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15-Year-Old Texting Champ Wins $50,000

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  • RiantGorkette, on 06/17/2009, -6/+104There are people starving in the world, and we give some 15 year old $50,000 for texting?! Our world is officially f*cked up.


    *leaves computer to go practice texting*
  • IIECONII, on 06/18/2009, -5/+99"...not putting her phone down during dinner."

    Are you ***** KIDDING ME?!

    Listen chick, I'm on the internet almost 70% of my day. If I can put away the electronics to eat a ***** meal, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR FAMILY (I heard those are rare nowadays), then you can put down the damn phone for 30 minutes and eat.

    Ah *****. I sound like my parents. god damnit we all turn into them don't we?

    AGGHGGHYDDFFGGHHH IM MELLLLLTING
  • ethanator1088, on 06/18/2009, -8/+87And the parents bill was $49k
  • Ninh, on 06/18/2009, -2/+67You went to college so your parents could use your room for kinky sex.
  • SpinningHead, on 06/18/2009, -1/+43Next up...18yr old boy wins $50k for masturbation.
  • kurupttek, on 06/18/2009, -3/+44IDK MY BFF JILL
  • baiwushi, on 06/17/2009, -1/+41WTF. $50,000 just for texting?
  • joemofo214, on 06/18/2009, -3/+42great way to spoil a spoiled bitch, throw 50 g's at her ass
  • BrendanSheehan, on 06/18/2009, -0/+38I have to say I did NOT see that coming.
  • torgo112, on 06/18/2009, -1/+29There are so many problems with this I don't even know where to begin.
  • oiooioio, on 06/18/2009, -0/+21if throw 50 grand at her ass then she's just a stripper ....
  • blakecr, on 06/18/2009, -7/+23Not a fan of Pedobear, but was wondering why this hasn't showed up yet.


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  • migitalwarfare, on 06/18/2009, -1/+16The Fingers You Have Used to dial Are Too Fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad
  • fendereff, on 06/18/2009, -1/+15Why do people encourage this?
  • mikbunn, on 06/18/2009, -0/+12You can reply to the description?
  • n3demonic, on 06/18/2009, -0/+12Do the losers have to eat the cookie?
  • inactive, on 06/18/2009, -0/+11I think any exposure that these young ladies get to a QWERTY keyboard is a positive thing. It'll make them better receptionists.
  • Julian88888888, on 06/18/2009, -0/+10I think it was just the writer's attempt at some humor....I guess it fell upon deaf ears.
  • inactive, on 06/18/2009, -0/+9And they would still get their ass handed to them by a straight key.
  • InfiniteNothing, on 06/18/2009, -1/+9I'm eating breakfast right now
  • SpinningHead, on 06/18/2009, -0/+8I just threw up in my mouth a little.
  • geesamba, on 06/18/2009, -0/+8She can finally pay her parents for her outrageous cell phone bills.
  • supertom, on 06/18/2009, -1/+84chan is that way --->
  • blacksoul, on 06/18/2009, -1/+8Why do i see her doing DVDA by the time she's 34?
  • Leonffs, on 11/20/2009, -1/+8Wtf is happening to our culture...
  • Jkylman, on 06/18/2009, -0/+7I have a few questions about this....

    Did they get to use their own phones to do the texting, or was there a universal phone that they all had to use to be on the same playing field?

    Was it a full QWERTY key pad or did they use the 1-9 keypad or maybe even a touchscreen?

    DId they have to pay fot the text messages that they sent?
  • Hixz, on 06/18/2009, -0/+6Helmets.... are you ***** kidding me?
  • Solkre, on 06/18/2009, -1/+7Until the world is perfect, nobody can have fun. Everyone sell your computers NOW so we can feed some kids!
  • Sillywombat, on 06/18/2009, -0/+6Where is the giant taunting emoticon they were talking about, its not in the pics... now thats one pic id like to see.
  • inactive, on 06/18/2009, -2/+8Its Willy Wonka's Mike TV in real life.

    ***** society.
  • akrondude, on 06/18/2009, -0/+6***** T9!
  • animeguru, on 06/18/2009, -1/+6We've spent decades rewarding people who can run 100 meters the fastest; is this really any different? How about models that are paid for a job just because they were born pretty?

    I agree that it seems ridiculous, but when you think about it, we already reward a lot of people for things equally as trivial as texting.
  • Solkre, on 06/18/2009, -0/+5You gonna eat that?
  • modifiedbears, on 06/18/2009, -0/+5Texting girl needs to ***** an eating champion so we can have the ultimate American.
  • mwtapp, on 10/11/2009, -0/+5Iron Thumbs takes the fifty grand.
  • wassim2k, on 06/18/2009, -0/+5I like how the woman in the back is applauding this with a big smile. They were applauding this?
  • gazboo, on 06/18/2009, -0/+5I'm pretty sure you've taken that out of context..
    Seemed like a hypothetical suggestion that was meant to be funny.
  • geesamba, on 06/18/2009, -0/+5But...but...the edges on those cardboard boxes are SHARP!
  • dist0rtedwave, on 06/18/2009, -0/+5OMG, U R all jealous!!!
  • Llanowar, on 06/18/2009, -0/+4*just* a stripper?

    I don't think many strippers get 50 grand thrown at their asses.
  • Audi0, on 06/18/2009, -1/+5Buried for making me feel depressed as *****.
  • vman81, on 06/18/2009, -1/+5What is the point of ANYTHING if you follow it up with that?

    People are starving and you are on digg posting ???? What a world
  • inigomntoya, on 06/18/2009, -0/+3Second breakfast for me.
  • Rodik, on 06/18/2009, -1/+4i just buried you to keep you on 49. because i like symmetry.
  • Llanowar, on 06/18/2009, -0/+33 years?
  • Donotsurf, on 06/18/2009, -0/+3Check buried comments next time, specifically s4g4n's comment.
  • Donotsurf, on 06/18/2009, -0/+3I make it rain them hoes.
  • Foda, on 06/18/2009, -0/+3They use a phone with a QWERTY keyboard right? That's sorta cheating in my book...
  • itsaplayonwords, on 06/18/2009, -0/+2I send roughly 40,000 texts a month and I checked with Virgin Mobile and their unlimited is really 99,999,999 lol. I have AT&T now, but there's a random example.
  • inactive, on 06/18/2009, -0/+3yes, her and most of her generation
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