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Is there a collective word for awful internet bullshit, like "grognard" is to gamers? I mean stuff like libertarian bitcoin-having fedora-wearing athiest MRAs on reddit. Either way, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/569272765/the-ron-paul-bust-project?ref=search  England, we need to have a talk.
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from that loving FAQ posted:Q: But this is still really offensive. Presented without comment.
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Pomp posted:That's some grade A viral marketing. Viral marketing for a summer camp that teaches kids to use one of the user-friendliest game design programs out there. Holy Hell, screw whatever this campaign is, the person who set up that summer camp is BRILLIANT.
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It always bums me when one of my go-to phrases stops producing comedy gold (the Ron Paul vein has been mined out, I'm afraid) so when Steampunk only returned a series of mostly competently put together video games and art exhibits, I was worried that the shitlords had latched on to a different fad. Nope. It's a 24 hour a day, anime-steampunk-horror-halloween con that takes place on Halloween, because it's always a brilliant idea to schedule your event on a holiday. So, why did Nyte, the throbbing avatar of masculinity that's organizing this shindig, decide to pick Halloween, of all nights, for this buffet of nerdy goodness? quote:Lets Face it Geeks, Freaks and the Fantasy believers make the world a place worth living in when reality is pretty dim. Halloween for me in ABQ area has never been fantastic. I am not much of a drinker and to go our and face the police and the problems that happen on the holiday never seemed worth it. Sadly, they've only got 20 days left and haven't even broken $1,000 of their lofty. . . Wait, they're going to try to run a three-day convention on only $3,500? Well, sure, I guess that's enough to start something small, what sort of events are you planning? quote:Gaming, we all know that you can't have a geek event without gaming but we took it to the next level. The SuperCon 2K Series is the place to be to explore all aspects of the video gaming industry and beyond. This series travels to Anime, Sci-Fi and Comic Book conventions across the nation providing a home for gamers to interact with other gamers, make new friends, play casual games and to learn about the gaming industry. Whether you’re a casual or hardcore gamer we have you covered. There are multiple game set-ups, giveaways, tournaments and cool prizes to be won!! Don’t miss the opportunity, fun, memories, networking, prizes, education, bragging rights, and/or the chance to be named the most proven player in the nation! Uh, well, okay, maybe they're expecting advertisers and investors to help out. What sort of qualifications do you have, Nyte Breed? quote:Many of you know that Dark Cool offers amazing things with very reasonable pricing. Our Kickstart is our way of giving back to all of you. You heard it here, folks. Dark Cool Entertainment tossed out the rulebook and is going to homebrew this sumbitch for pennies on the dollar! 
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Hey, let's talk about literally anything else on the face of the planet. Like this loving thing, which is clearly Back to the Future fanfiction in "documentary" form. Boy howdy those nerds, eh?
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Full disclosure: I know some of the people running this campaign. So the Trans Youth Equality Foundation is an awesome group out of Portland that reaches out to Trans* youth to help them get through the harder parts of growing up. They run summer camps, support groups, education and outreach programs, probably some completely rad BBQs with name-brand sodas and stuff like that, they're all good folk. They're running a kickstarter to improve their podcast where they reach out to trans youth in rural and impoverished areas, broadcast interviews with successful trans doctors, lawyers, musicians, and other positive role models, and probably a bunch of other awesome stuff too. They're an awesome group who do good work, and they need your help! If you've ever been an awkward teenager who didn't fit in and could have used a community that cares about you, LGBT or not, you should donate.
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Hey guys look at these stupid nerds with their dorky steampunk thing over at some ghost town in the California desert. That's. . . Totally lame, and not cool at all. Hot air balloons totally, uh, suck. And are stupid. Oh big woop you get to soar over the earth and gaze down upon the middling peons as they scurry about like ants. Who likes that? Nobody. Babies, mostly. This doesn't look cool at all. I'm totally going to go just to laugh at them. Psh, nerds. Am I right? Meanwhile, someone with a PhD fished out of a crackerjack box claims to need fourty-five thousand dollars to hunt ghosts, and to set up equipment that will allow you, the basement-dwelling snack masters that fund him, to assist in the hunt via webcams. eta- take a look at some of their "difficult to explain" video evidence if you need persuasion. PHIZ KALIFA has a new favorite as of 17:54 on Apr 1, 2013 |
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Guess what actually exists. If it's reported on Slashdot, it's got to be true. . . Right?
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:You'll note that the first keyword he put in his list was "9 year old", an obvious attempt to catch the eye of people looking for the "9 Year Old Builds Her First RPG... TRUTH & TROLLS!" project. I HOPE that's what he intended.
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Yeah but he's never going to take down "Dragon jealously guarding his stacks" and "badass litch dunking from half court."
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Tazzillekki posted:It's not a problem at all. You just lack the resources. ahahahahah what. Anyway, speaking of tone-deaf conservatives, help make the trailer for the documentary of an old conservative woman moving to Denver for some reason. quote:Gathering all this information will allow us to bring our project to the next step, to put together a website, a great 3 to 5 minute trailer, to write a very good project and to start a research for bigger funding to make a great documentary. And then with more funds they can make a longer trailer to generate more funds for a longer trailer to generate more funds for a great documentary. What?
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May 23, 2013 14:16
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Amanda Palmer is one of the few celebrities I can think of for whom no crime is as egregious as having to listen to people complain about her. She could drive a busful of orphans off of a cliff and all it would make me do is avoid Twitter for a few days. Jesus fuckin Christ people. You want a new musician to hate? This guy wants five grand to make YouTube covers of top 40s songs from the 80s because he used to be fat and had a ruptured appendix.
