IndieGoGo's Peanut Butter Scandal / Weird Crowdfunding Stories

[@slopesgameroom]

For those interested I have started a VLOG channel. if you wanna see that sort of stuff click here www.youtube.com/@SlopesAdventures

[@keith_5584]

Sir! Peanut butter sales are spiking hour by hour! Bossman: SLOPES!!!!!!!!!

[@LikaLaruku]

29:37 I see you're a fan of wimmelbilders 😎Who's the artist?

[@ToxMod]

What was the ending music from?

[@slopesgameroom]

Streets of rage

[@FizzleFX]

The pump... for a very not liquid thing hm? he needs a special PJ for that one. like molten cheese

[@darrenlawrence587]

It's such a fundamentally flawed concept but I can't help thinking the creator's heart was in the right place. What a weird product.

[@slopesgameroom]

This^^^^ couldn't agree more

[@TheFreeBass]

I was cheering for him all the way. Still am, I guess. But I just can't see him winning this one.

[@LegalPhantom]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

[@JordanHowellMusic]

See . Just because someone puts on a nice face and does update/reach out to backers? Uh- does NOT mean, they can’t mismanage money, or even, purposefully put on a mask of “things went wrong but I’m still here see?? Still working with a new, unnamed, not verified, factory, or angel investor”, etc. Yeah. It’s called anything from incompetence, all the way to psychopathy and total manipulation. 😶

[@lasskinn474]

it's weird, it's a thick paste pump. if he could make it out of food safe steel or whatever, from machined food safe plastic parts for what's necessary(to get production going cheaper), and would sell it for twice-thrice the price he would have a lot of professional kitchen sales, like for garlic paste, guacemole etc.

[@TheBattlesword]

This guy is the textbook example of Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity"

[@davidlevy706]

He's also providing a textbook example of the sunk-cost fallacy - using other people's money. Instead of issuing partial refunds, he squandered the remaining cash on a ludicrous redesign that nobody asked for or wanted. Everyone told him not to, but he insisted that releasing _something_ - no matter how different from what was pitched - was vastly preferable to abandoning the project. Consequently, the backers are left with _nothing._ Not even the dog toy perk that he claimed to already have in his possession (and he's consistently ignoring questions about it, incidentally).

[@speedineed5327]

lol ! Thats a great thought provolking quote . Cheers.

[@Elyseon]

This is both malice and stupidity since he admitted to skimming money that was meant for this.

[@midi5467]

​@@ElyseonI agree. You don't just spend other people's money on things that aren't related to what they gave you money for

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

Asking dumb people for money sounds like an easy way to get money!

[@newhavencon-py5yy]

They should just sell peanut butter that's loadable into a caulking gun.

[@Mordecrox]

Just look up churro fillers. Metal tubes with a mechanical lever of varying types of transmission that squeeze medium viscosity fillings through a narrow tube to fill deep fried pastries. Often bolted to a heavy metal countertop or more often to an actual car (churromobiles)

[@TheFreeBass]

I'll go you one better: A caulking tube/ loading system for off the shelf PB. No... TWO systems! Household use small tubes & includes gun. And Industrial use large tubes for tradesmen's lunches w/o gun because they'll know where to get one if they don't have one.

[@freshrot420]

@@TheFreeBass This is the way y'all, someone send the guy an email!

[@chillhour6155]

Or make it like toothpaste

[@midi5467]

You should start a Kickstarter

[@thesacredbeast2000]

I kinda lost my shit when it changed from a neat little gadget that will absolutely never work to peanut butter Juicero.

[@mazzalnx]

Absolutely! Hahah, it's only missing QR code sachet recognition and a half dozen health buzzwords there, "cold-grind peanut butter" with ten times more beta-carotene or what have you. Missed opportunity! Could've made millions more.

[@jamietre9042]

dude literally just built a Juicero for peanut butter..

[@SlyPearTree]

A peanutbuttero.

[@davidlevy706]

In fairness, the Juicero actually shipped. Releasing a similarly ludicrous contraption is this guy's lofty goal.

[@mikethetowns]

Peanut butter is kinda like nut juice. Also; probably don't Google the words "nut juice"

[@newhavencon-py5yy]

Lol. Perfect.

