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Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

Truga posted:

e: wait this isn't the gif thread. oh well, here's a dumb thing instead: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hickies/hickies20?ref=popular

I'm sure those last for months/years like normal shoelaces. Especially for any sort of activity in a non-comfort-controlled environment.

Oh what one broke? Well you can't just tie the pieces back together so you'd better hope you carry spares (you don't).

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Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

CommunistPancake posted:

if you like idubbbz you are probably literally 14 years old

I love it when people feel some weird-rear end need to get really angry about other people liking things

Noyemi K
Dec 9, 2012

youll always be so sleepy when youre this tiny *plompf*

Somfin posted:

I love it when people feel some weird-rear end need to get really angry about other people liking things

One word, my friend: goons

e: to elabourate, SA is largely based on denigrating the taste of other, lesser consumers as being lesser than your own.

Noyemi K has a new favorite as of 03:35 on Oct 23, 2016

Segmentation Fault
Jun 7, 2012

Noyemi K posted:

One word, my friend: goons

e: to elabourate, SA is largely based on denigrating the taste of other, lesser consumers as being lesser than your own.

We're not elitists! Anyway here's the five geek social fallacies and why you're pathetic

The General
Mar 4, 2007


Evil Fluffy posted:

I'm sure those last for months/years like normal shoelaces. Especially for any sort of activity in a non-comfort-controlled environment.

Oh what one broke? Well you can't just tie the pieces back together so you'd better hope you carry spares (you don't).

I just buy shoes without laces.

smug jeebus
Oct 26, 2008
Who can even afford shoes with all these student loans, amirite?

Cousin Todd
Jul 3, 2007
Grimey Drawer
I would buy those shoelace things if they were in a store for a reasonable price.

I also buy shoes without laces, but it limits my style selection dramatically.

Samuel L. ACKSYN
Feb 29, 2008


TetsuoTW posted:

Their first batch ended up cloned by their Chinese manufacturer and on sale here in Taiwan before they'd even shipped to backers.



welp

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10p...2663150097.html

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

TetsuoTW posted:

Their first batch ended up cloned by their Chinese manufacturer and on sale here in Taiwan before they'd even shipped to backers.

You forgot to add: "... at one tenth the price".

Tears In A Vial
Jan 13, 2008

It's an ultralite raincoat! ... and also a stunt kite for some reason

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/675453850/1197245007?token=7a8ee134

sub supau
Aug 28, 2007

Jedit posted:

You forgot to add: "... at one tenth the price".
Taiwan, not China.

senrath
Nov 4, 2009

Look Professor, a destruct switch!


Tears In A Vial posted:

It's an ultralite raincoat! ... and also a stunt kite for some reason

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/675453850/1197245007?token=7a8ee134



KyteMe Team posted:

Hi Jonathon,
Thank you very much for your honest feedback, which we took very seriously. Let me comment some opinions. You are right that there is so far no niche market for that kind of product, but this is I guess clear because there is no product to compare. If you start to compare lightweight jacket or full rainproof rain jackets etc., always KyteMe will lose, as it could be just a compromise. I am not saying that KyteMe is the best in each discipline but will fulfil the described features. Kids or Adults who are still Kids ;-) could be a target group like the KyteMe team and me. We are aware that this product will polarise but it should be at least something what people have fun! with. R&D – you are right about Research – we are not yet 100% clear about the fabrics. For the working! samples we use taffeta nylon. We are already in contact with some production facility; material is not a big problem. Development – we are ready to produce, so the final samples are 100% functional (except the features, which are related to the jacket, which are depending “just” on the fabrics) Again, Jonathon, thank you very much for your feedback – we will take into consideration. All the best from the KyteMe team and me.

So they're 100% ready to produce this, except that they don't actually know what they're making it out of. This is despite the fact that the kickstarter page readily talks about features that are full dependent on already knowing what the stupid things will be made of.

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.
Obviously it's black garbage bags and glow in the dark tape from that picture.

working mom
Jul 8, 2015

Tears In A Vial posted:

It's an ultralite raincoat! ... and also a stunt kite for some reason

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/675453850/1197245007?token=7a8ee134

Ah yes the vast untapped jacket kite market was waiting for this very thing

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

oh good so after all that feedback along the lines of "there's no market for this" and "there's no product" he decided to pull the trigger anyway.

working mom
Jul 8, 2015

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

oh good so after all that feedback along the lines of "there's no market for this" and "there's no product" he decided to pull the trigger anyway.

And in true KS fashion I'm sure it will be 2000% funded

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

working mom posted:

And in true KS fashion I'm sure it will be 2000% funded

nah this turkey's not gonna fly

Harveygod
Jan 4, 2014

YEEAAH HEH HEH HEEEHH

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN

THIS TRASH WAR AIN'T GONNA SOLVE ITSELF YA KNOW

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

nah this turkey's not gonna fly

The Indigogo, however, boy will that take off!

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax

working mom posted:

And in true KS fashion I'm sure it will be 2000% funded

That would be a fairly compelling argument that there is, in fact, a market for it.

