When you see people say things like: "I backed you, not the product, keep the money!" OR "Open Sourcing it is worth more than I ever backed for this project,

When you see people say things like: "I backed you, not the product, keep the money!" OR "Open Sourcing it is worth more than I ever backed for this project, refund not needed" AND (the best of them all - the way the internet does compliments): "I will spend however much time is required to hunt you down in person and forcefully give you the money back if you dare refund me." You're reminded of how little the things we own or build matter compared to the bonds we develop. Maybe 10 years from now, through a community-led project, your game (with you as 1 of the leaders of the project) becomes a reality. The game then takes off and is played by the same community who built it. You end up making about 90 good friends who you game/hack/build the game with and become a small internet celebrity to niche-gamers. Although this story is not on the "high-tech, Docker-swarm-graphDB-containerManager-C++killer-version0.0.1234.44444" level, seeing a story like this reminds us of our humanity, even as people who rot away behind screens all day :)