• @OneCardboardBox
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    37 months ago

    Wait, what’s wrong with Grandpa Joe? He was a man sick with the humiliation and hopelessness handed down to him by society. Only the joy of seeing his grandson get a chance to be somebody was enough to cure him.

    • @pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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      27 months ago

      IIRC it’s the fact that he was all sickly and bedridden until Charlie finds the golden ticket and he pops out of bed like nothing is wrong.