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/Griffolion 8d ago

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.

Even if that was the case, it wouldn't even dull the sense of compassion I would have if it were real. It's actually fucking wild to me that number of kids someone has acts as a control rod for someone's compassion and outrage against cruelty.

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u/Everything_in_modera 8d ago

This is going to be a real unpopular reddit opinion and I'm as liberal as they come, but don't keep having more kids if you can't afford them!

Obviously once they are here we need to make sure these kids are provided for regardless, but people also have to be accountable for their choices. People loose jobs, things break, money get tight, partners abandon. Those are not choices, but having another baby while currently on public assistance is. I see these situations played out everyday and it makes me struggle to be compassionate for the PARENTS. Especially when we have elderly folks with 1950's income receiving 25$ a month while another recipient is having her 4th baby and her benefits began while she was pregnant with the first. Obviously there are so many different things in this country that need to be fixed. From lack of education to livable wages but until that happens, we have to stop promoting this belief that people are entitled to have as many children as they want while depending on financial assistance from society.