Jack Monroe #114 i, slopbot

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LennyBriscoe

Love this. We were in a similar situation to your family by the sounds of it but I never once felt “my life is so shit, my mum put Vitalite on my sandwiches”. This time of year always makes me think of my mum saving all year to make sure my brother and I had lovely gifts to open. We had the same decorations for loads of years and would share advent calendar between the two of us but so what?!

Money is very important to my brother, but then he’s a twat. I reckon he’d shake a tip jar if he thought he’d get away with it.
 
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Bilbo16

Same! To be honest, even now I don’t really care, I’ll just buy marge. I think this just proves that she doesn’t actually know what it’s like to be living on the breadline. I’ve never commented on here before and don’t follow her that closely, but something that’s always stood out to me is how a lot of the stuff she recommends doing are things that take quite a bit of time. Does she think that people have huge amounts of time to go and shop the supermarket reduced stand in the evening?
 
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HotesTilaire

She really has food issues.
Who thinks “hmm not enough pennies for butter, what SHALL we do? Oh I know, lard”
As a lifelong vegetarian (did I mention?) I’ve never had the option of using dripping on smartprice cheese butties
 
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TurnedUpInTipp

Genius! Hahaha!
 
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bazzam

I think that every word from JM is possibly a lie and nothing she says can be trusted. She is nothing but a bag of contradictions. She manipulates the vulnerable to lie her own pockets and and boost her ego. We have endless examples on these pages.

The Scotsman article was excellent. I don't think it will be her downfall, but her cards have been marked. I imagine the jist of that article has circulated around relevant media, charity and food organisations, who probably will begin to distance themselves from her.
 
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Icing _on_ the_cake

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We just always had marge. I'm an 80s kid, and it was thought to be healthier in those days. Butter's a pain in the arse, it's rock solid in the fridge, and no chance where I am of leaving it out.
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I suppose it needs that cold slab in the larder in ye olde days. Now if its in the fridge, it's rock hard and destroys your bread, and if you leave it out, it's too soft.
 
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Ladderedtights

Oooh I would love a SlopBot enamel pin? And then if we should ever cross paths we can nod knowingly to each other as we reach for the same sideboard as yell, “Fuck off!” to each other.
Watched parts of Jack’s Happy Mum Happy Baby thing. Very sad and strange. She assures G that her family gave her love, food and shelter as if it’s almost a surprise...but they were also employed as foster parents! That’s the bare minimum. And saying that she’s surprised by how affectionate SB is and it surprised her. I know not every parent has to be cuddly and at the mercy of every adoring child but it just made me a little sad, especially as it is out there on the internet for him and his peers to see.
 
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Bilbo16

My mum actually bought me Jacks’s first book back when I first moved out and I did really appreciate it back then while I found my feet and worked out my budget. As I’ve said I don’t follow her that closely and haven’t really read this forum before, but is she not just out to make money. I do appreciate her message, but i just get the feeling she’s just saying all this stuff to sell more of her books
 
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jenny2603

Agree, one swallow doesn't make a summer but it gives people an angle on the subject that isn't going after St Slop directly and hopefully inspires further articles. I think Jack is too fly to leave herself open to a grand comeuppance but hopefully she'll gradually fade away as more people get wise to her. There'll be periodic "I'm not poor now" tweets swiftly followed by HAVE YOU SEEN MY POTATOES AND THEIR TIP JAR to keep the cash flowing for a while yet.
 
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discokebab

Today is truly a blessed day.

I would LOVE a Slopbot pin, maybe the proceeds could go to the Trussell Trust, or another nominated organisation voted by cabal and Vlad?
 
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Alansbigplate

She’s not arsed about books; she released one this year and barely did any promotion. She wants to bypass any efforts on her part and just have people send money to her PayPal
 
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Bilbo16

Alansbigplate said:
She’s not arsed about books; she released one this year and barely did any promotion. She wants to bypass any efforts on her part and just have people send money to her PayPal
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That’s what I thought to be honest. I came to this page cos I really don’t understand what it is that she does? Is she an author, is she a journalist, is she an influencer? I just don’t get it
 
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TurnedUpInTipp

discokebab said:
Today is truly a blessed day.



I would LOVE a Slopbot pin, maybe the proceeds could go to the Trussell Trust, or another nominated organisation voted by cabal and Vlad?
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Any organisation that has NO links to Jack.. I wouldn't want her claiming any kind of kudos from us.
 
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Alansbigplate

Bilbo16 said:
That’s what I thought to be honest. I came to this page cos I really don’t understand what it is that she does? Is she an author, is she a journalist, is she an influencer? I just don’t get it
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She’s a grifter manic pixie dream girl, welcome aboard
 
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Captainmouse

How scary is your avatar?
 
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jenny2603

Bilbo16 said:
That’s what I thought to be honest. I came to this page cos I really don’t understand what it is that she does? Is she an author, is she a journalist, is she an influencer? I just don’t get it
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I think she started out genuine if a little prone to exaggeration at times. Since releasing her first book she seems to have developed a horrendous sense of entitlement and what appears to be an addiction to attention. In terms of what is supposed to be her main job as a food writer, I think she's lost interest in it and now just churns out increasingly ghastly recipes that are barely proofread.
 
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TurnedUpInTipp

Bilbo16 said:
That’s what I thought to be honest. I came to this page cos I really don’t understand what it is that she does? Is she an author, is she a journalist, is she an influencer? I just don’t get it
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She colours in wallpaper with her own special pens that no one else is allowed to touch.
 
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