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We’ve all heard that living in the U.S. comes with its own set of unique experiences. For some, it’s a mix of humor, absurdity, and those classic “only in America” moments that make life here anything but boring.
Today, we’ve gathered some of the funniest and most relatable posts from r/USreality, showcasing the everyday quirks of American life. From outrageously overpriced healthcare to ridiculously large fast-food portions, these memes and photos capture it all. Whether you call the U.S. home or just find American culture fascinating, these posts will have you laughing, cringing, and maybe even nodding in agreement. Keep scrolling for a hilariously unfiltered look at life in the States!
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#1
Save Us From Itself
Earonn - 9 months ago
You could ask Canada (nicely! ) to invade and liberate you? You could become the 11th province. ;)
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Sue User 9 months ago
We have become the exact society we were warned we would become if communism took over in USA in the 60's.
Michael Largey 9 months ago
The communists were not white supremists openly dedicated to surpressing woman, gays, and other minorities. Nor did they come to power with the help of mainline consevatives. So back up 20 years.
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athornedrose 9 months ago
can you imagine what old newscasters of the US would have to say about the US today?
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
They wouldn't dare, 'cos they'd get sued into oblivion if they told the truth on air these days. Not how much Donnie sued various media for, when they cut him off for lying about Jan 6th; and he won!
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#2
This Is So Heartbreaking
Ben Taylor 9 months ago
I've just finished chemo and radiation treatments for throat cancer. I'm here to tell you the bills haven't stopped coming....
Tamra 9 months ago
They can't afford to buy eggs, how are they to afford moving to another country?
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Mariotevez 9 months ago
Insurance is supposed to have max out of pocket limits. I'd love to know more details...
UKGrandad 9 months ago (edited)
There are maximum co-pay limits on what the insurance covers, but insurance companies are masters at writing loopholes into the small print and denying claims wherever possible.
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Gregg Bender 9 months ago
Predatory capitalism. Reagan brought it back. I hope he's affably enjoying Hell.
#3
Why
S. Maxudov 9 months ago
"Some men rob you with a six-gun, Some with a fountain pen." --Woody Guthrie
Deta Rossiter 9 months ago
or a 3rd Yacht, or asking to have a bridge demolished for movement of said superyacht
Regina Holt 9 months ago
I'm so glad that public outcry was so strong that they didn't let bezos destroy the bridge.
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Marnie 9 months ago
They didn't say the rich guy didn't get prosecuted. They said society will be angrier.
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America—some call it the land of dreams, while others think it’s just one giant sitcom with unexpected plot twists. But let’s be real, like every country, the U.S. has its own mix of highs and lows. And depending on who you ask, the opinions vary wildly. Some people see it as a place of opportunity, while others raise an eyebrow at its quirks.
According to a Pew Research Center survey, America's global reputation has been a bit of a rollercoaster over the years. Sometimes it's up, sometimes it's down, and a lot of it depends on who's sitting in the White House. Foreign policies, global relations, and internal politics all play a role in how the world perceives the U.S.
#4
He Distracting Others Into Unimportant Matters
Onan Hag All 9 months ago
"A man who could single handedly solve world hunger is looking for ways to cut the world's biggest food aid program. NOW THAT'S EVIL."
Sue User 9 months ago
Musk:Show me a plan to end world hunger. USAID: here . Musk: you must be destoyed because my programmers dont know how to read a finace report.
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keyboardtek 9 months ago
The USA is currently being run by two of the world's top greedy sociopaths. How else could it end but in disaster?
Wendy Neumeyer 9 months ago
Musk should learn the true definition of parasite... by looking in the mirror.
#5
It's All About Corporations Greed
M H 9 months ago
I agree apart that the train system sucks. IT SUCKS! Otherwise yes, yay for Germany
turk 9 months ago
I've visited Germany five times, each time making use of the train system and I think it's pretty good. The only issue I've had is the occasional crowded train. In fact, I used many European trains and find Germany's one of the better ones. What exactly are your complaints?
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ElfVibratorGlitter 9 months ago
So I'm in a catch 22 with getting German citizenship back, I can't get it without being super fluent in German, and I can't get super fluent (again) without living there, and I can't really just live there without a visa... Please take me back Germany. It's scary here.
Verena 9 months ago
You don't need to be super fluent. And you can immerse yourself in German language by using the Internet wisely. As an US American getting a visa is no problem, and you can apply for a job in Germany. I am always puzzled that people who can easily travel by just buying a boat or plane ticket, getting their visa online and showing their passport at the border complain about "can't", while the poorest of the poor walk for months through deserts, jungles, cover water on wonky boats for a better future for themselves and their kids.
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Maples Dad 9 months ago
Same as me in Scotland. Even our universities are free if you're from here.
martymcmatrix 9 months ago
As a German full-time idiot, this doesn't apply for everywhere in frigging Germania...when we talk about living in a city, you have access to many of the things mentioned above, BUT that does not mean that you - as a person without private health insurance - can get an appointment for any specialist in time, let alone find a specialist that is still accepting new patients, and the touted high quality education tends to go in the opposite direction (think of the Pisa studies), because there are not enough teachers, many are as good as retired, the universities are slow to supply new teachers (10 semesters standard study time→5 years)...sure, nobody here has to die stupid, but it's not necessarily made ultra-difficult to do so either...🤷🏽 🇩🇪 🙋🏽
Joanne Earle 9 months ago
And Germany's A LOT smaller than the whole USA. If each state was it's own country we'd probably have the perks that European countries have.
Lilli Belisle 9 months ago (edited)
Musk and Frankenstein's Monster (Kennedy) will make sure none of that happens! Universal healthcare etc.....
#6
The Land Of The Selfish
Ace 9 months ago
And there you have The American Dream in a nutshell. They need to have abject poverty just so they can feel good knowing that they're not as badly of as some others. Anyone who fails to get out of poverty is viewed with equal parts glee and contempt.
Tom Hutcherson 9 months ago
They call it the American dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it. George Carlin.
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One thing the world agrees on? The U.S. knows how to entertain. From blockbuster movies to chart-topping music, America’s pop culture game is strong.
