Today, I'm participating in a 30 hour awareness-raising event on famine in Africa. I'm supposed to hand out leaflets to people from my booth. My school decided to hand out a literal crate-load of free cupcakes right in front of us. FML
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Today, I got roped into a volunteering thing at the last minute. I was waiting outside with all these kids who looked hungry. Feeling bad, I passed around crisps and cookies. Turns out we were at a convention to promote healthy eating in malnourished children. FML
Today, my friend and I taught a very involved healthy nutrition program to underprivileged youths at a local center. We even made them a healthy snack at the end of the program. Within minutes of the program being over, we caught some of our fellow volunteers feeding the kids Oreos. FML
Today, after spending two hours baking cookies for my niece's school's fundraiser, I packed them into a container and drove to the school. When I got there, the teacher looked confused and said the fundraiser was next Saturday. By the time the actual date arrived, every cookie had been eaten by my family. FML
Today, I threw an event with my colleague that completely flopped. At the end, my colleague invited the few people who showed up to take as much candy as they wanted from the gift bags I paid for and assembled myself. My colleague contributed neither the money, nor the effort to put them together. FML
Today, at my school they were having a carnival to raise money. One of the patrons suggested that if they wanted to make money, they should have people pledge money to make me cover my ugly face with a bag. The school got over $500, and I had to wear a bag. FML
Today, I volunteered to cater an event at school. A little girl asked for a big slice of cake so I gave it to her. She then puked everywhere and her parents blamed me and made me clean it up. The little girl sat there smiling at me while I cleaned. FML
Today, I'm fasting for Lent. I'm a copywriter and my current client is a food company. I have to research about, and look at pictures of food all day. FML
Today, I spent two hours making a cake that I'd promised my class for weeks. I boarded the train to school, but soon dozed off. A few minutes later, I awoke with a start and noticed a chunk of the cake missing and a homeless man next to me with frosting around his mouth. FML
Today, some of my classmates brought cupcakes to celebrate my birthday. I took the leftovers with me after class, and when my mom picked me up from school, she asked, "What are the cupcakes for?" FML
Today, the "Child Care and Development" class at my high school assigned all 50 students to carry a fake baby around school all day for a week. I can't even read a page of my notes without hearing a robotic crying noise. Today is the first day. FML
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DocBastard 40
So you think handing out cupcakes will somehow diminish the awareness of the famine? If you starve yourself, that'll somehow make the famine better? Don't be so naive. If you want to change it, do something about it. Raise money, go on a mission. But complaining about some cupcakes is a waste of time.
yuggi1 11
:( Scumbag school.
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BeautyMonster 17
Does starving yourself for 30 hours really make a difference? Who is it hurting besides yourself?
iGreen 0
They receive donations for every hour they don't eat, some people give $5-$50 an hour to the student.
BeautyMonster 17
That doesn't seem to be the case here, though. Funny. A famous FMLer said the same thing and got 57 likes.
perdix 31
How can you be so dense as to ignore an obvious solution to a problem? Famine in Africa, meet Crateloads of Free Cupcakes; Crateloads of Free Cupcakes, meet Famine in Africa. I'll let you two get acquainted. Problem solved!
immaMonsta 8
#30 Cupcakes are nice, but I really don't think they'd make a big difference for quenching hunger. Those things are so light, it'd take like 30 of them to make a difference.
perdix 31
Give 'em the ones topped with thick hats of buttercream frosting. The Dark Continent will become the Fat Continent, and we obese Americans might start to look hot by comparison. This plan is getting even better!
mk55kelly 0
That would just give them a sugar high. Not really solving any thing
NAU_future 7
Perdix you are a genius! Here "cupcakes for Africa" perfect charity name to go along with your plan.
perdix 31
#49, Why would we feel guilty about giving a bunch of people sugar highs (or tooth decay, diabetes, obesity, sugar addiction, etc.)? The food industry foists all of those ills on the American public . . . for a profit, to boot!
tnlander 20
The 30 Hour Famine is worth it. Be strong and make a difference.
taerts 9
Cupcakes? When talking of starvation in Africa? Aiy. Try handing out your brochures with the cupcakes?
laurensauren 9
Why doesn't my school hand out free cupcakes?..
xXxAPersonxXx 6
Because your school sucks.
laurensauren 9
I mean i could have told you that..
FMLsOhilarious 6
31, so you're basing that off a stupid TV show? Just shut the hell up. All your comments suck and you don't know shit. Stop commenting.
ludzidocelowych 4
**** Africa right now, let's work on our own country and our own people first
ghostofChrist 2
30hour famine? I did that with my church.
Randomxnp 10
Stop doing this! Mass charity is killing Africa, it goes to the pockets of violent dictators. Please, just stop giving money to charities for African famine. If we all did then pretty soon there would be no "free" money for people to steal, and the rapacious crooks would no longer be running African countries using that money.
Candice0687 0
So what's the big deal because you didn't get any cup cakes they live in Africa where they don't always eat the best so let them have the cup cakes and you can eat one when you get home if you want don't be selfish.