We're all Terrible People

[DocBot]

I gave to a couple charities. Those charities then turned around and sold my mailing address to other charities so they could send me shitmail for the next three years. Probably got more than my donation. I have officially stopped giving to charities. Go charities.

 

[Jaranja]

No, you can't.

I'm a 'terrible person' because I don't want to help people I don't know. My money won't make a difference so fuck it, I'd rather get the God of War trilogy or something.

Your money actually could make a difference. In fact, for just pennies a day, you can help Jerome right here eat for an entire week...

I'm kidding, but you're probably right. It's actually a pretty terrible thing to not be able to trust people who say they will be giving money to children to just use it for themselves. I'm just a selfish person, though.

As long as my dickishness feels justified, I'm quite alright.

 

[Brad Shepard]

No, you can't.

I'm a 'terrible person' because I don't want to help people I don't know. My money won't make a difference so fuck it, I'd rather get the God of War trilogy or something.

Your money actually could make a difference. In fact, for just pennies a day, you can help Jerome right here eat for an entire week...

I'm kidding, but you're probably right. It's actually a pretty terrible thing to not be able to trust people who say they will be giving money to children to just use it for themselves. I'm just a selfish person, though.

As long as my dickishness feels justified, I'm quite alright.

Thats how i feel sometimes as well.

 

[InfernoJesus]

In actuality most people only display sympathy because society pressures them to do so. If 5 million people in foreign island died as a result of a natural disaster, I would not care AT ALL. Unfortunately, the status quo is that I should be sympathetic towards said nation. Until I do this, society would frown upon my feelings toward this nation and force me to express sympathy.

Direct confrontation sympathy is a rare occurrence.

 

[TailsRodrigez]

I don't give to charities, I give to homeless people though.
Don't ask me why, I don't really know. Maybe the ads just piss me off.

you do have to be careful when doing that, unfortunately there are people who just use the money for drugs and alcohol, some who just pretend to be homeless (not all of them, just a small amount compared to those who need help). but here is one of the worst parts about donating money to the homeless, usually it justs goes to some food, and then they still remain homeless, and so it is like putting a band aid over a lost foot, it won't do anything. Sure, it is very nice, but a lot of people who are struggling with homelessness, don't look like someone who we perceive as a homeless person(i volunteer at some places). A lot look like any other person on the street, and they just don't ask for money unless they become desperate. that is why their are charities who try to fix these problems. (however, you are correct, some of their ads are god awful to watch).

 

[TheGreatDirectorWatanbe]

Survival of the Fittest

 

[S-Unleashed]

I really do wish to help all kinds of people but I lack the money.

 

[Slayer_2]

How about the people who sunk thousands of dollars into Haiti after it was leveled by an earthquake, all while spouting facts about Haiti to their friends and family. However, if you asked them about Haiti before the quake, would any of them been able to even give you which hemisphere it belongs in? Nope. Also, did they help out by donating to it BEFORE the quake, you know, back when it was just a poor nation. Sometimes I hate the damn media.

 

[Bat Vader]

Do we really have to give to one or the other? Can't we give to both charities? I would pry pay $50.00 towards both of them because that way both of them are getting donations.

 

[Warped_Ghost]

People can probaly relate more to the blind man who has a similiar culture as them than the starving kids who don't. If it's easier to see yourself in their situation then it's easier to feel sympathetic.

 

[Furioso]

Bah, animal charity groups try and lure you in with cute..animals...and.... OH LOOK A DAWG I LUV UUUUUUU :3

 

[Mozared]

This thread points out exactly what's wrong with left-wing politics (what's wrong with right-wing is more obvious). We *can't* save everyone. Heck, we probably shouldn't save everyone. Until we stop the mad "OMG DONATE MONEY NAWW" rage and realize that life is life, even for humans, mankind is not going to accept that some things just are. It needs to become socially acceptable to not donate if you do not care for something.

That said, such a state of being will be a lot easier to achieve when we at least get the entire world on a somewhat equal level of wealth where not 50% of the population is completely in the service of the other 50%.

 

[Angerwing]

Dogs are small and furry. People like dogs.

Kids grow up.

Personally, Im not paying for some fat cat guy at Oxfam to sit in a big house. Ill keep my money.

Oddly enough, Oxfam specifically is the main exception to charity scams. They're like the best when it comes to donations, with 95-98% going straight to charity, and the rest for advertising and administration costs. The Red Cross, however donates something like 10%.

 

[tomservo4prezident]

People have been beaten over the head with this crap since 1993. Everyone has just become numb. Thus, everyone is an Anti-PC bastard.

GO DESENSITIZATION! NEVER CHANGE!

 

[Divine Miss Bee]

I don't give to charities, I give to homeless people though.
Don't ask me why, I don't really know. Maybe the ads just piss me off.

Maybe because you can't trust charities? Honestly you can't trust anyone.

Well I don't really trust the homeless people to not just go and buy heroin though... idunno.

i only give to the homeless too, because i really don't trust faceless jar charities. and it's none of my business what the homeless do with it either. personally, i hope they get enough during the day that they can buy some booze (along with food, not instead of it)-booze helps a bleak outlook and they don't even have a place to go back to.

i guess i'm terrible because i try to help if it's in front of my face, then immediately stop caring about it. however, there is nothing wrong with being terrible this way, biologically speaking. all animals have to be inherently selfish as a survival mechanism.

 

[CINN4M0N]

I hate human beings, so I would much rather pay for the dog to be awesome.

I would have to agree with Corroded Sin.

Seriously though, what's with the OP? How is it any of YOUR business who we give OUR money to? Why do you think YOU know better what WE should spend OUR money on?

Why are we all terrible people, because we don't follow the exact same moral code that YOU do? Maybe we're the ones in the right, and you're the terrible person.

How is any of the stuff discussed on these forums anyone's business at all? The point of this thread is the same for any other: to generate discussion.

This thread is supposed to be thought provoking. It brings a topic to attention, and gives everyone a chance to put their two cents in. Maybe some people will have realisations in the process and walk away feeling enlightened, who knows?

 

[Nihilix]

So what does that make me? I give to zero charities, so by extrapolation I'm double terrible.

But were not all terrible people. Why? Because if it's normal, then it's neutral. Not terrible or good. So you're disenchanted with humanity. Deal with it. We didn't dominate this planet by being nice.

Murder, genocide, rape, torture, extinction, cannibalism. All deeds committed by humans. But double-standards regarding charity makes us terrible? Think again.

I agree with this, and even if you gave money to every charity you could still be an evil son of a ***** who gets his/her jollies off of terrible acts. So in the end just because you do something or not doesn't make us a terrible or great person it takes more than just one aspect of our lives to determine who we are.

 

[Soushi]

Congratulations sir, you have just tried to make people feel bad about one more hting that they do. Perhaps you think it is cool to be all cold and aloof, seeing so much more than the rest of us mere mortals. Mayhaps you think that you are so much smarter, so much more intelligent than the rest of hte human race, so as to see our flaws. I used to htink like that, but i opened up my eyes, and now i pity you.

You have no right to judge the human race. You have no right to sit in judgement on other people, and most of all,you haven to right to tell other what thier priorities should be. Gahndi once said "Become the change you want to see in the world" so try that instead of complaining on an internet forum.

Arguing with you, however, is likely pointless, so, i will simply say that you are wrong.