A whopping 71% of people in a survey said American entertainment is top-tier—so yeah, thanks, Hollywood! Whether it’s Marvel movies, Grammy-winning artists, or viral TikTok trends, American culture has an undeniable influence.
#7
The Nerve
ExpatAlex84 9 months ago (edited)
Ok, second comment on the same listicle, and my comments are almost never well-liked it seems. Anyway a credit score is a reflection of how confident lenders can be that you will repay your debt, there are meaningful advantages to having a good one and having a bad one means you have not been managing debt well. I wouldn't keep lending money to a friend who had a history of not paying it back, and banks are not your friends, so risk management is even more important. The one issue with credit scores is that unless you take on debt or the instruments of debt to build a credit history, you can't get a good credit score, that is problematic.
superfluous 9 months ago
And where does one opt out if they don't want to play the game?
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We Are Not Rude
StumblingThroughLife 9 months ago (edited)
My daughter's previous employers (An Accountancy Firm; we're in the UK) had a rule that no-one should discuss their salary. My daughter, who'd worked there nearly 10 years, and was a senior to a new guy that had recently started, found out he was on £4,000 more p.a. than she was, when he was telling her how chuffed he was with his pay (she was training him re: software used). She confronted them and demanded a pay rise - they offered a £2,000 increase. She started looking for another job, and mentioned it to one of their big clients whose account she was in charge of, and they asked if she wanted to work for them and was offered a salary that was £7,000 p.a. more than her previous one. So she got the pleasure of seeing them lose their client, too. :-D
SweetCheesySpaghetti 9 months ago
My old boss told me it was "against company policy" to discuss salary. I asked her to please show me the policy so that I'm fully aware. She never could produce anything.
Premislaus de Colo 9 months ago
EU has passed the law which makes it a legal requirement for employer to disclose pay level of your co-workers doing the same job if asked
Blah Blah Blah 9 months ago
THIS so many times this. It's NOT illegal (as of right now anyhow) and I didn't see it on P2025 goal list but there's a hell of a lot of union busting and privatization on there so watch out everyone.
Gregg Bender 9 months ago
"It's against company policy." "Show it to me in the company manual." crickets
ExpatAlex84 9 months ago (edited)
The issue can be that companies pay better wages to higher performers, or people with more experience, better qualifications to do the same job.. and so discussing your wage can dis-incentivize companies to pay the best people more and then you end up with union type wage scales, where hard work isn't rewarded, tenure is. After years working in unionized jobs, i quickly realized that in many cases, people were actively discouraged from working harder than was absolutely necessary by colleagues who were ardently pro-union while simultaneously being discouraged by a rigid wage scale that didn't reward skill or hard work. If your company wants to pay you more to do the same job but better, telling people about it isn't a great idea.
#9
Systemic Failure Exposed
Funderthuck 9 months ago
I feel that most people in my generation (older millennial here) will not be able to retire.
Brandon Sheumaker 9 months ago
Gen Xer here. I KNOW that most of us won't be able to retire.
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Jon Steensen 9 months ago
It is sad when what ought to be a job of the government has to be deligated to charity, and all the randomness and uncertaincy that is build into such a system.
Regina Holt 9 months ago
All of the "feel good stories" are just a way of saying how bad stuff is, that someone needs to do something to help someone deal with a problem in our society. Yay 'murica!
ShortAttnSpanTheatre 9 months ago
I call outrage-bait. Veterans in the US have benefits for life, administered by the VA, and he gets social security, too. Something went awry for this gentleman - it's not typical and the US does not put its veterans out to work at 90. It's a nice story of people helping people, not meant to be a platform for America-bashing.
Tee Lee 9 months ago
Have you read any of the horror stories about VA hospitals and their veteran treatment?
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Ian Coghlan 9 months ago
It saddens me. We have workers that old, but it's because they want to.
And let’s not forget tech. With Silicon Valley pumping out innovation like it’s an unlimited buffet, 72% of people say U.S. technology is ahead of the game.
Whether it’s the latest smartphone, groundbreaking AI, or a rocket launching into space, America is definitely pushing boundaries. Tech giants like Apple, Google, and Tesla have helped shape the digital world as we know it.
#10
Consumer Culture
Brian Droste 9 months ago
Is that why d***s are so expensive? So they can promote there d***s on tv?
Nathan Mickay 9 months ago
They are expensive because state insurance provider doesn't get to negotiate the prices like everywhere else
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Tammy Leung 9 months ago
It is illegal to promote prescription-only medicine to the general public in a lot of places. The first time I was in America I was in shock.
Blah Blah Blah 9 months ago
Also on P2025 they want to get rid of Biden's price regulations for things like insulin and privatize a bunch more healthcare Medicare/Medicaid. Think the US healthcare and meds are expensive now... Just wait!
Sue User 9 months ago
Want to save US gov money. Have govt negotiate d**g prices.
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Carole Martin 9 months ago
Horrible ads that make it look like everyone who takes their awful d***s (that can kill you) are beautiful, healthy, happy people!
Anony Mouse 9 months ago
That’s a fake statistic - Americans consume approximately 8% of the world’s pharmaceutical d***s, but nobody here cares about facts when they can c**p in the USA.
veirdbuttrue 9 months ago
I was amazed when I was in USA for a holiday, all the ads were for d***s. Fluoxetine was the only one I had ever heard of. Also there was a long laundry list of side effects, some of which sounded really scary.
Regina Holt 9 months ago
D**g ads in 'murica are crazy. They spend so much money on actors, choreography (great baseball game with grandpa rooting on the grandkids, or whatever skit they are putting on for us to see). If there are going to be d**g ads, it should just be someone sitting in front of a plain white wall talking about the d**g. There is no need for d**g ads to be big productions.
rorschach-penguin 9 months ago (edited)
Well, see, in impoverished parts of Africa and Asia and South America they don't have access to antacids, albuterol, antibiotics...
#11
This Is Possible If We Don't Let Capitalism And Their Lobbies Work Well
keyboardtek 9 months ago
Too late. The sociopathic greediest two people on the planet are now in control.
