Idiots on Kickstarter Crowd Fund Potato Salad

[drmike]

Parody meets reality meets potato salad.

A prank to raise $10 for potato salad has reach epic laughter levels. The project has reached over $65k in pledged funding from Kickstarters.

Now they have enough funding to feed a small country.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324283889/potato-salad

 

[MannDude]

What a rip-off, I'd had made the potato salad for half that.

 

[drmike]

Those fools with the Kickstarter are #stuckinohio and wish they had some i-da-hoes. Munchies did this...

Now they have enough cabbage to pave a path to the coast.... Free potato salad for all...

 

[AuroraZero]

Is this where the summer hosts get their cash for their schemes? Man I could use that capital for a real kick starter.

 

[TruvisT]

I always thought KickStarters had to pass some type of approval system to be posted so prove they were actually funding something of greater research value?

 

[AMDbuilder]

Yes, they recently removed it allowing for projects such as this.

 

[BlackoutIsHere]

Welcome to the internet....In all seriousness there are kickstarters that actually need the money imo (EX: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1382923233/give-aiden-a-hand )

 

[Chuck]

kickstarters is a joke now.

 

[5n1p]

That is lot of names to say out loud while making salad

 

[drmike]

It's up past $70k now   Still listed on KickStarter.

 

[D. Strout]

It's up past $70k now   Still listed on KickStarter.

This is insane. We're talking a decent living for a year, just because he asked for $10 to make potato salad. This guy has no legal obligations to the donors. He can just take the money and buy a really nice car. By the time this is over, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he has enough for a nice house. Or two. Still 23 days left to go on this "project". And yet the ridiculous thing is that I find it so funny that I'm tempted to give him five bucks anyway.

 

[drmike]

The Kickstarter campaign is like protest art.  Reminds me of Dewlance placing on top providers poll

 

[D. Strout]

Well that's weird - he just dropped about $30k? Like @drmike said, he has $70k earlier, now he's down around $42k. Where'd all that money go?

 

[VPSCorey]

People backing out

 

[D. Strout]

People backing out

I didn't think that was possible. And even if it is, why would so many people do it so suddenly? No, I think something else is up here.

 

[drmike]

Yes, something is afoul:



 
5,325

Backers

 
$43,619

pledged of $10 goal


 
23

days to go

 

[drserver]

that will be one hell of a salad

 

[GIANT_CRAB]

I'm going to start a kickstarter on tomato salad.

 

[clarity]

I'm going to start a kickstarter on tomato salad.

You should go with a nice seafood salad. I think you could get over $100,000 for that. It's classy.

 

[D. Strout]

How about a "project" to eat out 3 meals a day for one year? Nice and self-centered, should only need about $11,000 (365 day * 3 meals * $10/meal).