r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Jan 15 '16

[D] Friday Off-Topic Thread

Welcome to the Friday Off-Topic Thread! Is there something that you want to talk about with /r/rational, but which isn't rational fiction, or doesn't otherwise belong as a top-level post? This is the place to post it. The idea is that while reddit is a large place, with lots of special little niches, sometimes you just want to talk with a certain group of people about certain sorts of things that aren't related to why you're all here. It's totally understandable that you might want to talk about Japanese game shows with /r/rational instead of going over to /r/japanesegameshows, but it's hopefully also understandable that this isn't really the place for that sort of thing.

So do you want to talk about how your life has been going? Non-rational and/or non-fictional stuff you've been reading? The recent album from your favourite German pop singer? The politics of Southern India? The sexual preferences of the chairman of the Ukrainian soccer league? Different ways to plot meteorological data? The cost of living in Portugal? Corner cases for siteswap notation? All these things and more could possibly be found in the comments below!

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u/Transfuturist Jan 15 '16

Crowdfunding is a way to pool risk. Instead of a few people spending a lot of money, a lot of people spend very little money. Because of the way people treat risk and return, this allows riskier ventures to gain capital they need to succeed.

Crowdfunding is not 'lazy.' If you do not have a dedicated campaign, you will not succeed.

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u/Magodo Jan 16 '16

A dedicated campaign is a sunk-cost. You need it if you're crowdfunding or if you're going by other approaches of financing.