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GenderSelectScreen
Mar 7, 2010

I DON'T KNOW EITHER DON'T ASK ME
College Slice

theflyingorc posted:

I don't see that text on the page you quoted.

It's on the other link. I think someone linked it on that page but the mod removed the link because he doesn't want people finding out he's a scam artist.

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Christian Knudsen
Oct 13, 2012

I think you're confusing Heavy Cat Studios with the developer. The developer removed the link to the HCS website because he doesn't want to be associated with HCS's crazy/scammy ramblings.

null_user01013
Nov 13, 2000

Drink up comrades

theflyingorc posted:

I don't see that text on the page you quoted.

Oh yeah, got the links mixed up

https://www.fgl.com/view_thread.php?search=1&offset=50&thread_id=41306

Fiendish Dr. Wu
Nov 11, 2010

You done fucked up now!
I saw this on the front page. Is it awful? I don't know but it got a laugh out of me

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1626843938/long-tran-menswear-and-womenswear?ref=discover_rec

Pomp
Apr 3, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:

I saw this on the front page. Is it awful? I don't know but it got a laugh out of me

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1626843938/long-tran-menswear-and-womenswear?ref=discover_rec

There is a market for this kind of stuff, but it's rich art types, and that's sure as hell not loving Kickstarter. :psyduck:

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

I, uh, think the HeavyCat guys might be completely bonkers.

Christian Knudsen
Oct 13, 2012

Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:

I saw this on the front page. Is it awful? I don't know but it got a laugh out of me

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1626843938/long-tran-menswear-and-womenswear?ref=discover_rec

Looks like Lady Gaga only had $73 to spend...

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib
mods please make this the background to GBS:

Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013

pathetic little tramp posted:

mods please make this the background to GBS:


PHIZ KALIFA
Dec 21, 2011

#mood

Pomp posted:

There is a market for this kind of stuff, but it's rich art types, and that's sure as hell not loving Kickstarter. :psyduck:

Yeah, something this audaciously stupid you've got to flip the script for. Tell people they're not good enough to donate and they will tear apart the doors to get to you, money in hand.

Bad Munki
Nov 4, 2008

We're all mad here.


pathetic little tramp posted:

mods please make this the background to GBS:



Ooh, is that the new Johnny Mnemonic Hel-Looks Bitcoin Mining Rig? :swoon:

Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013

Bad Munki posted:

Ooh, is that the new Johnny Mnemonic Hel-Looks Bitcoin Mining Rig? :swoon:

I'd imagine it would be quite practical during a hot summer day.

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib

Bad Munki posted:

Ooh, is that the new Johnny Mnemonic Hel-Looks Bitcoin Mining Rig? :swoon:

If you want to imagine the future imagine a longneck shoe modified to look like a louis vuitton bag stomping on a twink with a butterflyhawkmoth on his forehead... forever

pathetic little tramp has a new favorite as of 17:35 on May 2, 2014

PHIZ KALIFA
Dec 21, 2011

#mood
Not only can they not design clothes, they also don't know how to properly frame a photo. Good work all around, they really earned that $75.

On the other hand, they produced something too blatantly preposterous for Kickstarter, maybe that itself is actually the project?

AKA Pseudonym
May 16, 2004

A dashing and sophisticated young man
Doctor Rope

pathetic little tramp posted:

mods please make this the background to GBS:



Really loving this guy's "You don't have nipple fans? Could you possibly be more out of it?" expression.

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

pathetic little tramp posted:

If you want to imagine the future imagine a longneck shoe modified to look like a louis vuitton bag stomping on a twink with a butterflyhawkmoth on his forehead... forever



Wow, Benedict Cumberbatch did some weird porn before he made it big.

Pomp
Apr 3, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

quote:

We at Long Tran believe in creating functional and creative garments for men and women that are not dictated by trends, but convey ideas that never go out of style.

sub supau
Aug 28, 2007

Can't go out of style if you're never in style.

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream
does indiegogo count

because right now after being kicked off Kickstarter by "liberal censors" the people making the Gosnell abortion documentary went to indiegogo which is so much cooler than that mean liberal Kickstarter

And they're trying to basically link it everywhere on conservative websites

meanwhile if you go to Indiegogo's trending projects...

null_user01013
Nov 13, 2000

Drink up comrades
Finally, a way to gently caress R2-D2 that doesn't involve a dwarf.

Orzo
Sep 3, 2004

IT! IT is confusing! Say your goddamn pronouns!
Wow, Air Man has really lost some weight. Looking sharp.

Rosalind
Apr 30, 2013

When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change.

"The clever key that opens everything but doors."

So it's a pretty terrible key then.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Washington state has filed the first ever lawsuit over a failed Kickstarter.

Let's set some goddamn precedents.

Chaos Motor
Aug 29, 2003

by vyelkin
You know what would be hilarious since the whole Doobster thing is played out is if we tricked these ghey fagots into thinking they weren't worthless failures by making ironic pledges to this trainwreck of a Kickstarter. It's probably disgusting and I bet they smell like cat pee.

:shepspends:

dovetaile
Jul 8, 2011

Grimey Drawer

Which one are you?

Chaos Motor
Aug 29, 2003

by vyelkin
Dang you totally sniffed out my nefarious plot!

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3488707

Kaiju Cage Match
Nov 5, 2012




Guys, did you know that fats are paid $1.25 an hour less than thins? And other dumb things.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/319256879/fattitude-a-body-positive-documentary

Orzo
Sep 3, 2004

IT! IT is confusing! Say your goddamn pronouns!