Eppe 9 months ago
It's mind boggling to me they could have had Bernie for president, but chose Trump.
Tamra 9 months ago
No, we couldn't have had Bernie for president. He suspended his presidential campaign and decided to endorse Biden which, in hindsight, wasn't a great choice.
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George Costanza 9 months ago
Except he wasn't able to change anything. Because they other side screams "socialism!" and the idiots that vote vote against their own self-interest because buzzwords. Sigh.
veirdbuttrue 9 months ago
If socialism is universal healthcare then you should forget about who calls it what.
Load More Replies... Wintermute 9 months ago
Never forget that the DNC intentionally overrode the democratic results of their own primary to keep this man off the presidential ticket, resulting in the current shitshow we endure today. All politicians and uninformed voters are at fault.
Earonn - 9 months ago
Maybe he had failed on this, but at least he wouldn't have ruined your whole country, trying to start (trade) wars with your neighbours, jizzed megalomania over the maps of the world (with the rest of us laughing at you) and destabilised several conflict zones. And he wouldn't have been the b***h of Space Karen.
#12
Of Course We Can
SirWriteALot 9 months ago
taxes are commie socialist illegal GET MY GUN!!!
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veirdbuttrue 9 months ago
Yes, other countries do have all these things. Not all together, in NZ we no longer have free college education but every other thing on this list, we have.
veirdbuttrue 9 months ago
And no. our taxes are not crazy unaffordable. You work, you pay tax. Taxes go into healthcare system, infrastructure, education etc.
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Zero 9 months ago
Where does one get off continually saying they are the most powerful nation on earth..your not you arrogant fools, the only people who believe this s**t is the idiots who propergander it..your country is totally utterly f****d and now you have voted a dictator megalomaniac back into a position of ultimate power, you stupid f*****g yanks..
Charles Kormos 9 months ago
We can't have that because lazy people who don't work would also have it. Our enemy is the "welfare queen" created by Ronald (worst president ever) Reagan. Billionaires are our friends. I am going to be a billionaire too.
Jon Steensen 9 months ago
...and that you need the ability to instantly kill people around you from a distance at any moment in time.
Scott Rackley 9 months ago
A simple person resorts to ad hominem instead of refutation of the ideas presented. Basically, you argue like a 3rd grader.
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On the flip side, not everything is picture-perfect. Most people believe the U.S. healthcare system is one of the worst among developed nations. Unlike many other countries that offer universal healthcare, America’s system is largely privatized, making medical expenses sky-high. A simple hospital visit can turn into a financial nightmare.
#13
This Cover Is From 2018
Novadoe (She/They) 9 months ago
I want to be a teacher, and I'm going to college to get a degree for it in the next few months. My fear is that I'll need a part time job outside of it, and another job in the summer when there's no school just to live in a house. I'm scared.
BarfyCat 9 months ago
Do your research and apply to school districts with a really good union. Because teachers are considered to be state employees, you can definitely get info on teacher salaries in different districts.
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Wendy Neumeyer 9 months ago
The US has always chronically underpaid the most essential working people.
Jane Hower 8 months ago
Too often college grads who cannot DO anything else, become teachers. just sayi..
Scott Rackley 9 months ago
I'm guessing she was a teacher 50 years ago in a low cost of living "miniscule" town, lol, in Oklahoma. Damn, I nailed it.
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It Needs An Explanation
Michael Largey 9 months ago
"Can you perform under pressure?" "Yes, but I'm better at bohemian rhapsody."
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Trophy Husband 9 months ago
I remember someone who had a sticker on their office door that said " lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine " and I think about that a lot when someone comes to me and says that they completely failed to follow any of the proper processes and now need me to bail them out at the last minute. My last two jobs were pretty much 90% that. My current job is 10% that. I am far less stressed now.
MushroomHead22 9 months ago
well you see my job has slow days and busy days. you take in the slow days so you can power through the busy days. has nothing to do with poor planning, but poor weather.
Earonn - 9 months ago
You know very well how often that question is used for jobs which are not like that, and where the pressure, in fact, comes from the reasons mentioned above. Otherwise: welcome to your first week at work,young one.
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Gustav Gallifrey 9 months ago
'Are you willing to work like a slave, at the risk of your mental and physical health, to cover up our inadequacies as business managers, our habit of making impossible promises to customers, and our complete lack of scheduling or resourcing skills?'
#15
We Are Screwed
Pete Rosko 9 months ago
That's the main strategy of Freidman Economics or trickle down, every disaster, man made or natural, is used to transfer wealth and power to the 1%.
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
Or, in simpler terms, we need to stop the rich getting richer. I wouldn't pay the Deity a billion dollars a year, so why do we let Musk get so much more than that? It's a taxing question ...
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This wealth transfer was subtle at first, but has been happening on a regular basis now for so long, that it's simply become business as usual. We are entrenched in it now, and getting free of it would require the concerted effort of the House and Senate, which we will not get, because they directly benefit from it.
Sue User 9 months ago
They even got poor people believing this is " good busiess".
Load More Replies... Libstak 9 months ago
Dont use big dystopian political terms if you want everyday americans to comprehend where you are coming from, its intellectual babble to them.
Tucker Cahooter 9 months ago
Three monosyllabic word slogans seems to work best with them e.g. "Lock Her Up!", "Four More Years!", "Hang Mike Pence!" etc
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Tiffany 9 months ago
Stop buying their stuff... I mean everything. From easy processed foods, medicine you may not really need to Apple PHONES to Amazon Prime. Aren't they rich because people throw money at them, constantly? People just buy, buy, buy, buy, buy...... and buy.
Heras buddy 9 months ago
Money goes up, living standards of workers goes down. But the money only goes up to the richest.
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
True - but why do we equate 'rich' with 'upwards' ?
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And then there’s the standard of living. Compared to other developed nations, America’s living standards are a mixed bag. Some cities thrive with incredible opportunities, while others struggle with unaffordable housing and financial instability. It really depends on where you are in the country.
#16
Is It Difficult To Understand?
