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IRL (In Real Life) => Current Events => Topic started by: Greybriar on October 06, 2015, 12:02:25 PM

Title: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: Greybriar on October 06, 2015, 12:02:25 PM
I just received an email informing me that "the UN Refugee Agency is working to relieve a global crisis" and that I could help by donating to the Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/aidrefugees?ref=email_aidrefugees) that was started to benefit Syrian refugees.

What do you think of that?  :-\
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: LongBlade on October 06, 2015, 12:11:56 PM
Stick with established relief agencies.
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: Bison on October 06, 2015, 12:34:41 PM
Good grief. 
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: Swatter on October 06, 2015, 08:00:01 PM
Nothing could go wrong with this.
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: jomni on October 06, 2015, 08:03:42 PM
What happened to that kisckstarter campaign to fund the Greek bailout?
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: bayonetbrant on October 06, 2015, 08:14:38 PM
Dare I ask what the stretch goals are?
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: LongBlade on October 06, 2015, 10:02:11 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 06, 2015, 08:14:38 PM
Dare I ask what the stretch goals are?

A free weekend in/with Lesbos.
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: Sir Slash on October 06, 2015, 10:42:35 PM
I'll kick in for $100,000 in Scott Walker for President bumper stickers. Hey, that's the kind of guy I am.
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: jomni on October 06, 2015, 11:00:26 PM
Ok. I checked it out.  It is different from all Kickstarter campaigns

1) Run by Kickstarter themselves
2) No goals
3) Cards automatically charged
4)  Not recorded as campaign backing

So basically they're using the Kickstarter platform and user base to get donations.
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: endfire79 on October 06, 2015, 11:02:01 PM
What happened to the Kickstarter to fund Starfury's long awaited Panthers in the Fog review?
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: bayonetbrant on October 07, 2015, 05:46:49 AM
Quote from: endfire79 on October 06, 2015, 11:02:01 PM
What happened to the Kickstarter to fund Starfury's long awaited Panthers in the Fog review?

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/feds-take-first-action-against-a-failed-kickstarter-with-112k-judgment/
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: Sir Slash on October 07, 2015, 10:34:25 AM
Star spent all the money on strong whiskey and weak women. Or maybe the other way around.
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: GDS_Starfury on October 07, 2015, 10:31:51 PM
fuck em....
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: endfire79 on October 07, 2015, 10:55:00 PM
You just CANT talk like that about good whiskey.  :tickedoff:
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: Sir Slash on October 08, 2015, 07:22:37 AM
Bottoms up. Both cases.
Title: Re: A Kickstarter to help Syrian refugees
Post by: Ubercat on October 08, 2015, 10:21:44 AM
Some of the money should be set aside to build new Mosques in all the countries they'll be converting uhh... converging in.