[Meme] With Benefactors Like These...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 29, 2023

Wikipedia donation request: help me pay the Wikipedia bill

'one who confers a benefit, a kindly helper,' especially 'one who endows a charitable institution,' mid-15c., from Late Latin benefactor, from Latin phrase bene facere, from bene 'well' (see bene-) + facere 'to do' (from PIE root *dhe- 'to set, put'). Translated in Old English as wel-doend. Also in 15c. benefetour, from Old French bienfaiteur.

Wikipedia donation from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

They take money from Bill, too. Maybe he could pay Wikipedia some more in "Esptein's Lolita Express air miles"...

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