Report: Growing Ranks Of Nouveau Poor Facing Discrimination From Old Poor

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15 жыл бұрын

As Americans rush to join the Nouveau Poor, panelists debate the claim that the newly poor are incapable of integrating with long established poor...

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@DannySullivanMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Poverty should be a human right

@TyudroWymoreEdgartyu2 5 жыл бұрын

That's what Communism is for.

@lusteraliaszero 5 жыл бұрын

@@TyudroWymoreEdgartyu2 shut up dude. this is some tips fedora hitchens era atheism insertion you've got going on.

@fliesandpigs 5 жыл бұрын

@@TyudroWymoreEdgartyu2 that is literally capitalism

@ejfunny 5 жыл бұрын

@@TyudroWymoreEdgartyu2 Capitalism*

@GoldEvil911 5 жыл бұрын

@@TyudroWymoreEdgartyu2 Had to get political?

@bajan13ken 15 жыл бұрын

"buying clothes? sounds like he's not really poor" ROTFL

@matthewtrebs9738 4 жыл бұрын

God. remember when people used to use rofl? and if they were really out of the loop theyd spell it rotfl? man these were the days.

@shengloongtan229 4 жыл бұрын

6.6 likes per year 👵👵

@RustyThorsell 3 жыл бұрын

This comment is a dear legacy and must be preserved. 2009... Woah...

@Thrifty032781 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like mansion trash.

@Amcsae 3 жыл бұрын

But to not let him play poke the rat with them?! How cruel!

@arcadianskies77 15 жыл бұрын

"They just wanna sit on the bus stop bench and cry and shiver rather than just fading into the landscape like the more experienced poor know to do." I roffled

@thomasawdffaw123 3 ай бұрын

bro how u doing?

@johnsm7th 3 ай бұрын

@@thomasawdffaw123still roffling I bet

@bboi1489 2 ай бұрын

I was a kid when this comment was made 😮

@ivanv754 Күн бұрын

@@bboi1489kids these days

@TheLeviathanZero 13 жыл бұрын

Clifford Banes manages to do everything except making it on the show..

@georgewang2947 3 жыл бұрын

Except for the one time he was wearing a perfect latex Julianna McKannis mask

@namethefifth7315 2 жыл бұрын

@@georgewang2947 when

@georgewang2947 2 жыл бұрын

@@namethefifth7315 the one on R rated movies

@dhararry7929 Жыл бұрын

I think he's been dead for a while since the intro says the show has been running since 1896.

@mrn0b0dy46 7 ай бұрын

@@dhararry7929I think that’s the onions start date

@amywilson7540 10 ай бұрын

As someone who grew up in a middle-class home but hasn't been able to maintain that on my own as an adult, this spoke to me. I basically don't know how to survive as a poor person because I didn't grow up poor.

@ImNotaRussianBot 9 ай бұрын

Being poor is all about being resourceful and McGuivering your way through life.

@9x29Dillon 9 ай бұрын

@@ImNotaRussianBot Also it's about heroin. Lots of heroin. I think that might be the key, really. If you're not on heroin then you're really just a fuckin poser.

@ninakore 9 ай бұрын

You’ll learn soon enough. Like everything It just takes practice!

@markusdegenhardt8678 8 ай бұрын

Simple Life hack: dont spent any Money except for a small Rent and the cheapest food. And remember to maesure food in Dollars per Kilo.

@Vanessomatic 8 ай бұрын

Skill issue

@felicity4711 11 жыл бұрын

“The lower crust.” Brilliant. ☺

@rrock2025 4 жыл бұрын

Your comment is brilliant!

@Wickedonezz 4 жыл бұрын

@@rrock2025 it's just a quote

@thelightelectric 15 жыл бұрын

well, i happen to think this is one of the most brillant sketches The Onion has ever done. Absolutely inspired. The Onion continues to produce some of the most scathing socio-political satire

@youngjung161 11 ай бұрын

If only the Onion still did

@remadronaidanbu846 11 ай бұрын

Not anymore

@nooobsaibot 12 жыл бұрын

I know it's all a joke, but I could see some truth to it too. Like old poor might be thinking "damn, what a waste. Had every chance I never did, and blew it".

