On Instagram last night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discovered that her new apartment in D.C. has a monster living in the sink, which she later correctly determined to be a garbage disposal:
She then asked her followers for help on how it worked:
“This DC apartment is bougie and has things I’ve never seen before. Like what is a garbage disposal really for? Is it better or worse than throwing something in the garbage? More importantly why is it so loud and yelling at me?”
AOC currently on Instagram saying she has never seen a garbage disposal before pic.twitter.com/qunJpyq6E3
— Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey) May 7, 2019
LOL. “This is terrifying”:
Seriously, how is @AOC qualified to be in Congress she can’t figure out what a garbage disposal is? @realDailyWire @benshapiro @michaeljknowles pic.twitter.com/8ImIhUeUr6
— Kevin Jantzer (@kjantzer) May 7, 2019
This is actually a pretty common reaction to a garbage disposal for those who don’t live in New York City as they were effectively banned until 1997. Well, it’s a pretty common reaction except for the monster part:
The garbage disposal was invented in 1927. Used by virtually every American household outside of NYC. https://t.co/4UNktmxxUd
— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) May 7, 2019
Many apartments are still without the device:
I’ve never known anyone in NYC to have a garbage disposal, even people with places expensive enough to have a dishwasher or washer-drier (VERY expensive). I think about this all the time, bc ever awful college apartment I had in Georgia had one but nowhere here
— Amanda Mull (@amandamull) May 7, 2019
Yeah, I never had one in New York, either! And definitely didn't in Iowa, although I have come across several in my life
— Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey) May 7, 2019
Garbage disposals are practically nonexistent in NYC. I’ve lived her 27 years, and I’ve never had one.
— Lamar Graham (@LamarEsq) May 7, 2019
So, sure . . . there’s a reason AOC isn’t familiar with garbage disposals. But it’s a good reminder that the future of the Democratic party that wants to legislate everything from how we power our homes to what we eat has “never really been outside of NYC”:
I like how we’re supposed to follow her lead in reshaping the entire global economy while simultaneously ignoring that she’s never really been outside of NYC and only recently learned of the garbage disposal and the fact that plants grow in dirt. https://t.co/npen5BpIXH
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 7, 2019
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