freerice.com

[stevie starscream]

freerice.com

apparently all you do is answer vocab questions and for every one you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice.

"

Who pays for the donated rice?

The rice is paid for by the advertisers whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen. This is regular advertising for these companies, but it is also something more. Through their advertising at FreeRice, these companies support both learning (free vocabulary for everyone) and reducing hunger (free rice for the hungry). We commend these companies for their participation at FreeRice.

If FreeRice has the rice to give, why not give it all away right now?

FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 10 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.

Couldn’t I just write a computer program to play all day and give a lot of rice that way?

There are two problems with this. First, it overloads our servers so that real people can’t play and learn vocabulary. Second, without real people playing and eventually buying products, it is no longer cost-effective for companies to advertise. Without advertising, we cannot give any rice at all.

Does FreeRice make any money from this?

No, it does not. FreeRice runs the site at no profit.

Who distributes the donated rice?

The rice is distributed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The World Food Program is the world’s largest food aid agency, working with over 1,000 other organizations in over 75 countries. In addition to providing food, the World Food Program helps hungry people to become self-reliant so that they escape hunger for good. Wherever possible, the World Food Program buys food locally to support local farmers and the local economy. We encourage you to visit the United Nations World Food Program to learn more about their successful approach to ending hunger.

Will the rice I donate make a difference?

The rice you donate makes a huge difference to the person who receives it. About 25,000 people die each day from hunger or hunger-related causes, most of them children. To a mother or father watching a loved child die in their arms from hunger, the rice you donate is more precious than anything in the world."

[its swanny]

link fail.

[test]

Sorry, we are unable to process rice donations so fast.

[wEstSidE]

wen do i get the reice?

[red]

as soon as im done growing it.

[sedx.]

wait... designer rice?

[mrip]

[Thorns]

Anybody wanna recite the story of what happened to the farmers in Haiti when we started giving them free rice?

[totally epic]

So I started doing this because I have nothing to do today at work. My highest level is 39, but I am consistently between 32-34.

BUT English is my second language, and I'm a mathematician anyway.

[sybaritical]

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

[billy dee williams]

does it come with a free oversized spoiler and altezzas?

[ProfMonnitoff]

I'm floating between 30 and 32. Just donated 1000 grains.

edit: apparently it's non-profit. in that case the advertising is dirt cheap.

[datasupa]

got up to level 46 on the first go but at that point it's basically sheer guesswork--technical jargon you'd never see in normal use.

[mizanation]

stuck at 42. my friend is about to break 50.

[Guest DUM]

im a consistent 36.

[artificialsky]

i just donated 30 grains of rice to the poor, starving, ethopian version of westside.

i believe this gives me enough social karma to go buy rick owens boots now.

[datasupa]

after 3440 grains of rice i finally made it to 50 after figuring out how to guess correctly on the upper levels. basically the words are so esoteric at lvls 45-50 that the most obscure answer is usually right.

[wEstSidE]

^i didnt stick around dat long.

i cudnt get pats vlvl 1

[wEstSidE]

i just donated 30 grains of rice to the poor, starving, ethopian version of westside.

i believe this gives me enough social karma to go buy rick owens boots now.

my parents giv munny u ijit