@SJNaka101 6 жыл бұрын

nooobsaibot it's a joke but it is indeed partly a real phenomenon. Experienced homeless people know all kinds of tricks to survive and will actually get a kick out of seeing a newly homeless person struggle to learn the ropes. I wouldn't call it bigotry but it is one of very few times that homeless people do feel a small sense of superiority over another human

@YurinanAcquiline 5 жыл бұрын

@@SJNaka101 That is dark.

@yoruichixx6951 4 жыл бұрын

@Agent J because humanity does everythong for you? so basically you have to be loyal to society but society couldnt care less if u starve to death? amazing logic u got there slave

@BB-ki7he 4 жыл бұрын

@Agent J Just like you keep claiming human without actually serving Humanity.

@BB-ki7he 4 жыл бұрын

@Agent J Lets be real clear here you serve your emotions also. I do have results of humanity making progess. Where are yours? Its worth remembering that everything you just said is your own limited perspective.

@Ragtatter 15 жыл бұрын

"They won't let him play 'poke the rat' with them!" I lol'd

@Thrifty032781 Жыл бұрын

I never get tired of the argument around 1:42. I love the phrase "mansion trash".

@Pamathey 15 жыл бұрын

Poverty should not be a club with locked doors. LOL

@valletas 2 жыл бұрын

@@joey_bonzo the world is slowly becoming a plutocracy so yeah this divide is gonna become even bigger in the future

@elise205 2 жыл бұрын

@@valletas slowly becoming? We've had a plutocracy for centuries. They're just becoming more brazen.

@Adam-wt5id Жыл бұрын

Being poor isnt about not having money, it’s about the attitude. Sometimes humor hits deep

@Themostpower 15 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA "What makes America so special is that how many advances you are born with, you may end up sleeping under a highway"

@ericwitt4359 4 жыл бұрын

So true and telling.

@destructo08 4 жыл бұрын

lol.

@issstari954 Жыл бұрын

Just makes you go and think 13 years latter and your comments are still viewable

@MFsecret1 8 ай бұрын

🦅 🦅

@SemSpad 6 ай бұрын

Oh yes, the ethos of the American Nightmare.

@DougWIngate 5 жыл бұрын

The fact that Gregory dawson could barely get through that sarcophagus line is almost reassuring, I was like how do these actors even manage to keep their faces straight

@dhararry7929 Жыл бұрын

He's just barely able to push through it.

@sarah11790 13 жыл бұрын

They won't let him play poke the rat with them!

@mywifeleftmeandtookthekids2635 8 ай бұрын

“What makes America so special is that no matter how many advantages you were born with, you too might wind up sleeping underneath the highway overpass” beautiful writing

@jlupus8804 5 жыл бұрын

Dang, Stan Lee was my favorite Marvel character! Can’t wait for them to bring him back soon. Nobody stays dead in Marvel.

@JayWalk_Official Жыл бұрын

Can't be much longer now that the multiverse was brought in!

@gomongio 11 ай бұрын

Exactly, just like that Green Arrow skit on Robot Chicken 😂

@A_A_K_123 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I could play poke-the-rat, but I'm not legacy poor.

@read210 12 жыл бұрын

"Marvel announces plans to kill off Stan Lee." hahahaha

@IanSumallo 6 жыл бұрын

read210 Coming soon

@OatmealTheCrazy 6 жыл бұрын

Ian Sumallo pls no

@everydaydoge40 5 жыл бұрын

@@OatmealTheCrazy well

@cheemsburbger5326 4 жыл бұрын

Guys he doesn’t know.

@nutellasnowflake2834 4 жыл бұрын

still laughing?

@embe1 8 жыл бұрын

rofl at clifford banes getting fitted for a sarcophagus.

@easypeasypiano6118 6 жыл бұрын

He's probably still getting paid for the program.

@Languslangus 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, do You want a sarcophagues thats too tight?

@81realtime 4 жыл бұрын

When will we ever meet Pharoah Baines? He hasn’t made a single episode.

@skeetrix5577 4 жыл бұрын

@@81realtime no he did once, he was wearing a mask lol

@mandreadfg 3 жыл бұрын

Long overdue if you axe me

@adrianaslund8605 2 жыл бұрын

I sometimes feel like the Onion should collaborate with GTA on their radio channels. Some of this would really fit the feel of those.

