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ALRIGHT THEY KNEW SOMEWHERE ON THE MAP WAS AN EXTRA ASS VIRGINIA WITH A CARDINAL DIRECTION ATTACHED TO ITS NAME SO FUCK IT âSOUTHâ SOUNDED GOOD AT THE TIME
So I had some family repost a frustrating image from ânation in distressâ on Facebook. It was this picture.
My initial reaction was just a simple post pointing out that the protesters were, in fact, exercising their first amendment rights of protest and free speech. Rights that found their origins in the same time as the first image. It just seemed a little ironic to me. But the response I got was sure, protesting is fine. But asking for free stuff? Come on, get a life. Work hard. Your mom did, I did too.
Missing the point entirely, obviously.
Now, as it is 2017, in the year of Our Lord of the Dumpster Fire, I refuse to let family post ignorant and hypocritical tripe without calling them to task as best I can manage. So I responded. With a researched and cited breakdown of why she was wrong and why âworking hardâ today is, in fact, harder than it has been in the last 40 years. Included are stats on minimum wage, average rent prices, and average university cost. This is by no means an exhaustive post but I thought that the info in it (the sourced facts mostly, maybe the pre-adjusted numbers) might be of use to other folks with similarly exhausting people in their lives. Please feel free to use whatever wherever whenever with any of it.
First of all it is disingenuous to say that they are asking for *free* anything. The protest in the picture is asking for âfree educationâ in a very specific context. It is asking for education that does not put students in debt (see the sign in the back âNOT DEBTâ as well as the text under the words âFREE EDUCATIONâ - âTAX THE RICHâ). The pictured protest is specifically calling for an education system that is funded by taxpayer dollars. My dollars, your dollars, the protestersâ dollars. If that is âfree stuffâ then, by extension, any tax payer or worker funded program is âfree stuffâ. This includes things like social security, unemployment, medicare, medicaid, disability, WIC, K-12 public education, our roads and highways, the postal system, the police force and fire departments, etc. So, sure, if youâve never partaken in any of these âfreeâ programs then by all means, criticize the protesters for asking for âfree stuffâ. But if you have ever benefited then it feels a little hypocritical.
As for saying âget a life work hardâ? As if the younger generations (my generation? by extension me?) donât or havenât? I feel like youâre being a bit blind there, too. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 and if you compare that to historical minimum wages (adjusted for inflation) itâs appalling. Minimum wage was $2.65 in 1978 - adjusted for inflation that would be about $9.75. 1981? $3.35 an hour which would be adjusted to $8.85. 1997? $5.15 adjusted to $7.70. And now itâs $7.25. It has been doing down. The purchasing power of Americans has gone down over the last 40 years and what average Americans are able to afford is a lot less. In the same timespan the average adjusted rent in the United States has gone from $670/mo in 1980 to $928/mo as estimated in 2015.
College tuition, what these protesters are talking about, is even more devastating. For the '16/'17 school year the average price of room/board/tuition at a public university in the US is estimated to be around $20,090 (up from $15,800 in '08/'09). In '96/'97 it was $11,000. '80/'81? $7,000. And in '77/'78? $7,700. Forty years ago tuition in a public university was less than half of what it is today while minimum wage was, effectively, higher. That is the âfree stuffâ these protesters were looking for.
In 1981 you could work a full time job, for minimum wage, and afford an average apartment in the US. ($536 as an average monthâs gross income at the time vs. $253 a month average rent). That is unrealistic today.
Today you can work a full time job, earning minimum wage, and your average gross income per month would be $1,160. The average apartment rents for $928. With taxes and other deductions you wouldnât have money left to eat.
In 1978 you could work a full time job, for minimum wage, and save up enough every summer to put a sizable dent in your room/board/tuition at an average public university. ($424 as an average month gross income at the time vs. $2,106 average schooling cost.)
Today, with an average year of university costing $20,090 for tuition, room, and board, you could work a full time minimum wage job, year round, and still only pull down an annual gross income of $15,080.
It is disingenuous and hurtful to say that we should just get a life and âwork hardâ. We have lives. And we are working hard. But, by the numbers, it is harder work for less payout than generations that came before us.
(All of the data and stats I used came from the following pages:
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After you die, at some point in the distant future, someone will think of you for the last time ever, and you will never be thought of again after that.
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This always makes me happy, because the source video shows that the shark actually wanted this. It experienced it once and then kept coming back for more petting.
(also, because iâve seen comments about this: the shark is able to breathe while still, not all species need to be in motion to pass water through their gills. If you look closely, you can see its gills pumping)
I would very much like if more people would pet sharks and be good to them instead of trying to hurt them please
Sharks are very lovely and should get pettings like these more :)
MythBusters did an episode on how to survive a shark attack and a sharkâs nose is so sensitive that a gentle tap is all you need to drive it away. The guy sat on the ocean floor with a bucket of chum and didnât get attacked once, when hungry sharks swam up heâd give them a boop on the nose and theyâd swim away. So if the shark is friendly, pet the snoot. If the shark is dangerous, boop the snoot. Either way, no one dies.Â
Boop the snoot
Reblogging for adorable shark and âboop the snoot.â
 # gonna pet the snoot  # sharksÂ
This shark is so calm and happy
With their human friend who is chilling out with them beneath the ocean waves <3
the monday morning clip in episode 4 s3 was so wild like isak and even were trying to have a casual conversation âare you going to party?â âlol no⌠I MEAN maybe are you  going  to party?â âyeah i thought   yeah wanna pre drink together?â âsure sure sure coolcoolcoolcoolâ as if they didnât almost kiss three days earlier
i mean look at them. these nerds are terrible at playing cool
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