Online crowdfunding has become a part of everyday life for better and worse. For better, it’s allowed for heartwarming stories about the internet coming together to help those in need. It’s even allowed for strange but cool projects like TV show revivals, brand-new technology, and more to be created. I’ve contributed to various funds over the years, whether it was helping a friend fund a short film or helping Mystery Science Theater 3000’s revival.
But someone is always going to fuck with good things, and these are some of the… Well, that’s the thing. I can’t call these the “weirdest” GoFundMe campaigns, the “worst,” etc. Maybe the word I’m looking for is “baffling?” Whatever they are, they shouldn’t be on GoFundMe in the first place, that’s for fucking sure.
Via GoFundMe
Help Me Strike It Big At The Casino
One of the most recent campaigns to be featured here, this is one of the most blatant cash grabs I’ve ever seen. But I’m not going to lie, the description for the campaign is so unintentionally hilarious that I’m almost fine with it existing? It reads:
I live with my dad, and I want to get out. So my plan is to be able to win a jackpot at the casino, but I need an initial amount to go in with. I have practiced strategies on slots for over a year and I’m confident that with the right amount of money to buy in, and with a stroke of luck on my side, I could be successful and could turn my winnings into an ongoing practice. But I need your help. The casino I have in mind and the slot machines that I have picked out could grant me a great payout, but for the best odds, I wouldn’t dare go in with any less than $500, and won’t be walking out with less than $5000.
I love the guarantee of walking out with $5,000 at the end. That’s some confidence for gambling with fucking slot machines.
Via Reddit
God is Real – the Video Game
Right up top, let me just say that there is obviously nothing wrong with making a video game based around Christianity. What is wrong though is when you post a GoFundMe campaign asking for $300,000 without any description of what the game even is.
Seriously, all they had a was a title and potential release date of 2023. No explanation of what type of game it was going to be, no placeholder footage of what they were going for, no concept art. Not a damn thing.
I’m not going to get into the history of recent crowdfunding, but let’s just say that crowdfunded video games have a mixed reputation to begin with (lookin’ at you, Mighty No. 9), so having nothing to show for the pitch makes this way WAY more suspicious.
Via GoFundMe
Get Kanye Out of Debt
There was a brief moment in time where Kanye West spontaneously Tweeted out during a multi-part rant that he was $53 million in debt (and wanted Mark Zuckerberg to bail him out? Fuck, 2016 was a weird year.). I think most people just shrugged or assumed it was another “Kanye being Kanye” moment, but one fan begged to differ.
Amazingly, this campaign made $57,398, which is nowhere near $53 million but is definitely way more money than this should have ever gotten. Unlike some of these stories though, this one actually has a positive ending. Kanye West refused the money, so the fan behind the campaign donated all of the money to a charity.
Via Mashable
Rescue Matt Damon from Mars
It feels like the most infamous GoFundMe campaigns involve space and celebrities somehow (you’ll see what I mean later), and this is one of the tightest combinations of the two out there. A Matt Damon super-fan launched a campaign to “rescue” Matt Damon from Mars, a joking reference to the film The Martian.
That being said, there are a couple of lines in the description that make me think that this is completely a troll move. Obviously it’s a troll move no matter what, but the part that says, “Matt is also a loyal friend to another Hollywood great Ben Affleck who needs Matt Damon’s support as he goes through a divorce” makes me wonder how much of a “fan” this guy really was.
Via GoFundMe
Soul Journey: YouTube Fund
Look. If you want to go full Jack Kerouac or Chris McCandless, no one is stopping you. Go on a soul-searching journey, but do it on your own shitty dime. Do NOT under ANY circumstance ask the internet to help you out with that, especially to the tune of $10,000.
As you can imagine, this campaign went viral for the wrong reasons, especially when it became clear that the soul searcher in question claimed to be a “crystal healer.” Call me childish, but the best part of this story comes from an article from The Independent that said she “lists multiple jobs on her Facebook page including being an artist of vagina paintings and selling dreamcatchers on Etsy.”
That makes an unfortunate amount of sense.
Via GoFundMe
Show BoB The Curve
Last, but definitely not least is one of the most infamous GoFundMe campaigns of all time. In September of 2017, rapper B.o.B. launched a campaign to raise $1 million for satellites, weather balloons, and other stuff you launch into the sky/space. Why? To try and see if the Earth is round.
If you haven’t heard of B.o.B. and his interests, he sincerely believes in the “Flat-Earth” conspiracy, which claims the entire world system is controlled by people who don’t want us to know that the Earth is actually flat (god, typing that out makes my fucking brain hurt).
Fun fact: The place on Earth with the most Flat-Earthers is Colorado. I don’t know what to do with that information, so maybe someone out there can do something with it?
But the real takeaway from all of this is simple: Before you support a GoFundMe campaign (or start one), ask yourself one simple question.
Who does this actually help?
h/t Distractify
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News Pictures Why did they even try to use GoFundMe for that? (15 GIFs and Photos)
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Size: 10-12
Age: 52
Height: 5ft 8in
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