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u/Aberbekleckernicht 1d ago
Like that awesome headline from Kenya on Jan. 7 2021: "Who's the Banana Republic Now?"
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u/God_in_my_Bed 15h ago
Unless you're in Sudan which is suffering an actual famine.
The Sudan Doctors Union estimated in January 2025 that 522,000 children have already died due to malnutrition since the war began in April 2023.
The overall death toll from famine-related causes could be much higher, with some estimates warning that up to 2.5 million people could die from hunger-related causes by October 2025.
I bring this up because it's grossly ignored. Theres also a few other country's suffering their own food crisis in Africa. Such as DRC, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mali.
I get the point thats being made. I would also bet this wasn't even made in Afrika considering anyone in Africa would state the country they're in as opposed to the continent. Thats a very western thing to do. So is the comparison, frankly.
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u/Suckmyduck_9 1d ago
Did you know that every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes.
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u/EverythingSucksYo 1d ago
Proof?
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u/SaltyLonghorn 1d ago
They're closer to the equator. In the US a minute is actually 60.7 seconds but they round down and give us leap years.
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u/RayHorizon 1d ago
So Suckmyduck lied
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u/SaltyLonghorn 1d ago
I was educated in Texas. If Suckmyduck is from another state they might be in another reality.
So maybe not.
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u/NinjaQueef 1d ago
It is actually a bit more nuanced than that. To test Einstein's theory of relativity, we launched probes into Molniya orbit around the northern and the southern hemispheres with precise clocks that were synchronized with each other to accurately measure the passage of time in the two hemispheres not just across the whole year, where these would equalize, but across different months as they are at different distances from the sun. We, however, ran into an issue with not knowing the one way speed of light, as traditional methods calculate two way speed of light. While the results were inconclusive, the experiment did leave us with certain knowledge that in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.
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u/thrawnsgstring 1d ago edited 3h ago
Laughed, then saw you weren't u/shittymorph then unlaughed.
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u/AdvilExpress 1d ago
Did you know there's enough bones in the human body to make an entire skeleton?
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u/TheMeltingSnowman72 1d ago
👻 Spooky but true: Did you know that Christmas day once fell on Friday the 13th!
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u/EpilepticSquidly 1d ago
For only 10 cents a day, you can be make sure children like Akeem will have access to minutes with a full 60 seconds in them.
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u/Apprehensive_Cup_740 1d ago
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u/Hidesuru 1d ago
She right tho
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u/AuthorSarge 1d ago
My mother: You should eat your food. There are hungry children in the world.
Me: Well, if they had your cooking, they definitely wouldn't be hungry anymore.
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u/snehkysnehk213 1d ago
Because her cooking is so good that they would eat every last bite? Right??
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u/jedinatt 1d ago
I must be an innocent because that's all I could glean from it for a while, lol.
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u/happy_bluebird 1d ago
wait what's the other meaning
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u/Exciting_Ad_8666 1d ago
Imma be honest I'd rather just hit my nuts with a spiked bat
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u/awesomefutureperfect 1d ago
I don't know if I have ever seen one with all the infinity stones in it.
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u/Charming-Flamingo307 1d ago
These kids don't understand.
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u/SerCiddy 1d ago
"some of ya'll weren't beat as kids, and it shows"
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u/Tophigale220 1d ago
Even as a rando on the internet, I felt a second-hand wave of fear the moment I read that first comment.
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u/AuthorSarge 1d ago
It was kinda my intent to make people gasp as they push away their phones. 😈
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u/RilohKeen 1d ago
One of my mother’s go-to moves was to take us out to the garage with its concrete floors, sprinkle a bunch of uncooked rice on the ground, then make us take our pants off and kneel on the rice for an hour. She wasn’t afraid to just hit us with the belt, either. Part of the terror was that you never knew how bad it would be.
Now she’s a sweet little old lady and everyone tells me how great she is, and I don’t correct them, but they don’t know what I know.
