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Kiva.org - why c0r no care? (pg. 2)
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| Looney4Clooney |
| bitch you don't even know. I cruise so hard, I make Pacino look like a prude eunuch. I own the washroom stalls at place alexis nihon. |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| I shot up Dawson. |
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| Spacey Orange |
| everyone's pretty much piss-poor.:( |
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| Moongoose |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
To help them out. I'd do it without giving it a third thought, the second thought being about what they want it for.
I'm really looking forward to doing it, but I'm myself a bit short on money these days :( |
Lira is the stereotypical academic short on money. Im just short on money :(
Also, im still on folding@home, all the rest of you ******s from the f@h TA group have been slacking. This is why we cant have nice things. |
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| Beatflux |
| quote: | Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
I think the incentive is to help in a way that is of minimal cost to yourself. But i agree, it seems like a minefield of potential scam artists. They claim a 98 % rate. Hopefully they have some means to deal with the eventual problems that are guaranteed to happen. And also, as russell mentioned, i think it is extremely important to know what your money is being used for. Finding out that your money is being used by a religious organisation to rent the soccer field for sunday stoning would not sit well with me. You know how dangerous a slide tackle is when there are rock on the grass? |
They let you pick who and what you are lending it. I chose a young prostitute in training who needed money to buy roller skates to get her way down to the marketplace where she can sell her self more easily. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
Teach a man to fish or something. Where is Matt when you need him.
I just imagine a lot of people will abuse it ruining it for those that need help. I honestly haven't really investigated so I don't know the details. IS there a way to make sure the money is spent in the way described. If i'm paying some kid to get a skateboard which is totally cool and then find out he got a long board and propecia mustache cream, i would feel cheated. |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| I should have at least 2 sweat shops by next week. Education by fake designer purse is the new black. |
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| sensorium |
| It's the tendency we have to walk away from anything that would look bit like spam and/or a scam. Although it is not the case with kiva, most people will not take the time to verify this. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
Teach a man to fish or something. Where is Matt when you need him.
I just imagine a lot of people will abuse it ruining it for those that need help. I honestly haven't really investigated so I don't know the details. IS there a way to make sure the money is spent in the way described. If i'm paying some kid to get a skateboard which is totally cool and then find out he got a long board and propecia mustache cream, i would feel cheated. |
There's usually a follow-up, and there's plenty of information about who's asking for the money. For example, there's some guy in Georgia who needs a minibus, an Ugandan shopkeeper who needs to buy commodities, and the like. All these people are borrowing money so they can make more money - and pay you back as a result.
This is solidarity, not charity. |
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| JdDark |
I've done it, lent $100 in total on top of the free 25.
If I don't see it back, which I don't think will happen, it's only $100. |
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| aquila |
| I don't have any money to lend thanks to being made ing redundant. |
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| PivotTechno |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Explaining it doesn't make it any less stupid. |
Just you.
"Gee, in the same amount of time it takes me to type out a typically smarmy message board comment, I can lend someone in need in a developing country $25 of someone else's money, no strings attached, but I think I'll act my usual dickish self and deride it, topping it off by making gross assumptions about the character of those the money goes to."
Hey, at least no one can accuse you of being inconsistent! |
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