came back! But i prefer acne than the risk of infection
Load More Replies...Why would smart people vote for Trump? Oh that's right, they wouldn't.
One of the questions I really wanted to ask these anti-masker idiots is: if they don't work, why was the flu practically non-existent last year?
It's common in Japan to wear mask even before covid to protect others (underlined, bold) from your sickness even before the pandemic. Just saying...
Oof
Okay. It's odd between the options of vaccination and death to choose death, but I'm glad you seem to have clearly understand the options. Your choice has been noted.
*death has entered the chat with a notepad* interesting…
Load More Replies...*the grim reaper proceeds to make Taiwan a country* You never said where.
Load More Replies...Die then. You'll only improve both the gene pool and the national average IQ.
All these people want to do is fight other people. I have never seen such an aggressive group of Americans.
COVID can't do its work fast enough, really, of ridding us of these horrible idiots.
I have no problem with antivaxxers dying either. Just wish they'd do it at home instead of clogging our hospitals and causing the unnecessary suffering/death of others who can't get a bed.
I have become a monster. I am happy to hear of all the unvaccinated becoming sick and dying. The sooner they all die, the sooner the contagion will disappear. I am a monster to think that.
I’m Glad You Agree, Let’s Get Started
There is nothing wrong with that. The law is the same for everyone, and political transparency is essential.
My view is all politicians must be required to disclose and hand over their bank statements and share certificates for inspection. Anyone who has shares or funds received from industry X must automatically be excluded from any vote on industry X or procurment from industry X. For example, suppose politician Mr Donkey owns shares in Raytheon. That means Mr Donkey may not vote on any war-related issue.
If they're going to be the most powerful people in the country they should give up all private assets and live off of the government salary
Load More Replies...They would Pass a last minute law and amend the Constitution to prevent that! Transparency in finances, You cannot expect me to show you how many big P.A.C.S I am beholden too!
Trumpers fail to realize that this practice is pretty standard for politics
If only! Sinema, is in so deep with pharmaceuticals that she's not willing to vote on lower Rx prices. And Manchin is protecting his coal investments. Both are Dinos. Would've been nice to know this in advance.
Yeah egos really need to be simmered down and the safety of at least us Americans but also hopefully the whole world and planet and what all of them should be worried about is there are other more advanced life forms out there that can wipe us out of they really wanted to so what are you world leaders going to do besides go hide in your bunkers there have been proven things that cannot be explained maybe you all should start wising up about it and would that pursuit of that knowledge make better use of your time instead of worrying if the same sex people want to get married ( who in the hell are they bothering anyway!? leave them alone!) or other stupid things .
See, they think this is a burn because they just KNOW their guy is pure and "The Demonrats" will finally be exposed. Progressives aren't insulted by it because they both agree with it and expect both sides of the aisle will be dirty. We also know which one will be the dirtiest, but that's beside the point.
Just Maybe
I mean, what about the shareholders bob? Who's going to take care of them huh???
Load More Replies...It's actually a fascinating premise. The U.S. government underwrites the cost of a lot of food products. Instead of pouring money into the production of a specific crop, corn for example, giving every household a basic monthly payment to spend however they want on food would actually make the system more free market, not less.
Not sure you can ascribe it to being more or less "free market" you're describing demand v supply side economics
Load More Replies...If our rights are boiled down to the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, isn't food and healthcare covered under the "right to life" part?
With rights come responsibilities. We can’t agree on what those are either.
Considering the national cost due to food desserts causing poor nutrition which leads to major health issues, yeah, food is a right!
“Socialism Helped Me Get Where I Am Today - Trying To Destroy Socialism”
At this point I'm almost convinced Lauren Boebert is a troll. Nobody can be *that* oblivious.
She didn't even finish highschool till she was forced to get a GED to run for congress and her husband is a sex offender. She really is that dumb
Load More Replies...Welfare for me, but not for thee. Basically the republican party in a nutshell.
She poses like that all the time, and actually owns a restaurant called "Shooters Grill" - and all the waitresses wear holsters with real guns in them! No. Lie. They open carry weapons in the restaurant. Just google it, you'll find yelp & trip advisor reviews, news articles, and even youtube videos! And ironically, it's located in a town called Rifle, Colorado!
Load More Replies...This woman is neither a sentient, nor a sapient person. I believe she’s just a block of government cheese in disguise.
Craig T. Nelson ("Coach" TV show), another clueless conservative, said pretty much the same thing: "I've been on foodstamps and welfare, did anyone help me out? No."
So, feeding poor children could result in another you? I can see why that might give some people pause.
