c/upliftingnews · by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works · 2y

Single mother with 6 kids gifted car refurbished by high school automotive tech students

https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/10/20/single-mother-with-6-kids-gifted-car-refurbished-by-high-school-automotive-tech-students/

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13 Comments

admiralteal@kbin.social · 39 pts · 2y

"We got this poor person a free car~" stories are basically ALWAYS orphan crushing machine stories.

alienanimals@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Me: I'm so poor I literally couldn’t afford to have a single kid.

Other poor people: Hmm, maybe 5 kids just isn’t enough?

rifugee@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

There is not any info about why she's a single mother. Maybe her husband died or left her? Who knows? Maybe we shouldn't fall into the trap of judging someone based on our assumptions?

Ashyr@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Never underestimate how badly indoctrination can mess you up in the head.

CubbyTustard@reddthat.com · 22 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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awwwyissss@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 2y

What an awful waste

QuinceDaPence@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It is absolutely not a liability issue. Sale of a used car by someone who isn't a dealer is as-is where-is at least in my state and I assume most others. They can even do like some districts do with their busses; they pull the batteries and say it can't leave the property under its own power. So you get a tow truck to tow it 100ft down the road, chuck a battery in it and drive it away, then at that point you've "restored it" and anything wrong is something you missed.

CubbyTustard@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y

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nulluser@programming.dev · 17 pts · 2y

Stop making children! Also, !orphancrushing@lemmy.world

Empricorn@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Maybe someone should have gifted her a tubal ligation?

player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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Empricorn@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 2y

I don't even begin to know what that's supposed to mean...

tiny_tina_@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y

I'm amused that ppl are making fun of her.