Comments on: Fifty Thousand Shirts

Fifty Thousand Shirts

djspicerack — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:55:59 -0800

Fifty Thousand Shirts. Creative guy Steve Paterson has teamed up with a number of other partners (and is still looking for more) to sell 50,000 t-shirts in memory of the more than 50,000 people who died in China's recent 7.9 magnitude earthquake in order to raise $1,000,000.

By: Super Hans

Super Hans — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:54:42 -0800

Do you really need a badge to mark how generous you are? This is a better way to give $25.

By: djspicerack

djspicerack — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:00:06 -0800

I don't think it's as much about "a badge" - at least it isn't for me. I see it purely as a way to almost passively perform passalong or get someone to ask about your shirt and drive you to it. Point taken, but I don't think it's about ego for most people.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:17:50 -0800

...but I don't think it's about ego for most people. Really?

By: nax

nax — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:45:29 -0800

I am continually amazed at the judgmental attitude toward giving here on Metafilter. Here's the deal folks. The motivation of the giver is completely beside the point. Some people give out of ego. Some give for self aggrandizement. Some give to impress chicks. Some give to assuage guilt. Some give out of the pure altruism of their unblemished souls, which seems to be the only motivation that many here in the blue will accept. Stop judging people for why they give or why they set up foundations or why they raise money. The point is the money they raise, not everybody's reasons for doing it.

By: nax

nax — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:46:52 -0800

And, yes, some people need a badge to demonstrate how generous they are. djspicerack thanks for helping those people find a way to help.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:04:51 -0800

Seems the death toll has surpassed 60,000.

By: bwg

bwg — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:23:36 -0800

MetaFilter: a judgmental attitude toward giving

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:05:34 -0800

$25 x 50,000 = $1,250,000. Nice way to clear a quarter-million on the deaths of others. That is 1,750,000rmb. Of profit. Directly related to the deaths of others. I'm with Super Hans on this one. A unique number? As if that correlates to the compassion or concern of the wearer. Gross.

By: A189Nut

A189Nut — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:04:56 -0800

I hate to say it, but looks like he needs 80,000

By: nax

nax — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:29:31 -0800

92,000 Um, 650,000?

By: nax

nax — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:30:35 -0800

I'm an idiot. Said it for you. Wrong thread. Anyone for Iraq t-shirts? (sorry)