In comments to my previous fundraising incentive offer, tceisele asks a good question:
Just out of curiosity: if you will read "The God Delusion" for $1000 [in donations], how much will it cost just to get you to stab yourself with a fork?
(based on my statement that I'd rather stab myself with a fork than read The God Delusion).
It is, as I said, a good question, and deserves a good answer: $750. For $750 in new donations by the end of the day Friday, I'll stab myself with a fork.
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As you may or may not recall, last year's DonorsChoose fundraiser featured a few... unusual offers. At one point late in the proceedings, I offered to read and review a New Atheist screed for $1000 in new donations. And, since I had previously said that I would rather stab myself with a fork than…
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Well, the DonorsChoose challenge came up short of the "stab myself with a fork" threshold by the Friday deadline, though the whole business turned out to be surprisingly effective. Go figure.
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So, let's review the week in DonorsChoose fundraising:
Atheist baiting netted about $60, from three donors.
Appealing to your better nature brought in zip, zero, nil, nada. Not one person donated to the highlighted proposal after I posted that.
Offering to stab myself with a fork brought in $200…
Dinner or salad? Or maybe pitch?
Also, what if we want you to read and review the books, but not stop ragging on atheists? ScienceBlogs needs some non-framing dissenters.
. . . I suppose I should just be grateful you didn't refer to grapefruit spoons instead.
So...how much to get Richard Dawkins to stab you with a fork, then?
Also, what if we want you to read and review the books, but not stop ragging on atheists?
I guess that would require some strategic donating-- more than $1000, but less than teh full Challenge. You might need to consult a game theorist for that one.
So...how much to get Richard Dawkins to stab you with a fork, then?
You'd have to ask him. I would imagine it would depend on the cost of airfare from the UK.
On my end, two grand.
i've been meaning to get off my butt and donate... and this is the entry that did the trick.
no, i don't want to know what that says about me. :)