@tugboat2030 Ай бұрын

That would be fucking hilarious

@Eidelmania 15 жыл бұрын

You dont have to be homeless to be poor, I've had rats running on me as I slept in my bed in my house. The pit has many levels down.

@inventgineer 3 жыл бұрын

Goddamn I miss this show, amd this segment specifically. Absolutely GENIUS writing and just stellar acting, too.

@starcrafter13terran 2 жыл бұрын

They probably gave up when "real" news outlets became so ridiculous that it was no longer a joke.

@lawrencetalbot8346 Жыл бұрын

What’s sad is how accurate this is years later. Today homelessness is worse than ever, and there is over crowding in homeless communities. A lot of the older homeless are actually very irritated with new homeless joining/try to impose some order or “standards”.

@christopherneufelt8971 Жыл бұрын

Good Evening Lawrence. As the Chinese said , we are cursed to live in interesting times. During decadent times, the people that try to warn us are the Prophets and the Fools, i.e the Wise and the emotional Wrecks.The Onion-Studios didn't make humor with the absurdity; they just prophesize it. Take care yourself and the ones you love, ugly times come over mankind.

@Xattopn_ Жыл бұрын

and the new poor are relatively super rich they have ps4s and shit lmao

@adminbird Жыл бұрын

@@Xattopn_There’s nothing funny about having possessions you once used to be able to afford but now it’s the only thing that brings happiness for you. Knowing that if something were to happen to it, you may have lost the last thing tying you to any semblance of a will to live

@lioraselby5328 Жыл бұрын

What's meant by imposing order or standards exactly? Do you have an example?

@johnfsenpai 10 ай бұрын

The most accurate thing is how Marvel actually ended up killing off Stan Lee

@dilibau 7 жыл бұрын

So has Clifford Banes fit in that sarcophagus or not?!

@NathanTAK 5 жыл бұрын

Con Man I don’t think you understand what “being fitted” means

@orangequill1645 2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanTAK but has he been fitted into it or not

@thorium222 12 жыл бұрын

lol "mansion trash" :D

@KitKatNisa 14 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite parts of this show is hearing what CB is up to

@starcrafter13terran 14 жыл бұрын

I like how Onion tells it as it is with satire, yet "regular" news is so controlled and jaded it's like listening to a bad formula for writing stories. But, my enjoyment of Onion goes much deeper than just the clips you see, it's when someone takes it serious that I am really entertained. I got into a huge flamewar on another youtube about the bear attack with a guy arguing with me.

@FroggyBB 4 жыл бұрын

Wow 9 years ago, what a comment lol

@Asiliea 3 жыл бұрын

This may be 10 years old, but it still applies today. Satire is almost always closer to the truth than real journalism.

@goldytwatus1674 2 жыл бұрын

@@Asiliea No it doesn't. No it isn't. #I'mA12YearOldGirlAndThisDeepxD

@starcrafter13terran 2 жыл бұрын

@@goldytwatus1674 Considering when you wrote this, you should know better.

@bobbirdsong6825 Жыл бұрын

No, he’s right. Satire isn’t journalism. But it sure does make its point with more spine than most phony “journalists” like Tucker Carlson whose job is essentially to grift on their audience.

@edl6398 9 ай бұрын

I laugh outloud hysterically when I watch these. They never get old, even after 15 years.

@beanfotchott3303 Жыл бұрын

"I'm filling in for Clifford Banes who's being fitted for a sarcophagus" my god

@sweetpary 15 жыл бұрын

"...No matter how many advantages you were born with *you too* might end up sleeping under a highway overpass eating nothing but mustard and relish packets..." hysterical XD

@SoBeBousi 15 жыл бұрын

"What makes America so special is that no matter how many advantages you were born with, you two might wind up sleeping underneath a highway" ROFL.

@cliffordbanes1548 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg! Turns out, I'm a size 5 in Egyptian, who knew?

@marcelolibermandeloreto5252 Жыл бұрын

As an it graduate and programmer that speaks 3 languages and still lived ob the streets for 2 years i feel this sketch

@BNK2442 5 жыл бұрын

That ending. R.i.p. Stan Lee.

