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Geting charity out of a farker is indeed a "unrealistic expectation".

wtf? some real shiat being posted lately.

Charity my ass. Get a job.

Can you feel the love? C'mon! Can you feel it?

I know I can, and it's tingling in my pants!

I donate to

www.directrelief.org

I recommend it.

Sorry, I don't read black type on a grey background, I'd prefer not to go blind.

Why do asshats choose such insane color schemes for their sites?

Is it Unrealistic to Expect that this money's going towards a keg or two?

Yeah, it's unrealistic to think that.

You guys make it so much fun to put effort into a charity.

Just kidding.

However, every year, I make gift bags with sandwiches, fruit, candy, gloves, juice boxes, and even a couple of somkes, and give them to the homeless - physically drive around and do it. and I'm poor - I just don't spend much money in December, and i get my friends to chip in. Year 11 is coming up - when I started it, I had been homeless myself 3 months before.

So I am slightly dismissive of the concept - I appreciate it a lot more when people spend their own money.

Sorry, all my charity $ goes to the kids in the projects.

For Christmas I buy the homeless guys bottles of cheap booze.

WTF? I've never heard of this site. I'm certainly not going to give them any money on the "promise" that they'll give it to charity. To me, it just looks like some dude with a 'blog.

Donated what I could already. I bought a gift for a poor kid. Wish I could do more, but by this time next year I may be in the same situation...KIDS, GAH!

charty is when my parents come over at christmas and i put out a shrimp ring.

Hey now, Wil's got his own things going on, I'm sure. He's a giver that way.

The charity event is being put together this year so it can be bigger than what I can afford. I'm picking up all of the fees that Amazon or PayPal swipe away, and if there's enough money donated, I'll check with them for their assistance and see if they'll perhaps waive those as a donation, in which case, I'll still match as an add-on.

My wife and I typically invest our time and money doing similar things, however, this year hasn't been the kindest to anyone from an economic outlook, and we thought that if a lot of people give a little ($5), we could raise more and do a lot more with a lot of people giving a lot less.

I guess I don't look at it from the other side of the coin and I don't expect people to think that I'd be inviting that kind of shiatty karma to come rushing at me by swiping money from a charity.

I never thought to look at it that way, and that's really because I'd never do it that way.

The intention, just as an FYI, is to take all monies donated and purchase as many Wal~Mart giftcards as possible in as effective of an amount as possible; this is another place where I'm hoping they'll work with us to add more to our amounts by donating themselves.

The local organizations recommend these gift cards because they're easy to store, have low-to-no overhead and they allow the families to get what they need--not have some schmuck like me try and assume what is best for them. The county also pre-qualifies the families in need.

If you're able to spare $5 from your daily Frappamochalatteccino fun, that's great--if not, that's fine, too. If you disagree vehemently or question what we're doing, please ask or make suggestions.

Charity is what I am collecting for this holiday season as well. Her hours at the strip club are from 11am to 5pm, and Charity's lap dances are worth every dollar !

Yeah right. What exactly is an "aero"? Do You mean "Euro"?

It's a candy bar. An Aero. They don't make them in the states.

The fact that there probably isn't TWO people on earth that are stupid enough to get that "little detail" wrong, tells Me the same guy also wrote all the gushing "hey, I'll help,just tell Me how" letters below,in the comments section.

I think it's your mistake, but then again, you're bashing this based on spelling, too, which would be about as ridiculous as me bashing you on your ignorance of Aeros and your assumption otherwise. No one's asking to be saved.


Nice spelling. "for those of you who've gotten a peak at what..."
Do You mean "peek"? If I didn't "Save Karyn", I'm sure not gonna save this Idjit. The "Karma Train" is on Your side? The Man Train maybe.

You all suck. I gave. You know what - if the guy pockets my $5 then he's a schmuck and he'll have to live with it. Hell, even if he doesn't care and rips all these people off he'll have to deal the the guilt at some point. I was able to contribute towards something that may help someone out. I'm not a rich girl, but $5 towards a larger effort isn't a make or break situation. I refuse to lose faith in humanity. (Disclaimer: I also refuse to put a hellofalotta stock in humanity, either.)

Roughy -

I restate my thought, to make it clear.

Idea: good.

I just believe that these efforts are much more well-meaning if they're paid for be the actual giver.

