From reading the title, most of you probably already have thought "denden51, you're a douche", though that might be true, I would like to point out that the statement said shouldn't be true due to me not donating to charity.
Why is this?
Well, lets first put this into perspective shall we?...
It's more than likely that I've been scammed before, there are scammers out there (lets face it). Different method of scams, different amounts scammed and the lack of information told to a "customer" is what determines how great a scam can be, (yes, the amount of customers is also a factor) and in terms of this situation, I've seen quite a few charity related scams out there, intentional or not, it's still rather a scam.
A few people decide to make a charity, why? Because of this psychological feeling of needing to help "people" (really those who you cant see or get in contact with) or simply the need to conform with the rest of society (people dread being the outlier). This sort of weakness is exploited by MANY scammers, ceasing opportunity on the feelings of others. Though feelings are subjective, the general thought is that, donate something to someone and they may or may not help something you have forgotten.
Anyway, sometimes, not EVERYONE involved actually knows that they are performing in a scam, some of the "higher-up" charities still produce a large quantity of what i like to call "scam money".
How can it be a scam?
Large percentages of the earned money you made is unfairly distributed to the government, if not, to people who do not deserve it. (NOTE: this is not the majority of charities, nor is it the majority of how chairities work)
For example, if a boy knocked at your door and said...
"Hello, im a charity shop, a large percentage of whatever your donation will go to my paycheck"
Then im sure the majority of you wouldn't pay as much. Not necessarily, some may even pay MORE to ensure those who require the money in needy parts of poor countries may actually receive what they wanted. Though this is not always the case.
Im not sure about you guys, but sometimes, i feel like i've been somewhat scammed by the whole thing. Pay £1 minimum to see and support an overly rich celebrity skydive from a private jet, on TV (not live), like WTF!
I know, that using a celebrity may popularise the charity itself, and i know that sometimes, a celebrity is better than no celebrity. I just process everything, so in some unexplainable way, it's a scam. Give me back my £1.
Maybe its jealously that i don't get to skydive over national television and a moneyless-problem-worrier celebrity gets to do it, but who knows. Sometimes, I just want to see people who have never skydived before (or WILL NEVER), i think its a bit self-explanatory as to why, but maybe my £1 wouldn't seem like such a waste.
Money given, but what difference has it made? Yea, we gained a whopping £1,000,000 thanks to all your donations, keep giving more!! *1 year later*...
Little Timmy now doesn't have to walk 20 miles for dirty water! He has to walk 19.9, and if your million pound money wasn't good enough, we built a school for those kids to learn (There's nothing there) and now the kids and parents are happy (They have sweets in their hands and sound like they were forced). What happened to your £999,999.990 we had? We spent it on advertising and paying loads of people. Though again, this is NOT ALL CHARITIES, NOR AM I SAYING ITS THE MAJORITY!
I would admit, I haven't done incredibly deep research, though i've done enough. That Chris fellow from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire actually did A LOT of charity work by hand and whatnot and make such a difference to the world, his acts of selflessness have not gone unnoticed, he is the few who actually have done well for charities.
So what do you do with the money?
I don't donate to charities, i'd prefer to do the job myself (dependable on the reason), than hand some vague descriptive guy in a uniform my money to help someone somewhere in the poor part of...erm....Africa? Though, I have a heart, a small percentage of that money would go to someone who is desperately in need of it (im not talking about the guy in uniform either).
The economy isn't looking too good (unless you don't live in EU or USA), and desperate times calls for desperate measures!
Anyway, why do people try and "sell" a charity to you so badly? I was on this chatroom and some nerd tried to get me to donate to an unknown charity over the internet, which apprently deals with cancer. Im not against cancer and im not against the research of cancer, but this was over the internet and just because they were doing some Zelda event just makes it even less worth donating to me.
And because I said I wasn't going to donate, i got kicked from the chatroom, no biggie, but what is?!
Did you enjoy my little scenario? Was pretty cool to write, someone who is against charities with justifiable reasons. What would you do if you were that guy? Also, i'll be doing more posts regarding relevance (this was somewhat of a trick). Again, sorry if i did not come up with fully justifiable reasons, which in turn, could account for this weeks poor post. I'll post something a lot more interesting to read if scenarios are a bit boring (or need to heavily be spiced up). I fell a bit lazy with writing this and hopefully, sometime this week will write something else and as usual, you can donate to me using the donation button (hehe). <--- thats why i wanted to make the post, i hope you enjoyed that joke.
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