r/MadeMeCry • u/Faithismyname08 • Aug 16 '21
Yemen’s children deserve a future.
https://i.redd.it/tyk4l4bnxph71.png
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u/citoloco Aug 16 '21
Context?
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u/Miss_Thang2077 Aug 16 '21
And Yemeni group and Saudi Arabia has been in conflict for a long time and SA blocks a lot of resources getting to Yemen which is leading to massive starvation.
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u/nelsonbt Aug 16 '21
Context is OP wants you to see a horrific image under the guise of caring. OP went out of their way to post this image with no NSFW blurring. Normal people don’t do that.
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u/DetroitKhalil Aug 16 '21
Everyone should see that image. No one should blur it. It’s not gore. It’s hunger.
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u/redheaded_giant Aug 16 '21
So you wanna possibly traumatize people (who've suffered from a eating disorder for example) who are unable to help in anyway possible?
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u/thegiraff3boi Aug 16 '21
Yeah well these people are actually starving…
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u/redheaded_giant Aug 16 '21
And how is possibly traumatizing others gonna help them?
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u/UpvoteForFreeCandy Aug 16 '21
make them realise how good their life actually is
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u/redheaded_giant Aug 16 '21
Soooo what you're basically saying is that we should just show a person with a eating disorder or no with any mental issues for the matter a picture of a starving kid and say "this boy's life is way harder"... yea sounds like a good idea.
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u/fobolivk Aug 16 '21
The point is really to make an impact so that people make a difference. There are so man unaware people who have no clue about this stuff and, therefore, automatically won’t help the situation. Spreading awareness is good and making an impact gets the point across.
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u/redheaded_giant Aug 16 '21
And that's gonna help how exactly? Lol what you wanna do? Fight the Saudis? Ask the west to help? Yea nah the world never really has worked that way hasn't it?
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u/redheaded_giant Aug 16 '21
So just because it worked for you it should work for everyone? Hmmm well feel free to try
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u/breeriv Aug 17 '21
Starving Yemeni children don’t exist for you to learn a lesson. Y’all are so fucking weird.
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u/AlexandraKK1 Aug 17 '21
Mental illness - food deprivation is just as important as lack of resources - food deprivation
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u/Weird_Fee_4133 Aug 16 '21
Your tone being.. there are contexts in which this situation is justified. It's funny how just a one word comment can tell you how someone is an ignorant c**nt with an inferiority complex.
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u/powderpoff6 Aug 16 '21
Meanwhile, billionaires are playing astronaut.... Heartbreaking.
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u/ohiolifesucks Aug 16 '21
Unfortunately money isn’t the answer to everything. You can throw all the money in the world at certain problems but certain geopolitical issues would still never be solved
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u/kettelbe Aug 16 '21
What the fuck has this to do with that?
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u/PusheenMeow Aug 16 '21
Gave 2 trillion dollars and it's all for not... Throwing money at a problem doesn't fix it.
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u/TheFourthPlanet Aug 16 '21
This is terrible. Can someone come back from that?
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u/GRZ_KIMI Aug 16 '21
Yes and no. I just had a blurry memory of reading about someone who lived in extremely poor conditions including starving and when they got the chance to eat food consistently, their body wasn’t used to it and suffered slightly because of it. Like I said, this memory is from school like ten years ago and extremely blurry. I think though going back to eating could be bad for your body in certain ways but I’d still rather eat than not. I also could be VERY wrong here so take with with a massive amount of salt.
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u/Hot_Pollution1288 Aug 16 '21
Doubt it. Not if it happens this young. Good nutrition is required for proper brain development.
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u/oodoos Aug 16 '21
I have seen shit like this with cats before, and I can tell you that his kidneys are absolutely not functioning at all right now
This is horrific
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u/lemmywinks11 Aug 16 '21
This is absolutely nothing compared to what’s been happening over there - this has been a humanitarian crisis for years. Wonder why you don’t hear about it?
US destabilization of North Africa and the Middle East caused millions of Yemenis to starve and freeze to death. Can’t have the American people seeing the consequences of bombing brown people and shouting MURICA
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u/hats2heck Aug 16 '21
more information this child also has cerebral palsy, so while you should donate money to food, also please donate to healthcare and medication charities.
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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21
mark as NSFW please
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u/bussinheads1987 Aug 16 '21
This is that child's real life. There is no nudity. This picture should bother everyone.
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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21
But still looking like a dead child and it's on my screen. What will other people think of me when they see it while I'm scrolling on my phone.
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u/bussinheads1987 Aug 16 '21
I get where you are coming from but I mean....hopefully they think "Jesus christ, what is going on in Yemen? " because obviously not enough people are. In reality its no different than a picture of any other child. Its just heartbreaking. This is just the body this poor child has. How would you feel if people censored a photo of you and your body because it made them feel yucky? I see both sides of the argument.
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u/allikudaa Aug 16 '21
Imagine that you were born one of these kids, and this picture helps spread awareness of a serious human rights issue that needs to be addressed and known by as many people as possible. By not nsfw the image they could gather thousands of more donations than not. Versus the slight inconvenience of viewing it at work. Like I get what you’re saying, but I just think this issue is so serious, and there’s a time and place for caring what coworkers think.
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u/DarkSylver302 Aug 16 '21
Fuck you. This is NSFW. Mark it as such.
