An odd type of fundraising...

Hey there,
So i've spent a wee bit of time thinking about fundraising and charities in the last couple of days. First off a group of guys that I know are shaving their heads next week as a fundraiser for leukemia. After visiting my Granddad the other day during his chemo, I thought it would be rather fitting if I donated some money to support their cause. I admit, it was only $10, but hey, I call that a student donation.
Yesterday at uni there was a volunteer expo with heaps of different stalls set up with information about different charities and how you could help as a volunteer. I love the idea of volunteering and support all most all forms of fundraising. There was one fundraising event that I heard of today though, that I actually didn't believe could possible be true. After I heard it mentioned today, (in another one of my lectures, odd topics they talk about...), I had to come home and google it, just to see if this is actually a legitimate thing. And yes, it is.
I'm talking about an annual masturbathon. It really is what you're thinking of. Once a year people get together and all masturbate at the same time, in order to raise money for charity.
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Weird, right?! Apparently the first one was held in London in 2006, and although a couple of hundred people were expected, only a couple dozen people actually turned up. ...No surprises there.
Since then it's happened in a number of different countries. I can't help but think more about how this actually happens. Like, do they have a massive screen set up for which they play porn off? Or are all the participants expected to just find the whole situation of a a group masturbation arousing enough to not need anything else? Is it in a public area? Can people go watch??? Not that I would want to watch... just saying. And do people actually sponsor them? Like I see someone shaving their head as a worthy thing to sponsor, but sponsoring someone for masturbating? Really??? I don't really see how someone orgasming is a sacrifice on their part... apart from the whole lack of self pride aspect that could come from doing that in public. But hey, if doing it in public is what gets these people off...
Don't get me wrong, if money is actually raised for charities by people doing this, then that's great, I just find the whole idea frankly quite hilarious.

So that's pretty much the only thing I got out of my classes today. Also my lecturer said the word c**t in class today, found that pretty amusing. And yes, it was the same lecturer who also mentioned the masurbathon. Interesting guy.

There you go, I managed to get through this whole thing with out having a massive rant about something! Top marks.