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[+] -20 points 1 month ago (16 children)

I get being on a budget, but I think it’s kind of cruel to have kids in a home and then need jumpers with hot water bottles to be warm

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago

    Cruel would be not keeping them warm, or exposing them to danger

    Giving them warm clothes and hot water bottles is not any form of deprivation. It's just a different way to provide for them, one that sounds super wholesome and cozy to me

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    cruel

    I think you need to recalibrate what cruelty means. plenty of kids out there without enough to eat, or even a steady place to stay, these kids are fine.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    One can have levels of cruelty perhaps. It's just a word that you can apply meaning to. Especially a subjective one like this, which, as you mentioned, needs calibrating. So highly subjective.

    inb4 down votes because people don't like how language is a constantly moving and evolving thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I mean everyone is entitled to their opinions and a childhood of nothing but adverse cold would be miserable. I grew up in a highly varied series of environments ranging from trailer park poor to middle class, I'm not trying to shame anyone. But cruelty in this context to me would be keeping ONE kid cold, or denying someone dry clothing - abusive.

    good luck.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    Their thermostat was set at 18C (64F). That's not really that cold.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Yeah, that's actually my preferred temperature for indoors.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Was that a thing about him, liking colder temperatures?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Oh, ha ha ha ha. That's funny. I'm definitely not a head in a jar with an internet connection

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    No, but it's not a comfortable indoor temperature. That was the temperature in my house growing up, because it was an old, poorly-insulated house, and we couldn't afford to keep it any warmer.

    It was tolerable, but in the winter, my hands would get so cold they'd stiffen up. Can't really wear gloves or mittens around the house and actually do anything, either.

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