CthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months ago"Price of eggs" jokes or "economic anxiety" jokes are political Calvinism. They're ignoring material conditions to say that the people who vote for the opposing party are just the Bad People.message-squaremessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-square"Price of eggs" jokes or "economic anxiety" jokes are political Calvinism. They're ignoring material conditions to say that the people who vote for the opposing party are just the Bad People.CthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square53linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·3 months agoAlternatively, “please ignore that you are poor, but the stock market is doing great!”
minus-squareGnastyGnuts [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 months ago“Try looking at the big picture instead of being so self-centered.”
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoWho do you believe, your own lying eyes or the booming stock market?
Alternatively, “please ignore that you are poor, but the stock market is doing great!”
“Try looking at the big picture instead of being so self-centered.”
Who do you believe, your own lying eyes or the booming stock market?