charity shaming

charity shaming

transitive verb
1. to coerce, force, pressure or intimidate another person to donate to a non-profit cause/organization that one has personally deemed worthy by 1) declaring (usu. via some social media outlet – e.g. pinterest, twitter, instagram, google+, snapchat, etc.) that one has donated to said cause and then 2) challenging the other person to meet and/or surp-ss the donation.

2. to make an ultimatum (under the guise of harmless compet-tion) with the intent to intimidate another person into giving aid to a cause of the intimidator’s choosing.

3. to compel someone else to partic-p-te in -sshatery (parading as philanthropy), without regard to either the other person’s individual wishes/desires or knowledge of the other person’s pre-existing philanthropic history.

4. to continuously, obnoxiously solicit a charitable donation from someone who has already politely declined by 1) lowering the requested amount (southern-cali-swap-meet-turkish-bazaar style) and/or 2) emphatically re-(and re-, and re-)emphasizing that it’s for good cause.
1. kevin: “i’m calling out dave to take the als ice-bucket challenge…” dumps ice water over head…vagal response causes breathing/ heartbeat to stop…p-sses out…slams head on floor

dave: “um, yeah. f-ck the ‘als challenge’. i’ve been giving to six charities of my own choosing every year for over a decade and i don’t announce it to the world or dare people to do the same on facebook. it’s not your f-cking business what or how much i donate or to who or whether i even donate at all. ‘calling me out’ won’t change my mind. keep the charity shaming bullsh-t to yourself.”

-kevin never actually sent any money to the als foundation, has no clue what als is, doesn’t care and will never mention it again in his life – he just wanted to get in on the “fun”…

2. caller: “hey thar, dis is george wit’ da eternal brotherhood of kul county po-leese an’ we doin’ our anyool fund drive for da famlies o’dos slain in da line o’duty. wud ya be willin to part wit $50 t’support dah poor widus an’ orfans dis year?”

james: “um, no thanks. i’m on a budget and i’ve already given-”

caller: “yah? i unnerstan…well, how bout $35? you do like orfans, right? i mean, you don’ sound like a child-hater t’me…”

james: “um, no, i’m not. i just don’t have the funds–“

caller: “yeah, i know you said ur no child-hater an’ i can put cha down for $20 t’support the orfans of the cops who died fer you. it’d be comin’ in the mail.” ends call “dis herre charity shamin’ sure is easy…”