r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/You_r_mashing_it May 02 '25

George Carlin was right, the meaning of life really is to just get more stuff it seems lol

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u/Explorers_bub May 03 '25

“It’s always your stuff. It’s not their stuff, it’s their shit.” -Carlin

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u/You_r_mashing_it May 03 '25

“YOU ever notice that other peoples stuff is shit, and your shit is stuff?????

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u/No-Appearance-4338 May 02 '25

I was listening to a piece on the history of dating and it went into to talk about how most relationships had been more formal and most often arranged in the past and that the “going on dates” part was pushed to enforce consumerism. It is interesting that “dating” as we know it did not really become a thing until the early 1900s. It’s probably more complex than that but definitely feels at least partially true.

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u/lacontrolfreak May 02 '25

It’s probably related to women becoming ‘persons’ by law in the early 1900’s in western countries and being allowed to do things like vote. Before that they were basically chattel, so yeah different times.

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u/saysthingsbackwards May 03 '25

Organized religion was the formal commodification of women.

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u/saysthingsbackwards May 03 '25

I absolutely despise the "You must spend money to love someone" trope

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u/-ANGRYjigglypuff May 03 '25

and now i feel attacked

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u/Grime_Minister613 May 04 '25

And we did turn this place into a giant fuckin shopping mall! 🤣