Okay, probably not, but let's assume that you're thinking it now. Well, you're in luck, bud! Now you can donate to many good causes, and do nothing but play little games. Sure, they're trivia, but it's not so bad. You're saving the world in your swivel chair, stop complaining!
Here's a quick overview of some great sites that do just that:
FreeRiceThis site is a fan-favorite among "click-to-give" donors (click-to-give means exactly what it says), and rightfully so. FreeRice is perhaps the most popular, well-known site of its kind, having donated over 81 billion grains of rice in just a few years of operation.
FreePoverty
Though the site names are similar, FreePoverty does work with FreeRice. It does, however, have a similar function: you play their trivia game, and by doing so, you're giving. However, this site gives water instead of rice, and has just geography games. Can't say it's not very well done, though.
GamesThatGive
GamesThatGive has all sorts of games - solitaire, blackjack, bubble burst, etc., and you can play them all for charity. Of course, GamesThatGive keeps 30% of the profits from advertisers, but 70% does get sent to the charity. Even better, you get to choose from a large pool of charities to donate to!
Charitii
Charitii is another site, like GamesThatGive, that let you choose from a decent pool of charities to donate to. To donate, you play fill-in-the-blanks crossword games, where you select a synonym from the answers available. It gets progressively harder, until you can't answer, and then it lowers the levels for you again. Don't feel bad about a wrong answer - it's built to be that way!
AIDtoCHILDRENAIDtoCHILDREN is a lot like FreeRice, in that it is a trivia game using vocabulary questions to donate. However, AIDtoCHILDREN donates to World Vision, which uses the funds for various causes.
So, from now on, feel good about helping the world, because by sitting around and playing silly little games on the internet all day, you really are doing your part.
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I don't normally play games online... But I might start now :D
@SoooIrish!: Haha, indeed. Take it from the kind of guy who does: it's too addicting for its own good. ;P
For those of you who don't like trivia that much (can't blame you, haha), just check out GamesThatGive, considering it is mostly actual games.