Free Rice

I knew the comic would be incomprehensible enough to drag your lazy arses to the commentary - welcome, welcome! This is a sort of public service announcement, and no, I didn't get assigned community service for some lame misdemeanor.

We are not, as a species, prone to donating to those less fortunate, as we perhaps should be. In the long ago, I was among the needy. Therefore, I always buy a Christmas present for an anonymous child, I donate goods at the grocery store. I'll drop some cash into a bin on occasion when there is a targeted drive going on, but I stop short of committing large amounts of cash... and I don't do any of these things on a regular basis. Overseas aid is even tougher for me to commit to.

Part of my concern is always that my hard-earned cash is going to fill the pockets of some administrator (yeah, yeah, I know that no one works for free, I get that), or a government official, or heck, the brigands who eventually steal the cash or goods before it can get to the people who need it. I am that cynical.

But here is a way for me to donate my spare TIME instead of cash, and get this... it's FUN. Dang, it is even GOOD for me. A triple whammy of goodness that does my conscience proud. Now I know you're saying, "Dang, that's just crazy talk!"

Nuh-uh. Please go to freerice.com

Wren first mentioned the site on our forums a few weeks ago, and it was some time before I went to it... once I did, I was hooked. Simply put, the sponsors of the site donate grains of rice to the U.N. for each correct answer you submit in the multiple choice vocabulary quiz.

I can often attain a 50 score, but usually hover between 47-49... and NEVER end a session under 49.

How much better is that than a poorly realized game with an idiotic premise that has racked up way more hype than it deserves due to its unappealing content? A lot better. Besides, it means I can mock it in a comic without having to make a comic about it.

Back to Free Rice:
It's only ten grains of rice at a time... but with thousands of people involved, it adds up fast. I am very curious how long this site can keep going.

I am open to donating beans for math too.
Get it? Bean-counting?

Bah.

Go forth and gather rice.

Then come and tell us how you did.

;-)#
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