*stares In Feminism*
...sobbed the woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
Load More Replies..."Wow! I wanted to snort uranium, but i didn't know that i'd get terminal cancer and die!"
"People who think that women should be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen don't treat me like an equal! I'm SHOCKED!!!"
Maybe, what are you drinking anyway? twins-6177...c3c9d3.jpg
it means "nazi" but not really admitting that they are nazis. really.
Load More Replies...Ah, yes, I hear your complaint, but I'm gonna need you to stand over there with the Log Cabin Republicans. Someone will be with y'all shortly.
They're actively supporting a movement that is *explicitly* misogynistic and patriarchal - therefore, being upset that your movement then turns out to be misogynistic and patriarchal is not 'fighting for respect' it's 'shooting yourself in the foot and being surprised it hurts.' When your movement works to harm the rights of women everywhere, you're not "fighting for respect," you're a hypocrite and a quisling.
Load More Replies...Imagine Identifying The Issue So Precisely Yet Missing The Point By So Much
When you are so privileged and so full of yourself you can't even see when you are making an ass of yourself... That kind of s**t happens. That will be curling up in a ball and complaining for me.
All I’ve seen you do in your (hopefully) brief time here is cry, moan, and complain. Such a special little snowflake.
Load More Replies...Complain, please. This should enrage you. We should also be complaining to our elected officials. This is bullshit.
Also missing the point where rich folk buy up cheap housing for the sole purpose of raising the rent. The same people that think the minimum wage should never be raised or even exist at all.
To cover the difference in the rent while working for minimal wage, you'd have to work 33,5 hours more each month. It doesn't look like that much, but you already had to work 95 hours a month just to pay rent, and you need to buy groceries, pay for electricity etc., too.
They represent people ALREADY “go[ing] harder”—-including at their second job—-who have neither the time nor the energy to “go [even] hard[er] or curl up in a ball and complain”. (Sorry about all the brackets.)
Employers and landlords are screwing lots of people. Of course, I could be wrong.
By the time you go harder and make more that rent will have risen another $243.00 probably in a week or so anyway. It's a Property owners market here where I live. That's why farmland is going so fast 2,200 new units are scheduled in town in six months. At a minimum of $1,900.00 to &2,900.00 a month rent.
The US really needs to be putting more money into public education. This is embarrassing.
Ding Ding Ding! You Are Correct!
GOOD NEWS! It is racist! Racism is the reason why it's a problem for black people!
Um, maybe because conservatives/ Republicans keep passing laws making it infinitely more difficult for them to vote, along with many other minorities?
Genuine question, I'm not from or in the US so I don't know: What exactly is the issue regarding black votes?
Black people rarely vote Republican. Therefore, the republican party has tried to make it more and more difficult for them to cast a ballot.
Load More Replies...You unwittingly hit the nail on the head. Too bad you're too stupid to know it.
Warning! Another senseless comment from someone who thinks he is the smartest person on this thread!
Yup, it's racist. The descendants of slave-owners and supporters of slavery still want to count the black people as constituents, so they can get a lot of representatives, but they don't want the black people to vote, as they tend to vote against the descendants of slave owners and supporters of slavery, funnily enough...
My Family Doesn't Want To See Me Because Of My Beliefs, But It's Probably Nothing To Do With My Beliefs
BLM isn't cancelling families, your own actions made your family cancel you. That is not the same thing.
Misunderstanding cause and effect is a favorite hobby of the self-absorbed. Especially when the actual cause and effect puts them as the cause for the undesired effect.
Load More Replies...Good luck running for government when your own family (rightfully) won't tolerate you.
BLM is already All Lives Matter. It's Black Lives Matter TOO, silly-nilly. You've cancelled yourself by kicking those who are already down.
Much like most of the Jan 6th insurrectionists were turned in by family and friends wanting that toxic AF individual out of their lives.
These "All Lives Matter" clowns are so blind to the point, it must be because their heads are so far up their arses.
Live footage of an "All Lives Matter" clown: https://youtu.be/BsKyEckDRbo?t=4598
Load More Replies...Every family has an ahole. I guess she just found out who it is in her family
Omg! Gay marriage is canceling families. I do not support gay marriage and post about it, so, my family stopped inviting me to things. /s
How is "All Lives Matter" racist? (An honest question, I do not kean to be offensive)
I Am Not Sure, How To Feel About This
This did indeed make me angry. Feeling sorry for yourself with millions in the bank. Except Meghan is right about one thing: she was treated terribly by the UK press, it was racist and unacceptable. Poor girl.
Getting treated like s**t by your own family isn't magically canceled out by the fact you're a millionaire, Caro. That cruelty still hurts.
