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Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

I don't know if this is quite the right place to post this, but a kid I went to high school with posted this on Facebook.

If you haven't yet, check out the crazy forwarded political email thread:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3186581

That one shows up really often.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2012 01:25

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 07:49

Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

mintskoal posted:

She

But yeah that's what bugs me about this story - there are some legitimate points (groceries are expensive! sending your children to school is expensive!) but that's not the point of the article. Instead, the author focuses on how they don't feel rich and that if they had the chance to do it all over again, her answer would be to buy a bigger house.

You're well in the top 15% of household incomes in America. Big loving deal that you don't feel rich.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2012 21:11

Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

2nd Rate Poster posted:

Personally, I can empathize with the guy. He doesn't outright make the point, but the larger point to be drawn from this article is that everyone is getting hosed by a fundamentally flawed system.

The fact that this guy in the top 25% of household incomes and has a hard time living a "comfortable" life, should be pretty frightening to most people.

If he's not entitled to society's definition of a comfortable life, at what point then does someone deserve it? Being in the 10%, 5%, 2%, 1% of wage earners? Which percentage bracket is it? What was that percentage number forty years ago?

Sure, he's not suffering as bad as the couple with 3 kids earning 15k; but his woes are still legit to him -- and more importantly they are indicative of a systemic issue.

The only systemic issue this woman's rant points to is the obscene American need to constantly make more money so you can buy more stuff, hth.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2012 13:27

Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

mintskoal posted:

Do you have a link by chance?

VideoTapir did this author justice:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3186581&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=278#post401835805

# ¿ Mar 29, 2012 20:34

Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

Borneo Jimmy posted:

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/144989015.html

If you die in horrible agony from a treatable disease or injury, you sir are an American patriot

I've used a version of this argument against libertarians who claim they totally make enough money to self insure and that's what everyone should do.

Unfortunately it sounds like this guy heard this position and thought "yeah that's a really good idea" rather than "holy poo poo it turns out my world view is hopelessly naive".

# ¿ Apr 2, 2012 14:15

Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

Dr. Tough posted:

The local small town paper is obsessed with Obama, but they can't decide if he's stupid and ignorant or if he's scheming and evil. Today he is stupid and ignorant.

Interestingly enough, the byline of that article appears to be a complete lie - the WaPo claims that while some of Matt Patterson's works have appeared in the Post, this one didn't, and calling him a columnist is a real stretch.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/omblog/post/reader-meter-the-hermanator-and-the-posts-matt-patterson/2011/11/04/gIQANIYsnM_blog.html

Other than that, it's a wonderfully racist piece. You can just hear Patterson trying his damnedest to blow the dog whistle as many times as possible.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2012 18:26

Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

Bruce Leroy posted:

Seriously, what the gently caress is the "gang banger lifestyle," being black?

Being a young black person :eng101:

# ¿ Apr 25, 2012 14:28

Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

Toffile posted:

Not entirely political, but uh, this was written for a major NYC newspaper.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/double_standard_TFPqqilUHif01I9BKkQSkN#ixzz1tvDbCuoR

Holy poo poo Phil Muschnick is a massive loving racist.

Is he going to get the axe or is this par for the course at the N.Y. Post?

# ¿ May 4, 2012 19:00

Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

Orange Devil posted:

Is Acorn ever going to go away?

No. The Republicans have fairly successfully redefined ACORN as a criminal organization, rather than a organization that broke no laws while helping underprivileged individuals that was wrongly destroyed by a conservative activist that loves the selective edit. It's a real win for them.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2012 19:27

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Johnny Cache Hit: Oct 17, 2011

Limbo posted:

I wish I could get in on this sweet steak and lobster action. I'm on food stamps and all mine seem to go for cheap cuts of meat, pasta and staples. Sometimes we really splurge and buy all the stuff for dirty rice. I really need to find out the code for the all luxury food level I suppose.

Maybe if you spent less money on staples you could afford better food. Just fold the corners of the paper together. :downsrim:

My parents never played the "steak and lobster" card about food stamps/welfare but have talked about how "wealth redistribution is socialism." Same sentiment, really, just couched in different words. My dad was a farmer in the 1990s who relied on federal crop insurance and federal farm subsidies to help run his business. Still, farming is really hard, so me and my sisters ate thanks to WIC. The only moral welfare is my welfare, I guess. It reminds me of a scene from Mississippi Burning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlzaBi_QxPw

# ¿ Sep 28, 2012 16:31

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