[@ghostgirl7089]

Haven’t seen the video yet but now i am hyped to see

[@kalkrause2554]

I wasn't prepared for the concept of "the hardcore peanut butter market" nor the realization that I, as someone who likes natural peanut butter and actually have two different types of peanut butter in my house right now (chunky for sandwiches, natural smooth for smoothies) qualifies for that chunk of the market. Adulthood is insane.

[@slopesgameroom]

This product was directly marketed to you specifically lol How do you feel ;)

[@carl-wheezer]

​@@slopesgameroomI'd feel blessed as hell if I were them

[@gatordragon6140]

Wait am i doing it wrong then because i use chunky for smoothies and smooth for sandwiches lol

[@kalkrause2554]

@@slopesgameroom honestly my main takeaway, especially after he mentioned he had come up with the idea after losing his job, was “this man is having a Peanut Butter themed Midlife Crisis. I hate how relatable that feels.”

[@MAXIMILLIONtheGREAT]

​@@gatordragon6140how can personal preference be wrong?

[@generalgk]

This is the epitome of a worthless kickstarter gadget. It solves a problem that doesn’t exist and makes a very simple task needlessly complicated.

[@slopesgameroom]

It's perfect! ...for a channel like this

[@NinjaPastry]

​@slopesgameroom and that's why we are all here!! And your fantastic reporting of course

[@mweeee]

@rat_in_a_bucketeven the second version?

[@lasskinn474]

it would have many many uses. not for peanutbutter though.

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

A true Rube Goldberg machine.

[@SecurityDivision]

If you search for high viscosity food grade pumps, well they are not some dinky plastic stuff that our dude attempted to make, those things need power, sometimes the food needs to be in a specific barrel for it to go out. Also peanut butter is non-newtonian fluid, so it's dynamics change with different pressures. For these types of food even more powerful pumps are needed, sometimes screw type ones like used in pumping concrete up the building :)

[@Boogie_the_cat]

That is the exact thing people who donate to weird Kickstarter projects NEVER do: 2 minutes of actual research into the validity of the project. Some people kind of almost but not quite deserve to be scammed, they're the worst combination of lazy and trusting and ill-informed. It's sad.

[@lasskinn474]

that's what I though that this is a pretty simple project.. if made with steel parts where necessary. it wouldn't be THAT expensive out of steel either where appropriate, but the plastic would obviously be a fraction of the cost.

[@arpharazon999]

Not to mention the oil that separates from the natural paste, leaving it even thicker and with a layer of oil that will pump easily but not taste good.

[@rossstewart9475]

These plastic pumps he was reinventing already exist, too: They're used for example throughout the "coffee" industry as dispensers for the syrups and sauces used in the many overcomplicated sugary drinks they sell. They worked poorly in that application, frequently airlocking and leaving large quantites of the product in the container - and even the thickest of sauces there have lower viscosity than even the sloppiest peanut butters.

[@Dystopikachu]

1950's expectation of the year 2000: Flying cars, nuclear energy at home, cities on Mars. Actual year 2024: A man invents a mechanical peanut butter pump, but is unable to manufacture and deliver it despite many years and hundreds of thousands of dollars invested.

[@CruelestChris]

In the 80s we could not have imagined everyone would someday have a machine thousands of times as powerful as a 4-ton weather computer in their pocket, let alone how little they would achieve with it.

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

@@CruelestChris You make it small enough to treat it as a kids toy, what'd you expect?

[@BlUsKrEEm]

​@@CruelestChrisyet, I'm 99% sure folks on the 80s could have predicted the peanut butter pump's failure.

[@ccricers]

What if you told someone from the 1950s we have no flying cars, but we are dancing to electronic swing music and smoking electronic cigarettes, they might think that sounds even more ridiculous. But that's what we have.

[@Tripskull]

The 1950's was a different economy and they didn't expect things like neoliberalism or trickle down economics, or that the transfer of wealth to the 0.01% would create a version of capitalism that is nothing more than a race to the bottom of the barrel. They also believed in the rise of productivity to levels so great we would have the Jetsons future without realizing that's the socialist future, not a future driven by insatiable greed and apathy... 🎉are you winning the race to the bottom of the barrel?!🎉

[@lilicat9687]

I have to fight my freaking soap pump to get those last few drops out, I’m only imagining how bad freaking PEANUT BUTTER would be!!!

