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Waffleman_ posted:And now for a good Kickstarter. Thanks so much for posting this; immediately backed. Also poor Brent Spiner, though I laughed.
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May 28, 2014 22:02
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Mortimer posted:$650k and climbing $700k right now. gently caress any political hack who wants to cut funding for public broadcasting because "nobody watches".
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May 28, 2014 22:16
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Waffleman_ posted:And now for a good Kickstarter. This may be the very first 100% legit kickstarter. I gotta admit, when I read "but you don't have to take my word for it!" I got hit with a wave of nostalgia. Jeeze its growing fast.
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May 28, 2014 22:23
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:This chucklefuck makes t-shirts with the Kickstarter's stats. I wish I was stupid enough to think that this would be a path to some easy cash.
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May 28, 2014 22:31
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budgieinspector posted:gently caress any political hack who wants to cut funding for public broadcasting because "nobody watches". I guarantee you that at least one conservative politician is going to use this Kickstarter to justify slashing public television budgets because it proves that the free market will take care of everything 
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May 28, 2014 23:10
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I guarantee you that at least one conservative politician is going to use this Kickstarter to justify slashing public television budgets because it proves that the free market will take care of everything Oh god you're exactly right. And now we know who to blame when this becomes the new talking point. 
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I guarantee you that at least one conservative politician is going to use this Kickstarter to justify slashing public television budgets because it proves that the free market will take care of everything My thought as well 
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I guarantee you that at least one conservative politician is going to use this Kickstarter to justify slashing public television budgets because it proves that the free market will take care of everything The world would be a much better place if there were plenty of money for educational TV, and politicians had to hold pledge drives for their salaries.
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Mortimer posted:edit: $700k and climbing If there was a Wishbone stretch goal I would no joke pledge everything I have.
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May 28, 2014 23:53
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Jesus, the Reading Rainbow kickstarter is getting money at an absurd pace. Good for it.
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May 29, 2014 00:01
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What time did this start? Is it really about to break its goal in like half a day? Edit: Google seems to think the Kickstarter page has been up for ~10 hours. Bondematt has a new favorite as of 00:43 on May 29, 2014 |
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Waffleman_ posted:And now for a good Kickstarter. quote:It will not, let’s be clear, replicate the classic show that aired from 1983 to 2009. (Burton bought the rights to that show and its name and used them to spin off another company, RRKidz, which produces a Reading Rainbow tablet app.) The Kickstarter would essentially expand on that app, making it available on the Web and updating it with special tools for teachers — not for free, as the classic show was on PBS, but at a monthly subscription cost. http://m.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/28/you-might-want-to-reconsider-that-donation-to-the-reading-rainbow-kickstarter/ goatse.cx has a new favorite as of 00:46 on May 29, 2014 |
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goatse.cx posted:Here's a watpo article that express scepticism towards this Except one of the things specifically mentioned in the pitch is bringing specialized material to schools and for free to schools in need. Even if literally nothing else comes of this, that's a seriously good cause. Their goal is to expand the app and bring it to classrooms for free. The second part is really really godamn important. I'm from Philadelphia. Here we literally can't afford nurses for schools and have had children die because of it. My little sister's classroom literally had to beg parents for paper and pencils. Gaining access to material like that for free would be a tremendous boon to them.
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Waffleman_ posted:And now for a good Kickstarter. He is only 23k away. I'm happy I tossed this some money. Reading Rainbow owned. goatse.cx posted:Here's a watpo article that express scepticism towards this gently caress the Washington Post. Dumbass is totally missing the point. Edit:Ahahaha the comments Stephen431 7:44 PM EDT Levar could spend my pledge on cocaine & hookers for all I care. The guy helped teach me a lifelong love of reading, and I owe him back for that. However, I really don't expect he'll spend it all on cocaine & hookers. I expect that given the amount of time he's pledged to record video messages and to visit school assemblies for elementary school kids, he'll be doing exactly what he said he'll do. I hope he makes a profit. I hope he makes a billion dollars teaching kids to love reading. I hope this kicks off a gold-rush/tech-boom/real-estate-bubble where people are getting rich teaching kids worthwhile and mind expanding activities. Either way, our pledge is getting us an autographed copy of his new children's book which I intend to read to our first child, due this fall. I'm happy knowing Reading Rainbow will exist in his world.
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Washington Post is a piece of poo poo, news at 11.
