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Tippis posted:I, for one, am glad to see the outdated technology of two sticks working kind of like extended fingers being replaced by the hyper-modern technology of two sticks working kind of like extended fingers with thimbles at the end. Nah, it works for pencils, that part is probably fine (so does being round). They certainly don't solve the problem of people who don't know how to use chopsticks, but they sure solved an imaginary one: people who can use chopsticks can't use chopsticks. So here are some training wheels for the bike you can already ride.
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what kind of person backs the chopstick project? I cant put it together. Is it people that are so eager to eat with chopsticks but havent bothered to learn how that they need a trainee set? Wouldn't someone in need of this product just practice for 30 minutes one random day with delivery chopsticks and get it right? Using chopsticks correctly isn't something that takes more than a sitting to figure out. There's prob youtube videos about howto use them too,. Is it for the maybe singular dinner party you might host where you serve food with chopsticks and there's one person that can't handle them? How often can that even occur? Do you need a whole new kitchen product for one single possible guest? I'm sure you own forks and whatnot... I'm dumbfounded. Kickstarter fascinates me. The poo poo that gets backed is absurd. Lunchboxes. Wallets. Copper balls
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Maybe they could bring the tip of the chopsticks to a point so if I have a hard time using them I can stab the food. Maybe add two or three other sharp points for extra gripping power.
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Germstore posted:Maybe they could bring the tip of the chopsticks to a point so if I have a hard time using them I can stab the food. Maybe add two or three other sharp points for extra gripping power. Just carry a pencil sharpener around with you. My idea would be a removable fork attachment that you can push onto the end of a chopstick to turn it into a practical eating utensil. It sounds too practical an idea for Kickstarter, however. Perhaps I should make a prototype.
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Out of curiousity I checked how easy it is to find a stupid kickstarter we missed this one; already funded https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1853707494/pancakebot-the-worlds-first-pancake-printer/description pancake printer
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Madcosby posted:what kind of person backs the chopstick project? I cant put it together. Well, as of yet only 100+ have pledged for Quickstix. So 100+ guys in fedoras and unused Ouya consoles who think they'll dazzle the hostess at the local sushi bar when they pull out their own chopsticks like a poolshark bringing in his own billiards stick. Soylent Yellow posted:Just carry a pencil sharpener around with you. Or skip the prototype and make an Indiegogo.
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Oh my god personalized cupcake stand https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/231728505/personalized-cupcake-stand/description funded
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Madcosby posted:Oh my god 35 out of 42 backers have never backed any projects before this one, so it's safe to assume that's how the creator's relatives helped them out with their student loan. Especially considering that the average pledge is twenty dollars above their highest reward tier. Paladinus has a new favorite as of 23:08 on May 26, 2016 |
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Zaphod42 posted:I was gonna post exactly this. That's some "white people can't do basic poo poo" infomercial action right there. And again, sushi is finger food. It's always permissible to eat sushi with your hands. This is like showing Japanese people using a knife and fork to eat McNuggets, and loving it up, so you invent a new fork for them to use.
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The only food where chopsticks work better than a fork or your fingers is using them to eat Cheetohs without getting orange fingers. But they are right at the intersection of fetishizing Asia and romanticising the past so of course the internet loves them.
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Madcosby posted:Out of curiousity I checked how easy it is to find a stupid kickstarter gently caress the world
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zus-kevlar-charging-cable-lifetime-guarantee#/ I wish these fancy cables would stop just upgrading the actual wire part of it. Braided nylon, kevlar, look it can pull a car! Yes but do the stupid little pins still stop clicking or does the micro usb end not bend in a weird direction? Weirdly, the never mention that despite that being the top reason I've had cables fail. I don't think I've ever had a problem with the actual wire bit, yet that's what they always seem to throw the money at.
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quote:With a unique 90 degree plug, the ZUS Kevlar Cable is adept at fitting in narrow spaces.
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If only the pancake printer also handled corn tortillas...
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SuperDome Church Feat our Hologram Throne of GOD that speaksquote:God's love is free to share with everyone. We share God's love at the SuperDome Church using Hologram projectors. These Hologram projectors create the hologram image of the Throne of God. We will also use a dynamic audio system that emits the very thrilling voice that speaks from the Throne of God and teaches us about the future. More specifically God's plan for Mankind. The Future of Mankind is extremely Bright. We invite you to see the Throne and understand your very important Purpose. There is actually in the book of Revelations a talking throne that speaks verbally and with authority to Mankind Rev 21. There's more word salad but the best thing about this campaign is the goal is $9,000,000 and there's only two pledge tiers: $20 for a t-shirt (limited to 50,000 pledges) and $112.00 for a ticket to the SuperDome Church and a t-shirt (limited to 71,428 pledges). So if every single one of these 121,428 pledges were taken they would only raise $8,999,936 falling $64.00 short of their goal before Kickstarter take their cut of the money.
