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It's a replacement variable. I did it when discussing the difference was all the rage, partly as a dick move and partly to exercise some degree of autonomy in displaying my displeasure with those who say "could" care less.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucky
There are no others currently. I should probably remove this one too.
I think it's funny. Didn't "meh" used to be auto-corrected to something else?
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Originally Posted by number8
*Runs like hell*
Does anyone else have the problem where, if you have to be up super, irregularly early (for whatever reason), you just can't seem to get to sleep no matter how tired you are?
I've been working incredibly early shifts the last few days, and despite the fact that I'm dead tired in the evening, I just can't seem to get to sleep because of the anticipation of getting up really, really early.
It's starting to catch up to me. I'm really glad I have tomorrow off to recover a bit.
Fuck that was awesome. Any one else get glassy eyed over this?Quote:
Originally Posted by [ETM]
Yes. I find it happens when there's a lot going on in the week and your mind is racing, thinking about stuff, planning things out, etc...Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
after hearing the episode of Comedy Bang Bang with Allison Brie and Jason Mantzoukas, I'm still madly in love with Allison Brie, but I now I want Jason Mantzoukas to be my best friend. Because he basically showed how he's a super geek and watches everything.
Yes. I have a lot of trouble getting to sleep if I have a super-early flight the next morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
Psh. I would never harm a kitten. You should have gone with puppies, it would have been more believable.Quote:
Originally Posted by number8
Hahahahaha gotta love Minor League Baseball.
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I found out who she it. She's married. To the guy walking next to her at the start of the video. Sorry, man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pop Trash
Amanda Palmer raised a million dollars on Kickstarter. That is so fucking great.
How so? I mean, a million dollars is good if you want a million dollars.
Not sure that translates into Amanda Palmer having million dollars as particularly good (personally, I find her grating and false). Even with her and Gaiman's combined Twitter power, this is probably not a reproducible event.
The things people are saying about the implications of it in reference to Kickstarter and the wider music business borders on the delusional, which is even more annoying.
Edit: If you're a fan and donated money, hey, that's cool (but also note e use of the word "donated").
haha thanks for sleuthing. But seriously a) I don't live in Portland andQuote:
Originally Posted by Spinal
b) this means I don't have to stress out over helping choreograph 60+ people
She also seemed way too Manic Pixie Dream Girl to be single.
Because her target goal for the new album fund was $100,000 and her fans gave her $1,000,000. I always think it's great when cool Kickstarter projects gain more than what they set out to do. That is all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish
I guess I feel like this is good for Palmer and her fans (who of course happily gave her a million dollars), but with the Double Fine Kickstarter exceeding its target by almost 3 million dollars, that kind of news feels a little old hat. Palmer is a celebrity who got paid a million dollars without involving anyone else. She may be a minor celebrity, but she's definitely a celebrity. The implications of this for everyone's favorite little local bands of creatives (or themselves) are not as grand as people seem to want to say. Or rather,
What Irish says here. I can't help it. This bugs the hell out of me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish
I mean, I've been involved in a half dozen Kickstarters, and some friends of mine made a feature film in part with their Kickstarter money. I think it's a good thing. But this Palmer news does nothing for me.
Kickstarter is amazing for D-B list celebrities/artists with an established fan base. That's where this kind of thing will flourish.
I probably wouldn't be able to get $20 for an album. But that's because I'm not even a Z-list artist.
Although I can't even imagine needing to spend $1 million on an album these days.
A movie I did the soundtrack for made $3,000, but I think the director had some rich relatives. :)
Is there anything you won't try and use as a spark for another pointless argument these days, Irish?
Yeah that was amazing, too. Maybe I'm just not sick of it, yet, but I don't think there's a limited supply of me being happy for awesome projects. So I don't think the news of Palmer's accomplishment is either old hat or any less awesome just because it's not the first to do so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sycophant
And what people are saying about its impact in the music business is nothing new, either. It's just pure enthusiasm plus a hatred for the status quo of the music business. It's the same shit people were saying when Radiohead and NIN released their albums online for free.
Yeah, that's true; it is pretty cool when that happens. On the other hand, I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop on Kickstarter for awhile now.Quote:
Originally Posted by number8
When I see single people or small groups shoot past their funding goals, it makes me nervous. It strikes me that they're small business owners who have just way over promised on deliverables and have unknowingly sunk themselves into a hole.
Edit: Also, what Davis said.
She obviously won't. The goal was $100K, and that's including the production fee of all the Kickstarter-exclusive material that they're sending to backers. She'll spend like around $60-70K on the album itself, tops, I'd wager.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
The extra 900K (minus taxes, obviously) is just extra. She'll probably either save it for future projects, donate them somewhere, or use it to send Neil Gaiman to the moon. Whatever.
The most interesting and telling part of all of these high profile Kickstarters will be when the end-products are released. There are going to be a lot of eyes on the Double Fine project.
It has worked wonders for the board gaming industry, and it has seriously shaped the modern landscape of board game publishing in a positive way.
That would be super cool if she donated the extra money to other artists who need it. Maybe to artists without as much nerd-cred.
This is what I'm interested in too, and I think there's a decent chance Double Fine will run into trouble because it's too easy to burn money in tech.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
(About Palmer: On the other hand Louis CK's online stuff has worked out well for him. He only had to buy bandwidth and peddle premade stuff, though, so it's a little different).