Load More Replies...Not only the oppressed should discuss oppression. Likewise, not only women should discuss gender inequality, and not only gay people should discuss homophobia. In order to overcome these injustices, we all need to talk about them.
This one is stupid just because there are somethings going well in your life does not mean you don't have problems. She was bullied in the press, you don't have to care but don't deny it happened because she's rich.
She was lauded as a breath of fresh air and just the thing the palace needed when she married by the press. Nothing negative happened until the Tom Bradby interview and her staff leaving her after a matter of months is being investigated as to her bullying them out of long standing roles.
Load More Replies...I know I’m going to get downvoted into oblivion for this, but I think it’s rather ironic that the whole current movement is about “not devaluing others’ struggles” and “your feeling are valid”, except when they’re rich. I agree, rich people saying they understand what poor people struggle with is kind of disgusting, but every person has their own struggles. You won’t hear royals talking about not having food, but you will hear them talking about the immense pressure that comes with being a celebrity. Just like I think sometimes when “influencers” say that it’s a high stress job and more work than people think, if you’re validating everyone’s struggles, then don’t just push it off as being false simply because you don’t like their job. Influencer culture is stupid, but I’m sure it is quite a bit of work. It’s just work for a stupid goal. And I know the rich are super privileged, it’s super unfair, and people are totally justified in complains about them. But they do have their own
struggles, and I’m sure it is hard. Your average commoner isn’t going to face racial oppression directly from the Queen of England every day. They probably do face it from other people, though. I’m just saying it seems rather ironic that everyone’s saying that all struggles are valid, unless you’re a public figure. (But even that’s not true, look at Britney Spears.)
Load More Replies...I would imagine having your wife treated very poorly by the press that hounded your mother to her literal death played a role in his decision to leave.
I’m not sure the attacks by the UK press were racists, but poor Fergie has, and still does, suffer far worse at the hands of the British press. That poor woman couldn’t do anything right from day one. And seriously, if M, H, or O say none of *them* wondered about Archie’s skin tone, they’re lying. I was in an inter-racial relationship and, yes, baby’s skin tone gets wondered about, just like eye colour, hair colour, gender, etc. - it just doesn’t matter anymore than the other things. This interview was awful. I hope they’re all happy enough with what they got out of it.
It's Because Trump Has Made Us Completely Embarrassed When Faced By The World
If I lived in the US, I wouldn't have put a Biden sign up. I've seen how crazy Trump supporters get about Biden, they might set fire to it or something.
In Nashville, when Obama first won, a man who had just picked up his daughter from school was ran off a road into a ditch by a conservative who saw his Obama bumper sticker. https://www.dispatch.com/article/20100331/NEWS/303319644
Load More Replies...I once saw a canadian in my country wearing a t-shirt saying "I'm canadian". I asked him why. He said he was embarrassed that he might be mistaken for an american.
That's not that surprising, especially after those last four years...
Load More Replies...Ah, conservatives. They wave confederate flags while saying "we're the party of Lincoln". They're such special little people, aren't they?
They totally failed 8th grade American history.
Load More Replies...More often than confederate or American flags, they usually have Trump flags.
Because the Trump supporters are frequently under-informed, over-entitled reactionaries who strike out before taking the time to think their actions through.
Why does anybody put a flag on their house? Does the Confederate flag mean you want to leave the country. Is the American flag supposed to tell your neighbors that you’re an American? Aren’t they too? If you lived in a foreign country, putting out your own flag would make some sense.
No kidding! Kind of like all the politicians that wear an American flag lapel pin. In case we forget they are president of the US or a senator in the US? If that’s what makes you a true American, let’s pass them all out to the DACA folks and call it a day.
Load More Replies...My neighbors are Biden supporters and have an American flag. My parents and uncle are Biden supporters and have one in their front yard, and put one on my veteran grandpa's grave. I'm a Biden supporter but don't have the extra money to spend on the accoutrements to hang a flag and than watch it get torn up by the extreme weather where I live.
R/Conservative Post Regarding The Current President’s Approval
hmmm. When everyone pointed out how s**t Trump was, his supporters tried to trot out the "You're not doing a good job unless people hate you" line. now they wanna say that if people disapprove, you should what? quit? be impeached?
Considering who is in that third, it’s kind of a no-brainer. Maybe we should say that particular group is a turd instead of a third of the voters.
Wait, does that mean that mean that two thirds do? (I was never good at math.) Are those, maybe, the third that voted for the j**k?
So 66% approval rating? Compared to many other presidents, that's not the worst.