[@StephenHamrick]

I really feel like this was less a scam and just a failure of engineering. The guy seems really dedicated to making the thing work.

[@claudiobizama5603]

Wasnt expecting an Ashens voiceover cameo, I appreciate it.

[@slopesgameroom]

Yeah, he's an absolute legend

[@JordanHowellMusic]

Ohh that’s right that’s who that was- very good voice choice for that! Especially when he breaks character and laughs at the one part of your script man!! Heh

[@jazzygeofferz]

An excellent cameo.

[@WolfDB]

Once you started doing the whole "Peanut Butter Transfer" process, all I could think was "At this point, just grab a kitchen knife and spread the Peanut Butter the normal way like the rest of us"

[@Morbos1000]

This is one of the most fascinating examples of someone who has what seems like a good idea on first pass just get totally obsessed. Most people would soon realize it is impractical and unnecessary and give up. But he is so fixated on making this work that he has to actively deny reality to greater and greater degrees to keep his dream alive.

[@No_True_Scotsman]

I don't get how it was ever a good idea

[@MaxxJagX]

"Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should " I think this sums it up nicely.

[@Kleng121]

Life finds a way.

[@kayleighbrown459]

Turns out they couldn't so it doesn't really matter.

[@MaxxJagX]

@@kayleighbrown459 Well, it matters to those that paid for what seemed doable based on the videos he made.

[@mikethetowns]

If he teamed up with the Wonderspray crew they could make the Peanutbuttshower

[@slopesgameroom]

Now THAT I would make a video on lol

[@mikethetowns]

@@slopesgameroom "And here's a demonstration model they were kind enough to send-"

[@buruzn09]

I did not need images of this project in my head. 😂

[@JordanHowellMusic]

What is wonderspray? Is that a UK thing or? Basically it sounds really sketchy…and sexual..and yet still, like it’s gonna spray out a slice of bread

[@davekennedy6315]

​@JordanHowellMusic Slope mentions it, it's a portable arsehole shower, a tiny standing bidet, a spray for your hole!

[@silmarian]

I actually feel kinda bad for this guy. Full props to him for not just washing his hands of it and walking away, and for admitting his mistakes on national TV.

[@CocoWantsACracker]

I agree! And he definitely shows his ethical side by not simply putting the product to market in a poorly working version.

[@miltondelacruz7033]

I like that you have to do literal witchcraft to get the peanut butter pouch to work. If you told me this was a gen z pagan ritual; I’d believe you.

[@youreallyplaythat]

So... in the states, when you go out to buy ice cream from a stand... you can get peanut butter sauce. It pumps right out of a vat. Looks like the prototype shown and works fine. Granted, it's thinner peanut butter sauce... but it works.... and tastes like peanuts. All I could think about while watching this.

[@Snake3yesEddie]

Thank You, was gonna make similar comment. I worked in a Häagen-Dazs cafe in Ireland way back in 2004 so literally 20 years ago and I can confirm that you are 100% correct, this was already a thing that exists. On top of that I can also confirm that the pumps we used could work on chocolate fudge and butterscotch without heating them and the consistency was actually thicker than peanut butter. The big issue was that they were specifically patented and extremely expensive, 1 pump costing €500. From what I remember the design had 3 pipes one being the pump itself, it has a very powerful large spring mechanism on the bottom and 2 smaller but equally powerful springs on the actual pump. Essentially it worked by having the pump pushed down and the entire container simultaneously being pushed up which pushed the butterscotch out. I would say the closest thing to it would be one of those gun shaped devices that’s used in DIY and construction for grouting and tiling.

[@rocketterrier]

I've never seen one of those before, but peanut butter on ice cream sounds great 😋 Someone should start a Kickstarter for this (I'M JOKING)

[@randallcraft4071]

Well also when you buy Peter Pan and JIF and I think Skippy in a industrial size thing, like if you're running a restaurant, they also sell them with these big pumps on them as well, and they're pretty close to standard consistency, maybe a little thinner than regular peanut butter. At the scout camp that I used to run, we had them out at every meal. You could buy them with or without the pumps and just switch the pumps over. Kind of like buying soap with the pumps on them or without.

