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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 143 points 3 weeks ago

Richest country in the history of the planet, and we have "lunch debt" for kids in school.

[-] Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works 58 points 3 weeks ago

Well yeah, how are we going to get rich if we aren’t taking money from 5 year olds?

[-] DerArzt@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

And making them work to repay it!

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

We can't bailout lunch kids, what about my meth addiction debt? Nobody helped me. BOoTsTrApS!

[-] nulluser@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe those 5 year olds should get a second job and skip the avocado toast.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

They held my high school diploma for 6 months because I had $20 dollar deficit.

They never got the money because my dad threatened a lawsuit.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My school held someone's diploma to the max legal limit (like 6 months) because they did a twirl when walking on stage to get the fake diploma case thing.

Many US schools are more oppressive than some other country's prisons

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

Richest country… for now

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Can't wait for school lunch debt to become non dischargeable in bankruptcy

[-] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 104 points 3 weeks ago

Just a reminder that the LDS Church has $206 Billion in the bank.

A church. $206 Billion.

[-] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago
[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Neither is terraforming planets for every male member

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Good thing it ends up in the hands of the Belters (at least in the TV show)

[-] 9bananas@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

also in the books!

the expanse is probably the most faithful reproduction of a book series ever.

especially considering it's like, what?, 5 books they made into the series?

it's almost a 1:1 translation into a different medium, which is hella impressive!

they cut some stuff here and there (more and more as the series goes on, for obvious reasons) but seriously, damn near everything about the main story is there!

there's really good reasons for the fans demanding more of it after Netflix stopped production

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They also own 2.7% of private land in Florida and 1 in every 550 acres of private land in the U.S.:

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Also a reminder that "Mormon porn" is an incredibly popular genre on Pornhub.

[-] Sporkbomber@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Is that just the bubble 'porn' that went viral in the 2000's?

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago

Is it neither for Mormons nor by Mormons? That's a strange kink

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm 100% certain it is for Mormons, but I don't know if it's by Mormons or not. Based on my personal encounters with them, actual Mormon girls are way hotter than the girls in the porn.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

The show American Primeval was the beginning, they showed how they ripped people/towns/indians apart for that land under government control by Brigham young. True or not, I'd believe it given their stake today.

[-] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but they've got to save it for the apocalypse...for some reason.

[-] pzzzt@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Because Jesus said "thou who dost make the most money wins."

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[-] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 67 points 3 weeks ago

It makes me sad I wasn’t expecting this headline from Utah whatsoever when starting to read it but I’m glad it’s positive in the end

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

Utah is a little weird in that they aren't so Mich maga as much as they are Mormon, they have progressive politics when it just so happens to suit the church's needs

[-] Unboxious@ani.social 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sort of. Our leadership have been doing some incredibly sketchy things lately and are very buddy-buddy with Trump.

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[-] vfsh 8 points 3 weeks ago

Same, literally a gasp then a sigh of relief as I read the headline

[-] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago

They're playing the long game here.

1st remove fluoride from municipal water sources, kids start getting more cavities.

2nd give free lunches.

3rd kids stop eating their free lunches due to the pain of their cavities.

4th State government proclaims they've done such a tremendous job with the economy that kids aren't eating and needing free meals anymore, so they are removing them from the budget.

/s

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Remove the /s cause this is pretty much on the money.

[-] Shootingstarrz17@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago

Had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Mormons definitely deserve a lot of the bad rap they get, what with the overbearing patriarchal whatever they've got going. But they can usually be counted on to feed people.

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[-] irish_link@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Felt the same way too. In fact I think there was a subreddit dedicated to something like "first line/sentence" and thus there should/must be a Community for it by now.

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 41 points 3 weeks ago

meanwhile Florida ponders whether children in the mines should be fed

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago

how does a 14 year old work overnight i dont get it

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

That's easy: you don't go to high-school anymore.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 weeks ago

Utah. White people helping white people 🤍

[-] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 13 points 3 weeks ago

I've been saying, "oh well" at just about every headline I've read in the past three months as a coping mechanism, but this one caught me off guard. I definitely expected Utah to charge kids full-price. Glad to hear they're looking out for kids.

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[-] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

Love to see it.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

That’s a nice start, but it needs to be free for all kids, like at least my state

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, there no god damned reason K-12 lunch shouldn’t be free. Fucking bonkers to add another line item to people’s budgets. Especially now.

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[-] FundMECFSResearch 8 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, fhe first half of that headline had me thinking something very different

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

That this is a state-level thing tells you just how much Democrats suck.

[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

And how awesome republicans are? Let’s look at all the policies in schools on average and decide. This is a great move by Utah, but I doubt the right wing Utahans pushed this.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The Republicans are awful people too.

That's the point I'm making.

[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Your point was not clear. You sound like a maga, or one of those “undecided,” who are decidedly worse.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

My point was exceedingly clear.

If Democrats did their job at the federal level, student lunch debt wouldn't exist. Instead, they're helping Israel run an apartheid.

You just didn't understand it.

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[-] zabadoh@ani.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

I totally ate the Onion on the first half...

[-] vatlark@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

!lemmysilver

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