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If you ever find yourself in dire financial straits, sell everything you own for a fraction of what it's worth. If you have anything but a poop-bucket and a bag of beans in your house, you obviously don't need government assistance.
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I agree with the posters. How can a person who has a mop bucket possibly need to be on welfare? Get a job, bum! Maybe one involving a mop, you already have the bucket
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Oct 31, 2013 22:45
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myron cope posted:I agree with the posters. How can a person who has a mop bucket possibly need to be on welfare? Get a job, bum! Maybe one involving a mop, you already have the bucket I'm a college educated white guy making a great salary, and I don't even have a commercial mop bucket or a popcorn machine. This is ridiculous!
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Oct 31, 2013 22:54
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myron cope posted:I agree with the posters. How can a person who has a mop bucket possibly need to be on welfare? Get a job, bum! Maybe one involving a mop, you already have the bucket Someone pointed that out and that's where the "she probably stole it" comment came from.
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Oct 31, 2013 22:54
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BraveUlysses posted:So she stole it from her workplace? Even better!! This is just depressing. Your enemy is not the other poor person!
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Oct 31, 2013 23:03
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UtinniOnTheRocks posted:So scathing! I can't wait to hear the story about the Obama supporter who thought the box of Frosted Flakes was supposed to be a puzzle of a tiger. Who the gently caress keeps a can of bread dough in their car for 5 years?
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Oct 31, 2013 23:15
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Fulchrum posted:Who the gently caress keeps a can of bread dough in their car for 5 years? Blonde liberal Obama voters.
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Oct 31, 2013 23:29
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But, you see, selling the mop bucket and popcorn machine could get her, oh, 5 bucks at a garage sale. She can put that money towards rice and beans. Just not microwave popcorn, because she should sell her microwave too, if she had one. Oh, and that exact pencil case is .50 during back to school sales at Target.
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Oct 31, 2013 23:38
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A Republican woman also got hit by a surprise biscuit bomb. She drew her concealed weapon and shot three people in self defense!
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Oct 31, 2013 23:40
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nyquil hangover posted:If you ever find yourself in dire financial straits, sell everything you own for a fraction of what it's worth. If you have anything but a poop-bucket and a bag of beans in your house, you obviously don't need government assistance. myron cope posted:I agree with the posters. How can a person who has a mop bucket possibly need to be on welfare? Get a job, bum! Maybe one involving a mop, you already have the bucket Snowman Crossing posted:I'm a college educated white guy making a great salary, and I don't even have a commercial mop bucket or a popcorn machine. This is ridiculous! These posts are indistinguishable from genuine comments most of my Oklahoman and non-Austin Texan friends put on Facebook. Please. I come here to get away from all that 
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Oct 31, 2013 23:42
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VitalSigns posted:These posts are indistinguishable from genuine comments most of my Oklahoman and non-Austin Texan friends put on Facebook.
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Oct 31, 2013 23:56
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quote:Well its Halloween and therefore a great opportunity to teach your kids about the American economic system and taxes. Take half of their candy and give it to kids who don't have as much or didn't trick or treat to begin with. When they complain tell them its the fault of the people who gave them the candy for being greedy and not giving them more!
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Nov 1, 2013 00:22
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Sardine Wit posted:This is just depressing. Your enemy is not the other poor person! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
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Nov 1, 2013 00:24
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That must be the problem here. All of these conservatives were literally just never taught to share by their parents. They are disgusted by the thought of children sharing candy.
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Nov 1, 2013 00:26
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Cool. I've learned a new phrase.  I remembered the study where they asked people, "Would you rather make $12/hr but your neighbor make $10/hr, or make $15 but your neighbor make $20." The majority responded with the former.
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Nov 1, 2013 00:35
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Nyarai posted:Cool. I've learned a new phrase. Wait, what? That makes literally zero sense. Why would you ever choose to be worse off overall just so you can be better off than your neighbor?
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Nov 1, 2013 01:13
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Dirty Job posted:Wait, what? That makes literally zero sense. Why would you ever choose to be worse off overall just so you can be better off than your neighbor? People don't want more than they have as much as they want more than everyone else has. And some people don't understand how inflation actually works.
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Nov 1, 2013 01:16
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Dirty Job posted:Wait, what? That makes literally zero sense. Why would you ever choose to be worse off overall just so you can be better off than your neighbor? Humans are petty, hateful shits.
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Nov 1, 2013 01:16
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Dirty Job posted:Wait, what? That makes literally zero sense. Why would you ever choose to be worse off overall just so you can be better off than your neighbor? Because lots of people are dumb and would rather win than be better off but not win.
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Nov 1, 2013 01:17
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Nyarai posted:Cool. I've learned a new phrase. Does anyone have a link to this study?
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Nov 1, 2013 01:24
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Soviet Commubot posted:Does anyone have a link to this study? Seconding this request. I just want to link it every time I see someone on Facebook say people are rational actors with no other commentary.
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Nov 1, 2013 01:25
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Dirty Job posted:Wait, what? That makes literally zero sense. Why would you ever choose to be worse off overall just so you can be better off than your neighbor? GODAMNIT SON DON'T YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE!!! YOU GOTTA BE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE OR YOU'RE NOTHIN! NOTHIN, i TELL YOU!! Something to that effect.
