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I donated some spindles of burned media and programs to Salvation Army expecting they'd throw 'em out. They're selling 'em for $3. (media.kbin.social)
submitted 8 months ago by yukichigai@kbin.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 222 points 8 months ago (4 children)

The Salvation Army is the shit tier of "charities". Not only are they anti-LGBTQ but they have a long history of anti-union action and supporting strikebreakers. Ever wonder why so many US Labor Movement songs are to the tune of hymns? It's not because of their familiar tune. It's because the Salvation Army would send their band to labor actions and play as loud as possible to try to drown out organizers and make attendees uncomfortable.

I try to be more positive on this platform but with these scumbags, I cannot. They're in the company of the Pinkertons and other murderers and thugs for hire.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)
[–] fnafdesktopfan111@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 8 months ago

Greenway suggests that the Wobblies stumbled upon this modus operandi as a means of combating the street bands of the Salvation Army and the Volunteers of America, who frequently would drown out Wobbly speakers in a "cacophony of cornets and tamborines." One enterprising IWW organizer, wishing to combat the forces of obscurantist "pie in the sky" theology, "retired long enough to organize a brass band of his own.

Denisoff, R. S. (1970). The Religious Roots of the American Song of Persuasion. Western Folklore, 29(3), 175. doi:10.2307/1498356

[–] ulkesh 5 points 8 months ago

Of course any article can be biased, but this one has cited sources, at least. It would take further digging to determine if those sources are credible.

https://libcom.org/article/starvation-army-twelve-reasons-reject-salvation-army

In my opinion and based on my past reading on the subject, the simple fact that it’s a religious organization is enough to dissuade me from giving them anything. It is no small statistic that religious organizations are corrupt, hypocritical, expect obedience over tolerance, anti-union, anti-LGBTQ, ultra-conservative, and generally support the notion that people must be submissive to their authority.

I’ll continue to donate to secular organizations that do genuine good.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

Off the top of my head, I can only think of primary sources. Would need to dive into some academic tools to find sufficient sources for Wikipedia's requirements. I'll make a note to do so, when I get the time to do so.

[–] Hedlosa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The individuals who work with us are amazing ppl, it absolutely sucks that the group as a whole is pisswater

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah. It feels like bad actors at the top use the needy as human shields to deflect from their horrible behavior.

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[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I donated some spindles of burned media and programs to Salvation Army expecting they'd throw 'em out

Good for them for not throwing them away, but if you assumed they would, why "donate" (more like dump) them to charity in the first place? They're not there to provide guilt free disposal for your garbage..

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Fair question: I saw they already had a partial spindle of mixed disks for sale. Just the one though, so I couldn't be sure it wasn't a fluke. Turns out it wasn't.

The spindles weren't the only thing I donated, just so we're clear. I just mixed them in with the rest of boxes of stuff, some of it pretty good. Someone can now snag an OG release copy of Bioshock 2 or Doom 3 for a song. Oh, and the entire Half Life Collection.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I interned at a second hand (can't remember if charify or not but probably) store for 4 weeks or so when I was in primary school (internships are part of the curriculum), and fucking hell.

People really like dumping a shit ton of clothes and random stuff. I recall testing like 10 pairs of in-ear headphones some of which were pretty disgusting and covered in makeup and often earwax. For some reason, they were apparently sellable. Some pairs looked brand new, but most didn't. Somehow they even sold quite a few.

And no, I didn't stick the headphones in my ears, fuck no.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 28 points 8 months ago

Thrift stores are getting in on the piracy game I guess. Can't say I'm disappointed.

Look, I might have better copies now, but if someone wants to spend $3 and get the first 150+ episodes of Bleach and Naruto burned to KDVD I'd say they're gonna walk away happy with the deal they got.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you are donating stacks of discs to a thrift store, make sure there's nothing on them you don't want to give away first. I bought a pack of CDs from a thrift store a while ago. I checked a couple at the top of the stack before I bought them and they were blank. I used about half of them without issue and when I put the next one in the drive, it mounted and opened. Someone gave away a whole bunch of banking info and tax records. I used them for target practice, but someone certainly could have used that info for identity theft if they chose to.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I went through every single disc before I donated them, yeah. Actually I did some organization so one spindle was all Anime, another was all SciFi, so on.

...found a fair bit of porn. I kept the porn. TV series are ephemeral. Porn is eternal.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not optical disks, though. Especially burnables. They have a shelf life. Make sure to replicate the data in time.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good point. For all I know I've got the last viewable copy of "Sodomy Cream Pies" in existence.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Better share the love while you can.

[–] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You might have shot somebody's last wishes, you Ponce

[–] owen@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Press X to Doubt.

"X"

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait a minute, you're the New Vegas guy! Based.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's me. Nevadan to the bone, even if it's the opposite end of the state.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Your work has been used by me for about a decade now, thank you for your effort!

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, though I am honor-bound to point out that Sandbox6 has been maintaining YUP for the last several years now. Doing a great job, too.

AFAIK they're not on Lemmy or I'd tell you to thank them more directly. Still!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Oh I know, but they're not here right now, and I just got the chance to say thanks, so I did!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I bet the bit-rot on them is high enough to affect usability.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

I didn't check literally every one, but I did a few spot checks and none of them had problems.

[–] Bristle1744@lemmy.today 7 points 8 months ago

Copy/pasting information/matter infinitely for the benefit of everybody? Where have I seen that before?