[@minicrushies]

We have a very thin peanut butter sauce at my job! Not sure if you can just... buy that in stores, though.

[@AgentOffice]

That's fake sauce

[@HardDriveGuruOfficial]

Bless this guy's heart. I think he's an honest, well-intentioned man who got in over his head with a design that was doomed to fail from the moment the concept was conceived, and I absolutely admire his commitment. Hopefully he finds a way to make this, or some other venture, succeed someday!

[@pauleckert4321]

You made my Alexa start a timer for that stupid demonstration. 😂

[@slopesgameroom]

Hahaha sorry, that made my day

[@ARHaslage]

Same here. I keep my Alexa in the wall next to the TV With that said, I have a five piece redesign for this product that requires none of those small spray-bottle parts. It would work out of a typical PB jar just as the original fundraiser had intended, plus it would be easy to clean. - Extruder Tube (Plastic) - Plunger (Three parts, all metal for durability) -- Interior Lid, Rod (Long enough to stick out an inch above exterior lid) & Handle (Flat in top) - Exterior Lid (plastic) Sure, it would require a little more force than the original design to use, but it would have less risk of failure and be easier to replicate in mass production. I compare the interior components to one of those coffee presses.

[@mazireth]

I was asleep until Alexa woke me up... after someone set a 10-minute timer ;)

[@Rugops42]

Pumped my peanut to this entire video. The friction broke my piston but I buttered like a nutter. 🥜

[@Lemonboba1]

What 😰

[@folkloreofbeing]

😂

[@reddragon4482]

lol. I spread my nut butter daily over food.

[@roo2592]

Bruh

[@kolonarulez5222]

BRB gotta pump the peanut 🥜

[@julienicol9202]

The new pump design is essentially a fast food restaurant ketchup dispenser but just for peanut butter.

[@quicksilver2140]

Ashens reading peanut butter transferal instructions is something I didn't know I needed but here we are.

[@EeveeFromAlmia]

Look at that screw on lid/base: it’s only going to work with one type of jar. Yould have to move your non-standardly packaged nut butter to one. This whole story sounds like a parody

[@NanoElite666]

The AI Wonka nonsense towel is pretty great.

[@slopesgameroom]

That was a gift from ashes lol

[@GlickoPhips]

The thing is ... when the "industry catches up" and puts peanut butter in pouches (which some popular brands here in the US do sell in smaller snack sizes), you won't even need a pump anymore. You can just squeeze directly out of the pouch onto the bread... Edit: It just occurred to me that a pump could possibly be beneficial to disabled people, but trying to sell it as a product of convenience was silly from the start.

[@folkloreofbeing]

I doubt it'll be good for disabled. If you lack strength or are arthritic , trying to pump a thick substance isn't going to be beneficial or possible.

[@moosenman]

I think it takes a bit less strength to squeeze a pouch rather than pump a thick ass liquid

[@AndromedaD]

The thing about those squeeze pouches is that they worked very hard to get the peanut butter to the right viscosity. It went through a lot of testing before they released it. A pump would need to work with every thickness of peanut butter

[@davidlevy706]

He claims to be unimpressed with the available squeeze pouches - and insists that his ludicrous countertop contraption will somehow work much better.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

A squeeze pouch would be easier vs the pump given the friction and pressure needed to get something as thick as peanut butter up the spout, over the curve and out. As you mentioned, other brands have pouches now, in particular Jif which is the mainstay PB brand and it's almost as large as a regular jar.

[@freshrot420]

He didn't just want the factory to make his design, he wanted them to design it too.

[@jakecooper5855]

That's what those factories do and why they are paid so much money.... They design the finer points of a prototype, tool and manufacture.

[@RecycledSoul17]

Ok, listen, now i really wanna try jackpot peanut butter. That cursing British gentleman totally sold me

[@MegaZeta]

One born every minute

[@scottdixon2505]

It never fails to amaze me how easily people part with their money on Kickstarter campaigns. Two minutes of research would have told you that its just not possible to do this with a tiny little plastic pump.

[@keith_5584]

0:44 Couldn’t you do that with a flexible cake spatula and an xacto knife?

