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The MM trainwreck post
Has everyone been over to see it? Between poor kids not being worthy of dreaming of nice Christmas gifts and a teacher who hates kids and thinks that 15/16 year olds are adults, it's quite the read if you've got about an hour. I think it's up to 9 pages now. My favorite was one of the posters who thinks that kids who are on those angel-type lists should only be putting things like socks or other necessities on there, because beggars can't be choosers.
Oh, FFS.
Re: The MM trainwreck post
This.
I'm all about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps... but to begrudge a child a Christmas because his/her PARENTS aren't making enough money?! These are people who have no perspective on what life is really like for a good number of people every day.
Currently Reading: Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
That sounds exhausting.
My angel tree kid is getting a bike but I got to ride it around the basement before I dropped it off, so it was totally a win-win.
That whole post made me so mad. I went in with a few other people to get some kids stuff from work, we're supposed to get them like 6 presents each. Our kids asked for Polo boots (they were 7 and 14 years old) and at first we were kind of going, "Uh... Polo boots you'll grow out of in like a month?" not to mention we didn't know Polo makes boots until these kids asked for them.
But you know what we did? We bargain shopped and we got them their boots. Plus some Polo shirts, nerf guns and sports stuff.
Because it's not their fault their life isn't better than it is. And I hope some day they tell their kids about the Christmas when some strangers got them exactly what they wanted.
imoan, I bought a sh*tload of kinda cheap toys for toys for tots, because there's a hardcore shortage in our area. The whole time I was like, but imoan would tell me to get the Lisa Frank folders! *sob*
I seriously bought Target out of 24 packs of crayolas and $2 coloring books though, and they still only have like 500K toys for 700K requests. :
That ochemjenn person is fvcked in the head.
Kirkette wins the internet for asking if the kids should have asked for Target brand shoes and some bootstraps.
See, my angel tree kids asked for both toys and clothes, though I suspect it was the parents that made the list.
But, honestly, can't a kid - any kid - dream of opening up something other than socks and underwear Christmas morning?
You bought Crayola... you're good in my book. Don't buy the poor kids pieces of shyt RoseArt while you buy your kids the 100 pack of Crayola.
Currently Reading: Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
Giving someone a gift that they wished and wished for IS NOT ABOUT YOU.
jfc
Yeah that's right my name's Yauch!
I don't see how my objecting to one type of gift makes me a bad person. Would you buy a super violent age inappropriate video game if that's what they asked for? If buying something goes against what you believe in, you shouldn't have to do it. I would just pick a kid who wasn't asking for that kind of stuff and would go for the one who wants the video games and digital cameras. Still buying what they asked for...
I don't even know why I bother to post on these boards. Have an opinion that slightly differs from someone and they jump down your throat. Way to be open minded.
Charity isn't about what YOU deem someone should or shouldn't have.
Currently Reading: Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
I get that. I really do. But I also can't turn my back on who I am. I've never had problem with this kind of charity, but I usually pick the little ones.