My cousin got a speeding ticket. He was going like 20mph over the limit, but anything 15+ over is reckless driving. And his kid was in a car seat in the back. So that's felony child endangerment. He lost his license, lost his job, and a judge awarded his ex sole custody of the kid. He never quite recovered. He ended up bankrupt with a big alcohol problem. Up until that ticket, he had his shit together, but everything that happened after it ruined him.

The idea that the government will take care of its people. Not that this idea was ever too strong to begin with... But it's definitely dead now.

Vet cuz I liked animals

Face tattoos

Huge lifted pickup trucks with truck nuts while speeding and blasting music.

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Pimp

Booked a vacation to Europe!

Neighbor growing up was practicing ollies on his driveway. Wasn’t wearing a helmet, since he was basically just jumping up and down from a standstill. Fell down and smacked his head, and while he didn’t die, he’ll never be able to live on his own or have a job. 15 years old when it happened.

Someone with a "Don't Tread On Me" flag/bumper sticker and a "Back the Blue" or other cop-simping slogan.

"Tread Harder, Daddy!"

There was a point where I could sell my used Toyota for more than it cost brand new

Protesting abortion clinics.

Younger kids because most of their human interact has been from watching YouTube creators and the such during covid have started to take on very exaggerated speech mannerisms where they just randomly get loud or excited sounding mid sentence just like how streamers act like with their streaming personality.

Rent to own furniture and appliances.

Nothing

agree with this

Shaming others for living the life they want when it harms nobody

The medical system. If you were in it frequently as a patient with multiple health issues, everything went to shit. Doctors burned put and left or are checked out and unabailable, insurance reshiffled prices on medications to raise costs, hospital workers are still traumatized from the beginning surge and hospitals seem to give a lower quality of care than before (from what I've heard). A lot of people with issues other than COVID had to delay treatment bc during surges the hospitals filled up unnecessarily, now the anti-vaxx movement gained traction, there is more hostility about being germ-conscious and following public health protocol bc nobody trusts the CDC (for good reason), people have started this anti-science movement in earnest. For people with chronic conditions like myself it has become a nightmare because medical supplies increased about 200% in cost. And socially it is also a nightmare bc I feel threatened asking for medical accommodations now (I'm immunocompromised) because people think I'm making a political statement because I have to wear a mask. It's scary to go out in public because you may get harrassed but it's also uncomfortable trying to mention this to friends and potential partners bc they are either traumatized bc of the pandemic or they think you're political or even mentally ill.

I hear you but hey, perish the thought anyone tax billionaires/companies appropriately and take it out of the hundreds of billions plugged away that would net. I know some say it's "not possible" but hypothetically if it was we'd most likely not be getting screwed once again.

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Pants. Now jeans are "fancy".

My faith in humanity.

Blame thieves for that

Trust.

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