Nicole Weymann 9 months ago
Yupp. One of the reason that work with a "caring" aspect (especially health care, but also kid and elderly related stuff) is chronically underpaid. Those who work there do so, because they value the gratitude given to them and know that their work/help is needed (and thus will still be working under atrocious conditions) AND volunteers will cost even less money, partly replacing the underpaid carers and inadvertantly devaluating their work even more.
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Jon Steensen 9 months ago
To the list of "not tried" should be things like treating diseases and help with temporary hardship. There is so much lost potential when you make a system where even the smallest bump in the road can lead to financial ruin and permanent damage to bodies, which could have been prevented at a far lower cost if delt with sooner.
Jennifer Potter 9 months ago (edited)
Get your head out of the sand and actually talk to ALL of the people around you, not only your left and right side neighbor, and you will see differently. If you have any heart for anyone beyond yourself you will be disheartened by some current elements of our shared country.
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We Are Poor
keyboardtek 9 months ago
And many poor people vote for Republicans. Go figure. I can only assume they put their racism above everything else and vote for whoever claims to support white men.
winterwidow87 9 months ago
Did you read the whole post or did you stop at the first sentence? This person is talking about not being able to afford a proper house, it's not about being an incel.
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It Terrifies Them
Nicole Weymann 9 months ago
They'll only build more gated communities, I fear. With armed guards and private laws. In the end the only thing that might help (as in "keem THEM alive AND help others") is some sort of wealth regulation.
Load More Replies... turk 9 months ago
I care. I'm cheering on people like Luigi Mangione. We need an army of Luigi Mangiones.
Earonn - 9 months ago
Let's also point out that that CEO wasn't killed for being rich. He was killed for supporting an inhumane system that starts to rival Mengele in its murderous intent. And he did support it because it made and kept him rich. I don't think anyone would come for the CEO of Doctors Without Borders, no matter what their income is.
veirdbuttrue 9 months ago
And rich elites sure as hell don't care when bad things happen to regular folk.
Historyherstory (old guy) 9 months ago
I agree with the level of disgust with the Healthcare system. Its putrid for sure. But there is a Venn diagram where people who oppose cold blooded murder, intersects with those who believe in a woman's right to choose, intersects with those who believe in responsible gun ownership. In some States those same people have carry permits. I think change should be made via legislation versus bloodshed. Surprised (not really) this sick talk is allowed, but BP blurs out other less innocuous content. The boomers this website blasts (not me, I'm too young) knew how to bring about change and it was not at gun point.
Another issue? Social justice. Around 42% of Americans feel racial discrimination is a very serious problem, while 32% say it’s somewhat serious. It’s a conversation that keeps evolving, but it’s clear there’s still work to be done.
The fight for equality is ongoing, and movements like Black Lives Matter have highlighted the need for systemic change.
#19
Politicians Serve 1% Of The People
April Pickett 9 months ago
Let's put those words in action, not just speachify them. Did you know that the vast majority of Congress are millionaires? They weren't when they first got elected.
Bartlet for world domination 9 months ago
Yeah! Like Bernie! Whose net worth is $3 million and who made that money writing books about Washington, revolution and capitalism. People are suggesting you can't campaign for equality if you're part of the 1% yourself, so everyone on the left needs to give away their money?
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Irene Bucior 9 months ago
Says the man who got rich being a Senator. He never owned a business, never sold a company, and was never a CEO. He’s and his wife have seven houses and are worth millions. I wonder how that happened? Ask big Pharma. They know him well.
Bartlet for world domination 9 months ago
He wrote bestselling books, that's what happened.
Load More Replies... Curry on... 9 months ago (edited)
I have nothing against Bernie, but seriously, what has he accomplished?
Gozer LeGozerian 9 months ago
He is ONE man against everyone else. Even the supposed liberals are against him. What do you expect him to do?
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#20
Health Insurance In Action
Marnie 9 months ago
And you could pay in for 40 years, then lose your job because you got a brain tumor and started acting weird. Then when you most need health insurance, you can't afford it because you don't have a job. (My neighbor's husband got a brain tumor and was fired before he knew it. He was dead within a year, leaving a wife with two very young children. And they had no medical insurance after he was fired, so she had to hold a fundraiser to pay off the medical bills. He was young, so hadn't paid insurance for 40 years, but it doesn't matter how long you pay in, it's gone if you lose that job.)
Liz Butt 9 months ago (edited)
If they took away the money from the military, stopped putting their noses in other countries problems, and put it into working on a health care system that benefits the citizens, things would work out a lot better. They don't need to be in a war that they have no business being in.
Kathy Wilbourne 9 months ago
I ditched my health insurance ~15 years ago. I'm happier to live in a country where where medical care is affordable.
#21
This Is Not Going To End Well
Bob Brooce 9 months ago
The Ohio government putting that anywhere at all is one of the most progressive things the Ohio government has done.
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#22
Indigenous Culture
Curry on... 9 months ago
We hate the rich, but we love their stuff. Dead stuff. No life in it. And there's no life in us when we crave it.
Earonn - 9 months ago
Sorry, but my wool is very much dead but I make socks and jumpers from it, expressing my creativity. Same for my pencils and drawings. Same for my laptop and writing. Poetic "all material possessions are bad" sayings are BS if you don't make that difference.
Load More Replies... Trophy Husband 9 months ago
Technically plants and animals exist solely for the purpose of reproduction. All life is just here to create more life. People create all the problems that we complaint about. But it's not that I created my problems, it's society. The real problem is that individuals don't carry enough to actually do something. Or we don't have the power to do it. And as I step off myself box, I'm going back to reading board panda instead of doing something about it, because I'm just like everyone else.
But hey, no country is perfect, right? America has its fair share of quirks, challenges, and things that just make you go, “only in the U.S.” Whether it’s oversized fast-food portions, tipping culture, or extreme political debates, it’s definitely a place that keeps things interesting.
#23
“Ok” Might Be Too Strong A Phrase To Describe Oklahoma
Nunyah 9 months ago
As of 2022 they no longer allow people out for nyc to have a card with them on file. If any kind soul in nyc like to share their account so I can read from Alabama, you would be an angel
Ace 9 months ago (edited)
Have you tried libgen? Especially good for academic work like stupidly expensive text books. Look it up. May be blocked where you are though, but there are several mirrors, you may be able to find one that works.