When you see the looks on people's faces when you give them out, you'll know what I mean. i hope you'll be good enough at least to tell them where the money came from.

Where we disagree is here: this year hasn't been the kindest to anyone from an economic outlook.

If you have a roof and a job, it's been good.

I just believe that these efforts are much more well-meaning if they're paid for be the actual giver.


Kerouac, maybe you missed this little detail - Roughy is donating a heck of a lot more money than any of the rest of us individually. So the gift is being paid for by the "actual giver". The actual giver being all of us.

Question: why do they need to know where it's coming from? Or rather, why must we be "good enough" to tell the recipients that it's coming from us? So we can get the warm and smooshy feeling of seeing the face of the person who may now feel beholden to us for giving something to them? I hope I'm misunderstanding you here, because that sounds pretty self-important. I don't want the recipients of my gifts to know it came from me. I don't want them to feel beholden to anyone. I want them to just maybe breathe a little easier, feel a little warmer, know that someone cares - to just have one less meal to worry about. I don't need or want a "thank you".

And as for having a roof and a job. . . the year has been cruel to pretty much everyone, whether they've lost a home already, or stand to lose it in the next year or two or three. We all have some recovery to do.

Kerouac--thanks for the clarification. My turn:

I restate my thought, to make it clear.

Idea: good.

I just believe that these efforts are much more well-meaning if they're paid for be the actual giver.

When you see the looks on people's faces when you give them out, you'll know what I mean. i hope you'll be good enough at least to tell them where the money came from.

I couldn't agree more, BUT this is charity and the gifts will be donated from "the site" (UnrealisticExpectations.com LTD) in the name of the "community of givers" and I will put everyone's name to it that wants to share it. This isn't from me, per se.

In fact, if there's any publicity about it, it's been directed to the site, not to me. The receivers won't know who/where the gifts come from--and I'm not personally aware of what places do share that information with the persons receiving the gifts (seems there could be a stalking issue there), just that there were gifts given.

Where we disagree is here: this year hasn't been the kindest to anyone from an economic outlook.

If you have a roof and a job, it's been good.

You're right, we disagree. 'nuff said.

Isn't this the same guy who couldn't pay up for Palotta and also doesn't have a job?

Next he will be saying he is from Nigeria with 6 million dollars that he wants to give to me. I smell something...

Sounds like you read enough of my drivel to push buttons. Amazing how you can't get any of it entirely correct, though.

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Who is that chick?

Worst site ever. I hate that fruit.

Beezer -

misunderstood.

It's not at all about making yourself feel good. But there is a very appreciative "thank you for doing this" on the other end, and I just hope that the donor will make it clear who the "you" in this equation is.

Because frankly, i don't believe anyone who maintains their own web site can't come up with $500.

It's not at all about making yourself feel good. But there is a very appreciative "thank you for doing this" on the other end, and I just hope that the donor will make it clear who the "you" in this equation is.

I think I've said that several times now (see above):

I couldn't agree more, BUT this is charity and the gifts will be donated from "the site" (UnrealisticExpectations.com LTD) in the name of the "community of givers" and I will put everyone's name to it that wants to share it. This isn't from me, per se.

Because frankly, i don't believe anyone who maintains their own web site can't come up with $500.

Do you run your own? I'm curious to make sure I understand. My site is a hobby. I pay for it myself, I pay for the bandwidth and I pay for the developmental playground it is and has been for me.

I've never asked for cash from anyone to support the site, but have donated cash in the name of the site whenever the opportunities have arisen.

Could I come up with $500? Yes, I certainly could, but that would be taking away about $475 away that my family needs, so, instead, I've offered to invest time and money and allow many people to participate in a minimal fashion.

It's not like I'm asking anyone to give ME money. Trust me or not, that's fine, but I'm not some lowlife shiatball who's out to screw Mr. & Mrs. America out of $5 a head.

If you don't believe me or in the cause, that's fine, but there's no real reason to shiat on the parade. My site's been around for 2 years now and we've not done anything to mislead anyone about our intentions or what the site is about.

Here's the big picture: We get a few readers in a given day. Some people actually read the stuff that gets posted there. That means there's a bit of a reach, so instead of reaching only as locally as I can, I made an effort to reach to a broader audience and get more support for people.

Unfortunately, I've spent more time defending it than I have spent seeing people supporting it. Lesson learned.

