I'm tempted to start a secondary market on the Personal Ads pledge. sellmykickstarter.com is still available. But wait, kids are hungry today. Damn, nevermind.
Will the troll be a flying troll? I have a crap ton of other e-commerce site monkeys on my desk. Haven't seen a new one in a while. They are getting lonely and disillusioned.
It doesn't pay to read. Got the email. I'm on it ! But then I read the spiel on Kickstarter. I wanted to be in the know Ha! Then I have to pay more. That sucks. I should know better. Lesson learned: Hit button then read. No wonder I never was fast enough at that other place. sigh. It sounds like Fuku is all equalish. But somehow I don't feel as special for my lack of reflexes. Oh well. See you in the land of meh.
Raise your hand if you bought the Late Bird because you're too stupid to understand it's the same as the Early Bird but $1 more expensive due to the stupid tax (thanks a lot Obama!)
I was just looking at my wallet with a lonely $10 bill in it and I said " I wish something would come along that I could waste this money on" and then I got your email. I'm in! Thanks Meh!
So I finally took time to read the explanation. Something to note:
"The fourth-greatest risk is that meh.com is just one more hollow consumerist stunt and does nothing to improve ecommerce, the Internet, or your orgasms."
How did they know I was spanking it while I read their posts!?
So should I have guessed the passcode by now? Because I haven't. I've tried several permutations of keywords that seem to be floating around here. Now I feel like a failure. Meh.
Aha! Is this also an experiment about the value of persistence? I finally got the Amazon payment to go through after at least six attempts (I hope I didn't unwittingly pledge $60).
Hoping for a palette of action figures or a broke TV to put my working TV on . I suppose 15 working/not working Sansas will work just fine my only question is can I be guaranteed bags of Texas air?
The passcode is different depending on your kickstarter login information. It's your numeric kickstarter user id + "yew" (meh, upside-down & backwards).
Project Pavlov is now officially Experiment meh.com
How do I get the secret passcode? I want in!
The clues were right in front of our eyes the entire time. Meh? Meh.
Could the launch possibly be a dozen days into July?
I'm tempted to start a secondary market on the Personal Ads pledge. sellmykickstarter.com is still available. But wait, kids are hungry today. Damn, nevermind.
we have very similar usernames.
But seriously, I'm really looking forward to the site launch and proud to be a part of it.
Tell your friends so we can have more people to make fun of in the community. Or don't, whatever.
Ron Paul is adorable
Fun! Can't wait to get some crap that I'll probably never even open.
Will the troll be a flying troll? I have a crap ton of other e-commerce site monkeys on my desk. Haven't seen a new one in a while. They are getting lonely and disillusioned.
I think we have our first stretch goal.
FUKU PURCHASED!
Sucker!
Finally a reason to spend some of my hard earned cash. Thanks for giving me an excuse, albeit a crappy one, to open my wallet. Fuku, order up.
In for a Late-Bird! :-) How do we get the passcode?
At first, I did the $5 donation, then decided that I'm willing to donate $10 just to finally see something happen here.
I made my wife donate too :)
Fuku ordered! First time I've ever backed something so good luck!
Can anyone really say No to a singing troll? Come to me, FUKU!
Feel kinda weird that I did that late bird, with plenty of early birds left. But a guess that is just how I roll.
Cannot wait to see how meh Meh.com is!
I went with the $10 Fuku Bag... I could've gone Early Access, but I figured "Why spend $5 when I could go for $10?! Plus I like comics!"
So yeah, backed... Now where's the passcode?!?!?!
Also, now that they're called Fuku Bags, you really can't complain about them now. They're basically saying "You don't like your bag of meh? Fuku!"
Wait a sec... I kind of like Bag of Meh. I need to visit my copyright office ASAP!
Wait a second, Fuku Bag of Meh... If we add a letter, it's Bag of Meth...
Snapster is Heisenberg!!! RUN!!!!!!!
Loving that there are site sponsors already getting in on it. In for an early bird.
Ok, I'll bite. Here's to Fuku's and more powerful orgasms!
what is this fuku voodoo you do?
"fuku voodoo"...i like saying that. i call forever dibs on that phrase.
It doesn't pay to read. Got the email. I'm on it ! But then I read the spiel on Kickstarter. I wanted to be in the know Ha! Then I have to pay more. That sucks. I should know better. Lesson learned: Hit button then read. No wonder I never was fast enough at that other place. sigh. It sounds like Fuku is all equalish.
But somehow I don't feel as special for my lack of reflexes. Oh well.
See you in the land of meh.
At least you didn't make it in time for the $5 donation... then think the $10 was somehow better and change it to $10
@capguncowboy but it is better...for us. Plus you get the comic!
Oh boy! Familiar faces and names! I opted for a late bird, since I didn't want anyone to think I was in a meh rush.
