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Topic Of The Month: I WILL BUY YOUR VOTE!!!!

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Sufferin' Prius Envy, Jul 17, 2008.

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  1. Sufferin' Prius Envy

    Sufferin' Prius Envy Platinum Member

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    And what does how much taxes I pay have to do with donating money to the Shriner's Hospital?

    Remember,
    It's not about taxes, religion, politics, ecology, human rights, or even whether or not you like me. It's about the children and whether or not Prius Drivers are big enough to overcome their petty differences.

    Are Prius drivers generous?
    Are TOTM Awards a popularity contest?

    EJFB . . . So far, your answer is, 'Prius drivers aren't generous and TOTM Awards ARE a popularity contest.' Why else would you be fighting me so much on this. ;)

     
    #21 Sufferin' Prius Envy, Jul 18, 2008
  2. EJFB1029

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    I'm sure I give much more than you, and you want it to be a popularity contest. Ok you win, you are popular to yourself.
     
    #22 EJFB1029, Jul 18, 2008
  3. chrisspaulding

    chrisspaulding sexy, high tech, fun

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    Um....?
    .
     
    #23 chrisspaulding, Jul 18, 2008
  4. Proco

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    I think too many people are getting their undies in a twist about what Patrick's doing. If you don't want to vote, don't vote. Duh. No need to run him down or speculate on what kind of an ego trip he's on to do this. It's silly ... sort of like all the word games in FHOP.

    I don't see eye-to-eye with him politically and we've butted heads in FHOPol, but it doesn't mean I can't see the fun in this. Who's it hurt? No one.

    I'm just surprised I haven't seen votes from wildkow, amped & the others on that side of the political fence. What better way to stick it to us godless liberals? :)
     
    #24 Proco, Jul 18, 2008
  5. Stev0

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    I'll sweeten the pot a bit. If he wins the TOTM, I'll donate $50.00 of my own cash to the ACLU.

    Note that I voted for him.
     
    #25 Stev0, Jul 18, 2008
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    samiam Antipodean Prius Poster

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    A nice twist into the absurd Steve0, which works for me. Here's my vote.
     
    #26 samiam, Jul 20, 2008
  7. Sheepdog

    Sheepdog C'Mere Sheepie!

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    I cannot vote twice but if you give money to the ACLU I will have to give $50 to the Libertarians!
     
    #27 Sheepdog, Jul 20, 2008
  8. McDonald

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    A star member might be someone who figures out a mod first and makes an instruction manual for others, reviews a lot of PriusChat products, welcomes newbs, contributes to good discussion, etc.

    If the only thing you wanted to know was "Are Prius drivers generous?" you should have set up a thread asking people to donate $25 to the cause of their choice. What you are asking is "Of the few Prius drivers registered and active on Prius Chat, who have read this thread, who like the organization, and who don't care if the first TOTM on a PRIUS website is not even remotely linked to being about Prius, who will bother to respond to this thread, who know how to nominate a thread, are willing to generate votes for somebody else to give money that they didn't earn anyway." Is that what generous is? What about being generous with volunteering time, being a good family member, a good citizen, putting in more work than you're being paid for, etc.

    People nominated that thread because it taught them how to nominate for TOTM. Without that thread, maybe half your nominators wouldn't have known what the hell it was you were asking for or how to do it!

    So they were started by Danny, he is not an active member who also deserves Kudos? Who here made a thread telling Danny how awesome a job he does moderating and supplying the products for the shop, etc. Nominating his informative threads, even if they are just about TOTM or something else website-related would be a nice assurance to him I'm sure.

    Popularity? How old are you? Popularity on a website forum? No one cares who has friends and who doesn't, it's a way for you to keep in touch with people you may have discussed Prius-related things, or to keep tabs on someone who's doing the same mod as you, etc. If ___ has a lot of friends, it's because (s)he has a lot of info and is nice enough to share it, not because (s)he may have been handsome/pretty in high school or (s)he made a thread bribing people to be their friends, etc.

    That's because Danny's posts are about how to use the function and what it's all about. Pretty important! Your thread is about bribing people to nominate your thread so that you can so generously give money that was a gift anyway?

    Yawn!
     
    #28 McDonald, Jul 20, 2008
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    And as Godiva said,
     
    #29 McDonald, Jul 20, 2008
  10. Sufferin' Prius Envy

    Sufferin' Prius Envy Platinum Member

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    So where do I collect my star? I've done all of those except review PriusChat products. So, does that now mean this this thread qualifies for consideration because I am a "star member"???

