Nobody on here will agree with you because it would essentially involve them admitting they have control over their own destiny and future. People would rather be helpless and blame someone else for their shortcomings.

Something hit too close to home?

“Ugh, fuck off.”

It’s interesting how liberals from affluent backgrounds scoff at this, while we liberals who grew up in such families know exactly what you’re talking about.  Hard thing for some of our cohort to admit - sometimes people’s shitty decisions contribute to their situation.

Guy I work with is in his early 60's...smokes 2 packs a day. He’s also crying poverty.

No, I’m not superior. That’s the fucking point. Anyone can do it.

Did I say you weren’t? Personal attacks part of the job description, asshole?

To be fair, I think Max was trying to say making good choices can lead to better outcomes.

That’s certainly not going to solve institutionalized poverty but it’s not going to make it worse either.

So you’re proof that hard work pays off then. I was dumped into the workforce just before that same recession, bought my first house just before the crash. I was smart, though, only spent half of what the bank had approved me for. Had I extended myself as far as the bank would have let me, and bought the house I…

Quite the thoughtful response, Bradley. I grew up poor. Started working at 12, busted my ass, made mistakes along the way. I owned my mistakes and learned from them. Now, I’m pretty fucking comfortable.

Skip the booze, scratchers, and smokes for a bit. Back when I was 14 working the grocery store in my podunk town nearly every person paying with WIC checks seemed to have enough cash to buy a couple cartons of smokes, a couple 30 racks, and $20-50 in scratchers at least every week.

I grew up fucking poor. I stayed in school. Didn’t knock anyone up. Worked my ass off. Now, even if I did lose my job, I’d probably be fine for at least 3 months with no income, much longer with the current unemployment payouts.

I know there are folks out there in shitty circumstances, but the last car I bought I was next to a guy trying to roll his outstanding debt on an Escalade into another top of the line SUV. He had no cash for down payment, and couldn’t afford shit for the monthly, so he wanted to stretch the payments out to 84 months.

That’s what kills me about people writing “articles” like this. What business is it of theirs how much someone chooses to give away, or who they give it to? No one made Bezos give that money away, so no matter if it was $1 or $2,000,000,000, it’s up to him to decide if and how he wants to use his money.

So he would have been better off keeping the $2 billion and doing nothing with it?  I mean there are plenty of appropriate grievances to be aired towards Bezos.  Be better Hamno.  This is fucking weaksauce.  

Every Catholic university I’ve visited has had a bar somewhere on campus, most often in the student union.

You accidentally posted a picture of a Camry.

I saw Hooper at the theater when it came out.

Hot Take: Stroker Ace > Days of Thunder

Smokey and the Bandit was great, however Hooper remains my favorite Reynolds and Needham collaboration.