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u/TheRealestFaker 9d ago
This man needs a statue.
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u/Chewcocca 9d ago
I can't afford a statue, but I'll buy a laptop battery in his honor
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u/-Jiras 9d ago
Ironically he would probably want that the money for this statue go to a student instead
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u/Syn7axError 9d ago
It doesn't need to be solid gold.
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u/SadMcNomuscle 9d ago
Could use the money to fund a school art project to build the statue. Kids get valuable experience utilizing materials, and he gets a statue. Win win.
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u/Aggravating_Can_8749 9d ago
We need more people in the world like Dale. Spread kindness and not hate. Empathy over masculinity
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u/whatsthehappenstance 9d ago
Quite the opposite of Scott’s Tots
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u/DoctorJiveTurkey 9d ago
Hey Mr. Scott, what you gonna do? What you gonna do? Make our dreams come true!
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u/Teripid 9d ago
Someone else pointed out he could have sent 2+ of them to school instead of buying that engagement ring that was 3 years salary.
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u/AgentCirceLuna 9d ago
He didn’t even necessarily have to send them to college himself - he could have used business contacts to get them an apprenticeship with a funded scholarship. Quite a few businesses do them.
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u/williamiris9208 9d ago
An apprenticeship with a scholarship would’ve been a win-win no debt, real experience, and a career path.
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u/Humble-Cod2631 9d ago
Not all heroes wear capes
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u/HarryPotterDBD 9d ago
Just sad that he died in 2005 and the first schoolarship started in 2007, so he never saw the impact he had.
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u/Reasonable-Tax-9208 9d ago
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
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u/ConstructionNo9544 9d ago
Proves once again that there are good people out that that do amazing things and ask for nothing in return. That is what I was taught from a young age and what I have received in return (no you can't spend it) is immeasurable. Nothing which I have done can compare with this but I know I have changed lives and given opportunities. Maybe they remember maybe they don't, but I will always feel-good inside.
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u/BuQ7 9d ago
This is what the definition of an influencer should be!
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u/xsf27 9d ago edited 9d ago
As much as I agree with your terminology, the word influencer is nowadays being overused ad nauseam in this age of ubiquitous social media and almost always coined after people who leverage their popularity online in order to profit off it.
Oftentimes their 'contribution' to society is trivial at best to downright disgusting at worse (Logan Paul, Johnny Somali, et al.).
So it cannot be overstated, but I would rather call this man a hero.
His selfless acts were the very definition of charity, aka helping others without any expectation of anything in return, other than their gratitude.
Therefore, anytime I see an 'influencer' talking about doing charity, or be described by others as being heroic, I vomit.
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u/mushieburner 9d ago
Sure, but it's the duty of the rest of us to give him something in return.
Dude needs a statue.
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u/ELVEVERX 9d ago
Proves that whatever country he is from is broken. What sort of country would restrict young people who were willing to learn from going to university through financial restraints.
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u/Ok_Caramel_3923 9d ago
Two pairs of jeans in 67 years???
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u/Ok-Control-787 9d ago
Two jeans. One pair.
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u/doctor_big_burrito 9d ago
I got a hole in my left jean!
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u/bigboybeeperbelly 9d ago
Sorry I can't come to your fancy dinner party, both of my jeans are at the cleaners 😔
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u/RymeEM 9d ago
The richest person in the world has devoted his life to making the American people miserable and poorer than ever. Unbelievable.
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u/Zaicheek 9d ago
well they wouldn't be rich if they had generous instincts.
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u/JuanPancake 9d ago
I really think he’s just in over his head and pulling every lever so his empire doesn’t collapse on him
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u/Dry_Masterpiece_7566 9d ago
Yeah, just think what the top 5 billionaires could do....
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u/nyxie3 9d ago
And the reason they are billionaires is because they do quite the opposite. They take much more than they give back.
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u/ColdCruise 9d ago
All of those kids should have been allowed to go to college for free. Just imagine the magnitude of talent that has been lost in the United States so that billionaires can have multiple yachts.
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u/barbazul3yogui 9d ago
Great for him. Now, those 33 should do the same with another 33 each one. And so on. Between the fourth and fifth step, the tuitions would be history.
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u/soulhot 9d ago
And having just watched MTG abuse a uk reporter I wonder where did America go wrong.
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u/Kasporio 9d ago
Did they use some banned cards against the reporter?
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u/Acrobatic-Tax8459 9d ago
Man sacrifices all his life so that others might have a chance.
Did he want to marry? Did he want more than he got? He deserved a happy life, too.
This glorification of never taking any joy for yourself and sacrificing your entire life for others - makes me sad, but at the same time, I do want to honor him for so much sacrifice.
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u/919471 9d ago edited 9d ago
This one's a reach, ngl. Sending 33 kids to college is not a life-or-death decision. We don't know why he didn't marry. I don't see why we should assume he was miserable. He had a steady job, a frugal lifestyle and a charitable disposition. None of those is a systemic failing.
Edit: I checked the Wiki article. He had 3 million in savings at the time of his death, which he then arranged to be spent on giving poor Iowans access to college. He lived frugally and decided to do some good once his time was up. Definitely not orphan crushing machine. If it wasn't college it would've been something else.
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u/Manbro25 9d ago
The point here was that these kids should've been able to go to college without the philanthropy of a random man from iowa.
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u/Duvet_Capeman 7d ago
Was looking for this comment, it's a lovely and kind hearted story that only works in a capitalist dystopia.
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u/chiefmilkshake 9d ago
Imagine being able to send 33 people to university on a carpenter's wage nowadays. All those savings will just go on paying for a house and bills.
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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 9d ago
This is the old person version of, "5th grade girl saves allowance to clear entire lunch debt of all her classmates."
It's lovely and objectively selfless at an individual level. But step back and it's emblematic of a failing society. Because in a rich country like the US, no one who's smart enough to go to college should be prevented from doing so due to lack of funds. And the concept of "lunch debt" at a school shouldn't even exist.
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u/Eseru 9d ago
Honestly. In my country we do still pay a substantial sum, but a friend went back to college a couple years back and the $27k a year fees became $9k with government subsidies, which every citizen receives. It was further reduced to $3k a year with a bursary for low income households.
I used to envy the US as a child for being where all the cool stuff was but now I'm quite thankful I wasn't born American.
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u/LookyLooLeo 9d ago
This is who Michael Scott wanted to be. His heart was in the right place, at least. ❤️
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u/SquarePegRoundWorld 9d ago
I've been a carpenter for 27 years and never married and no kids. I couldn't put myself through college, let alone 33 others. Props to this guy, I can't save for shit. I don't understand how he only owned 2 pair of pants cause I end up with holes in the knees of all my work pants and have to buy new ones.
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u/Practical-Concept231 7d ago edited 7d ago
How this kind of human exists in the world , i thought they’re you know extinct sorry. Noble peace awards owed him a prize
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u/Depp1990 9d ago
Amazing lad but owning just two jeans is an exaggeration
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u/Professional-Rip561 9d ago
It’s really not. My dad owns two pairs that he wears for years and years. I’m sure they meant at a time. Not over his entire life.
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u/TrankElephant 9d ago edited 9d ago
This piece also references the two pairs of jeans. Dude saved almost 3 million dollars; just doesn't seem like he was much of a clothes horse.
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u/Roofer7553-2 9d ago
What a great guy. He had a plan his whole life and worked to make peoples lives better.
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u/I_Makes_tuff 9d ago
I'm a carpenter and I'm just wondering how he could afford to do that for 33 kids and I won't be able to do it for my own 2.
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u/TheBunnyDemon 9d ago
It would have to have been before tuition rates exploded. I checked my local state university and this would cost $1.7 million just for tuition, not even counting textbooks/lab fees/etc.
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u/kingbugz10113 9d ago
The man devoted his entire life to others. Literally, he lived his entire life for them. I don't know how to say how much I love this man, I hope this spreads, the world needs more love.
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u/impoopindude 9d ago
Never married, no kids, 2 pairs of jeans, and a decent career can afford to send 33 people to college
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u/ImpossibleKidd 9d ago
That’s beyond amazing!
Hope for humanity indeed, with a dude like Dale in existence. He didn’t need or want to live in extravagance, when he most likely could’ve, and literally gifted the spoils of his lifetime of hard work to make others lives better. That’s legit mind numbing.
Dale is fuckin’ awesome!
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u/palimbackwards 9d ago
Dale is awesome, the system on the other hand is complete shit. Subsidize the education of our people
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u/Potential-Buy3325 9d ago
We need more people like Mr. Schroeder and less people like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
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u/liftbikerun 9d ago
Now imagine what a billionaire could do if they followed in this mans footsteps. And NOW imagine what the 756 billionaires who reside in the US could do if they combined their resources and stopped being self-righteous, immoral, racist assh****s.
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u/SenoraRaton 9d ago
Imagine being able to afford to pay for 33 college tuition's.
On a single salary. This is what they took away from you.
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u/Status-Syllabub-3722 9d ago
Crazy to think, ANY of the billionaires, could have a dozen schools full of kids that learned because they set up a non-profit by signing a few documents and moving some cash.
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u/Particular_Big_333 9d ago
Proof you don’t need to shit out a couple kids to have a lasting legacy.
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u/Punny_Farting_1877 9d ago
Then there was the college librarian, who saved all of his money, didn’t spend much of it at all, and donated it to the university that employed him as a librarian. The university bought a new scoreboard for the football field. Nothing for the library.
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u/Middle-Classless 9d ago
Hopefully, they have donated to start a new charity for another generation
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u/CanWeJustEnjoyDaView 9d ago
For all those people saying childless people will die alone, I guarantee you this won’t be his case.
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u/strawberry-shortcke 9d ago
this makes me so sad but happy at the same time. i hope he was content with his life
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u/CooperBaan1983 9d ago
Yup. That's a man without woman's interference. Noone tell him how to be selfish, how to only think of himself, or how to feel entitled.
For another men, remember it. That's what modern woman bring to the table nowadays. Me, me and me, and then entitlement. Without them, men can do wonder to society.
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u/dying_for_profit 9d ago
Never stop posting about this guy. Makes me smile every fucking time. You're a legend Dale.
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u/buttsmcfatts 9d ago
Like he only ever owned two jeans? Or just two at a time? Did Jean shorts figure into this accounting?
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u/some1sbuddy 9d ago
I’m so glad at times when I’m feeling completely exhausted with humanity a story like this pops up. How does this happen? Truly humbling.
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u/Accurate_Thing_9896 9d ago
Crazy someone with the same lifestyle won’t be able to send more than 5 kids :/
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u/Ancient-Highlight112 9d ago
My God, talk about humble generosity. It's beyond the pale. He should be honored with a Doctorate in Kindness.
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u/SnooDoughnuts8898 9d ago
Would be cool if now they sponsor other kids to go to school. Or pay off lunches.
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u/brad_at_work 9d ago
I’m the same as him except I’m a millennial so my blue collar job will never pay for someone’s college and I’ll rent until I die (or become homeless in my final years)
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u/OneandOnlyBobTom 9d ago
How much you want to bet that Dale’s Kids go on to support more kids getting an education? This kind of altruism stuff spreads and improves everyone’s lives.
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u/SaltyPinKY 9d ago
This is a Saint of a man.....but let's not forget that stock investors and stock buybacks stole our opportunity to be a Dale.
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u/DragonfruitSilver820 9d ago
Maidens really need to stop going for Chad Thunderzock and start going for more Dales. Stop the icks and red flags. Feel the Dale.
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u/JoinTheBattle 9d ago
Bless this man, but also this shouldn't have been necessary in the first place. We are all tired of dystopian events being repackaged as feel good stories.
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u/MikeBisonYT 9d ago
Hear a great feel good story, reverse the outcome and you get a Micheal Scott plot line.
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u/electricsister 9d ago
Why is it that I just think of Elon and how loved he could be...yet, this is the route he is taking....
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u/mwrenn13 9d ago
Would be an awesome gift but all US tax payers just payed the student loans for thousands of students so millions of us can now tell the same story as him I hope the strangers show their appreciation like his kids.
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