An attention whoring group called charity that promises help for the victims of disaster, but actually just sets up collection booths. It then spends the money they collected on advertisements and their worker's salaries.
I'm sorry to hear your house was destroyed and your dog drowned, but donate what's left in your pockets to Red Cross so we can make it look like we're helping the situation!
The delaying of fixing an issue (political) in order to raise more funds under the guise of a fear based probability regardless of how unlikely that circumstance is in reality.
The RedCross raises the most funds during a disaster. The RedCross paradox seems to have affected politics wherein the fund raising party wishes to promote a fearful scenario rather than fixing the issues at hand.
“The party loves how controversial he/she is. They raise the most money because he is so unpopular. It’s the RedCross paradox! Largest donations always come from disasters!”
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.