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Nov 1, 2013 01:28
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:Seconding this request. I just want to link it every time I see someone on Facebook say people are rational actors with no other commentary. Get ready to argue against a bunch of people claiming this is rational because of inflation.
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Nov 1, 2013 01:30
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Gen. Ripper posted:Humans are petty, hateful shits. rkajdi posted:Because lots of people are dumb While these things may well be true, I think you are all assuming that 'higher income = better quality of life, whatever the nature of one's social relationships' much too easily. I am pretty sure I'd be much better off if everyone else was as poor as I am, because a) there'd be less stigma and sneering, b) everyone else would be generally kinder (the effects of money being known), and c) society would be more geared towards people with an income like mine. Being small is only a disadvantage when others are tall.
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Nov 1, 2013 01:35
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BraveUlysses posted:I don't have a crazy email to post but I'm constantly baffled by people who endlessly spend time obsessing and posting about poor people on assistance making poor choices. Odds are good that smartphone is cheap too. You can get a droid that looks like a Blackberry for $40 in SA Mart.
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Nov 1, 2013 01:40
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Nevvy Z posted:Odds are good that smartphone is cheap too. You can get a droid that looks like a Blackberry for $40 in SA Mart. drat, I got mine for $50 at walmart. Rip off artists 
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Nov 1, 2013 01:51
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I just found a popcorn popper about that size for $25 on craigslist. Except the one I found is nicely decorated with a big POPCORN sign on top. I can see why she decided not to go with that one, she's on a budget and has to live more modestly.
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Nov 1, 2013 01:56
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Nevvy Z posted:Odds are good that smartphone is cheap too. You can get a droid that looks like a Blackberry for $40 in SA Mart. poo poo my iPhone 3 was dirt cheap and looks just like any other iPhone at a glance. Smartphones haven't been inherently CUTTING EDGE MONEYBAGS PHONES for like, a decade.
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Nov 1, 2013 02:02
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I think my parents got Iphones for less than $5 when they were trying to clear out their stock of previous models.
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Nov 1, 2013 02:27
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That actually looks a lot like some after school program for kids. Tons of homework resources everywhere, a logistical place for a popcorn machine and commercial mop bucket, the only thing that doesn't fit is the wine bottles. Either way, it doesn't look like anything to be envious of.
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Nov 1, 2013 02:28
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 Anyone have any idea what the hell this is supposed to mean?
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Nov 1, 2013 02:29
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borkencode posted:
I mean, seems like a pretty reasonable position.
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Nov 1, 2013 02:37
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borkencode posted:
Obama is Hitler. The end. No seriously, that's what 99.99% of Tea Party thought can be boiled down to.
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Nov 1, 2013 02:38
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It's a play on "If you like your healthcare you can keep your healthcare." You see this is comparable to the pictured situation because
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Nov 1, 2013 02:41
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I'm pretty sure that is at least indirectly in response to insurance companies dropping plans they offered previously...because that literally never happened every loving year before Obamacare.
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It's a reference to Schindler's List, and one of most memorable parts of a scene where the Jews are being deported. I think you can take a good guess on how she reappears in a film about the Holocaust. Assuming you've not seen SL, that is. If you have, well clearly you know this means Obama is a Nazi and the ACA is just as horrible as the Holocaust, because-- 
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Tatum Girlparts posted:poo poo my iPhone 3 was dirt cheap and looks just like any other iPhone at a glance. Smartphones haven't been inherently CUTTING EDGE MONEYBAGS PHONES for like, a decade. I've actually convinced some older people about the practicality of living poor with a smartphone. The one-time cash boost of $50-$250 you'd get for a used phone would mean sacrificing mobile communications, research, entertainment, navigation, etc. Explaining that you can get smartphone service for $20 to $45 monthly got them to appreciate even the use-case for someone unemployed and struggling to find a new job. Most just aren't aware you can buy any used phone at fair-enough prices (Swappa, Craigslist, eBay) or a decent new phone at low profit-margin (Nexus). Nevermind getting lucky through friends and family who've upgraded and give away old phones as gifts. sweart gliwere fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Nov 1, 2013 |
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The little girl is a metaphor for insurance plans that are designed to suck money from people and give little if anything in return. Throw her into the loving gas chamber.
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Nov 1, 2013 03:44
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I think a smartphone is probably in the top 10 "great investments for poor people" A device that provides telephone service, Internet, calendar, alarm clocks and is a miniature computer? Thats some serious empowerment. There are only a few other devices that provide that kind of utility: Refrigerators, washing machines, cars, a microwave, toilets, maybe AC/Heating.
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sweart gliwere posted:Yeah, most people are stupid with tech and money, American telecoms take advantage of it in ways you don't often see in the rest of the rich world. Americans are conditioned to know you can either get a "free" smartphone and pay $70+/mo for two years, or get a dumbphone with its lousy affordable poor people plan. Don't bother thinking about buying something outright and getting on prepaid below $50/mo, that's European. Whoa, easy there buddy. These are poors we're talking about. The only entertainment they should know is the satisfaction that comes from achieving success. Now when I was a kid I had to mow lawns for a month just to see a baseball game, and you can probably see where I'm going with this analogy which is completely applicable to poor people earning things. It is true about smartphones though. Considering you can get a brand new iphone color for $50 with a plan, I'm sure there are other, even more affordable options out there. Is it an absolute necessity? Eh, probably not. However it is a drat good convenience and a cheap alternative to a computer.
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