Do you donate to worthy causes?

I have in the past. But yeah I will only if the grocery store is on board. If it asks me for money at check out, then yes. I'll put like $1, which is fine if everybody does it. When there were earthquakes in 2017 and hurricanes I think, that was when I reached out to the red cross and a couple of other places. I donated something like $200 in $30 (approx.) increments to various agencies. I've continued to receive ask emails from them however, and am reluctant to give as a result.

In summary, I feel like the fact that they keep asking for more is the problem.

 

It's actually quite easy to access the accounts of major charities and see what percentage goes to the cause and more importantly find out how much they are paying CEO's and those at the top of the food chain. I volunteer for a charity but once a year we give cash rather than presents to each other . This year I chose medecins sans frontieres and my partner chose mind!

 

Count me in as one of those

Too many old people in the world.

The world should be for the next generation, the young.

Not a whole bunch of crusty old farts sucking up resources

 

I have heard the complaint of they ask too often a lot. I see the point. I've been kind of annoyed too. But I think my name is probably in a database that does not update when I pay. I am just listed as a supporter. It's not enough to make me want to stop donating. Like when is the right amount of time to wait to ask again? 1 month 6? It's different for each person.

 

We have to take care of the generation that cared for us. It's an important part of Asian cultures for a reason. It's a circle of life. They change your diaper and one day you do theirs.

 

Says who?

...or....we pass it on, what our parents did for us we do for kids. Which is how it really works.

Why am i supposed to care about more about a bunch of old farts now than all the kids with problems around the world?

 

Anyone alive has equal rights to aid and healthcare. I see everyone as equal to me. Many older people understand the world is no theirs anymore and elect not to get vaccines so kids can have it or in Japan they are the ones who go into Fukushima to clean it up since they know they will die soon anyway. Resources are sometimes limited and you might to make some ethical decisions at some point or hope the right decision are made by that person. Like I would not take something is I knew a child needed it. And I think many people feel the same way.

 

And where exactly on this planet does that happen?

 

Kids get cancer too, dick.

 

Now, what does that have to do with what I said?

I'm implying too many resources going to old farts, moreso than kids

 

You said that you agreed that resources shouldn't be spent trying to find a cure for cancer...

 

I have donated to my favorite journalists and youtubers. As they have been demonetized for having controversial opinions (as have many non-controversial people too).

Yes, it is for a worthy cause

 

Lets concentrate on the cancers kids get then

Cancers that Develop in Children

 

Let's see... There was the Red Cross donation drive for the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. I mostly donated, because a lot of my countrymen were in Thailand as tourists, when the tsunami hit the southwest Thai coast. Later I also donated to RC when a typhoon wrecked some shit in the Philippines around... 2009-ish?

Every time there's an election, some people from organizations that promote things like children's healthcare and autism research show up to the polling places for donations. I've so far always donated to these, because I see them as worthy causes. Autism in particular, because I have AS myself, those kids need all the support they can get.

I've also thrown a pittance to the Salvation Army around Christmas time a couple of times, in the spirit of Xmas.

 

i work for a nonprofit, so i don't make enough money to just give it away. although i do occasionally buy stuff for work out of pocket, so i suppose there's that. plus i work a million hours and get paid less than what hipforumers keep saying fast food workers should be making, so i think that also counts.

that's pretty uncharitable; causes with warts need that much more help.

 

yah i know. but i don't have enough left over from rent to even eat as healthy is i'd like.
as my mom used to say, you can't get blood from a turnip.
(i did a couple of years ago, before chump, when c.o.l.a.s almost kept up with real costs of living)

 

What he said.

Also, what others said in that I tend to donate more to smaller, more local charities. Or I try and buy ethically sourced products and products which benefit people somehow--such as Tom's shoes which donate a pair for every pair you buy.

 

I dont buy store bought pasta sauce anymore but before I learned to cook I always felt really good about buying Newman's Own brand because they donates 100% of all profits to charity

Sigh. Just one more reason Paul Newman was the ultimate man

 

If anyone wants a non-plastic water bottle, TreeTribe say they plant ten trees per purchase.

 

Mmm, his lemonade and tomato sauce are delicious. And he wasn't so bad either.