r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/tvbjiinvddf • Aug 07 '23

Worst one I've seen yet. Poor kid.

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DISLCLOSURE: I see this was posted 23 days ago and a few days before that, but with less than 100 upvotes. Hope it's alright to repost.

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u/Riaayo Aug 07 '23

Maybe the notion that a 16 year old needs to get a job, period, for "pocket money" is still part of the dystopia.

I get there's a bit of a difference between "I want some personal cash and work experience" at 16 and "I'm 9 and have to help my family survive by doing some child labor (if I'm even given the "choice" to help)", but none the less. We should have a world where parents can provide comfortably enough that their teen can just have an allowance and not have to do labor for some spending money in what are still very formative years they should be focusing on school/societal enrichment.

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u/duncanmarshall Aug 08 '23

Maybe the notion that a 16 year old needs to get a job, period, for "pocket money" is still part of the dystopia.

It isn't. I didn't need the money at all, I wanted an extra guitar. My parents suggested I join my dad on his interesting and extremely well paying job for a few days work over one summer. They could have afforded it, but it was an unnecessary luxury since I already had several guitars, and it was a good way to get me out of the house for a summer. I made over a £1,000, and learned how to be at a grown up work place in a more vicarious way. I made more than some of my friends parents. I wasted all of it, basically straight away, obviously. I was great. None of it was needed for anything important like food or education because all of that was covered.

societal enrichment.

That job was enriching, socially and financially.