The potato-salad guy should keep every penny

I chipped in $3. That's about how much I'd tip a good street performer in New York, and this Kickstarter made me laugh. The comedic timing, as much timing as you can convey in a plain written description, was just right...and I'll happily admit, I'm very curious to see how the hell he's going to deliver a "bite of potato salad" (and a photo) to me...I'm also curious if this will be the first Kickstarter project I've backed that has actually delivered its reward on time. Good for the potato guy for making the kind of joke lots of people may have had in their heads, but actually executing on it.

The most annoying protests, IMO, are from the people who ostensibly represent a good cause, like a homeless shelter or cancer research, complaining that a potato salad is getting $45K while they can't even raise $4K. Well, what does that say about your cause? Hopefully, it says nothing about your cause, but maybe it says something about your process. If some random guy from Ohio can raise $45K for something that no one should care about, I think the proper attitude should be, damn, just think about how much money I could raise for something people DO care about and then, get started on figuring out how to go about it.

The jealousy of goodhearted people towards this goodhearted potato fan is a bit unbecoming. And sad, because if they're unhappy about a guy making a shitload of money while being completely honest about what he was doing, how angry will these people be when they learn about the many, many people who raise a shitload of money while being dishonest?

The people's responses to the comment are telling. The Kickstarter said he'd make a potato salad. He probably has. He asked, and people gave, why do people rage about this? It just so happened that lots of people thought it was funny / wanted to give money / whatever. Who cares? The proverbial you could have thought of it too.

I don't understand the stink people have over this :/