Kaiju Cage Match posted:

Guys, did you know that fats are paid $1.25 an hour less than thins? And other dumb things.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/319256879/fattitude-a-body-positive-documentary
This started out okay. The negative portrayals of fat monsters and fat people being the bad guy in movies is definitely something that should be considered.

But then it gets into some really really bad science that tries to say being fat is just as healthy as not being fat. And then it goes so far to say that being skinny hurts your cognitive function so skinny women are un-empowering themselves, :lol:. gently caress that poo poo.

CROWS EVERYWHERE
Dec 17, 2012

CAW CAW CAW

Dinosaur Gum
Lunch with Dianne Budd to discuss the endocrinology of weight or other "medical" issues

"medical"

Don't put the bloody scare quotes around it yourself, god drat.

Karasu Tengu
Feb 16, 2011

Humble Tengu Newspaper Reporter
I personally really liked the Q&A part.

Why do you use the word fat instead of overweight? posted:

Fat, like short, tall, blue eyed etc. is a descriptive word which has been taken out of context and made an insult – much like the negative use of the word “gay” – to mean uncool. Clearly, we should stop using the word "gay" or "fat" as an insult – but we can still call gay people gay and fat people are fat because that’s what they are.

Furthermore the insult is insulting and derogatory. It ridiculous and prejudice to call thin girls fat because they’re not. And when some one does call someone thin “fat,” they are trying to insult thin people – by saying they are like fat people. This is the same idea as the boy on the playground getting called a pussy – he’s weak, badly performing masculinity – and therefore he’s a pussy, a vagina, a woman – the insult is that he is less than a man. He is a woman – this is clear sexism. When some one calls you fat they they are shaming your body by calling it a less acceptable body – a fat one – this is body prejudice.

"Overweight" and "plus-size" are terms that affirm a certain body size as acceptable becuase they imply that the fat body is more than normal size. "Obese" is a clinical term that makes a body size a disease. "Zaftig," "voluptuous," "chubby" "curvy" etc. these are euphemisms to hide or conceal the reality of a fat body.

HazCat
May 4, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!
Oh hey, I've heard about that project! The director is being stalked and harassed because of course she is. Anger and aggression are the logical reactions to a woman talking well-meaning nonsense about weight on the Internet.

sub supau
Aug 28, 2007

HazCat posted:

Oh hey, I've heard about that project! The director is being stalked and harassed because of course she is. Anger and aggression are the logical reactions to a woman talking well-meaning nonsense about weight on the Internet.

mbt
Aug 13, 2012

Kaiju Cage Match posted:

Guys, did you know that fats are paid $1.25 an hour less than thins? And other dumb things.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/319256879/fattitude-a-body-positive-documentary

Participants only women? Guys don't get fat shamed nuh uh. Feel the empowerment accumulating on your thighs

Maybe they couldn't find any guy willing to participate? Or maybe men don't write pro-fat literature

Pomp
Apr 3, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Mortimer posted:

Participants only women? Guys don't get fat shamed nuh uh. Feel the empowerment accumulating on your thighs

Maybe they couldn't find any guy willing to participate? Or maybe men don't write pro-fat literature

Where's Adam Bowen when I need him?

dijon du jour
Mar 27, 2013

I'm shy

Mortimer posted:

Maybe they couldn't find any guy willing to participate? Or maybe men don't write pro-fat literature

Don't be ludicrous, there are plenty of examples of pro-fat literature written by men.

Poet Laureate Sir "Mr." Mix-a-Lot posted:

I like 'em round, and big
And when I'm throwin' a gig
I just can't help myself, I'm actin' like an animal
Now here's my scandal
I wanna get you home
And ugh, double-up, ugh, ugh

Beautiful.

IShallRiseAgain
Sep 12, 2008

Well ain't that precious?

Kaiju Cage Match posted:

Guys, did you know that fats are paid $1.25 an hour less than thins? And other dumb things.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/319256879/fattitude-a-body-positive-documentary

Smaller wages actually makes sense considering fat people drive up health insurance prices.

...of SCIENCE!
Apr 26, 2008

by Fluffdaddy

IShallRiseAgain posted:

Smaller wages actually makes sense considering fat people drive up health insurance prices.

Just like how it makes sense to charge urbans more for living in white neighborhoods to make up for wrecking are property value!

GenderSelectScreen
Mar 7, 2010

I DON'T KNOW EITHER DON'T ASK ME
College Slice
Man, the director of that movie I worked on has been spamming links to the Kickstarter everywhere. Their backers have doubled since. From 3 to 6. :getin:

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

Mortimer posted:

Participants only women? Guys don't get fat shamed nuh uh. Feel the empowerment accumulating on your thighs

Maybe they couldn't find any guy willing to participate? Or maybe men don't write pro-fat literature

Edit: Found sources and links.
Men actually get paid more at an average weight compared to skinny or obese men. Women, however basically get paid more if they weighed less (though anorexics may or may not be factored).

Academic Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20853946
News article with tl;dr: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/07/study-your-weight-affects-your-salary/

Xelkelvos has a new favorite as of 07:43 on May 4, 2014

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Hat Thoughts
Jul 27, 2012
I still don't understand why Kickstarter suspended this ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mde/kstv-season-1-where-idiots-go-to-spend-money-on-cr )and it genuinely bothers me

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