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> Giving out free food might make people feel entitled and less likely to learn to be self sufficient To be clear, the subject is still children, right? Refusi

> Giving out free food might make people feel entitled and less likely to learn to be self sufficient To be clear, the subject is still children, right? Refusing to feed children to "teach" them self-sufficiency is, IMO, right up there with a non-ironic "the children yearn for the mines". What could a self-sufficient 6th-grader even do for money? Steal baby food and small electronics from Target for fencing?

walthamstow 1y ago
Well, I learnt a new Americanism today. Fence, verb, meaning to shift stolen goods. Upon first read I thought they would be sword fighting with stolen bluetooth speakers.
- em-bee 1y ago
  an accelerometer and a speaker are needed for those lightsaber sounds
- Suppafly 1y ago
  >Fence, verb, meaning to shift stolen goods. Does it not also have that meaning in commonwealth countries?
  - walthamstow 1y ago
    I'd never heard it before, from googling it seems to be antiquated language in Britain.
    - Symbiote 1y ago
      I (British) am familiar with the term, especially as a verb like "fencing stolen goods". You can find British newspapers reporting this in the last decade. The legal term since 1968 seems to be "Handling Stolen Goods", which might have made the word "fencing" less common: https://mcgeemcgeeagarlaw.co.uk/criminal-defence/handling-stolen-goods-solicitors/ https://mcgeemcgeeagarlaw.co.uk/criminal-defence/handling-st...
    - kjkjadksj 1y ago
      Must have never played an elder scrolls game huh
    - Philpax 1y ago
      You've gotta watch more Guy Ritchie movies.
socalgal2 1y ago
No, the subject is society at large. Save kids today, get a society that can't function in the future, more kids die Asked ChatGPT for examples: https://markdownpastebin.com/?id=86c19b00a4ce4ff1aa3d2d5cb473ed2d https://markdownpastebin.com/?id=86c19b00a4ce4ff1aa3d2d5cb47... Note, I'm not saything this is how it is. Nor am I saying I believe free school lunches are bad. I'm saying the position that they are bad is a valid defendable position to take.

walthamstow 1y ago

Well, I learnt a new Americanism today. Fence, verb, meaning to shift stolen goods. Upon first read I thought they would be sword fighting with stolen bluetooth speakers.

em-bee 1y ago
an accelerometer and a speaker are needed for those lightsaber sounds
Suppafly 1y ago
>Fence, verb, meaning to shift stolen goods. Does it not also have that meaning in commonwealth countries?
- walthamstow 1y ago
  I'd never heard it before, from googling it seems to be antiquated language in Britain.
  - Symbiote 1y ago
    I (British) am familiar with the term, especially as a verb like "fencing stolen goods". You can find British newspapers reporting this in the last decade. The legal term since 1968 seems to be "Handling Stolen Goods", which might have made the word "fencing" less common: https://mcgeemcgeeagarlaw.co.uk/criminal-defence/handling-stolen-goods-solicitors/ https://mcgeemcgeeagarlaw.co.uk/criminal-defence/handling-st...
  - kjkjadksj 1y ago
    Must have never played an elder scrolls game huh
  - Philpax 1y ago
    You've gotta watch more Guy Ritchie movies.

socalgal2 1y ago

No, the subject is society at large. Save kids today, get a society that can't function in the future, more kids die Asked ChatGPT for examples: https://markdownpastebin.com/?id=86c19b00a4ce4ff1aa3d2d5cb473ed2d https://markdownpastebin.com/?id=86c19b00a4ce4ff1aa3d2d5cb47... Note, I'm not saything this is how it is. Nor am I saying I believe free school lunches are bad. I'm saying the position that they are bad is a valid defendable position to take.