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u/bussinheads1987 Aug 17 '21
Explain to me how.
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u/blockman2803 Aug 17 '21
"The phrase NSFW was coined to warn people that the content they are about to view could get them into trouble if they are caught by a manager or supervisor. Many organizations specifically prohibit the dissemination and consumption of sexually explicit or disturbing content." https://www.techopedia.com/definition/27847/not-safe-for-work-nsfw
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u/DrCMJ Aug 16 '21
Why are these people having children they literally cannot feed? I understand there's a humanitarian crisis, but why bring a child into the world that you know you can't provide food for, much more proper shelter, education, clean water, etc.
My OH and I have waited until our mid 30s before we started trying because we wanted to be in a good place financially to provide the best we can for our future children if we do have any.
This definitely isn't the poor child's fault and no child should suffer like this. IMO the parents deserve almost as much blame as the politicians for this one.
I say this knowing this is a contradictory viewpoint to most others and knowing well and good this will get downvoted to oblivion.
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u/libra44423 Aug 16 '21
The thing is, the kid had to have been nourished well enough to reach this age. He looks like he has a full set of teeth, so he's at least 3 or 4 years old if not older. When you're that malnourished you lose control of bodily functions, so we cannot use the diaper to guess his age. His parents may have had a decent life until recently. Maybe he doesn't have parents anymore and had to try to fend for himself. You can't plan for everything, and resources for children and families are very limited in places like Yemen.
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u/hats2heck Aug 16 '21
- The child has CP, and they are barely able to afford his medication, they did not expect to have a chronically ill child 2. They don’t have access to healthcare (aka contraceptives) or proper sex education
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u/redheaded_giant Aug 16 '21
I've had the same question since I first heard of hunger in Africa.. that was more then 10 years ago.
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u/mario61752 Aug 16 '21
You’re brave for addressing such a controversial question. It’s been drilled into our heads that “life has meaning” and “childbirth is beautiful” and thinking otherwise can raise moral controversy, so not many people can think about this critically.
The truth is, the poorer the living condition the more they reproduce. When someone lives their entire life scraping for food and struggling to survive, they can’t really comprehend much other than to live and reproduce — what our primate brains are engineered to do to continue existing as a species. Everyone, including us, is affected by it to some degree. In terms of natural selection, the more offsprings you produce the larger chance at least one will survive, therefore it just so happens that these people give lots of birth because only people who do that continue existing. It’s terribly saddening how life is so easy to produce yet so fragile. I, too, wish we could do something meaningful to help it significantly.
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u/belle-barks Aug 17 '21
Honestly all of our US billionaires should get together and end this suffering. It wouldn’t put a dent in their wealth.
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u/roachstr0099 Aug 16 '21
Why oh why do people decide to have kids in fucked up countries? Even in the U.S it's rough without earning well.
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u/Katy_Life Aug 16 '21
For one thing, if the don’t have the resources to feed their own child they probably don’t have birth control
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u/roachstr0099 Aug 17 '21
I know I know, it's just really depressing knowing people still find glimmers of hope and decide to make a child. In war. Unprotected sex doesn't always result in births and there is male mitigations to prevent pregnancy but yeah. I'm just venting. Apologies if anyone's offended.
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u/blockman2803 Aug 16 '21
Maybe people shouldnt be having and raising children in poverty.
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u/BackwardsLemonSqueez Aug 16 '21
You do understand that in different cultures women don't have the luxury of choosing to have sex and carry babies.
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u/blockman2803 Aug 16 '21
Then its not the woman's fault. Its the man's fault but regardless, its still shitty.
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u/oodoos Aug 16 '21
Wow aren’t you tone deaf
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u/blockman2803 Aug 16 '21
I knew Id be downvoted. These children dont deserve this, and its the parents' fault for bringing them into shitty conditions. Not to mention, posting starving children in r/mademecry is obvious karmawhoring.
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u/BackwardsLemonSqueez Aug 16 '21
I dont think you should be down voted. You do have a point, but it's a lot more complicated than just not having kids. There are other issues such not having better health care, funds to buy contraceptives, funds to have an abortion, stronger law enforcement to reduce rape victims, and again the culture of that society may be extremely patriarchal. Asking people not to have sex, even if it is their choice to do it in the first place, is like telling someone not to think of elephants. It's just going to happen because it is human nature.
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u/blockman2803 Aug 17 '21
Thats why you tell them the consequences. And if they dont listen, that makes them a bad person if they willingly bring life into poverty. (My point is obviously excluding rape victims)
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u/BackwardsLemonSqueez Aug 17 '21
Are you saying YOU would abstain from sex your entire life if you were in those conditions? Never getting to make love to the person you adore?
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u/TheInsaneAdventurer Aug 17 '21
Would anyone agree that it's effectively child abuse to give birth to someone if you know you're unable to feed them? If there's little hope for your child to be able to be fed enough, have clean water, proper access to medical facilities, and be able to grow up healthy, is it not abusive to give birth to them and force them to suffer like this poor soul pictured here?
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u/Saint_Umbro Aug 17 '21
Sorry, America is still discovering who should use what bathroom, maybe try UK?
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u/NewsgramLady Aug 16 '21
This makes me fucking sick. How can this happen?? What can we do???