[@slopesgameroom]

Hahaha the day after I finished this video I was shopping with my wife and we went into a cake decorating shop to buy one of these... I was like "WTF... ITS THAT KICKSTARTER I JUST TALKED ABOUT LOL"

[@HonkeyKongLive]

No joke I have a spatula that looks like it already lol

[@Pipkiablo]

I literally looked at that and said, "Just use a rubber spatula! That's what they're for!"

[@bishielurfer]

Yeah you can buy small rubber spatulas exactly like that. There are also other ones specifically for scraping bottles that are better shaped for it. Also, something like that already exists (and has existed for a long time) for cosmetic bottles (like foundation). It makes sense to have a special one for cosmetics because the bottles are so much smaller, but there are already normal rubber spatulas that will fit standard peanut butter jars.

[@KzintiCV]

The whole time I'm just like "But what if I like crunchy?"

[@slopesgameroom]

According to dragons den the original design allowed for 10mm of chunk. Although I think that's what split the bag for me at the end so I have my doubts for the redesign

[@jpanda79]

Working with a peanut butter manufacturer from the start would've made the most sense. Then you have a consistent product that can be pumped

[@offcenterideas]

Anybody who's every encountered peanut butter before instinctively knows a device like this would never work.

[@rossstewart9475]

Likewise anyone who has actually used the style of pump in the first design - which are common for dispensing syrups and sauces in the "coffee" industry, for example - would've also been well aware that this could never work.

[@quinnzykir]

The peanut butter pump is what happens when your sitcom inventor dad overthinks an invention

[@TheMattvf16]

Why not just use a caulk gun or a cookie dispenser design to spread peanut butter instead of varying to pump a substance that doesn’t like being pumped.

[@slopesgameroom]

I heard that was the inspiration

[@RayneOfSalt]

Slightly modified caulk guns were how we used to put sauce on McChickens and Filet O Fish burgers back in the 90s. Don't know if they still use that method.

[@Zabe_B]

@RayneOfSalt they still had sauce guns when i worked there from 2017-2020. would definitely say they looked like modified caulk guns. we also used them for mac sauce though in addition to tartar and mayo

[@rossstewart9475]

@@RayneOfSalt The style of pump actually invented here is how Starbucks and the like dispense their sauces and syrups. Anyone with the misfortunate to have worked in such places would've immediately written of the concept.

[@RayneOfSalt]

@@rossstewart9475 syrup and sauce dispensers, really? Huh, I didn't know that. Cheers!

[@misschiefmagpie]

love the Wonka Experience tea towel 😂

[@Fuuntag]

0:37 you had one job… and no the worst “peanut butter invention” was *almond butter*

[@s3rnielsen]

All I can think about is the rubber spatula I use to clear out my peanut butter jars.

[@suzzannegabel1636]

Andy is more a well-meaning bumbler, too emotionally invested in his creation to accept reality, than he is an intentional scammer.

[@stapuft]

Im just imagining how ficking HARD you would have to 0ump that thing, to actually make it pump, and also, how it would handle it when the jar gets low?

[@jessdrewthis]

It's very painful. I worked at a Dairy Queen for a while, one of the available toppings was.. i guess you'd call it peanut butter "sauce." Peanut butter that has more oil so it's a bit less thick, came in a really big can. And it was still a lot of effort to pump, i couldn't imagine trying to force Skippy through it.

[@stapuft]

@@jessdrewthis that was exactly where my mond jumped to first as well, that stuff is WAY thinner than normall pb, its closer to a thick caramel than normal peanut butter, i didnt know it was THAT thock though, that settels it for me, it was a flawed idea from the jump.

[@jessdrewthis]

@@stapuft I really do feel for the guy. I don't get the feeling of this being sunken cost fallacy on his end, I think he really just wants to see his idea completed and his backers with a product that works as intended. Hope things work out for him somehow.

[@JT-xn9ei]

That newer design looks like a gravy pump/nacho cheese dispenser.

[@spunkyfidget70]

I laughed so hard when you were transferring the peanut butter into the bag. The music you chose for that scene just made it all the more funny.

[@bobabooey5853]

Talk about an extreme solution to a nonexistent problem 😂

[@AndyLundell]

I'm sure the peanut-butter guy thought of this, but I wonder if you could partially make it work by taking one of his early designs and adding a heater to warm the entire jar. Like most oily foods, Peanut butter tastes better hot, anyway. This would be absurd, but slightly less so than the Juicero knock-off.

