100 upvotes, 9 direct replies (showing 9)
"Fuck you got mine" is the American disease
Comment by redhatfilm at 28/11/2024 at 20:07 UTC
82 upvotes, 7 direct replies
If you'd read the article, you'd know that's not the case.
It's "I didn't get mine, why should they get theirs?"
Different sort of resentment.
Comment by BandicootGood5246 at 28/11/2024 at 20:20 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Same shit elsewhere too though, during Brexit I remember hearing some of the strongest supporting blocks were immigrants that had been in the UK for a long time, complaining how the new immigrants were lazy and wanted a free ride...
Comment by [deleted] at 28/11/2024 at 20:24 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not just an American disease unfortunately. Few years back I was in an Uber with a Syrian driver who wouldn’t stop complaining that Canada was letting in too many Syrian refugees from the war. I got mine! Fuk the rest!
Comment by CommonSensei-_ at 28/11/2024 at 23:13 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
… perhaps a human condition that is not related to nationality.
Comment by SelfWipingUndies at 29/11/2024 at 14:44 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Maybe it's more artificial scarcity and the ensuing anxiety that enables scapegoating immigrants than 'fuck you got mine'
Comment by [deleted] at 28/11/2024 at 20:30 UTC
-8 upvotes, 2 direct replies
"I followed the rules, why don't other people?"
Not that hard.
Comment by hornbuckle56 at 28/11/2024 at 20:19 UTC
-6 upvotes, 3 direct replies
No, it’s fuck you, I paid a ton of hard earned money and waited in order to do things the right way. This is not complicated folks.
Comment by Austin1975 at 28/11/2024 at 20:16 UTC
-5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
“I want to get on that full boat even though it’s full and starting to sink” is also a disease. Just because some people can be saved one way doesn’t mean everyone can be saved the same way. Sometimes I have to find a bigger boat or a different boat. Same with anything that has a limit.
Comment by pillbinge at 28/11/2024 at 20:02 UTC
-12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So if you ever do anything or get anything, you have to condone that same decision universally for all time?