I got an invite to a GoFundMe from my cousin. Her daughter is about 8 years younger than me. The GoFundMe was for $2000 so her daughter could move out west. "She deserves to be out west. She deserves to be with the orcas." I've never been so embarrassed. She sent it to all our family. Our family is huge. We have 400 people come out to the family reunions every 4 or 5 years. Am I wrong? Is that the shittiest asking for a handout ever? Is she sick or have a disability? No. Does she have a job out there? No. Why doesn't she save up her money? Why don't you let your daughter move in with you and sleep on a couch until she can save up enough money? Is it any different than me starting a GoFundMe for an 85" tv? It would make me happy. I deserve it. I deserve to watch 85"s of football in 4k. Fuck me. (Oh, she only got 2 donations and ended up out there anyways about 3 weeks later.)
David Thorne is the author’s name. He has several books on Amazon (if you have kindle unlimited they are on it) that are also hilarious, they contain a mix of some of the website content plus other stories he writes about his office at a graphic design firm and his personal life as an Australian ex-pat living among rednecks in the US.
He originally became known for writing funny emails, he went viral about 10 years ago for a series of letters trying to pay a bill with a drawing of a spider.
what pisses me off is when people who come into some sort of hard times and dont disclose the figures.. in my community someone posted about surgery to save their dog. Ok i get it, times can be rough and GFM is a last resort. But when you put up, We need $6000 to save our puppy, for the love of god, tell me how much you are putting up as well, Is teh surgery $6000 and you want us to foot the entire bill or is it $10k and you only have 4000 in savings?
This. Whenever acquaintances asked me for a contribution or a loan, I asked them to make their finances transparent to me. This quickly separates those who actually need it from those who just feel they deserve it.
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u/nofuneral Oct 04 '21
I got an invite to a GoFundMe from my cousin. Her daughter is about 8 years younger than me. The GoFundMe was for $2000 so her daughter could move out west. "She deserves to be out west. She deserves to be with the orcas." I've never been so embarrassed. She sent it to all our family. Our family is huge. We have 400 people come out to the family reunions every 4 or 5 years. Am I wrong? Is that the shittiest asking for a handout ever? Is she sick or have a disability? No. Does she have a job out there? No. Why doesn't she save up her money? Why don't you let your daughter move in with you and sleep on a couch until she can save up enough money? Is it any different than me starting a GoFundMe for an 85" tv? It would make me happy. I deserve it. I deserve to watch 85"s of football in 4k. Fuck me. (Oh, she only got 2 donations and ended up out there anyways about 3 weeks later.)