The Dream Merchant

Musician. Pats Fan. Houston's Finest.

[Uzi @UziCryptoo]

BOOMER: “Nobody wants to work anymore.”

ME: “CEO pay is up 1,460% since 1978. Worker pay is up 18%.”

BOOMER: “That’s how capitalism works, learn to code.”

ME: “Minimum wage in 1968 had more buying power than it does today.”

BOOMER: “Back then we didn’t have avocado toast and iPhones.”

ME: “A single income bought a house and raised 4 kids in 1975.”

BOOMER: “You just don’t want to work hard like we did.”

ME: “I work 50 hours a week and split rent with 3 strangers I met on Facebook.”

BOOMER: “Sounds like a you problem. Budget better.”

Funny how the “budget better” crowd retired at 55 on a pension that doesn’t exist anymore.

Funny how “work hard” meant one job, not a 9-5 plus a side hustle plus a car that doubles as a bedroom.

But sure. Tell me again how avocado toast broke the economy.

[Owen @Owennfa]

My boomer dad asked me last week why I'm still renting at 43.

I told him a starter home in our area is $410,000.

He said "so save up."

I said the down payment alone is $82,000.

He said "that's not so bad, break it into pieces."

I said after rent, insurance, and daycare I put away maybe $400 a month.

He did the math out loud. Got to seventeen years. Went quiet.

Then he said something I didn't expect.

"I put down $3,200 on our first place. I had it saved in eight months working at the plant."

Then he just sat there for a second.

"I always thought you kids were exaggerating."

That's it. That's the whole conversation.

He wasn't being cruel. He genuinely had no idea. Nobody ever showed him the number.

Most of them aren't defending the system. They just never looked at it.

[The Dream Merchant @DreamMerchant23]

@skinnyminnieog @big_business_ Man she beat the brakes off ol' Lionel too😂😂

[the Urban Yogi @Lazce]

They'll shut down something good before they stop something evil

[Isaac Hayes III @IsaacHayes3]

Black people hear me…

There is a national obsession with harming, disrespecting, diminishing, and emasculating Black people.

The fixation is no longer subtle.

I do not care to understand the hatred anymore because at this point it’s undeniable.

They’re infatuated with breaking Black confidence, Black unity, Black masculinity, Black femininity, Black success, Black identity and honestly Black existence.

And if this doesn’t make you stand up, lock in, unify, and fight for our future, then nothing will.

[Darryn M. Briggs @darryn_briggs]

Dear Black People: I'll keep repeating this until someone hears me:

TUBI is owned by the Murdochs. *EVERYTHING* you watch on it supports MAGA, ICE, Fox News & Trump.

It's a fresh revenue stream to create even more anti-Black content - & they use YOUR Black viewership to do it.

[Daphne @celebriD]

Many women invest heavily in attraction during courtship, then shift into comfort once commitment arrives. When a man encourages health or effort, it’s often mislabeled as criticism instead of care. The post-divorce glow-up isn’t magic, it’s just the return of the discipline that faded when ACCOUNTABILITY was replaced with complacency. They don’t want to admit they got lazy, because blaming the man is easier💯

[Your Hair Shorter Than Mines @_StillTheShawn]

Taking ass shots with your mom to post them on social media is generational hoe shit. Lol

[The Dream Merchant @DreamMerchant23]

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[The Dream Merchant @DreamMerchant23]

@bizdevbrandon Can you send me her info? I need a refund plug

[Adam Crigler @AdamCrigler]

If your choice of president is based on Taylor Swift's choice, you shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[The Dream Merchant @DreamMerchant23]

@bizdevbrandon He & I are in the same boat 😂

[Brandon @brandon51753]

Rappers! When you get that advance, open a fucking car wash or laundromat my nigga! Vending machines! Used car lot! Something besides bricks and straps please.

[▪️🏴‍☠️tchuck 🇾🇪 @thetchuck]

African American player takes a knee to protest police violence: “Outrage! Keep it out of the game! No politics!”

Players wearing clear supporting a genocidal foreign regime responsible for the death of thousands of children: “Beautiful! Patriotic!”

I hope whoever uses those cleats suffer career ending injuries.

[Dez Bryant @DezBryant]

.@malika_andrews you went out your way to crucify Brandon Miller on draft day over something he didn’t even do

Why haven’t you said nothing about Josh Giddey

I advise you not to make this a black or white thing

Your parents really raised you wrong and just because you went to a private school don’t make you better

You appeal and I know your kind

You just a puppet

I dont know how a former or current nba player could sit there across from you and look at you with some kind of respect

[9th Wonder @9thwonder]

we ARE NOT gonna diminish the genius of Pete Rock, Havoc,Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, DJ Quik, Madlib, DILLA, Alchemist, Kanye West, Just Blaze, the RZA, Large Pro, Nottz, Khrysis, Diamond, Buckwild or ANY of my brothers have done in this.

You think it’s easy? You do it.

[Faithful Jamaican ✞ @5wiim]

in the north you fat
in the south you thicc
on social media you searching for attention

[The Dream Merchant @DreamMerchant23]

@BizDevBrandon Being an Adult ain't all it's cracked up to be like you thought as a kid. At the time you didn't know about bills, mortgage, rent, car insurance & all that

[The Dream Merchant @DreamMerchant23]

@FINIANSTOMER