@wmd40 Жыл бұрын

"buying clothes at Dollar General instead of picked out of the garbage can" is one of the most hilarious jokes I've ever heard.

@jackthompson6296 7 ай бұрын

“joke”

@wmd40 7 ай бұрын

@@jackthompson6296 I've actually eaten garbage and been homeless please shut up it's a joke even if it's true

@xzarmonty4 15 жыл бұрын

I'm Gregory Dawson, standing in for Clifford Baines, who is being fitted for a sarcophagus... :D Those throwaway jokes about the alleged Clifford Baines that has never been seen is always one of my favorite parts of these panels!

@Humanoidfreak 10 жыл бұрын

Is her brother Matt Foley and is his van parked down by the river???

@Xanctus 4 жыл бұрын

goverment cheese?

@AMinnie 10 ай бұрын

I'm literally sitting in the library trying not to cry from how funny this is

@michaelmcdermott4385 2 жыл бұрын

Lauralee Hickock is the lifeblood of this show

@LatSpeak 15 жыл бұрын

"I'm Gregory Dawson, sitting in for Clifford Banes, who is being fitted for a sarcophagus" LOL

@LankyMF Жыл бұрын

"My point is, you can't separate the two classes." Almost didn't catch that one

@pinguwingu. 7 ай бұрын

i didnt get that part actually

@notdoneyet1361 4 жыл бұрын

"The other kids won't let him play Poke the Rat with them!"

@Amcsae 3 жыл бұрын

It's so sad!

@halo99yo 5 жыл бұрын

"Marvel announces plans to kill of Stan Lee" The Onion predicts the future again wtf.

@orion1210 5 жыл бұрын

What a surprise. I never expected Stan Lee to die. Onion does it once again.

@catherinestickels2591 5 жыл бұрын

Predicted an old man to eventually die. What a hot take.

@edgarlarios4718 5 жыл бұрын

Nah peeps, halo99yo's referring to how disgustingly abused Stan Lee was the last few years of his life. Having his blood extracted and making him sign comic books with it to auction off, and his psychological and physical abuse. The man did not deserve to die that way. I was literally about to make the same comment.

@Ihaaab 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah and here is a prediction for you, we’re all gonna die

@LordZero666 5 жыл бұрын

They finally suceeded

@TheSofox 15 жыл бұрын

It was written by Jonathan Swift in 1729 and was entitled "A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public"

@schattentaenzerin 10 ай бұрын

"members of the lower crust" 😂 Oh, Onion, I miss these kinds of videos. Please revive "In the know" and the morning talk show. The writing and acting was brilliant.

@darareachphon 9 ай бұрын

Glad to be thinking out loud.

@earthbndmissfit Жыл бұрын

As a former homeless person i can say this is legit true.

@Backatwon 15 жыл бұрын

Now that was creative and all so true on a certain level .......well done !!

@foureyes99 15 жыл бұрын

Truly insightful. We need to work together through our class issues.

@frankG335 Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha!

@hastyhillfarmand4x480 9 ай бұрын

Never!

@theohuioiesin6519 2 жыл бұрын

This should have so many millions of views. I am dying watching all of these clips

@eliargumedo4728 10 ай бұрын

That aged so well like the hundred years war. (Marvel killing off stan lee

@august2241 4 жыл бұрын

Lauralee is by far the best panelist

@cantstoptubing 15 жыл бұрын

"sounds like mansion trash" hahahahahaha

@elizabethhollins5988 3 жыл бұрын

Oh no, I miss what's her name!! "Get the spiders off me"

@adammitchell3462 3 ай бұрын

Finally,a news channel that picks apart the issue that I really care about!

@SEmme-ov6yy 8 ай бұрын

Aww they won’t let the kid play “poke the rat” with them? 🥺

@quietcorner293 5 жыл бұрын

Oh poke the rat! That was a fun game when I was a kid.

@timopper5488 3 жыл бұрын

Whether the rat was alive or dead reveals just how poor you may have been.

@Can_O_Crayola 9 ай бұрын

I like how it always starts out with a minor disagreement that becomes immensely personal

@randomguyoriginal2017 3 жыл бұрын

“Marvel announces plans to kill off Stan lee” that’s a yikes for me chief

@Foeley 15 жыл бұрын

As a Jenkins from lower Delaware, I approve this broadcast 5/5

@Konformation07 12 жыл бұрын

I would be laughing at the script. I couldn't manage to say this with a straight face.

