11 GoFundMe Pages That Will Make You Totally Lose Faith In Society
They want money for what?!
GoFundMe is the world's #1 fundraising site for personal causes and life-events.
You've probably come across a GoFundMe page on your Facebook timeline at one point or another. GoFundMe, a fundraising site that launched on May 10, 2010, has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for individuals around the world hoping to raise money for personal missions and unexpected events that need funding.
Your Facebook feed is most likely filled with statuses about GoFundMe pages hoping to support an old college roommate go a trip to Africa for Doctors Without Borders, a coworker who wants money to pay for their Poodle's appendix surgery, or a longtime childhood friend needs help funding their chemotherapy treatment. All of these personal pages merit donations, but that doesn't mean everyone who sets up a GoFundMe page is worthy of your time or money.
There's a special type of personal that sets up a page for personal gain so selfish, so strange, and so unbelievable that we had to compile a list of these idiots and show you ourselves otherwise we wouldn't believe it either.
1. 4/20 forehead tattoo removal
This woman was probably lit when she wanted to commemorate the stoner's version of Christmas with this tattoo. When she found that the newest addition to her face was preventing her from getting a job (no way!) she set up a GoFundMe to raise money for tattoo removal.
Her goal was set at $800, and she ended up raising more than $1,000 in a matter of a few days.
2. Hats to cover this guy's premature balding.
Time to shut this page down, dude. Four generous people care about your naked head, and $83 will at least get you some rogaine.
3. A crazy expensive Uber on Halloween night.
Halloween was extra scary for Gaby when she woke up the next morning to find her 20-minute Uber ride cost her $362.57. Unaware of the 9X Uber surge and unable to afford the ride, Gaby took to GoFundMe begging for help, and raised $512 in 12 hours.
Girl, maybe take a Lyft home next time.
4. A TV.
This guy just really wants a TV.
Perhaps he needs something to Netflix & Chill with? Maybe he just wants to catch the big game? Or maybe he's tired of missing Ellen? The world may never know, but his campaign for cable is still sitting at $0 after a month.
5. Protection after this guy plans an incredibly racist rally.
This guy organized a Nazi-style anti-Islam protest in Phoenix, Arizona, but that's not even the worst part. He set up this page asking for $10 million to protect his family in case they faced any "backlash" for the protest. Maybe kicking this guy out of the country would actually "Make America Great Again."
6. $8,000 bar tab because this college bro can't afford to pay it himself.
A 21-year-old Clemson student blacked out at a bar and racked up a mean bar tab with his fellow bros. I didn't even know this was humanly possible. Did they exclusively drink top shelf liquor? And then finish the whole top shelf? And then knock down and have to repair the shelf with fine mahogany wood shipped in from the wood in an African forest?
There's a light at the end of this dimwit's tunnel, though. He's only looking get $7,913 out of the page though, so at least he's being noble and taking care of the other $87.
7. This guy's drug habit.
The only thing worse than someone asking to have their drug habit funded is the fact that four people contributed to it.
Get it together, Will.
8. This girl's abortion.
Everything about this is uncomfortable. The subject, the photo, and the fact that it overtly defiles the GoFundMe standards for creating a page. Then again, a lot of these misfits fall under that category as well.
9. A car so this guy can pick up chicks.
And so he can "bring you this d***." No thank you, sir. I think it'd be best if we could all keep a safe distance from you. Plus you'd be far easier to run away from when you're on foot versus in a vehicle.
10. Money for the state of Alabama.
I thought this was fake until I saw that it was set up by Alabama State Senator Paul Sanford. Help pay Alabama state taxes, you don't even have to live there to participate! I'm sure far more than 76 people are going to continue to donate because voluntarily giving our money to the government isn't something we already do on a regular basis, right?
11. A midlife crisis tattoo.
A couple of things here.
First off, that is a very cute squirrel. Secondly, funding from ten people in 18 months isn't the worst thing, so this person is slowly but surely climbing the money tree there.
Lastly and most importantly, we all know that this midlife crisis tattoo is going to evolve into a full-blown crisis, so maybe this person should just take their earnings and spend it on a slightly less permanent but just as fun venture.