Hump The Bundle – A Stroke Of Genius, With Surprisingly No Biters (NSFW)

Humpy Leftnut (not his real name, though it definitely should be), inspired by the massively popular Humble Bundle, has created his own knock-off charity site in a slightly different fashion. His website, aptly named Hump the Bundle (VERY NSFW), is designed not around games, but pornography that you can purchase and use tissues and batteries on for life. I won’t make this article too schlong; let’s get a grip of things.

Despite the argument of “why pay for something you can get for free?”, thousands have thrust in and raised over $50,000, with $15,000 of that going to charity – some of which is going to charities chosen by users of the popular subreddit /r/pcmasterrace.

The small price of $18 can fetch you over 20GB worth of porn for your computer, all in HD (720p or 1080p). The titles available right now on the front page consist of 30 videos and 6,283 pictures, all kindly donated by popular adult websites.

A quote from Humpy himself on his promotions on reddit suggested that when he was first struck by the idea of selling porn – one of “the hardest things in the world to sell” – it would be, well, a bit of a flop. Upon launch though, the view of everyone involved changed drastically. The “shame” (Why is porn still taboo? I mean, we can’t present our posteriors on each other’s faces anymore in the UK, but it shouldn’t be taboo. Even the government talk about it.) of watching, owning and/or downloading porn is now less of an issue, as people feel even greater pleasure knowing that their intimate sessions with themselves are now helping charity – quite a huge show of how innovative the Internet really can be.

Regardless of how much coverage and money is being acquired by the Hump the Bundle team, many charities they have approached have certainly not been turned on by the idea of receiving free money from a website promoting nudity, and what could effectively be called prostitution. Humpy has addressed this issue, suggesting that the charities he is approaching are shrinking away because of larger donators dominating them.

At this point in time, large, professional, almost world-wide charities are trying to keep an innocent façade. Yes, there are controversies surrounding large paychecks for low-effort CEOs, but none as new and national-news-worthy as accepting large amounts of cash from a pornography site. It could be argued that they would be directly involved in encouraging people to beat their meat and twirl their pearls, which, as said before, is a taboo subject and wouldn’t look too good in a charity helping, for example, children. Or people with no use of their arms.

To me, the formation of this charity-raising represents where the future of the Internet and gamers are headed. Of course, without Humble Bundle (launched in 2010), this concept may not have been born for a long time. But it isn’t just restricted to gamers, book readers and Android users anymore. Almost everyone appreciates a good boob to stare at – myself included – and what’s better than getting brilliant quality photos of hot women (and in the future, it’s been stated, furries) for a low price, alongside donating to charity? This spreads open legs doors to the things people can do to better the world. What once was sinful is now a great (and fun) way to raise money for people less fortunate.

Perhaps next there will be a knock-off charity fundraiser for potato salad, similar to the Kickstarter from last year.