#8281
Mike Nelson here.
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i wrote a semi-response to that article that i emailed to mccaine and he never responded lol. "epic fail".
#8282
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http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3571910&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

tldr

goon rush to fund kickstarter for hot dog "restaurant" in alabama, goons stupidly fund 15,000, 'restauranteer' turns out to be terrible cook and racist

lol at the goon that pledged his family's christmas money, lol harder at the goons that pledged 500 and 1000 dollars to this 'charity' so they felt good
#8283
Mike Nelson here.
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shoulda bought him pants instead
#8284
political car tune
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djbk posted:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3571910&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1tldr

goon rush to fund kickstarter for hot dog "restaurant" in alabama, goons stupidly fund 15,000, 'restauranteer' turns out to be terrible cook and racist

lol at the goon that pledged his family's christmas money, lol harder at the goons that pledged 500 and 1000 dollars to this 'charity' so they felt good



shoulda rhizzoned communism

#8285
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christ lol

#8286
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djbk posted:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3571910&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1tldr

goon rush to fund kickstarter for hot dog "restaurant" in alabama, goons stupidly fund 15,000, 'restauranteer' turns out to be terrible cook and racist

lol at the goon that pledged his family's christmas money, lol harder at the goons that pledged 500 and 1000 dollars to this 'charity' so they felt good



lmao

#8287
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djbk posted:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3571910&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1tldr

goon rush to fund kickstarter for hot dog "restaurant" in alabama, goons stupidly fund 15,000, 'restauranteer' turns out to be terrible cook and racist

lol at the goon that pledged his family's christmas money, lol harder at the goons that pledged 500 and 1000 dollars to this 'charity' so they felt good

what in the world...

#8288
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that thread is actually real depressing lol
#8289
Online
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getfiscal posted:

i wrote a semi-response to that article that i emailed to mccaine and he never responded lol. "epic fail".

dont let him big time you

#8290
political car tune
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ilmdge posted:

getfiscal posted:

i wrote a semi-response to that article that i emailed to mccaine and he never responded lol. "epic fail".

dont let him big game you

#8291
political car tune
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#8292
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/ah-to-be-young-rich-white-male-collegeeducated-str,34320/
#8293
UNUSUALY COOL
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hey donate money t othis guys restaurant also can anyone tell him what a kitchen is? rob goons get money
#8294
UNUSUALY COOL
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hey im setitng up this sweet pc repair business, i just need someone to buy me a computer and tell me how it works, (for free pleas,e) PM EndlessHalfBoner if u can help!!!!
#8295
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geez the only thing that would make it more absurd would be if goons donated thousands of dollars to buy his sadbrains transgender boyfriend plus-sized jeans
#8296
Mike Nelson here.
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$15,000 is a lot of money to give a random failson or whatever but at the same time it seems like a very small amount of money to launch a restaurant from scratch. i mean i get it's hotdogs but still. did people think it was going to be like a 50s diner except with hot dogs so good they'd win awards in france or whatever.
#8297
UNUSUALY COOL
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how the hell do you get to the point where you are donating to a stranger so he can open a retail shop and patting each other on the back over it
#8298
UNUSUALY COOL
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getfiscal posted:

$15,000 is a lot of money to give a random failson or whatever but at the same time it seems like a very small amount of money to launch a restaurant from scratch. i mean i get it's hotdogs but still. did people think it was going to be like a 50s diner except with hot dogs so good they'd win awards in france or whatever.



you dont GIVE AWAY money to someone opening a new restaurant period unless youre too dumb to understand basic finance and business

hell youre usually pretty dumb if you loan money to a new restaurant as an individual considering how much more likely it is to fail than every other failure-prone business

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aerdil posted:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/ah-to-be-young-rich-white-male-collegeeducated-str,34320/



someone i know posted this on fb and in the comments someone replied "it's better to feel appreciative than guilty!" as long as youre aware of your innate, unearned advantages, youre golden

#8300
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but he's from alabama and poor and without a college education, it's a modern-day ragged dick tale and the goons are his benevolent gentleman patrons
#8301
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it wasnt supposed to be a restaurant it was supposed to be used to outfit some shack he already had. then he found out his shack thing was 2 feet too wide to be zoned as a concession stand so thanks to the $15k goonbomb he went in for an entire restaurant located deep in a trailer park somewhere with no street access and then he went belly up trying to buy some sort of "hood"
#8302
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the best part is after everything starts falling apart the mod tries to say he organized the $15k moneybomb ironically. it's not true though he made the most earnest posts out of anyone

Fucker's even landscaping now. What ISN'T this dude willing to do to make the bitchin'-est hotdog stand in Where The Fuck Ever, Alabama.

I know we're absolutely not about telling a guy how to run his crazy hot dog empire, but... I broke down and asked him how married he was to the processed cheese. The only real objections to his dogs that I've heard in this thread are the chilli and the cheese. He's already assured me that he will be using thicker, better, home-made chilli when he actually opens, but man... I just can't help but think that even to a Southern palate, some grated medium cheddar would do wonders for that dog.

EDIT: I'm surprised this guy's even sleeping, for the past two nights I've been up way later than I should checking to see how much is pledged, and then checking from my phone when I wake up in the morning. It's actually really fucking cool to be a part of something like this.

EDIT: Via the power of shitty late-night math, goons have been giving this guy $125 per hour, 24 hours a day, for three days. Give or take.

I got a reply, apparently he himself prefers shredded, but the world-famous (I guess?) Pink's Hotdogs uses processed so he went with that for the photos.

It seems like every time we think this dude's done something stupid, it actually turns out that it was actually the product of some pretty sound reasoning.


meanwhile this guy is just sad

Per my previous statement, doubled down. $1k total pledge, done and done.

My son and wife agreed to forgo their xmas gifts for this, they thought it was worth more to do something for someone than to get something.


in conclusion,

#8303
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Makeshift_Swahili posted:

that thread is actually real depressing lol

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Online
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#8305
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con artists are cool
#8306
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if i were charismatic enough to be a con artist i'd totally be one
#8307
political car tune
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a con game, a con, a scam, a grift, a hustle, a bunko (or bunco), a swindle, a flimflam, a gaffle or a bamboozle.

the rhizzone almost pulled it off. then tpaine wised up
#8308
political car tune
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its not depressing if you read it ironically though
#8309
Online
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http://genderbitch.tumblr.com/post/65659321658/skeletalslurpees-genderbitch
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#8311
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#8312
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laika posted:

After Finitude is kinda challenging and i had to start it over again, so i took a detour through that book by Erich Fromm and it was pretty cool except for a few small things. now i'm back to After Finitude


babyhueypnewton posted:

haven't touched it but I'm glad you're still kickin it in the rhizzone DM



thanks



it's hard! number and the siren is a rollickin romp so far tho.

#8313
Kurdt
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getfiscal posted:

i wrote a semi-response to that article that i emailed to mccaine and he never responded lol. "epic fail".

lol thats pretty gay

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#8315
UNUSUALY COOL
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aerdil posted:

if i were charismatic enough to be a con artist i'd totally be one



aerdil thanks to crowdfunding that is no longer an excuse. you may have to admit that you would feel guilty

#8316
Dont Mess With Sucess
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im trying to figure out how reading books is fundamentalliy any different to collecting pokemon cards
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#8318
Dont Mess With Sucess
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Is it possible to truly ever "figure things out" as it were? Badiou, I choose you!
#8319
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it's about choosing teh right pokemon for the job. ur right
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