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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

"On Thursday, around 100-150 folks came out, according to Debbie, to purchase a drink. Even more brought donations from friends who couldn’t make it out. Some people drove up and handed the family their donations in exchange for a cup; others got out and mingled and talked with the family. Some brought more lemonade, sugar, lemons and cups in case Emouree ran out. (In fact, the local Piggly Wiggly ran out of lemons Thursday.)

So much of the community was there – police officers, a motorcycle group, judges, EMS workers, nurses – to show their support. Numerous businesses – the list is long, and it keeps growing – brought checks or pledged money to help. Others have donated clothes for Emouree and brought food.

But that’s not it. Multiple local monument companies reached out to donate a tombstone to the family, and enough money has been raised to pay for her mom’s funeral costs."

As community should, this is not a dystopian story. People die, mothers die, this is a story of community coming together to help a little girl heal.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (3 children)

What's dystopian is a child having to work to pay for their mother's tombstone in the first place.

[–] Agent641 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Maybe. Maybe she felt powerless and wanted to do something, anything, to feel like she was contributing during the process. Without more context its hard to say. People act in weird ways when loved ones die, maybe she's channeling her pain into something productive.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Valid point. I wish I could read the article, but I'm not disabling my dns server to do it.

[–] WoahWoah 1 points 8 months ago

Karli had not had insurance, and on top of the grief felt from her loss, her family was tasked with thinking of ways to pay for her funeral costs.

“We started doing stuff to come up with money to cover it all, and Emouree started this little lemonade stand,” Bordner said.

[–] Wizard_Pope 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Apparently you just as I did not read the article. After actually reading it, it seems that the girl is just a generous person and likes helping others. Nowhere does it specifically say they did jot have the funds for the tombstone and it might just be her way of coping. The title does still make it sound hella dystopian though.

[–] WoahWoah 0 points 8 months ago

Karli had not had insurance, and on top of the grief felt from her loss, her family was tasked with thinking of ways to pay for her funeral costs. 

“We started doing stuff to come up with money to cover it all, and Emouree started this little lemonade stand,” Bordner said. 

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

The point is that no child should work to afford ger mothers death.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You are right though, this is a wonderful story of community coming together. I think much of the support isn't really monetary but an outpouring of love trying to help a little girl cope with her loss. But I do agree that no one should have to experience monetary stress in times of crisis. We can all do better all of the time, not just some of the time.