Ben Shapiro Gets It
he wouldnt understand even if it had gun and shot him in a leg....
Load More Replies...Can anyone tell me what happened to Ben? I remember seeing him online early on (maybe about 10yrs ago or more) and, while I didn't agree with everything he was saying, he was good a making an argument and presented himself as someone with intelligence. Now all I see is statements made without any apparent thought process and filled with stupidity.
Yes
Try it again with a few more billionaires and see that it’s true every time, smart guy.
The working class existed and flourished long before billionaires came to be. One more proof that we don't need them. They are parasites.
The working class built the pyramids in three-month shifts. Did billionaires? No, they just crashed the stock market.
Load More Replies...How did people get jobs before billionaires existed, Einstein?
Load More Replies...Scalpers Are Capitalist, Ps5
When the Frozens dolls first came out I saw a guy in the Disney store buy every Elsa and Anna doll they had on the shelves. It might be legal to do, but morally I believe that there should be a cap on how many units of in demand products a person can buy.
Some stores do cap products. Toilet paper had a cap in 2020
Load More Replies...Dan Crenshaw Being Right For The Wrong Reasons
As a Christian I find Satanists intriguing. The political ones have made some really good points about religion in the government sphere.
You realise they're not really satanists in the sense of, literally believe in a lord of darkness and literally worship him as an actual person? If you read Lavey's book you'll see it is something more like a humanist version of egoism/randian libertarianism, with a smattering of anti-misogyny.
Load More Replies...I think if a state is going to make abortions illegal (which I find absolutely disgusting) then the very least they should do is make it free to give birth in a hospital! And childcare!
Texas be like: it costs 53 duoquinquagintillion dollars to give birth in a hospital and you can't not give birth in a hospital and if you try to not give birth we will put a bounty on you
Load More Replies...I don't support satanism as a belief. That does not mean everything they say is wrong. I support many of their points
Thats like saying "I don't support feminism as a belief". Satanists are actually a religion, they are an ANTI religion based on basic human rights.
Load More Replies...If you're a politician, maybe don't attack the religion of any of your constitutes on social media.
I literally found this exact tweet with 5 seconds of search. Whether or not it's actually his account, that's up for debate I guess. https://twitter.com/dancrenshawtx/status/1434931958103040011?lang=en
Load More Replies...If Only There Was Some Example From Every Other Country We Could Follow On How To Treat Cancer Without Child Labor By Kids With Cancer
Her smile :( It's a shame a young kid has to work to pay for her own surgery, regardless. I looked it up and found the donation site: https://www.mightycause.com/story/Lemonadeforliza — it appears that they've successfully reached their goal, and even though Liza is still needing surgeries, I'm glad her mother and her are still actively trying. My well wishes remain with them.
Thanks for the link. North America truly is a third world country wearing a Gucci belt.
Load More Replies...I hate that they frame this as "feel good" story, like they did with the kid who sold a bunch of his belongings, and mowed lawns, so he could pay off the lunch debt for kids in his school, or more recently, the woman in labor, who walked more than a mile to get to the hospital, instead of paying for an ambulance, rather than what they really are....irrefutable proof that our system is broken, and our country doomed.
Please, please, please tell me this is misreporting and that Americans don't make children work to earn the money to pay for their own surgery??
Sorry, Roxy, it is true. And this little girl is not the only child who has had to do this, or have parents/family/friends do fund raisers for life saving medical treatment.
Load More Replies...Banned From R/Republican For Violating Rules Of ‘Civility’... I Quoted Donald Trump
I listened to the whole thing. More than once. And got into a Twitter argument with someone who kept claiming it was possible, that he was "thinking outside the box". I'm the daughter of a chemist. That entire diatribe was unmitigated BS.
Posted Unironically By My Far Right Trump Supporting Cousin, He Fails To See The Irony
He had a mouth like a dog's a**s. Would you want it anywhere near your face? Melania only tolerates it for the money
Load More Replies...You can imagine the event organisers saying, "Ok, we need a black kid for Trump to kiss to make him look anti-racist. But not too black. Like, no cornrows or ethnic beads."
Load More Replies...I want to say something funny here but I can't think of anything other than the irony
~almost~ Aware
My cousin, who moved to Tennessee from California when she was in her 40's, spouts this baloney. Acts just like this over the removal of Confederate statues.
I wonder how many of these Republicans claiming that Democrats made all that realize that the two parties literally flipped their ideologies just before the World Wars...
Why would you want to keep the monuments of a slavery-supporting unrecognized state, which started a war and promptly lost it (after which it was dissolved)?
