If you've ever been on social media, read the Internet, or had human friends, you probably already know about crowdfunding campaigns like the ones on GoFundMe or Kickstarter. More than likely, you’ve been sent a request or two to help fund worthy causes like paying vet bill of a sickly cat or covering the medical expenses of someone’s grandma. But not everyone in the crowdfunding universe has intentions that are quite so pure. In fact, we’ve gathered a collection of some of the worst GoFundMe campaigns of all time to prove just how weird and greedy society can be.
These are some of the worst crowdfunding campaigns the Internet has to offer, featuring everything from stupid GoFundMe campaigns like the one to find out the truth about #deflategate, to a Kickstarter fan project to break up Ciara and Russell Wilson. While some of these dumb things on GoFundMe might actually resonate with some people (like the one to help a lady buy a hedgehog), others are just plain wacky.
At the very least, these crowdfunding attempts will help you feel better about your own life. Vote up the best of the worst dumb GoFundMe campaigns ever to hit the web!
The Dumbest GoFundMe Campaigns Ever,
The Hat Fund We Will Actually Contribute To
Okay, we admit it. This one's awesome.
The Fund to Put a Tardis Into Space
Are you such a huge Dr. Who fan that you'd totally pay your own hard-earned cash for the to put an actual Tardis into orbit around the Earth? Apparently, so are these guys.
The Fund for a Half-Pint of Henny
Hey. A dude needs his Henny.
The Fund for This Lady's Midlife Crisis Tat
Now you can help one PA woman cross two items off of her bucket list. The first was to get a squirrel tattoo and the second was to orchestrate an online fundraiser. She decided to combine them into one glorious GoFundMe page
A Fund to Erase This Bad Decision
Turns out getting a job was tough for this tattooed New Yorker. To help erase her (really, really, really) terrible decision and hopefully brighten up her job prospects, she started a GoFundMe campaign to get the 420 tattoo removed from her forehead. Aiming for $800, she raised more than $1,000 in just a few days.
A Fund to Help This Chick Adopt This Creature
After going through a harrowing divorce in August of 2015, a Denver woman decided that there were only two things in this world that could ever revive her happiness. The first was adopting this adorable hedgehog. The second was collecting the $500 dollars it apparently takes to adopt an adorable hedgehog.
The Fund to Break Up Russell Wilson and Ciara
After seeing how Future Hendrix's career blossomed right after he broke up with Ciara, a few Seattle Seahawks fans thought the sexy singer was the cause of her new boyfriend Russell Wilson's decline. The page creators asked for $50,000 to help get "Ciara's career back on track so she has no time to be in a relationship.”
A Fund for a Bride Whose Racist, Murderer Brother Ruined Her Wedding
After her racist brother apparently ruined her fist stab at marriage by gunning down nine African American people in Charleston's Emanuel AME Church (!!!), Amber decided to count herself among the victims by mounting a short-lived GoFundMe campaign. She and her fiance felt that $5,000 would expedite their healing process nicely by helping to cover lost wedding costs, bills, and their dream honeymoon. The page did not last long.
The Fund to Help This Guy Parent His Kids
Back in 2014, a guy named Adam Dolgin tried (and miserably failed) to get the Internet to pay him to be a stay at home dad for a year. In exchange, he promised to regale the world with his wit and wisdom in a blog about the experience. "I'd like to leave the corporate world behind for a year to take on the role of stay-at-home parent with my kids, and prove once and for all that anything moms can do DADS can do equally."
The Dating Fund We All Secretly Want
After growing tired of the apparent flood of men who regularly hit on her online, 26-year-old Victoria decided to just cut the crap and set up a fund for those suitors to do something useful instead - pay the bills for her and her four kids. After setting up a GoFundMe campaign “for all the n****s in my inbox texting my phone and commenting on my pics," Victoria proceeded to raise about $60 before taking the page down.