[@gonelucid]

Peanut butter tastes better hot? You just blew my mind lol

[@annekeener4119]

@@gonelucidThat’s why toast with peanut better tastes so good.

[@Trauson]

We all know the best part of the video is seeing slopes getting difficulties with the penaut butter jar

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

My number one annoyance in life has always been people trying fix problems that aren’t problems to begin with. If you’re struggling with something millions of people do with zero concern. It’s you.

[@christinescreativitycabine280]

This guy is the Elizabeth Holmes of peanut butter, i.e. he has obsessively wedded himself to a concept that won't work. He wasn't as dishonest as Holmes about it, and peanut butter is a much less serious kind of product than a medical testing device, but still, he showed the same hard-headedness as Holmes about an idea that fundamentally can't work, thinking that if he just tries hard enough and thinks lots of good positive thoughts, he could somehow make it work. Toxic positivity at its finest.

[@solexxv]

Was not ready for the 'One Dan, One Bag' section😂 Also a solution could be to create peanut butter caulking gun type device, simple 😅

[@KernelLeak]

Then have Kommander Karl do a reload video on it... :D

[@TruFalco]

Jif sells Peanut butter pouches, which are nice but honestly, if you need more convenient Peanut butter, just get PB2, which is basically dehydrated peanut butter. It has less sugar and more protein, tastes great too. You just add a bit of water in a bowl and the PB2 and mix.

[@Nerathul1]

I feel like at that point you might as well ditch the pump and just try to sell PB squeeze bottles.

[@stickyman05]

Dan putting the towel on the peanut butter, think "damn this is stupid." 😂

[@robdavis8556]

I thought it was just "chunky" or "smooth". Now I learn it's "waxy", refrigerated and "natural" 🤯😳

[@MissRora]

There's also powdered peanut butter! Tried putting some in protein shakes and it's... not for me. But it's been around for years, so clearly it works for some people!

[@carl-wheezer]

I've even seen freeze-dried

[@SilverScaleMA]

I mean the idea itself isn't terrible, I have seen similar projects for jelly/jam that do actually work. But yeah, there is a reason most peanut butters *don't* come in squeeze bags. That isn't even getting into the even thicker varieties of peanut butter like a lot of the chunky types...

[@shinjinanahara]

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode of "Cooking with DJ Slopes"

[@gogeterdone]

That's alot of people that don't know some brands have peanut butter in a squeeze bottle 😅

[@Monafide3305]

Love your crowdfunding documentaries, I could binge ten of these if I hadn't already watched pretty much all of them lol

[@Monafide3305]

Oh my god that peanut butter bag filling was PAINFUL.

[@AmyLee1978]

When you set the timer on your Alexa, it set my Alexa too 😂😂

[@OrangeyChocolate]

Inventors like this, and the backers who are still holding out for the finished product, are a textbook example of the sunk cost fallacy.

[@BugsyFoga]

A peanut butter scandal is certainly a phrase wasn’t expecting to hear

[@spiderzz1]

So to make a pump peanut butter jar work, youd need a slightly larger device that requires a plug or small battery to activate a warmer, the peanut butter jar would screw onto the device upside down so that the peanut butter once initially warmed will flow and create a seal around the new lid that houses the tube for excretion, the pump now simply actuates a squeezer that squeezes the (plastic) jar to release peanut butter as desired, preferably just a 2 bar squeezer mechanism. i hope this wouldnt encourage seperation or mold but idk. maybe add like a puncture one-way gasket to insert into the bottom of the jar too so it can reinflate well.

[@Yackass]

We literally had dozens of these when I worked at Baskin Robbins back in High School, Except it wasn't from kickstarter. I'm pretty sure it was from some Chinese warehouse and they were like $8 for a box of 100 of them lol.

[@Jayzgame]

This channel has taught that people will just give money to anybody regardless of competence.

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

"If it worked, it'd be BRILLIANT!".... but it won't. "Aaaaaaaaaaah but if it DID it'd be BRILLIANT!".

