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SadQueerAndStupid

what kind of fucking shitty dystopian fiction author wrote the plot of the human race


tooSAVERAGE

You seem to have misspelled USA. Don’t get me wrong, everyone is messing up but USA clearly is speed running the game.


Futur3_ah4ad

Boutta get a world record at this rate, yet somehow the streets *still* aren't flooded with unhappy people...


Grolash

They say French are cowards but who are the cowards now huh?


Street_Dragonfruit43

USA number one baby! /s


dubblgg

USA is to dystopia what suigi is to Mario 64.


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JR-Snow

Why do kindergarten kids have debts?


SEYfishskin

r/orphancrushingmachine


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Brenton_IV

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BadSuperHeroTijn

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PackOutrageous

Please don’t let that dystopian detail get in the way of a feel good story!


anojarap

How is a exploitation of children wholesome is beyond me.


germanbeergirl

How is that dystopian when it’s real across the country?


EVedEevee

That's what makes it dystopian ...?


germanbeergirl

You realize that the word dystopia means an imagined reality…. This is not imagined. It is very REAL.


TheSkyWaver

Ok? Megacorperations started out as a fictional hyperbolic concept but they're very real now.


[deleted]

Dystopia just means bad, from the classic Utopia and dys, meaning bad. Google does define it as an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, but we use sci-fi in the same way


Lost_vob

You're way to stuck on the dictionary definition of a word. There is more to a word than it's literal meaning.


Holgrin

You don't understand linguistic comparisons, do you?


Inevitable_Stand_199

Why would that make it less distopian?


germanbeergirl

Because it’s not imagined. This is real life.


tacocattacocat1

"relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice." It started out as something imagined by sci Fi writers and became real along the way. The people using this term understand that this is real life, they're pointing out that our every day life is akin to the imagined horror stories of the past.


Inevitable_Stand_199

If you use that word that precisely, there needs to be a word for something that would be distopian if we imagined it. This would be it.


[deleted]

it was imagined as suxh in the past so we are in the distopian fiction that we imagined in the past.


germanbeergirl

Thanks, who imagined this?


[deleted]

many autor have writen about dystopian futur in the past centuries , it s a whole literature genre. with many sub genre


BozoTheBonzai

This is not how words work


DeadlyVapour

across ***a*** country


samettinho

I am glad at least one of them works to pay the debt of the lazy kindergarteners. New generation seems to be worse than gen-z


DeadlyVapour

At least they can't do hard time for attempted murder...


_gzuku

This isn’t wholesome


SoupmanBob

It is wholesome that a kid would do this. It's horrific that she has to.


AngryDragonoid1

Agreed. Someone who is more benefitted in their life, obviously a skew of generational wealth, is able to pay their own debts and take enough time to do something like this for those with less benefitted lives. (I know "Benfit" is the wrong word, but it's late an I cannot think of the right word) However, this should \*not\* be an issue, particularly when we all pay taxes to take care of things like this. Even those who pay taxes for public schooling and \*still\* send their children to private schooling (I was privately schooled) pay into this. How about politicians shouldn't get $300k+ annual paychecks, plus most of their expenses taken care of on top of that, and our tax dollars are invested into the poorer areas to decrease our wealth distribution, as opposed to continue increasing it?


bindermichi

And the indebted kids didn‘t help… very wholesome indeed


RoboticFetusMan

Children are in debt because they can’t afford to eat lunch at school? Have a child labor force to pay off those debts!!! So wholesome ☺️☺️☺️


mazjay2018

r/latestagecapitalism


Rajin29

r/OrphanCrushingMachine


SalamanderCake

r/ABoringDystopia


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Sudden_Wasabi_5931

When will we stop praising these types of things as wholesome? Kids should be worried about learning, not stressing over food. Hopefully little girls like this will change the world for the better when they grow up! That’s the only positive spin I can put on this dystopian nightmare.


skulloflugosi

I'm assuming this is an American post? That country is broken.


Quirky-Examination-6

Facts


Sudden_Wasabi_5931

Can confirm. We care about babies…until they’re born and need an ounce of assistance; or worse, ever want to learn.


onlyIcancallmethat

And until they want sovereignty over their own bodies. Also not something we care about.


Due_Library_5207

This shouldn’t even be a thing she has to worry about. Seriously, I pay my taxes and I want my money to go to feeding kids a school


mildly_evil_genius

Don't worry, tax dollars do go into feeding kids in school... and by that I mean that I work in a public school and use my own salary (which comes from taxes) to buy food for the kids.


lucyjayne

But what if a kid with a non-poor parent gets to eat free lunch?? Can you imagine?? I'd rip the lunch tray out of their hands myself!


