<story><title>Charity is no substitute for humanity</title><url>https://hmmdaily.com/2019/05/01/charity-is-no-substitute-for-humanity/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Deestan</author><text>People should not have to live or die depending repeated random acts of kindness from strangers.&lt;p&gt;So many American feel-good news stories are utterly dystopian, where some person completely &lt;i&gt;fucked dry&lt;/i&gt; by the government or corporate interests have disaster temporarily staved off by friends or colleagues desperately sacrificing their time or money.  Either that, or it&amp;#x27;s about some billionaire dropping pocket lint on a good cause.&lt;p&gt;Sites like &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&lt;/a&gt; just make me depressed:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3283&amp;#x2F;Man-Shares-Chick-Fil-A-Employee-039-s-Quiet-Act-Of-Kindness&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3283&amp;#x2F;Man-Shares-Chick-Fi...&lt;/a&gt; - man starving on the streets gets one meal our of sheer luck&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3279&amp;#x2F;7-Eleven-Owner-Catches-Shoplifter-Instead-Of-Calling-911-He-Asks-Him-Why&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3279&amp;#x2F;7-Eleven-Owner-Catc...&lt;/a&gt; - starving children win the getting-fucked-for-life vs eating-a-meal lottery one single time.  Thoughts and prayers go to their next 1000 times they need to play.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3270&amp;#x2F;Unused-Cafeteria-Food-Is-Being-Turned-Into-Take-Home-Meals-For-Kids&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3270&amp;#x2F;Unused-Cafeteria-Fo...&lt;/a&gt; - starving children (Why is this even a thing anywhere?) are allowed to eat leftovers.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>roenxi</author><text>&amp;gt; People should not have to live or die depending repeated random acts of kindness from strangers.&lt;p&gt;That is true, but the flip side is that people should not have to live or die depending on compelled acts of strangers either.&lt;p&gt;No ideological purity survives the myriad of real world circumstances; but the normal case should be that people don&amp;#x27;t need charity because when life hits them hard there are avenues where they can live a dignified life through their own hard work.</text></comment>
<story><title>Charity is no substitute for humanity</title><url>https://hmmdaily.com/2019/05/01/charity-is-no-substitute-for-humanity/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Deestan</author><text>People should not have to live or die depending repeated random acts of kindness from strangers.&lt;p&gt;So many American feel-good news stories are utterly dystopian, where some person completely &lt;i&gt;fucked dry&lt;/i&gt; by the government or corporate interests have disaster temporarily staved off by friends or colleagues desperately sacrificing their time or money.  Either that, or it&amp;#x27;s about some billionaire dropping pocket lint on a good cause.&lt;p&gt;Sites like &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&lt;/a&gt; just make me depressed:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3283&amp;#x2F;Man-Shares-Chick-Fil-A-Employee-039-s-Quiet-Act-Of-Kindness&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3283&amp;#x2F;Man-Shares-Chick-Fi...&lt;/a&gt; - man starving on the streets gets one meal our of sheer luck&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3279&amp;#x2F;7-Eleven-Owner-Catches-Shoplifter-Instead-Of-Calling-911-He-Asks-Him-Why&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3279&amp;#x2F;7-Eleven-Owner-Catc...&lt;/a&gt; - starving children win the getting-fucked-for-life vs eating-a-meal lottery one single time.  Thoughts and prayers go to their next 1000 times they need to play.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3270&amp;#x2F;Unused-Cafeteria-Food-Is-Being-Turned-Into-Take-Home-Meals-For-Kids&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sunnyskyz.com&amp;#x2F;good-news&amp;#x2F;3270&amp;#x2F;Unused-Cafeteria-Fo...&lt;/a&gt; - starving children (Why is this even a thing anywhere?) are allowed to eat leftovers.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>HighValuation</author><text>What a ridiculous website. Never thought I’d see a front page with more clickbait than BuzzFeed. Out of all the stories of perseverance you could find, why did you link 4 articles from this website? Are you trying to help them with SEO?&lt;p&gt;None of the articles are sourced and it even looks like they’re taking videos from other news publications like ABC and playing their own 15 second ads over them.</text></comment>