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- mop@quokk.au
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Al Bundy was never considered fat but lazy and only out of shape compared to his footballer days. It’s often a plot point that he has to go hungry because Peg refuses to cook for him.
The boomer generation of the imperial core were the luckiest mfs in world history, and they don’t even know it. They don’t know that their moment was a historical fluke that will almost definitely never recur.
They could have invested and voted to ensure prosperity continued at least for a bit longer.
But no they picked Reagan. Who slashed all wealth taxes and tore the solar panels off the white house.
We could have followed Norway’s example and established a sovereign wealth fund, but no those profits must flow.
In the Simpsons episode “King Size Homer,” Homer decides to gain enough weight to be considered medically disabled (300 lbs) so he can work from home.
Me after reading this.
That’s why I never learned to read.
He wasn’t considered fat until the later seasons.
But the poor thing is absolutely true.
Even back then it was stretching the bounds of believability that a shoe salesman could afford that house in that neighborhood with a stay at home mom and two teenagers to feed
Feed? That house almost never had food in it.
I used to work at a department store in the late 90s, and there were employees there who worked full time and either owned a very modest house or at least a decent apartment and lived somewhat comfortably.
(So no, maybe not THAT specific house but the point stands, try and make even a livable wage selling shoes in 2026)
How did the “Friends” afford two city flats?
Fuck Friends, the whole white bread premise and all privileged fans and setup.
That was a shit ass show, pop-culture has always sucked. Fuxking selfish lemmings are why we’re here today.
Eat paste whitey.
Please, come in.
He didn’t have to kill all those people though.
And he did that on a shoe salesman salary.