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

Fauxtool posted:

old man spotted

listen motherfucker one of these days you're gonna hear about something, go look at it, and go "what the gently caress who cares about this garbage, it's literally garbage, it's literally the stupidest thing I've ever seen" and the answer's gonna be "everybody." It's gonna goddamn happen to you, if it didn't already happen to you

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
If you think edubzz is annoying watching people being funny on youtube probably isn't your thing, that's all

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Wait. I can vaguely understand wanting to have a conveniently portable kite or whatever, those can be fun. But a jacket? Wouldn't taking it off to use leave you windy and cold since you're suddenly without a jacket? And conversely, if it's warm enough out to not need one why would you be wearing it to have handy anyway? :psyduck:

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.
You fool, that's why you buy two!

Redrum and Coke
Feb 25, 2006

wAstIng 10 bUcks ON an aVaTar iS StUpid

unpacked robinhood posted:

If you think edubzz is annoying watching people being funny on youtube probably isn't your thing, that's all

Sorry to hear you find a kid calling people "cunts" and "fags", over and over, to be peak comedy.

Redrum and Coke has a new favorite as of 19:27 on Oct 27, 2016

well why not
Feb 10, 2009




That shoelace one is so funny. Actual shoe companies spend tens of thousands of dollars designing shoes and pairing the laces, nerds replace them with ugly rubber bands. Kickstarter's become this weird internet barometer - the internet loves #lifehacks and gimmicks more than anything. I wonder which Kickstarted live & die based off of their video production skills.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stillalive/polygons-the-flat-4-in-1-measuring-spoon?ref=home_popular

FLAT! FOLDING! SPOONS! 500k!

For the people out there who use a filing cabinet instead of a utensil drawer, I guess?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/981522197/argonauts-the-dawning-a-multi-tier-3d-board-and-ca?ref=category_ending_soon

The most stock-footagest video and a crazy elaborate looking board game.

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
e: who cares


It's stupid but it seems to exist and they'll probably deliver so meh. Looks interesting at least

unpacked robinhood has a new favorite as of 12:43 on Oct 27, 2016

Astrobastard
Dec 31, 2008



Winky Face

Non Serviam posted:

Sorry to hear you find a kid calling people "cunts" and "fags", over and over, to be peak comedy.

http://i.imgur.com/ScC3wZI.mp4

Ive tried to hide that without linking a 50mb gif but I have no idea how these loving forums work most of the time, kinda educational but also :nws:

idubbbz owns

Astrobastard has a new favorite as of 01:02 on Oct 28, 2016

Redrum and Coke
Feb 25, 2006

wAstIng 10 bUcks ON an aVaTar iS StUpid

Astrobastard posted:

http://i.imgur.com/ScC3wZI.mp4

Ive tried to hide that without linking a 50mb gif but I have no idea how these loving forums work most of the time, kinda educational but also :nws:

idubbbz owns

We'll just agree to disagree.

aardvaard
Mar 4, 2013

you belong in the bog of eternal stench

Astrobastard posted:

http://i.imgur.com/ScC3wZI.mp4

Ive tried to hide that without linking a 50mb gif but I have no idea how these loving forums work most of the time, kinda educational but also :nws:

idubbbz owns

drat dude, you've convinced me. a kid putting a phone in a big plastic penis is really the height of comedy.

sub supau
Aug 28, 2007

Idubbz is sometimes funny and often basically pewdiepie but about Kickstarters. There's my hot and incredibly useful take on the issue tearing the thread apart. Mashallah.

Munchables
Feb 8, 2015

Ask/tell me about legal cannibalism

I'm so sorry.

Fauxtool
Oct 21, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
with such contributions to internet culture like this, how can you dislike him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz50hqWrHUY

stringball
Mar 17, 2009

Astrobastard posted:

http://i.imgur.com/ScC3wZI.mp4

Ive tried to hide that without linking a 50mb gif but I have no idea how these loving forums work most of the time, kinda educational but also :nws:

idubbbz owns

he also got talked to by the police/security for dropping stuff off the roof of the building he's on, I don't remember if he got a ticket or not

Redrum and Coke
Feb 25, 2006

wAstIng 10 bUcks ON an aVaTar iS StUpid

Fauxtool posted:

with such contributions to internet culture like this, how can you dislike him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz50hqWrHUY

So this is for those who find Tosh's comedy to be too subtle and high brow?

Fauxtool
Oct 21, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
thats a pretty apt comparison.

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!

Fauxtool posted:

with such contributions to internet culture like this, how can you dislike him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz50hqWrHUY

Literally the funniest thing on the internet.

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax

Paladinus posted:

Literally the funniest thing on the internet.

Gleefully devouring a turd in front of everyone and loudly proclaiming how delicious you think it is isn't trolling or owning anybody but yourself, friend.

SpaceGoatFarts
Jan 5, 2010

sic transit gloria mundi


Nap Ghost

Guy Mann posted:

Gleefully devouring a turd in front of everyone and loudly proclaiming how delicious you think it is isn't trolling or owning anybody but yourself, friend.

What are you doing on SA if proclaiming to be gay isn't peak comedy for you?

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

Fauxtool posted:

with such contributions to internet culture like this, how can you dislike him?

Hold on guys this horse is still breathin' better keep beatin' it

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Redrum and Coke
Feb 25, 2006

wAstIng 10 bUcks ON an aVaTar iS StUpid

Somfin posted:

Hold on guys this horse is still breathin' better keep beatin' it

Do not forget we have this :regd08:

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