# SDMB Donation File...who cares? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299 "2005-09-06T04:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/21 "2005-09-06T05:16:04Z")
One thing that hasn’t been mentioned in this burgoning trainwreck: **Orge** is from one of the effected states. That might explain some of the passion that he is agruing with. He’s being a d-bag, but maybe he’s in pain. ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/22 "2005-09-06T05:18:56Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > This is precisely what I mean. I’ve been around here a long, long time. I have seen a thousand charity drives on the Dope. Some were self-congratulatory lovefests, but quite a few were an OP asking for donation, a few intermediate posts, and the OP coming back later expressing complete amazement and gratitude at the generous donations people had made anonymously. > > You shouldn’t need affirmation from others. The deed should be enough. Glad to see you have set the proper form for everyone to follow. The impetus for me to post in the other thread was your self-appointed decree as to the correct way to donate, as well as your response to being called on shitting over the thread. (By they way, why are you not sticking to your guns and continuing this in that thread? You sure were going to stick it to the jackbooted Mods, right?) Maybe people should give anonymously, and maybe there are reasons to keep a running total, and maybe you don’t need to come into that thread and tell everyone the correct way to donate. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/23 "2005-09-06T05:19:38Z")
And yet you remain with a certain level of anonymity. > [@](#): > > One thing that hasn’t been mentioned in this burgoning trainwreck: Orge is from one of the effected states. That might explain some of the passion that he is agruing with. Well, I had a close friend at UNO who was missing for several days, but we eventually found him. As I said before, the whole thread strikes me as inutterably immodest and tacky. D-bag. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/24 "2005-09-06T05:24:04Z")
> [@](#): > > You sure were going to stick it to the jackbooted Mods, right? I recognized that continuing it in the other thread is hypocritical, since I am frequently annoyed by other threadshitters myself. Or were you just jonesing to see a banning? ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/25 "2005-09-06T05:25:23Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > And yet you remain with a certain level of anonymity. \ So you are pitting people for not giving anonymously, while giving anonymously? ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/26 "2005-09-06T05:26:25Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I recognized that continuing it in the other thread is hypocritical, since I am frequently annoyed by other threadshitters myself. > > Or were you just jonesing to see a banning? No, just taking at face value your post in the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/27 "2005-09-06T05:26:48Z")
> [@the raindog](#): > > If I had $10—and only $10— to give, I might naturally be reluctant to post after a doper who gives $100. This is the part of that thread that really made me feel icky. There are a few posters who seem almost apologetic as they add their relatively small contributions to the thread, and that sucks. There are probably quite a few more who won’t even bother posting at all. The thread will never be an accurate representation of the collective donations of the SDMB and its members, so what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/28 "2005-09-06T05:27:36Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Nor do I. If it makes you feel good to give charitably, by all means do more. But why do you have to bounce your good deeds off everyone else? Because that makes you feel good, too. “Hey, you gave? Me too! Yay, charity!” And commence warm fuzzies and good endorphins. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/29 "2005-09-06T05:28:31Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Or were you just jonesing to see a banning? being a hypocrite is not a bannable offense, though I wish it was. Why would you think otherwise? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/30 "2005-09-06T05:28:57Z")
Well I’m glad you found your friend. I had an uncle lost down there, but he’s safe too. I’m gonna step aside and let the guys who are better at this sorta thing have at you. Hmmm… I could have sworn I had a few hot dogs left over from Labor Day. Eh, marshmellows will do just fine. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/31 "2005-09-06T05:29:21Z")
You have said that. Repeatedly. If it bothers you so much, don’t read the damned thread. I don’t understand the need a few members of SDMB feel to shit all over something they don’t agree with. Are you this hard to get along with in the real world? ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/32 "2005-09-06T05:32:59Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > being a hypocrite is not a bannable offense, though I wish it was. Why would you think otherwise? Ok…I …um…sorry, no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/33 "2005-09-06T05:39:06Z")
> [@](#): > > So you are pitting people for not giving anonymously, while giving anonymously? That is between me and my conscience. > [@](#): > > being a hypocrite is not a bannable offense, though I wish it was. Why would you think otherwise? Stay with us here, OK? Being a hypocrite would not be what caused the banning. It would be continuing to highjack the thread. Why do I have to explain this? > [@](#): > > I had an uncle lost down there, but he’s safe too. I’m glad. > [@](#): > > Hmmm… I could have sworn I had a few hot dogs left over from Labor Day. Eh, marshmellows will do just fine. _Yawn_ > [@](#): > > You have said that. Repeatedly. If it bothers you so much, don’t read the damned thread. Am I not part of this community too? Am I not allowed to comment on things herein? ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/34 "2005-09-06T05:46:48Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > That is between me and my conscience. No, I meant that you were pitting them for not giving anonymously, while saying they still had a certain level of anonymity, which kind of works against the first part. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/35 "2005-09-06T05:49:01Z")
> [@Library Boy](#): > > No, I meant that you were pitting them for not giving anonymously, while saying they still had a certain level of anonymity, which kind of works against the first part. I was saying that **Bricker** in particular had retained a certain level of anonymity. I simply forgot to quote him. ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/36 "2005-09-06T05:50:16Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > being a hypocrite is not a bannable offense, though I wish it was. Why would you think otherwise? > [@Ogre](#): > > Stay with us here, OK? Being a hypocrite would not be what caused the banning. It would be continuing to highjack the thread. Why do I have to explain this? I’m still not sure which side he is on. Why don’t you take him? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/37 "2005-09-06T05:51:14Z")
> [@Library Boy](#): > > I’m still not sure which side he is on. Why don’t you take him? Oh good God, no. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/38 "2005-09-06T05:51:16Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I was saying that **Bricker** in particular had retained a certain level of anonymity. I simply forgot to quote him. How did he do that? He has posted his real first and last name earlier in this forum. Hardly anonomous. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/39 "2005-09-06T06:06:13Z")
I stand corrected. **Bricker** was being self-congratulatory too. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299/40 "2005-09-06T06:11:01Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I stand corrected. **Bricker** was being self-congratulatory too. I still don’t see the problem. So people want to have it know they give. Big hairy deal. P.S. Hijacking threads is not a problem. Many interesting threads got hijacked and became even more interesting. The problem is that a ogre like you doesn’t hijack a thread, he craps all over it. Only craping on threads and doing nothing else is what gets a lot of people banned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-donation-file-who-cares/320299.md?page=3)