AndyB Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 next time someone asks "what kind of site could I make?" - tell them to come up with somethng half as good as http://www.freerice.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I <3 freerice.com. It's genius, and I get to pretend I'm smart. Fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 You have now donated 500 grains of rice. FF's Wikilook = LOTS OF HAPPY KIDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ok Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 The question is, is that site serious? or just for fun? or joke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CroNiX Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Im glad Im not the one who has to count the grains to give away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serverman Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 ... how many grains of rice are on a rice plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I clicked it just see what it was and got sucked in. 5040 grains of rice later I realized what was happening and stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Im glad Im not the one who has to count the grains to give away. Multiply the weight of one grain with the total amount of grains to be donated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 crazy site I got to 7160. I stayed on Spanish for the longest time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Check out the total grains of rice! Total All Dates 44,457,202,610 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 The question is, is that site serious? or just for fun? or joke? I think if you check the 'press' information, it'll be clear that it's deadly serious. The real solution is that food aid (which that is) isn't a sustainable answer to the problem. It's great as a short-term, stop-gap, measure. As a weapon against poverty, food aid is essentially useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I agree AndyB. With few exceptions, if you keep feeding them, they will keep reproducing... IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropfaith Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 haha the math questions are easy as hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I agree AndyB. With few exceptions, if you keep feeding them, they will keep reproducing... IMO. Yeah...better to just stop and let them die off, because they are such worthless and lazy bums, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Or perhaps teach them how to prevent pregnancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I'm kind of getting the impression you guys have no idea how things really are over there in 3rd world countries... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropfaith Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 but its kinda because they have too many babies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Umm, no, no it's not. Having too many babies certainly does not help the situation, but it has nothing to do with why things are the way they are over there, nor would it fix things if they stopped having babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serverman Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 but its kinda because they have too many babies without the kids who is going to help the parents hunt/farm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropfaith Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 without the kids they wouldn't need to hunt farm as much. less people to feed is less work feeding the people. adding people to something doesnt make it easier to feed them because you add people it adds the amount needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 yeah but lack of food isn't the reason they are having so many problems over there. We can feed them 100% and the situation would be the same. Seriously, instead of trying to push this whole baby thing, why don't you make use of google and read up on the real reasons why there are problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Well, obviously the rice is only to improve the famine problem. Having rice will not get rid of corrupt dictators/governments. Having rice will not unite former rivaling tribes that was put into countries made by the former colonial powers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 without the kids they wouldn't need to hunt farm as much. less people to feed is less work feeding the people. adding people to something doesnt make it easier to feed them because you add people it adds the amount needed One of the reasons there are so many kids* is because of prostitution [also an AIDS cause]. No money? There's always a way to make some. Vicious cycle, eh? *I haven't actually researched this, so it could be counter-intuitive, but I've heard there is a lot of prostitution when I have researched AIDS stuff, and common sense would say kids go along with it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serverman Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Well, obviously the rice is only to improve the famine problem. Having rice will not get rid of corrupt dictators/governments. Having rice will not unite former rivaling tribes that was put into countries made by the former colonial powers. sorry to bring with up but you know all that rice is just gonna be stolen by bandits and not get to the people who need it (brother in the marines.. he sees it happen all the time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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