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[–] 287 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Grey Poupon is not fancy mustard. You can buy that shit in any grocery store, it was developed by food scientists and is mass produced in giant semi-automated factories. It's also not particularly expensive. If you can only afford yellow mustard but not Grey Poupon you shouldn't be buying any mustard because your budget is way too tight to be paying for condiments you can get free in a fast food restaurant.

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  • [–] 96 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    The only reason people think it’s fancy is because of some dumb commercials made in the 80s.

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  • [–] 46 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    Those weren't from the '90s? Am I so old that I'm now conflating these decades?

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    They were referenced in Wayne's World in 1992 and I'm guessing that they were at least a couple of years old by then.

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  • [–] 52 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    That is some perspective.

    It reminds me of another conversation starter about wealth inequality. Where do poor people buy their bed sheets? The answers are usually Walmart or Salvation Army. Where do middle class people buy sheets? Nordstroms or some other department store. Where do rich people buy sheets? They don’t. They have people for that.

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    [–] 153 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    This is just a totally brain dead take. Maybe the SNAP recipient likes brown mustard and prioritizes it. And you don’t care that much so you don’t prioritize it. If it mattered to you, you would budget to get fancy mustard.

    If you really do feel you can’t afford fancy mustard, you shouldn’t be mad at the person who earns food assistance and then uses it to buy fancy mustard, you should be mad that you aren’t making enough to afford fancy mustard.

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  • [–] 79 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    It’s also like $4 to get a bottle of Gray Poupon, absolutely ridiculous to be trying to whip people into a frenzy over that to begin with.

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  • [–] 51 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    This is not the first time Republicans threw an absolute shit fit over negligibly more expensive mustard...

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Because in their minds, these people should be suffering more. Government food assistance should take the form of gruel, if it exists at all.

    Edit: Oh I just realized what you were referencing lol

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago

    Theres the rub. The working class and poor have been indoctrinated to believe that they are their own enemies, and the puppet masters that orchestrated all of this class warfare are the rich to keep us busy from chopping their heads off.

    The poor aren’t our enemies. They are the frogs boiling in water that the rich use to determine what they can do to everyone else.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, it’s not like SNAP users get a discount on “fancy” mustard, they just get use their government-given food money to buy whatever kind of food they want instead of the government policing how they are allowed to use their food money.

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  • [–] 105 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Oh yes, the classic “the poor people are secretly happy and that bothers me” argument. It’s like a cat call for stupid people. The whole point of it is to say “you’re not allowed to have anything remotely nice because I consider myself better than you.”

    It’s mental illness made into a political platform.

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    [–] 73 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Or just get off the Nazi platform entirely. Seems pretty simple.

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  • [–] 68 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Yellow mustard is not less fancy. It's yellow because it has turmeric in it. That's more ingredients and it's one of those fancy unique spices.

    The reason it's cheap is because Americans like the flavor of turmeric in their mustard so some companies have made a cheap version of it.

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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

    Plus, different mustards for different foods. I like a yellow with a lot of things, but on a hotdog is pretty classic. I like a spicy brown mustard with some chicken. And maybe a stoneground for a deli sandwich. Chinese mustard from some restaurants, like with spring rolls, is also quite the treat at times, if you like the spice level! I'm hungry.

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    [–] 66 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    It's so weird seeing that sunshine account when our local sunshine lemming is the opposite.

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    [–] 59 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    Imagine being the kind of ghoul that thinks if people need assistance, that assistance should be the absolute bottom of the barrel lest someone who didn't need the assistance chose to not spend the money they have the freedom to decide how to spend.

    Life isn't zero sum.

    If you want fancier mustard and you're not on food stamps, just spend one of the extra dollars you must have to cause that. It's not gonna run out

    Edit: typo

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  • [–] 40 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Life isn’t zero sum.

    That is the crux of it. They believe it is. Wholeheartedly. It's part of their core being at this point. If someone is receiving something, they must be losing something in return. It's their tax money.

    They're incapable of making the mental connection that corporations and the rich aren't paying anywhere near even a fair share of taxes that could entirely pay for those programs to apply to every citizen, including themselves. And the media preys on that to further pit themselves against their fellow citizens because it's all owned by those same rich assholes.

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  • [–] 34 points 10 months ago (14 children)

    It's not even just that, they believe that people on government assistance need to be constantly shamed and humiliated, otherwise they will never have the motivation to pull themselves out of poverty.

    I had an argument with a big-L "Libertarian" acquaintance who straight up admitted that he would rather pay more in taxes to implement new stricter oversight and systems to restrict what people spend their WIC/SNAP benefits on than endure the possibility that someone might buy a bag of Doritos with said assistance. The cherry on top was him--again, a "Libertarian"--claiming it would be to ensure they are making healthy, state-approved, food choices.

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    [–] 46 points 10 months ago* (4 children)

    They charge for the blue checkmarks? And...people do it? I haven't had xitter since years before nazi boy bought it.

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  • [–] 51 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Yes, it was one of the more contreversial changes he did. Before, you had to be "vetted" by xitter staff as being both notable and who you said you were. That wasn't a great system, and was effectively a nepotism/who you knew game, but you wouldn't see blue checkmarks for fake accounts.

    It used to be a sign of trustworthiness.

    Now anyone can get one for a monthly fee.

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    [–] 32 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    This is what I like about universal basic income. This argument no longer exists.

    I was on unemployment one time and had to decide between staying on unemployment and accepting a job where I barely made any more money after gas.

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    [–] 31 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I love the idiocy of the view that the poorest among us are eating like kings for free while we all suffer and toil for peanuts. I mean, how dumb do you have to be? I've got a steal of a deal on some property on mars you may be interested in.

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

    I have MAGA family. The first thing they always mention about SNAP is how "welfare queens" are gaming the system, even though they were all on food stamps at one point. It's purely all about racism and punching down. They don't like the idea of black and brown people eating on "their" taxdollars. However, when my brother was on food stamps, it was out of "necessity" because he relied on SNAP to feed his step children.

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago

    who is eating that much mustard to be unable to afford it

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago

    I've encountered people like this. They absolutely loathe when someone points out that what they said was wrong

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Are poor people really gorging themselves on fine condiments? Of course not. Ridiculous.

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    [–] 18 points 10 months ago

    Whole discussion is about " I can only afford 1/3 price generic mustard, but SNAP recipients are spoiled"

    SNAP funds can also be used to buy cheap mustard to stetch limited SNAP budget.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I like generic yellow mustard. What the fuck is "Sunshine" complaining about?

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago

    If that’s all you can afford, you might need snap tbh

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    "poor people shouldn't be able to afford food because I'm irresponsible with my money"

    .... That's what this sounds like.

    If you're not "poor enough" to need snap, and you can't afford to buy whatever food you want, within reason, then either, you need snap and you're in denial, or you need to learn money management.

    Snap recipients are forced to spend the money on food, since that's the only place that money can be spent AFAIK.... So they're forced to be responsible with their food money. They can't use the funds to get drunk at the pub and stumble down the street picking fights and ending up in the drunk tank.

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    [–] 14 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    They're only one mustard. It's spelled penis backwards and it's made in the beautiful small town of Põltsamaa.

    If any mustard enthusiasts are reading this, I strongly recommend you prepare your nostrils and try this. It's amazing.

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