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Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

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

Alan Smithee posted:

I’m surprised nobody has done the fight club thing selling soap made from the fat of rich people’s asses

Somebody probably is, they wouldn't advertise it lol

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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
Aren't juicero machines massively overengineered? Could probably get more out of them for scrap.

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Aren't juicero machines massively overengineered? Could probably get more out of them for scrap.

Yeah, the examination of the machine I saw at the time commented on how quality the parts were.

Arms_Akimbo
Sep 29, 2006

It's so damn...literal.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Aren't juicero machines massively overengineered? Could probably get more out of them for scrap.

The parts are useless in anything else. Practically every single component was custom machined, which is part of the reason it was so expensive. Nothing was off the shelf.

evobatman
Jul 30, 2006

it means nothing, but says everything!
Pillbug
Couldn't the motor and power supply be used for things? They were, like everything else in the device, insanely overengineered, and AvE bypassed all the DRM circuitry with just an on/off switch for the motor.

Edit: And what kind of scrap value would you get for the amount of aluminium in one of them?

PHIZ KALIFA
Dec 21, 2011

#mood

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Aren't juicero machines massively overengineered? Could probably get more out of them for scrap.

enough power to TRUCKLEFUCK TWO WHOLE TESLAS!

13Pandora13
Nov 5, 2008

I've got tiiits that swingle dangle dingle




https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thnx-trump-2020/thank-you-trump-yard-signs?ref=discovery_distance

I like that he watermarked all the photoshopped yard signs.

And that there's $7 pledged and the $10 reward of a "free" sign is all gone.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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



Dog, you're printing out a bad vector trace of the president and putting it on a stick, don't act like you're actually making something

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Waffleman_ posted:



Dog, you're printing out a bad vector trace of the president and putting it on a stick, don't act like you're actually making something

Only trump gets to sell poo poo on a stick

Mercedes Colomar
Nov 1, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

13Pandora13 posted:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thnx-trump-2020/thank-you-trump-yard-signs?ref=discovery_distance

I like that he watermarked all the photoshopped yard signs.

And that there's $7 pledged and the $10 reward of a "free" sign is all gone.

Oh you missed the best part. There's $7 pledged total, from THREE people.

Nighthand
Nov 4, 2009

what horror the gas

Today I discovered Kickended, a site that shows you random campaigns on Kickstarter that ended with $0 pledged. It runs the gamut from

- A multiplayer card game with no explanation of the game, looking to buy artists to color the art: http://kickended.com/projects/1567087940/
- The book that ends racism and bullying: http://kickended.com/projects/1270344745/
- Paintings of nude people in new york city (bonus: check out his other projects, like a linux training dvd called Taste Linux) http://kickended.com/projects/clementinegames/
- A whole lot of musicians looking to film music videos or fundraise recording albums.
- Whatever this is: http://kickended.com/projects/1347324264/

Captain Hygiene
Sep 17, 2007

You mess with the crabbo...




NUDE YORK CITY posted:

Risks and challenges
Being an artist in every capacity can be a risk and a challenge. To finish the series Nude City 1. New York, 2. Brazil, 3. Colombia, 4. Mexico must be realized and when the last one will be ready production will start.

FAQ
[none]
:laffo:

Mercedes Colomar
Nov 1, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Oh man that's a gold mine.

Such as Bilingual Aztec popsicle man superhero.

E - Or this one, about some. Band? Maybe? Or a tour bus? That gets even better when you look into all the created projects. Or maybe it's a gospel group, thing.

Mercedes Colomar has a new favorite as of 21:47 on Nov 28, 2019

Telemaze
Apr 22, 2008

What you expected hasn't happened.
Fun Shoe
Too bad Paleta Man failed, I would totally watch an Aztec luchador superhero cartoon.

This guy just wanted to find the perfect apple pie, but alas. My favorite part:

quote:

Your pledge of $10 or more will earn, in addition to the $1 reward, an apple will be sacrificed in your name.

(In case you were wondering, the $1 reward is being happy that you helped him make a pie.)

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
welp

https://twitter.com/jackallisonLOL/status/1203186890922319872?s=20

The MSJ
May 17, 2010

A documentary about one of the most infamous crowdfunding fails, the Boston Purr Cat Cafe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNsqEntHuV8

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

The MSJ posted:

A documentary about one of the most infamous crowdfunding fails, the Boston Purr Cat Cafe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNsqEntHuV8

I've literally not heard a thing about this

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

Tldr so you don't have to waste 45 minutes listening to someone reading Facebook posts out loud:

Lady who knows nothing about running a business or caring for rescue cats wants to open a café with rescue cats. Collects money on IGG, flexible funding obviously.
Expects shelters to provide cats for her. Doesn't equip the café with anything cats need. Ignores advice from experienced and competent people.
Facebook drama including personal attacks on former employees and shelter volunteers.
Café opens, is a slow motion train wreck.
More Facebook drama.
Café is forced to close. The end.

