They’re poor. Do you understand poor? Do you understand having $0 in your bank account?

I live in the Florida Keys and evacuated last night. I’m terrified my home will be destroyed but at least I know my pups and kitty are safe and sound now.

Fuck you, dude.

I was really, really hoping no one would reply to this mess. Some posts should never leave the greys.

And yet, here I am permagrey, and I’m a fucking delight!.

I don’t know who elevated this piece of trash, but I’m flagging it.

Yes, and do so quickly. They attract others.

Poor nutrition. Lack of education. Various bodily disorders. But it’s pretty disgusting that you’d leap to complain about an evacuated woman’s appearance.

Trolls are gonna troll.

Uhhhhh...why’d you ungrey the troll? You got to starve those ugly fuckers...

An internet friend* of mine is in Florida. She’s not evacuating because a)she’s not in an evac area and b)she can’t afford to. Her family is in Canada. (Yes, she moved from Canada to Florida. Her husband is worth it.)

Read Hunger by Roxane Gay, asshole.

This garbage human couldn’t understand this shit if we shoved it down his throat.

I have a couple friends who were inmates at some point and one of the rewards for good behavior was work. Nothing labor intensive; just housework. But it got you out of your cell so you could move around and socialize with the other workers. So it might not be as bad as it sounds if it gives the inmates a break from…

Please, please, dismiss the trolls, people.

I know you’re a troll, but the causality goes the other way in the US. Poverty —> weight gain. There are myriad economic and psychological and metabolic reasons for it, which - since you are so penetrated by the research spirit - are available for you to discover online.

this is why i hate those asshole Berniebros on twitter laughing about the hurricanes because “red states” are being hit. Like last i checked, the hurricanes are mainly hitting black, latino and especially Jewish areas of these states. and those 3 groups are the ones that have suffered the most in the US (especially…

Just in case anyone is curious, anything and everything hurts those of us below the poverty line. Time itself is our enemy with respect to money.

Over the past few days, the Pasco county and Flagler county have been using prisoners to fill sandbags.

I am always pissed off when people are all “Why didn’t they just leave?” Well, let me tell you as someone who could have been in that position. Where are you going to go? You don’t have a car...you rely on public transportation...whoops..that’s stopped running. Maybe you have relatives that can come get you, but…