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Make-A-Wish Builds A Millennium Falcon Fort For Boy

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-fast-enough-for-you-old-man dept.

Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and a production crew from Little Mountain Productions, a 9-year-old is getting the best fort ever. The crew is making him a Star Wars-themed fort with a gigantic Millennium Falcon with solar-powered LED interior and exterior lighting to sit on top. No word on how fast it can make the Kessel run, but lets hope the kid gets a long trip.

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  1. That's no moon... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... it's a golf-ball sized tumor!

  2. Good to be thinking of feelings, but by Improv · · Score: 0, Troll

    It'd be better to instead funnel that money to funds for research on diseases that tend to strike people down. Between spending money on a party for someone who's probably going to die and spending that same money on research towards treatments that stop families and communities from losing those people, the latter is a much better use of funds.

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    1. Re:Good to be thinking of feelings, but by Improv · · Score: 0, Troll

      What an insightful response. I'm sure you've convinced a lot of people.

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    2. Re:Good to be thinking of feelings, but by Improv · · Score: 0, Troll

      The happiness of having a healthy child and watching them grow into adults (rather than watching them die and trying to mitigate that trauma) is a deeper, more meaningful happiness than giving a kid some toys.

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  3. Parenting FAIL by ACQ · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not only is your kid dying, but you let him be a Star Wars fan? Now, an Enterprise D fort? WIN

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