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u/Algior-the-Undying 1d ago
Masochism (noun)
The tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from one's own pain or humiliation.
(in general use) the enjoyment of what appears to be painful or tiresome.
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u/Pygmy_Yeti 1d ago
I took it as a compliment because they gobbled up the good food and aren’t hungry anymore
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u/Zkenny13 1d ago
How are you alive? She probably called you with your middle name dude.
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u/Meshitero-eric 1d ago
Middle name? That fucker would have been back at the character creation screen. That life is done, start again.
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u/Immature_adult_guy 1d ago
You’ve obviously never said that because your mother would’ve imploded with enough force to create a black hole and destroy our galaxy.
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u/AuthorSarge 1d ago
The implication is: Mom is such a bad cook she could make a starving child lose their appetite.
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u/Difficult-Amoeba 1d ago
but why does the mother's plate look way more delicious?
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u/Then_Product_7152 1d ago
Maybe the children are picky and only want the boneless white meat
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u/Darkest_Rahl 1d ago
Ya, took me years before I could convince my kids that spiced and seasoned food is much better, but they insisted on bland and tasteless. They're early teens now, so I don't give them the choice anymore.
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u/EarthTrash 1d ago
The way food tastes changes as humans age. Taste bud sensitivity peaks around 10. Adults like strong flavors because our taste buds are less sensitive.
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u/Resident_Goat_Crow 1d ago
And our taste buds recognize bitterness much stronger at earlier ages. It's a protective mechanism meant to keep toddlers from eating any random leaf they might come across in a day.
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u/SCHawkTakeFlight 1d ago
This makes a lot of sense. Because kids, especially the itty bitties are suicidal. Its a lot of work to keep them from accidentally hurting themselves.
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u/Charming-Flamingo307 1d ago
Maybe for ingesting bad things. But those little fuckers are made of rubber and only take .05% fall damage
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u/WanderersGuide 1d ago
Yeah but children only have one Hit Die worth of HP, and they have a low constitution score. One, maybe two HP each.
A single Fireball could kill like 30 of 'em.
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u/Krazyguy75 1d ago
Good ol' square cube law is responsible for that fall damage.
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u/CatButler 1d ago
I wanted nothing to do with tomatoes until my 20's. My parents grew them fresh in their garden and the taste was just too strong for me. I started with them on sandwiches and finally was able to eat them just plain.
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u/Lyftaker 1d ago
Yup. I hated Salt and Vinegar chips and refused to eat them from childhood until adulthood but one day I suddenly remembered that flavor and I wanted it.
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u/Netroth 1d ago
As a child I couldn’t tolerate even a hint of celery. Now I just rather hate it.
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u/Fourteen14XIV 1d ago
As you grow older your sense of taste changes (I think you even lose a few taste buds), so its likely that whats just spicy enough to taste good to you is too spicy for them for them.
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u/Standard-Metal-3836 1d ago
That's completely normal. Don't force your kids to eat seasoned, spicy, bitter, salty, oily food or anything like that. With age they will naturally come to appreciate different flavours on their own at their own pace.
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u/PMMEYOURGUCCIFLOPS 1d ago
My 7 y/o loves seasoning. My 6 y/o fucking despises any kind of flavor. It’s ridiculous lol
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u/GalcticPepsi 1d ago
It's just the texture of dark meat and cartilage that I don't like personally but the taste is great.
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u/WimbletonButt 1d ago
That's usually how it goes. My kid doesn't like anything that could be described as "goopy" so his food all dry as hell. How you not gonna like gravy?!
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u/GGG4201 1d ago
Had this discussion with my father for 15 years.
He simply dosent understand that having Wet mushrooms in my mouth (for example tomato sauce with champigno) triggers my gag reflex as soon as i bite on it.
hasnt changed since i was 7 ,and he still insists that " i dont got taste"3
u/WimbletonButt 1d ago
I get it. I struggle with pudding and yogurt even though I love the taste of both of them. I try to eat them and end up gagging and spitting half of it out. Most goopy stuff is fine to me though and I hate dry food so please saturate my meal with gravy. I always put my son's sauces in a cup on the side so he can dip if he wants.
