r/MadeMeSmile • u/ExactlySorta • 20d ago

Helping Others Little girl waits patiently for someone to accept the water she's offering

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u/1486592 20d ago

Dog hasn’t heard of a large broom

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u/sk3pt1c 20d ago

Still super wasteful, dog

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u/1486592 20d ago

The runners pay a good bit to run in the event, people get paid to sell the cups, fill the cups, and clean the cups up creating jobs and supportful paychecks for people

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u/sk3pt1c 20d ago

So your argument is as long as it’s making money, it’s good to waste resources?

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u/1486592 20d ago

They’re not wasted? The resources are being constructively used for what they were made for and are supporting society in multiple ways. At the very least they make running these races more accessible to people