Mx.
Dec 16, 2006

I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!


also she's an alcoholic and spends the whole time airing an ex-employee's sexual preferences on facebook while declaring that it's unfair everyone is being so negative
that does fall under facebook drama though

Antivehicular
Dec 30, 2011


I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

Also at some point she invites a guest speaker who turns out to be an anti-Semitic homophobe, and she keeps defending him at length for days/maybe weeks. This woman finds every possible way to gently caress up.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


How white is she?

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

iospace posted:

How white is she?

So white she wants to speak to your manager's manager.

Harveygod
Jan 4, 2014

YEEAAH HEH HEH HEEEHH

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN

THIS TRASH WAR AIN'T GONNA SOLVE ITSELF YA KNOW
She also posted pictures of random cats to Facebook and in the captions would pretend to be the cat saying that her mommy was seeking legal action against any harassers (with "-meow!!-" randomly inserted every few words).

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
Is it in any way related to the crazy cat lady from Kitchen Nightmares?

The MSJ
May 17, 2010

Harveygod posted:

She also posted pictures of random cats to Facebook and in the captions would pretend to be the cat saying that her mommy was seeking legal action against any harassers (with "-meow!!-" randomly inserted every few words).

She earlier claims that she is not a crazy cat lady and is in fact better than such people.

Rotten Red Rod
Mar 5, 2002

The MSJ posted:

She earlier claims that she is not a crazy cat lady and is in fact better than such people.

And then makes wine-fueled posts roleplaying as her cat talking about how good its owner is and how everyone is against her.

I highly recommend watching the video, it's a crazy entertaining ride.

Meow. Meow. PURR!

pippy
May 29, 2013

CRIMES

The MSJ posted:

She earlier claims that she is not a crazy cat lady and is in fact better than such people.

She is merely a "cat enthusiast". Meow. Meow. Purr.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
My "Not a cat lady" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

AlbieQuirky
Oct 9, 2012

Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out

Alan Smithee posted:

I've literally not heard a thing about this

There was a lot about it here on the Idiots on Social Media threads at the time. You just didn’t notice or care, maybe?

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

Paladinus posted:

Is it in any way related to the crazy cat lady from Kitchen Nightmares?
No, but you're not the first person to spot the similarities.

Knormal
Nov 11, 2001

Nighthand posted:

- Paintings of nude people in new york city (bonus: check out his other projects, like a linux training dvd called Taste Linux) http://kickended.com/projects/clementinegames/
Vaguely :nws: https://i.imgur.com/XhMTTl8.png

Truly an unappreciated genius.

Rapulum_Dei
Sep 7, 2009

Yeah, no. That dogshit was well ablaze long before Trump. The con was up when they started taking orders online and delivering in order to make enough money to honour their backers’ rewards.

Talking of bullshit: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/princube-the-world-s-smallest-mobile-color-printer

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


Even if that printer works like it says it does good luck keeping things straight and moving at exactly the right speed for things to look right.

Bieeanshee
Aug 21, 2000

Not keen on keening.


Grimey Drawer
That printer is giving me unpleasant recollections of trying to use a manual scanner. And that fucker didn't waste precious ink when your hand twitched.

Sleeveless
Dec 25, 2014

by Pragmatica

muscles like this! posted:

Even if that printer works like it says it does good luck keeping things straight and moving at exactly the right speed for things to look right.

The fact that they consistently show only a very tiny part of something being printed with no visual proof that it was actually blank before the printer went over it and have some weird speed ramping and stabilizing effect going with the one time it prints an entire logo at once is very worrying. And that's assuming that those shots are real and not just a mock-up which would be insanely easy to fake.

https://i.imgur.com/PIviThf.gifv

https://i.imgur.com/n2CQ4jN.gifv

https://i.imgur.com/KB506sd.gifv

Koobes
Nov 6, 2012

love their unique cartridge they're putting in that clearly doesn't have an HP logo

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Rapulum_Dei posted:

Yeah, no. That dogshit was well ablaze long before Trump. The con was up when they started taking orders online and delivering in order to make enough money to honour their backers’ rewards.

Talking of bullshit: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/princube-the-world-s-smallest-mobile-color-printer

3.7 million dollars for this

Every time someone says Kickstarter is dead crowdfunding is dead poo poo like this pops up

At least it will be easy for me to carry this to my loose female acquaintance’s house

PathAsc
Nov 15, 2011

Hail SS-18 Satan may he cleanse us with nuclear fire

PISS TAPE IS REAL

Alan Smithee posted:

At least it will be easy for me to carry this to my loose female acquaintance’s house

:master:

AngryRobotsInc
Aug 2, 2011

I cannot imagine printing onto plastic or metal with an ink jet printer wouldn't immediately smug all to poo poo.

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muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


What about skin?

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