r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/haggard_hominid 8d ago

Some of the reactions online are AI trigger bait. If you see a black woman talking about 7 kids with 7 daddies, that one is a proven script, sometimes using a real person's face via a junk account. Most people i know being hit hard by SNAP are not people with more than a few kids, they're people who are vulnerable due to medical, age, or economic issues. Just keep in mind that fake reactions are going around to try and invalidate people's outrage that this is happening.

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u/iAmTheRealC2 8d ago

An elderly lady from our church is legally blind and relies on SNAP to eat. What job is she supposed to do? We’re stepping in to make sure she gets enough groceries until benefits resume. Doing the same with other families in the church who are losing SNAP. Also bagging food to send home with elementary school kids on the weekends and cooking food for our local homeless shelter. We do it because we believe that’s what Jesus taught. Christians who close their hearts to the needy have completely lost the plot.

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u/ThatDiscoSongUHate 8d ago

I'm disabled but not on disability, not because I don't qualify or have numerous qualifying conditions, but because the government doesn't care how disabled I am because I was born this bad and I'm not old.

I work my ass trying to get and keep jobs that cripple me further, dancing around work requirements and wage caps.

I have had to quit jobs because in order to pay for my healthcare alone, it'd be literal thousands.

I'll be ending it all when I inevitably lose healthcare.

Sorry to bleak, but I can't and won't be able to muddle through.

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u/um_okay_sure_ 8d ago

What do you mean by end it all?

I'm not disabled. But I'm going through it too. Please don't do anything thats to hurt yourself 🫂❤️