Did I have anything to do with the name, or was it just dumb luck?
https://mediocre.com/forum/topics/homebrew-step-by-step-cream-ale-extract-kit-w-specialty-grains#53864a00ea02dadc09e1433f
You and I had about the same amount to do with it, which is to say not at all. But I was very amused that you named the beer that!
@jont yeah, it can't be that easy to obtain a three letter domain. Still, definitely worth a laugh.
I'm still excited to taste the meh beer, after the jesters (interns) check it for poison or course.
How mediocre'ly funny would it be if the max of all possible pledges only added up to $9999.
I'd have to chip in another dollar I guess
I'd be happy to split it w/ you @capguncowboy
In case you're too lazy to search for it yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukubukuro
Waiting for person to post that they're too lazy to click.
tl;dr
yeah, that is much too long to read.
Raise your hand if you bought the Late Bird because you're too stupid to understand it's the same as the Early Bird but $1 more expensive due to the stupid tax (thanks a lot Obama!)
Yea, but I wanted to throw in the extra buck because, hey, I can go to 11.
I bought the Late Bird because I didn't want to look too eager to be meh.
I was just looking at my wallet with a lonely $10 bill in it and I said " I wish something would come along that I could waste this money on" and then I got your email. I'm in! Thanks Meh!
I'm in for the business with too much money waahooo! Don't have much money but for you guys... I couldn't resist.
I'm pretty confident in my ability to create an ad you'll hate. Anyone/anywhere I can throw some money at that could create on non sucky ad?
If you really need help with this I might be able to.
^Marcee works in the ad industry, she did my logos and is generally awesome.
Awesome, marcee please contact me darren@getdealdrop.com
I was just wondering the other day what was going on over at Mediocre... and here we are!
I just got in on this too! Hopefully the best $5 spent yet!
In for one, I suppose.
Amazon won't let me pay... conspiracy?
My wallet woke me up and nagged at me to do something mediocre with ten bucks. I'm in.
I was a supporter of meh.com before it was cool... http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8753
It's cool?
I have that shirt and the badge holder. I'm meh about meh.
Looks like people are having trouble pledging with Amazon payments, we're looking into it.
It appears to be working now! Rejoice, you can once again throw away your hard earned monies!
Anticipation is fun! Meh, it's meshugganah.
It's like déjà vu, all over again. Only this time I finally got the crap.
If the current pattern holds, you're going to hit $10,000 by the end of the day.
Rome wasn't even built in a day...
Rome isn't exactly 'meh.' To be fair, Akron probably was built in a day... on $10K. #OhioSlam
Still down for me.
doing the happy dance!
I'm still getting the Amazon error. Meh.
@pitamuffin Give it another try, it looks like it's back up.
Nope, still not working for me. I guess I'm just not supposed to be a part of this fun little experiment.
Contrary to popular belief, I am still alive and functioning. Well, functioning enough to waste a few more bucks on line. Go Meh!
I meant, "invest" a few bucks on line.
And when I say, "few," I mean very few.
Paid $10 for ultimate disappointment. Can't wait!
Ok fine.
So I finally took time to read the explanation. Something to note:
"The fourth-greatest risk is that meh.com is just one more hollow consumerist stunt and does nothing to improve ecommerce, the Internet, or your orgasms."
How did they know I was spanking it while I read their posts!?
Forgot about that $29.99 webcam you bought on Woot in '09... didn't ya? Guess what: they didn't...
This is a trick.
They are going to mail us all ladybugs.
I'm out.
when you order ladybugs by mail most of them are dead. true story.
Actually we're going to send you all praying mantis eggs. 1 egg = 100s of mantis (manti?), can't beat that deal!
1) Will we actually receive meh in a bag?
2) Beware the butt station tape dispensers...
3) Mediocre way around a non-compete clause.
So should I have guessed the passcode by now? Because I haven't. I've tried several permutations of keywords that seem to be floating around here. Now I feel like a failure. Meh.
Where's my dividend? Is it time to ask for dividends?
Here you go!
Aha! Is this also an experiment about the value of persistence? I finally got the Amazon payment to go through after at least six attempts (I hope I didn't unwittingly pledge $60).
I just kicked in my money. I feel like I'm a member of a cult. Do I need deprogramming?
Good news--we are not cult members, however, we are Meh addicts.
I have no idea how to explain this to friends.
A singing troll and talking paper bag head selling you a fun Japanese mystery bag is hard to explain?
Did someone say sequel?
timecodes (e.g., t=37s) not working on youtube embeds. IIRC, this is a YT problem?
Annnnd it just went Super Saiyan!
You beat me to it. I was literally waiting all day for this.
Whoo, this is going to be fun!
I am so excited! And I'm just hanging around here because I'm just a consumer addicted to daily deal web sites.
We know for a fact that those people don't exist. ಠ_ಠ
Watching and waiting for this thing to get funded reminds me of the old woot! days, waiting for the wootoff b.o.c./server crash.
I can't wait to blindly buy 20 XM radio receivers again.
