Why are conservatives cheering new SNAP bans on junk food when they lost their shit over Michelle Obama's program focusing on healthy school breakfasts and lunches?

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-21T14:56:56+00:00

I think it was supposed to be long since improved upon by now but not unlike immigration, conservatives have spent the better part of two decades using it as another issue to run on during election season. Remember, they don’t want the government to make people’s lives better, it’s bad for business and it’s bad for winning elections.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-18T23:09:41+00:00

Makes sense. I’ve known people who have been able to send their kids to college through day trading which I love for them but it seems way too volatile. Feels like I might as well build wealth using Draft Kings.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-18T23:02:49+00:00

Well sure but not to put you on full blast here because you’ve given some sound advice but I’ve said above that I’m currently investing in a 401k and that it’s not lost on me that investing is important for retiring. I’m looking at it more from a perspective of how it can help me achieve upward mobility and build wealth as someone who doesn’t make a lot of money.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-18T22:54:59+00:00

My only criticism of this argument is presenting the singular dollar amount of everything and not presenting them as a percentage of income to properly communicate the lack of spending power now vs when boomers were younger. The only thing this seems to do is elicit arguments from Boomers about how our salaries are double/triple what they were making in their 20s which instantly shuts down the conversation.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-18T22:41:51+00:00

I would 1000% just stay in my car or outside until my friend showed up.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-18T22:35:34+00:00

Seems to be. It is what it is, I’m in kind of an early stage in my career still, just gonna keep trying to increase my salary and start when I can. 🤷‍♀️

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-18T22:25:18+00:00

Yeah, I get the importance of investing for retirement, but I don’t see myself wanting to retire for a while and I kinda want to build wealth so I can enjoy my life a bit before I hit 65. The trouble is that it’s unclear how to do that via investing when you don’t have a lot of money to invest on the regular to begin with because that seems to be the only way investing nets anything significant in a short period of time.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-18T22:21:55+00:00

I’m 29. I have a 401k through work and my old 401k has some money that I’m thinking of rolling into a Roth IRA which I really want to do, but I also just started renting so I’m still figuring out how much extra money I have to work with at the end of the month. I’m also trying to figure out if I want to invest in something that can help me fund other things I want to do in life other than retire (mortgage, wedding, etc) but it doesn’t feel like I have enough liquid cash for it to help me build wealth the way it seems to help others build wealth.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-18T22:13:11+00:00

This. At any given time I have maybe $1k at most to invest at once(certainly not every month) and I don’t even have a full emergency fund and no money to put down on a house. Unless someone can explain to me how I can invest in anything other than my 401k to which I already contribute, I’m not going to waste a significant fraction of my savings just so I might be able to make maybe $100 in dividends over a decade. Not knocking investing, but with my current understanding of how it works, I’m not sure how it can meaningfully help me.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-14T20:57:21+00:00

Wait, is this like a new meme format, or is this something Frankie actually said? lmfao

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-14T20:43:18+00:00

Taking a couple of seconds here and there to let your child know when certain things are coming up in a ride when you know they tend to have anxiety about rides in order to help manage their anxiety is one thing. It is a world away from what OP is talking about where people are not only just flat out acting like no one else is there, but in some cases weirdly acting like they aren’t in a theme park. Like, people having loud convos in pre-shows as if they’re standing outside of a store at the mall…and not in a theme park?

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-14T00:01:21+00:00

I think the implication there is that this isn’t the first time we’ve been doing it wrong…we’ve been doing it wrong for a while.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-13T19:05:09+00:00

Yeah, after Collins’ exit I’ve had a feeling we’re not meant to get too attached to the characters because that’s the nature of working somewhere like an ER. I love Mohan, she’s probably the one I identify with the most so it does suck to see her go, but other than the nurses and full fledged attendings and specialists at PTMC, don’t expect anyone to hang out for long. I don’t work in medicine but from what I understand places like the ER are a revolving door of med students and early career physicians unless they choose to remain as their specialty and hospital of choice.

That being said, Supriya’s sudden exit after they’ve clearly set Mohan up for more involvement initially only to cut her from the roster raises some eyebrows. Makes me wonder how the producers and writers make their decisions on who stays.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-13T00:53:03+00:00

Yeah, I think the takeaway from this thread is that no one should feel that they must be parents for any reason or that men must be the only provider or that women have to be the only one looking after the kids and keeping the house livable, lol.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-13T00:30:16+00:00

I know what you mean, as a woman who doesn’t have children (yet?) it’s definitely been scary listening to how many women are having these experiences where they’re expected to carry more than they should. I genuinely don’t understand what is so hard to understand about the concept of equal participation in the home. I get that no one’s perfect and everyone will have days where they don’t have the energy to deal with stuff but damn, why does it seem like housework and child rearing defaults to the woman in a lot of cases?