Load More Replies...A Conservative Arguing For Workers Rights To Paid Sick Leave
No because it is a conservative arguing in favour of something that conservatives in government have repeatedly refused to provide. The USA has some of the worst employee rights in the developed world.
Load More Replies...Say It Again, But Slower
Oh Texas. The boil on the butt of America. Hypocrisy at its finest!
Not just this numpty but all Republican representatives. The very model of hypocrisy.
Load More Replies...The Irony Of These People Is Genuinely Unbelievable Sometimes
Those are stats from 30 years ago. It was true then, and Nike isn't great. But they have improved massively. Part of that improvement comes from listening to and amplifying marginalized voices. It absolutely makes sense that Nike, a sportswear company, would amplify an athlete doing the same.
This is literally capitalism. Under communism their working hours would have been capped to something reasonable, salaries would have been high enough to live on, they would be guaranteed vacation, maternity leave and child care and cultural activities such as chess clubs, movie clubs, dance circles etc would have been organized in the workplace. And they would be guaranteed health care and a pension. And I say this as someone with a PhD in Soviet history and multiple publications to my name
Load More Replies...Yes
And maybe not bankrupt 7 casinos? How do you even bankrupt a casino?
Load More Replies...As long as there will be Trump, democrats will keep winning elections :)
Load More Replies...So The Casino Workers Do Not Have Families?
That mayor also tried to open the city early (as in MAY 2020) and use us all as guinea pigs in a "test run" because she wanted the casino money back so bad
To be fair; Las Vegas only exists because of gambling money and the Hoover dam. Take either of those away and it would revert to a backwater with more tumble weeds than people. As it should be.
Load More Replies...No Title Needed
“It’s time Americans realised that capitalism and those who benefit greatly and enable it are the real enemy”.
Its clear you learned your history from sound bites.
Load More Replies...Dave Ramsey Thinks The Stimulus Should Be Much Larger(?)
"I think we should not help people who need help, because if our help helps them, it means they need help."... Wow, even Fox News has its share of idiots.
I know of at least three people in Texas who were able to feel more financially stable because of those stimulus payments. How about it helped because those people weren't making a livable wage?
She Is So Close
"My own personal experience was different, so everyone else in the world has exactly the same circumstances as me"
White people are usually completely unaware of their privilege.
Load More Replies...Yes, Yes They Do
If you're jealous of McDonald's wage, go work at McDonald's. That's kinda the whole point. When your industry wants you back, they'll have to raise their wages accordingly. That'll break the nearly 50 years of stagnant wages that have happened in some places. You're worth more than that.
Labor shortage -> higher wages. It's almost like they don't want "capitalism", they want a group of people they can feel superior to.
Police Quitting To Own The Libs Who Want To Defund Them
Now time to take some more out. *drives armoured bulldozer into topeka, kansas*
Load More Replies...The vaccine mandate has done more to clean up police forces than any amount of police reform.
One of the biggest BS myths on the planet: giving birth makes you a good mother. Close second: putting on a uniform and wearing a gun makes you a hero. My pro-life Mom understood the first wasn't always true; my uncle who was a cop for over 30 years would swear the second isn't either.
Nice, you have a plot for a 1980's B-movie with sci-fi elements.
Load More Replies...The fact that these people meant what they wrote does so, too. =/
Load More Replies...hey pandas! it's late in my time zone but I don't have anybody really to share it with other than you-I just came out as bi to my BFF and it went super smoothly! I'm so happy/relieved! :) thx have a good day!
@heyitsfionabtw. Congratulations darling. I'm so happy for you that it went well. Hugs.
Load More Replies...I'd rather be anally probed by space aliens than live on this planet much longer.
Unfortunately America seems to be have a bumper crop every year.
Load More Replies...More like "Stupid conservatives unaware they are making themselves the butt of jokes". Note how I specified it's the stupid ones doing that and not all.
Load More Replies...I totally get their right to bear arms but they really shouldn't shoot their own foot with them.
The fact that these people meant what they wrote does so, too. =/
Load More Replies...hey pandas! it's late in my time zone but I don't have anybody really to share it with other than you-I just came out as bi to my BFF and it went super smoothly! I'm so happy/relieved! :) thx have a good day!
@heyitsfionabtw. Congratulations darling. I'm so happy for you that it went well. Hugs.
Load More Replies...I'd rather be anally probed by space aliens than live on this planet much longer.
Unfortunately America seems to be have a bumper crop every year.
Load More Replies...More like "Stupid conservatives unaware they are making themselves the butt of jokes". Note how I specified it's the stupid ones doing that and not all.
Load More Replies...I totally get their right to bear arms but they really shouldn't shoot their own foot with them.