Load More Replies... April Pickett 9 months ago
They (Republicans) don't want you educated. They want you stupid so that you'll believe all the lies and half-truths they want to feed you. They use all media products to obtain this goal. They've got judges, state governments, municipal governments, and high schools that are predisposed to accept their views.
Michael Largey 9 months ago
Don't worry, folks - Oklahoma has nothing against Brooklyn. It was the reading part that threatened them.
Regina Holt 9 months ago (edited)
Heras, it is free today, but who knows how long it will be free. Or even how long it will be in existence. tRump and fElon are getting rid of everything they don't like. And they don't like books.
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Geoffrey Scott 9 months ago
From the State that demands the "establishment' clause of the 1st Amendment be ignored.
The danish woman 9 months ago
In Denmark libraries are free of charge for all citizens. American administration must want to keep their citizens in the dark, uneducated...
Earonn - 9 months ago
Same in Scotland. In Germany it's something like EUR 20 per year, unless you're on low income or benefits (then it's very little or even free). But then, I think both our countries are interested in having informed citizens, not mere workslaves.
Load More Replies... Andrew Keir 9 months ago
History is so often written by the victors, and Donnie and his chums are the victors now. I wonder if they'll go peacefully in 2028?
Load More Replies... Sue User 9 months ago
Idaho has start placing "adult " books behind barriers where yu have to prove you are old enough to enter.
Montanavanna 9 months ago
I go to our library Jere in Idaho often and haven't seen that implemented yet. Our librarians are amazing though. They are moving buildings while they wait for a new one to be built so maybe when that happens. I will have to ask the librarians about it directly.
Load More Replies... Andrew Keir 9 months ago
Maybe a more restricted meaning of 'Public' than the dictionary definition? Or don't they have dictionaries in Brooklyn ?
#24
Student Loan "Forgiveness"
Geoffrey Scott 9 months ago
Just got a notice on my daughter's loan, on which I am a cosigner, that it was late. They sent the notice a week before due date. I found their 'contact us' tab. "My daughter has set up an auto debit for this. I assume your goal is to disregard this so as to charge late fees and increase your interest, which is ALREADY 12.5%. Apparently that's not enough and you should be prosecuted. Believe me when I say I am working very hard to have your rates declared usurious by the DOE and my Representative in Washington. I have NO problem ignoring a company that has a dysfunctional billing proccess.
A girl 9 months ago
Do not even get me started. The whole student loan experience is an exercise in robbery.
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Gogubaci 9 months ago
US student loans sound like such a scam. also why people are so worked up over forgiving student debt? if they paid the initial balance plus in most cases a hefty amount of interest then cancel it wtf, how is it legal to pay 3x times or more what you borowed?
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
Compound interest is your best friend if you're rich, and your silent killer if you're poor.
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Dawn Chambers 9 months ago
I finally made my last student loan payment Monday. I'm 65 years old.
Trophy Husband 9 months ago
I know plenty of people are in favor of loan forgiveness. I have two objections. One is that it unfairly provides a benefit only to people who currently have loans and not people who paid theirs off already. Or people who never took out alone because they worked their way through college or because they decided they couldn't afford to go to college and instead of taking out loans they just went and got a job. The other reason is that some people went through college and took out loans that they knew they couldn't afford when they got out of college, and then they turned out not to be able to afford the loans and they want the government to pay for them. I went through college and I took out loans, but I might have gone to a more expensive college if I knew the government was going to pay for my loans. And then I paid my loans off, I did so ahead of schedule and wow also starting a family. I did that despite starting out working only part-time, and a few years later getting laid off.
Trophy Husband 9 months ago
I'm in favor of free college moving forward. And I'm in favor of any program that equally distributes wealth to the lower classes. But if you're going to forgive someone's debt today, why not pay me back some of what I paid 20 years ago? And why not give somebody who couldn't get into college because they didn't have the money the same amount and tell them to go back to college now? If you're going to do something to change the past, it needs to be fair across everyone. If you're going to do something to change the future, it needs to be accessible to everyone in the future. But if you're going to pick only the people who took out too many loans and ended up with the nice education and the high salary but now can't afford to pay the loans back, maybe your money could be better spent teaching financial education. Neither my high school nor my college taught me to do taxes, I learned it on my own.
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#25
True Wealth
S. Maxudov 9 months ago (edited)
A burrahobbit? Wass a burrahobbit? (If you get the reference, and it's kind of a deep cut, it'll make sense)
George Costanza 9 months ago
Exactly. Stuff =/= wealth. Stuff was someone taking their wealth and turning it into physical objects that go down in value overtime. Stuff is less wealth, and is often junk.
FlamingZombies 9 months ago
You must be one of those conservative MAGAt's that thinks the poor have too much and the wealthy don't have enough.,
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#26
Inflation Keeps Going Down
Michael Largey 9 months ago
If you run up a mountain you'll get tired, so your speed will get lower and lower. But your altitude will keep increasing.
Jack Sonol 9 months ago
Inflation is not a measure of the cost of goods. It's a measure of the increasing price of the cost of goods. Say prices have been going up by 1-2 percent per month for a few months and then slows to less than a percent. Inflation has slowed, but that doesn't mean any prices are going to fall. Once inflation happens it's irreversible, largely due to greedy billionaires and corporations.
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
Let's make a start on increasing our listening to second derivatives?
Load More Replies...So, what do you think? Have you ever visited the States? Which of these posts made you nod in agreement (or shake your head in disbelief)? Let us know!
#27
You Just Have To Survive
Ladedah 9 months ago
I'm IN a career and the bastards still call us into the office every year for our performance reviews asking for our "goals." B***h, I've already achieved my goals and am on the "just want to live my life" section of this journey... so, every year when they ask about my goals, I tell them "continue to do a good job." Getting a career WAS the goal. Why the f**k should I need "career goals" too?
