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I know this is funny and LLMs and all that, but it's worth mentioning that the Ottawa food bank are good folks and can always use donations. https://www.ottawa
by mabbo 3y ago
I know this is funny and LLMs and all that, but it's worth mentioning that the Ottawa food bank are good folks and can always use donations.
https://www.ottawafoodbank.ca/ https://www.ottawafoodbank.ca/
I recently learned that a friend from high school passed away. I hadn't seen her in twenty years almost. She'd been living rough in Ottawa for a few years and the Ottawa food bank was almost certainly one of the groups that had been helping her out. I'm still trying to find out more about what happened with her, but in the meantime I'm making donations to organizations like this one in her name.
- masakreTech 3y ago[flagged]
- mptest 3y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy
- Loughla 3y agoWhat was the purpose of this line of questioning? I genuinely want to know.
- Verdex 3y agoAs a side effect of getting older, you're eligible to have friends that you haven't seen in very long periods of time. Just because you're old enough for that amount of time to have passed. I was talking to my grandparents a number of years ago and they were talking about some good friends they have. Which they haven't seen in over 40 years. This is sometimes just a thing that happens. ALSO, 'ask not for whom the bell tolls'. I didn't even know about this person until now, but I still feel bad for her.
- LocalH 3y agoGood faith commentary, please.
- Kerb_ 3y agoGenuine question, no snark intended. You only feel emotions about people you have maintained contact with your whole life?
- nsavage 3y agoI live in Ottawa and have been donating there for years. Just wish they would send me less junk mail.
- barbazoo 3y agoIf you're talking about physical mail, orgs like that usually respond positively to asking them to stop.
- tnel77 3y agoReplying to this since the comment I want to reply to is flagged: It’s okay to fall out of contact with people. You have no responsibility to keep up on every person you have ever been friends with. Some of my best friends are people that are busy living their own lives and then we find time for each other after a five year gap because we both happen to be in a city for work. Get some drinks and catch up. Don’t let people convince you you are supposed to keep tabs on everyone in your life at all times. Edit: To people downvoting this comment, can you tell me why you disagree? I’m not against checking in on friends and supporting them in times of hardship, but I don’t think that anyone is obligated to take a roll call of their contacts every week/month. If you disagree, tell me why, please.