- Gawker Comments

VenusCloacina — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:19:17 EST

@TedSez: Nope. I CAN HAZ KWASHIORKOR?

VenusCloacina

Shinyfluff — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:21:53 EST

@furious_george: Oh god that's cruel

Shinyfluff

TedSez — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:07:09 EST

If I can spell "complete protein" will they throw in a handful of beans?

TedSez

VoxPopuli — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:47:30 EST

Who knew there were so many words that mean "goat-like"? I had it come up twice.

VoxPopuli

Furious George — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:19:46 EST

I got the word "devastate" correct, then saw that 10 grains of rice were being donated as a result. I felt that 10 grains was a good stopping point, so as to truly let the meaning of the word sink in.

Furious George

MyCubeHas3Sides — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:48:35 EST

@jobbotch: Yeah, right?
Who would qualify as a Syndicated Douchebag?

Dick Cheney and George Bush (obvs.)

*can't think, drawing blank...must go out drinking now!*

MyCubeHas3Sides

CherriSpryte — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:32:17 EST

I'm taking the GRE in two weeks - this is super useful to me! Thanks for being so servicey!

CherriSpryte

CodePink — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:26:39 EST

It's so fun! It's like studying for SAT analogies all over again!

CodePink

DorothyMantooth — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:20:48 EST

@VenusCloacina: Does this mean there's a level above 45?

DorothyMantooth

jobbotch — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:16:50 EST

@MyCubeHas3Sides: It should be!!

jobbotch

VenusCloacina — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:16:14 EST

@emily: Methelin is the delicious beverage made from fermenting crank! You could beat Drizzt Do'Urden into a bloody pulp with some of that.

VenusCloacina

fileunder — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:15:08 EST

@KarenUhOh:
sad - they would have enjoyed the rijstaffel

fileunder

MyCubeHas3Sides — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:09:23 EST

@jobbotch: I suck: I had to look up that word.
At first, I thought it was a new Gawker-speak/ Catch-phrase for "Syndicated Douchebag" or something.

MyCubeHas3Sides

KarenUhOh — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:09:01 EST

Never underestimate a liberal in a bad mood with a copy of the OED. I just bankrupted Uncle Ben and gave all of Indonesia scurvy.

KarenUhOh

Wrath of Farrakhan — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:09:00 EST

@collegecallgirl: This is why you don't touch yourself and drive. Unless it's an automatic.

Wrath of Farrakhan

maevemealone — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:05:51 EST

Good grief! what is on this site that my firewall blocks it?! Apparently I work for the vocabulary nazis... no rice for me.

maevemealone

Trampoline — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:01:28 EST

@VenusCloacina:
Your OC tendencies have been - and continue to be - a source of great Gawkertainment for myself and so many others... so please carry on!

Trampoline

Colonel Mustard — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:58:35 EST

@emily: I was pleased because I'm finally seeing dividends from when I studied for the GRE.

Colonel Mustard

Atelier — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:56:23 EST

Ten grains per word? Oh well... I guess world hunger can wait a few more decades to be solved.

Atelier

Emily Gould — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:53:04 EST

"metheglin." Ugh. No thank you!

Emily Gould

Emily Gould — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:52:41 EST

@VenusCloacina: I felt that way about knowing "methelin." Thank you, dork novels!

Emily Gould

PimpMyCouch — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:45:20 EST

@collegecallgirl: Are you sure it wasn't God? Or Tony Danza?

PimpMyCouch

jobbotch — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:37:09 EST

I knew my habit of dropping the word "synecdoche" into every conversation was secretly saving the world. Narcissism validated!

jobbotch

ihearttombrady — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:36:51 EST

@collegecallgirl: hahaha!!

ihearttombrady

VenusCloacina — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:32:21 EST

@Trampoline: I think I'm bragging about my obsessive-compulsive tendencies. LET ME SHOW YOU THEM.

(Like it surprises anybody here!)

VenusCloacina

ellagood — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:30:06 EST

@rod: but i ate for the first time in 2 years! thank you kind white man!

ellagood

rod townsend — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:27:43 EST

And I just did like twenty words and knew them all. Unimpressed.

rod townsend

Trampoline — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:27:23 EST

@VenusCloacina:
So... you're bragging about your vocabulary or your philanthropy? I wasn't clear...

Trampoline

ellagood — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:27:04 EST

@LolCait: HA

ellagood

Trampoline — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:26:06 EST

@ehkca:
You might think so, but he gets paid per grain in Malaysian sex slaves, so he turns out to be a rich, rich man indeed.

Trampoline

VenusCloacina — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:25:08 EST

@ehkca: No. I actually emailed them about this, and there's an ISO for grains of rice per kilo, which is what they use to determine the size of the donations.

Also, I am Queen Dork of that site. I wish they had a thing where you could enter your initials after a spectacular run, like I used to do on the Ms. Pac-Man at the pizzeria when I was a kid.

VenusCloacina

collegecallgirl — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:24:47 EST

This is just like the time I masturbated and all those kittens got hit by cars.

collegecallgirl

rod townsend — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:24:42 EST

Yeah, and if you forward this comment to ten friends, the Coca-Cola company will send you free Coca-Cola for the next year. Don't ask me how it works; it just does!

rod townsend

LolCait — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:24:22 EST

If they'll drop Condoleezza out of a plane, I'm in.

LolCait

ellagood — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:24:15 EST

this is like the hangman website i'm building for texan prisoners.

ellagood

pufflehuff: now in TINSLEY PINK — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:22:40 EST

Are the people workig on this tempted to get shooting, just because its got more of an instant gratification thing, as opposed to the grain-counting?

I'm too scared to go to the site.

pufflehuff: now in TINSLEY PINK

ehkca — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:18:53 EST

Does this mean some poor guy has to count out rice ten grains at a time?

ehkca

The Real JR — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:15:34 EST

With my vocabulary skills, you'll be lucky to get enough for a fatty tuna roll.

The Real JR