{"id":100,"date":"2008-04-09T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T22:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewysz.com\/wyszdom\/?p=100"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:43:11","slug":"wysz-hates-charities-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/2008\/04\/wysz-hates-charities-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wysz hates charities! (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/main.acsevents.org\/site\/TR?team_id=238924&amp;fr_id=6782&amp;pg=team\">bunch of my friends<\/a>&nbsp;and I are participating in one of those things where you walk around and somehow it cures a disease. I&#8217;ve never been the biggest fan of these (I&#8217;d rather just donate money than have some sort of gimmick), but if that&#8217;s what it takes to get people to donate, then I&#8217;m for it. Plus I&#8217;m sure those who have a closer personal connection to the cause get something out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, as I was signing up, I was reminded of my previous post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewysz.com\/wyszdom\/2008\/03\/wysz-hates-charities\/\">Wysz hates charities!<\/a> The registration process was confusing and long, and if I hadn&#8217;t already committed to my friends, it&#8217;s something I honestly would probably have given up on if I was just doing it on my own. (I&#8217;d still donate, just not participate.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the first page I had to deal with, which confused me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/team-1.png\" alt=\"Form for choosing participant type\" class=\"wp-image-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/team-1.png 672w, https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/team-1-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/team-1-1.png\"><\/a>Then, I saw this form, which filled my vertical 24&#8243; monitor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"1748\" src=\"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/register-1.png\" alt=\"Long registration form\" class=\"wp-image-102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/register-1.png 652w, https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/register-1-112x300.png 112w, https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/register-1-382x1024.png 382w, https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/register-1-573x1536.png 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I finally got through it (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/moonrocketsmusic\">with help<\/a>). You can help me reach my goal by <a href=\"http:\/\/main.acsevents.org\/site\/TR\/RelayForLife\/RelayForLifeCaliforniaDivision?px=5945724&amp;pg=personal&amp;fr_id=6782\">donating here<\/a>. If I&#8217;ve met my goal, help out <a href=\"http:\/\/main.acsevents.org\/site\/TR\/RelayForLife\/RelayForLifeCaliforniaDivision?pg=personal&amp;fr_id=6782&amp;fr_id=6782&amp;px=5942930\">Koklynn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/main.acsevents.org\/site\/TR\/RelayForLife\/RelayForLifeCaliforniaDivision?pg=personal&amp;fr_id=6782&amp;fr_id=6782&amp;px=5942790\">Charlene<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/main.acsevents.org\/site\/TR\/RelayForLife\/RelayForLifeCaliforniaDivision?pg=personal&amp;fr_id=6782&amp;fr_id=6782&amp;px=5945996\">Reid<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/main.acsevents.org\/site\/TR\/RelayForLife\/RelayForLifeCaliforniaDivision?pg=personal&amp;fr_id=6782&amp;fr_id=6782&amp;px=5946011\">Nelson<\/a>. And as I already had to specify earlier today, it&#8217;s not <em>for<\/em> cancer, it&#8217;s against it. While you have your credit card out, you could also help to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alz.org\/join_the_cause_donate.asp\">fight Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/a>. It&#8217;s an easy form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of my friends&nbsp;and I are participating in one of those things where you walk around and somehow it cures a disease. I&#8217;ve never been the biggest fan of these (I&#8217;d rather just donate money than have some sort of gimmick), but if that&#8217;s what it takes to get people to donate, then I&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/2008\/04\/wysz-hates-charities-part-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wysz hates charities! 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