Nikole 9 months ago (edited)
I HATE THAT SO MUCH. They just want an excuse to deny raises. “Well, you only partially met two of the five bullshít goals we forced you to make…”
Load More Replies... Cydney Golden 9 months ago (edited)
We always had to come up with professional goals as teachers. I would always say, "Teach to the best of my ability." or "Organized my materials." Somehow this was always accepted and I did....I had a wonderful principal.
#28
Too Late To Regret
Stygtand 9 months ago
I will never get this. In denmark where i live, you have to take your vacation days.. last year i had 12 days left in november. I was told to take them all before the end of the year by my boss. You can have 5 days transferred to the next vacation year although most companies want to avoid this, because it just pushes the problem forward. Under very rare circumstances can they pay out the days. I tried this once when i had been out for 12 weeks(paid) due to surgery. I didnt want 3 week summer vacation after being away for so long, i just wanted to get back into my daily routine.
Earonn - 9 months ago
That's more or less all of Europe. "problems" about vacation only arise in summer and around Christmas when it needs to be made sure that not whole teams are gone at once. You don't beg for your vacation, you just announce that you are going to take it and if necessary your boss tells you that it's not a good time and you work out something together, in good faith. In Europe, colleagues don't give each other vacation days because someone is ill, our cooperation is along the lines of "Oh, you worked last Christmas and I had the days off, so this year it's your turn."
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Wendy Neumeyer 9 months ago
All of my vacation, PTO, and sick days were used to care for my children when they were sick, or other family emergency.
#29
Their Logic For The Minimum Wage: You Don't Have Enough Experience
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 9 months ago
It's true. The previous programmers on the software I write had decades of experience between them... but the code is an unmanageable mess that somehow manages to use the worst possible solution in any given scenario.
Sue User 9 months ago
Dont fault them. I have had to write spectacularly bad code to " just get it done so we can release".
Load More Replies... Trophy Husband 9 months ago
Or just have the people who write those job descriptions actually understand the job... It sounds like a manager who doesn't actually program asked what programming language they use, and separately ask someone how many years it takes to be a good programmer, and just put the two things together without thinking about it.
Wendy Neumeyer 9 months ago
An elder brother and team invented the security protocols for a major corporation. They created a book to train other teams in the corporation. Upon returning from a training seminar they held out of country, they were required to complete a certification course and testing based on the book they wrote.
#30
Don't Need To Brag, You Will Get There
Khavrinen 9 months ago
This always makes me think of the one about the guy who ordered an inflatable bed while high, because it looked like a giant ice cream sandwich. That would be another great response to the kid talking about sleeping in a race car bed: "I sleep on an ice cream sandwich."
LB 9 months ago
I don't know why this comment had a downvote, have my upvote - now you're neutral again!
Load More Replies... Andrew Keir 9 months ago
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#31
Our Economy Is In Excellent Shape
Michael Largey 9 months ago
That's like measuring the prosperity of a country by how well the stock market is doing. ... Oh!
Liz Butt 9 months ago
That's something everyone has had in common with previous eras. The kings, queens, lords etc will always live better than the poor serfs, workers, farmers, tradespeople etc. The wealthy always live off the backs of poorer people. They live in comfort with plenty of food while the poor live in one room shacks, finding it hard to stay alive from day to day. Nothing has really changed.
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
Guess who still says he should have been President then ...
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They're Poor
Nicole Weymann 9 months ago
I thought "I'm sure Prince William had to learn at least French in boarding school" and looked it up. Guys and gals: he speaks SEVEN languages, including Welsh and Swahili! (Princess Kate speaks English (duh), French, Italian and Swahili.)
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#33
A Typical Interview
S. Maxudov 9 months ago
Valid point, but Wendy's does have some great tweets, so they might get some takers
Pferdchen 9 months ago
This brought to mind the paper linked to below. It's been a while since I read it, but my take was that romantic love was discouraged in the middle ages because it undermined devotion to the monarchy, nobility and clergy. Many thanks to Eleanor of Aquitaine! I've come to think of her as the first feminist, though surely others preceded her. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006185918/http:/www.illinoismedieval.org/ems/VOL5/graybill.html
#34
First You Need A Super Rich Dad
turk 9 months ago
I was wondering what to do with that pesky pile of money I have cluttering my house.
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Nicole Weymann 9 months ago
Reminds me of "Necromany for Beginners - Chapter 1: Correct Use of Shovel" (GNU, sir Pterry)
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Where Is Our Money?
Corvus 9 months ago (edited)
Fear not, Orange Man will just print more money. He has to, anyway, in order to buy Africa.
keyboardtek 9 months ago
We cannot afford universal healthcare. And DOGE is shutting down all the parts of the government that protect us working class folk from predators like Musk and Trump. But I guess we can afford to buy Greenland?
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April Pickett 9 months ago
In the Great Depression, so many wanted to withdraw their money that the banks had to close.
#36
They Are Hiding Something From Me
#37
The Ethnic Cleansing Of California And The Midwest
Surly Scot 9 months ago
Like the Japanese internment camps. America has no respect for its citizens. We're not 'citizens', we're walking meatsuits with a dollar sign floating above our heads. That's all we'll ever be worth to the US government and elites.
Limey 9 months ago
It’s not racism so much as carelessness. When you don’t ask but just take action on how someone looks, this is what happens. The same with the Japanese internment camps, almost all citizens. There were people here (many people) of German descent in WW2, not put in camps because they didn’t look different. The same is about to happen again under the Orange Tyrant. Do you really think when they go in gestapo style and round up “immigrants” that they will be asking to see documentation?
Earonn - 9 months ago (edited)
How is "take action on how someone looks" NOT racism? But apart from that - full ack.
Load More Replies... Regina Holt 9 months ago
There are several different variations on this, depending on who is saying it, but this phrase is spot on: "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
"History repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce". This is the first repeat ...
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#38
Future Is Here
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
They'd have a job sending the parking charge to anyone
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Poll: Around 25% Of Young People In The Lowest-Income Households Feel “People Like Me Don’t Have Much Of A Chance In Life”
Jon Steensen 9 months ago
It is America! The country where people can dream big (and not much more than that, despite it being the "land of opportunities")
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April Pickett 9 months ago
True. That should not stop you from trying. Go to college if you can, go to a Tech school if you can, get a job repairing cars, electronics, furniture, etc. if you can. You've got to make the effort, for yourself and your family.
