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
0%
< $100
0%
$100 to $10,000
33.3%
$10,000+
66.7%
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

@DarkestKale
I see a future for washed up Hollywood actors .
@DarkestKale
“This month’s release features a very special detail of my latest STD outbreak.”
@DarkestKale To quote Ron Zertnert, I do not want this.
@DarkestKale Per-use royalty rate?
@RogerBW hard to calculate, maybe we make 'em coin-oped?

@RogerBW Now I've got the whole Ubik door scene rattling in my head, but it's about a dildo.

*shakes head and laughs*

@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!_"
@RogerBW @lordof1 @DarkestKale 🎶 Ding-Dead! The Witch's Dong! 🎶
@BigJackBrass @RogerBW @lordof1 well, with no context fresh in my skull, this was definitely a weird one to find in my notifications.
@DarkestKale
Every THREE MONTHS?
Shoddy workmanship.
@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.