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Virtual Swear Jar Turns Your Potty Mouth Into Charity

'Charity Swear Box' urges you to donate $1 per bad word

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 25, 2011 11:02 AM CST

(Newser) – If your New Year’s resolution is to stop swearing so much, why not do some good at the same time? Giving a modern twist to the idea of putting money into a glass jar every time you curse, "Charity Swear Box" monitors your Twitter feed for naughty words. At the end of the month, the site will let you know how much you owe to charity—$1 per word. The total "caught" to date? Just a hair under $36,000.

The donation is suggested, not mandatory, Good notes, and some of the words on the list of no-nos aren't exactly obscenities: You'll find "hell" and "balls" (so some sports-theme tweets could appear to be dirty), along with creative spellings of common words, ie, azzhole. Users can direct their donation to one of four charities, including, suitably, F**k Cancer.

A YouTube ad for Charity Swear Box.
A YouTube ad for Charity Swear Box.   (YouTube)
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A charity swearbox for the Twitter age. A little project made with love by James Dow, Jay Gelardi (The Monkeys, Sydney), and Rameet Chawla (Fueled, NYC) charityswearbox.com   (ratty540)

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MDD
Dec 25, 2011 5:00 PM CST
Stuipd!!!
hamsammichs
Dec 25, 2011 11:28 AM CST
Bud Light did it first, ya fucktards!
Moon
Dec 25, 2011 11:08 AM CST
Nice fucking try, charities!
 

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