Have I got a deal for you! What would you say if I told you that there was a way to get hot, fresh Fly Bottle content three times a day???!!! After you changed your pants, you’d say, “How, Will? HOW?!” Well, I’ll tell you how: give me money!
That’s right! You know I’m a big believer in positive sum games. Well, here’s a positive sum game for you… If I raise $250 by November 5, 2004, I will guarantee at least three posts per day for all of November (the first five days are FREE!) That’s almost 100 new Fly Bottle posts! I know you can hardly wait!!! What will I say?! What kind of crazy philosophical hijinks will ensue? What kind of dirty jokes and funny pictures will I begin to relate as I run out of good ideas? Will I amuse you? Perplex you? Titillate you? There are only two ways to find out(my preference being your non-free-riding option).
I have two goals in mind: (1) pay my November rent; (2) Increase the readership of The Fly Bottle manyfold. You will of course feel the warm glow of benevolence knowing you have helped me pay rent. But better than other-regarding moral sentiments (and noble they are!), you’ll get MUCH more of what you come here for, you’ll know that by providing me with incentive to increase my posting output, you will be increasing the readership of The Fly Bottle (my traffic unsurprisingly triples and more when I post regularly), which will provide a permanent incentive to post at a higher rate. Wouldn’t that be great!
You can contribute to this exciting endeavor through the Pay Pal or Amazon buttons below (and on the right column). Give a dollar! Give dickety-twelve dollars! Give til you stop! Pairwise Pareto improvements or your money back!
Do you want a freer world?! Me too! Do your part in the battle of ideas today! Strike a blow against ideological nonsense and Will’s poverty-induced weight-loss problem! The future of November is in your hands.
I love you. Let’s put the “undrai” in “fundraiser”!
Jesus Christ! I’ll consider giving you a buck or two if you take down that awful picture of yourself on the swing.
Wow, Will, you look like a goddamned monkey-boy in that picture.
I’d be honored to float some cash your way. (Won’t be until a few days from now).
I think I see a nipple.
How about if I agree to check your site once a day and click all your google ads? I started to do that more often here anyways once I realized you can make decent money off them when I put them on my site. Could that count towards the $250?
Peter, Click away! I will definitely count Google Ad revenue toward the goal! And Amazon referral book sale revenue, too.
Will, shouldn’t you put a thermometer or some such measuring device on the site so that loyal Fly Bottle watchers can monitor the progress of the campaign?
Or would that encourage free-riding?
Also, you should give out status premiums. Like, if one person gives the entire $250, he should be bestowed the title of “Ludwig” (either for the blog’s muse Wittgenstein or the ultra-liberal von Mises.) My insatiable appetite for honor would lead me, for one, to contribute more if I knew that I could get a fancy name that would inspire admiration from women and small children and light a fire of jealousy in the hearts of men.
Chuck, Good idea! I will create several “Clubs” for different giving levels. Hmmm….
Does it count if you win money from me at poker?
Lane: No. But I WILL win.
I’d be more likely to contribute if you made it an assurance contract — i.e., guarantee that contributed funds will be returned if the overall target is not reached. That way, I would not have to fear making a contribution for nothing.
Dammit Glen. Economists. I was hoping to get $249 and then do nothing! But, yes! Consider yourself assured.
I’d just like to emphasize the importance of providing rent money for Will. If he doesn’t get it, his roommates will need to cover for him. And beautiful people should never have to pay for things.
Poker? Hey, can I contribute by beating you at poker, hence teaching you how to play better, hence increasing your future earning potential at the game?
Is this a case of rent seeking?
Funny!
Now that Will’s given me a money-back guarantee (I expect three whole posts on Thanksgiving Day*, by God!), I’ve made a $10 contribution via PayPal. As the little kids say in “Triumph of the Will” (hey, just noticed the pun!), “I’M DOING MY PART!”
* Actually, Will’s promise was 3 posts *per* day, but not 3 posts *each* day. So I suppose Will could make 90 posts on November 30 and satisfy his commitment.
I just did it out of love for my bro…
I love you too Suz! Thanks!
Oh the sibling peer pressure!! I had to give too since Suz did, but I think that you should count the poker night buy-in, beer, cigs, etc. until I have given more than her and then you can stop. Ha!
Jesus Christ! I’ll consider giving you a buck or two if you take down that awful picture of yourself on the swing.
Wow, Will, you look like a goddamned monkey-boy in that picture.
I’d be honored to float some cash your way. (Won’t be until a few days from now).
I think I see a nipple.
How about if I agree to check your site once a day and click all your google ads? I started to do that more often here anyways once I realized you can make decent money off them when I put them on my site. Could that count towards the $250?
Peter, Click away! I will definitely count Google Ad revenue toward the goal! And Amazon referral book sale revenue, too.
Will, shouldn’t you put a thermometer or some such measuring device on the site so that loyal Fly Bottle watchers can monitor the progress of the campaign?
Or would that encourage free-riding?
Also, you should give out status premiums. Like, if one person gives the entire $250, he should be bestowed the title of “Ludwig” (either for the blog’s muse Wittgenstein or the ultra-liberal von Mises.) My insatiable appetite for honor would lead me, for one, to contribute more if I knew that I could get a fancy name that would inspire admiration from women and small children and light a fire of jealousy in the hearts of men.
Chuck, Good idea! I will create several “Clubs” for different giving levels. Hmmm….
Does it count if you win money from me at poker?
Lane: No. But I WILL win.
I’d be more likely to contribute if you made it an assurance contract — i.e., guarantee that contributed funds will be returned if the overall target is not reached. That way, I would not have to fear making a contribution for nothing.
Dammit Glen. Economists. I was hoping to get $249 and then do nothing! But, yes! Consider yourself assured.
I’d just like to emphasize the importance of providing rent money for Will. If he doesn’t get it, his roommates will need to cover for him. And beautiful people should never have to pay for things.
Poker? Hey, can I contribute by beating you at poker, hence teaching you how to play better, hence increasing your future earning potential at the game?
Is this a case of rent seeking?
Funny!
Now that Will’s given me a money-back guarantee (I expect three whole posts on Thanksgiving Day*, by God!), I’ve made a $10 contribution via PayPal. As the little kids say in “Triumph of the Will” (hey, just noticed the pun!), “I’M DOING MY PART!”
* Actually, Will’s promise was 3 posts *per* day, but not 3 posts *each* day. So I suppose Will could make 90 posts on November 30 and satisfy his commitment.
I just did it out of love for my bro…
I love you too Suz! Thanks!
Oh the sibling peer pressure!! I had to give too since Suz did, but I think that you should count the poker night buy-in, beer, cigs, etc. until I have given more than her and then you can stop. Ha!