Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Charity (February 27, 1906) (midwest.social)

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do u guys love me as much as I love you my little everetters

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[–] Grimy 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But why wouldn't you want to help big corporation with their tax returns, you heartless bastard.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

Chapters/Indigo radicalized me.

For the uninitiated, this is a chain of bookstores across Canada. I remember them as being one of the first places where people would ask you to donate a dollar at checkout. Their charity was framed as helping put books in schools, a cause that at first glance you can't really find fault with.

Well, turns out their program only allowed for the purchase of books at full retail price from themselves. So the 'charity' was literally buying books at full markup and profits. Supposedly it was also quite difficult for schools to actually qualify as well.

So when they asked you to 'donate a dollar' they were really just asking for an extra dollar for themselves.