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Nettle Soup posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zus-kevlar-charging-cable-lifetime-guarantee#/ I wouldn't say "thow the money" so much as "taking money and running". It's easy to do whereas improving connectors means you have to know something about There are actually "real" companies working on the connector side ( I work for one). It takes quite a bit of effort/science/engineering/collaboration/etc and anyone who spends money on this is loving stupid.
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Nettle Soup posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zus-kevlar-charging-cable-lifetime-guarantee#/ To be fair MicroUSB cables are supposed to end up bending and breaking on the end - the intention is to make it so that if you yank on the thing you've ruined the cheap $3 cable instead of the port in the $600 phone/$100 camera/whatever you plugged it into that might cost a ton to get replaced, if it can be replaced at all. The older MiniUSB was the other way, the port was expected to fail first while the cable would stay in good shape... which wasn't really a good idea for anything mobile.
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Cockmaster posted:HoverBars – Handles for your Hoverboard As it turns out, these guys already got beat to market by General Mills, of all things:  And the GM version even includes a built-in cereal bowl. 
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Now that's what I call meal on wheels/moderately paced food.
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whoever runs that twitter is a doll.
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Great Rumbler posted:As it turns out, these guys already got beat to market by General Mills, of all things: Installing a feeding trough on a lazy bastard device for people who can still be bothered standing makes these look like a starter kit for those fatty scooters.
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wit posted:Installing a feeding trough on a lazy bastard device for people who can still be bothered standing makes these look like a starter kit for those fatty scooters. It's the future 
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:It's the future Used to work in a supermarket, literally watched a guy drive around it eating food, opening the crisps and sandwiches and mars bar multipacks and eating out of his basket like it was his lunchbox as he sped around the store. Followed him up to the registers, he slings them the wrappers so they can swipe the now greasy plastic of empty wrappers and charge him. I did not mind parents doing that occasionally just to stop a toddler having a fit on the floor, but when you see a fat middle aged man do it, eugh.
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wit posted:Used to work in a supermarket, literally watched a guy drive around it eating food, opening the crisps and sandwiches and mars bar multipacks and eating out of his basket like it was his lunchbox as he sped around the store. Followed him up to the registers, he slings them the wrappers so they can swipe the now greasy plastic of empty wrappers and charge him. I did not mind parents doing that occasionally just to stop a toddler having a fit on the floor, but when you see a fat middle aged man do it, eugh. that man has discarded the poison of social taboo and is living his optimal life. someday you will down the crumbs at the bottom of a chip bag like a shot and realize all the time you've wasted.
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So how does a publisher follow up several successful (and a few unsuccessful) Kickstarters for classic, well regarded Japanese comic series? If you're Digital Manga, it's with a series that technically isn't quite child porn under US law. In fact, most of their pitch is about just how much this isn't child porn, with testimonials from such experts as "tAsTytEmPAi." And what's the best way to follow up your assurances that a series about the relationship between a third grader and her teacher that results in their marriage is totally not just for pedophiles? By offering body pillows of elementary school children, of course. It's baffling that this wasn't taken down immediately given the content. And it's not like people aren't reporting it (and I'd suggest being one of those people). You'd think the PR nightmare that this could bring alone would be enough to get this removed instantly.
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"This campaign is only meant for the fans." the tried and true "i wasn't talking to you" defense.
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its actually a very popular franchise with lots of merchandise. It doesnt mean its any good though
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Wasn't that the series banned from ADTRW because of, well, the obvious?
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The publishing company Seven Seas was actually planning to release it a few years back, but quickly withdrew when no one went for it. They were going to call it Nymphet. Oh, and of course the company behind this KS has used the term SJW unironically in social media posts. Edit: Oh, nice filter.
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Anybody who's spent enough time with anime and manga should know by now that "This story was written by a FEMALE mangaka." is not an valid defense of anything.
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hey social justice worriers, this gross thing was made by a lady. did i blow your minds??
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Anybody who's spent enough time with anime and manga should know by now that "This story was written by a FEMALE mangaka." is not an valid defense of anything. Like Card Captor Sakura and it's "10 year old girl/25 year old teacher in a relationship" subplot. Which I forgot about until I re-read the manga. Though I think the old release I read cut that poo poo, because I think I'd remember a pedophilia subplot.
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KiteAuraan posted:Like Card Captor Sakura and it's "10 year old girl/25 year old teacher in a relationship" subplot. Which I forgot about until I re-read the manga. Though I think the old release I read cut that poo poo, because I think I'd remember a pedophilia subplot. Or Chobits and its....entire premise. Note that Cardcaptor Sakura and Chobits were made by a TEAM of women.
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there was no subplot to chobits, it was just sex robot without being explicit
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Wasn't that the series banned from ADTRW because of, well, the obvious? Oh, is that The Forbidden Manga?
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kirbysuperstar posted:Oh, is that The Forbidden Manga? If I recall there are multiple. That is one of them.
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bocu no pico being the other probably. dont google
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