A Boring Dystopia

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A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As someone who was pulled out of school at 14 and sent to work rebuilding old houses and breaking my back for $100 a week, education is where it’s at.

Appalachia is a whole different world (especially 25-30 years ago, the internet is changing it though).

The dude I worked for was molesting little girls and using the boys to stand up for him in court later to talk about how great he was. Unfortunately (for him that is) he made some mistakes and didn’t get our support, but boy he tried.

I remember one time he took us to the lake. He said, “I’m psychic, you know. I know things that no one else knows.” I replied, “there’s no such thing. Prove it.” He said, “Ok, when you and Regina sat on the train tracks and you ate her pussy and she sucked your dick. I just seen that in my mind.” He blew my mind in that moment.

I grew up and realized, Regina put my penis in her mouth because someone was teaching her that shit. I put my mouth on her vagina because she instructed me to do it. She did so because someone taught her this stuff. We were 11 and 9.

I know that’s disturbing and I’m sorry.

Kids shouldn’t be handed over to strange adults to work. If I’m not proof of that I don’t know what is.

[–] dreamer@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit, man, you okay?

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Oh yeah. Life is great these days bud. Thank you for asking.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

As someone who was pulled out of school at 14 and sent to work rebuilding old houses and breaking my back for $100 a week, education is where it’s at.

I'm just gonna say if they got me building houses for a day or two each week, I would've loved that shit and might've stayed in school.

The rest of the story is beyond me.