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

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  • B [email protected]

    And the diplomacy and politics.

    And scams. Or baits, escalations, and war strategies.

    I ran my small alliance for a bit. The organization skills corralling 200 active people for an op is insane. Spending days prepping and doing logistics moving tons of ships. Making arrangements and mutual defense agreements. It was arduous work.

    Then to have the fight not happen. Or the target not to drop. And having to manage the morale of everyone who devoted the time for it or purposely made sure they were free.

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    Tell me Eve is a job without telling me Eve is a job.

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      The argument is utterly stupid.

      Ignoring that it is building on a fantasy reality for the moment. Even if you had free healthcare, and if only the financial costs of survival motivated people to get jobs, then the other costs of living, like for food and shelter, would still provide that motivation.

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        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.

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        Btw is $80 actually up from the oughts and 10s? I’ve had $80 as the price for the latest AAA game in my head forever and am continually surprised it hasn’t changed.

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

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          They should control video games like they control guns.

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            And I will be that sicko.

            Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mike-johnson-son-monitor-porn-intake-covenant-eyes-1234870634/

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            WTF did I just read? Fuckin weirdos. That is uncomfortable on so many levels. Poor kid. I remain traumatised from the time I had to remove all the malware from my dad's computer. That was twenty years ago, he's dead now, but I still carry the abominable image of him in his wheelchair, pulling his decrepit knob to Thai ladyboys, with the dogs lined up on the sofa watching. Ignorance is bliss. Ho hum, conservatives eh?

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              Btw is $80 actually up from the oughts and 10s? I’ve had $80 as the price for the latest AAA game in my head forever and am continually surprised it hasn’t changed.

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              Are you from canada?

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                So basically, they are mooching off of free healthcare - by performing by one of the most risk free activities that is almost going to guarantee they won't need healthcare in the first place?

                MAGA tactic:

                Take negative stereotype, say it is preventing a desirable goal from being reached, then say it is because of what you are actually trying to cut. Doesn't matter if they barely have any real relation to each other.

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                  Wait, I can get free healthcare playing video games? Where?!?

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                    Young men have no idea what health care is, nor do they care.

                    They are healthy and heal fast.

                    They are the ones who traditionally pay in and dont take out.

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                      claims mouthpiece of the medical insurance industry

                      FTFY

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

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                        Enhanced interrogation?

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                          Young men have no idea what health care is, nor do they care.

                          They are healthy and heal fast.

                          They are the ones who traditionally pay in and dont take out.

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                          As someone who is 25 I must agree, not only do I not give a damn I actively welcome death. Shitty fucken eyesight not withstanding, I think there's thinner ballistic glass

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                            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.

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                            BTW Steam Sumner sale is going on right now, Robocop for 5 bucks for the win! Id buy that for 5 dollars.

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                              Wait, I can get free healthcare playing video games? Where?!?

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                              Much of the world outside the US

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                                Shut the fuck up, boomer. No seriously, get that dated, old man yells at cloud bullshit out of politics.

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                                  This is just the “violent video games make people violent” argument from the 90s and 00s. Fear mongering at its core.

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                                    Can these monsters please just fuck off!

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                                      Lmfao what free healthcare?

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                                      Seriously. I'd love some free healthcare.

                                      I'd probably be able to be more functional if I had proper healthcare.

                                      This whole thing of "Free healthcare = leeches" is fucking insulting.

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                                        Another boomer fucking idiot saying idiot fucking boomer shit because idiot fucking boomers voted like boomer fucking idiots.

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                                          The argument is utterly stupid.

                                          Ignoring that it is building on a fantasy reality for the moment. Even if you had free healthcare, and if only the financial costs of survival motivated people to get jobs, then the other costs of living, like for food and shelter, would still provide that motivation.

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                                          Um also, can I get some of that free healthcare? Cuz I have NEVER received free healthcare in my life!

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