this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
1265 points (99.5% liked)

Uplifting News

15100 readers
1310 users here now

Welcome to /c/UpliftingNews, a dedicated space where optimism and positivity converge to bring you the most heartening and inspiring stories from around the world. We strive to curate and share content that lights up your day, invigorates your spirit, and inspires you to spread positivity in your own way. This is a sanctuary for those seeking a break from the incessant negativity often found in today's news cycle. From acts of everyday kindness to large-scale philanthropic efforts, from individual achievements to community triumphs, we bring you news that gives hope, fosters empathy, and strengthens the belief in humanity's capacity for good.

Here in /c/UpliftingNews, we uphold the values of respect, empathy, and inclusivity, fostering a supportive and vibrant community. We encourage you to share your positive news, comment, engage in uplifting conversations, and find solace in the goodness that exists around us. We are more than a news-sharing platform; we are a community built on the power of positivity and the collective desire for a more hopeful world. Remember, your small acts of kindness can be someone else's big ray of hope. Be part of the positivity revolution; share, uplift, inspire!

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 282 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"They had us in the first half I'm not gonna lie"

[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 month ago

Dude for real. Seeing Utah and school lunches in the same sentence had me worried.

[–] [email protected] 150 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Well yeah, how are we going to get rich if we aren’t taking money from 5 year olds?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And making them work to repay it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

We can't bailout lunch kids, what about my meth addiction debt? Nobody helped me. BOoTsTrApS!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

More like Pro-Life-Debts amiright?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Actually tho. Conservative politicians be pushing that pro-life shit cause of religion but also because they want to maintain their cheap labor force that they’ve sold the idea of “freedom” to

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They held my high school diploma for 6 months because I had $20 dollar deficit.

They never got the money because my dad threatened a lawsuit.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My school held someone's diploma to the max legal limit (like 6 months) because they did a twirl when walking on stage to get the fake diploma case thing.

Many US schools are more oppressive than some other country's prisons

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Richest country… for now

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Can't wait for school lunch debt to become non dischargeable in bankruptcy

[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Just a reminder that the LDS Church has $206 Billion in the bank.

A church. $206 Billion.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Neither is terraforming planets for every male member

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good thing it ends up in the hands of the Belters (at least in the TV show)

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They also own 2.7% of private land in Florida and 1 in every 550 acres of private land in the U.S.:

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Also a reminder that "Mormon porn" is an incredibly popular genre on Pornhub.

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The show American Primeval was the beginning, they showed how they ripped people/towns/indians apart for that land under government control by Brigham young. True or not, I'd believe it given their stake today.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Joseph Smith, the Jesus Christ of Mormonism, was killed by an angry mob who stormed a prison he was being held in to execute him for scamming them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but they've got to save it for the apocalypse...for some reason.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

load more comments (6 replies)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Same, literally a gasp then a sigh of relief as I read the headline

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Remove the /s cause this is pretty much on the money.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

meanwhile Florida ponders whether children in the mines should be fed

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

how does a 14 year old work overnight i dont get it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

That's easy: you don't go to high-school anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They can just sleep through the day at their woke school. /S

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My brain auto completed it to say making them starve instead.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

You got me in the first half, ngl

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Utah. White people helping white people 🤍

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

And no minorities in that picture.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Love to see it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month 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.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Finally, good news out of Utah.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›