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QUOTE (Ganonheart @ Jan 18 2010, 11:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sure go on then if you donate to the Keep Ganonheart Sane foundation.

don't forget the send lazy to hawaii foundation...
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QUOTE (Tree_ @ Jan 19 2010, 02:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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lol, take 1 month off seeking employment and im exactly the same

yeh its sad but i wont be donating i barely have any money as it is


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Well here's some incentive for Australians. If you donate, keep the receipt and have a tax file number, you can claim it back on your next tax return. You can absolve your guilt and keep your money!

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Same tax deal in DK

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Those poor innocent people of Haiti




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QUOTE (Shaun. @ Jan 18 2010, 11:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well here's some incentive for Australians. If you donate, keep the receipt and have a tax file number, you can claim it back on your next tax return. You can absolve your guilt and keep your money!

Heartless and evil... I like it.

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QUOTE (Shaun. @ Jan 18 2010, 10:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well here's some incentive for Australians. If you donate, keep the receipt and have a tax file number, you can claim it back on your next tax return. You can absolve your guilt and keep your money!

that is not how taxes work.

I = your income
D = the amount you donate
R = tax rate
T = the taxes you pay

The equation for your taxes is:

(I-D)*R = T

not:

(I*R) - D = T

if you donate 10 bucks you will probably get something like 3 cents back. If you're income is low and you don't really pay taxes, you will save absolutely nothing.
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QUOTE (way2lazy2care @ Jan 20 2010, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
that is not how taxes work.

I = your income
D = the amount you donate
R = tax rate
T = the taxes you pay

The equation for your taxes is:

(I-D)*R = T

not:

(I*R) - D = T

if you donate 10 bucks you will probably get something like 3 cents back. If you're income is low and you don't really pay taxes, you will save absolutely nothing.

Well I probably got that wrong but I'm pretty sure you can claim the exact amount you donated as a deduction so long as it's less than $5000 (I think). Either way, it's a small incentive to get us Aussies to donate. Australians are obsessed with doing their tax returns and will claim every cent possible.

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didn't donate.
Im not made of money, and I really don't feel guilty at all for not helping.
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QUOTE (markie_c @ Jan 19 2010, 11:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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That's a really nice and shiny coffin. Didn't they just have an earthquake or something? How can they afford that?

I obviously don't care either.

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I'll spare you my ranting and just say "What a bunch of heartless bastards."

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QUOTE (FATJONNIE @ Jan 20 2010, 01:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'll spare you my ranting and just say "What a bunch of heartless bastards."

Us or Haiti?

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QUOTE (PwntToast @ Jan 18 2010, 04:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just the picture was a little harsh, I'm sure if I didn't remove it, someone would of complained >.<

Nothing personal brah.

Put it back and when they complain tell em to grow a pair.

Did not donate, already gave to wikipedia this year.

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Just the picture was a little harsh, I'm sure if I didn't remove it, someone would of complained >.<

Nothing personal brah.

Put it back and when they complain tell em to grow a pair.

Did not donate, already gave to wikipedia this year.
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I don't want to donate to idiots who riot about not having supplies when it's preventing them from receiving it. Plus I trust our governments more than the charitable organizations to get supplies to the people who need it in Haiti. I also don't have any disposable income.

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right when it happened people where asking me "Have you heard about Hati?"

And my response is always "I don't care about anything that goes on in Hati unless over 100,000 people die"

The smart people laughed, the stupid people got mad and tried to inform me of the situation


But yeah im extremely insensitive so i don't really care, but i did find it rather amusing that Hati was already a shithole without these kinds of things happening every 3 or 4 years

and how little everyone cared when 100k hatians die, but everyone around the world goes apeshit when 3,500 americans die


QUOTE (Husky @ Mar 31 2010, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A couple of Mutas softened up to the red, a couple of other Mutas softened up to the black, cause they're dead.

QUOTE (slartibartfast of earth @ Sep 28 2010, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ps my disablity in my hands makes my typing crap sry

QUOTE (PwnDaddy123 @ Mar 31 2010, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'd hit it tbh. Especially if it's dead.

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QUOTE (Bl!ndf!re @ Jan 20 2010, 07:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... and how little everyone cared when 100k hatians die, but everyone around the world goes apeshit when 3,500 americans die


Well, most news media say that donations are streaming in, so obviously a lot of people care. World doesn't care about Americans brah.. Americans care about Americans.

.. kidding aside though - what do you mean about the world goes ape shit when Americans die?

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QUOTE (Bl!ndf!re @ Jan 20 2010, 06:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
and how little everyone cared when 100k hatians die, but everyone around the world goes apeshit when 3,500 americans die


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QUOTE (SkyggeN @ Jan 20 2010, 01:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
.. kidding aside though - what do you mean about the world goes ape shit when Americans die?

it took a few days for people to really get what happened in hati but i had friends in foreign countries when 9/11 hit and we were talking about this and how the it dominated the news for several days, much more so than the hatian earthquake

but you bring up a good point, americans make themselves important


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A couple of Mutas softened up to the red, a couple of other Mutas softened up to the black, cause they're dead.

QUOTE (slartibartfast of earth @ Sep 28 2010, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ps my disablity in my hands makes my typing crap sry

QUOTE (PwnDaddy123 @ Mar 31 2010, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'd hit it tbh. Especially if it's dead.

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QUOTE (Bl!ndf!re @ Jan 20 2010, 07:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
it took a few days for people to really get what happened in hati but i had friends in foreign countries when 9/11 hit and we were talking about this and how the it dominated the news for several days, much more so than the hatian earthquake

but you bring up a good point, americans make themselves important


Well the news here in DK are still having around 2-3 updates on Haiti in the foreign news segment - I wouldn't know about the televised news of other countries I'm afraid.

I hope I'm not offending anyone for saying this, but 9/11 was, were it not for the tragedy of the situation, a news station owner's wet dream. Not only was the event an attack on American soil, which in itself is extraordinary (in the literal sense of the word), but it was also live. A LOT of people were watching the whole thing live - and not just in America, as you also pointed out. I remember watching it live from home as well. I'm sorry to say this but someone profited from 9/11 besides the delusional fanatics that launched the attack.

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QUOTE (SkyggeN @ Jan 20 2010, 01:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I hope I'm not offending anyone for saying this

grrrrr how dare you make fun of the red white and blue
afgan
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Next?
DENMARK!

true a lot of people benefited from the 9/11 attacks, namely the president in terms of support (im not saying conspiracy but it did help his agenda) and all news companies benefited from drastically increased publicity and kept everyone's attention by saying whatever the fuck they found out about the terrorists whether it be true, probable, uncertain, improbable, or false


QUOTE (Husky @ Mar 31 2010, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A couple of Mutas softened up to the red, a couple of other Mutas softened up to the black, cause they're dead.

QUOTE (slartibartfast of earth @ Sep 28 2010, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ps my disablity in my hands makes my typing crap sry

QUOTE (PwnDaddy123 @ Mar 31 2010, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'd hit it tbh. Especially if it's dead.




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