corn in the bible posted:

poparena posted:

DoctorGonzo1969 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2LDrbtwlA

Erod posted about him leaving CA. Apparently Angry Joe wasn't even aware of why the 10th anniversary film was cancelled until Linkara told him. I'm not a fan of Erod's content but he seems to be a pretty nice guy at least.

ricdesi posted:

Honestly, this is the most mindblowing thing to me. How in god's name did Doug let some other schmuck get the rights to his character (and as a result, his likeness as said character)? How can you be so horrific at negotiation that you give up the rights to the thing that made you famous in the first place? What stops Mike Michaud from waking up tomorrow and saying "Nah, gently caress it, the Nostalgia Critic is dead, and if anyone tries to save it, you can talk to my lawyer"?

BobbyK posted:

Are there any internet review people who are not boring rear end white people?

Mr.Radar posted:

Pop Arena's Nick Knacks is back with a long-running programming block that served as a dumping ground of whatever programming Nickelodeon happened to have the rights to on a given day (and sometimes test-bed for new programming), Special Delivery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXcKJyvxI5k

Goa Tse-tung posted:

the end is fairly brutal, the content warnings are not a joke

FoldableHuman posted:

DragonReach ghost claimed the following:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3571910&pagenumber=28&perpage=40#post419923362

and sometime later claimed to have donated an extra $500, bringing his total donation to $1000.

Edit: that link is also around the point in the sincere thread where the goons start to convince themselves that donating to this dude's hot dog stand is saving Alabama one Kickstarter at a time.

Edit Edit: the Milkshake Duck moment https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3571910&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=66#post420829895

Noni posted:

I think we've all been there, jobless with nothing but a bucket of hotdogs, a block of processed cheese, a van, an American flag, and a goddamn dream.

Or at least that was my initial impression. Since the campaign started, the guy has actually built his kitchen (look at the updates!), done some hotdog catering, set up his entire supply chain, and he appears to have his budget planned very well, albeit with the help of "How to Start a Hotdog Cart" eBooks. He's got a dream, man, and none of us and not even the devil himself is going to be able to stop him. Unlike a lot of crappy Kickstarters, I believe this is going to happen with or without our funding. This guy is Forrest Gump and his shrimping boat/hotdog stand might as well be built right next to the Field of Dreams. I don't mean to imply that he's an idiot, but that I admire his blind confidence and hotdog faith.

I come from Hipsterville where we only eat hotdogs ironically, as a joke, so that other people can look at us and say "Haha. That's hilarious. Let me take an Instagram of that. Imagine if you ate hotdogs and actually liked them." So this campaign touches me in ways both mystical and nostalgic. It makes me yearn for the days when I could eat bad food unironically and wear plaid because it's warm and because lumberjacks are cool, not because I'm trying to convey some dumb hidden message. Every time you eat a hotdog, you get to become a kid again for two minutes.

The hotdogs are hilarious, but I genuinely hate it when people get flak for "trying too hard." We badly need more people who try too hard. It's the most foolish insult to say, "I dislike you because I dislike effort." We are a generation of people who were told their entire lives by nurturing, caring, hippie parents they we are all geniuses. Every boy a wonderboy. Every child above average. But rare is a parent who doesn't care about test scores and IQs, but instead praises their kid only for trying and failing. Effort, man. Effort. That matters so much more than innate intelligence, than knowledge, than wit. You should try to do new things even when (hell, especially when) you think you will fail. This man is trying hard, with all his might, for an aspiration that isn't even lofty. It's humble man wanting for a reachable goal involving the most meager of foods in the tiniest of towns in the poorest of states.

Yeah, I'll be damned if I'm going to dislike a guy for trying too hard. It's apparent that he has turned to crowdfunding only because he has already put every spare dollar he owns into this business. I might not believe in the superior deliciousness of Doobie's hotdogs, but I want to believe in them. And I would eat one.

Another thing is that this appears to be a very small town where the median household income is 20 grand and the most prominent restaurant is a Subway. A hotdog stand, of all things, could affect real change there. It's a good story: The unfeeling internet hordes pulling together to fund a rural hotdog stand in Reform, Alabama. That is something I want to be part of. "Doobie's Dog House" is a name worthy of headlines. I want confused journalists to try to figure out what the gently caress happened, why it happened, and how they can possibly convey the idea of crowdfunding to their readers. It'll be like when CNN tries to explain memes. At the very least, this has the potential to make an entire town wonder about Something Awful. Someday, I would like to drive to Doobie's Dog House, eat a hotdog, and think of goons.

To finally answer your question about our motivations, it's definitely the third option. We are good and bad meats processed together and extruded as 6 foot tall tubes, both cynical and kind, complicated and salty. Goons are actual hotdogs. I pledged $25 for both entertainment and charity. If this works and there's a hungry Alabama goon who wants my hotdogs, they can have them. Just please take pictures so it's like a child sponsorship charity, only for meat tubes instead of impoverished children. If the Kickstarter fails, then I will have paid nothing and told a guy that I admire his efforts and his gumption.

Testekill posted:

I just want more of those videos; Jeremy is one of those people that both fail to understand any form of nuance and yet also get pissy when something is explained to them and that's ignoring the fact that he has some genuine problems with women and is honestly pretty thick.

marathon Stairmaster sesh posted:

Bad news for future lessions from Eric:

The Daily Beast posted:

Jones claimed that he had expected the ban and had prepared for it. He urged his followers to react to the ban by buying more of his InfoWars dietary supplements, imploring them to “feed your gladiator.”

poparena posted:

Got a heavier-than-usual episode of Nick Knacks for you, on the show Vegetable Soup, a 1975 PBS kids show focused entirely on racism, prejudice and culture. This show feels impossible in today's climate.

SatansBestBuddy posted:

Never front page, always subscriptions only, and liberally use the "Not Interested" feature on recommended videos.

It sucks that I have to curate my own viewing content on YouTube but they at least have enough tools that I can make it pleasant for myself.

Augus posted:

New Contrapoints, hot off the presses!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2briZ6fB0

Max Wilco posted:

New Ross Game Dungeon, on Requital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOBtNSxKIw

Max Wilco posted:

I still don't know how people managed that, because you watch the trailer for it on Steam (which may have changed at some point), and nothing really points to it being a horror game.