r/BeAmazed • u/girlysunshinehihi • Feb 27 '25

Miscellaneous / Others 96 year old speeder and judge

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u/meeeeeph Feb 27 '25

Peak r/orphancrushingmachine

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u/fpotenza Feb 27 '25

How the hell is that even a subreddit?

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u/McStotti Feb 27 '25

Its about the idea of an orphanage where every year a kid needs to be thrown into a machine that crushes him or her. There is always some orphan that willingly sacrifices itself they are laudeded as hereos. No one questions why they have an orphan crushing machine.

The orphan crushing machine is a metaphor for systematic issues that arent questioned that lead to shit like a 96 year old having to drive his 63 year old son to the doctor.

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u/Meximanly Feb 27 '25

What an absolutely magnificent metaphor! What a sad dystopia where this situation is lauded as something that makes people feel good.

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u/qqererer Feb 28 '25

I don't see an old man crying because he feels noble and humbled at the praise he's receiving for all the good he is doing.

I see an old man terrified that at age 96 he still doesn't have a plan on how his developmentally challenged 63 year old son is going to survive without him without substantial amounts of money.