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14 Jun 2005, 06:11
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Caveat Lector
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I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Seriously.
I was paying $29.99 for porn, and I canceled the membership and signed up for $25 monthly deductions from Oxfam .
I just wanted to give up porn anyways. But I was thinking maybe skipping one of my meals a week to pay for like a weeks worth of food for a family of four in Africa. I'm so tired of porn, I hate it, I really do. So I knocked off two birds with one stone, and I get to eat all my meals.
I will miss the boobies.
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14 Jun 2005, 06:19
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
I gave up PCGamer last year in favour of monthly donations to Amnesty international, and i save myself a £1!
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14 Jun 2005, 06:20
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
You paid for porn?
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14 Jun 2005, 07:47
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
You paid for porn?!
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14 Jun 2005, 07:50
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
I would never give up my broadband connection (ie unlimited porn and not much else) for anything, not even to end world hunger!
*kiss kiss kiss*
That was me kissing my router.
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14 Jun 2005, 09:42
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
I met an attractive NCH girl outside Tesco in first year and ended up signing a direct debit authorisation.
They're a crafty bunch.
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14 Jun 2005, 09:44
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Quote:
Originally Posted by Phalon
You paid for porn?
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14 Jun 2005, 09:49
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Nch?
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14 Jun 2005, 10:12
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by KaneED
Nch?
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14 Jun 2005, 10:31
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
It's your own fault if you got this girl pregnant, you have to live with the consequences.
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14 Jun 2005, 10:31
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Quote:
Originally Posted by pablissimo
I met an attractive NCH girl outside Tesco in first year and ended up signing a direct debit authorisation.
They're a crafty bunch.
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yeah, same thing happened to me with actionaid.
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14 Jun 2005, 10:44
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
it's easy to cancel a direct debit.
This thread reminds me of a song by Bill Bailey about the fact that Americans spend more on porn each year than the whole of the third world debt.
oh and, Paying for porn???
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14 Jun 2005, 11:13
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Porn interests me more than some African, but I still wouldn't pay for it.
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14 Jun 2005, 11:25
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Jumping on the question of paying for porn bandwagon.
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14 Jun 2005, 11:26
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
yeh i agree with emokid wtf is up with that
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14 Jun 2005, 11:27
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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This thread reminds me of a song by Bill Bailey about the fact that Americans spend more on porn each year than the whole of the third world debt.
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I've just been trying (without sucsess) to find the lyrics for that song (called I will not look at titties for a year).
and why the fudge would you pay for porn?
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14 Jun 2005, 12:05
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Quote:
Originally Posted by hyfe
You paid for porn?!
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14 Jun 2005, 12:14
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
You pay for porn?
Oh, and same thing happened to me, Mencap, needed good karma etc.
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14 Jun 2005, 12:23
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
sunday at a trainstation some guy stepped up to me after looking in a trashcan (not sure what he was searching for) and asked me if i had 'something for the homeless'.
i pretended i didn't got that and asked him to repeat the question. (that must have made him feel bad, asking for money can't be fun).
"do you have something for the homeless, please?"
i grabbed my big wallet, picked out a coin of 50 cents and gave it to him.
i never give anyhing to charity and i really despise beggers and homeless people so me now giving a begger something must have given me karma-points for sure.
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14 Jun 2005, 12:25
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Jumping on the "why would you pay for porn bandwagon".
It's puzzling !
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14 Jun 2005, 12:39
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Powering your life...
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Good for you! I have one too!
And you those guys/mostly girls who go around signed you up? Here in Ireland they earn nearly twice minimum wage- but they have to sign up at least three people a day, I'd say its a pretty tough job, especially the way sum ppl respond to them.
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14 Jun 2005, 13:05
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14 Jun 2005, 13:11
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Next goal wins!
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Quote:
Originally Posted by KoeN
sunday at a trainstation some guy stepped up to me after looking in a trashcan (not sure what he was searching for) and asked me if i had 'something for the homeless'.
i pretended i didn't got that and asked him to repeat the question. (that must have made him feel bad, asking for money can't be fun).
"do you have something for the homeless, please?"
i grabbed my big wallet, picked out a coin of 50 cents and gave it to him.
i never give anyhing to charity and i really despise beggers and homeless people so me now giving a begger something must have given me karma-points for sure.
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so you traded his humiliation for money
what a wonderful person you are.
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14 Jun 2005, 13:28
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by s|k
So I knocked off two birds with one stone.
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14 Jun 2005, 18:47
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Insanity Prawn Boy!
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by LHC
Porn interests me more than some African, but I still wouldn't pay for it.
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14 Jun 2005, 19:19
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by KoeN
sunday at a trainstation some guy stepped up to me after looking in a trashcan (not sure what he was searching for) and asked me if i had 'something for the homeless'.
i pretended i didn't got that and asked him to repeat the question. (that must have made him feel bad, asking for money can't be fun).
