This is a condition whereby where someone, usually at a most inconvenient time (e.g. dinner time or during prime-time TV), cold-canvasses you via the telephone and insists that you should give them money for their most worthy cause, all the while putting on the violins re the dire straits that these poorly recipients endure and how you'd be such a great person if you slip them a hundred with your response being, "yes, it is a most worthy cause and yes, I feel sorry for their plight, but I can barely keep my own head above water, let alone be able to throw money I don't have and besides, I don't appreciate being called as I'm trying to have dinner! Sorry, but no thanks and good evening!", slamming the phone down.
Charity fatigue is caused ultimately by the ever-increasing phenomenon of self-interest fostered in societies that have had a paradigm shift from believing it was a civic responsibility for the better-off to protect the less fortunate to that of a user-pays, dog-eat-dog, each-for-themself dystopia. And as a result, the disadvantaged have to scrape together their own resources, competing not only against other charities, but vying for the carity most of us cannot afford to give due to the need for us to service our own out-of-control disease of consumerism.
Residual effects of charity fatigue include in the short term mild guilt pangs from knowing that you have refused thier request for assistance towards their worty cause, which soon converts to irritation from having had your quiet/fun time rudely interrupted by their unsolicited call and the self-righteous indignation caused from wondering if much of what they've thus far been given is used for marketing their cause, thus annoyed at the potential fact that any money you might donate could end up in either a telemarketer's (and their superiors') hands or line the pockets of some marketing hack…oops…consultant, rather than actually end up with the purported recipients.
The long-term consequences of charity fatigue include a hardening of one's heart towards charity campaigns in general, cynicism towards all levels of government when they indulge in corporate welfare, cold dinners, missing important news items or storylines and a desire to add one's self to the "do not call" lists of the various databases that these charities get your telephone number from.
Charity fatigue is caused ultimately by the ever-increasing phenomenon of self-interest fostered in societies that have had a paradigm shift from believing it was a civic responsibility for the better-off to protect the less fortunate to that of a user-pays, dog-eat-dog, each-for-themself dystopia. And as a result, the disadvantaged have to scrape together their own resources, competing not only against other charities, but vying for the carity most of us cannot afford to give due to the need for us to service our own out-of-control disease of consumerism.
Residual effects of charity fatigue include in the short term mild guilt pangs from knowing that you have refused thier request for assistance towards their worty cause, which soon converts to irritation from having had your quiet/fun time rudely interrupted by their unsolicited call and the self-righteous indignation caused from wondering if much of what they've thus far been given is used for marketing their cause, thus annoyed at the potential fact that any money you might donate could end up in either a telemarketer's (and their superiors') hands or line the pockets of some marketing hack…oops…consultant, rather than actually end up with the purported recipients.
The long-term consequences of charity fatigue include a hardening of one's heart towards charity campaigns in general, cynicism towards all levels of government when they indulge in corporate welfare, cold dinners, missing important news items or storylines and a desire to add one's self to the "do not call" lists of the various databases that these charities get your telephone number from.
As much as I would like to see that the disadvantaged get a fairer slice of the pie, I cannot help but suffer from charity fatigue when numerous charitable causes call me, constantly asking me to donate money I cannot afford to give.
by Bag O'Turnips March 9, 2007
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victimising emos and or goths and walking up to people and saying 'u dissin me' or something along those lines.
most of the time, these... people (i use the term lightly) are seen hanging around kids parks, outside supermarkets and in or around macdonalds,,, (note, they are normally sat in their boyfriends chavvy modified cars)
a new thing is to write and say 'izzles or ozzles' after every word along with old favourites such as 'oh my daze' and 'tis mush' and 'ite' instead of are you alright.
they wear mainly pink and white sports gear from shops like sports world and have those things that i call chav jackets, you know the body warmers with the huge furry hoods.
they are generally foul mouthed. the chavettes are either extremely skinny or over weight, over weight chavs normally dress like boys i think they think they are gangster
of course not forgetting sovereign rings and they have big mouths
victimising emos and or goths and walking up to people and saying 'u dissin me' or something along those lines.
most of the time, these... people (i use the term lightly) are seen hanging around kids parks, outside supermarkets and in or around macdonalds,,, (note, they are normally sat in their boyfriends chavvy modified cars)
a new thing is to write and say 'izzles or ozzles' after every word along with old favourites such as 'oh my daze' and 'tis mush' and 'ite' instead of are you alright.
they wear mainly pink and white sports gear from shops like sports world and have those things that i call chav jackets, you know the body warmers with the huge furry hoods.
they are generally foul mouthed. the chavettes are either extremely skinny or over weight, over weight chavs normally dress like boys i think they think they are gangster
of course not forgetting sovereign rings and they have big mouths
my cousin (who i will save from the shame by not naming) is sadly a chavette, she most commonly wears mini skirts which barely cover her arse horrid pink and white trainers, a burberry type cap (that poor brand)calls everyone mush and says innit alot. she attends grasstrack meets and wears so much make up i am surprised that she can show emotion. her hair is like straw were she has dyed and straitened it far too much and she is obsessed with thise damn hooped earings!
by darrens_girl22 June 13, 2007
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"What's going on?"
"Oh the usual Chaditude stuff"
"Shit. What is it this time?"
"Some idiot from the crew came up onstage to get his beer while we were playing, I guess. I didn't see him."
"Yeah, I saw that guy. He's having a total Chaditude about it, isn't he?"
"Totally. Shhhh... listen. You can hear him screaming at somebody... and this is a brick wall!"
"Too bad. I kind of liked this club."
"Yup. Me too."
"Well, maybe it won't get that bad?"
(brief pause.)
(Laughter)
"Oh the usual Chaditude stuff"
"Shit. What is it this time?"
"Some idiot from the crew came up onstage to get his beer while we were playing, I guess. I didn't see him."
"Yeah, I saw that guy. He's having a total Chaditude about it, isn't he?"
"Totally. Shhhh... listen. You can hear him screaming at somebody... and this is a brick wall!"
"Too bad. I kind of liked this club."
"Yup. Me too."
"Well, maybe it won't get that bad?"
(brief pause.)
(Laughter)
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