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Guys, shut it down, shut it all down, I've discovered the Worst Kickstarter. It's a PUA book by some redditor that somehow managed to break 12 thousand mother loving united states dollars of America. Here's his user page, where most of his recent posts are from the "ask me anything" thread he started after selling 600 copies of his self-published pickup manual that he has now, permanently and indelibly, linked to his professional real-life name. Surprise surprise, he's a nerd living in Japan. Why is it that dudes like this figure out how to get laid and suddenly act like they've stumbled across the true name of God?
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He boasts about his brevity in the campaign page, so it's probably one page photocopied and stapled into the back of his Lulu-supplied pre-orders: "Find two women who are okay with it." And then a photo of him shrugging. Seriously though every poly couple I know (I know too many) are also huge nerds. They go together like kilts and bacne.
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Alan Smithee posted:The Neckbeard's Guide to Getting Laid I am willing to bet actual money that this dude has actually raped someone and probably doesn't even realize it. With how passive women are socialized to be, and how so much conduct is based on subtle cues that Westerners don't know to look for. . . Ugh. gently caress this guy so much.
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Carecat posted:I don't remember anyone ever talking about Megatokyo having fanservice and a quick google suggests it never has. Sounds more like soppy romance? I vaguely remember a few years back that the artist released a few "pin up" style pictures under a pseudonym and the Internet instantly called him on it because nobody can draw fetal animu syndrome teenagers quite as hard as MT does. The hilarious thing was that back before the comic blew up he made a blog post threatening to shut down if he ever found porn of his characters.
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"Burning Man" is in the URL and that's basically all anyone should need in way of an explanation.
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AlbieQuirky posted:What racial group is associated with saying "youse"? Rum-runners, beat cops, and gangsters from the 1920s. Incidentally, the same group that makes flatcaps traditional wedding and funeral attire.
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DStecks posted:Holy poo poo, his shirt is clipping through his pants in a loving promotional still. There was a fire sale at the Impossible Shirts & Pirate Boots Warehouse. You know Good Guys can't pass up a bargain.
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Yeah, I got the same response when I tweeted at him as well. He followed up by assuring me that his project is good and that instead of complaining I should pitch instead. I didn't, if you were worried.
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Not on Kickstarter they aren't, that's far too sensible to succeed.
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It's possible to enjoy monopoly in much the same sense that you can pave a road by headbutting it enough. I'd rather play something that brings my friends and family together, like Settlers of Cataan.
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I see he studied the Stephen Tyler school of mouth design. e: backer quote from the manpak page- "Of all the projects I have backed so far I am the most excited for this one. I am a bit torn as to whether I will use the padded pocket for my iPad or my glock." -Rich O. haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha PHIZ KALIFA has a new favorite as of 02:02 on Jul 26, 2013 |
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Elissia posted:Oh hey I forgot all about the Megatokyo Kickstarter let's see how it's doing! They were $200,000 short of getting the "Excessively Romantic" content. I can't tell if I should be thankful that it doesn't exist or upset that I didn't get to see him basically implode with shame.
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OatmealRaisin posted:I hate to be the one to tell you this, but it totally does exist and he feels zero shame about it. I knew he had those PG-13 sketches around, I didn't know there was anything else to it.
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the Gaffe posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/954587867/men-vs-cosplay-2014-gaming-calendar-project Here's what I don't get: If you're attractive enough that you could pass for normal, why on God's green Earth would you willingly expose yourself to the cosplay community. Or even geekdom in general. If I wasn't legally barred from leaving this basement and I looked like them, I'd wear suits to bed and walk around cities shouting into my phone while holding too-expensive coffee.
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That has got to be a satire. There's no way you could have a typo in the first sentence and not notice it, that's just sellohgodno
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Adult babies. We're looking at another stealth fetish object, I'm almost certain.a medical mystery posted:I can't imagine why there would be any sort of demand for this product, but at least the marketing looks nice.
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Canada's planning a trip to the moon, right? Maybe if I ask really nicely, they'll take me with them. And leave me there.
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iCPooch? ICP? Why did they pass up the opportunity for TCPooch? Oh, right, because they're nincompoops.
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How many wallets does the average human *really* need? I still use the same one my parents got me from Ames when I was 8. Who are these helpless mewling infants who can't figure out how to carry money like a reasonable human?
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Except that they're clearly less useful and comfortable than the shoulder bags that already exist. Try to imagine carrying anything that wasn't a laptop and ONE hardcover book in one of those things.
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Wait, what? The Bible has tons of dinosaurs. They've got the Brontosaurus and the Leviathan. That's basically half a Jurassic Park right there.
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To be fair, they're not all rich.
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I could see grognards wearing this at LANs/conventions. Sort of a "I'm such a hardass I refuse to use pubbie controls  " thing.
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Honestly kind of surprised that nobody has tried playing quiddich with those autonomous quadcopter rotors that sound like nothing so much as the End of Days itself. You could even put lego dudes on the top, and if they get knocked off then that copter is sent to the penalty box. The smackybludgers (i don't remember their actual name) could be a pair of those tennis ball launchers mounted on tank treads.
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deadly_pudding posted:This is it, we've hit Trust Fund Critical Mass. It's only downhill from here, because that's where my organic heirloom kale farm's carbon-negative irrigation system sends its locally-sourced water toward. Is that locally-sourced water conflict free? I can't support an agricultural product that contributes to the coming water wars. You should ask the people downstream of you how they're doing.
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Pick posted:Now that Bee and Puppycat is going to make it I now feel freer to say this (since I did want it to succeed): Credit where it's due, they know their fanbase like the back of their hand.
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Yeah ignore that guy, he spends most of his day complaining about fat people in the PYF social justice thread.
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Horrible Smutbeast posted:Oh no you triggered my posting privilege! Aw, you college kids are adorable. 
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