They're too cheap even to donate to DonorsChoose, and--
Oh. Wait. They are, aren't they?
This is the worst fundraising idea ever.
(I have no great love for China Mieville, either, and found that piece kind of annoying, on the whole, but I couldn't resist the joke. This may indicate that playing the dreaded "one more game" at lunch today deprived my brain of critical oxygen...)
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