[@Vincent_Beers]

The only tool you need for peanut butter is a good quality butter knife that doesn't rust or break. No stupid spoons, pumps or anything else.

[@OhNoBohNo]

14:20 “the Peanut Butter Pump is his BABY” Not me saying ‘My guy, your baby is fucked-up’ in my head and then slowly putting my head into my hands

[@datguyfoss3915]

It feels like this guy is trying too hard to be a scammer. He should team up with Skippy or some other kind of super smooth peanut butter.

[@CyborgWolf]

That is way too much instruction to eat peanut butter

[@JordanHowellMusic]

You’re the man! Glad to see another video from you. I also dig the variation in your video ideas y’know? And you’re always respectful yet,. those sarcastic or just blatant jokes when things are fully worth of them. Hope you’re well over there, cheers again from Philadelphia !

[@teruienages962]

I was stuck between two different ways to describe this... either as "The Ultimate Sunk Cost Fallacy" or as "The Winner Of The Ian Malcom 'Too Preoccupied By Whether Or Not He Could To Worry About If He Should" Award"

[@Pierrue]

I hate seeing the comments saying that this is why you don't trust crowdfunding sites. No. These videos should be used to educate yourself on red flags to look for when supporting a campaign. Most people's biggest problem is not doing any research on the creator to make sure they are trustworthy, competent, or have a history of successfully creating anything. The mindset of not supporting at all hurts actual good campaigns and small creators who are trustworthy.

[@MegaZeta]

No, it absolutely *DOES* pay to understand that most of these campaigns are bad ideas, and sites that promise runaway easy money for successful, empty publicity feed the worst of them most of all. The number of campaigns that correspond to good ideas, realistically planned, are dwarfed by the avalanche of bad ideas, unrealistically imagined, not to mention the scammers, competent or otherwise. These sites are mostly money holes, a few malicious scammers, and a tiny number of good results.

[@Pierrue]

@@MegaZeta I don’t know what campaigns you’re looking at (Only the ones on this channel maybe?) but most are not bad ideas and that is apparent if you actually go scroll through those sites. There are those that are bad ideas but there are those that are not. If you choose to not support any crowdfunding site be my guest, but I’ve supported many Kickstarters from trustworthy people that actually delivered what was promised. Yes scams can happen and sometimes a campaign isn’t even a scam, it’s just run by someone incompetent or is too ambitious to be carried out properly as you said. Backers need to do all they can to research red flags of a scam or an overly ambitious campaign. You harm small creators who need these platforms to help them bring their creation into the world without a platform like this. It would be more beneficial if we spoke, for example, about some kind of regulation that can be brought to these sites to better detect scams and have them removed before backers start giving money. Stricter regulations and education for backers on red flags are the main issues that should be dealt with. Everyone not supporting because of a few bad apples is like not buying on Ebay because of some scammers on there. Like with anything online, research is key.

[@rossstewart9475]

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[@FinleyArbor]

Everyone knows “quit while you’re ahead,” but I think we need to emphasize “Quit while you’re behind, before you get more and more behind a hundred more times”

[@Heather420]

His passion for the product is admirable .He's got to let the pump go and come up with something new to put his heart into

[@thancrus]

this is one of those inventions that nobody really needs and if you think about it at all is a bad idea.

[@lait3967]

This could’ve been a funny story for his kids to tell. “Yeah, my dad uses a pump he made to spread peanut butter on his sandwiches”. But instead he had to go through this cockamamie rigamarole because he apparently just loves this idea WAY too much.

[@princessaria]

I feel for them. The original concept, in theory, could absolutely have been something that is useful for people with specific disabilities that make it harder to scrape out, grasp knives, etc. Most of these seemingly-unnecessary gadgets are made with that in mind, even when they aren’t marketed that way (which is in the interest of making more money). But it was flawed from the moment that they started billing it as a universal add-on. It’s the sort of product that would really only be feasible if made by a peanut butter brand itself, so it could be customized based on their specific product.

