We're responsible citizens of the world, right?

[Karuka]

And as such, we might be able to devote a little time to make a few mouse clicks and devote our time to putting food into hungry mouths.

http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Each word you get right, you donate 10 grains of rice to help feed the starving.

[Zook Murnig]

Do they count out the individual grains?

I earned upwards of 150 grains in a couple of minutes.

[Karuka]

I don't know if they count out the individual grains.

I got ~2,600 tonight, but I'll get back to it tomorrow.

[Ashiakin]

I earned 10 grains of rice after several hours of play. At least now some peasant can trade his 10 grains for a copy of The Fountainhead and learn the value of individual responsibility so he quit waiting for a government handout.

Or maybe he could buy a Bible.

[Serilliant]

Someone better down those 40 grains of mine with love and adoration in their heart for me. Now I get a medal for my selfless philanthropy, right?

[Atzar]

Let's turn this into a contest. See what vocab level you can get to... without cheating.

I've gotten to 40. Then I found out that answering wrong brings your level down. I'm at 35-36 right now.

[Ave Versus Christus]

I was around level 35.

400 grains of rice. You should lose rice when you miss a question.

[Atzar]

Just hit 41. 2920 grains of rice and counting.

That would be funny, but I have no faith in the intelligence of your average Joe. They'd end up having to give us rice because we missed more words than we got right.

[Ataraxis]

I got to 9 in binary. Then I realized the rice wasn't for me.

Confound it!

[Sighter Tnailog]

I was at 44, couldn't quite break 45, but I plan on keeping trying.

But to be entirely honest, if these people are going to die, they'd better do it, and cut down on the excess population!

[Ave Versus Christus]

Can I please have Christmas off, sir? Tiny Tim so looks forward to me at my awful hovel so that I may join him in disgusting traditional English dishes.

[Atzar]

Dammit, Madison. I felt intelligent before you came in with your 45-ness. :p

I hit 42, with 4720 grains and counting now.

[Zook Murnig]

I hit 43 with about 650.

[Atzar]

I'm so proud of myself right now.

I reached level 47. 13,280 grains of rice. That comes out to 1,328 words. That comes out to... a huge waste of time.

[Sighter Tnailog]

47? Nice. But I will add that I was at 44 with less than 2,000 grains. ;) But a lot of those words were archaic English words, and so I sort of have an advantage: I've read J.R.R. Tolkien all my life.