Some automotive tech students at a high school in Virginia have been working all year to fix up a car to surprise a single mother with six kids.
  • admiralteal@kbin.social
    38·
    11 months ago

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

  • alienanimals@lemmy.worldEnglish
    304·
    11 months ago

    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.worldEnglish
      115·
      11 months ago

      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?

  • CubbyTustard@reddthat.comEnglish
    231·
    11 months ago

    That’s nice to hear. When I was a kid the votech shop class would restore old cars to mint condition and then go to a ‘crushing party’ where they watched from a distance as the car had the engine ripped out and then was put into a crusher and turned into a cube. It broke everyone’s heart every time but they school said it was a liability issue and if anything happened and it was the kids fault it would be a nightmare. So many kids tried to work out deals with the principal to keep the cars but it never happened. Nice to hear common sense winning out on this!

    • QuinceDaPence@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      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.

  • tiny_tina_@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

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

    Crazy amount of kids will be the norm with Roe v Wade overturned. More moms on food stamps and govt program dependability

    You reap what you sow