Roughy -

Yes. I run my own Web site. with no revenue or anything. It costs me about $400 a year for hosting, registration, etc. That's why i brought it up. you're not living hand-to-mouth. There's some disposable incolme there.

You're completely missing my point. TRhe only thing I DO agree with here is the cause.


btw - the first point I made there was in response to Beezer's question about whether one should be recognized for a good deed.

I don't think you're out to scam anyone. I don't think you're doing this for anything but a good reason. In fact, I love the idea.

But if you're gonna organize something, make it worthwhile. Make it a $10,000 fund.

But for $500, I strongly believe, do it yourself. don't ask people you don't know.

I feel there IS a real reason to rain on this parade. i know, because i know how actually easy it is to cut budget items once a year to keep this thing going. and i'd rather see 5 people come up with $500 of their own money than 20 people donate $25.

I don't think it has anything to do with responsibility, or anything like that. I just think it crosses a line to post it on Fark and ask others for $$ that you don't know, when I believe you could have afforded it yourself.

And yes, if it came down to doing this every year or running my web site, I'd scrap the site first, without even thinking about it.

But if you're gonna organize something, make it worthwhile. Make it a $10,000 fund.

But for $500, I strongly believe, do it yourself. don't ask people you don't know.

Right, and I agree with this point. However, we must walk before we crawl, and it's a bit presumptious to set our first goal at $10,000 and still only ask people for $5. In fact, there are comments exactly stating such on the site:

November 23: On top of it, if a GOOD cause could get FARKed and people could get into the spirit...

My lord. If 2000 people gave $5.00 we'd have $10,000 and I'm certain I can get someplace in the county to donate a space and we can invite everyone out to it that has a need...man, and if we can have "gifts" for people...

You see, I'm on-board for something bigger, but if you look at the first X comments on Fark, they're all nay-sayers and do-nothing-ers, and if they want a different opinion of them, they can act different.

I feel there IS a real reason to rain on this parade. i know, because i know how actually easy it is to cut budget items once a year to keep this thing going. and i'd rather see 5 people come up with $500 of their own money than 20 people donate $25.

With that statement, I have to wonder if you're married. My wife would shiat. Regardless, I'd much rather have 20 people give $25 and have the same effect--and still be able to give to their own without really having to cut back. I can't afford $500 this year and for an indefinite time moving forward--I know I'm not alone and I wanted to make it easy for people who are tightening their belts to be able to give a little, feel good and not have to take away from their own holiday budget.

And if Starbucks loses a coffee sale, more power to it.

I don't think it has anything to do with responsibility, or anything like that. I just think it crosses a line to post it on Fark and ask others for $$ that you don't know, when I believe you could have afforded it yourself.

Give or not, it's everyone's choice. There are a few people, at least, who have sent along "Thank you"s for pulling the event together.

If you have a problem with it getting on Fark, I think you should take it up with Drew. There was plenty of to-do about EHOWA's link, and there always will be with these types of things, but you're making assumptions--one that I can afford it myself. You can believe that or not; but I don't think you know my situation or that many other situations to be able to make such a broad generalization.

But, hey, if you want to see that big fat zero that was the amount of income I've had for the last 2 months, so be it.

And yes, if it came down to doing this every year or running my web site, I'd scrap the site first, without even thinking about it.

As would I, but the site's been paid for through...middle of next year some time, the technology is homegrown so the costs are minimal. However, having the site allows for many, many people to be able to participate. The more the merrier...

poor starbucks is getting shiat end of this stick

This should be only for the Total Fark people, because it's so totally gay.

I know, I know, DON'T FEED THE TROLLS

But I can't help it.

Gadreel, you're an idiot. If you're serious, or if you think you're joking. . . it doesn't matter. You're still an idiot.

Ya know, most farkers are assholes.

I love the stories that are posted and the headlines people come up with.

But most of you think it's necessary to be complete pricks about everything.

If you don't want to donate, then DON'T. But, you don't have to rip on Roughy, tell him he's not doing enough, tell him he should cough up the $500 on his own when you don't even know the situation and be complete asshats. Unlike Roughy, I have a steady paycheck and there is NO WAY IN HELL I could cough up $500 of my own right now. Apparently some people don't realize that not everyone has that much disposable income.

I think what Roughy is doing is great. $5 is not that much money, to MOST people, it's not going to break the bank.

Sheesh.