Texas Declares state of emergency.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

I thought he was just trying to give them encouragement. You can't go through life wanting handouts.

[Draco Dracul]

I thought he was just trying to give them encouragement. You can't go through life wanting handouts.

Considering that this is a problem that the Texas State Government caused through a mix of gross negligence and kow towing to corporate greed, that's just rubbing salt in the wound. Also a power grid failure is exactly the kind of real world problem that highlights the utter ridiculousness of the pull yourself up by your boot straps mentality as there is fuck all the average person can do to restore powern

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

I thought he was just trying to give them encouragement. You can't go through life wanting handouts.

Considering that this is a problem that the Texas State Government caused through a mix of gross negligence and kow towing to corporate greed, that's just rubbing salt in the wound. Also a power grid failure is exactly the kind of real world problem that highlights the utter ridiculousness of the pull yourself up by your boot straps mentality as there is fuck all the average person can do to restore powern

True.

[Thebestoftherest]

Plus those in power who claim people need to learn to live without handouts, I wonder how many of them only have a political career because some rich tool thought they could be useful, so gave them a over generous donation.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

Plus those in power who claim people need to learn to live without handouts, I wonder how many of them only have a political career because some rich tool thought they could be useful, so gave them a over generous donation.

Yeah I didn't think of that.

[Thebestoftherest]

They claim people don't need handouts but only have a career because of other people hard work.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

They claim people don't need handouts but only have a career because of other people hard work.

Well technically the mayor is an elected official.

[Thebestoftherest]

still.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

I thought he was just trying to give them encouragement. You can't go through life wanting handouts.

"Only the strong will survive" isn't a pep talk, it's a line right out of the mouth of a minor Voltron villain.

[Thebestoftherest]

It also used by those who aren't Really strong.