Ranking Monkey Online

[3v3+Z]

I just saw this on another forum: http://www.globalrichlist.com/ It (supposedly) tells you where you rank in the world according to (what WE know as) "The Worthington Law". I haven't used it. I'm kind of scared to. I'm paranoid, I guess. I don't know what kind of information they're trying to gather or for what purpose. Probably nothing, I know. Anyway, I just thought it was kind of funny to see that someone is actually USING the "Ranking Monkey" concept, even though they're not using the monkey... or the concept, for that matter. :rolleyes:

[Fruitsnake]

I did it.

I entered my annual salary as 30,000 a year.

It then showed me a graph saying that I was in the 7.22% of the richest people in the world.

It's a gimmick for a charity organization to show you how poor the rest of the world is. Entering a middle class wage, then seeing that your super rich by the standards of the rest of the world, you'll then feel guilty and want to help...

[kulguyssj4]

Ha! I make no money, so give me some. You got to wonder however how many of those people are kids. Though not the one in sweatshops. I mean it's a good cause but you still don't see any celebrities doing this except for Bill Gates even then he only gives away 2% of his income.

[Stabby]

Ack, it's a World Bank website.
They're the reason 90% of the world population owns so little.

[3v3+Z]

Sorry. I had no idea what that site was affiliated with. As I said I was scared to use it. I guess I'm the accidental spammer.

[CptPlanet]

Originally posted by Fruitsnake
I did it.

I entered my annual salary as 30,000 a year.

It then showed me a graph saying that I was in the 7.22% of the richest people in the world.

It's a gimmick for a charity organization to show you how poor the rest of the world is. Entering a middle class wage, then seeing that your super rich by the standards of the rest of the world, you'll then feel guilty and want to help...

Yeah I know every time I'm in the grocery store I'm like "Geez... I could feed a family in Rwhanda for a week, or... try the new flavor of Dorito's. Hmmm... Fiesta Ranch con Guacamole. That settles it."

Poor people wouldn't be poor if they had rich parents like me so maybe they should just stop complaining.

[agent_PUNT]

Good point Cpt PLanet, I never thought about it like that before... They have only their parents to blame. And their non-existant god. I don't feel so bad about owning stocks in Coca-Cola now.

[CptPlanet]

Yeah it's like, the government could spend a billion dollars, and feed all of Africa for a year, or it could spend that same billion dollars on bombing them back to the stone age, and they'd never have to eat again.

So when you think about it that way, it like, really clicks. So I guess write to your congressman or something.


EDIT: Wait, you're Canadian. I guess you could still email one of our lawmakers, at least until you guys get a representative democracy of your own.

[Fruitsnake]

And it certainly isn't OUR fault that charitable organizations that would help don't even have a tiny fraction of what Doritos has in their ad budget. I mean, it's not like our patronage of their product helps support that trend or anything.

Also if charity organizations were as innovative as Doritos (see the advancement in food delivery known as "rollitos") then maybe they'd get somewhere.

\sarcasm

I honestly didn't mean to come off as anti-charity, I work at a non-profit organization. I donate often. I also don't like Doritos or Coke. I'm not sure that qualifies me as an American now that i think about it...