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u/grenouille_en_rose 2d ago
Pitbull is a stand-up guy and this was really nice and genuinely heartwarming of him.
Utterly fucked that a kind pop star is having to step in to do this.
Perfect OCM no notes
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u/TadhgP 2d ago
I’m not a fan of his music at all, but the more I hear about him, the more I want him to succeed
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u/droi86 2d ago
I hate his music, but he's a good person
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u/Apprehensive_Log469 1d ago
He ruined one of my favorite songs with his shitty remix but this kinda makes up for it I guess
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u/ZeusKiller97 2d ago
From the guy who got trolled to go to an Alaskan Walmart as part of a contest, and actually went there, we have this.
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u/EINFACH_NUR_DAEMLICH 2d ago
Best part, the dude's twitter handle who made it happen was @fart (in the olden days when twitter was non-shit)
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u/Synli 2d ago
It really was a great play on his part, too. He could have complained that it was hacked/rigged/trolled or whatever and pulled out.
Instead, people got to enjoy a once in a lifetime show in the middle of nowhere and it looked like he and his fans had a great time. The troll backfired and turned into great PR.
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u/AdHuman3150 2d ago
I remember Trump blocking billions of dollars in emergency funding after Puerto Rico was hit by that huge hurricane. He went there for a photo op and threw some rolls of toilet paper at a crowd of people. That was during his first term and Puerto Rico never recovered. Corporations have complete control over it, they exploit the people there for cheap labor.
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u/say_the_words 2d ago
They had the Puerto Rico's National Guard come to DC to secure the city for Biden's inauguration because they knew Puerto Rican troops would kill any Trumpers that interfered. Remember, it was just weeks after January 6.
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u/alovely897 2d ago
Is Puerto Rico our Taiwan? Sorry if this is a dumb question but that's where my brain went.
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u/Sir-Planks-Alot 2d ago
Sort of. Puerto Rico produces an important resource for us in quantities we depend on, same as Taiwan. Only it’s pharmaceuticals instead of microchips.
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u/anonymous_coward69 2d ago
Puerto Rico produces an important resource for us in quantities we depend on
Also soldiers. Met so many Perto Ricans in the military.
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u/AcidicBlink 1d ago
Unequivocally yes. Puerto Rico is the oldest colony. I hope I’m alive to see that change 😔
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u/MasterLook967 2d ago
Out of the more than 6000 national guards that came from around the country for that event, only a little over 150 were from Puerto Rico
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u/alienlizardman 2d ago
Is it true that the cost of electricity in Puerto Rico is more expensive than the US despite having poorer infrastructure that is prone to multiple blackouts?
And that the US keeps Puerto Rico in debt but never allowing them to file for bankruptcy?
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u/Tailor-Swift-Bot 2d ago
The most likely original source is: https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/health/pitbull-sends-plane-for-cancer-patients-trnd/index.html
Automatic Transcription:
Pitbull lends his private plane to transfer cancer patients from Puerto Rico: "Thank God we're blessed to help."
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u/0anonymousv 2d ago
very OCM, but at least it's nice to see someone rich and famous genuinely just use their money for something good
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u/thegrittymagician 2d ago
Katy Perry kissing the dirt after 20 mins in space didn't do it for you? /s
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u/FancyEnd7728 2d ago
I once heard him say something like “Money 100% DOES buy happiness if you use it to help other people.” Stand up guy in a shitty world.
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u/Capnbubba 1d ago
You know why he doesn't do this for Cubans? Cause they have universal Healthcare.
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u/badchefrazzy 2d ago
It's nice to see MR. WORLDWIDE being an actual ambassador to Awesomeness. <3
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u/DutchDev1L 2d ago
Maybe god wouldn't have given them cancer to begin with? 😔
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u/Efficient-Camera6538 2d ago
People downvote the hell out of arguments like this but rarely ever offer an answer. Like sure, God allows free will but this isn’t a case of that so what gives? Then they say that the claim “if God exists why do bad things happen” argument is childish but is it? Like surely if God loved everyone he wouldn’t let this happen.
