Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL That the Million Dollar 1988 McDonalds record winner was 13, had his mom claim it, she squandered a good chunk of it, had her BF steal what was left, lost his mom 10 years later,www.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down19
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkTIL That the Million Dollar 1988 McDonalds record winner was 13, had his mom claim it, she squandered a good chunk of it, had her BF steal what was left, lost his mom 10 years later,www.vice.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarebustAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·3 months agoWell that was a truly sad story.
minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 months agoYeah, the article says What transpired in the nearly 30 years since the story unfolded is bittersweet and I was waiting for the sweet part. Turns out, apart from his mum’s good intentions, everything in the story’s pretty much on the bitter side.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·3 months agoLike a lemonaide made from lemon juice, and just a dash of sugar…like literally a dash. Legally still bittersweet, but in reality just sour.
Well that was a truly sad story.
Yeah, the article says
and I was waiting for the sweet part. Turns out, apart from his mum’s good intentions, everything in the story’s pretty much on the bitter side.
Like a lemonaide made from lemon juice, and just a dash of sugar…like literally a dash. Legally still bittersweet, but in reality just sour.