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Johonny

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11. LOL-Ben has a way of letting out gems of stupid

Reply to tenderfoot (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 04:05 PM

Jan 2018

He'll then spend hours pretending to explain how this is true if pressed. He really is an unintentional comic genius disguised as a person that thinks he knows things.

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Ben Shapiro: "A poor person in the US today is living better than a rich person in the 1920s." [View all] tenderfoot Jan 2018 OP

the rich person in the 1920s is dead today, so, yeah, i guess the poor person is living better. unblock Jan 2018 #1

They didn't have Teevees! Poor peepo have nice teevees today! maxsolomon Jan 2018 #2

Yeah! They have refrigerators now! Takket Jan 2018 #3

Or at least the boxes the refrigerators came in...N/T flotsam Jan 2018 #15

They have cell phones! Did RICH people have cell phones in the 1920's? I don't THINK so! Aristus Jan 2018 #4

Oh, the old "the Poor have TV, cell phone and Refirgerator lies". haele Jan 2018 #5

+1 Liberal In Texas Jan 2018 #7

Poor people shouldn't have indoor plumbing either crazycatlady Jan 2018 #13

tell that to those folk who are living on the street you so and so. AllaN01Bear Jan 2018 #6

It is true in some ways but mostly untrue ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #8

Simple nonsense Moral Compass Jan 2018 #9

And, if I'm not mistaken the second home (mansion) photo is COLGATE4 Jan 2018 #10

LOL-Ben has a way of letting out gems of stupid Johonny Jan 2018 #11

Ah yes, the one the NY Times refers to as "the cool kids philosopher, dissecting arguments with a TacoD Jan 2018 #12

I am so sick of assholes like Ben Shapiro. smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #14

Says the Guy Who Understands Neither History Nor Inflation erpowers Jan 2018 #16