I'm down with some trends. I've seen plenty of crowd funding projects in my day. I've seen millions of dollars spent to develop an app that just says, "Yo."
The outrage of the day, which we will all forget about next week the way we love Ani DeFranco or Bryan Singer again is that some dude in Columbus wanted to make some potato salad.
(if I was not so lazy, I'd download a picture of a pop culture icon eating some potato salad at a picnic in this space)
The dude's from Columbus, I do not know him. I'm sure he's a fine young man. I have nothing against him.
(Here's where I'd make a meme linking Game of Thrones to potato salad)
The dude started a Kickstarter in which he would accept donations from people to make potato salad.
(Here's a picture of James Dimon eating potato salad, or maybe drinking a smoothie)
The fund link went viral and the guy at one point had raised over twenty thousand dollars. Not bad for a guy who just wanted to hang out, maybe watch the World Cup and chow on a side dish.
(here's a shot of Lebron James from his Ohio days, at a picnic)
Meanwhile other people who have begun their own Kickstarter campaigns for their own business dreams are struggling to comprehend how some guy is raking in much more coin than they.
(put Marlon Brando from Streetcar Named Desire on the curb staring up at a window with Lana Del Rey photoshopped in place of Vivian Leigh)
Meanwhile food pantries are struggling to stay stocked while people donate to a man's quest for a potato salad recipe.
I'm not hating on the player, the guy found a niche and is running with it. The game though, it's a mess.
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