Kale Good morning folks
I have someone in my reddit inbox trying to tell me that 'tiered rewards' on kickstarters were the same problem vector as stretch goals.
*leans in to camera*
They're talking utter shit.
I mean, they're also trying to say that 'a couple of years' was 'a period so brief it's not worth worrying about'
**hard stare**
Anyway, turns out the earliest links I have to kickstarter in my gmail are from like... 2011, so holy shit, has it been a fuckin' WHILE
Anyway, time for my 'every few years' check on what the fuck happened with various projects I backed.
On one hand, turns out a bunch of em finally finished.
On the other hand, the dropbox links are dead.
Oops.
I do *miss* having stuff like kickstarter campaigns to look forward to, I'll admit.
Throwback to early 2010s when loot boxes, kickstarters, etc would give you a bunch of entertainment from either getting shit, or the drama from not getting shit
> It’s wild how many companies try to hide behind ‘pre-order’ language when in reality they’re just using new orders to fund current production
Why, yes, that's exactly how pre-orders work.
Like... what did you think you were paying money to them for?
Of course they're using your money to make your thing, if you give it to them in advance.
I am now aware that there are lootcrate-esque packs that are romance book oriented which:
* Are $550 USD each
And
* Include a dildo 'modelled' on the male main character
Every three months.
Unsurprisingly, I have thoughts on this.
First, though, a question: who is providing the original for the moulding of said dildos?
What is the provenance of the dongs?
Hashtag ethical dildo sourcing
Is this something you get paid for? What's the going rate for the likeness of one's schlong?
Or is it all just for the love of the play?
I think we need a #poll.
How much for the likeness of your genitals, in perpetuity for commercial uses?
Free
< $100
$100 to $10,000
$10,000+
Poll ended at .
I'm just saying, some of y'all could make bank
Finally got my shit together enough to find the Radxa and... coworker who said he set it all up did not leave the micro SD card in it.
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
CheapPontoon@DarkestKale
I see a future for washed up Hollywood actors .
I see a future for washed up Hollywood actors .
@DarkestKale
“This month’s release features a very special detail of my latest STD outbreak.”
“This month’s release features a very special detail of my latest STD outbreak.”
Machine Lord Zero@DarkestKale To quote Ron Zertnert, I do not want this.
Roger BW 😷@DarkestKale Per-use royalty rate?
Nick Marsh@DarkestKale The Provenance of the Dongs is a lost Poe tale, isn’t it?
@lordof1 I'm not sure, did he also write 'Let slip the dongs of war'?
@lordof1 @DarkestKale At least it's not Lovecraft. "My friends… that ladies' massage device was of _no human shape!_"
Jon Hancock@BigJackBrass @RogerBW @lordof1 well, with no context fresh in my skull, this was definitely a weird one to find in my notifications.
Gus@Gussers four per year, so each three months, you need a new model (because each box is themed around a different character, and logically, each guy has a - slightly? - different dick, right?)
@DarkestKale
All perfectly logical. A positive bargain, looked at in the right light.
All perfectly logical. A positive bargain, looked at in the right light.
@DarkestKale On Kickstarter they're often funding the previous campaign's unforeseen expenses…
@RogerBW Once upon a time, I used to point out that KS had a *mandatory* 'risks' section, and it was Caveat emptor for anyone to, you know... read that.
If a campaign has 'nah, we're good' in that section, you are IN FOR A RIDE
@RogerBW but, there was also a time when KS/crowdfunding was 'I hope we can make X' and then became 'this is a pre-order for X~!' and those are two wildly different things, and people stopped a mentality to suit.
@DarkestKale Roughly every campaign now says "all the design is done, we're just raising money for production". Then mysteriously once the campaign is over oh, we just need to redesign this and this…
@RogerBW ah, the lies on lies technique
@DarkestKale Briefly they had a rule that you couldn't start a new campaign while the old one wasn't complete (I got at least one campaign pulled because of that), but the big guys complained and that's gone away again now.
@RogerBW KS always had that sleazy behind the scenes feel, to me.
... just that kinda 'wellllll, if we police things properly, we won't have anyone, SOOOOO...' vibe
Becinator@DarkestKale Some of the lootbox reddit subs are still worth a laugh at times
@artdragon86 yeah, I remember dabbling into the lootcrate one (I think we talked about it?) and finding out all the rando bullshit about that company.
... and how there are STILL people who say 'well, I had some money, let's see what happens'.
@DarkestKale haha Yeah. Also in some of the fiction book subreddits, people sign up to them for limited edition books and either never get them or they're basically like, a book someone purchased in bulk from a book warehouse and just spray painted the page edges or whatever
@artdragon86 looool.
The other day (aka, 13 months ago) I was actually in a Dimmeys & Forges, they had rando fucking Neighbours novels from 1985 or some shit.
I should go scoop them up and 'limit' them...
@DarkestKale https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkRomance/comments/1nm4dbz/boyfriendbookbox_subscription/
THIS PERSON SPENT A THOUSAND FUCKING DOLLARS ON TWO LOOTBOXES THEY DIDN'T GET
Holy fucking shit
@artdragon86 'newer company'
ok, everyone has to start somewhere
'$550 boxes'
HAHAHAHHAHAHA GO FUCK YOURSELF
@DarkestKale For $550 it should come with an actual boyfriend
@artdragon86 wait, it HAS A DILDO IN THE BOX?
TRULY PAYING MONEY TO GO FUCK THEMSELVES
@DarkestKale hahaha I just saw that, I thought the toy was like a figuring or something but no in another post someone was like "yeah it's a dildo"
This post is the gift that keeps on giving
@artdragon86 I mean, it's giving.
Just not giving orgasms (to OP)