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Rice Thread - Feed the poor, you homps

Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and loveWill die without a homeRegistered User regular
edited September 2009 in Social Entropy++
http://freerice.com/index.php

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What it is:

Basically, the UN will donate ten grains of rice for every word you define correctly.

Why you should do it:

Because it goes towards a good cause. And because it's really fun.

Details:

There are sixty levels of definitions. The higher you get, the harder it is. I got to around level thirty-six. Which just means I need to improve.

So, do this. Have fun. Learn some words. Post your levels.

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I made it to level 50 at my best
    only 190 grains donated so far

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    this is something white people do to feel good about themselves

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Nah. Someone linked it to me and now I just can't stop defining.

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  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I'm hoping this thread is progressing slowly because everyone is playing the game and not because no one is playing the game

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  • Chompskers.Chompskers. Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I used to do this instead of homework.
    It was a relatively guilt free way to procrastinate.

    I will continue that tradition right now.

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  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    So like...if no one participates...do they just throw the excess rice out or something?

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Hobnail wrote: »
    So like...if no one participates...do they just throw the excess rice out or something?
    they hold it out above refugees' heads while standing in the beds of relief trucks

    going "na na na na na"

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Snowbeat wrote: »
    Hobnail wrote: »
    So like...if no one participates...do they just throw the excess rice out or something?
    they hold it out above refugees' heads while standing in the beds of relief trucks

    going "na na na na na"

    I feel a little bad for laughing at this.

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    My wife had this as her homepage for a while.

    She'd do a few minutes every morning before starting her workday.

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  • TanolenTanolen Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Relying on people to define words correctly on a per grain basis, those poor hungry people.

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  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    one of the choices for a word's definition was "unintentional"

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    i couldn't get past 38

    but i donated a butt load o' rice

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    this will be like 60 pages of people boasting about their highest scores, right

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I got up to 41, then lost a couple times, then worked my way up to 42, then lost a couple times, then got bored

    it's neat though

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    redhead wrote: »
    this will be like 60 pages of people boasting about their highest scores, right

    Means more rice.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    every incorrect definition results in the destruction of aspirin right in front of their eyes.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    At the rate they're dying, they should eat each other.

    Rice is expensive.

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    holy shit

    my vocabulary is better than i thought

    why do i know these words

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  • Andrew RyanAndrew Ryan Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Are there no prisons? No poor houses?

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    a lot of them are really obvious just based on etymology and cognates

    like "avifauna" oh man I wonder what that could possibly be

    I'm gonna try other subjects, too! like english grammar

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  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I've been getting a lot of correct answers to words I've never read or heard

    go go latin

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  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I got to like 41 or 42

    most of it was educated guesswork
    "matriculated"
    well that sounds like its going to be something motherly
    and the choices are like "violence, babies, death and pestilence"

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Are there no prisons? No poor houses?

    :lol:

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    level 30:

    "Insobriety" means:
    Drunkenness
    lighthouse
    saliva
    Russian Emperor

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Are there no prisons? No poor houses?

    :lol:

    Seconded.

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    You can change your starting level in this

    Like if I start at 60 I will stay around 55-57 throughout from then on

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Oh my God. I can feed the hungry with my fucking mind

    5 staring this.

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Math teacher showed us this last year

    Played it so much in class

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    of course this is supplemental aid that won't change actual living conditions and was going to be given out anyway

    so you're not really helping

    you should buy someone a goat instead

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  • AgentofOrangeAgentofOrange Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    quit distracting me
    don't you realize I have a research paper to write

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  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    or you guys could revive my Kiva thread, that would be cool

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    holy shit only 250 for a water buffalo!

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    "Hey, white people!

    We know how much you guys like charity. But isn't having to give your own stuff away such a pain in the bum? Yeah, it sure does suck - you have to decide between being caring and compassionate and all your really important stuff!

    Well, listen, we've solved your problem. Now you can help people without giving anything that you don't want to!

    'But, computer,' you whine, 'if everyone can give something for no cost, then how will giving anything be special?'

    Not so fast, cracker! You get to help feed the proletariat with your brain. Just by virtue of knowing words, you get to feel totally fantastic about yourself as you give third-world countries spoonfuls a day! No more do you have to decide between status symbols of materialism and mass-marketed compassion - now, you get twice the bragging rights for your time investment! Your friends will be awed as you casually mention, 'Yeah, I was giving out some rice to poor people today - it was really exhausting, but it really helped me to stop feeling so tenebrific.' Your friends will want to know how you give so much - and what tenebrific means!

    Don't worry, white people. We got your back."

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  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    is the free rice website on stuffwhitepeoplelike.com yet?

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    spono wrote: »
    I've been getting a lot of correct answers to words I've never read or heard

    go go latin

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  • AgentofOrangeAgentofOrange Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    just hold a moment there, Dr. Yordanka Valkanova of Roehampton University, your statistical data of digital video interaction in science classroom settings can wait
    I have just found out I can buy a llama

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Shank, that was excellent

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    "Hey, white people!

    We know how much you guys like charity. But isn't having to give your own stuff away such a pain in the bum? Yeah, it sure does suck - you have to decide between being caring and compassionate and all your really important stuff!

    Well, listen, we've solved your problem. Now you can help people without giving anything that you don't want to!

    'But, computer,' you whine, 'if everyone can give something for no cost, then how will giving anything be special?'

    Not so fast, cracker! You get to help feed the proletariat with your brain. Just by virtue of knowing words, you get to feel totally fantastic about yourself as you give third-world countries spoonfuls a day! No more do you have to decide between status symbols of materialism and mass-marketed compassion - now, you get twice the bragging rights for your time investment! Your friends will be awed as you casually mention, 'Yeah, I was giving out some rice to poor people today - it was really exhausting, but it really helped me to stop feeling so tenebrific.' Your friends will want to know how you give so much - and what tenebrific means!

    Don't worry, white people. We got your back."
    me, page 1 wrote: »
    this is something white people do to feel good about themselves

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  • AgentofOrangeAgentofOrange Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    hey Shank, my time is fucking valuable

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  • AgentofOrangeAgentofOrange Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I'd feel downright awful if I neglected my obligation as an educator to point out the age old equation passed on through generations

    time = money

    so move over, ghandi, I got word games to play

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