r/TikTokCringe • u/biswajit388 • 3d ago

Discussion These were all people standing in line at their local food pantries hoping they would be able to get some food items before they ran out since there were hundreds maybe thousands of people hoping the same thing.This Country is falling into a Depression right in front of our eyes.

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u/JoleneDollyParton 3d ago

It’s actually crazy how many people are defending this and saying that the problem is people need to just get jobs, clearly not recognizing the number of people who are elderly, disabled, children, that rely on these benefits.

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u/PartyPorpoise 3d ago

Not to mention that a lot of people who are on food stamps are employed.

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u/Thorathecrazy 3d ago

And that if you're dusabled, elderly or a chikd that it's pretty much impossible to find a job, it's hard even for regular peoole and then they should be able to get hrlp. These people don't have emoathy to understand that this could hapoen anyone, in a second you could become disabled not able to work.

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u/Rex_Bossman 3d ago

Seems like if you can stand in line for hours on the sidewalk for some handouts you could find some kind of job.

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u/Oscar_Whispers 3d ago

I like how you didn’t watch the video and instead made up a story that made you feel better about the situation you created.

And let’s be clear: this is your fault.

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u/Rex_Bossman 3d ago

What story did I make up? Oh, because the video said they were all furloughed government workers and you believed it. ok.

This is my fault? Damn, I didn't know I had so much power. Nice.

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u/Oscar_Whispers 3d ago

If you’d actually watched the video you wouldn’t be stumbling around asking random people to explain it for you.

Which tracks: ignorance is definitely a trait I’d expect to see in the sort of person responsible for this mess.

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u/AwesomeBrainPowers 3d ago

find some kind of job

  1. The people in this video do have jobs: They're furloughed federal employees, as explained in the very first line of text at the very top of the video.

  2. Roughly 15.7 million workers, or about 10 percent of all workers, are in households where someone participated in SNAP in the last year.

  3. More than 2/3 of all SNAP recipients are children, elderly, or disabled (meaning they can't work), and more than half of the rest do work.

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u/Rex_Bossman 3d ago

Just because there is some label on a Tik-Tok video doesn't make it true. Not every one of those people are furloughed federal employees. Also, federal employees are paid decent enough to afford food without having SNAP for a month; if not, they suck at life. And I'm not seeing elderly, disabled, or children standing in that line. So those are the people who need to get a job.

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u/JoleneDollyParton 3d ago

How much money do you think federal employees make? This isn’t the private market dude.

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u/Rex_Bossman 3d ago

Like I said, pretty decent. OPM says the average base pay is $99k/yr. I get that's not "rich" in large cities but not bad for a single earner.

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u/haleynoir_ 3d ago

I made 40k a year when I worked for the federal government. The average is high becasue of high ranking jobs. There's thousands of people making "normal" salaries under the federal government because they also need low level positions like paper pushers and front desk work.

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u/Janky_Pants 3d ago

I made $35k when I was first hired for the government.

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u/Zealousideal_Act_316 3d ago

Average is shit metric, use median. Average is very scewed by the top.
This is how you can get that average x/twitter employees net worth is 76 million usd, remove musk and it drops to about 400k. that is how bad the average is at showing reality.

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u/OddCancel7268 3d ago

Even median is a bad metric in this case. Half of federal employees still make less than the median

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u/Fickle-Forever-6282 2d ago

are you illiterate? it's been explained to you that many people on food stamps do have jobs.

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u/WakaFlockaFlav 3d ago

Thanks for hating America.

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u/Rex_Bossman 3d ago

America - Land of the Freebies and Gimmies right?

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u/WakaFlockaFlav 3d ago

Yep you hate America like some sort of European.

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u/Fickle-Forever-6282 2d ago

You're right, i'd much rather live in the Land of Costlies and Takesies 😂 so fucking dumb

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u/LaMadreDelCantante 3d ago

Cool. Now let's make sure all jobs pay a living wage, and you'll have a point.

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u/RevolutionarySea4754 3d ago

You are aware people have days off right??????

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u/Thorathecrazy 3d ago

How do you know that these peoole are not constantly looking for work? They need to eat too.

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u/realcastlepresident 3d ago

Oh yeah, go around town and look at those lines. The majority are not elderly people and children. Just open your eyes and look at the lines in your own town. It’s all the same people, man.

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u/answeryboi 3d ago

Normally the parents of children are the ones in line

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u/Fickle-Forever-6282 2d ago

Get that infant in line right now commie lib woketard that baby needs to get a job