The absolutely wild thing is: This goes for ALL social aid. Just *giving people some fucking money,* literally going "OK, how much did you need?", cutting checks, and waving them out the door? COSTS LESS and HAS BETTER OUTCOMES than the current system's bureaucracy and means testing, EVERY TIME.
Biden walks away from the lectern at the end of his press conference just now. Reporter: “Mr. President, can you tell us, sir: Donald Trump refers to himself as a political prisoner and blames you directly. What’s your response to that, sir?”
(pauses, turns back, makes this expression, walks away)
Every article about Red Lobster filing for bankruptcy is "ha ha endless shrimp, what did they think would happen" and then buried ten paragraphs down is the usual:
the mass normalization of Star Wars continues to surprise me. dude walks by me dressed as one of the Emperor's advisors, and i feel that momentary disbelief that my dweeby childhood has leaked out into reality like this
bought a half gallon of oat milk for a woman who dumped me the next day so now i have a half gallon of oat milk to drink
probably something poetic here
