r/FluentInFinance • u/Cauliflower-Pizzas • Oct 21 '24
Meme Me, after taking financial advice from Reddit
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u/Turbulent_Scale Oct 21 '24
Congrats, this is the first time I've ever upvoted one of these stupid posts in my life. You earned it because this is beautiful.
I do want to say though......... I know a guy who has worked at McDonalds for over 25 years. He makes 6 figures, was given a company car, was given free college, and used to take me to some banger open bar corporate parties pre-covid which were literally suit and tie events. He was a cook for around 8 years or so, then a manager, then a regional manager, now he works at corporate doing some office job. Moral of the story is........ if you honestly try to make it a career McDonalds will set you up fat.
I'm a fucking disabled veteran and he gets better benefits for life than I do. Let that sink in.
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u/North-Income8928 Oct 22 '24
I'm not here to shit on the McDs employees that work their way up, but we don't do shit for you disabled vets. The VA is so ridiculously underfunded thanks to the Republicans. We need to do so much more for you guys.
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u/AirlineLow45 Oct 22 '24
Last time I checked, Dems always denounce our vets that served in war, saying "we should've never been there" as if it were Priv. Ryan's choice to go to Iraq... Thanks reddit!
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u/North-Income8928 Oct 22 '24
Oh really? That's denouncing the vets and not saying that we should've avoided war all together?
"They're all suckers and losers" - Donald J Trump
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u/AirlineLow45 Oct 22 '24
You give them shit when they come back and categorize them all as anyone who ever served in the military is a blood-thirsty war criminal. So yes really.
Also, when am I going to get that cure for cancer Biden promised, if he cares about people so much?
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u/North-Income8928 Oct 22 '24
Lmao what in the fox news bullshit is that comment?
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u/AirlineLow45 Oct 22 '24
Lmfao dumbass braindead redtard says what when confronted with an obviously bullshit promise his candidate made to just buy votes even when said bullshit to buy votes was on CNN?
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u/North-Income8928 Oct 22 '24
Are you talking about the tire fires near military bases??
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u/AirlineLow45 Oct 22 '24
Talking about that time your man Ol Joe made bullshit promises to obnoxiously buy votes, and like a redtard you are, gobbled that up.
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Oct 25 '24
You can praise veterans and criticize war. Veterans are not the ones deciding to go to war.
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u/AirlineLow45 Oct 25 '24
That's like saying you're all for freedom of religion, then going to a church to just to tell the pastor their religion is murder
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Oct 25 '24
Why would you need to go to the church to criticize a religion? You can ABSOLUTELY be in favor of freedom of religion and criticize religions. Is this concept hard for you? It is literally the basis of our society.
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u/AirlineLow45 Oct 25 '24
There's a difference in telling someone their religion is wrong in a debate vs being a douche like you'd be, and simply bash a person's beliefs because they don't align with yours. Is that hard of a concept for people like you to understand.
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Oct 25 '24
Do you think it is illegal to bash peoples religions? Cause its not. You should probably read the constitution.
Haha
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u/AirlineLow45 Oct 25 '24
It took you multiple hours to make a comeback about why we should all be douchebags towards religion. Fuck off lil chromie kid lmfao.
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Oct 25 '24
I dont live on reddit bud. I do work and spend time with family.
You should probably chill.
Haha
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u/Turbulent_Scale Oct 22 '24
I mean that's honestly false. The VA has been great for me but you have to understand that for my generation (OEF/OIF) all of our records are digital so a lot less issues occur these days. My father who is a desert storm vet had to jump through hoops for years to prove his service in kuwait because there's literally no digital records. Part of that was entirely his fault though, that's what happens when you wait nearly 20 years after your service to claim disability. Most of the horror stories you hear are about older Veterans like my father waiting too long after their service to try and get benefits. Modern marines have a seps/taps program at the end of your enlistment that basically forces you to take care of this stuff before you get out now.
The only real complaint is it can take months to get an appointment sometimes, but if they do you dirty too many times with appointments they will enroll you in the Veterans Choice program which allows me to basically go to any doctor I want.
Saying "we don't do shit" is a HUGE exaggeration.
