8 years ago a grandma accidentally texted a young man she didn't know about Thanksgiving. They've gone from strangers to family to business partners
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Wanda Dench accidentally texted Jamal Hinton in 2016, inviting him to Thanksgiving thinking he was a family member. They're not related, but he's been with her for the holiday ever since.

8 years ago a grandma accidentally texted a young man she didn’t know about Thanksgiving. They’ve gone from strangers to family to business partners

  • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
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    10 个月前

    Damn - Why does everything have to become a hustle or business opportunity? Why couldn’t a wholesome accidental friendship just stay that way?
    God I hate the influence hustle culture has had on the internet.

    • Zorque@kbin.social
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      10 个月前

      Because capitalism is an economic system that squeezes every last cent out of people for the sake of “efficiency”.

      Not everyone is affected equally (woo, human biases) but it hits every group eventually. Sadly people often find need to obtain money somewhere to justify their own existence. The usual sources tend to grind you down to a sad shadow if your former self, so people often look for alternatives.

    • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
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      10 个月前

      Because tree falling in forest doesn’t make a sound or something like that. You ever only hear about the ones that are promoted for clicks on the internet. I’m sure the are hundredths of grandpas that texted the wrong person, became friends and never bragged about it on Instagram.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 个月前

    In 2023, Hinton announced on Thanksgiving that he and Dench had gone from “family” to business partners, launching an alkaline black water called BlackMP.

    What the hell is “alkaline black water” ???

    • QuinceDaPence@kbin.social
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      10 个月前

      Like the other person said, a scam, but to give the claim…

      Black water or alkaline black water is power-packed with minerals such as magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium.

      Sounds like my well water if you boil off some of the water.

      Its distinct colour is attained by the elevated alkaline water pH that ranges between eight to nine.

      PH doesn’t change the color. A thing that changes PH may also change the color but the PH itself is not responsible.

  • FurtiveFugitive@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 个月前

    I upvoted this only so that more people might see this went from wholesome to scummy side hustle. Maybe next year we won’t hear about these people at all anymore. 🤞