!orphancrushing@lemmy.world

And the Orphan Crushing Machine keeps crushing.

Also basically every post in 'Uplifting News' ever.

I always love it how when the news cycle gets disrupted by a huge tragedy (war, pandemic, catassthrophy, pedofile-demons running the world,…) the media circus keeps chugging along like nothing is wrong for a while and it creates spectacular tv.

News report :”… and as a result 110000 people died today.”

End theme jingle

Then immediately cut to a brief commercial by a sponsor that was ordered from before the current news cycle.

“VALENTINES KISS, A FRESH SPARKLING WINE FOR A SPECIAL EVENING ❤️💋💃🕺🌹”

The IRS will wait 6 years and then BAM! Enforcement and collection time on all the taxes she skimmed.

The article in question.

The subheader, which this screenshot leaves out, reads:

Heartbreaking: Liza Scott is inspiring millions with her bravery, while her story also inspires outrage at the costs of health care in the U.S.

So... I have no fucking idea how the "Cute" tag got applied here. Taken out of context, the lemonade stand is genuinely adorable, just...

Yeah, "cute" is not the word that comes to mind, utterly dystopian might fit better. 

Girl, 7, sells lemonade to slow the Orphanhammer 6000 by 10% for twelve minutes.

Okay, but what's the alternative? Taking care of people just because they "need it" or "could die without intervention" like some kind of sucker? Next thing you know, today's kids will be going out and getting brain surgeries or other serious procedures willy-nilly on the taxpayer's dime. They'll be laughing at us until the general anesthetic kicks in.

White American supply-side Jesus would approve of her bootstrappy gumption.