Wipomatic Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 This is pretty cool. Test your vocabulary skills while donating rice to starving people. http://www.freerice.com/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I'm up to level 45 vocab and 200 grains gonna take a break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechaFone Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I got to 110 grains all on pure luck and common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south pacific islander Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I have a strange feeling we are going to do some sort of contest with this . Oh I am around 130 grains or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yangfeili Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Is there a way you can have them send the rice to you instead of Africa or wherever? I mean, I'm not technically starving, but I am pretty hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz the Cat Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I concur. The rice would be much better off if it were sent to me, as opposed to some starving stranger. They'd just boil and eat it, whereas I have several cookbooks I can use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehDonut Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I'm up to level 45 vocab and 200 grainsgonna take a break wow this impressive...but how is that possible since the level goes up diminishingly after every word..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yangfeili Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Yeah, I capped out at about level 45 and then dropped down a bit. I guess reading nothing but Jack Vance novels for the last few years has had some unconscious side-effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 you guys are acting as though 100 and 200 grains are impressive in like five minutes i got 300 grains you have to have not gotten one wrong to be 45 cause im at 40 so THAT is impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culturekoi Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Hay so 600 grains in 4 min AP lit class pays off. EDIT: 4 minutes later 1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltstarfire Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 wow this impressive...but how is that possible since the level goes up diminishingly after every word..? Because it initially starts you off at a higher number depending on how you do. With me for example after the first 4 words it put me at level 40. (From there I only went down...I seem to average a vocab level of about 32) It's kind of fun to get my mind working, but after 2000+ grains of rice I think I'm going to find something else to do now! (But maybe come back later to poke it more). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citris Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 2010 grains and my highest level was 47. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dennis Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I'm so proud that I now know more than 2 words for 'to dig up from a grave'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWarp Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I like this website a lot. Its elegant simplicity and positive mission is absolutely brilliant. Level 32 and 160 grains. meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratha Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Level 41, 780 grains. I swear, half of these words I've never heard of before. I'm just going by word roots and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 500 grains, level 33, which is pretty effing good considering English isn't my native language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonlare Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 You know what's fishy about this? The fact that rice has little nutritional value, and that 100 grains of rice couldn't feed a family for a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wipomatic Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 You know what's fishy about this?The fact that rice has little nutritional value, and that 100 grains of rice couldn't feed a family for a day. I'm betting the ten thousand grains I've just donated might feed them for a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonlare Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I'm betting the ten thousand grains I've just donated might feed them for a bit It might, but what sustenance would they get? There's a lack of vitamins, proteins, and fats in rice, so it only does a little bit of good. That's of course, if this rice actually gets there in the first place. I dunno, sometimes I see stuff like this and think that it's just to make the people living in MEDCs feel less guilty. Oh well, tis a 1000 grains done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltstarfire Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Rice may have little nutritional value, but it's still food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonlare Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Rice may have little nutritional value, but it's still food. It'd be more beneficial to be sending them tools and likewise so they could make their own, people don't want to be entirely reliant on someone elses charity all the time, they would like to be able to create their own food, and be able to be independant. What about the "teaching a man to fish" story? I just think that sending over seeds and other agricultural goods would benefit more than just grains of rice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kureejii Lea Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Lvl 40, shy of 500 grains. I might be missing something obvious here, but... how exactly does this work? I mean, what's the tradeoff here? Here, play this free little game, and we'll send rice off to starving people depending on your success. Why not just... give the damn rice away? Or does this count as clicking adspace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenwarlord Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 It takes some serious effort to get down to level one. I seem to be doing it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltstarfire Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 It'd be more beneficial to be sending them tools and likewise so they could make their own, people don't want to be entirely reliant on someone elses charity all the time, they would like to be able to create their own food, and be able to be independant. What about the "teaching a man to fish" story? I just think that sending over seeds and other agricultural goods would benefit more than just grains of rice. It's hard to work when you're starving. You should keep in mind that most of these people work and are still starving, it's not like they sit on their asses in their shack doing nothing. The way the website explains how it works somewhere too, it basically has sponsor people thingies (the adds on the bottom), and the companies pay for stuff. Kind of like banner adds. Of course it might be a farce and no one is getting anything at all except for the website owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bummer Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Lackluster DAAAAANNNNNNNGGGGGIIIIIITTTTTTT Edit: 1000 grains. That'd be enough for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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