Im so sick of this world where you see governments spend billions on their armies while people who dont have food have to beg private citizens for grains of rice on the Internet...



[edit on 27-10-2009 by Copernicus]

I think i saw this game and link to it before?
Anyway - for the cause, 300 grains level 43. But a lot of guessing!

Originally posted by Vanitas
I am NOT fishing for flags or stars here.
I have little use for them (although I certainly appreciate the intent).

Flags is essential in order to get this topic some attention and therefore more rice will be donated.

Grammar report:
300 rice level 2. Yikes.

Geography - 300 grains and level 5. But i cheated, got National Geographic map hanging in front of me.

Does no one think this game is a tad sadistic? Why not just send rice and stop trivializing hunger with a can you spell game? can't spell? well some poor little bugger may starve...oh well. Or maybe im looking too much into it as usual.

I am positive that the purpose is to raise awareness to the problem more then to count grains. You really think that even in such ultimate beurocratic heaven as UN somebody is getting paid to count grains of rice in shipments to Africa?
There is a yearly budget for this , and it will be shipped according to preset budget, no more and no less. But awareness will help with getting more funds for this cut of budget in a long run, for sure.
So in a way people who are exposed to it and play these "cruel" games do influence how much help will be allocated to this program.
P.S. -excuse my grammar. Literally.

I think the sponsors donate money equivalent to 10 grains of rice per correct answer. The website allows the sponsors adds to be displayed (most likely for free) under the stipulation that the sponsor will pay so much per correct answer. In the end, the sponsors get advertising, and the website collects money to buy rice. Please forgive me if I'm incorrect, it is just my interpretation of the process.

Originally posted by Solomons
Does no one think this game is a tad sadistic? Why not just send rice and stop trivializing hunger with a can you spell game? can't spell? well some poor little bugger may starve...oh well. Or maybe im looking too much into it as usual.

If you can't spell, go on clicking - and four or five words later, the same word will appear again.
There are good chances this time around you WILL know how to spell it, because you've remembered it.

End result: some poor bugger will get the rice - and you will have improved YOUR life.

Lol, my brain is spinning....... Great site, Vanitas! Thanks! Excellent cause and the old muscle needs a workout like this.

Level 44
380 grains of rice

I'll make it a favorite and give it a go every day and try to improve the score.

STM



[edit on 10/27/2009 by seentoomuch]