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

• Ohi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had my own computer and car before I turned 18, and it felt empowering to have accomplished this on my own. You and I have drastically different views on what’s exploitative. Full stop.

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  • Fades@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does this child look even close to fucking 15 to you??

    Stupid fucking moron, go whiteknight for corporate somewhere else.

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    • Ohi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sounds like you could really use a hug Fades. I hope someone gives you that soon.

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    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This ain’t a summer job either

      It’s not, it’s a fundraiser.

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  • urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had my own computer and car before I turned 18

    Child labor laws weren’t meant to protect someone like you, they’re meant to stop folks from sending their kids to work to pay their rent/mortgage/power/water. Kids should know that paying their parents bills is not ideal, and child labor laws are how we protect them. Without revealing too much about myself, my dad was one of [large number] of children, and they absolutely used those kids for labor at the family farm and were worse off for it. They grew up in poverty (on top of the physical abuse). Basically, these laws aren’t supposed to stop young Timmy from buying a [insert gadget here], they’re to stop Mom from pulling him out of school for an extra shift because she overdrew her bank account.

    There’s no way that kid is 13, by the way. Far too young for working the register at Culver’s. At least they don’t have him at the deep fryer. If the other comment I see in this thread is to be believed (the one that says this is a Manager’s child and school was closed), it’s probably not as nefarious as it seems. Republican states have been in the news fighting against child labor laws though, people are rightly outraged about that.

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