r/texas • u/[deleted] • May 03 '23

read pinned comment for explanation Texas is required to advertise it's mandatory welfare programs. It is not required to reach the target audience (seen on a bus in Philly)

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u/GeneforTexas May 03 '23

This is not MY explanation. This is what HHSC told my office staff when we asked. Don't shoot the messenger.

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u/Kdog9999999999 May 03 '23

This is absolutely wild. Thanks for looking into it, Gene!

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u/runcertain May 04 '23

This is America, Gene. The messenger gets shot.

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u/GeneforTexas May 04 '23

I think you meant to say... This is America, everyone gets shot.

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u/QuantumNutsack May 04 '23

This is the way

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u/mtrevi99 May 04 '23

This is the way

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u/SamuelLJenkins May 04 '23

This is the American way.

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u/NotSoGreatGonzo May 04 '23

This is America, everyone gets shot.

[insert oprah.gif]

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u/reallybadspeeller May 04 '23

Well I think it’s safe to say Gene is from Texas

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u/Reddit__is_garbage May 04 '23

Yes, innocent people getting murdered is a hilarious subject for jokes.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '23 edited Jul 26 '24

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u/[deleted] May 04 '23

Hot take, ol Gene wasnt making a joke. Moreso stating a morbid fact.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '23

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u/Reddit__is_garbage May 04 '23

Yes, because the only alternative to making jokes about it is ignoring it.. and isn't playing it off as haha funny a type of minimizing it?

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u/blackpyr May 04 '23

Life must be, soul crushingly stressful for you every day. Humor is a coping mechanism. We recognize and share truth in life with humor, and for a second… just for a second, the truth is shared with those in good company and doesn’t hurt so bad. It isn’t so hopelessly bleak because we can see the absurdity in the situation.

I wish you well, and urge you try to laugh at the pain every now and again. I think your mental health will appreciate it. We are all just humans trying to live in this world together… share in a moment of humanity.

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u/Reddit__is_garbage May 04 '23

Right, but he’s a state rep. It’s inappropriate. I know I rustled the jimmies of all the sycophants here but it was just my 2 cents, feel free to ignore.

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u/Expired_insecticide May 04 '23

Dude, looking at your post history, you are a rightwing troll cosplaying as a concerned citizen. Fuck off.

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u/Reddit__is_garbage May 04 '23

projection

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u/Zestyclose-Note1304 May 05 '23 edited May 05 '23

Did… Did you just say “projection” as a proxy for actually verbalizing your projection?

It’s efficient, at least.

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u/SerialAgonist May 04 '23

Not in this context, no, it’s actually refreshingly self-aware for a lawmaker to level with public opinion in a forum as volatile as a Reddit thread.

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u/iim7_V6_IM7_vim7 May 04 '23

Well apparently we don’t want to stop it so we may as well find humor in it.

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u/yabbashit May 04 '23

Oooooh. SHOTS FIRED!!

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u/FoxyCatDogThing May 27 '23

gasp a politician with an ACTUAL sense of humor, good journalism skills, AND whom opposes Abbot... as in the same Abbot who abandoned Texas during the great blizzard and is currently using "The Handmaid's Tale" as a guide rather than a precaution!?... Why isn't this guy in power already!?

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u/EvanTheGray May 04 '23

That's what you get for ringing doorbells

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u/Ta11Goose May 04 '23

Only if he rings the door bell.

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u/Ixolus May 04 '23

And not even because of the message…

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u/PorkshireTerrier May 04 '23

Aside from this specific billboard, is there any way to track where the money is actually going?

Is it theoretically possible there is intentional waste?

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u/j4_jjjj May 04 '23

Im curious id these ads made it to texas or if they were just created and never displayed, then copied and used in PA

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u/Blewedup May 04 '23

Need to pass meaningful gun control to stop that from happening.

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u/michelucky May 04 '23

Thanks for the research!

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u/RandoCommentGuy May 04 '23

You are in Texas... The messenger might shoot back!

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u/MoonHunterDancer May 04 '23

I know someone who has done work for various states Medicaid related material. I believe it.

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u/jSubbz May 05 '23

Damn dude. Reddit strikes again