“Return the dignity of work to young men who need to be at work instead of playing video games all day.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson defended Republican efforts to attach work requirements to Medicaid, suggesting that young American men are wasting their lives “playing video games all day” instead of working.
Johnson’s remarks came as House Republicans pushed forward a budget framework that would help finance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, with plans to slash federal spending by trillions. GOP leaders are eyeing $880 billion in reductions to Medicaid, a move critics warn could gut health coverage for millions of low-income Americans.
As a gamer, I believe the appropriate response is, “Suck my dick fag Johnson, your mom’s a cum guzzling whore draining the resources of my balls.”
Or something to that effect.
They messed with gamers.
Gamers.
Only a seasoned Xbox Live veteran could phrase that eloquently.
“My dad works for Microsoft!!”
It’s unfortunate how many self-described “gamers” voted this entire thing in because they hate women and hate accountability and hate responsibility.
Lmao fuck all the way off, Christian Dominionist Captain Narnia
Oh are we gonna return to the video games are evil and should be banned era of America? What’s next DnD is turning kids into devil worshippers?
I mean, banning video games completely is part of Project 2025 and they’ve so far been pretty much following that to the tee.
What’s next DnD is turning kids into devil worshippers?
Nah, that’s Harry Potter these days. Try to keep up!
It’s those damned horror comic books!
I’m British and I know it’s actually video nasties.
Yes and after that, LSD-laced Disney character stickers being handed out in elementary schools.
Jesus, these fundies were have a different panic every month in the Reagan years.
Ya gotta check your kids Halloween candy for drugs! Even though that has never happened at any time in history other than the guy poisoning his own kids (or step kids?) candy. But every year there’s a big deal about it.
Who gives away drugs? What’s the business model here? How will you get repeat business?
These people don’t think things through!
My wife’s grand father once told her, “Don’t drive through (hippie college town near us) with your windows open because they’ll throw drugs into your car.” Ever since then I rolled down the windows regardless of weather. Never scored free drugs.
“nobody ever has a stash of cocaine for emergency uses” ISAIP.
ISAIP: I said as I peed
You must be fun at the urinals
Wow, you messed up that and the attribution but I got what you were saying
There’s a ska/punk band called Leftöver Crack, based on this concept
Have you tried looking sad when driving around with the windows down preferrably with some sort of signage that says “I am sad, free drugs would make me happy”?
Well they do say “the first one’s free”, but anonymously both ways? The dealer doesn’t know his potential customers, the potential customer doesn’t know where that shit came from? You have to be dumb to fall for such a scare story. But the kneejerk of “Our Children” is strong.
Right? Even if it was a “prank”, you wouldn’t see the result anyway. Nothing about it makes sense.
Well-paying jobs are everywhere! In fact, I had three job offers hit me in the face just now while I was walking my dog.
…can I walk your dog?
Did you apply online?
What’s wrong with this country? Can’t I walk down the street without being offered a job?
The day Mike quits his cushy job as house speaker and goes to work in the mines is the day I’ll join him there
Hypothesis: Men are leeching government funds and playing video games all day
Proof: Man with government contracts playing POE on plane
That’s funny. Last I checked, I’m not the one taking recess for f’ing Easter of all things.
no one shut down their job and prevented everyone from working for over a week just because they didnt get their way, either.
Typical republican sophistry
‘They’re draining resources’
… from their rich overlords.
That’s what he means.
Quit enjoying your life with games and get back to making me and my billionaire buddies more money you slacker!
Possibly mildly unpopular opinion. I’d probably be happy giving up gaming to work more, say 60 hours a week total, if that meant I could fully support my family on my own income and let my wife do something other than work (if she chooses)
I’m not sure what your profession is but I worked a relatively easy job and 60 hours killed me, plus killed any semblance of family life I had. You’re not home, and when you are you’re too exhausted to do anything. With a physically gruelling job I’d imagine it would be even worse l.
I doubt you’d be happy with that long term. I had a friend who did that and it burned him out hard, working long hours for a family he hardly had time with. But maybe you’re exceptional.
Regardless, it’s not easy to find a job like that in this economy.
No thanks I would like a work life balance.
Just repeating what the others said, but the 40 hour work week is brutal enough on balancing home and family. When I would pull overtime shifts and work 60-80 hour weeks, only a fool would have been able to look at what was going on and call it reasonable. I’d come home from work, if it was day 6 I would throw the clothes in the wash, crawl into bed, wake up and shower, put on the work uniform, and go back to work.
Food was whatever restaurant or fast food joint a coworker was heading to, and maybe some peanut butter or crackers at home.
I was single then, and no kids or true responsibilities outside of work. It would have been insanity to try and add significant chores and child-rearing to that timetable, and any romance with the partner would be impossible. It doesn’t have anything to do with gaming, much less your wife and family.
Well, maybe make life not suck so bad then. Make things affordable again? Let’s start there.
What’s the point of fighting for freedom if my free time is still dictated by the government?
From time to time the ruling class has to be reminded that, as the bigger of the two classes, the working class could just eat them and start over. If we’re not content with the system, we can change it anytime we like. We’ll start by trying to get change by ballot box, but if you close that door for us, if you force us too… we absolutely can get change by guillotine.
maybe try paying a living wage first.
How about we all spend 20 hours a week doing actually important jobs, not 40 hours on frivolous bullshit jobs?
Problem is there are way more people than there are “important jobs”
That’s why you reduce the number of hours.
