Comment on The Price of this Candy Bar

wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ya…and you can only get snap if you work 80 hrs a week, have written consent from your boss, your past 4 bosses, the blood of a tainted saint, the pubes of a dead god, the hymen of a virgin, And 3 hearts from a slain dragon.

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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think those can all be obtained on Epstein Island

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  • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol tell that to my meth head mother that gets SNAP without having held a job in her life. She sells her snap for more meth.

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    • Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Either she’s lying to them or you are lying. Bring me your mother 's last used needle.

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      • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Of course she’s lying to them lmao. She’s a tweaker. Has been for 20 years. She also gets disability because her stupid ass hurt herself 15 years ago during one of her mandated community service assignments when she got arrested for possession, and that disability waives her work requirement. Even though her only actual disability is that she’s dumb as fuck.

        But I’ll also give you context. I grew up in Oklahoma. Half the state is on meth. The overlap of people on SNAP in Oklahoma and people on meth is almost just a single circle.

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      • angband@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s one heck of a kink.

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That might depend on the state you live in.

  lowincomerelief.com/these-states-are-trying-to-ch…

  snapbenefitcalculator.com/texas-snap-banned-items…

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  • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Am I uneducated about how SNAP works, or is this a rare Texas W?

    I think it’s outrageous that you can’t even buy hygiene articles or medicines with SNAP, and in that way it’d make sense that something so non-nutritious like candy shouldn’t be allowed? Alcohol isn’t allowed either for example, despite the fact that beer would be (at least marginally) more nutritious than candy.

    So other than increasing the stigma already associated with SNAP, is it really problematic to ban candy? Even if it’s not a major cost point, the principle of “poor people are too dumb to budget themselves, so we won’t let them buy necessities like diapers and tampons… but we’ll gladly let them buy candy” just feels wrong to me?

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