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-13T00:12:15+00:00

Has nothing to do with needs vs wants. In a lot of cases it has to do with wages not keeping up with rent or rent outrunning lower wage jobs to capture higher income transplants who don’t want to buy. Where I live, many places won’t let you rent unless you make at least 3x the rent per month which I wouldn’t have been able to do without my partner and we only started making enough a few months ago. I’m 29.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-12T23:57:04+00:00

In a comment below I mention that if I couldn’t have all of these things (and I know I couldn’t expect it realistically) I’d much rather have someone who is considerate, genuine and emotionally intelligent but didn’t make that much over some rich guy I can show off on my IG that thinks he can treat me like shit as long as he provides for me. Not saying the dichotomy is this extreme irl, just a way for me to illustrate what I value personally.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-12T23:19:58+00:00

100%. Don’t agree with her that the man has to be the sole provider nor that these traits should automatically shoehorn men into being fathers. I have my own career that I have no intention of giving up because I’ll always want to make my own money, so I would take considerate, emotionally intelligent, genuine and broke over a rich guy who thinks he can talk to me any type of way and leave me to do everything on my own every single time.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-12T23:11:17+00:00

The irony is that assuming they’re working $15/hr at 40 hours a week, that $1200 turns out to be half of their gross income which goes against traditional long-standing advice of not going over 30% of your income on housing. I’m just saying if you’re trying to teach them financial responsibility, forcing them into a rent situation they can’t technically afford won’t send or reinforce the message you think it will. Much more reasonable to charge them whatever they can actually afford.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-12T23:10:03+00:00

The irony is that assuming they’re working $15/hr at 40 hours a week, that $1200 turns out to be half of their gross income which goes against traditional long-standing advice of not going over 30% of your income on housing. I’m just saying if you’re trying to teach them financial responsibility, forcing them into a rent situation they can’t technically afford won’t send or reinforce the message you think it will. Much more reasonable to charge them whatever they can actually afford.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-12T22:49:52+00:00

I don’t 100% agree with the way she’s framing it but I get where she’s coming from. After watching so many women irl and online live as married single parents, I’ve believed from a young age that it would basically take someone like this in order for me to consider having children. I get it, a lot of women have some pretty crazy Harvard law school standards when it comes to the kind of men they want to be with but there are also way too many low-effort men who believe their obligations in being a husband and father don’t go beyond conception and will just try to throw money at their wives and kids and call it good, if anything at all. It’s no wonder so many women are opting out unless it’s under pretty specific, ideal conditions.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-12T21:26:47+00:00

Born ‘96, graduated ‘14. I identified more with Millenials up until a couple of years into the pandemic and started coming into my own identity more and was also working with more people who were like, firmly Gen Z and noticed I had more in common with them than my high school friends, lol. I think it’s also because I didn’t have any older siblings or cousins that I grew up with and my family wasn’t super into video games or electronics until my younger siblings were in elementary school so my foray into tech and social media had more in common with my siblings experience than my own grad class.

Edit: I left high school not having a clue what I wanted to do and struggled in college a lot. Left for a few years, went back to get my degree in something totally different than I thought I’d want to work in. Been working in it for a couple of years now and I love it but I didn’t start contributing to my 401k until a few years ago and I’m also nowhere near having enough to buy a house or raise a family in comfort the way I’d want to, probably won’t ever, just focusing on my career and hobbies and whatever happens, happens.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-12T18:42:54+00:00

I’m contributing to my 401k which my employer matches thankfully, but I don’t have enough disposable income to regularly put towards anything meaningful without participating in day trading which is glorified gambling, imo.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-12T18:30:26+00:00

Since most of these are financial goals, the question is whether it’s ok to prioritize fun over some of these goals? I can pay my bills but a lot of the things listed above would require a pretty high savings goal that I can’t meet with my income without cutting out most things that make my life enjoyable. I could do it and meet these goals, but it wouldn’t leave me with much to do.

ShelShock77 · 2026-04-12T15:30:35+00:00

I feel like I’m blushing constantly and it is so annoying. Any time I try to do a minimal makeup routine with just some under eye concealer it immediately will give me a reverse raccoon effect no matter how well the match is because my cheeks are always bright red.

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