#41
Say It Not Right
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 9 months ago
Research facts yourself. Relying on statements made on various social media outlets or other internet sites is often very misleading.
keyboardtek 9 months ago
Yes. China's economic situation has surpassed the United States in many ways. China is on the verge of becoming the world's top economic power, especially since Trump's leadership will take the US back to the dark ages.
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#42
After A Long Time,it Started Again
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 9 months ago
Ah, so it was Hamas who illegally occupied Palestine and Palestinian territory going back to 1949, was it? Hamas who rained destruction with white phosphorus the last time around? Hamas who keeps building illegal settlements in Palestine, ignoring repeated UN resolutions to the contrary? You must read from a different history book to me.
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Bartlet for world domination 9 months ago
Being "pro-Palestine" is NOT synonymous with being pro-Hamas. And there's more to Palestine than just Gaza.
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No Cry
SirWriteALot 9 months ago
Are these real or just joke-signs people hang up so they can post it on social media?
SweetCheesySpaghetti 9 months ago
To me it reads like anti-liberal propaganda. It just seems like something my Trumper uncle would post on his employee bathroom door.
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All Of Us Frfr
Marnie 9 months ago
No, it was not considered normal, just like on Married With Children, nobody knew how they could afford that big house on a shoe salesman's salary. Now, you could (and still can) make a pretty good living without going to college. There are trades you can get into that will pay pretty good. I don't know what Simpson did for a living, but whereas things are pretty terrible now, you have to be realistic about the past and stop spreading myths. Not everything on TV is real, I hate to break it to you.
Scott Rackley 9 months ago
In 1989, Reactor Operators (junior, not senior) made over $50/hr, easily. Care to guess why? TVA couldn't get enough US Navy vets to fill the ranks as much as they wanted. SROs would make over $70/hr. So yes, this was most certainly plausible.
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Too Good To Be True
LaurieAnnaT 9 months ago
We bought our house in Dec 1980. It was $79K with a 14% mortgage. Yeah… the good old days.
athornedrose 9 months ago
79,000 in 1980 is 309,672 today adjusted for inflation. federal minimum wage in 1980 was 3.10, roughly 47.6K a year. if it was adjusted for inflation, that would need to be 12.15 in 2025 to be making around 186.6K to keep up with no changes to the market outside direct adjustment for inflation. federal min wage is 7.25, around 111K, over 70K short to just directly keep up. not to improve anything. not for a better home. not for anything extra. just to be at the exact same level.
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Shaggy 9 months ago
I sold mortgages in the 90's... Sold 12% to an older lady on a refi... Not proud, but I went into tech at that point. It was not the good old days as far as interest rates went...
Otto Katz 9 months ago
Worked with a guy in 1992, bought his first house in 1993. Interest rate was 16%. He knew eventually he'd refi, but he wanted that house, and was willing to take the hit.
Load More Replies... Surly Scot 9 months ago
My grandparents told me their first 3bed house in Scotland cost them 600-something pounds back in the 60's (in a sh*t area of the city, not the worst, but not awesome). Less than $1000. I want to cry.
#47
Inflation Is *the* Issue
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 9 months ago
Many Western World countries are going through the same thing. It's not just one government or one political party.
René Sauer 9 months ago
I never understood what´s so great about home ownership, specially when some people seem to move every couple of years.
#48
The Capacity
Rosecrucian Roeth 9 months ago
Right now, that is one really scary statement................................
#50
How Much College Costs Around The World
Egodeist 9 months ago (edited)
(cough) first year is free in New Zealand (cough) and student loans are interest free (cough) and you don't have to pay them back until you earn more than a threshold (cough) (cough) better go get a prescription for my cough (cough) it's capped at $5.(cough)
keyboardtek 9 months ago
New Zealand does not have to maintain 400 military bases around the world to maintain capitalism.
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Kathy Brooke 9 months ago
Ah but the the UK charges $11,875 to UK based students and their fees for international students can vary widely, up to about $80,000.
Surly Scot 9 months ago
Unless you're Scottish-born studying in Scotland. Free tuition as long as you apply to the Student Awards Agency Scotland. I didn't know how unbelievably SPOILED I was with that until I moved to USA and saw what everyone else was going through. Moving back to take advantage of this and get a degree for free.
Load More Replies... Panda Panda Bo Banda 9 months ago
$8k a year is still incredibly cheap. It's the private universities that charge $100k+ that must be stopped.
Earonn - 9 months ago
Some of these screenshots have been going around for ages because it's such an age-old problem.
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50% Of All Americans Cannot Afford Rent These Months
Original Kinkster 9 months ago
We pay about 25% of our combined income as rent, but it's a pretty moderate rent considering it's a house with 140m² and 9 rooms plus a shed and plenty of storage room...
#52
A Recruiter Asked Me For A Personal Letter That Describes Me, My ”life Story”, And My Personality. 😭 Traumatized Cptsd??? I Think I’m Gonna Need To Sugarcoat It
René Sauer 9 months ago
Why? I just want you to help me find a Job. I am not here to make friends.
Nicole Weymann 9 months ago
...which is a good thing, becaus as long as she/he's on the clock that recruiter is nobody's friend!
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Can You Predict The Next 50 Years?
Bob Brooce 9 months ago
Gasoline is actually pretty cheap when you compare it to a lot of other things. Gas in my area is a hair over $3.00 per gallon right now. Store brand seltzer is $3.40 if I buy it in 1 liter bottles. I'd probably be happier of gas was $3.50 but stayed the same price instead of constantly bouncing up and down.
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Iran's Leader Ayatollah Khamenei Praised Us Students For Protesting The War In Gaza
Alex Kennedy 9 months ago
Even a religious fanatic fascist clock is right twice a day!
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 9 months ago
The future of a "Christian" nation. THIS is what the 1st amendment is trying to prevent.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 9 months ago
On the other hand, the Orange Overlord supports Isreal. If Trump is on your side, you should stop doing what you're doing immediately and start doing the opposite. Let me remind you, that if Israel hadn't been artificially forced into Palestine, none of this would be happening. However you want to try to spin this, Isreal is the problem and ISREAL is the aggressor.