    Because 'monetarily' isn't the only type of 'generous' a PriusChatter could be. ;)
    I was also wondering if PriusChatters could be generous in overcoming their dislike for someone who has differing political views (remember . . . Popularity contest . . .). What better way to test the hypotheses than to sweeten the pot with something good happening if 'haters' can overcome their dislike for one another.
    Proco has shown there are generous people.
    Others, so far, have proven the opposite.
    We just don't know the final ratio yet.
    [My question to you: Are you for goodness, or are you for badness?]
    As for asking people to donate . . . so far this thread is good for $100 worth . . . and I didn't have to ask. Unfortunately $50 of that is to political causes, and even that is ideologically 'balancing' each other out. Anyone care to balance out my $50 donation to a Childirens' Hospital with a donation to, say, an old folks home? ;)

    But my OP DOES show people how to nominate a thread . . . that is why I placed the [​IMG] thingy in my OP and told people where to find it in the lower right corner of my thread.
    [EVERYONE: FEEL FREE TO GO BACK UP TO THE OP AND CLICK THAT THINGY. ;) ]
    In my OP, I also placed a link to danny's thread . . . which may have caused people to vote for his thread too! . . . especially considering my thread is in the more heavily visited Main PriusChat Forum, and danny's isn't. And I have also voted for another thread. So please don't poo-poo my thread if informing people about TOTM is one of your criteria to qualify a thread as worthy of consideration.

    I'm not sure if I had started a thread to thank danny . . . but I have replied on many of them, thanking not only him, but also the moderators, for their tireless work keeping PriusChat up and running.
    http://priuschat.com/forums/priusch...5761-priuschat-very-slow-today.html#post58455
    And I even donated money to PriusChat when danny was asking for donations. At the time, danny was giving badges of honor under user names for those who donated. So, getting a badge of honor for making a donation isn't something new here on PriusChat. At least my donation(s) go to worthy causes(s).

    If no one cares, how come do you have six friends? Did you tell them you don't care? :eek:
    I am in my 40's . . . and I think the PriusChat 'Friends' thing is silly too. That is why I have not accepted any of the requests for friendship . . . even though I have been begged-to and threatened with banishment if I rejected his friends request.

    "Friends" and TOTM are supposed to be fun, lighthearted, and not to be taken too seriously. That is why people have voted for my thread and have said it is funny.

    Lighten up! And remember the children . . . and the ACLU (ouch! :mad:) . . . and the Libertarians!
     
    #30 Sufferin' Prius Envy, Jul 21, 2008
  11. Proco

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    Vote early, vote often! Only 10 days left to force Patrick to cough up 50 bucks so he can get a $25 gift certificate! [​IMG][​IMG]
     
    #31 Proco, Jul 21, 2008
  12. Stev0

    Stev0 Honorary Hong Kong Cavalier

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    I had to withdraw my vote because that mouse thing is pretty cool.
     
    #32 Stev0, Jul 21, 2008
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    moxiequz Weirdo Social Outcast

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    :peep:

    I clicked. That is all.
     
    #33 moxiequz, Jul 22, 2008
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    I'm there Baby! Just thought I would wait awhile longer for the Godless Lib's to give themselves more rope. BTW, I got another $50.00 for SPE's worthwhile cause regardless if he wins.

    Wildkow
     
    #34 Wildkow, Jul 22, 2008
  15. Proco

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    Glad you could make it. Right now yours is the vote that's put SPE in the lead.
     
    #35 Proco, Jul 23, 2008
  16. Sufferin' Prius Envy

    Sufferin' Prius Envy Platinum Member

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    Thanks kow for the vote and another $50 pledge to a (this one being good) cause.

    This thread is now responsible for $150 in spontaneous pledge donations to causes . . . three times more than my original $50 pledge to the Shriners.
    And to think I didn't even have to ask. :)
    This is probably a much better result than if I would "have set up a thread asking people to donate $25 to the cause of their choice."

    REMEMBER THE CHILDREN!!!!!
    Vote now.
     
    #36 Sufferin' Prius Envy, Jul 23, 2008
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  18. Sufferin' Prius Envy

    Sufferin' Prius Envy Platinum Member

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    I'm not charging. I'm giving. AND SO ARE OTHERS! . . . that is if enough people click on the [​IMG] in the lower right corner of the original post.

    Be generous without costing yourself a dime.

    REMEMBER THE CHILDREN!

    Just click.
     
    #38 Sufferin' Prius Envy, Jul 26, 2008
  19. Sufferin' Prius Envy

    Sufferin' Prius Envy Platinum Member

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    Oh . . . BIG TALKER!

    You "sweeten the pot" and vote for the thread, then you take back your vote.

    Does that now mean you hope my thread doesn't win so it won't cost you $50?
    What else could explain your pulling away your vote. :tsk:

    Big talk, no walk. :rolleyes:
    (You CAN vote for more than one TOTM . . . and there are three awards.
     
    #39 Sufferin' Prius Envy, Jul 26, 2008
  20. Stev0

    Stev0 Honorary Hong Kong Cavalier

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    Aye, you're right, I can vote for more than one, so I voted for this again.

    But if anyone starts a thread about a monkey driving a Prius (with Youtube video), that WILL get my sole vote.
     
    #40 Stev0, Jul 26, 2008
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