I think you just did
Woo! Congrats guys!
Ka-ching. I fully support this hollow consumerist stunt.
Fine, just take $10 from me.
see if I care....
Fully funded! Yay!
I think it'd be funny if they have a log of all the failed passcode attempts and published it for all to see.
You mean like "passcode" and "12345" and "penisinyourface"?
Why are people trying "penisinyourface"?
If I had to try it somewhere I guess I'd try it in my face.
Exactly. I was behind such attempts as "chickensalad", "goatroper", "wootsucks", and "medzwashere". Some others I'd rather not own up to...
I think we all tried "wootsucks."
I took a cue from @snapster and tried all manner of "Pavlov" with and w/o dog. Wow the site looks great !
This definitely has to happen. How did whoever guessed 12345 know the code to my luggage?
@ceagee Assuming you actually did get in, enjoy your sneak peek! ...and keep quiet if you know what's good for you...
And here I was just months ago swearing I'd never put up good money for a BOC again. And I didn't!
you used bad money ?
no... he didn't put up money for a BOC cause it ain't no BOC, it's a FUKU
So when do I get to buy something?
I still have my ocean front property in Kansas for sale.
I guess since the Kickstarter got funded I actually have to build this damn thing. How does a July launch sound?
@shawn July 12 for old times' sake? A nice even ten years?
I'm Sooooooooo Happy......Don't worry, I will not post the Happy song
Thanks to all you fine folks for supporting us before it was cool, even though it probably never will be.
I'm looking forward to talking about why the things we sell make you say "meh" daily. You're the most mediocre community a guy could ask for.
Oh, now, don't go all maudlin on us.
Curb your enthusiasm. We're strictly middle of the road here.
Aw, c'mon. It's totally cool, in that geeky, snarky, self-mockingly indifferent, mostly insignificant sort of way.
yeah, the opposite of cool is totally cool!
Since someone mentioned it. Be sure to hang on or fast forward to the money shot at 1:32.
Happy
Almost looks like a typical family reunion, but there's not enough beer.
So... I was going to back something for the first time. Then I saw I couldn't pay with PayPal, where I keep all my "fun" money. (All $9 of it.)
I'm bummed.
Get a Paypal debit card. I think they're free... and then you can add it to your Amazon account. That's what I did
Hoping for a palette of action figures or a broke TV to put my working TV on . I suppose 15 working/not working Sansas will work just fine my only question is can I be guaranteed bags of Texas air?
Sansas? The brown Zune was the original MP3 player of choice. drops gauntlet
Sansas?
Wait, what? https://flic.kr/p/o6QoPa
I'd like to register a customer service complaint: having "Ovaltine" as your passcode is a crummy commercial and not what I spent $11 for.
lol I just tried that thinking perhaps that was it. Seems like something they would do
How many logs of Ovaltine do you think they'll have?? At least 5 variations from me haha
aaaaand... I tried it too.
Well, I didn't try it--uh, uh, no way, no how
They'll have at least 4-5 from me. I think I tried it in all caps, all lower case... omg! I didn't alternate them!
meh... worst (or is it?!) $10 i've ever spent
How soon before the announcement of sport.meh.Com or wine.meh.com
I'm pushing for ferrets.meh.com and gyros.meh.com.
I'm pretty sure the only subsite will be meh.meh.com
time to move on when we get to breakfastoctopus.meh.com
I really enjoy the excitement of getting into new distinct categories, but Meh is planned as a catch-all single event site.
In related news, I'm selling breakfastoctopus.com for $100.
Shirt.meh - give me "meh shirt"
Well, the passcode for meh.com in definitely not "breakfast octopus."
The passcode is different depending on your kickstarter login information. It's your numeric kickstarter user id + "yew" (meh, upside-down & backwards).
Here's the link to find your numeric KS user id
It's been years since this happened to me.
Nope. Didn't click it. So it didn't happen. If I pretend I'm telling the truth, it becomes the truth, right?
Pancake-o-pus!
Will there be Meh-Offs?
For instance, products could gang up and hijack Meh's site... You could call it a "Jack Meh-Off."
Meh, they can't all be winners...
I'm your huckleberry!
I missed out on the first go 'round (WOOT?) ... so if you build it (MEH?)... I will check it out.
E
(whisper) If you build it.... E will come....
In honor of meh.com, Tim Lincecum promised to pitch a no hitter today
You sounded a bell I immediately started to salivate and pay you the sum of $10....operation Pavlov a success.
I'm so ready for a site with fewer daily deals that I've signed up for a site offering no deals! And I'll tell ya... feels great.
Fuku's all sold out. I'll settle for zero-day access, because meh.
Courtesy of The Oatmeal's fb page:
(Just thought this was a good place to share it.)
Ahh, so now we know the next excuse for not having any items to buy here--production delays.
Enthusiastic Meh emails? How is that possible?
Need to cancel my membership
@tonda727