Emerald @ Emerald @lemmy.world

I transcribe posts over on c/microblogmemes along with whatever else i feel

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Can I ask... how so?

Sorry, I made a comment on here now to hopefully clear things up

This is a strange take. I never said poor people should starve. In fact, I think they deserve better then just canned food. Therefore I suggest donating cash instead of canned goods. That way the food bank can buy fresher foods.

Anyways, it seems like this statement definitely needed more explanation and context by me, which wasn't possible when just posting it as a shower thought.

To which I’d say yes both seem helpful to an organization that helps people in need.

But cash is much more universal and allows the cancer research organization to get exactly what they need rather then whatever needles people feel like donating. It's the same thing with food pantries. You can donate 10 cans of vegetable soup, but if the food bank doesn't need that at the time, you've just wasted your money on vegetable soup when you could have just donated cash.

canned goods are damn near the best donation to a food bank because they’re so shelf stable

Cash doesn't expire

A lot of people seem to be misinterpreting me here. I don't want poor people to starve, nor do I want people to reuse needles. All I'm saying is that cash is a lot more universal and useful to food pantries than going to the store and buying cans is. Also many food pantries have deals with companies where they can get the food cheaper. So buying cans of food to donate is also a worse deal.

Edit: I understand donating cans of food your household isn't going to use, but in some school food drives for instance, students get extra credit for donating cans, which encourages people to go out and buy cans.

He'll use it to overthrow the government and install a far-right terrorist regime: The Book

Some journalist memeing

Seems like Obamas suit had less wrinkles too

Slack where?

Really obese cats can’t groom themselves well enough, so they get really bad fur mats

Our households cat is a healthy weight yet he still gets severe matting. He has to be shaved every couple years otherwise the matts will hurt him. Brushing doesn't seem to help. He has a weird, almost silky feeling fur.

Slack there?

Slack there?

Slack where?

Slack where?

To be fair I immediately assumed NGDV was Next Generation Delivery Vehicle. idk how, I just did

Now I wonder what this notable slur is

Constantly attacks marginalized groups.

That's a feature, not a bug

So is the power of transness allowing me to obliterate eggs in Shell Shockers?