Math fail, $1,880. OOPS!

Failed having a brain!

Parents should be the one getting the fail....raising an imbicile.

I've seen some grandly stupid shit before, but this takes the cake.

Bet the parents won't do anything but eat the bill and the kid wont learn a damn thing from it...which compounds the issue.

Sad

Loh

Homeschooled?

Sounds like someone's going to be getting a summer job.

Thanks for the donations kid!

....as for "I didn't know it cost money', well, that's the price you pay...literally!

I can haz brain

Stupid is as stupid does. But the ads are a little funky. And she's probably under 18 and not old enough for a contract. I see a no charge you dumb shit in her future.

you still got to love how they get a toll# to look as close to a toll free# as they can

She pulled a Phoebe...

Although this story makes Peacock sound dumb, I found out elsewhere that the phone company refunded the donations. Also, she individually led an effort to raise $43,000 to build an AIDS clinic in Nairobi. That's extremely impressive.

"I thought it was just a free thing."

--Future Obama Voter

I thought text messages were paid for with Obama money, from his stash.

Is the fact that one is limited to 3 donations from the same phone number lost on everyone and this passes as real news? The service tells you that another donation is not possible on the fourth text.

Failed having a brain!

#2 | Posted by MURPHY

That certainly describes you

Is "failbooking dot com" a reliable source of information?

Is something true if it is said on Facebook?

From her $1,880,once it had gone through the various govt & ngo organizations,minus their administration "fees & graft",the victims in Haiti may have gotten a whole $1.80!!!

"I thought it was just a free thing."

--Future Obama Voter

#12 | Posted by cookfish at 2010-02-06 07:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

I thought these two wars wouldn't cost us anything (well, maybe the 1.2 billion the promised us) because they weren't part of the budget!

-Bush voter.

I suspect this is fake.

If not... the parents should force her to get a job and pay the bill herself. Then the cost of doing a good thing would be made clear to her. If her parents pay the bill... what did she learn?

fine product of public school

Sounds like the perfect liberal.

Homeschooled?

#4 | Posted by Mista Kurtz

NO, Pubic schooled.

Is the fact that one is limited to 3 donations from the same phone number lost on everyone and this passes as real news? The service tells you that another donation is not possible on the fourth text.

#14 | Posted by Fandango at 2010-02-06 10:51 PM | Reply | Flag: TRIED THE SAME THING

Also, she individually led an effort to raise $43,000 to build an AIDS clinic in Nairobi. That's extremely impressive.

#11 | Posted by rcade

Do you know what would have been more impressive?

It would have been more impressive if she would have raised $43,000 for AIDS patients here.

This is the same mentality that gets us people who rush to Haiti or other countries to adopt children. It's a shame that Americans are adopting children from other countries when we have orphanages here that are full of Americans.

Why is it more impressive to help AIDS sufferers in America than it is to help them in another country?

Americans don't go overseas to adopt because they want to help other countries more than their own country. It's because they want babies -- as opposed to older kids -- or they want to spend less time or money on the adoption.

Americans don't go overseas to adopt because they want to help other countries more than their own country. It's because they want babies -- as opposed to older kids -- or they want to spend less time or money on the adoption.

#25 | Posted by rcade

Well I'm sure that makes all of those undesirable Americans fell much better.

What you say is true. The people who adopt from other countries don't see it as helping people from other countries at the expense of hurting their own people but that is the end result.

"It would have been more impressive if she would have raised $43,000 for AIDS patients here."

Pretty damn impressive either way. I imagine she had a reason for choosing the beneficiary of her fund raiser. I just don't see why anyone would want to view her positive action as a negative thing.

IQ tests for future-parents who wish to procreate would be a great prerequisite.

Credit checks and psych tests wouldn't hurt either.

What you say is true. The people who adopt from other countries don't see it as helping people from other countries at the expense of hurting their own people but that is the end result.

It's a shame that a lot of older kids in this country don't get adopted. But it's hard to cast judgment on people who are adopting younger kids because it's not like I'm doing anything about the ones here who never find a home. Are you?