I stand by what I wrote. When you look at the YWN homepage,hear current appeals in Shules for sandy for people that literally now have only the clothes on their back, people that unfortunately are suffering greatly etc.. and you see HELP with exclamation points an immediate reaction is that someone is in need.
The realization of a spoof is only after you click through when you realize the thread is from a year ago.
Yes you are correct there have been many fun and satirical calls for help and other non-crisis in the CR but there is a time and place for everything.
I personally(as I am sure many others)know of people that have lost everything.When the news is covered with people suffering it is extremely insensitive to draw attention in such a manner.
This thread came as we had someone this past weekend on the CR begging for a generator for the disabled.I still maintain a cheerful personality but sometimes “the world does have to stop”if even only for a second.