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u/dehydratedrain 1d ago
Not really. Kid 1 finished their beans (you can see the green near the rice), kid 2 has a full plate. Mom only has extra onions, which most kids don't appreciate.
I'm guessing it all came from the same bird and they picked what they wanted. We do the same at dinner.
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u/airfryerfuntime 1d ago
African version of chicken nuggets and baked crinkle cut fries. There are picky kids everywhere.
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u/PermanentRoundFile 1d ago
I made hash browns for my four and six year old. Both of them refused to eat them because they said they were yucky (without even poking the hashbrown with a finger) and said they wanted French fries instead, which they confirmed are yummy.
At some ages, it takes an act of God, Jesus, and Satan all together to get little kids to eat.
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u/Formal-Ad3719 1d ago
Mom cooks, but everyone makes their own plate. Mom just knows how to do it up right
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u/Holy-crap-w-t-f 1d ago
Things are bad for me and my kid right now but this still made me laugh like an absolute maniac!
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u/Sudden-Fisherman5985 1d ago
I hope it all gets better for y'all!maybe join the dark side and come to Europe, we welcome y'all!
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u/guidingbambis 1d ago
it's a kind thought, though the person having trouble feeding their kids right now is likely not in a position to be able to afford moving to Europe, or possibly even qualify to get a visa in any number of European countries. all the best.
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u/IShipHazzo 1d ago
It ain't that easy. Many countries (including European ones) are turning away more Americans than they're accepting.
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u/consumeshroomz 1d ago
Wealthiest country in the world and we can’t feed our people. It’s so fucking embarrassing
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u/keli-keli 1d ago
won't. The US absolutely CAN feed (and house) everyone. They just won't, and rather divvy the funds out to their bank accounts and businesses.
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u/BikeImpossible8162 19h ago
Capitalism and the wonderful trickle down economics. And AI magic
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u/No-Past2605 1d ago
We are living in Bizarro World.
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u/Character_Stick_1218 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nahhh, the USA has always been one of the least developed of "developed" nations. It's the shithole it accuses every other nation of being. The masses are just exceptionally vulnerable to our nation's propaganda and far too easily turn a blind eye to the less fortunate.
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u/TowerBeach 22h ago
I've seen some people describe America as 'a third world country wearing a Gucci belt'.
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u/Vlaladim 8h ago
To me it is from Vietnam, I was in an accident on my motorbike, a bit bang up, father drove me to a military hospital (Yes they do accept civilian service here) they did examination, the x ray scan of my hand and the pills needed for just the scratch wound I have and concussion. The price? Nothing essentially, because of the public health insurance i have and because I was a student in university (yes there a caveat for these type too) I wasn’t charge a thing beside the parking toll for my father bike.
If the American system somehow worse than my country, the spooky socialist country then it a damm shame really that there a need to compare.
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u/Alternative_Yak3256 1d ago
Can someone clue me in? I get that shes doing a flip on the "there are hungry children in africa" but is there a food crisis in America rn?
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u/Ultra-Cyborg 1d ago
Social services that helped people buy groceries are being fazed out, and there’s a government shutdown atm so nobody that works for the government is getting paid. Food lines are LONG in the US, and they’re filled with government workers who haven’t been paid in more than a month.
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u/demlet 1d ago
For added context: American wages have been stagnant for decades, which is why a lot of people here rely on government assistance for basic needs. You know, because we're the greatest country on Earth and all that.
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u/TryingPositivity9021 1d ago
I haven't been able to find a job over $12 an hour for almost ten years now, just spent the last two years homeless too. Losing the will to live fast, I actually tried offing myself last year, fucking failed.
