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Title: Help Feed Those In Poverty!
Post by: PHISH-PHREAK on March 06, 2008, 09:06:03 PM

Every time I'm on the computer i try to donate at least a thousand grains of rice by going to freerice.com and playing the vocabulary game they have in order to help those who are less fortunate.

Title: Re: Help Feed Those In Poverty!
Post by: rogueclown on March 06, 2008, 10:51:17 PM

i love that website.  i've learned a lot of really weird, awesome words from there.

i think my favourite is "anacoluthon", which apparently means an abrupt grammatical shift...although i'm also a fan of "panjandrum", a self-important dignitary.

Title: Re: Help Feed Those In Poverty!
Post by: Tachyon on March 07, 2008, 08:41:51 AM

Is this for reals?

Title: Re: Help Feed Those In Poverty!
Post by: rogueclown on March 07, 2008, 08:54:27 AM

yeah...from all the news articles i've seen, it's real.  they have ads on the page, and the ad revenue is based on page views.  they in turn donate the pay-per-ad-view revenue to the UN food program.

Title: Re: Help Feed Those In Poverty!
Post by: mr_doc on March 07, 2008, 11:45:30 AM

Xenu forgive me for the click fraud I am about to perpetrate...

Title: Re: Help Feed Those In Poverty!
Post by: MegaKitsune on March 07, 2008, 08:31:57 PM

I thought this said "Help Feed Those In Poetry!". That wouldn't have been much different, except if it was poetry I wouldn't even bother.

Title: Re: Help Feed Those In Poverty!
Post by: MegaKitsune on March 08, 2008, 01:37:49 AM

Double post: THIS GAME KEEPS GOING AFTER 10,000! 0___0

Highest vocab score: 40

Title: Re: Help Feed Those In Poverty!
Post by: ShinErgheiz on March 08, 2008, 05:42:31 AM

Well I made it up to 1k something last night and got a highest score of 42! (I have no idea how, since my vocabulary level is awful xD)

But that's some fun and useful way to help learning stuff and help those who need it. They should make other games like that!