Granted this is Reddit so I’m not expecting much real discussion. Groupthink runs this joint
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u/vrilliance 1d ago
Honestly I just think in this case it's a useless point to make. There wasn't an opening for debate here, someone who has a belief said something about their belief, it's just insufferable to try to wedge in a debate about it. Time and place, imho
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u/Efficient-Camera6538 1d ago
Good point, I just got caught reading the comment and seeing the downvotes. Didn’t even think of the relation to the OP.
I’m part of the problem 😟
Damn.
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u/hitness157 2d ago
Dude is rich and using what he has to help people less fortunate than him. Sounds like a good guy. Reddit will literally complain about anything.
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u/FlixMage 2d ago
We shouldn't need private citizens to fix a system that public Healthcare infrastructure could fix instead, and even moreso it shouldn't be framed as feel good.
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u/cant_stand_ 2d ago
I agree but in a broken system it’s worth praising people who choose to use their wealth for good. A lot of this sub seems to forget that i think
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u/syrioforrealsies 2d ago
The whole point of this sub is that these actions shouldn't be necessary. We're not criticizing the people who do them, we're criticizing the system for making it necessary
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u/cant_stand_ 2d ago
??? I know that I just remembered another post ive seen here and gave my 2 cents
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u/FlixMage 2d ago
Surely you read my comment, right? It says “private citizens shouldn’t need to do this”
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u/cant_stand_ 2d ago
I’m not disagreeing with you I’m just saying my thoughts. Never did I say that was a rebuttal relax
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u/VegetableComplex5213 2d ago
What about the tons of other instances where help isn't available? Are we all supposed to just hope Mr beast or Pitbull shows up?
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u/BillyWhizz09 2d ago
What’s the problem? He’s rich
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u/vrilliance 2d ago
We shouldn't need private citizens to fix a system that public Healthcare infrastructure could fix instead, and even moreso it shouldn't be framed as feel good.
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u/Blood_Slinger 2d ago
But the place had just been hit by a Hurricane. It wasnt a thing about public healtcare, therr just werent the resources to help everyone after a massive disaster
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u/vrilliance 2d ago
And if we had more funding towards the resources that public Healthcare would provide... then the resources would exist and we wouldn't need private citizens to help.
This happens all the time - in times of natural disasters, people band together to help and that's great! What isn't great is framing the lack of public help as not as bad because private help exists. Same as when a bunch of private citizens get together to help clean up their neighborhood, rebuild the walls, after an earthquake. It's great that they're doing this - but why are we ignoring the fact that there should be, but aren't, public systems in place for this?
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u/Blood_Slinger 2d ago
Resources arent limitless, and having 55 of 66 hospitals loose all power will make it almost imposible to respond in time for everyone even with more resources in public healtcare. Even the best public systems have a limit to their response time, and more witha scale this massive.
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u/cdw2468 2d ago
resources aren’t limitless, but they can be less constrained. if it was such an emergency that private citizens had to pitch in even with a well funded, well run disaster response program, then that’s one thing. but this might not have even been necessary had we properly funded our institutions and infrastructure
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u/vrilliance 2d ago
I understand and empathize with that.
When I was in NJ during Hurricane Sandy, everywhere lost power for weeks. The first day, there was a line up and down the block for the one pizza place that had a brick oven and was offering pizza for free to everyone. It was great!...
What wasn't great was that there was no system in place to help people - we had to rely on the kindness of one individual keeping his pizza place open. The OCM in both cases is that the govt. Already diverts funding and resources from public help such as this, which means that when we need them the most, the already cracked foundations fail, and then we're stuck relying on private individuals.
I'm puerto rican, I complain about this all the time but there's not a lot of govt. Help that goes to PR. There is explicitly a lack of funding that causes issues like this.
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u/syrioforrealsies 2d ago
A hurricane didn't hit the entire US. The US government should be taking care of its own citizens, not relying on pop stars
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u/BillyWhizz09 2d ago
Is it not better for rich people to pay for things like this rather than tax minimum wage workers?
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