Added a Tip Jar
Hi Peeps,
I added a Tip jar, because our server bill is going to be in the gazillions of dollars. The traffic for this site is officially Out Of Control™ and we're looking into ways to serve up The Cuteness™ in the future. Al Gore and I are working on it. Please consider the tip jar, but only if you've had impeccable service ;)
Thank you,
Meg
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move it to the top of the page, or no one will ever see it!!!!
Why do you trade market every third word in your posts? Marking "out of control" is crazy.
Just a heads up... I can't tip you- something goes wrong when I transfer from the Tip jar to Paypal. My browser window still says "cute overload" at the top and it is impossible to log in to Paypal on the secure server and finish the transaction...
I'll see if I can change it. Thanks for the head's up!
You might want to
1) move the tip jar up so people can see it
2) open it either in a new window (target="_blank") or open it without the cuteoverload frameset (target="_top")
I had actually looked for one before, since I think you should get a little help. Of course, do large tips constitute bribes for putting in photos that we submit? LOL...
*bats eyelashes*
pants. paypal is broken. keeps saying i'm logged out when i'm not... i'll have to try again in a few days. and yes, move tipjar to more prominent position. and stick kittens on it. and make it dance!
maybe not the last one.
I don't think this picture of the donkey is cute at all, I think it is mean.
fail language I can handle. Inhumane pictures bug me though. I would hate to think you found that picture funny or cute.
Dear Mandy, Joanne,
Please get a life.
Signed,
The Rest of the World
Can you also hook up with an Amazon tipjar? I want to contribute, but am not willing to go to the hassle of all the sign up with PayPal just for this.
(Yeah, rant on about how I'm lazy all you like, but I already have about 50 passwords in my life, and I'm not going to add another one unless there's a damn good reason.)
I gotta agree that the picture is sad- poor donkey.
That said, I hope the tip jar helps you keep things running here at Cute Overload.
Without my daily Dose of Cuteness... things'd get ugly.
It was there, now it's gone. I assume it's coming back, though, right?
Can't hardly contribute without some kind of link, grumble grumble kids these days...
Oh and Pheral, pants to you too. And suspenders. ;)
Yes, Maynard, Great idea on Amazon Tip Jar. Will look into it and add it if I can.
I agree with you Mandy and Joanne.
D.R. Tong, maybe you need to be a little bit kinder.
Wow, I'm glad Mandy and Joanne don't read my blog... I've used that donkey picture before...
http://sadoldgoth.blogspot.com/archives/2003_05_25_sadoldgoth_archive.html
PayPal worked just fine for me, cash is on the way!
Keep up the great work, this stuff makes my day!
I don't like the donkey picture either.
That awful pic is supposed to make me want to tip you?
Oh please try again - hint use a kitten and a link!
I think the donkey picture was used because it's a play-on-words... the donkey is in the air because the cart TIPPED over. Tip jar... get it? And because, well, it's kinda funny. I doubt anyone tried to hurt the donkey or did that on purpose- the cart was just too heavy. It's called physics.
Donkeys are tough little guys and I'm sure they were able to get him down just fine. :)
We get so caught up in how amusing and cuuuuuuuute animals are, maybe some of us forget that they are live beings with nerve ending and feelings.
That donkey is hitched up so it cannot move. The psychological stress as well as the physical stress are not funny to the donkey, I am sure.
Okeydoke. PayPal link worked. Cheers!
I agree with the thin-skinned college sophomores. And since we've got no life, let's head over to Bangladesh and set that fu@king donkey free. Then maybe we can look back on this photo and laugh? To donate funds for our altruistic ass saving mission please visit www.growasenseofhumor.org . . .
Please people, the donkey looks fine. He is probably glad to get a load off his feet and is enjoying hangining out! Cute Overload loves animals and is dedicated to their happiness and well-being. Enough said.
To those who think the donkey picture is inhumane, and not cute: Does it look like the ass is thriving in pain?? NO, he's just sittin there, it's not like he's hanging on a hook by his neck.