[@randallcraft4071]

What the thing is in the United States several brands already sell in bulk Containers with pumps of course they're slightly thinner than a lot of peanut butters but it's the standard peanut butter that that brand makes with something to finish out a hair to make it pump. I've seen it from jiff Peter PAN and at least 2 other brands that are major brands

[@ckind2098]

The poor guy seemed honestly excited and earnest about this, but good lord what a silly mess

[@marissa17489234]

They make pumpable peanut butter for commercial use like a smoothly bar so you can pump it into the blender or on top of ice cream. Pump is 15 bucks, the jar is 4.5lbs. Reese one is 25 bucks on Amazon.

[@FoxyRed1992]

Sonic uses pumps for their fudge and peanut butter. They literally just just food grade stainless steel pumps.

[@strain42]

As childish as this sounds, peanut butter is my FAVORITE food! Whether I’m just doing a PB sandwich or mixing into a sauce or baking desserts, I LOVE peanut butter. And…just…yeah, a pump IMMEDIATELY seems like a terrible idea. Everything about this just seems way less practical than dirtying a butter knife or rubber spatula. Now if he’d tried inventing his own distinct brand of peanut butter that was specifically designed to work with a pump system then…MAYBE? I feel like even after pumping out the PB I’d still need to dirty a knife to smooth it around and at that point it just kinda defeats the whole purpose, don’t it?

[@galaxywizard8904]

19:34 Why does he have a towel print of the AI-generated advertisement from the Glasgow Willy Wonka experience 💀

[@volvo09]

That towel is awesome! So few would get it and think it's just a cute kitchen towel 😄

[@LadyRP]

I watched Slopes struggling with the peanut butter transfer and the end result, I couldn't help but go 'That looks disgusting in that bag, do I even want peanut butter anymore?'

[@slopesgameroom]

Hahaha yep, we were all thinking it looked like a bag of crap :P

[@LadyRP]

@@slopesgameroom No kidding!

[@petergriffiinbirdistheword]

How was the pump guy not arrested for spending backers money on BS? EDIT: If the peanut butter is in a pouch, why does it need a device to pump? 😭

[@tropezando]

If you need it dispensed that accurately, just use a frosting piping bag, or the budget version, a baggie/Ziploc with a corner snipped off. Of course, then you have to fill the bag, so you'll have to use a spoon or knife to scoop it in there in the first place, so uhh maybe just relax and make your sandwich the normal way.

[@HardPourCorn]

Peanut Butter Pump sounds like it would (or should) have an Urban Dictionary definition...

[@Emogeta]

Not a scam, just a product that just would not work. Just make a jelly pump.

[@TheMattvf16]

18:55 My man with the Crunchy Peanut Butter. Good choice. Smooth Peanut Butter lovers, don’t @ me.

[@koboldparty4708]

@TheMattvf16

[@EspinosaJ]

I’m sorry, but peanut butter on the onion topped glizzy @3:08 is absolutely diabolical

[@sneezyrider1]

TBH, seems like this guy's made an amazing effort trying to accomplish the impossible.

[@RaidenKaiser]

Imagine being so crazy about something as trivial as peanut better lol. Like I like peanut butter but I think you need help if you are so insane you think the wheel for it needs reinvented lol.

[@ColdStuff-cf7jv]

Atleast Andy is passionate about his project and a glutton for punishment as well.

[@BlUsKrEEm]

Maybe if you had the peanutbutter spoon, you could transfer the peanut butter into the bag easier

[@periodicblack5169]

dude, my stoned ass strait up like "i could listen to you laugh about squeezin peanut butter for hours" big vibe content

[@barneynedward]

An instant twist on these would be about campaigns that weren’t scams that stole money, but were instead legitimate ideas that brought in no money because of how impractical they really were

[@TheFreeBass]

So the Shark Tank part. They made him admit it doesn't work on refrigerated PB. What kinda f'n weirdo keeps their PB in the fridge???

[@Cooe.]

People with natural peanut butter that separates at room temperature. Think Adams if you are American.

[@pegcity4eva]

People who don't want to get food poisoning from oil that's gone bad.

[@mjjf26]

I cackled at the bagging peanut butter segment XD Bravo!

[@MrTraherne]

I'm still trying to understand what is so horrific about scooping up peanut butter with a knife or spoon. Yes, I get the leftover peanut butter is annoying, but it's not like a pump wouldn't leave even more pb residue.

[@Dizz2K7]

Stuart's reading makes it sound like the guy is legit calling you stupid, but that's just how Stuart sounds.