Really shitty but this shouldn't stop people from donating.

I dunno.
Some 55 year old nutjob here in town went out into his front yard in broad daylight last week during dinnertime
and ate his gun for supper. One of his kids started a GFM with a $10,000 goal "to put my father to rest".
It's been a week, and it's raised $565.00. No, not 5650.00.......9 donors, $565.00 total so far.
Obit said he worked at and retired from Harley Davidson, and was also a 'yard manager' for some lumber company for "20 years".
That's a pretty impressive resume for a 55 year old.
His mother, his ex-wife who 'remained a loyal and loving friend' after they divorced, his 5 siblings are all still alive.
It's been 10 years since one of my family members died, but I don't recall her cremation and service costing anywhere close to 10K.

This guy (and his son, for that matter) have had numerous run-ins with the KPD and are quite familiar with the court system here.
My wife actually works with a lady who lived across the street from him, and apparently he was well known on the block for being a whack. Secret compartments in the house with a doomsday stash of guns I don't believe he was allowed to possess, various stories about neighbors having things go missing from their yards, etc. At what point do we just say, "No. Figure it out. People obviously had to figure out a way to pay for funerals before the GoFundMe culture erupted, you're gonna have to just deal with it."
I mean, it's not like I hope the son doesn't get help, it's just so automatic these days....
Whatever. Maybe I'd feel differently if it was me and my family, I don't know............

I hadn't thought of that, SpiralStairs. Thanks.
Maybe you'd like me to post the link so you can donate to it yourself?

Why?

Nothing you read on the internet is true.

Because Bad from Wide Awake in America still bangs.

Don't donate then?

Well people are so saddled with debt nowadays they don't leave anything behind so this is how people score a little inheritance.

Well, the cynic in me is waiting for the other show to drop.
What if this person actually came close to hitting the 10K and his father's neighbors caught wind of it.
The potential lawsuits...."This kid is profiteering off his dad's suicide while I have to rack up therapy bills for my kids
who now have PTSD because they were playing in the front yard at 5:30 on a sunny Tuesday afternoon when this guy walked outside and shot his face off in front of the whole neighborhood."
It's obviously a terrible story, and unlike death after a long illness, these expenses were entirely unexpected, but come on.
Don't internet beg for $10K when the services you're claiming it's needed for do not come to that amount.
If this guy was as beloved as his obit makes it look, why is a gofundme necessary in the first place?
You may ask me why I care? I don't know. Probably the same reason I care about the shithead who shot up the videogame contest.
I don't have a gun and I don't play videogames anymore, but:
It's bad for the videogame companies/responsible game players and it's bad for the gun companies/responsible gun users.
These types of fundraisers are bad for the people who actually have no choice but to ask strangers for help.

A lawyer for Johnny Bobbitt, the homeless man whose kindness to a stranger inspired a $400,000 GoFundMe campaign, said Tuesday that all of the money raised for his client is gone.

Chris Fallon said he learned of the missing money in a conference call Tuesday morning with lawyers for Kate McClure and Mark D'Amico, the Burlington County couple accused of mismanaging the money raised for Bobbitt.

"It completely shocked me when I heard," said Fallon. "It came as a complete surprise to me."

Word of the missing funds came on the same day Bobbitt's lawyers asked a judge to impose sanctions on the couple after the pair missed a court-ordered deadline to hand over the remaining GoFundMe money. Bobbitt hired a legal team after becoming concerned that the couple had squandered much of the money raised to help him get off the streets. He said they denied him access to the funds while spending money on expensive vacations and a new BMW.

ahahahaha this is great

how do i make one of these