2026-10-25T15:43:27Z https://nostr.now SacralPlexus https://nostr.now/npub1spp2wtrlzkzv7lh5x4y24vktgetpcxkq25vuj9pp2g845ug3q8sq7ata0m https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs949gz7uzxlz9tclrpchlkm0uvt6chu4as42vlsp2c5tsrqxfasfgzyzqy9fev0u2cfnm77s65324jedr9v8q6cp23njg5y9fq7kn3zyq7q67kt83 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2zuhfamp35pyg69jcu8puawlusp46nusey73f4nz5ur7rrt0g6q60fj2t'>nevent1q…fj2t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t know if your observation can be universally generalized but I would guess that the short answer is that people may excessively use utilities through carelessness but the margin of error is small. Food however can have a wildly different budget from person to person and is much easier for the giver to feel taken advanatage of. <br/><br/><br/>Example: If someone asks for $200 to pay their electric bill and I later find out that they run their AC cooler than I do, that’s maybe a little annoying but the difference it made in their bill is maybe 10-20%. <br/><br/>If someone asks for that same $200 for food, they may blow through that eating fast food for a couple of days instead of getting a cart of groceries that might have lasted two weeks. It is really easy to quickly waste a lot of money on low quality food. Here I as the giver am way more likely to be upset that my generosity was ‘wasted’ on needlessly expensive junk food instead of making an effort to stretch the funds responsibly (imo). I speak from experience. <br/><br/>The uncertainty that one scenario brings relative to the other is probably part of why people are hesitant to just pour cash into a situation where someone needs food. 2026-07-28T20:59:11Z