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Another indictment of our bizarre, inequitable society masquerading as a feel-good story.

mikepurvis 7y ago
Yeah seriously. Drop this garbage in the same file with all those stories about communities who came together to cover someone's insane medical bills or outrageous legal defense.
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  Are you being sarcastic? Or are you saying that not having local access to a particular brand of doughnuts is the same hardship and moral travesty as having to pay a crippling medical bill?
  - etrautmann 7y ago
    what? The parent wasn't claiming equivalency of the severity of the issue - instead the brokenness of a society that resorts to this flavor of solution or response.
    - chrisseaton 7y ago
      So what is this file that contains complaints both about doughnut preferences, and also sickness and financial ruin? Must be a pretty broad file.
      - mikepurvis 7y ago
        The file is "heartwarming stories celebrating Americans solving uniquely American problems."
  - cannonedhamster 7y ago
    He's saying these feel good stories only exist because of terrible situations to begin with. The company C&Ded him but after public backlash changed that heart. The hospital gave a patient an $800k medical bill after the insurance company refused to put her baby on the insurance but they magically could after publicity. The ability to get publicity and bad press should not be the arbiter of fair treatment, fair treatment should be the norm not the outlier.
    - chrisseaton 7y ago
      > terrible situations Not being able to get your preferred doughnut?
      - frandroid 7y ago
        No, cutting that guy's source of income.
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asdfman123 7y ago
Nah, this is an instance of someone seeing a business opportunity and exploiting it. Although that kid should try out renting a bigger car.
- gremlinsinc 7y ago
  He should rent a truck, and hire some friends to distribute.
tptacek 7y ago
This is a story about a college student with a part-time job.

Yeah seriously. Drop this garbage in the same file with all those stories about communities who came together to cover someone's insane medical bills or outrageous legal defense.

chrisseaton 7y ago
Are you being sarcastic? Or are you saying that not having local access to a particular brand of doughnuts is the same hardship and moral travesty as having to pay a crippling medical bill?
- etrautmann 7y ago
  what? The parent wasn't claiming equivalency of the severity of the issue - instead the brokenness of a society that resorts to this flavor of solution or response.
  - chrisseaton 7y ago
    So what is this file that contains complaints both about doughnut preferences, and also sickness and financial ruin? Must be a pretty broad file.
    - mikepurvis 7y ago
      The file is "heartwarming stories celebrating Americans solving uniquely American problems."
- cannonedhamster 7y ago
  He's saying these feel good stories only exist because of terrible situations to begin with. The company C&Ded him but after public backlash changed that heart. The hospital gave a patient an $800k medical bill after the insurance company refused to put her baby on the insurance but they magically could after publicity. The ability to get publicity and bad press should not be the arbiter of fair treatment, fair treatment should be the norm not the outlier.
  - chrisseaton 7y ago
    > terrible situations Not being able to get your preferred doughnut?
    - frandroid 7y ago
      No, cutting that guy's source of income.
      - deleted 7y ago
        [deleted]

asdfman123 7y ago

Nah, this is an instance of someone seeing a business opportunity and exploiting it. Although that kid should try out renting a bigger car.

gremlinsinc 7y ago
He should rent a truck, and hire some friends to distribute.

tptacek 7y ago

This is a story about a college student with a part-time job.