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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

Think of it this way.

There are a lot of places where Federal jobs are a mainstay of the economy. Maybe the VA hospital, or the military base, or a Federal office building.

When people see their neighbors losing their paycheck, it might start to sink in.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Nope, not until they lose their own, and maybe not even then. I love a great FAFO face eating story as much as the next, but you simply canNOT exaggerate the levels of cognitive dissonance these people are capable of enduring before their heads explode.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

"I'm totally fine with being hurt, as long as I think you're hurting them more."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

True. My MiL was just like “well, I guess we’ll just use oil lamps and live like the 1800’s” if everything collapses ignoring completely they are 100% reliant on medicare, social security, and the VA to live, as is her whole damn extended family. Fucking idiots.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

She's not wrong. They will live like the 1800s. For a while.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I give them 2-3 months tops

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