gofundme is so stupid

[brianmanahan]

in the past couple weeks, i have seen dumb gofundme requests from friends, acquaintances and strangers for the following:

- a couple who wants to adopt a baby - 10000$
- a guy who wants to get a masters degree without taking any student loans - 15000$
- a woman who wants to put her kid through college - 40000$

instead of begging for money like a bum, why dont you try saving?

 

[Rakehellion]

- thinly veiled prostitution

 

[manimal]

Only time I have ever donated there was for deaths of friends and acquaintaces.


As a joke I wanted to put my 5 year old daughters request of going to china to make friends.

 

[Rakehellion]

As a joke I wanted to put my 5 year old daughters request of going to china to make friends.

Might as well. If you get 20 bucks out of it it's worth it.

 

[videogames101]

I've never heard of it. Is this like kickstarter?

 

[lxskllr]

Why not beg? If it works, it works. That's exactly how charity should work; Privately funded, and not run/enforced by government. Instead of worrying about gofundme(which you don't have to participate in), you should be bitching about the redistribution by force your money to first world nuclear powers.

 

[DesiPower]

Hey maybe by some random stroke of luck they might end up getting the money, didnt hurt any thing to try!

 

[WaTaGuMp]

You're stupid.

 

[Engineer]

I would like to retire. Would one of you wonderful people here on ATOT set up a page so that I can soon retire? Thanks!

 

[feralkid]

instead of begging for money like a bum, why dont you try saving?

And get a haircut, And turn down that music, And get off your lawn.

 

[Nograts]

Um... is there a legal page about who/what/why/when/where you can set up a fundme page? Is it state dependent? Are there tax ramifications?

 

[Rakehellion]

I've never heard of it. Is this like kickstarter?

It's like Kickstarter, except the funders get nothing is return. It's more like an online panhandler's jar.

 

[Rakehellion]

Um... is there a legal page about who/what/why/when/where you can set up a fundme page? Is it state dependent? Are there tax ramifications?

I'm pretty sure it's treated as any other donation.

 

[DrPizza]

And doesn't gofundme keep 5%? That's a ridiculously high percentage for what little they do. I had a relative posting a ton of links to gofundme for someone local who had cancer. I must have asked half a dozen times, "since it's local, where can I just make a local donation at, so that some intermediary isn't keeping 1/20th of the money?" I know that local banks have done this many times, allowing people to make deposits to an account in the name of someone needing help - and certainly with nowhere near a 5% fee.

 

[Rakehellion]

And doesn't gofundme keep 5%? That's a ridiculously high percentage for what little they do. I had a relative posting a ton of links to gofundme for someone local who had cancer. I must have asked half a dozen times, "since it's local, where can I just make a local donation at, so that some intermediary isn't keeping 1/20th of the money?" I know that local banks have done this many times, allowing people to make deposits to an account in the name of someone needing help - and certainly with nowhere near a 5% fee.

Gofundme does everything. Otherwise, you wouldn't be using them.

 

[MongGrel]

I would like to retire. Would one of you wonderful people here on ATOT set up a page so that I can soon retire? Thanks!

I've kinda felt the same way about these things myself.

 

[KeithP]

I see dumb posts on the forums all the time, it doesn't make the forums "stupid."

-KeithP

 

[Rakehellion]

I see dumb posts on the forums all the time, it doesn't make the forums "stupid."

-KeithP

Doesn't it?

 

[ViRGE]

I would like to retire. Would one of you wonderful people here on ATOT set up a page so that I can soon retire? Thanks!

In for $100.

 

[smackababy]

I am astounded internet begging has become an acceptable thing.

 

[brianmanahan]

I am astounded internet begging has become an acceptable thing.

not only that, most of the people i've seen begging are perfectly capable of affording these costs. they just don't want to.

the guy who wanted help with the college degree just flat out said so. "it is my goal to get a masters degree, but i don't think i should pay for it."

 

[Fanatical Meat]

not only that, most of the people i've seen begging are perfectly capable of affording these costs. they just don't want to.

the guy who wanted help with the college degree just flat out said so. "it is my goal to get a masters degree, but i don't think i should pay for it."

I didn't read his request however I feel that he has been told that he is a special unicorn many times in his life.

 

[brianmanahan]

I didn't read his request however I feel that he has been told that he is a special unicorn many times in his life.

can confirm, he is the specialist of unicorns

 

[chubbyfatazn]

 

[MarkXIX]

Only time I've ever used it was to help pay for family travel expenses for the death of a Soldier in one of my units. I was in Afghanistan at the time and didn't have the option of contributing any other way.