Here's why this matters to me. "Orphan crushing" comments only add discouragement. The "OCM" and those doing the help are different humans. When an OCM is operating near you it is good to know there are still people who care enough to save people from it. It's also good to see as it encourages others to see that they can make a difference.
Yes the machine should be dismantled and good people are working on that. At the same time, anyone blocking the machine's intake, helping slow the machine down or otherwise bandaging its survivors is still to be celebrated. Discouraging this is not helpful.
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MurrayL@lemmy.world · 87 pts · 214d
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 52 pts · 214d
A country in which students have to sneakily make free sandwiches to support fellow students is nothing to celebrate.
Please stop turning everyday American tragedies into feel-good stories.
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 214d
It's good they did it
It's bad they had to do it.
Rothe@piefed.social · 30 pts · 214d
The shit that Americans thinks is wholesome is deeply depressing to most.
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 214d
Only in the US of fuckin' A.
sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 214d
!orphancrushing@lemmy.world
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 214d
... And then they suspended him for a month for interfering with the school's lunch program, and for using a plastic knife to spread the Nutella.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 214d
Feel-good story about income inequality.
folaht@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 214d
Awww.... wait, what!?
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 214d
Was it illicit as it was Nutella? I assume most schools are nut free these days.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 214d
they tend to be peanut free, not nut free.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 214d
is there a source so i can share this story?
toddtyrtle@literature.cafe · 4 pts · 213d
Here's why this matters to me. "Orphan crushing" comments only add discouragement. The "OCM" and those doing the help are different humans. When an OCM is operating near you it is good to know there are still people who care enough to save people from it. It's also good to see as it encourages others to see that they can make a difference.
Yes the machine should be dismantled and good people are working on that. At the same time, anyone blocking the machine's intake, helping slow the machine down or otherwise bandaging its survivors is still to be celebrated. Discouraging this is not helpful.