Whew, I wanna know what kinda shower led to this kind of thought so I can avoid it.
For one thing, canned goods are damn near the best donation to a food bank because they’re so shelf stable.
And, they’re as useful as monetary donations.
If you wanted to use the same basic comparison it would be more like: donating cream of mushroom soup to a food bank is like donating syringes to a cancer research lab.
Yeah, they’re both useful technically, but they don’t really help much
Could you uh… elaborate a little?
Give the man some slack , this is clearly three raccoon in a trench coat what did we expect?
It sounds like you just hate poor people. They aren’t addicted to food, they need it to live. You’ll probably be surprised to learn that people starve when they dont get food.
Canned goods are non-perishable. Used needles carry contaminate. One is useful, the other isn’t.
Umm… is this post edited or something. I’m seeing
Donating canned goods to food pantries is like donating needles and syringes to a cancer research organization
I don’t see the word “used” in it. So, it sounds like he’s saying donating medical supplies to an organization that does medical research?
To which I’d say yes both seem helpful to an organization that helps people in need.
I mean I guess, but if it’s an organization conducting medical research, I’d assume they already have all the syringes they’d need?
It would probably mean a little more like you’re thinking if OP said “donate syringes to clinics and ERs” or something.
I mean, the pantries ask for canned goods, because they’re shelf stable, portable, safe.
Not sure where you think this is anything like used needles.
In what way?
Sorry let me go donate a research paper to my nearest food pantry.
