Sure, I get that. Fact of the matter is that there's a reason /u/thenewyorktimes has some person in this subreddit anyway- and that's to engage in a kind of journalism that adds as fresh coat of polish over the turd that is a society built on misery.

You're not wrong about anything you said, but I'll be real man, it's just good to be reminded sometimes that there are people who will be this consistently generous their entire lives. We can celebrate people who are like that, while also highlighting the systems connected to it.

The article does that, actually.