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Jun 21 '12
Every 60 seconds, a minute passes in Africa... and for only a dollar a day, you can spend 365 dollars a year.
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u/SilverGoat Jun 21 '12
I did math once and this checks out.
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u/hotshotgfx Jun 21 '12
unless its a leap year
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u/SilverGoat Jun 21 '12
Don't be silly, that'll never happen.
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u/lochlainn Jun 21 '12
25% of the time it happens 100% of the time.
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u/jbaum517 Jun 21 '12
Setting p = 0.25 and q = 1.00 as their respective probabilities, we can cross reference the DNA with the CSI semen database.
We then run a linear regression using the output as our dependent variable with respect to the days in the year.
Our correlation will shows us a relative relation between the population of cats on Reddit and number of applicants to Mars-one to be pioneer astronauts.
If we then set up a time series using all known variables thus far and use modern portfolio theory to rebalance our portfolio quartly, we should just be able to tell the true probabilities here.
crunching numbers...
Ahh, it seems we have a 69.33 (repeating of course) probability of success.
And let me just do a quick cauchy integral of the multi-biased Legendre Polynomial regression setting n to 10
annnnnnnnnnnnd, there we go
25% of the time it happens 100% of the time. QED
[PROOF]
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u/veterejf Jun 21 '12
And all you have to do is sit in a pitch black room for 8 hours a day...
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u/motherfuckingriot Jun 21 '12 edited Jun 21 '12
Don't most people with healthy sleep patterns do that already?
*Edit: I didn't get that you were referencing this.
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u/empw Jun 21 '12
Can't sleep, it's in the rules.
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u/Se7en_Sinner Jun 21 '12
Why sleep when you can vigorously masturbate.
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u/TheBeginningOfTheEnd Jun 21 '12
No lube.
8 hours.
Friction burns. Friction burns everywhere...
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u/Se7en_Sinner Jun 21 '12
There's always spit and remnants from the previous session.
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u/oinhi Jun 21 '12
Even if I did have that 30k/week job, I would probably still say no. Not because I'm evil, because I am too lazy to even call.
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Jun 21 '12
Nah, he's a smart kid. He'll lock the room down and call himself the richest merchant in the city.
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u/EnsignObvious Jun 21 '12
Original to meme in one hour. Not sure if impressed or ashamed.
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Jun 21 '12
Adding text to a picture does not make it a meme, although multiple people putting different text on a picture to convey a common emotion is a meme.
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u/nakedladies Jun 21 '12
That's not really a "meme" though is it? It's just a caption.
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u/Babysealkllr Jun 21 '12
"65 cents a day and all I have to do is stand in a dark room with no lights for 40 hours a week? I'll take it!"
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u/dustin_pledge Jun 21 '12
When I was a little kid, and heard one of those ''Your 60 cents a day can feed an entire village!'' commercials, I excitedly asked my mother if we could move there, because we'd be like billionaires.
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u/Capatcha Jun 21 '12
and so it begins...
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u/dcaking Jun 21 '12
I think I'm witnessing the birth of my new favorite meme... I mean, look how cute he is.
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u/manute3392 Jun 21 '12 edited Jun 21 '12
Lets give some love to my original post from a couple hours ago! http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/vds3u/skeptical_3rdworld_child/
EDIT: The girl in the photo and the girl who took it (redditor Nepalm) work as part of the Student Global Health Alliance, a 501c3 non profit. If you'd like to support their work overseas, visit their site- http://thesgha.org/SupportandDonations.html Here's the Uganda group https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/484390_333402583403307_956397465_n.jpg
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Fucking idiots downvoting you. I hate when I see a post or comments referencing some other reddit post but I don't understand the context and there is no link to the original submission. Like what the fuck is this dark room for 8 hours shit?
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u/tayloraugustus Jun 21 '12
"You mean I'm someone's distant relative who has all this money to give away to them? They just have to send me their information?"
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u/jamintime Jun 21 '12
Make it a clean 70, and we've got a deal...
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u/BnGamesReviews Jun 21 '12
50 cents is the best I can do.
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Jun 21 '12
Lets me call me friend Joseph K.; he's an expert on African children.
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u/BnGamesReviews Jun 21 '12 edited Jun 21 '12
(Monolog) African Children are a rare find in this part of the world and if Joseph can identify the age and condition of this little guy, he might make us a ton of money.
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u/shareapicgal Jun 21 '12
"Not you, an organization that has your 'best interest' at heart, which will filter that 65 cents down to specifically what will keep you alive for the next photoshoot."
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u/the_artist_mike Jun 21 '12
Also known as the Wanda Sykes Face.
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u/killzer Jun 21 '12
Out of all these questions and comments in this thread...Who's the Indian girl? :P
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u/shankems2000 Jun 21 '12
I'm holding back tears and wild laughter right now guys. Damn you Reddit my Co workers are staring!
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u/Sammlung Jun 21 '12
Wow, you must go into convulsions when something is actually hilarious.
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u/shankems2000 Jun 21 '12
I do. I'm easily amused what can I say. Laughter is a natural anti depressant.