"do you have something for the homeless, please?"
i grabbed my big wallet, picked out a coin of 50 cents and gave it to him.
i never give anyhing to charity and i really despise beggers and homeless people so me now giving a begger something must have given me karma-points for sure.
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14 Jun 2005, 19:29
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by KoeN
i never give anyhing to charity and i really despise beggers and homeless people so me now giving a begger something must have given me karma-points for sure.
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Dont worry. I despise people who despise the poor.
And Im on the "you paid for porn"-bandwagon.
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14 Jun 2005, 19:34
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Porn is free, mmmkay.
And I gave money to charity today \o/
Not for Africa though. Gave to RSPCA.
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14 Jun 2005, 19:55
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Insanity Prawn Boy!
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
The RSPCA and The RBL are about the only charities i will willingly give to
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14 Jun 2005, 20:00
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by s|k
I was paying $29.99 for porn
But I was thinking maybe skipping one of my meals a week to pay for like a weeks worth of food for a family of four in Africa.
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One meal a week costs you $29.99?
No wonder Americans get all the jokes about eating too much
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14 Jun 2005, 20:01
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
its only about £15 tomkat ...
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14 Jun 2005, 20:20
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by Tomkat
One meal a week costs you $29.99?
No wonder Americans get all the jokes about eating too much
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I believe he's talking about monthly fees so he'd only need to save about a fourth of the subscription fee per week.
[edit]I hope you're not teaching math.
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14 Jun 2005, 23:29
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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its only about £15 tomkat ...
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I spent £11 in Tescos today for a week's worth of food.
How decadent
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14 Jun 2005, 23:31
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
i spend £11 a week on rent on the paper bag that i live in
that i live in in the gutter
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14 Jun 2005, 23:40
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yahwe
i spend £11 a week on rentboys
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*giggle*
EDIT: stupid censoring not letting me say snig ger
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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*giggle*
EDIT: stupid censoring not letting me say snig ger
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with brains like this i can see why you were in the A-team
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15 Jun 2005, 00:12
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Insanity Prawn Boy!
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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with brains like this i can see why you were in the A-team
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Dammit, Murdoch promised he wouldn't say anything
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
I spend about £30-45 a week. Half on healthy foods and other half of snacks and crap.
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15 Jun 2005, 01:31
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Next goal wins!
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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I spend about £30-45 a week. Half on healthy foods and other half of snacks and crap.
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whoa
i spend about 10 quid on food a week, less if im particularly poor.
and im still fat! theres no justice
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15 Jun 2005, 05:07
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by Deepflow
whoa
i spend about 10 quid on food a week, less if im particularly poor.
and im still fat! theres no justice
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Healthier foods are usually more expensive. Organic foods vs mass produced stuff for instance. Whole wheat bread vs refined flour bread, etc.
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15 Jun 2005, 12:46
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
Well I pay about £10-15 on weekly food.
But I often end up buying snacks, or a sandwich from the canteen place at school - so it does add up to £20 probably.
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15 Jun 2005, 14:02
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
How the **** can you live on £10 of food a week?
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15 Jun 2005, 14:33
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by Stew
How the **** can you live on £10 of food a week?
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you can live.
theres the minor matter of malnutrition.
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15 Jun 2005, 14:50
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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Originally Posted by NEWSBOT3
you can live.
theres the minor matter of malnutrition.
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Our household (7 of us) spends about £50 a week on evening meals, mostly less. We have chinese food, curries, various kinds of junkfood (including pizza, burgers, more), chile, goulash, mexican, pasta dishes, and so on.
Don't eat as many ready meals.
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
thats actually rather impressive. my family spends ~ £80 or £90 a week, and there's only 4 of us.
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15 Jun 2005, 15:18
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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thats actually rather impressive. my family spends ~ £80 or £90 a week, and there's only 4 of us.
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That's only evening meals, but you could survive perfectly well on just the evening meals, given they're quite substantial.
Of course that doesn't factor in the Gin Budget.
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15 Jun 2005, 15:23
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
If you shop sensibly there are economies of scale. Feeding four people is not four times as expensive as feeding one person, unless you all eat very strangely indeed.
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Next goal wins!
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
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How the **** can you live on £10 of food a week?
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noodles (not pot)
toast
soup
cans (beans, spaghetti, etc)
easy
its not particularly unhealthy either, i buy SOME fruit... and kwiksave vegetable soup has LOTS of veggies in it \o/
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
my housemate worked out he spent an average of 30p on evening meals in the second year.
Shop at netto.
Pasta, tinned tomatoes, kidney beans, sweetcorn. Very cheap.
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Re: I gave up Hustler for Oxfam
i used to have 7.5p breakfasts.
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