Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse

NodeBB

  1. Home
  2. Games
  3. Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Games
games
225 Posts 190 Posters 1 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • D [email protected]
    This post did not contain any content.
    R This user is from outside of this forum
    R This user is from outside of this forum
    [email protected]
    wrote last edited by
    #109

    working where exactly? working on a farm that will pay you minimum wage, if that? oh OH I know working in the tech sector where it's now and has been for the past couple years an absolute nightmare to find a job in.

    There are NO jobs out there that will pay for the current cost of living and the ones that COULD aren't hiring, and if anything, are laying people off. And yeah, these unemployed young men are TOTALLY playing videogames that now cost $80 a pop paid via a job they don't have.

    W vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksV 2 Replies Last reply
    65
    • star@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS [email protected]

      And? What's the problem with that? In an ideal society with present technology we can afford to feed and house literally everyone. Let artificial scarcity rule you no longer. Let the people play games, and when 'work'is no longer, the obligation of wages they wil do it willingly, happily, and with enjoyment. Or at least wnough of us will to feed all.

      So what if some get fed more than they work? I like helping people. We should have plenty to spare without the parasite class.

      J This user is from outside of this forum
      J This user is from outside of this forum
      [email protected]
      wrote last edited by
      #110

      With the caveat that we can accommodate everyone so long as sufficient people put in their fair share of effort. In an ideal world that will mean very short working hours and/or nicely early retirement/late entry into the work force.

      Certainly the usual talking heads are spoiled rich guys that have never known labor and have not done their fair share, but it is a difficult thing to balance to make sure we do take care of each other but make sure enough people are engaged to successfully do that

      star@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS 1 Reply Last reply
      1
      • D [email protected]
        This post did not contain any content.
        J This user is from outside of this forum
        J This user is from outside of this forum
        [email protected]
        wrote last edited by
        #111

        How's your son's dick today, Mike Johnson? You have the app that tells you, so if you wouldn't mind...

        regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldR 1 Reply Last reply
        17
        • D [email protected]
          This post did not contain any content.
          I This user is from outside of this forum
          I This user is from outside of this forum
          [email protected]
          wrote last edited by
          #112

          Oh god they’ve been shitting on video games since pinball. Get some new lines bro

          W 1 Reply Last reply
          37
          • J [email protected]

            How's your son's dick today, Mike Johnson? You have the app that tells you, so if you wouldn't mind...

            regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldR This user is from outside of this forum
            regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldR This user is from outside of this forum
            [email protected]
            wrote last edited by
            #113

            Looks like I'm unaware of something horrible. . ?

            A 1 Reply Last reply
            3
            • R [email protected]

              says some rich asshole who probably hasn't done real work a day in his life, likely living off dividends and bribe money

              D This user is from outside of this forum
              D This user is from outside of this forum
              [email protected]
              wrote last edited by
              #114

              And the healthcare Congress provides.

              1 Reply Last reply
              17
              • D [email protected]
                This post did not contain any content.
                M This user is from outside of this forum
                M This user is from outside of this forum
                [email protected]
                wrote last edited by
                #115

                What free healthcare?

                Young men have to jump through the most hoops to get state level health insurance.

                1 Reply Last reply
                47
                • regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldR [email protected]

                  Looks like I'm unaware of something horrible. . ?

                  A This user is from outside of this forum
                  A This user is from outside of this forum
                  [email protected]
                  wrote last edited by [email protected]
                  #116

                  You're happier not knowing, delete your account before some sicko comes by to gleefully explain this one.

                  S 1 Reply Last reply
                  4
                  • S [email protected]

                    Videogames are the cheapest and most durable form of entertainment, ideal qualities when you don't have a job and resources to keep you busy. This fucker wants people to never escape being in misery.

                    R This user is from outside of this forum
                    R This user is from outside of this forum
                    [email protected]
                    wrote last edited by
                    #117

                    The goal is to get those "young men" out there in the job market struggling to make ends meet day after day so their boss can buy his second vacation home and new yacht.
                    In the meantime Republicans will point to some group or minority as the cause of their woes. It's a win, win for them.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    6
                    • D [email protected]
                      This post did not contain any content.
                      M This user is from outside of this forum
                      M This user is from outside of this forum
                      [email protected]
                      wrote last edited by
                      #118

                      Free healthcare?

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      50
                      • D [email protected]
                        This post did not contain any content.
                        B This user is from outside of this forum
                        B This user is from outside of this forum
                        [email protected]
                        wrote last edited by
                        #119

                        Does he realize these unemployed, dirty gamers who complain but don’t do anything productive tend to lean conservative?

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        9
                        • D [email protected]
                          This post did not contain any content.
                          M This user is from outside of this forum
                          M This user is from outside of this forum
                          [email protected]
                          wrote last edited by
                          #120

                          All jobs are service industry now unless you're somebody's kid or relative. Things changed bigly over the last 20 years.

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          3
                          • D [email protected]
                            This post did not contain any content.
                            F This user is from outside of this forum
                            F This user is from outside of this forum
                            [email protected]
                            wrote last edited by
                            #121

                            The problem is not this bloke. The problem is the people that voted for him.

                            S 1 Reply Last reply
                            5
                            • D [email protected]
                              This post did not contain any content.
                              dogiedog64@lemmy.worldD This user is from outside of this forum
                              dogiedog64@lemmy.worldD This user is from outside of this forum
                              [email protected]
                              wrote last edited by
                              #122

                              Is this Free Healthcare in the room with us now, you miserable ghoul?

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              41
                              • D [email protected]
                                This post did not contain any content.
                                L This user is from outside of this forum
                                L This user is from outside of this forum
                                [email protected]
                                wrote last edited by
                                #123

                                What free healthcare?

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                17
                                • D [email protected]
                                  This post did not contain any content.
                                  blackmist@feddit.ukB This user is from outside of this forum
                                  blackmist@feddit.ukB This user is from outside of this forum
                                  [email protected]
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #124

                                  Yes, that's why they're at home all day, and ignoring all the well paid jobs out there with free healthcare that I'm sure they'd get if they just went door to door with a résumé like these ghouls pretend they did in the 1950s.

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  18
                                  • D [email protected]
                                    This post did not contain any content.
                                    y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comY This user is from outside of this forum
                                    y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comY This user is from outside of this forum
                                    [email protected]
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #125

                                    Lmfao what free healthcare?

                                    a_random_idiot@lemmy.worldA 1 Reply Last reply
                                    55
                                    • D [email protected]
                                      This post did not contain any content.
                                      S This user is from outside of this forum
                                      S This user is from outside of this forum
                                      [email protected]
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #126

                                      The problem is that voters are so damn stupid that someone can make a statement like this without being interrogated.

                                      S L 2 Replies Last reply
                                      45
                                      • F [email protected]

                                        The problem is not this bloke. The problem is the people that voted for him.

                                        S This user is from outside of this forum
                                        S This user is from outside of this forum
                                        [email protected]
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #127

                                        Maybe. But in many areas, only one party realistically has a shot, so reps basically get elected in their primary process. So instead of needing a majority of the total population to win, you just need a plurality of the few who get involved in the primary process.

                                        Blame the people involved in the primary process, not the people who only vote in the general election.

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        5
                                        • D [email protected]
                                          This post did not contain any content.
                                          doom@ttrpg.networkD This user is from outside of this forum
                                          doom@ttrpg.networkD This user is from outside of this forum
                                          [email protected]
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #128

                                          Y'all got free healthcare?

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          14
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          Powered by NodeBB Contributors
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • World
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups