Comment on A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US

Nommer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Still@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    you can work for your parents in many places regardless of age

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    • Kadaj21@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I.e. your locally owned mom-and-pop Chinese takeout. I’ve seen the kiddos answer the phones there a couple of times, tho most of the time when picking up food for the wife they’re just playing in a blocked off side area that used to be dining pre-pandemic.

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  • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think many states allow children as young as 12 to work in specific non-dangerous jobs with permission from the parents. A company recently got in trouble when they had like 20 12-15 year olds working in a meat processing plant which definitely did not qualify for the “not dangerous” qualifier.

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  • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, I agree it’s fucked up but there’s almost no way that kid’s under 14, which is the youngest age Culver’s will hire at, he’s just a late bloomer probably. I think a lot of people would disagree with calling that age group a “literal child.”

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    • crapwittyname@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A lot of people wouldn’t call a fourteen-year-old a child? Which people? I don’t know of any.

      Assuming the literal meaning of “literal”, a child is, according to the OED, literally:

      a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.

      Can you explain how this human being is not fitting the description above?

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      • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I have a 14 year old right now and I’d have zero issues with him getting a job. He’s already been eyeing some places.

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      • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Can you explain how the pictured human being does not fit the description above?

        R Kelly has entered the chat.

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      • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Assuming the literal meaning of “literal”, a child is, according to the OED, literally:

        a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.

        I’m not in any way defending child labor in general or Culvers in particular, but factually speaking, a 14-year-old fits between those two definitions (above the age of puberty but below the legal age of majority).

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      • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        From my reply to the other comment:

        Fourteen

        I don’t think most people would disagree that “teenager” is a more accurate word to describe that age. Trust me, there is plenty fucked up with the OP picture, we don’t need to resort to hyperbolic language to get our point across.

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      • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Those people might say, back in my days I fought wars even though we know better.

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      • NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Could be a Shawna Rae thing

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    • SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      14 and a bit is literally a child

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      • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Fourteen.

        I don’t think most people would disagree that “teenager” is a more accurate word to describe that age. Trust me, there is plenty fucked up with the OP picture, we don’t need to resort to hyperbolic language to get our point across.

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    • BigMacHole@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I agree with you and Priests and Republicans that 14 isn’t a Child. 😉

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    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re getting a lot of down votes, but you’re spot on. I started working fast food at 14, and I looked like I was 9.

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• jimbo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Shame them for what? You don’t know what’s going on in that picture.

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