• @irish_link@lemmy.world
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      26 hours ago

      Felt the same way too. In fact I think there was a subreddit dedicated to something like “first line/sentence” and thus there should/must be a Community for it by now.

    • @MintyFresh@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Mormons definitely deserve a lot of the bad rap they get, what with the overbearing patriarchal whatever they’ve got going. But they can usually be counted on to feed people.

  • @AA5B@lemmy.world
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    612 hours ago

    That’s a nice start, but it needs to be free for all kids, like at least my state

    • @Crikeste@lemm.ee
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      1012 hours ago

      Yeah, there no god damned reason K-12 lunch shouldn’t be free. Fucking bonkers to add another line item to people’s budgets. Especially now.

  • Beacon
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    “They had us in the first half I’m not gonna lie”

  • themeatbridge
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    1412 days ago

    Richest country in the history of the planet, and we have “lunch debt” for kids in school.

  • Fingolfinz
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    702 days ago

    It makes me sad I wasn’t expecting this headline from Utah whatsoever when starting to read it but I’m glad it’s positive in the end

    • Fluffy Kitty Cat
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      222 days ago

      Utah is a little weird in that they aren’t so Mich maga as much as they are Mormon, they have progressive politics when it just so happens to suit the church’s needs

      • @Unboxious@ani.social
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        Sort of. Our leadership have been doing some incredibly sketchy things lately and are very buddy-buddy with Trump.

      • Fingolfinz
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        315 hours ago

        Yeah that’s a good point. Mormons are still weird to me but I’ve known some and they are pretty chill people for the most part and pretty rational about stuff. Much, much easier to hang around than fucking southern baptists and can even be fun. I smoke a lot of weed and they never partook but never cared so I always thought that was cool

  • @MunkyNutts@lemmy.world
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    462 days ago

    They’re playing the long game here.

    1st remove fluoride from municipal water sources, kids start getting more cavities.

    2nd give free lunches.

    3rd kids stop eating their free lunches due to the pain of their cavities.

    4th State government proclaims they’ve done such a tremendous job with the economy that kids aren’t eating and needing free meals anymore, so they are removing them from the budget.

    /s

  • @BigMacHole@lemm.ee
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    352 days ago

    That is SOCIALISM and I cant WAIT for My Republican Representative to FIGHT to OVERTURN this NONSENSE!

    -Republicans who have NO PROBLEM giving BILLIONS of Their Tax Dollars to Elon Musk!

    • @Maeve@midwest.social
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      51 day ago

      A person claimed to me today that Leon paid it all back. Argued the point until everyone within hearing distance laughed.

  • Tempus Fugit
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    152 days ago

    I’ve been saying, “oh well” at just about every headline I’ve read in the past three months as a coping mechanism, but this one caught me off guard. I definitely expected Utah to charge kids full-price. Glad to hear they’re looking out for kids.

    • @jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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      Mormons kinda give a shit about their communities

      Good foreign policies too. They fought in court to pay less taxes because they dont pay for any war.

    • Realitätsverlust
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      315 hours ago

      Imagine children getting free lunches and you still manage to make it about: “ARF THEM EVIL WHITE PEOPLE!!!11”

      Got outside, lunatic.

      • @Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Cracker please. /s

        Spicy response, I know, but “it’s always about evil white people”?

        Nuh-uh, not going there.

  • FundMECFS
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    92 days ago

    Damn, fhe first half of that headline had me thinking something very different