In summary, Invisible Children are expert propagandist with what seems to be a covert religious agenda, advocating military action in Central Africa, whilst simultaneously recruiting an “army” of young people to join their cause and their wierd fourth estate youth camps and stand around posing like this, a bit like an army of child soldiers might and every day Joseph Kony is at large, people will pledge them more money to do so and that isn’t a compelling reason to stop Kony, I dont know what is
— Charlie Brooker (via toby-ipa)

STOP SUPPORTING THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN.

Reasons:

1. Kony 2012 was propaganda. Kony hasn’t been active in six years. Militaries have been searching for him and have concluded that he is no longer in Uganda. Some have conspired that he is dead.

2. They manipulate tweens and the like mindset. They specifically play on hipsters or hipster wannabe’s in order to gain popularity. Stop falling for it. The shininess of their campaign and the Kony 2012 video only masks the bullshit this “NPO” is excreting.

3. They lie. Factual research? Not so much. It’s amazing how little they say in so many words.

4. They think you’re stupid. The tone of their campaign comes from a very racist privileged selfish rich white perspective. By playing on your emotions with the “poor black African” shtick and showing how attractive young people get to go to Africa through their cause, they are tricking into supporting their cause. You got so emotional that you didn’t research the claims, right?

5. The founders make a 90k salary. Combined, that’s almost as bad as Nancy Goodman Brinker’s Komen foundation salary: 500k. She recently has been coming under fire for defunding Planned Parenthood. NPO’s should not be making this much.

6. For a company that made 13 million last year, consistently only 30% of the money donated goes to a cause. Most of your money is funding a salary. If you donate $10, $3 goes to help people in Africa. The rest funds a salary.

If you REALLY want to make a difference, find a human rights organization that won’t take advantage of you.

whateverhappened:

i-have-rocket-legs:

Mariska Hartigay, you should come over. To my house. For dinner. You should come over to my house for dinner.
I’ll make roasted red potatoes with rosemary, and my dad will make a roast because I can’t tell when the hell meat is done. Are you supposed to cut it open? Do you taste it? I tried putting my finger in it once like a cake or something, and it really burned, Mariska. Mariska Hartigay.
YOU SHOULD COME over to my house, and we can watch all the Law and Orders that aren’t SVU, and make fun of them because they are all bad and boring and really lacking in that sex appeal. Also, the sex crimes. Those do not go hand in hand, Mariska Hartigay. 
Are you a cop in real life? Do you have a gun?
Can I see the gun?
Don’t try and kiss me, Mariska Hartigay. Don’t get me wrong, you’re a real pretty lady, but I am taken, like that Liam Neeson movie, “Taken” where someone gets taken and he kills everybody. Did you catch that the movie was called “Taken”? 
Mariska Hartigay, I do not have a crush on you, nor am I interested in any physical contact with you further than a handshake. I simply am drunk and I cannot stop watching your show on Netflix. Tell your partner with the enormous forehead that I like him, but only because I also have a big forehead, but it’s still way smaller than his, so I feel better about it.

hahahaah I would sneak into your house Nick.
And I used to have that shirt.

whateverhappened:

i-have-rocket-legs:

Mariska Hartigay, you should come over. To my house. For dinner. You should come over to my house for dinner.

I’ll make roasted red potatoes with rosemary, and my dad will make a roast because I can’t tell when the hell meat is done. Are you supposed to cut it open? Do you taste it? I tried putting my finger in it once like a cake or something, and it really burned, Mariska. Mariska Hartigay.

YOU SHOULD COME over to my house, and we can watch all the Law and Orders that aren’t SVU, and make fun of them because they are all bad and boring and really lacking in that sex appeal. Also, the sex crimes. Those do not go hand in hand, Mariska Hartigay. 

Are you a cop in real life? Do you have a gun?

Can I see the gun?

Don’t try and kiss me, Mariska Hartigay. Don’t get me wrong, you’re a real pretty lady, but I am taken, like that Liam Neeson movie, “Taken” where someone gets taken and he kills everybody. Did you catch that the movie was called “Taken”

Mariska Hartigay, I do not have a crush on you, nor am I interested in any physical contact with you further than a handshake. I simply am drunk and I cannot stop watching your show on Netflix. Tell your partner with the enormous forehead that I like him, but only because I also have a big forehead, but it’s still way smaller than his, so I feel better about it.

hahahaah I would sneak into your house Nick.

And I used to have that shirt.