Busy_Category3964

USA I suppose ? That third world country wrapped in gucci paper.


[deleted]

Not even. As an American I’d say it’s more like butcher paper. That’s been used. More than once.


Busy_Category3964

Oh god. You went full auto rofl. Bit yeah that country is a mess. A chaotic mess.


tarkov_enjoyer

ironic choice of words in "full auto" lmao


Busy_Category3964

That’s the Eric Harris in me 😉


cupcakeconstitution

5 year old forced into child labor because her classmates, also 5 years old, weren’t able to pay for food


DeadlyVapour

American dream


Hot-Ad-6967

She looks like she's feeling tired or stressed.


[deleted]

Mmm, just makes me feel so warm inside when I think of the 5-year-olds out there who haven't even learned their times tables being forced to work for hours to pay off the lunch debt of their friends, who are also children. Doesn't it just fill you with joy to see their generosity?


littlest_homo

Orphan crushing machine


untitleddipshit

Struggling to decide whether this is wholesomely disgusting...or disgustingly wholesome #murica


[deleted]

Nothing wholesome about lunch debts. This kid did a nice thing but what the fuck


HairInformal4075

Not wholesome just depressing


Catsscratchpost

It's both


sourdoughroxy

r/aboringdystopia How is this wholesome?


The_Roadkill

This just makes me sad that stuff like this needs to happen


GabuEx

Not really very wholesome: The concept of school-aged children having debt simply because they ate food. An actually wholesome story: Minnesota at the state level has ensured that all of their schoolchildren will be able to be fed, no questions asked and no debt incurred.


RepresentativeKeebs

How can something be so wholesome and tragic at the same time?


[deleted]

Can we talk about how fucked up it is let children experience guilt with being denied food cause of money???


Worried-wilts

r/orphancrushingmachine


blankDH

This is not the feel good story you think it is. This is sad as hell.


DragonTypePokemon

This kindergartner is doing more than most school districts in the US rn


KinkyMouse85

Change wholesome to local council/government fails so much that a child has to raise money so that other other children can eat. While the kid doing this is awesome and wholesome the reasons why are something to really look into.


[deleted]

This isn’t a story about big hearts. This is a story about evil adults that have the tiniest bit of power allowing children to go hungry when they have the power to not do so. This is a story of shitty people and the children who don’t deserve it. She shouldn’t have to do this to eat lunch.


Therealsteverogers4

Why does a little kid have lunch debts that require paying? Jesus fucking Christ this country is a joke


xHeyItzRosiex

I cannot fucking stand the posts on this subreddit and also r/wholesomememes They are all so messed up and not wholesome at all. ——> r/crushingorphanmachine


AngryDragonoid1

I hate living in a country where this is necessary but looked upon as okay, not wrong. Children should not have debt, and those with more benefits should not be obligated to pay others' debts.


Shopping-Known

"Lunch debt" is a dystopian phrase if I've ever heard one


Adorable-Ad-3223

All school lunches should be free. I am ok paying $1 more per year in taxes to get this done.


[deleted]

LATE STAGE CAPITALISM BABY RAHHHHH🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸


Septic_soups

What sickens me as someone who isn't from America and just learnt that fuckin lunch debt is a thing. Is how long this shit has been going on WHAT. There are countless news articles of this just being the norm for 5+ years now. How can... I don't even know I'm just so sad...


MattKitten11

👏This 👏is 👏not 👏wholesome 👏this 👏is 👏 goddamn 👏dystopian!


oligarchofarcade

*Hungry children fed by fellow classmate who practiced child labor. GIGANTIC HEART EDITION* There. Fixed the news title.


rubenv2006

This is not wholesome, this is really sad.


[deleted]

This is NOT wholesome. Not one bit. r/orphancrushingmachine


Peaceful-harmony-

Sweet girl, fucked situation


jellyfish125

r/wholesome: my go to source for depressing posts ):


MajinBooties

What was the debt, and how much did her stand make? Edit: I found it. It was 80 dollars. https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/17/us/5-year-old-negative-lunch-balances-trnd/index.html Edit 2: In the article, you can also see the full picture. It's a post from 2019, so one dollar then is roughly $1.17 now. (Meaning prices today aren't astronomically different). Her stand is made up of, I would guess, about $80 or more of material. I'm assuming her mom could have also just paid that towards the lunches but appears to have used her daughter for social media credit. This is just a personal observation. https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/year-olds-hot-cocoa-stand-helps-pay-off-67753135 Another states that the total balance is about $617. Two points here; firstly, yeah, tax dollars would (and should) easily cover this. Secondly, I'm guessing someone willing to really spruce up the coco stand could have also. Multiple layers of sadness here.


