Motherfucker gets tobacco regularly, while everyone is eating cabbage soup every night
I don't think its as big a thing since so many people quit smoking in last two decades, but growing up I used to see people (usually active heroin users, but not exclusively) picking up cigarette butts and rolling up the bit of tobacco left at the end. Also in 1971 cigarettes averaged 30 cents in USA, so I don't think being able to afford cigarettes was the same 50 years ago as today.
r/grandpajoehate was one of my favorite subs. Fuck grandpa Joe!
Hes a piece of shit is what he is
Fuck grandpa joe
Who's Joe?
Joe Mamma
I NEVER THOUGHT MY LIFE COULD BE
ANYTHING BUT… catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A bit of good luck for me……………….
He made Hitler seem like an ok guy.
HE STOLE FIZZY LIFTING DRINK
Name one time Hitler did that.
Fanta was created by Nazi Germany... or did they steal it?
...oh fuck
Locking this thread because folks are getting super aggressive with each other over some Willy Wonka memes.
There are basically two rules here. Keep the memes old and don’t act like a jerk.
Perhaps someone could make a grandpa Joe hate community?
I'm pro-Joe
Of course I know him, he’s me!
This meme is classism and always has been. Hating the poor for being too depressed to work for pennies in hellish conditions while in agony due to various debilitating age problems is hateful shit. It is just used as a socially acceptable method for people to do hatred for the poor while simultaneously spreading the virtue of working for fuck all.
my ~~guy~~ person its a movie based on a childrens book
And?
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Aging was even worse back then than it is now. Modern medicine as we know it today basically didn't exist.
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The story has a lot of magical realism going on. Joe's ability to get up and go to the factory with charlie is half miracle, half Joe making an extraordinary effort.
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The whole thing is just incredibly shitty towards disabled people
It's a mean spirited meme, and it also gives me the vibes of "this person isn't depressed because I saw them smile once".
And I'm not a fucking guy.
why didnt he make an 'extraordinary effort' when his family was in poverty? just bc hes on charlies side doesnt mean hes a good person. remember he told charlie to steal fizzy lifting drinks!
Never saw the grandpa joe hate meme from this angle and it does really make sense. Old people can still work a bit but not long and it just make their health worse the more they force themselves doing it. My dad can't even walk that much anymore and he's only in his 60s and yet he almost became a professional football player when he was young.
bro it's a joke about a children's book what are you on about 💀
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