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[sabotabby]

 Poll #xxxx Heartwarming!

Poll #32338 Heartwarming!

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Which was the most heartwarming story of last week?

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South Korean attempted coup foiled by a stunning display of badassery by ordinary people
26 (63.4%)

America beginning to solve its privatized health care problem with its gun violence problem
12 (29.3%)

Something else, which I will relay in the comments
3 (7.3%)

Comments

[ioplokon]

Assad getting wrekt

[sabotabby]

OH RIGHT that happened this week too!

[rdi]

But by Islamic extremists, as I understand it, which is maybe less than ideal.

[greylock]

I went w/ South Korea because... reasons. No one got hurt.

My heart is with #2. Check your mail. It is crazy.

[sabotabby]

If it's memes and shitposts, trust me, I have a collection.

[dissectionist]

13-year-old makes a crypto coin called Gen Z Quant, buys $350 of his own coin, dumps it eight minutes later having made $20k and says to his Twitch livestream while giving them double middle fingers, “No way. Holy fuck! Holy fuck! Holy fuck! Thanks for the twenty bandos.”

Understandably his buyers were irate, so he proceeded to make another memecoin called “i’m sorry” and people fall for it, as well as one called “my cat lucy”, making him another $10k.

At that point of course he gets doxxed and the furious calls begin, but it didn’t deter him from making two new currencies (and another $5k) two weeks later. So clearly the doxxing wasn’t so bad that his parents cut him off from the internet.

Any time a literal child - I mean, 13 is barely a teenager even - shows up adult crypto bros, I’m here for it.

[sabotabby]

I didn't even hear about that. Beautiful, no notes.

[smittenbyu]

oh that's amazing news!!

[selki]

Any time a literal child - I mean, 13 is barely a teenager even - shows up adult crypto bros, I’m here for it.

Hurray!

[franklanguage]

You have a link for this?

[dissectionist]

Also, what happened with #2? I didn’t catch that one.

[sabotabby]

Some guy shot a health insurance CEO and it put all the other health insurance CEOs on notice, including one company reversing a plan to stop covering anesthesia during surgery.

[franklanguage]

It's all over the news here in the USA; they still haven't caught the perp.

Police search for man who killed UnitedHealthcare™ CEO, new photos released: https://apnews.com/live/united-healthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-updates

[smittenbyu]

I keep reading and rereading everything about the South Korean news. One woman charged it as a business expense for her travel. Absolutely wonderful. I wonder if I would be a badass like that. And if 47 would back off like theirs did? sigh. but no no - absolutely immersed in the story!

[sabotabby]

I think you have to mean it, and the Koreans meant it. I've never been convinced that Americans are that willing to throw down for their democracy. It seems to be more of an inconvenience than anything else to them.

[lokifan]

The woman who grabbed the end of a soldier's gun and shouted "aren't you ashamed?" as he backed off is my hero.

[symbioid]

I guess it's that damn Americo-centrism in me. I always expect S Koreans to do crazy ass mass actions of one sort or another. I never expect an American to kill a CEO (health or otherwise). But that's surprise, not heartwarming. On second thought I guess maybe 1 is the correct answer, and the 2nd is not necessarily comforting/heartwarming but pure joyous outburst.

[sabotabby]

I have never been a big fan of propaganda by the deed as a strategy but you can see there are some cases where it's worked. Notably in the Shinzo Abe assassination, where yeah sure the guy got caught but everyone was all, "oh, guy absolutely needed killing" and made concrete changes as a result.

[blogcutter]

The two specific options you've listed are certainly important stories. I can understand why many might say "Right on!" But heartwarming? Not so much. I think part of the problem here is that heartwarming stories don't typically make the news, unless they concern people local to your area. So I might nominate "Unknown Local Hero" [who rolls up their sleeves, does good works, starts a GoFundMe for someone down on their luck ... or whatever.] Or how about the following story:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4vre2j4qqo

Just the general idea of getting away from impersonal dating apps., avoiding spammers and marriage fraudsters, caring for others and really connecting with our fellow human beings!

[sabotabby]

Aww, that is really sweet. I mean, I have never once met someone through a dating app. I've only ever met romantic partners while living my life.

I disagree that GoFundMe stories are heartwarming, though. I've rarely seen one that isn't evidence of some kind of massive societal failure, unless it's something like "fund my cool art project."

[ghostpuppet]

Is that sarcasm I sense?? ;) Here. I know it's schmaltzy crap, but hey, you said uplifting... lol I wasn't sure if you mean THAT way or the Onion way. :P BTW this is Sam. :o Lock all your doors!!

[sabotabby]

Oh no. I have been moved practically to tears by positive stories like these in the news.

[rdi]

I’m going for #1 because much as I love the solving of one problem by means of another I’m more about the badassery of ordinary people.

[sabotabby]

That is fair!

[kore]

Also props to the leader of the Korean Sprcial Forces who was like "No this is bullshit and I'm not giving that order." I mean, it could have been another Tiananmen Square in there. Soldiers refused to massacre citizens.

[sabotabby]

Yeah—there were a number of people who you would not expect to show up who were amazing.

[maeve66]

I've NEVER been a admirer of propaganda by the deed, but I am -- well, my heart is warmed by the responses and memes and bravery of people publicly saying "Yeah, fuck CEOs and capitalism for the misery and deaths they cause". South Korea was great, obviously. I had a really hard time choosing.

[sabotabby]

The problem with propaganda by the deed is it's often a toss-up, even if you read the room properly, which they usually don't.

This guy read the room and rolled a nat 20.

[honigfrosch]

Portrait of the CEO made with red DENIED stamps
(the original reddit thread had the content removed)

[sabotabby]

Holy shit that's a work of art.

[lcohen]

all of the above.

[sabotabby]

Valid answer.

[katuah]

I'll have to pick #1, major kudos to the South Korean people. My feelings around #2 reek of schadenfreude, ladled thickly in with cynicism - will it start a movement? Or just become another part of the background noise of late capitalism?

This has been a Most Interesting Week.

[sabotabby]

I have no idea. These things are always a dice roll.