Quote: "Sorry to hear about your troubles, it sucks when people don't help each other out doesn't it."
No. This is
my life,
I screwed it up. I expect nothing from people outside of my life. Yes irony in my signature blah blah blah, but I didn't truly expect people to donate anything and it actually got me money to buy some extra food and that was cool so I left it up. And yes I realize that makes me a douche, but really if you were given free money I don't see why you wouldn't at least consider being called a douche for it lol. And if people honestly believe they truly deserve from others outside of your life then that's sad to me. Regardless of how far you have dropped. I've hit rock bottom, there's a lot of crap going on, repercussions from decisions I made. I don't expect anyone to help me get through it because I need to do it and I need to do it myself because it's
my life.
Quote: "You have a conscience now? What happened to "I only care about my family" and "If a company tells me I can have five games for a penny then [that's all I'll pay,] there is nothing morally wrong whatsoever.""
Just because I care about my loved ones and not random people online, doesn't mean I want to hurt them. I didn't realize they'd actually lose money when I donate one penny. I just flat out didn't think about it. That was an ignorant mistake on my part. I still end up donating a penny anyways. I now may feel a SLIGHT amount of guilt that the company is going to lose a few cents, but in the end millions were made and it doesn't matter and then I won't feel ANY guilt whatsoever because it
doesn't matter. The company is obviously happy with the bundles otherwise there wouldn't be Humble Bundle FIVE in the first place.
Quote: "What get free stuff with every donation made? That's all it is. I probably would have given more that 1 cent myself, but I didn't actually give anything, because I actually don't have any money in my bank account the moment (literally, £0). I give to charity, I just haven't on this occasion.
It's not like theft, no more than it is getting Portal for free or Hexagon, or getting a free pen when you open up a bank account. Ideally people should give more. But they've decided to go with that system because they are obviously happy enough to essentially give their games away in support of the charity. Nobody is suggesting the economy should work that way or people should pay what they like for goods, but if they're offered to the freedom to name a price and they will name it. If people are offered something for free, they'll probably take it.
I don't think it's immoral to pay minimum - they'll be a long way off from 'Philanthropist of the year', but then being a philanthropist is not a requirement in being a moral person, generosity is a good quality and one I think should be praised and encouraged, not one that should be guilt tripped or forced.
It even bugs me that charities stop me in the middle of the street to guilt trip me, I feel more inclined to listen to those who talk about what a donation means for those it'll help rather than telling me what'll happen if I don't donate. I know what kind of things happen in the world, I don't need to patronised and guilt tripped in the middle of the street. I'm more interested in what they'll do than to be made to feel like I'm a horrible person."
This is why Seppuku for president. He's samurai.
Quote: "So stealing is okay if other people pay?"
Wow, that's just ridiculous. Who is stealing? NO ONE. The company is ALLOWING it because they are making loads of money. I don't think you are understanding that this is
charity. It doesn't matter if penny donations are made, so long as a great amount is made in the end. Let me ask you a question... If you had the opportunity to make your own Humble Bundle, does it matter to you that penny donations were made, or that you made millions of dollars and the penny donations were entirely irrelevant because of the overall amount made. I'm going to go ahead and say you would be plenty thrilled with the THREE MILLION dollars that have been made. Sure it's upsetting that you could have made 3.0001 million if those people donated a dollar, but if they weren't allowed to make the penny donations,
they won't do it at all. So the amount made will be pretty damn close to the same.
On a side note, Notch is now in third on the top donations.
Quote: "To be honest, I think that's their exactly intention. I don't think they care how much an individual donates, just how much they receive over all."
Exactly. Otherwise there wouldn't be a Humble Bundle.
If I own a business, I don't care whatsoever how much certain individuals buy, so long as I'm making what I want in the end.
Why is it that it's immoral to not donate to this charity, when it's not immoral to donate to the other million charities you don't donate to? I guarantee you've walked past a charity booth at least once in your life and didn't even give them a penny.
I>Every single one of you
Have a nice day
