Well, I guess that's $9000--no, $23,000--that won't be going to charity...

[Borstalboy]

Well, I guess that's $9000--no, $23,000--that won't be going to charity...#1

Posted: 7/7/14 at 9:43pm

Some kid raised $23,000 on Kickstarter for his GD potato salad

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

Updated On: 7/7/14 at 09:43 PM

[Borstalboy]

Well, I guess that's $9000--no, $23,000--that won't be going to charity...#2

Posted: 7/7/14 at 9:49pm

It's up to $23,000. Americans are STUPID!

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[Eris0303]

Well, I guess that's $9000--no, $23,000--that won't be going to charity...#2

Posted: 7/7/14 at 9:57pm

I'm going to start one called "Kristin Goes on Vacation"

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[darquegk]

Well, I guess that's $9000--no, $23,000--that won't be going to charity...#3

Posted: 7/7/14 at 9:59pm

Is it a stupid joke? Yeah. Is it inherently wrong? I'm not sure. The sort of people who would pay money to the "Potato Salad" fund are the exact opposite kind of people who would fund an intelligent charity or give to artists making provocative work.

In fact, this is a Warholian piece of pop-art in itself. You don't put up a Kickstarter for ten dollars to make potato salad without wanting to make a scene. It's stupid, but it's stupid on purpose. I don't have to like it to admit it's some pop-art/performance art hybrid.

[Borstalboy]

Well, I guess that's $9000--no, $23,000--that won't be going to charity...#4

Posted: 7/7/14 at 11:05pm

Uh no, actually, Mr. Franco, it isn't. It's just cynical and stupid. Not the kid so much as the people.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[darquegk]

Well, I guess that's $9000--no, $23,000--that won't be going to charity...#5

Posted: 7/7/14 at 11:22pm

Isn't that pretty much the exact reaction they would want if this WERE pop-art?

[TheatreFan4]

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Posted: 7/8/14 at 1:13am

Okay, I thought was a small child and while weird, it would have given him a nice college fund... but he's a grown ass man. People have given $33,000 to a grown ass man... so he can make some potato salad. I don't even know. *Walks away in a huff*

[FindingNamo]

Well, I guess that's $9000--no, $23,000--that won't be going to charity...#7

Posted: 7/8/14 at 1:17am

I betchya that kid who came around here asking everybody to chip in so he could go to acting school in New York a couple of years ago is kicking himself now that he's settled into the life he never wanted. Damn being behind the curve.

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[artscallion]

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Posted: 7/8/14 at 7:12am

"Now a full-fledged ironic Internet phenomenon..."

^^^this is a thing now.

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.

[Jane2]

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Posted: 7/8/14 at 9:52am

pop art anecdote: I have a friend who is a pretty famous pop artist. Years ago, I took my spotmatic F camera from storage, refurbished it, loaded it with film and took a roll. The pictures were awful and boring. My friend suggested I hang those pictures with his work in one of h is shows. "Are you kidding? " I asked. "Those pictures are crap!" "That's the whole idea" he said.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

[dramamama611]

Well, I guess that's $9000--no, $23,000--that won't be going to charity...#10

Posted: 7/8/14 at 4:13pm

This guy was on one of the morning shows. Seemed pretty sincere and said he is looking to see what kind of good he could do with the money. (Something about kickstarter not allowing the money go directly to charity?)

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