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Potato Salad

37 points by lotsofmangos 12y ago

lily2014 12y ago
How about the taste? Any one tested already
Impossible 12y ago
Kickstarter food category is currently being spammed with clones of this - https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?category_id=10&sort=launch_date https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?category_id=10... Some examples: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aboundlessworld/fried-rice?ref=discovery https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aboundlessworld/fried-r... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563084908/japanese-potato-salad?ref=discovery https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563084908/japanese-pota... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1444485094/mac-and-cheese?ref=discovery https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1444485094/mac-and-chee... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1320123183/bbq-ribs?ref=discovery https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1320123183/bbq-ribs?ref... Forget video games, kickstarter is for potato salad.
- Igglyboo 12y ago
  I wonder what those people are thinking, it's blatantly obvious that the only reason this guy got funding was because of the novelty. It's like when Twitch Plays Pokemon came out there were tons of copycat streams, none of them came anywhere near the viewer count of the original.
mjcohen 12y ago
Yo!
ryan-allen 12y ago
The unfortunate thing about this is that the Potato Salad will sell out to Facebook for $2 billion, and it'll turn into Beetroot Salad :(
- tdicola 12y ago
  Diners at the potato salad party will need to be careful that their dish isn't being manipulated in some way too. I hear they're putting no salt in some dishes and no pepper in others, it's an experiment!
chx 12y ago
If you want to eat (or make) good potato salad, check the Cornucopia in Dublin (or their book).
rusabd 12y ago
The guy is screwed - " I will say your name out loud while making the potato salad " - 2,476 backers
- harryh 12y ago
  At 5 seconds per name that's a bit over 3 hours of constant talking. Not exactly fun, but not really screwed either?
  - rosser 12y ago
    True as of now, but the drive still has 25 days to go...
    - harryh 12y ago
      Indeed the # of backers has doubled since my comment so he's up to 6 hours of continuous talking now with 23 days still to go. He might indeed be screwed!
- mappum 12y ago
  He can reduce it if he only does first names. "316 Chrises, 241 Matts, 189 Justins, ..."
zethraeus 12y ago
I wonder if the net impact is negative in that it delegitimizes kickstarter as a platform for serious projects or positive in that it draws attention. I'd guess, marginally, the latter.
- jackvalentine 12y ago
  I think the net impact is that Kickstarter is in the news again, boosting their mindshare as "the" crowdfunding platform.
Artemis2 12y ago
This guy will probably end up making more money than most people here do in a month, with minimal time investment.
- personjerry 12y ago
  Sadly, he'll probably end up making more than many people make in a year.

37 points by lotsofmangos 12y ago

lily2014 12y ago

How about the taste? Any one tested already

Kickstarter food category is currently being spammed with clones of this - https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?category_id=10&sort=launch_date https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?category_id=10... Some examples: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aboundlessworld/fried-rice?ref=discovery https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aboundlessworld/fried-r... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563084908/japanese-potato-salad?ref=discovery https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563084908/japanese-pota... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1444485094/mac-and-cheese?ref=discovery https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1444485094/mac-and-chee... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1320123183/bbq-ribs?ref=discovery https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1320123183/bbq-ribs?ref... Forget video games, kickstarter is for potato salad.

Igglyboo 12y ago
I wonder what those people are thinking, it's blatantly obvious that the only reason this guy got funding was because of the novelty. It's like when Twitch Plays Pokemon came out there were tons of copycat streams, none of them came anywhere near the viewer count of the original.

mjcohen 12y ago

Yo!

ryan-allen 12y ago

The unfortunate thing about this is that the Potato Salad will sell out to Facebook for $2 billion, and it'll turn into Beetroot Salad :(

tdicola 12y ago
Diners at the potato salad party will need to be careful that their dish isn't being manipulated in some way too. I hear they're putting no salt in some dishes and no pepper in others, it's an experiment!

chx 12y ago

If you want to eat (or make) good potato salad, check the Cornucopia in Dublin (or their book).

rusabd 12y ago

The guy is screwed - " I will say your name out loud while making the potato salad " - 2,476 backers

harryh 12y ago
At 5 seconds per name that's a bit over 3 hours of constant talking. Not exactly fun, but not really screwed either?
- rosser 12y ago
  True as of now, but the drive still has 25 days to go...
  - harryh 12y ago
    Indeed the # of backers has doubled since my comment so he's up to 6 hours of continuous talking now with 23 days still to go. He might indeed be screwed!
mappum 12y ago
He can reduce it if he only does first names. "316 Chrises, 241 Matts, 189 Justins, ..."

zethraeus 12y ago

I wonder if the net impact is negative in that it delegitimizes kickstarter as a platform for serious projects or positive in that it draws attention. I'd guess, marginally, the latter.

jackvalentine 12y ago
I think the net impact is that Kickstarter is in the news again, boosting their mindshare as "the" crowdfunding platform.

Artemis2 12y ago

This guy will probably end up making more money than most people here do in a month, with minimal time investment.

personjerry 12y ago
Sadly, he'll probably end up making more than many people make in a year.