Biff_Poindexter
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David Brooks Is Getting Absolutely Roasted Over His $78 Airport Meal
The New York Times columnist seems to have left out some details about his tab.

"David Brooks is getting absolutely roasted over a picture of a burger. It all began on Wednesday evening when Brooks, a political columnist for The New York Times, shared a photo of his meal at Newark Airport on X, formerly known as Twitter: Brooks claimed that the burger, fries, and liquor cost him $78—a clear sign of why “Americans think the economy is terrible. It didn’t take long, however, for the internet to pounce on Brooks for the sheer impossibility of the price that he’d suggested.
Soon, the Newark Airport restaurant was identified—and a small disclaimer appeared beneath Brooks’s original post with a link to the menu from the restaurant. The reader context noted: “Based on the similar table, glass, chair, sheet and cut of fries, this is the Smokehouse Restaurant in Newark Airport Terminal A. The burger and fries cost $17.”
You know it's bad when you lie so over-the-top that even Elon's Twitter has to fact check you. This couldn't have happened to a more insufferable prick than David Brooks. We get it, the economy is the worst economy ever in the history of the world (even tho consumer spending keeps going up) - which is why airports and hotels are basically empty at this point; nobody is going on vacations, nobody is really doing anything because the economy is in shambles due to Biden's inflation....However, to make this point, you don't have to lie about it; because it makes the rest of your criticisms look like entirely made up bullshit.
Also, why is David Brooks complaining about a $78 tab when all of it was expensed back to his employer; and....damn near 60 bucks of it went towards getting shitfaced and almost none of it went towards a tip. The economy is in shambles remember? The service industry is on the brink of collapse; and you can't even tip anyone? Thanks Obama