@20wayne20 11 жыл бұрын

The Great Recession - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

@angelonintendo 10 ай бұрын

Funny coz becoming poor to me was a greater social challenge than economical, that does have some true to that

@lostsaucestolen 10 ай бұрын

The outrage and commotion after the "mansion trash" slur is just hilarious

@narozzz 15 жыл бұрын

That's the saddest thing I've heard this year and there are murders reported on the news every single night.

@steveconrad8857 Жыл бұрын

I would be more understanding if the noveau poor weren’t so uppity

@joebrueske 15 жыл бұрын

Oh that's awesome! I loved the punchline towards the end! NICE.

@pauljohnson3851 Жыл бұрын

"mansion trash" lmao

@ArtypNk 15 жыл бұрын

Those new poor make me sick!

@kittyprydekissme 15 жыл бұрын

I've been poor all my life and it really annoys me when these nouveau poor cry about how bad things have become for them, but they still have all their cool stuff from when they had money.

@BlazeCon97 Жыл бұрын

Hope you have more now and don't have to deal with feelings like that so often, or have managed to get past them and still try to improve things for yourself and anyone else you can

@arealhuman826 3 ай бұрын

rich people do like to pretend to be poor. i remember a kid in college saying his family wasnt always rich, his older sister didnt get her own wing of the house built until she was 15

@fritschxf Жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how the onion was able to predict that Stan lee would die eventually!

@SkunkFLoes 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh man, you are the best Onion! Thanks🙌🏼

@xVMouseVx Жыл бұрын

Marvel announces plan to kill off Stan Lee ...ouch

@cyx77 15 жыл бұрын

I love how even funny videos cause people to fight.

@violetvalentine999 Жыл бұрын

timeless

@TyudroWymoreEdgartyu2 4 жыл бұрын

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MARVEL ACTUALLY KILLED OFF STAN LEE! I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A RUMOR! 😢

@alexistrebexis3195 Жыл бұрын

“They won’t let him play poke the rat with him.” Lol.

@gibwegian6361 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your success marvel!

@BaronVonMott 2 жыл бұрын

"The Lower Crust" 😂

@SarahWilk100 3 жыл бұрын

This video felt fairly relevant to what my situation was for a bit.

@aspectoftheyeti1232 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone wanna play poke the rat? I got the rat, but you guys have to bring your own sticks.

@timopper5488 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect! I have a few sticks, but no rat. I’ll meet you at the park under the permanently broken light.

@ExedEyes 15 жыл бұрын

Oh god. The Onion never fails to dissapoint.

@AmazingRebel23 4 жыл бұрын

Oh damn that last joke was a lil ahead of its time

@parth281995 Жыл бұрын

"Poverty should not be a club with locked doors" Fuck me lmao

@Beagle2063 15 жыл бұрын

I subed about a month ago,all the vids were awsome! But the best ever onion is:A video game shooting people in the face one! Nice vid this one!5/5

@Cyfix15 12 жыл бұрын

clifford banes earns his salary by being a busy bad ass

@sjurjans7137 4 жыл бұрын

"Mansion Trash"... 😆😄

@ro-uq2uu 11 ай бұрын

“Marvel Announces Plans to Kill off Stan Lee” This aged well.

@sqwooshy Жыл бұрын

Duncan Birch sounds like Gabe from the office

@thisisanfield7085 3 ай бұрын

When are we gonna see Clifford? How is he managing to hold down this gig?

@soumajitsen1395 Жыл бұрын

It seems like Marvel actually managed to kill off Stan Lee...

@williamclifford9079 4 жыл бұрын

Is that Clifford Banes under the table?

@EscapeCondition 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting documentary

@RacingStripeAV 15 жыл бұрын

Didn't expect the ending.

@gormold4163 Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe marvel went through with it….

@KenLinx 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of their funnier underrated ones.

@Runenschuppe 15 жыл бұрын

Like jagmorr said. Instant classic. This is sooo awesome.

@crash-testproductions9341 3 жыл бұрын

HOW COME THIS IS 12 YEARS OLD ?! THIS IS STRAIGHT ACTUALITY !