Comments on: Redemption

Redemption

crunchland — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 06:14:52 -0800

Redemption? At the risk of linking to another Something Awful thread and incurring their wrath, I think it's important to point this out, especially here. In the matter of a few short days, the users over there emptied their paypal accounts to help someone in need. They raised $12,000 in four days.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 06:21:29 -0800

There's something about those little goons... ya just can't hate them for long.

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 06:39:36 -0800

And don't forget Penny Arcade's Child's Play which raised a shitload of cash (> $27 000) and games (more Game Cubes, PS2s and XBoxes I've ever seen) for the Seattle Children's Hospital. Gamer geeks aren't all bad.

By: taumeson

taumeson — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 06:50:34 -0800

SA forum goons have always had a good esprit de corps. this is pretty awesome. and if we're talking charities, don't forget the blogger boobiethon, one of my favorites.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 07:30:18 -0800

Why wouldn't they? They're a community, just like Metafilter. They're probably even closer than MeFi. The 'net is filled with good people who just happen to enjoy linking to Tubgirl. Good for them.

By: Veritron

Veritron — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 07:35:54 -0800

Well, at least this thread doesn't have a first post that says, "DO NOT LINK TO THIS THREAD. DO NOT POST THESE IMAGES ELSEWHERE." We're learning... Slowly.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:14:18 -0800

Why wouldn't they? They're a community, just like Metafilter. Our last run-in with them left me with a feeling that they were all loons and idiots. When someone pointed this generous act out to me, I was surprised, and thought it was worthwhile to pass it on to anyone else who had written them off.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:53:17 -0800

I'm glad you shared this, crunchland.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:20:28 -0800

Yeah, good post, and good on all those loons and idiots. I never thought about "emptying Paypal accounts" as a way of calling for donations, but I suspect a lot of use have some loose change tinkling around in there from various eBay auctions, etc. It's like a campaign to get everyone to get all the coins out of their sofas and donate it somewhere.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:41:44 -0800

Our last run-in with them... Damn, nobody invites me to the rumbles...and I spent all that time learning the dance moves and memorizing the lyrics.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:50:02 -0800

Our last run-in with them left me with a feeling that they were all loons and idiots. Not at all. Many MeFites, myself included, like to drop in there once in a while. With a beer on a Friday night, is my favored mode of lurk. The comedy gold isn't as much in evidence as it once was over there, perhaps, and the average age is much younger than it is here, I reckon, but there's good stuff aplently there, and some interesting folks.