He does seem to have a look on his face like "WTF?!?" It's more funny than anything...lighten up people. It's like getting picked up from under the arms...no biggie.
Yuck.
P.S. I tried to donate but it gave me the same message of not being logged in. Will try again tomorrow.
Meanwhile think of the donkey.
Donkey??
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Oh Jeff, v funny. LOL.
The Donkey picture is not funny. How do you really know it was not hurt???
How do you know it was? By the evidence presented (ie the picture) it is impossible to tell, and therefore it is likewise pointless to speculate.
Hi! I'd like to tip, but sometimes I get uneasy using PayPal. Is there an address that I can send a check to? Thanks!
Karen F.
Why not do what everyone else does and add Google Adwords? I know they're annoying and not at all cute, but they help cover the costs.
The donkey is indeed "tipping" and it says "Server bills" on the load he's trying to pull! What an amazing coincidence. ;)
I love this site but I think the photo of the donkey is really out of synch with the whole tone and, knowing what I do about cart & harness, that donkey was in discomfort. It does look funy if you're disconnected from the reality of it.
I'm amazed at the people who insult and try to invalidate those who've shown dislike of the inhumane image. Not only is it rude, it comes across as really hypocritical.
Others who have looked at this (yes, we in our office love this site!), ar ereally disappointed in the choice to use that photo... and to Jeff, we say: take your pubescent angst and shove up your sarcastic uh... donkey.
I'll gladly donate when there's a different picture.
You should just put up ads. They're not that annoying and would more than make up the server costs because I'm guessing you have a pretty high daily hit count.
um... has it occurred to any of you peeps who think that's just a cute photo that the donkey was expected to pull a load that huge?... and that, even if they take off enough weight so he whomps back down on his feet, that was still a really hefty load for a relatively small animal.
I know: he's just a donkey, not cute and fuzzy....and it's happening ina 3rd world country and we're not supposed to be bothered, but it actually really sucks.
Really tacky choice there.
Get a different picture please... one that's in line with your professed fondness for animals.
My vote: not funny, definitely painful for the animal, as the poster who mentioned their familiarity with harness horses and tack mentioned.
Hey all you whiners, guess what? You're RACISTS! That's right, you only complain about the treatment of the donkey because you're insensitive to economic conditions in the Third World.
Ha! I out-PCed you!
Err - look a little more carefully at the way the harness goes under his forelegs and around the lower part of the donkey's neck and upper chest.
I've never thought of pain as being "PC"!
I AM EXTREMELY OFFENDED by all this humorless estrogenic whinging. Ladies and gentlemen, please unwad your panties. If donkeys wish to engage in consensual BDSM play, so be it. It's their right. I don't care what your bible says.
Seriously folks, relax. Have you ever eaten meat or worn leather? That actually promotes animal cruelty. A mildly humorous picture of a donkey in discomfort posted online does not. No one is going to go out and hurt a donkey after seeing this. But every time you buy meat or leather, you forward unspeakable animal cruelty and murder. Shouldn't you focus your efforts on that front, rather than complaining about some damn picture? Or are you just a bunch of overly concerned self-important hypocrites?
Look at the picture again. Then look at your shoes. Think about what you had for dinner. Remember that the animals you consume experience pain and suffering a million times worse than that donkey's discomfort. Now STFU.
Let me guess, Magdalein - you've never saddled and bridled a horse? It's very possible to hurt them by doing it wrong. I'd hate to think what being strung up by *my* chest and forearms would feel like.
That's all.
no-likee the donkey picture either, however i do get the joke.
here are some cute donkey pics:
http://www.folsoms.net/donkey.shtml
Oh, nice pics!
And yes, I get the point too :)
Bobo: You made me laugh very loud, that was awesome!!
And Magdalein: Amen sister!!
Throw some Google ads on here. I wouldn't mind, and I doubt most users would.