Let me stop you right now. Before you ask. Before you even launch into your pitch. Because the answer is no. No, I don't want to donate toward your beauty pageant fees. No, I'm not interested in funding your dream of opening a bakery. No, I promise that I cannot be convinced to contribute to that short film you're dying to make. It feels like every time I log onto social media, I'm being hit up by another grassroots fundraising campaign.