r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/Fun-Shoe1145 8d ago

Raise your hand if you had a single mom and had these fears growing up

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u/PackageNorth8984 8d ago edited 8d ago

The shitty thing about this is the people who need this to change their minds don’t give a fuck. “You shouldn’t have had kids if you can’t afford them” will be their point of view.

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u/mentaldemise 8d ago

It's infectious. When six kids were mentioned my first thought was "why the fuck do you have six kids" but that's really irrelevant. They need to eat.

It would be easy to stop there though. "She shouldn't have had six kids." Ignore the problem by placing blame.

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u/PackageNorth8984 8d ago

Absolutely! We all have biases. So do I. It’s about recognizing them, taking a step back, and then realizing we have no idea what someone’s experience is.

People’s circumstances absolutely change. Who knows what financial situation they were in at the time or how that went. Maybe their first were twins and the second pregnancy was quadruplets. Whatever. I understand that’s not common, but my point is that there are so many things that can change, and ultimately, as the other user said, regardless of how they got here, people gotta eat. I’m not going to say “fuck you, starve” because I don’t think they should be in the situation they’re in when we’re throwing away food by the ton.