Regarding the thing about people asking for money on here and whether they NEED it - St. Augustine has a thing about charity where basically when you give money to someone who says they need it you are absolved from what they do with it. Like. It's none of your business from a moral point of view!

@mark Havin' a struggle with this, just today. Came across ask for "gifts". Thing is, both the account asking and the "buy me gifts" wishlist thing look terribly sus to me.

My natural inclination is to extend benefit of doubt. But also, there's the "I only have so much cash". And when it looks really scammy - do I have an obligation to NOT support it or let someone get away with that, as they are hurting others in doing so.