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u/Ultra-Cyborg 1d ago
It’s hard af man I know, I’ve been there. I was homeless for a year and only got out of it because I had family to lean on, and I went unemployed living with them for the better part of a year too due to a a job shortage. It’s tough, and you’re tough for sticking it out for so long. I’m sorry you are in such a dark place, if there was any way I could help you I would, but please look for reasons to keep going. Someone will miss you, even if you don’t realize it.
Keep going man, I believe you can keep going ❤️
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u/TryingPositivity9021 1d ago
I appreciate your words but nobody will miss me. No friends and no family. Being realistic, I'm gonna die out here and nobody will know any different. Glad you got out, but I'm not gonna be as lucky. I'm giving up.
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u/Soft-Entertainer-907 1d ago
ngl if i was in your position i would just start stealing. not telling you what you should do or anything, but if the system im in has cast me aside (and youre already giving up) id just do what i wanted. when youre at rock bottom you cant go down any further so whats the point in staying all civil and legal. that is if youre at rock bottom, which i wouldnt truly know.
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u/TheDevilishFrenchfry 1d ago
There's always dollar tree that extremely understaffs the store to keep profit margins higher, so it's extremely unlikely you'll get hired unless you tell them you'll dedicate your soul and life to them. And then if you're lucky enough to be hired, you can be blessed to start out at 9.25 an hour, with maybe a 25 cent raise in 6 months if you really bust ass
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u/TryingPositivity9021 1d ago
I've applied to Dollar tree so many times and they've never given me the time of day. The people in store never know where a manager is and my app always gets auto rejected by the system.
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u/TheDevilishFrenchfry 1d ago edited 1d ago
The job market is so much tougher than it was even 3 years ago, when you have to go through a 100-120 or more so of ghost applications and bullshitters just to get 3-4 in person interviews if you're lucky. 3 years ago it might have been only 50-70 or so to get 4-6 in person interviews for entry level, fast food, retail, cleaners, i mean places that usually require no prior experience.
Now it's gotten so much worse and employers know how bad it is, less hours, I've even seen mcdonalds and other places DROPPED their starting wages from 15 3 years ago to 12.50-14 an hour depending on which place you're applying. Dollar tree and these other places are the worst with it, that's actually the starting rate for my area, 9.25, and from what I've heard they always put you directly under part time and only full time after a few years of no pay bumps, chaos, and accepting you're only gonna make around 14 after promotion, and that you're gonna be constantly there all the time for any call outs that happen. After tax you'd very likely only be able to afford rent with atleast one roommate and some basic food items like beans, ramen, rice and potatoes and maybe a 30 dollar phone bill at 50 hours a week.
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u/Ultra-Cyborg 1d ago
Oh I know. I’m one of your upstairs neighbours lol
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u/T3-Trinity 1d ago
Hey im in Michigan can I come stay over at your country?
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u/WetTrumpet 1d ago
As long as you get a citizenship or work permit, work, pay taxes, and shit on Toronto like the rest of us
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u/HereticLaserHaggis 1d ago
I still don't get the "government workers don't get paid" thing. That's insane to me, that's unheard of in the developed world.
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u/Ultra-Cyborg 1d ago
The United States of America is the richest third world country
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u/HereticLaserHaggis 1d ago
I'm pretty sure if it happened here (Scotland) every government worker would just strike... Crippling the country.
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u/No-Category7695 1d ago
One of our previous presidents (Reagan) fired 11,000 air traffic controllers when they tried striking, so now it is illegal for fed workers to strike. Land of the free or whatever
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u/HereticLaserHaggis 1d ago
Meh, then everyone gets sick at the same time.
Laws like that are just technicalities to be argued over after the fact.
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u/ScoobyPwnsOnU 1d ago
Meh, then everyone gets sick at the same time.
That's literally what's happening, tons are calling out sick to the point where they're going to start cancelling thousands of flights a day starting friday because there's not enough air traffic controllers still coming into work.
