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Re:Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor by token_throwaway on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @11:06AM (#15704724)
Drip is also UK slang for a boring, unimpressive person :|
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Re:Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor by microcolonel on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @11:56AM (#15705225)
In Canada, the drip is slang for Gonorrhea.
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Re:Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor by smacktoward on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @01:38PM (#15706457)
As it is in the U.S.

Given that, the logo they chose is also somewhat... unfortunate.

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Re:Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor by jboggan on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @02:46PM (#15707123)
Yes, my first thought was that Kickstarter needed to get to the doctor and make some awkward phone calls. Really, really unfortunate logo and name combination.
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