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http://www.defacto2.net/news.cfm?mode=comments&id=202

9000+ bucks already donated (ok, well, pledged) to keep jason scott out of work! i'm really not sure whether i think this is really cool of people, or absolutely ridiculous. but it sure is pouet-thread-worthy!

imho it's cool if those projects are finished, but i'm already paying enough taxes to keep ppl out of work, so not sure if i'll make a donation yet ;)

i can use some extra money, i'd like a new wooden floor in my home

(or alternatively as a freelance coder i can be hired to code democode)

Ridiculous.

oh the irony.

http://artscene.textfiles.com/mirrors/modarchive/INTRO.txt

Thanks, Jason, well, not really. Could have hidden my mail address.

lol

Haha!

I want free money to do stuff that's historically important!

Oh wait, it's not actually, but I want free money!!

avseq: help kvp de winter door dan maar?

You know, the monetary system itself is ridiculous.

at least some of us hold enough self-respect not to join in on that ridiculousness tho

what a brilliant idea! i'm going to do something similar.

"
smash / fairlight is currently engaged in a kickstart fundraiser. he's unforuinately employed in a stable day job which consumes much of his time. if he can raise $25,000 in one month, he will use the money to take some unpaid leave and finish all the finals for demos he has promised over the last few years and not delivered.
by donating to this cause you'll be able to help ensure that such historically significant projects as the finals of track one and falling down get completed, rather than lost to the black hole that is a lazy shit of a coder who wants you to pay him to enjoy his hobby.
donate today!!1
"

yeah you are doing everything possible not to take part in any monetary system indeed- btw will you finish your studies before turning 30, maali? :P

That's historically ridiculous...

smash: sony finally fired you for demoholism? ;)

(just kidding)

SPEED OMA:



Smash has a job which prevents him from finishing his historically important art pieces! :(

You can't buy the demoscene, but apparently you can beg it to buy you.

havoc: finished 3 months ago, keep up!

you mean, my tax money is not sponsoring your income anymore? :)

absolutely ridiculous

I feel sick

That poor kitty :(

From his original announcement:


$25k for only 3-4 months? What kind of a lifestyle is this unemployed guy living? I live on less than that in a full year, including my annual month-long trip to Japan.

Also from his original announcement:


Didn't he save any money from those years at a "well paid" job? Shit, I've got enough saved up to allow me to comfortably survive unemployed for several years, and I'm sure I don't earn as much as he did.