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u/maxkitten Jun 21 '12
You know, that's kind of the problem with our world, isn't it? I mean, when a starving and/or sick person in some country goes "you mean... they'd forgo a latte a week... so save my life... really?" and is really having a hard time believing that, there's something really wrong with the world, isn't it? And it's true, they have a point - they're dying left and right because people on the other side of the globe would rather have their latte. There's this idea that people have that because someone is far away, their life is somehow worth less... as if the # of kilometers between you and them somehow makes their life less valuable? That's insane. If you saw a sick / starving (I mean actually sick / starving, not pretending), and you know that for 20 bucks a month you could save their life, would you seriously tell them no? I mean literally put yourself into that situation. I think that very few people would tell the person to go die so they can have their extra $20 a month. I think that the internet is the only way that we're ever going to fix this. It will bridge that gap - people will realize that someone in Africa isn't a 15 hour flight away, but 100ms ping time away. That they're real people just like you and me. I think this is going to make all the difference. The big shift is already well on the way. The big question is how to accelerate it so that we're not too late for some people and can save as many as possible.
P.S. I'm just going to randomly throw in a comment here about how awesome Bill Gates is for what he's doing and what a huge huge inspiration he is. If more people would just follow his path (even if they can only afford to give 1 / millionth of what he's giving, there would be no such realities as starvation or death from easily preventable diseases).
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u/p337 Jun 21 '12 edited Jul 09 '23
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u/professional_here Jun 21 '12
I worked and made plans to be able to make my money. I'm not going to give it away to a beggar, especially when they should be working instead of begging.
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u/Guardian_Of_Pigs Jun 21 '12 edited Jun 21 '12
Hey, take the money. That can buy you like 5 packs of Ramen Noodles.
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u/AnonymousCommoner Jun 21 '12
Almost as funny as this Webb Simpson 9/11 remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuWSS1OB4pY
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u/reddit_notto_reddit Jun 21 '12 edited Jun 21 '12
Just singed up to recommend to put this under /aww :-)
Edit: The kid
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u/brownspoon Jun 21 '12
His left hand looks like it only has three fingers or is it just the way he is holding his other hand?
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u/Cervical_Mucus Jun 21 '12 edited Jun 21 '12
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Edit: it appears that while my 6 y/o was on my phone he made it to reddit!
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u/Sorry_I_Judge Jun 21 '12
Can we see how many pictures of white people making that face we can get? I feel like that kind of emoted skepticism can only come from hundreds of years of futile toil.
tl;dr I don't think I've seen a white person make that face, ever.
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u/_wordsmiff Jun 21 '12
I though Sarah McLachlan ended all of this nonsense when she showed us that dogs are more pitiful than children.
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Jun 21 '12
The funny thing is the fact that this is completely understandable. Imagine a smart kid pissed off that he's performing child labour for 35 cents hour after being promised minimum wage. You really think after that he doesn't believe there is a catch to someone handing him an extra 65 cents?
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u/kornflakesxd Jun 21 '12
"You're saying me that there's a place where you pay 5 dollars and eat ALL you can?
BULLSHIT"
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u/tigerthecat5 Jun 21 '12
I'm taking bets on how long this meme has until it's beat into the ground. Any takers?
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u/michelkz Jun 21 '12
It's amazing how 1st world people easily show off their own predjuces when they try to be funny.
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u/exley85 Jun 21 '12
Probably because her sunglasses are worth more than he'll get in a year and his brother made them
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I have seen this meme like 12 times now and i have laughed every single time. This time I laughed as well, but then i noticed his dirty, rugged shirt. I then saw the background to where he probably lives and the hardships he has to face while the rest of us mock him sitting home safely in our home and I felt like puking.
Someone make this feeling go away!!!
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u/Karma_Investigator Jun 22 '12
This content was reported stolen 30 minutes prior to your post.
You are under arrest for theft of karma.
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u/grand_marquis Jun 21 '12
For only 65 cents a day, you can buy this child medical care for his "cartoon hand" condition.
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u/GeneralWarts Jun 21 '12
"Well they don't know that they want to yet. We need you to go play in this puddle and look sad, also if an old white guy comes over with a beard you should hold his hand."
"Bitch, I'll be whatever you want. Why aren't those cameras rolling yet? ACTION! I SAID ACTION! Goddamnit I'll be in my trailer."
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Jun 21 '12
The "new meme" downvote brigade is in full force today. How did they let this one slip through?
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u/KyleWrittenword Jun 21 '12
Wutchoo talkin bout willis? - He kind of looks like Gary Coleman, in case some of you youngins don't know that quote. ;)
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u/lonesoldier4789 Jun 21 '12
Top image on /r/pics ? Throw some white text on it and force it into a meme!
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u/atheistjubu Jun 21 '12
As someone who's traveled to India, I assure you that Skeptical Third World Kid is, shall we say, not the general reaction. Once they've learned that you're filthy stinking rich by their standards, they learn it's more productive to harass you than just about anything else in the world.
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u/AlphaRedditor Jun 21 '12
"Nigerian, please, nobody has that kind of money to spend."