• @OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org
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      31 year 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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        21 year 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.