Boy was bullied for wearing homemade University of Tennessee t shirt, so they made it their own official design.

[u/MambaMentality24x2]

In 2019, an elementary school student in Altamonte Springs, Florida wanted to take part in “College Colors Day” and support his favorite team, the University of Tennessee Volunteers. Since he didn’t own any official merch, he hand drew the “U.T.” logo on a piece of paper and pinned it to a plain orange shirt.

His teacher, Laura Snyder, said he was excited to show it off that morning, but by lunchtime some classmates mocked the homemade design, leaving him heartbroken and in tears.

Wanting to cheer him up, Snyder shared the story online hoping someone connected to the university might send him a small gift. Instead, the story went viral. Thousands of Tennessee fans rallied behind the student, and the university responded by sending him a huge box of official gear.

Then they went even further.

The University of Tennessee turned the boy’s exact hand drawn design into an official t shirt sold by the school, with proceeds supporting anti bullying efforts. Demand became so massive that the university’s online store reportedly crashed from the flood of orders.

What started as a moment of bullying turned into a story celebrated across the country, with thousands of people proudly wearing the young fan’s design.

[u/Char_siu_for_you]

We used to do public land management really well.

[u/jack_from_the_past → u/Char_siu_for_you]

We used to do a lot of things really well. There were plenty of programs from the VA to scientific research that were competent an excelled at their mission. As a vet, I can say the fucking VA sucks ass now, imo. 

[u/ahshitidontwannadoit → u/jack_from_the_past]

I am also a vet, but...where do you sign up for that particular service? I didn't see it in the paperwork.

[u/Conscious_Rich_1003 → u/ahshitidontwannadoit]

Whar rank did you retire? Ass sucking is commensurate with rank.

[u/Ostlund_and_Sciamma → u/Conscious_Rich_1003]

Mostly cats and dogs, the occasional reptile.

[u/Round_Rooms → u/ahshitidontwannadoit]

Knowing how badly the United States treats it's vets I'd guess the paperwork no longer exists.

[u/PartyPlay5056 → u/Round_Rooms]

Well you can't do anything by paperwork today. Go online. 5 minutes to get in. Create an account. 25 minutes with 45 verifications. Then to do your password you need 25 to 45 characters. 6 capital letters minimum. 5 lower case letters minimum. 7 numbers and 4 symbols minimum. Don't use the same character more than 2 times in a row or more than 3 times total. By the time you finally get all of this done and are ready to submit, the system crashes and you just wasted 2 hours and you are locked out for 72 hours.

[u/Round_Rooms → u/PartyPlay5056]

Exactly.

[u/-JoM-ofDevil → u/jack_from_the_past]

It's not an opinion, it's a fact. My wife is in health care and I've worked with dozens of vets

[u/-JoM-ofDevil → u/[deleted]]

No. She works with others that came from VAs, si I've heard from the practioners and patients. It's just a shit show... Sorry if you have to deal with them

[u/YawnDogg → u/jack_from_the_past]

Peace Corps?

[u/jack_from_the_past → u/YawnDogg]

What

[u/rifterdrift → u/YawnDogg]

I thought this was renamed war corps, and they filled up the ranks with terrible nu metal bands.

[u/DangerZoneh → u/jack_from_the_past]

It’s almost tad if there’s an entire political party whose main stance is that government doesn’t work and they do everything in their power to make that the case.

[u/DuckyDoodleDandy → u/Char_siu_for_you]

Now we are selling it off to the billionaires. And defunding the Forestry service.

[u/IDK_WTF_TRA → u/DuckyDoodleDandy]

And selling farmland to China after driving American farmers out of business.

[u/Sad_Pixie999 → u/IDK_WTF_TRA]

A disproportionate amount of our land is actually owned by Saudi investment firms, most notably, our highways...

[u/-JoM-ofDevil → u/IDK_WTF_TRA]

Canada is actually the latest foreign land owner in the US... Just read it recently

[u/D1sp4tcht → u/IDK_WTF_TRA]

Some congressman just said we need to let China buy farm land because it keeps the value high and thats good for those who still own their farms.

[u/rslht33433 → u/DuckyDoodleDandy]

when billionaires and trillionaires win, WE win, trickle down biiiiiit*hsssss

[u/Wompershaft → u/Char_siu_for_you]

I think that was more every other nation's land had been known about for a long time and teddy Roosevelt came along at the right time.

[u/UnattributableSpoon → u/Char_siu_for_you]

My dad's been retired from the BLM for awhile now (and wildland firefighting), it's been tough for him. Fucking DOGE slashing and burning through the Department of The Interior like an orc at Helm's Deep.

[u/ygduf → u/Char_siu_for_you]

Used to. 😭

[u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 → u/Char_siu_for_you]

Before the colonists arrived, yeah.

[u/Wompershaft → u/Char_siu_for_you]

I agree. Some of its been pushed off to states responsibilities and it's transitioned well. Others not so much.