I don't think anyone that donated thinks that EVERY SINGLE RED CENT will go on useful things to help Chris and Barb get back on their feet. But come on - bad as they were, they didn't deserve to lose the house, and nobody else gives a shit about them, and for a good reason. If we didn't give just because we wouldn't be thanked, or because we thought they deserved misfortune, honestly what would make us, as people, morally better than Chris? (apart from the lack of
anyway)
I do see the other side though - like that falling through the net would be a character building experience for Chris and Barb and teach them a lesson. HOWEVER. We're talking a pair of mentally ill serial half-wits here. They're not capable of doing anything different, they're too far gone. Think of it as donating a penny to the village idiots - you don't expect any meaningful change, but even selfish idiots are still people.

I do see the other side though - like that falling through the net would be a character building experience for Chris and Barb and teach them a lesson. HOWEVER. We're talking a pair of mentally ill serial half-wits here. They're not capable of doing anything different, they're too far gone. Think of it as donating a penny to the village idiots - you don't expect any meaningful change, but even selfish idiots are still people.