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Originally posted by Zero
i hate to be a party-pooper (and i'm sure people will either ignore or shit all over me for this) -----
but, in the grand scheme of things we are all living in a world of unearned privileges where a huge number of people are living without the most basic things like clean water, food, shelter, etc. as for me, i've decided to not give gifts for christmas and instead give donations in people's names to hiefer international (they provide livestock to impoverished people) - this will do two things: 1) piss of my spoiled brat nieces and nephews; and 2) make someone in the world suffer just a little less.
i can't change the world in one easy step, but if i can reduce suffering somewhere even just a little bit then i'm ready to do it.
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And if someone's a spoiled brat, I'm all for giving someone else money for them to piss them off.
But for the rest of it, here ya go:
So someone's living without the basic necessities. Sucks for them, but "sucks for them" is all you'll get out of me. Sorry*, but I don't think I should be expected to go out of my way for them or give money to them. Does it mean I won't? No, it just means I shouldn't be EXPECTED to.
BTW, if you do the donation-in-their-name thing for a friend (if you get your friends x-mas gifts), and you didn't say anything to them about it, then you suck. ESPECIALLY if they got you something.
"Here ya go, Merry Christmas."
"Why, thank you. But just so you know, we're all over-privaleged and didn't earn what we have, so instead of getting you something for Christmas, I donated money to someone else for you."
"So...you didn't get me anything for Christmas?"
"No."
"Oh..."
I mean, how is donating money in someone else's name supposed to pass as a Christmas gift? All it it does is give them credit for shit they didn't do.
*-I'm not sorry