'Next round of stimulus will be one lottery ticket per household': Twitter users mock $600 checks and compare them to Fyre Festival sandwiches and 'a high-five when you're drowning'
Twitter users are not impressed by news that Congress will include stimulus checks of just $600 per person in the latest coronavirus relief package.
Cut down by half from the previous $1,200 checks — and only the second economic aid package for individuals in a turbulent year — the checks are being slammed as insufficient by critics and mocked as ridiculous by social media users.
Countless Americans have now taken to Twitter to not only complain about the relief package, but to make fun of it, pointing out how little a person can do with $600 when they are struggling to pay rent and put food on the table.
Many are turning to dark humor to make their point, joking that it's like getting 1/5 of a slice of pizza, a $5 check from grandma on your birthday, or a high five when you're drowning.
Others are offering even more inadequate ideas for future stimulus packages, suggesting that Congress could give away Bed Bath & Beyond coupons, Box Tops for Education, Blockbuster gift cards, '40 dollars Kohl’s cash valid between January 3rd-7th,' or 'one lottery ticket per household.'
Not enough! Twitter users are mocking Congress' $600 stimulus check as wholly inadequate, with some comparing it to getting this tiny sliver of pizza at a party
Uh, thanks? To show how little they thing of the offering, they've come up with some darkly funny ways to mock it
Scratch and win! One suggested that the next stimulus package could be one lottery ticket per houeshold
Well at least they never expire! Another quipped that they could be 20% off coupons to Bed Bath & Beyond — which come to many people in the mail more often than stimulus checks
Points with purchase: This man compared the paltry offering to getting Box Tops for Education
'Congress announces that the next round of COVID stimulus will be a $10 gift card to Chick-fil-A,' quipped one
Tasty! Another compared the check not just to a coupon for a free cone at McDonald's, but a coupon that expire in 2012
Funny stuff: Another said the next one could be Kohl's cash, which can only be used for a week
A bargain! Another shared a picture of a sheet of Burger King coupons
More coupons: Quite a lot of people suggested that the stimulus checks were as worthless as getting a percentage off an order
A helping hand: Many mocked Congress for doing so little to help people who are suffering
Another joked that it was like getting a gift card to a store that no longer exists
This isn't what we asked for! This Twiter used compared it to the U2 album that iTunes downloaded on every phone in 2014
Disappointment: Some people shared photos of the infamous food served to people stranded at Fyre Festival
Bummer: This woman said the check feels like grade school class parties where no one got enough to eat
Sounds like... fun? Another compared it to being offered an extra hour in this very sad ball pit
Depression era funds: Just like a $5 check isn't doing much for a $19, neither is a $600 check these days
Useless: This person shared a cartoon of a person drowning and reaching for help, but getting a high-five instead
Buy in: One even joked that people would need to sell chocolate to qualify for the next check
Death wish: In an especially dark tweet, one woman suggested two people pool their resources to kill themselves
Several of the tweets showed how tiny and insufficient the amount was compared to the need
Not gonna work! Others used imagery to point out how the check wouldn't keep disaster at bay
Expectations versus reality: For many, the $600 amount has been a huge disappointment
A lifetime supply: One Twitter user suggested everyone could get a ton of ranch dressing