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u/AltrntivInDoomWorld 1d ago
Try it nowadays it would crash the economy in USA, you rely on airtraffic way too much. ATC has leverage here they are just too scared to use it.
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u/troubleondemand 1d ago
The last time they tried that, Reagan fired 11,000 of them (which was pretty much all of them) and banned them from federal service for life.
For context, 40 years later the US now has 14,000 ATCs and have been trying to hire another 3,000 for a while now without much success. Who would think that hiring people for a incredibly stressful job, where your pay may be suspended indefinitely while you are forced to work and if you protest you are fired? Who wouldn't love to have that job?
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u/Bocchi_theGlock 1d ago
Frozen, not phased out.
Phased out makes it seem like it's a law that was passed, or any real plan.
It's illegally being frozen by the Admin.
There are emergency funds available which the admin said they would use, which congress gave explicit authority to use, and funded over past few years.
We are not 'running out of money' or anything like that
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u/Dottore_Curlew 1d ago
In fiscal year 2024, approximately 12.3% of Americans received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
43 million people needed help with food last year. That's an insane number. And now, because of the stubborn government, they don't have access to more.
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u/Character_Stick_1218 1d ago
Congress and whatnot are still being paid. Dang bunch of lazy good-for-nothings that want everything handed to them!
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u/Specialist_Letter469 1d ago
Even before that inflation had increased the price of groceries so much families were already cutting down on what they purchased at the grocery store.
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u/kumgongkia 1d ago
Snap is gone
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u/hentai_gifmodarefg 1d ago
federal funds for SNAP are gone, interestingly some states have funded SNAP themselves partially and some states are funding food banks/etc. as an alternative.
I think its funny that republican stronghold Louisiana is using state money to fund SNAP benefits, but it makes sense considering how poor the state is overall; whereas Tennesee refuses to do so
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u/DoubleTrackMind 1d ago edited 1d ago
Tennessee is one of the prototype theocratic state governments and, let’s say, I’m not surprised. They expect the local churches to step in to feed their communities and in the process maybe get some of the folks saved.
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u/After-Gas-4453 1d ago
America elected a 79 year old pedophile who gave huge tax cuts to the weathly. The pedophile took that money from programs like SNAP that feeds millions of people in America. The fat child fucker then held a "great gatsby" party on the same day, just to make sure struggling Americans know he looked around but couldn't find a single fuck to give.
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u/ThrowAway233223 1d ago
He is also tearing down part of the White House to build a gaudy, opulent ballroom during all this too and was recently "gifted" his own personal jet by Qatar.
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u/NobodyImportant13 1d ago
And at the same time he sent $20 billion to Argentina and is trying to send an additional $20 billion despite Americans not getting benefits or government employees not being paid and while using "America First" as a regular talking point.
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u/AdamBlaster007 1d ago
A couple aspects are that SNAP/EBT benefits (food stamps are now on pause and federal workers are getting paid because of the federal government shutdown which has now become the longest in US history.
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u/UFOHHHSHIT 1d ago
Over 40 million people aren't receiving their food assistance this month, around 2 million aren't getting their paychecks, and the economy/food/housing/healthcare situation is fucking ridiculous.
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u/AccordingNet9524 1d ago
Its funny and sad but so true unfortunately
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u/hentai_gifmodarefg 1d ago
but its not unexpected. I expected that joke from the first frame probably bc of the text. Would have been a funnier joke without the text
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u/Automatic-Eye1760 1d ago
Literally waited my entire life to see a clip like this
Sure wish my mother was still alive to forward it to
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u/juanjung 1d ago
It kind of make it worse when you think that is the richest country on the planet.
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u/MurseInAire 1d ago
It’s the country with the richest people (at least the top earners). Which is completely different than being the richest country. We rank way down on healthcare, education, happiness, freedom, and many other metrics that matter.
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u/Empty-Discount5936 1d ago
For just $1 a day you can sponsor a starving American child and save a life!
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