This might be the most stereotypically American thing I've ever seen
this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2025
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Wtf are you guys eating over there.... Jesus christ, I wonder why Americans seem so crazy. Artificial food, artificial media, Artificial work culture...
And two weeks vacation, maybe, on a full year of work... What? And still no money in the wallet at the end of the day?
I watched a video last night about an American guy that was just losing it, and rightly so:
Watch five minutes of that and be happy if you are European, I guess.
Two weeks? If you're middle to upper middle class, sure. If you're lower middle to lower class, you'll get a week, if anything at all, unpaid. Sick? Unpaid. Spouse died? Unpaid. What, give people welfare? Not on my tax dollar, that's communism!
The US stopped being the land of opportunity two generations ago, and only now people are starting to realize.
"You can have the funeral in the alley behind the restaurant during lunch. Throw your wife in the dumpster after you're done."
-Your manager
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I get 40 hours of sick time off per year that I can use for vacation. This is the New York State minimum that had to be fought for.
I mean, yeah.....a lot of people here have it very rough. I am lucky in that I work for the federal government and get 10 weeks plus holidays off. A lot of people here do not get that.
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This is my easy hamburger helper recipe in case people want real food. I skip the box and throw paprika and onion and garlic powders on my ground beef, brown it. Add ziti noodles, or anything I have, add beef stock and water. Let the pasta become tender, abt 7-8 mins. And throw in a huge glob a sour cream and mix it in. Salt as needed, skip the sodium spike
Cheaper if you grind up your nearest billionaire and share with your community
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...y'all didn't grow up eating kraft mac n hot dogs cut up in it?
o.o
Sorry, but this is like one of the many litmus tests for people who think they grew up in the middle class and then actually find out they grew up poorer than they initially thought.
Another good one was having canned mixed vegetables more than a couple times a week.
You're overlooking an important detail - kids love that cheap, shitty food. It was also quick and easy to make, so their tired, overworked parents were easily persuaded to make it.
Naturally there's a line where it becomes too much, but even rich kids love hot dogs and Mac & cheese.
If your parents are tired and overworked, you're probably also not as middle class as you think...
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Grew up poor, didn't know it. Lots of Mac 'n Cheese w/ hotdogs and canned vegetables. I remember the first time I had a fresh green bean, I was put off by the texture. Wasn't used to vegetables with structure.
Edit: also a fair amount of Hamburger Helper in my childhood. It's OK.
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I really disagree with this. My parents grew up in the 50s and just thought this kind of highly processed food was normal and easy. There were also commercials that constantly reminded them to buy it. We could 100% afford better food, this is just what they wanted 🤢
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It could still be very much middle class. Parents make it out of nostalgia from when they were kids, instead of making it out of necessity.
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Protip: Hamburger Helper has always been the most expensive way to do this. Buy raw macaroni and one of those seasoning spice packs (e.g. taco mix) if you're not good with measuring seasoning or have none at home. Take a photo of the Hamburger Helper directions (on the box) with your phone if you need something to go by.
There are probably tons of such recipes online too.
The comments are teaching me I grew up poor and still eat poor.
I mean I knew the second part. But those damn canned mixed veggies were disgusting.
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What in gods name even is this product?
Pasta and seasoning. And cheese I guess. Intended to me mixed with ground beef in order to stretch it into more meals. It's not awful, just poor people food.
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Sorry, I'm European, could someone explain what Hamburger Helper actually is?? I've heard the brand name before and assumed it was just some kind of seasoning powder for making hamburgers, but this image looks more like it's more like powdered sauce base for a whole range of random meals?
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You're not quite there yet. It still says 'real cheese'.
It's not "real cheese" it's "Real Cheese™", it really tastes like cheese.
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This is FAKE NEWS because Trump said the Economy is doing GREAT!
-Free Thinking TM Republicans!
Isn't ultra processed crap like that normally pretty expensive though? I find its always cheaper to make a cheese sauce and some pasta myself and doesn't require ultra processed ingredients.
You're forgetting time. Cooking from scratch takes time that many ppl can't afford. I think we forget how closely linked freetime and wealth are
Never really been convinced by this. Even when I was on apprenticeship wages (way below regular UK minimum wage) along with also having assignments to complete, I still had enough time to cook food every day.
I certainly wasn't wealthy but if you are poorer than I was you would be working so few hours that you have loads of free time. UK specific of course but I hear the same argument here all the time.
I can see how having only part time/zero hour contracts sucks financially, but that is because you have too little income from not being able to work enough. At least you do have a lot of free time in this situation though, so you have the time for cooking.
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Don't use Hamburger Helper, switch to the store brand Lasgana Skillet Meal. It will taste much better. The people who make Hamburger Helper have seriously cheaped out on their ingredients in the last several years, speaking as a childhood fan.
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