Donations "to charity"
A huge peeve I have is when people talking about donating something "to charity".

Like for example, someone holds an auction promising to donate the proceeds to charity.

WHAT FUCKING CHARITY?

There are so many of them out there. Please be specific. I want to know whether my money is going to help cancer research (good), or to the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (good)... or if it's going to go towards Chesterfield Vineyard Trust (bad) or into the pockets of African dicators (bad).

Be specific, please. If you just talk about "charity" then you don't get a single penny from me, because I don't know where my money is going.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Fri 2 May 2008, 14:01, Reply)