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PayPal hates New Orleans
Written by mort-a-potty on Monday, September 5, 2005
Well, maybe not exactly, but they make it a pain in the ass for someone to set up a successful PayPal donation fund. I'll explain.
Something Awful set up a donation fund through PayPal to give money to the red cross for the efforts to aide the citizens of what was once New Orleans (and the surrounding areas (region?). They used PayPal to get addresses and names from donators so they could provide them with free merch as a reward for being generous human beings. PayPal saw that they were quite successful (30 grand in about 9 hours) so they froze the account. I'll not regurgitate all the details, but suffice it to say that PayPal makes it nearly impossible for honest people to conduct massive donation drives with their service. not because it's incapable of handling it, but because they don't trust people. you can read the rest at their website www.somethingawful.com.
as for me personally, been a pretty mediocre/shitty week. my AC adapter to my laptop now has a short in the cord somehow, as does the headset I use for XBOX Live and for my cellphone. my .mac is going to expire in less than a month, and my XBL in November. I'd sell my semen, but I'm afraid I wouldn't get near enough for it, or selling plasma, but again I'm presented with the same dilemma. If only I were a beautiful woman I could do one of many things. have my eggs harvested and get tons of cash, or whore myself out to horny guys with cash to burn. unfortunately none of those is possible (and frankly the last one is kinda disturbing to think about) so I'll just have to continue my efforts to get a job which thus far have been fruitless and I've not a clue why. Conspiracy? Perhaps. Shitty? Most certainly.
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