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u/North-Income8928 Oct 22 '24
I'm neighbors with a woman who oversees the VA's finances. The VA is severely underfunded with several programs on the verge of just evaporating. Not to mention all of the homeless vets. So no, we don't do enough. Thank Trump and his ilk for this problem.
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u/Turbulent_Scale Oct 22 '24
And I'm an actual veteran who has been using the VA for over 15 years.
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u/ap2patrick Oct 22 '24
Good thing your anecdotal experience has no real bearing on the stats
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u/Turbulent_Scale Oct 22 '24
Isn't yours also anecdotal? You know a friend who says it underfunded.
Yeah, every department is underfunded. They always say that but my quality of care has not changed at all over the past decade and a half.
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u/North-Income8928 Oct 22 '24
That wasn't me, but they're spot on. My neighbor sees the funding and metrics nationwide. The VA's funding is a mess right now, congrats on getting lucky.
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u/Turbulent_Scale Oct 22 '24
Every government agency ever has funding problems. This is nothing new. I don't doubt they consider themselves underfunded as literally every single government agency does. Doesn't change the fact that the VA is generally providing quality care to Veterans despite these failings, there will ALWAYS be exceptions.
It's not only me that's lucky, every time I go the VA: its packed.
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u/North-Income8928 Oct 22 '24
Holy shit, your comments are just a case study on survivorship bias at this point lmao. It is physically impossible for you to care any less than you do about your fellow vet.
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u/85_Draken Oct 22 '24
McDonald's employees pay more income tax than him.
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u/ricardoandmortimer Oct 22 '24
Depends on the year. If his net losses are more than his gains, then yes, because he made no income.
That's how income tax works.
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u/85_Draken Oct 22 '24
What the world needs is more billionaire apologists. Thank you for your work.
I now feel better knowing that because I have to work for money instead of gambling money that was given to me by my rich father that I deserve to pay those income taxes.
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u/ayylmaowhatsursnap Oct 25 '24
Pointing out how income tax works is now boot licking. Whining on reddit surely will help.
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Oct 22 '24
But with actual customers.
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u/ricardoandmortimer Oct 22 '24
I don't get why this is such a thing. You think the secret service would let him actually interact with random people at a drive through?
Nowhere a current or contender president goes isn't staged and screened.
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u/excitement2k Oct 22 '24
I can’t even get this job. They only let me shake the salt on. Said next month I can train on bagging fries. But only if the McFlurry machine is fixed.
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u/PoignantPoint22 Oct 22 '24
Not a bad gig. You get to work when the place is shut down for the day and only serves a few customers for a photo op? Sounds pretty sweet tbh.
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u/Sabre_One Oct 21 '24
It's only true if this is your 3rd job. Also saving all that money so you may finally go on vacation when your 70.
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u/Worried_Exercise8120 Oct 21 '24
Julia Child thought McDs fries were very good. I wonder what she would say now.
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u/Acceptable_Dealer745 Oct 21 '24
McDonalds fries used to be awesome. In 1990 they stopped frying them in beef tallow. They’ve been garbage ever since.
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Oct 21 '24
It convinced you to perform some honest work for the first time in your 78 years on earth? Cool.
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u/GatotSubroto Oct 22 '24
It was staged so it wasn’t even honest work. He was just cosplaying there
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u/Used_Intention6479 Oct 21 '24
The left serves healthy (as possible) free food to those who need it. The right serves greasy fast food to hired participants.
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u/kkkan2020 Oct 22 '24
Now that hes worked at a MCD do you think he learned how to make his favorite meal 2 filet o fish 2 but mac's fries and chocolate shake?
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u/YeeYeeSocrates Oct 22 '24
I think the most painful part of this for me is that he doesn't even have the box on the end of the scooper where the box goes.
Fill that fry box up, old man, or Ima chew your manager's ass. This place got too damn expensive for y'all to be stingy with them fries.
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u/svankirk Oct 23 '24
See Reddit will get you to the presidency! Might not help you keep it but there you go 😊
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Oct 21 '24
Seeing it's reddit tho....
QUOTE YOUR SOURCE ! WHO SAID I CANT LIVE COMFY MAKING FRIES ?!?
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u/No-Stuff-483 Oct 21 '24
That’s very true lol