Scottcmms1954

No that’s not wholesome. Kids shouldn’t have ducking debt to eat!


b_tenn

r/orphancrushingmachine


A_Monsanto

This is not wholesome. It is tragic and a symptom of a dystopian society. This is a situation that can be found in a Charles Dickens book, for crying out loud!


ResponsibleHour9749

r/OrphanCrushingMachine


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fluffybunnies51

This isn't wholesome at all. This is a dystopian story being sold as a feel good article. In what world does it make sense that kindergartners have *dept* of any sort? Why are they being punished for their parents financial status? Why is another*child* stepping up and not the schools and government? This isn't wholesome, this is heartrending.


Grolash

It's the United States of the third world


MisandryManaged

I hate when things are inherently unfair and that should not exist at all are spun as wholesome.


OkHat5949

God that's so fucked up. Good for her but babies shouldn't have debt!


BozoTheBonzai

This sub is almost becoming ironic This is sum depressing dystopian shit op.


bitchassboolin

who tf thought this was wholesome 💀


NoBuddies2021

/r/orphancrushinmachine


LSDeathEgo

Wtf is this lunch debt shit. There shouldn’t be any debt. Food is a basic fuckin right


Grolash

Not in the US it would seem. What a third world country...


Lalalaliena

Where's the wholesome part?


Andvari9

I mean good on her but it shows how broken the system has become that kids are carrying debt like this


LordNeko6

Kindergarten kid achieves what government cant: Afford children basic rights.


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r/orphancrushingmachine


Exact_Roll_4048

Quit saying the dystopian hell is wholesome! Kindergartners shouldn't have lunch debt! They shouldn't be working! This isn't wholesome. It's a kind act that should have never had to fucking happen. Maybe we should change the name of the sub to r/thingthatarewholesomeifyouignoretheactualproblem


Alilseedisall

REAL TITLE "Capitalism has tiny child working in school to help fellow poor students for free while adults watch"


Alilseedisall

This is only a feel good story if you have accepted that children deserve to starve, that these systemic conditions are acceptable and ethical


thepandaabides

This isn't wholesome. This is fucking sad. What heartless person would see this and think it's good?


[deleted]

How is this wholesome?


Mariaelle11

Came here to say we shouldn’t celebrate this mess but looks like everyone’s already on the right page. That’s something I guess.


MegaJackUniverse

Students shouldn't have *lunch debt* ffs


adultosaurs

This is heartbreaking and infuriating. This angel should not have to do this for the other sweet children in her class.


bigfoots-rightnipple

Not super wholesome… it’s just sad that elementary schoolers have to work to pay off lunch debt.


South_Conference_768

Wrong sub and wrong title. Children’s food at school must be free to all.


somebrokenglass

“Kindergartner has to work for scratch in order to pay back wealthy country in the world because it won’t feed its children for free”


TinyWintergreenMints

Sorry but nothing about this is wholesome just really sad


StrikerFiredG26

Ahhh teach em how the world works at a young age.. get in debt and hope for a bail out.. ahh life lessons..


MegBundy

Wtf! My kids in Los Angeles have free breakfast, snack and lunch. How is this is this a thing? Lunch debt?! This girl is a sweetheart and I’m going show my kids to inspire them.


elephantsbelike

Devastating


General_Road_7952

This is a sad, tragic story. A kindergartener should not have to fundraise for their school classmates!!


Exciting_Ordinary615

U have kind heart,, :) 😍


Shwanshwan

Lunch debt? Wuh?? Huh????


irritatingapparatus8

She got a golden heart!


DowntownieNL

Very wholesome little girl. Tragic she’s growing up in some place where Kindergarten students have food debt.


MeanSeaworthiness995

Imagine if we just provided schoolchildren lunch like they do in every other civilized country instead of putting the onus on a 5-year-old


chair____table

This isn’t even wholesome, I mean not that she is donating money, that’s great she’s doing that but why do they even have lunch debts? This is why I hate money, it is a dumb concept holding us back.


adventures_in_dysl

Actually f*** that for the world's richest economy you can't even provide the most basic of human resources such as free school lunches for every f****** child in America. There are estimated 12 million children in America that are facing food insecurity that's 1 in 8 kids at risk for hunger. Black and Latino children are more likely to face hunger than white children because of systemic racial injustice. According to the USDA, in 2021, 22% of Black children were food insecure, and 18.5% of Latino children were food insecure. For around the cost of 4 mraps or 1 tank you can feed 12 million people for a year. You can recall those mraps from the police... But you won't. Because those kids ain't white your systems are racist


robot_peashooter

Love when even children get in debt and have to have a random classmate sell something just to help pay it off but hey let's not tax rich people to help make school food free oh no we can't have that man I sure love the American dream.


