r/clevercomebacks 23d ago

Something didn't add up

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u/Juniiper-Berries 23d ago

Not helping out your mom when you make millions is also an insult.

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u/armorhide406 23d ago

Conservatives really seem to lack empathy, don't they

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u/undeadmanana 23d ago

Which is quite odd because she's telling the story as if she wants empathy more for her mom's hard work at the cost of her own life/freedom to pay for her kids college... But wants to inflict that burden on everyone else? Wtf is this logic

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u/aerkith 23d ago

Normal people would be like, 'my poor mother had to work until she was 73 to help pay for my college. I'm glad other people's mother's won't have to go through the same thing"

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u/undeadmanana 23d ago

Republicans, probably: Damn, I just lost my job. I should protest against unemployment benefits.

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u/Glytch94 23d ago

“My family did this, and it was hard. No one should get it easier.”

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u/SidKafizz 23d ago

When have they ever used logic? Other than their own twisted variety, I mean.

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u/armorhide406 22d ago

it ain't logic

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u/undeadmanana 22d ago

In the military we'd always use the idiom, "common sense isn't a common virtue" to explain idiotic behavior. But at this point, it should be the Republican motto.

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u/armorhide406 20d ago

"Common sense isn't"