Giving real jimmy carter energy. At least Carter was pointing to things outside of consumerism to focus on like community, health, environmentalism. The only thing trump was promising was cheap gas and watching his goons harass immigrants.
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Ope. Starbucks won’t like that.
And then if people did cut back on expenses, she would be complaining about how we're killing the economy.
Caribou Coffee is preferred in most of Minnesota anyways.
Them millennials can't afford houses because they're blowing all their money on military operations and avocado toast
Alexa, order another air strike please.
I knkw you'rr being facetious but it's worth mentioning that avacado toast ingredients are $2 for multiple servings.
I love me some avocado toast, but unfortunately in the Midwest I usually see them for about $2-2.50 ea for a decent sized one. I've had a hard time with the ones from Aldi that are cheaper. They tend to be tiny and the window between unripe and rotten seems to overlap.
When them bitches go on sale for $1 ea? I'll eat it every day for a week lol.
Yep! Not only is incredibly economical, it's a healthier meal than most "traditional" American breakfasts. Didn't stop conservative media from deriding it as millennial over-indulgence and as a means to sway the older generations' opinions against the younger ones, but to also preserve meat industry profits. Vilifying the millennial tendency of frugality + preference for plants-based diet choices by portraying avocado toast as excessive and soy milk as emasculating, along with a concerted effort to say the /pol/ audience, it not only swayed the opinions of older generations, but spurred parts of the younger generations to resent each other.
The only winners in the culture war are the ones who drive the narratives, and it's been that way in the US since radio was invented.
The only winners in the culture war are the ones who drive the narratives, and it's been that way in the US since radio was invented.
And empowered further through industry funded research into behavioral psychology.
And geriatric impressions of house prices were based on when houses cost 200$
"Let them eat cake" ass reply
"stop eating cake!" Antoinette cried "my oak trees need water."
And that time with the dolls, the time with the pencils...they keep saying it.
You don’t need 30 dolls. You need two dolls.
I think it's let them eat less cake. 😉
No Republican should be allowed back into office, ever.
Negative one trips to Starbucks it is!
I think at that point Starbucks pays you not to come.
I'll take that.
Running in Minnesota and said Starbucks instead of Caribou? Already lost.
Now gas prices aren't a problem. Funny how that works.
But what about the eggs?!??!!?
and renounce your phone & television, eat one meal a day, etc
How about we have a president that doesn’t start random shit to distract us?
Imagine telling that to people who can't even fathom being able to afford going to Starbucks.
There is a group, unfortunately large, in the political sphere that can't fathom there being people too poor to go to Starbucks. Their world view is that the poors are only making 80k a year (which is poor to them). We have some really old, really wealthy, and really out of touch people in leadership positions in this country.
Its crazy how the ruling class is able to say this with straight face
we need to make them fear the people
On the one hand, she did start with sympathy before she made her stupid ass comment.
On the other hand, it was unbelievably stupid and in support of a pointless war in the middle east.
But for context, I can't imagine any Republican winning in Minnesota this year, so maybe she's just running a sacrificial lamb campaign to launch her career as a right wing grifter.
maybe she's just running a sacrificial lamb campaign to launch her career as a right wing grifter.
Yeah, given that her former job is "NFL reporter", there's almost no doubt that this is an attempt to get a gig on Faux News, OAN, Newsmax, or the like.
Fucking Republicans. We all need to tighten our belts further because of Trump's pointless war against Iran!? Just like the tariffs we're all paying for, it's a policy failure we had no choice in. Republicans should never win another election ever again...
I Voted for TRUMP because Gas Prices were OUT OF CONTROL under Biden!
-People who Support gas Prices doubling OVERNIGHT to Protect Epstein and other Israeli Pedophiles!
Ok, you heard her everybody! Time to boycott Starbucks!
While we are at it, might as well boycott some other frivolous things like streaming services, toxic social medias, and any non-local restaurant, on top of the other things we were already boycotting, like Target. And, wait.... why's the economy tanking even faster now!!!
Starbucks isn't gonna like that.
Also. Who the fuck can still afford to go to Starbucks? Out of touch idiot
I mean we all like $11 lattes don't we
I don't really think we have time for a handjob, Joe
How condescending.
What about the dude yesterday that just suggested we just need to increase our take home pay.
I guess the answer was right in front of me all along…
And she should spend less time with her plastic surgery. Can save money.
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Couldn't you just say the old, "I understand that war causes issues for everyone, but we should support our troops. And meanwhile I am running for congress to work to lower all costs for American families," shtick and then do nothing as always? Like why do you have to be a condescending bitch dripping with disgust and condemnation for the poors? Gain some fucking perspective, you stuck up twat.
They do this because they’re stupid and it’s an old, parroted line aimed at passing the blame to other people. If they said what you’re asking for that wouldn’t be as effective at blaming others.
The other reason is that they know that the centrist/conservative idea of a Starbucks costumer is a woke person who likes fancy drinks and not just black coffee. It’s all about creating a strawman for their base to hate. If they were doing it honestly, they’d also be saying that people should buy smaller vehicles that consume significantly less fuel but SUVs and trucks are associated with their base so they don’t do that. Their base isn’t smart enough to make those connections so it’s all good. They’re not clever, these politicians, they’re just playing “manipulate the voting base” on baby mode.
The other reason is that they know that the centrist/conservative idea of a Starbucks costumer is a woke person who likes fancy drinks and not just black coffee. It’s all about creating a strawman for their base to hate.
Sure but that seems like a stupid strategy too. The people complaining are more likely to be people living on lower incomes which are A) more likely to be conservative themselves, and B) less likely to be driving to pick up Starbucks or other luxuries and frivolous things on the regular. So she is simultaneously downplaying the problem that people are actually experiencing, blaming a thing that is not something that they are even doing, and associating them with the people they hate in the process.
I may be giving them too much credit, but if I were a broke conservative struggling with affording travel between home, work, school drop off/pick up, and the grocery store, and you said something like that to my face, I'd have some very audible words for you. Maybe some spit too.
You miss the fact that conservatives, nearly universally, do not accept that any of their situation is their own fault(sounds strange when us on the left will blame capitalism and the elite for most of the problems in the world, but we also come with petabytes of receipts and the right is allergic to facts). Many of them who live deeper in poverty are also living in cheaper areas, too, and have already cognitive-dissonanced themselves out of needing to worry about paying for things like health insurance(especially since many benefit from public healthcare systems, even in the US).
Now, the other important thing to remember is that conservative said those things. That’s crucial because it means that they aren’t talking to their voting base which is cool and tough and good with money, they’re talking to the other guys who need to get their shit together. If their guy does it then there must be a reason and if their enemy does it then there must’ve not been a reason, except they don’t base that on anything real like who’s actually done the research and shown their work.
Conservatives, no matter where you find them, are inherently anti-social power-seekers who refuse to take true responsibility for their actions. Whenever someone I know moves away from conservatism it is around the time they also, for whatever reason, begin to finally understand that the rich don’t actually love them and that maybe they actually do want to have real friends who aren’t also just other hateful goons, afterall.
Couldn't you just say the old, "I understand that war causes issues for everyone, but we should support our troops. And meanwhile I am running for congress to work to lower all costs for American families," shtick and then do nothing as always?
No, she's not running as a Democrat.
Doesn't even realize that Starbucks is a stop you make on the way to somewhere else.
Maybe you should forego one more donut a day michele.
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