Once, when another of our friends couldn’t pay her rent, my Christian friend and I got up at four, took out five hundred dollars in cash at a convenience store, and biked to her house to leave it anonymously in her mailbox before I left for my six am shift at work. The high lasted all day. I can’t think of any other community where this would happen, where it would even be socially acceptable.
“I am pleasantly surprised to hear that! It is encouraging to see people form healthy interpersonal networks on the internet despite the difficulties that come along with the medium.”
By the fact that they asked for money and got it. I was partly being sarcastic, but she wasn’t impressed when I paid my friend’s rent, and I think she would disapprove of this even more.
I’ve seen people on the Internet ask for money when in trouble and get it.
On the internet? Wow!
My sarcasm detector is broken. Could you please explain your reaction without using sarcasm or irony? I do not understand what you mean.
[This post contains no sarcasm or irony.]
“I am pleasantly surprised to hear that! It is encouraging to see people form healthy interpersonal networks on the internet despite the difficulties that come along with the medium.”
(No sarcasm in the grandparent.)
Thank you for clarifying.
My mother would be shocked and horrified. (I did check out the link and read a bit of the article. I’m surprised but not shocked.)
Shocked and horrified by what, exactly? The state of health care in the U.S.?
By the fact that they asked for money and got it. I was partly being sarcastic, but she wasn’t impressed when I paid my friend’s rent, and I think she would disapprove of this even more.
My mom has repeatedly tried to discourage me from giving money to charity, on the grounds that “you’re going to need it”.