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Average Btw
Bartlet for world domination 9 months ago
Alright Fox, let's do that again after tariffs, bird flu and fossil dependence have pushed up inflation for four years.
Game Guy 9 months ago (edited)
And let's also ignore that housing prices are a direct result of a massive inventory shortage which is a direct result of us not building housing after the 2008 subprime mortgage economic collapse which is a direct result of Republicans.
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Dream On
Kathy Brooke 9 months ago
It's not genetics. There's nothing inherent in you stopping you. It's an accident of birth, namely not being born to wealthy parents. With the same natal wealth you could achieve anything the rich can.
Surly Scot 9 months ago
I think you missed the point of this one. Because of healthcare costs in USA, a person could dream of their life goals and things to achieve, but because they have a genetic condition that requires expensive medical care, they now have to abandon all their life goals and dreams so they can spend their life paying medical bills.
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Economist:baby-Boomers Are Loaded. Why Are They So Stingy?
Deborah 9 months ago
I know a lot of baby-boomers and none of us are loaded.
Load More Replies... fzc8yxyj75 9 months ago
Boomer paying over half her pension in rent and with no savings and nowhere to go when I have to leave here
#58
So Generous
Norm Gilmore 9 months ago (edited)
The original Reddit post is about the lies from Fox news Laura Ingraham about the amount of relief for disaster victims. She said they would ONLY receive $750 but the Kamala Harris interview had been cut to make it sound this way.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fNhVpRPBX4
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What do you think ?
Pieter LeGrande 9 months ago
To be successful long-term, a political / economic system has to take into consideration the human condition. How well it handles such issues as greed, selfishness, short-term decision making, lack of a vision, incompetent decision making, etc will determine how successful it is long-term.
ElfVibratorGlitter 9 months ago
My partner actually makes a decent salary compared to me. But yesterday he found out he's one of the 450 employees being laid off by rent.com because "profits" (actually Zillow bought them and decided to lay off most people without even figuring out what employees actually did). I personally don't make much money at all by comparison... It's gonna be rough. And we're not even the exception. Probably better off than many, and that's fúcked up. TL;DR: having myself a poorish person pity party.
BarfyCat 9 months ago
My friend is an online language tutor, and she just lost two of her best customers because they are federal workers.
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Tiffany 9 months ago (edited)
In 1900 the average person owned 5 to 10 pieces of clothing and lasted a lot longer. Today the average person owns 150 pieces of clothing and is cycled out often. Everyone gets upset with corporations, but quit giving them so much money. That includes over indulging in processed foods. That leads to giving them money for medications. Everything. . Really. All these name luxury brands people walk around with. It's just a dog collar.. they own you. Needing to upgrade to the newest model every year like a Apple Phone. The people who whine about corporate greed are the ones who feed them? Or no?
Peter Bear 9 months ago
Calling it now, boys, girls, and squirrels: July 4, 2026, Trump will unilaterally declare the end of the United States of America as a democratic republic, declare himself Emperor of Trumplandia, and start threatening to drop nukes on Canada, Mexico, and anyone else he doesn't like. He'll wait for that day because, as idiotic as he is, he *does* understand a sense of theater. And ending the USA at precisely 250 years old to the day would be absolutely theatrical. Pray that I'm wrong.
Gozer LeGozerian 9 months ago
And I will just not understand why Americans are sitting on their asses doing NOTHING
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Christos Arvanitis 9 months ago
How about a weekly post of some other countries. Say, Iran, Afghanistan,, North Korea, Myanmar... maybe Estonia? Just as a start....
Pernille 9 months ago
Maybe because those countries do not not have an impact on the average Europeans day to day life. You elected the orange Adolf, now you will have to live with the criticism.
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Pieter LeGrande 9 months ago
To be successful long-term, a political / economic system has to take into consideration the human condition. How well it handles such issues as greed, selfishness, short-term decision making, lack of a vision, incompetent decision making, etc will determine how successful it is long-term.
ElfVibratorGlitter 9 months ago
My partner actually makes a decent salary compared to me. But yesterday he found out he's one of the 450 employees being laid off by rent.com because "profits" (actually Zillow bought them and decided to lay off most people without even figuring out what employees actually did). I personally don't make much money at all by comparison... It's gonna be rough. And we're not even the exception. Probably better off than many, and that's fúcked up. TL;DR: having myself a poorish person pity party.
BarfyCat 9 months ago
My friend is an online language tutor, and she just lost two of her best customers because they are federal workers.
Load More Replies... Tiffany 9 months ago (edited)
In 1900 the average person owned 5 to 10 pieces of clothing and lasted a lot longer. Today the average person owns 150 pieces of clothing and is cycled out often. Everyone gets upset with corporations, but quit giving them so much money. That includes over indulging in processed foods. That leads to giving them money for medications. Everything. . Really. All these name luxury brands people walk around with. It's just a dog collar.. they own you. Needing to upgrade to the newest model every year like a Apple Phone. The people who whine about corporate greed are the ones who feed them? Or no?
Peter Bear 9 months ago
Calling it now, boys, girls, and squirrels: July 4, 2026, Trump will unilaterally declare the end of the United States of America as a democratic republic, declare himself Emperor of Trumplandia, and start threatening to drop nukes on Canada, Mexico, and anyone else he doesn't like. He'll wait for that day because, as idiotic as he is, he *does* understand a sense of theater. And ending the USA at precisely 250 years old to the day would be absolutely theatrical. Pray that I'm wrong.
Gozer LeGozerian 9 months ago
And I will just not understand why Americans are sitting on their asses doing NOTHING
Load More Replies... Christos Arvanitis 9 months ago
How about a weekly post of some other countries. Say, Iran, Afghanistan,, North Korea, Myanmar... maybe Estonia? Just as a start....
Pernille 9 months ago
Maybe because those countries do not not have an impact on the average Europeans day to day life. You elected the orange Adolf, now you will have to live with the criticism.
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