Indonesian social media is having a meltdown about one of their political elites flying to the U.S. on a private jet AND eating a lobster roll that cost 1/10 of the average monthly salary (the one from Grand Central market in LA)!
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Indonesian social media is having a meltdown about one of their political elites flying to the U.S. on a private jet AND eating a lobster roll that cost 1/10 of the average monthly Indonesian salary (the one from Grand Central market in LA)!
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Megan Lynch (she/her)replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Sounds awfully bad, but if they flew there just to eat that lobster roll, that's even worse.
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Megan Lynch (she/her) last edited by
@meganL haha, no, the daughter in law of
the president is going to grad school somewhere -
This lobster roll incident is widely seen to be a ‘let them eat cake’ moment
Lobster rolls, nepotism and the 'Javanese king': Why Indonesians are 'deadnaming' President Jokowi
One thing is clear: Indonesia's democrats will not let their hard-won system of checks and balances be dismantled without a fight.
(www.abc.net.au)
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Still only $33, which is a lot for lunch but not bad for lobster.
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@msbellows it looked smaller than my very small hand!
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@skinnylatte @meganL
I was just having a discussion with my daughter how bad actors and news organizations report things out of context. Social media is really bad with it.
I also saw an article about how most people are not media savvy.
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