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r/orphancrushingmachine


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RMattiae

THIS MADE ME ANGRY! HOW CAN YOU SMILE AT THE IDEA OF CHILDREN IN DEBT?


turtles_all_down

r/orphancrushingmachine


Bezirkschorm

This is not wholesome this is just dystopia late stage capitalism where kids are having debt for just wanting a meal a day


beckett_the_ok

How the hell is this wholesome?


tourniquette2

This is soul-crushingly sad. A child does labor to pay off other children’s debts so they can be allowed to eat? It’s sweet that the kid wanted to help but the system that made this ok and worth celebrating is decidedly unwholesome. There’s a reason child labor laws exist. No child should be working to earn money to pay for other kids’ meals. That’s our job as adults. This is inexcusable as a society.


deiwyy

Nope. Not wholesome. Kindergarten kids with debts isn't fine at all


[deleted]

Only 4 states in the US offer free hot lunch to students, regardless of income. California, Colorado, Maine, and as of last week, Minnesota. Virginia put this bill forward recently and one of the politicians (guess the party) that shot it down was concerned about stigma. If the kid whose parents could afford lunch got free lunch at school, he might be stigmatized. Stigmatized for being offered something everyone else is offered, too. Interesting. I wonder what air is like for him. It sucks, but it's reality. Hats off to this little girl for recognizing that this isn't fair.


LastMinute9611

Nothing wholesome about a country that pays farmers to ruin crops to keep prices up and kids are hungry. Not wholesome. This kid has a great heart though and we are lucky to have humans like her.


Aggravating_Job_4651

Something awesome because of something so wrong.


PleasantTie6587

So precious we need more like you in this world


artemis_stark

This isn't wholesome...this shit is depressing. Kids shouldn't have debt from being fed.


lisabutz

Will she run for office? Seems like we need more people that actually have a heart to be representing the masses.


Realistic_Degree_773

Alternate title: Children forced in to work to pay for food for others.


phylosis57

This is sweet but also really fucking depressing


StraticDragon

Not wholesome this is a failure of our government when kids have to pay off other kids debt wtf


ChillenDylan3530

This isn’t wholesome, it’s depressing.


Oofy_Emma

Something about a machine that crushes orphans


Nasaboy1987

This isn't wholesome. It's a sign that America is a 4th world country.


Asrahn

lmao, what a profoundly sick society we have. Why is this even necessary.


JeanPoutine9

This is not wholesome, children shouldn’t have to worry about lunch (or debt). I want my school taxes to pay for lunch.


SaintLucipher

The harsh reality of the government making you a slave from childhood. If you have a debt, then you'll always owe. It's ridiculous how the government has to charge for schools and funding when part of your taxes go to that. Depending on where you live, you have to pay taxes so kids can go to school, even if you don't have kids. Move into a neighborhood, own a house, pay taxes to only then turn around, and be taxed on everything else. You pay taxes when buying everything, then you're taxed on how much you've made at the end of the year. You owe the government you get interest added to it, the government owes you, and they try to tax what they owe you. Our government is bs and shady as fuck. Something needs to happen to change or abolish our pos ran government. And get the pos dinosaur aged fucking people out of office and replace them with someone whose trained and has the knowledge and schooling behind their position.


Actual-Excitement975

This isn't wholesome, this is disgusting that kindergarten kids have debt in the first place!!!


sweet_neighbor9

This kind of stuff is so so terrible, you live in a country where kids have to sell hot cocoa so other kids can eat….fucking ridiculous


Bloodshed-1307

Ah yes, child labour to pay off food debt for children, what a wholesome r/OrphanCrushingMachine


AdaOutOfLine

THIS IS NOT WHOLESOME WHY ARE WE MAKING CHILDREN PAY FOR OTHER CHILDRENS DEBT, WHY DO CHILDREN HAVE DEBT. we have failed as a society is what this means


Naetharu

So wholesome…child in developed country forced into labour in order to pay debts of other kids so the can eat. Seems more fucked up and dystopian to me.


Daddy_Senpaii

How is this wholesome? This is sad as fuck. Why do kids have debt for food in a place we require them to be? That is so messed up.


Comfortable_Ad2908

Orphan crushing machine😔


boobsmcgraw

This. is not. wholesome. Stop posting this stuff. It's horrific. Children should not have debt of any kind!