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Pomp posted:Washington Post is a piece of poo poo, news at 11. The comments are great though.
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gfanikf posted:He is only 23k away. I'm happy I tossed this some money. Reading Rainbow owned. The author has some legitimate points and it's good that someone's looking at this with a critical eye because I keep staring at the project with a stupid grin on my face as the donation amount keeps ticking upward.
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Who cares about Washington Post, the kickstarter just met its goal! And there is still 34 days to go.
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And it's funded. This has to be a record of some kind. the wildest rear end posted:Who cares about Washington Post, the kickstarter just met its goal! And there is still 34 days to go. Looks like someone needs some reading rainbow
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ImpAtom posted:Except one of the things specifically mentioned in the pitch is bringing specialized material to schools and for free to schools in need. Even if literally nothing else comes of this, that's a seriously good cause. Their goal is to expand the app and bring it to classrooms for free. The second part is really really godamn important. Where the hell did you go to school in Philly? Strawberry Mansion...cause yeah then that makes sense. the wildest rear end posted:Who cares about Washington Post, the kickstarter just met its goal! And there is still 34 days to go.
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gfanikf posted:Where the hell did you go to school in Philly? Strawberry Mansion...cause yeah then that makes sense. It was better when I went to school. I'm talking about my little sister now, she is only 10, and this is the poo poo she faces daily. She doesn't even go to a particularly bad school either. Just a horribly underfunded one. It literally has a nurse only on Fridays and every other Thursday.
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Mortimer posted:And it's funded. reading rainbowned
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Pomp posted:reading rainbowned dang
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ImpAtom posted:It was better when I went to school. I'm talking about my little sister now, she is only 10, and this is the poo poo she faces daily. She doesn't even go to a particularly bad school either. Just a horribly underfunded one. It literally has a nurse only on Fridays and every other Thursday. Oh yeah I seem to recall half days at some point when I was living in Overbrook Park. The various recent heads of the Philly School District have been fantastically incompetent.
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ImpAtom posted:It was better when I went to school. I'm talking about my little sister now, she is only 10, and this is the poo poo she faces daily. She doesn't even go to a particularly bad school either. Just a horribly underfunded one. It literally has a nurse only on Fridays and every other Thursday. Yeah, this is the norm now. Last school I worked at only had a nurse come to the school on Wednesdays.
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Pomp posted:reading rainbowned Has anyone said Readoral Reserve?
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Reading Rainbow's already over 1.3 million. 
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Evil Fluffy posted:Reading Rainbow's already over 1.3 million. Dammit, now I'm picturing Levar Burton looking at the numbers with wet eyes.
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It's me, I'm the one who turned into a kid again when Levar said "But you don't have to take my word for it" in the Kickstarter video. Butterfly in the sky
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readingrainbow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh/posts/858121 Already got a video up about the 1 million. Levar Burton has a tear in his eye and now so do i
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The Modern Leper posted:Dammit, now I'm picturing Levar Burton looking at the numbers with wet eyes. the Gaffe posted:Levar Burton has a tear in his eye and now so do i This just got sent out: quote:Hello Everyone!
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tlarn posted:Reading Rainbow already passed $400,000 of its $1,000,000 goal. I'm a little worried a year from now goons are gonna be screaming "where are the loving skittles Kunta?!?!?!? Where is the loving holodeck module?!?!? I wanna taste the rainbow!!!"
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Alan Smithee posted:I'm a little worried a year from now goons are gonna be screaming "where are the loving skittles Kunta?!?!?!? Where is the loving holodeck module?!?!? I wanna taste the rainbow!!!" I read through the entire KS pitch and there's absolutely no mention of putting aside funds to install a vent hood. 
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Alan Smithee posted:I'm a little worried a year from now goons are gonna be screaming "where are the loving skittles Kunta?!?!?!? Where is the loving holodeck module?!?!? I wanna taste the rainbow!!!" are you butthurt about mockery of good froggers or are you butthurt about mockery of Star Citizen
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RottenK posted:are you butthurt about mockery of good froggers or are you butthurt about mockery of Star Citizen I'm butthurt about all Kickstarters coming to pass
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Alan Smithee posted:I'm butthurt about all Kickstarters coming to pass The butthurt Kickstarter failed
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I read through the entire KS pitch and there's absolutely no mention of putting aside funds to install a vent hood. It will be the stretch goal for 2 million...which it appears they'll be hitting on a few hours.
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