What do you think of cyberpanhandling or cyber-begging?

[amelia_g]

What do you think of cyberpanhandling or cyber-begging?

by Amelia G : September 16th, 2010 We’ve all seen people online begging for PayPal donations or cash in the mail or for people to buy some product from them . . . not because the product is good or because they are working for a charity, but just because they claim to need money. Some say

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[amelia_g]

I had to look up the definition of Sinti-Roma. When I got to college, it was my 12th school in 12 years, so I've had the Greek mythology unit, for example, repeatedly, and wholly missed some other stuff. Thank you so so much for starting the online portion of my day with wit and education. Very awesome.

I totally agree with you that one of the frustrations seeing cyberpanhandlers, especially if you know their situation is not actually dire, is that it makes one evaluate one's own situation versus theirs. When times are hard, I know my frustration level goes up, because I want to focus on fixing the problem, and not evaluating whether it is worse than the person who is trying to get me to fix their problem for them.

I used to build sets and basketball floors in Virginia. The set building was actually really fun. The most fun was when we build a giant razor for a corporate theater production for Gillette's top salespeople, for the launch of the Gillette Sensor. The basketball floor was kinda awful and caused regular injury and paid even worse, but we had to take those gigs in order to also get Kiss or Poison or whoever was coming through town.