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Zen be like: “Haha! I got all those libs in a kurfuffle again over nothing! Haha. Zen the Troll strikes again!”

“I’ll be back on the morrow to post some more inanity in hopes of getting them all riled up again! Chalk up another one for the mighty Zen! The Zen is mightier than the sword!”
 
Zoo_View said:
Zen is trying to impress by mentioning he drives a Lexus….an IS250…..a model last sold in 2015.

Note he told us the color, not the year.

Don’t get me wrong; a 2015 well-maintained Lexus is a nice car. My Dad has a 2015 Acura sedan…..much nicer car than my 2018 Accord.
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Nope. Just refuting stereotyping.

For reasons that should be obvious, the year is irrelevant.
 
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As is the color, yet you made sure to include that. This entire conversation is immaterial. It is ONE anecdote out of millions of samples. Doesn't mean or represent anything, even if completely true. For that one example, I could provide dozens of EBT/SNAP transactions that APPEARED to be fully normal.

Clothes - could be knockoffs (TEMU/Wish/Aliexpress), Goodwill, eBay, hand-me-downs, yard sales and many other ways of getting them. I wear lots of clothes that I normally couldn't/wouldn't because I get them cheaply. I would never pay $100 or more for a shirt, but I have dozens that retailed for that or more, but I most certainly did not pay that for them.

Car - rental. borrowed, their´s but not their card (since they didn't know how to use it).

EBT/SNAP Card - Not theirs but loaned. Theirs, but just became eligible through a new hardship ( could still have the other things from prior).

When you look for the worst, you will find it, even if it doesn't exist. Worry about yourself first, instead of others.

"Nope. Just refuting stereotyping." - If so, then why are you spreading more?
 
donbosco said:
I'm a Huge Thrift Shop Fan. On my way into La Rambla today to do some thrifting with my daughter today as a matter of fact. it is una mina de oro!!!
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Me as well, ESPECIALLY for clothes. I only buy name-brand, lightly used, and professionally cleaned (still have tags on them) shirts. Pay between 3 and 6 for each instead of 75 or more. No one knows that I didn't buy them retail. Other than underwear, socks, shoes, and jeans, nearly ALL my clothes are used when I purchase them
 
hereiam39 said:
Me as well, ESPECIALLY for clothes. I only buy name-brand, lightly used, and professionally cleaned (still have tags on them) shirts. Pay between 3 and 6 for each instead of 75 or more. No one knows that I didn't buy them retail. Other than underwear, socks, shoes, and jeans, nearly ALL my clothes are used when I purchase them
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I’m afraid that my Thrift inclination is very obvious. It was born of decades in the hipsterdom of Chapel Hill/Carrboro and reinforced by over a decade now in Asheville (Oh God!). I’ve only just begun to wear shirts with collars as I climb back into Real Space from my pandemic daze as a Total Zoomer.
 
ZenMode said:
I guess I should have. Rarely does a week go by that I'm not borrowing someone's car, doing their shopping and buying them groceries with their EBT card. :rolleyes:
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I mean, it wouldn’t be any more ridiculous than following the guy out because you wanted to make a point of seeing what the guy was driving.
It was very important to you for some reason, so I thought it might be important for your research to make sure it was really his car. For your investigation.
 
ZenMode said:
I guess I should have. Rarely does a week go by that I'm not borrowing someone's car, doing their shopping and buying them groceries with their EBT card. :rolleyes:
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Yes, and everyone's life is just like yours, right. I mean dude probably had a Lexus at home.

You don't appear to understand the concept of being poor. You don't appear to have any empathy.

I understand. I've had to borrow a car to get to work. It's not that far fetched.

You know, unlike you, the welfare office actually checks income status before issuing EBT cards, they don't just hand them to anyone that asks.

By the way what was the guys name? Since you feel that you know everything about him, what was his name? Where did he live, did you stop by to see his penthouse apartment?

You know what a jerk you come across as judging some guy that you really don't know based on his clothes and the car he was driving.

So, what was his name?
 
ZenMode said:
I would hope we would all agree, regardless of income, that it's important to help those truly in need...and only those truly in need.

In the case of Medicaid changes, are they not hurting themselves by, according to most here, not being willing to take steps (paperwork) to meet new requirements for enrollment?
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So why are your representatives passing a bill that provides tax breaks for those people and companies that don't need them?

As for Medicaid and other social services, you are assuming people have access to those paperwork. There are people who still do not have access to a computer. Sure they can go to a public place like a library....oh forgot some are being shut down. Surely they can visit a local site or something...oh DOGE.

So now we have these work requirements. So why do these folks need medicaid. That's because those who are not provided full time employment do not get company health benefits. What about caregivers? Those adults who have to care for aging family members? Or those who stayed home to raise kids and then lost their spouse? Training? Education is being cut. Are the training free?

We can dick around with stupid bills like this or simply work towards universal health care.
 
Zoo_View said:
Zen is trying to impress by mentioning he drives a Lexus….an IS250…..a model last sold in 2015.

Note he told us the color, not the year.

Don’t get me wrong; a 2015 well-maintained Lexus is a nice car. My Dad has a 2015 Acura sedan…..much nicer car than my 2018 Accord.
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I drive a 2006 Lexus 430SL . I bought it in 2010. It had 45k miles on it and now has 115k. I love my car because it has no bells and whistles, eg no back up screen , no blue tooth... I am adding around 5000 miles/year. At that rate I estimate that I will still be driving this car when I am 103 years old at which time I will treat myself and buy a brand new 2055 Lexus :)
 
ChileG said:
I mean, it wouldn’t be any more ridiculous than following the guy out because you wanted to make a point of seeing what the guy was driving.
It was very important to you for some reason, so I thought it might be important for your research to make sure it was really his car. For your investigation.
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If only the guy would have gotten into a piece of shit car like Zen required, sort of a stereotype of those using EBT cards, then life would have great and Zen could have accepted that he was deserving. Because we know that's what is truly important, that some privileged white guy in his Lexus approves of your plight.
 
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