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endersgame69 t1_j61cuwc wrote

Why are we treating the evidence that we live in a dystopia as 'uplifting news'?

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Black_Hipster t1_j61dgup wrote

We can acknowledge that society is fucked and that he shouldn't even need to do this and that things should be better, while still being happy that there are nice people doing nice things out there.

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endersgame69 t1_j61e1a1 wrote

That just paves over the problem to pretend it isn't one.

Like: Teachers donate their vacation days so colleague can spend time with child dying of cancer.

OK that was nice. But why the hell was that necessary? The headline is wrong.

The headline should be: System allows the parents of dying children no time off to be with them.

Or

Teen denied a motorized chair by insurance company has one built by students.

This 'acknowledgement of niceness' is just pretending the horrible shit is just natural, it's not, it's man made.

The uplifting news in this scenario would be one that marks the end of the need for actions like that.

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Black_Hipster t1_j61ip8c wrote

Sure, I get that. Fact of the matter is that there's a reason /u/thenewyorktimes has some person in this subreddit anyway- and that's to engage in a kind of journalism that adds as fresh coat of polish over the turd that is a society built on misery.

You're not wrong about anything you said, but I'll be real man, it's just good to be reminded sometimes that there are people who will be this consistently generous their entire lives. We can celebrate people who are like that, while also highlighting the systems connected to it.

The article does that, actually.

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neverdoneneverready t1_j61o2in wrote

No the real story here is this man's kindness. We all know about big Pharma and their assholery. I'd like to learn more about this fine fellow, Hody.

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thenewyorktimes OP t1_j60x4ha wrote

Hody Childress grew up poor, surviving with his family on sustenance farming and by hunting small game. In 2010, he walked into Geraldine Drugs and pulled the pharmacist aside. “‘I have a question,’” she recalled him saying, “‘Do you ever have anyone who can’t pay for their medication?’”
“‘Well, yeah, that happens a good bit,’” she told him. He handed her a folded hundred-dollar bill and said, “‘The next time that happens, I want you to use this,’” she recalled. “‘I want it to be anonymous. I don’t want to know any details on who you use it on, just tell them this is a blessing from the Lord,’” he told her.
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Amdair t1_j61fabp wrote

I clicked on the main article: no login requirements.

I click on your link: login requirements.

o_<

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