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And pull themselves up by their bootstraps as usual?

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[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml 136 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Imagine living in the 2020's in the developed world and not realizing that internet access is a basic necessity.

Then imagine being the sort of person who would deny poor people basic necessities

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 95 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] skybreaker@lemmy.world 74 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Might want to get that cough checked out. ...unless you're in America, in which case you probably couldn't afford it.

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Best I can do is an aspirin I found on the train and sleep it off.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sleep? What do you think this is, a spa?

Get back to work, paid sick days are just a myth perpetuated by the evil socialist europeans. Don't look it up.

[–] Kiwi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you don’t come into work today you are going to put undue burden on all of your coworkers. It’s certainly not my fault for staffing to the absolute bare minimum so that there is no room for people to be sick or take days off, it’s your fault for being a lazy worker

[–] Chriswild@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Oh you're insisting you can't come in because you are sick? I'm going to need a doctor's note that will cost you a day's wages.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 years ago

They know full well that internet is a necessity to participate in society.

That is why they are blocking it with every fibre of their being.

To them, poor people are poor because god is angry at them. They deserve to be poor.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Imagine living in the 2020’s in the developed world and not realizing that internet access is a basic necessity.

Then imagine being the sort of person who would deny poor people basic necessities

Standard Republican Worldview

[–] Syo@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

basic necessity

Did you misspell guaranteed revenue? They know exactly what they were doing.

[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

My mom works with internet people. I remember when I was a kid she was making fun of them for saying internet should be a basic human right. Nowadays, it would be hard to find someone who doesn't think that lol

[–] frunch@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Trump 2024, lol

(Edit: just to clarify--if you want all that bullshit, Trump is your man 🙌)

(Edit 2: /s would apparently have been the appropriate indicator of my lack of seriousness. TIL!)

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

if only there was a way to indicate sarcasm...

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I can't believe I've done this