The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 6 days agoWho owns the boats?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square264fedilinkarrow-up1904arrow-down116
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minus-squarePerhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 days agoI live somewhere poor but by the ocean. Boats everywhere. Everyone has one. They’re all poor as shit yet they still have boats. How is this possible?
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·6 days agoIn the 40s, the Soviets tried to use Grapes of Wrath as anti American propaganda on their people. It failed because their citizens were impressed that even the poor abused people could afford a car.
minus-squareSgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·6 days agoThat would be like people being impressed the average person has a horse in a desert. Just because you have one doesn’t mean it’s been taken care of.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 days agoStill better than none.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoWhat’s the horse’s name, just out of interest?
minus-squareKitathalla@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoIt’s the desert, you’re just happy you’re out of the rain.
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 days agoEveryone is secretly millionaires
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoYou can buy a beaten up old aluminum dingy for very little, and make it worth your while by bringing home seafood. You can have a boat for quite cheap.
minus-squarePerhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 days agoIt was sarcasm. I didn’t /s
I live somewhere poor but by the ocean. Boats everywhere. Everyone has one. They’re all poor as shit yet they still have boats. How is this possible?
In the 40s, the Soviets tried to use Grapes of Wrath as anti American propaganda on their people. It failed because their citizens were impressed that even the poor abused people could afford a car.
That would be like people being impressed the average person has a horse in a desert. Just because you have one doesn’t mean it’s been taken care of.
Still better than none.
What’s the horse’s name, just out of interest?
It’s the desert, you’re just happy you’re out of the rain.
Everyone is secretly millionaires
Except you, of course.
Ewww, gross, it’s the poor.
You can buy a beaten up old aluminum dingy for very little, and make it worth your while by bringing home seafood.
You can have a boat for quite cheap.
It was sarcasm. I didn’t /s