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Runa
Feb 13, 2011

ask the guy who goes ballistic when anybody asks anything about the fund?

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Leon Trotsky 2012
Aug 27, 2009

YOU CAN TRUST ME!*


*Israeli Government-affiliated poster

Cuttlefush posted:

idk have you tried asking the guy?

Yeah, he said his lawyer friend was going to help him do it two years ago and then yelled at people about how much work he does for the fund when someone asked for an update a year ago.

EasilyConfused
Nov 21, 2009


one strong toad

Brute Squad posted:

might as well make wild unsubstantiated claims.

You mean how plinky is Koala's March?

Antivehicular
Dec 30, 2011


I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

Just had that sinking feeling that I'm pretty sure I signed onto the Goonfund Patreon a couple of years ago, after a friend got helped out by it, and I was thinking "what the hell, I can throw a few bucks at this"

I should probably check that!

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦

EasilyConfused posted:

You mean how plinky is Koala's March?

Not the poster though. Plinkey’s a really big box of the chocolate cookies she got the name from.

Cuttlefush
Jan 15, 2014

Gleichheit soll gedeihen

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Yeah, he said his lawyer friend was going to help him do it two years ago and then yelled at people about how much work he does for the fund when someone asked for an update a year ago.

does the irs offer bounties for sick freaks like this? i could kinda use the money if so but I'm willing to split it with you and whoever else wants in. just send me a pm

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!

Cuttlefush posted:

idk have you tried asking the guy?

Some people tried asking him about things, and he wasn't very cooperative.

Antivehicular
Dec 30, 2011


I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

The goon food fund: throwing needy C-SPAM posters the funds for one Goldbelly cookie a month

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

And someone suggested allowing someone else to help screen the requests and the OP weirdly says he has way too much screening to do, but also nobody can help screen the requests:

lol

You should all trust me! I don't trust any of you though.

jimmyjams
Jan 10, 2001


King Kong of Megadongs
Gobblin' them mega schlongs
Makin' sure they mega long
Stroke' 'em if they mega strong
hey guys you know how this is the website where the owner asked the userbase for thousands of dollars in donations every month and then it turned out he was pocketing like 90% of the money. well i'm starting a fund to help out other members of the community so if you all could please just give me thousands of dollars a month in donations to do that

Grip it and rip it
Apr 28, 2020

Dewgy posted:

I’m p sure the one dude is not getting a grand a month, I think he asked for over a grand over time in smaller chunks.

I know you're wrong because giving someone a recurring $1000 payment is absolutely the stupidest way things could be managed and thus must be what is happening.


Dewgy posted:

Not the poster though. Plinkey’s a really big box of the chocolate cookies she got the name from.


lol is this true? has anyone confirmed they have different IP addresses?

Grip it and rip it fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Oct 15, 2022

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011



dude definitely is not paying his fair share of taxes on that and as a c-spammer he's probably also complaining about the sorry state of tax-funded infrastructure in the united states

Frank Frank
Jun 13, 2001

Mirrored
Yo, if you want to give me a recurring $1000 monthly payment I will be happy to spend hours upon hours in Discord telling you why you’ve made such a wonderful decision

Famethrowa
Oct 5, 2012

how is this poo poo always uncovered in the goddamn sagas thread. I swear to God this is like the truth and reconciliation thread of the whole forum.

Leal
Oct 2, 2009
If you give me 1k a month I'll use that money to buy a webcam and a copy of facerig so I can be an anime girl that streams video games. If it helps I've been told I got a face for radio

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

I'm glad there are people who needed help and got it, but at this point in the forums history are we not all part of some lesser clique/discord already? Like if you really need help you can ask your inner circle of friends for some help. I don't think having a GoonFund is in the best interest of anyone involved except the person running it

Frank Frank
Jun 13, 2001

Mirrored
Also please don’t send your money to internet people. There are so many legit charities out there.

Grip it and rip it
Apr 28, 2020
If you send me your money I'll send it to charity so you don't have to. I'll do that for you.

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Grip it and rip it posted:

If you send me your money I'll send it to charity so you don't have to. I'll do that for you.

*In lpc voice* that's how big of a guy I am.

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!

Grip it and rip it posted:

If you send me your money I'll send it to charity so you don't have to. I'll do that for you.

Works for me, but only if you promise, nay, swear a sacred oath not to tell what charity gets the money and how much. I just like not knowing things. Keeping things light up in the old noggin.

Dutchy
Jul 8, 2010

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

I'm glad there are people who needed help and got it, but at this point in the forums history are we not all part of some lesser clique/discord already? Like if you really need help you can ask your inner circle of friends for some help. I don't think having a GoonFund is in the best interest of anyone involved except the person running it

I can imagine a better world where this kind of poo poo works out but since I've been reading this forum as it actually exists for over a decade....

Radia
Jul 14, 2021

And someday, together.. We'll shine.
none of this would be a problem, there would be no real reason to roast them, if they had just gone on google sheets, hit "New", name it "Goon Fund Expenses", obscure usernames, and go to town. can even loving track taxes if we're supposed to believe smarxist of smarxist fame. it's like five seconds. it takes five seconds aghrghwpgn2wq4p-gtn

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
All he would have to do is say "no one else is allowed to see where the money goes because I'm funneling thousands of dollars to the IRA" or some poo poo like that and all the cspam posters would be like :hai:

IGgy IGsen
Apr 11, 2013

"If I lose I will set myself on fire."
All this just reminds me of KM's laptop again.

Frank Frank
Jun 13, 2001

Mirrored

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

I'm glad there are people who needed help and got it, but at this point in the forums history are we not all part of some lesser clique/discord already? Like if you really need help you can ask your inner circle of friends for some help. I don't think having a GoonFund is in the best interest of anyone involved except the person running it

Yeah, you put it better than I did. Although it’s *possible* that someone here has your best interests at heart, it’s incredibly unlikely and even if you are absolutely desperate this is probably the absolute last place you should turn other than like, 4chan.

E: good rule of thumb is that if someone is expressing concern via PMs is probably legit. If they’re doing it in a post just lol

Frank Frank fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Oct 15, 2022

pentyne
Nov 7, 2012
If the argument against allowing any inquiry or transparency, and that when plinkey loses their poo poo over simple requests for info, is that they are running it at a loss, putting their own money up when they have too, and simply reporting all the patreon money as income and paying taxes on it, there are two options

1- The goon fund is being run by a person so stupendously poor with money management it needs to be shut down for their own sake
2- There's a minimum amount of sketchy poo poo going on that were anyone to shine a light on it it doesn't go well for the fund or the person in question

This fund is taking in more then most people make in a year.

Grip it and rip it
Apr 28, 2020

pentyne posted:

If the argument against allowing any inquiry or transparency, and that when plinkey loses their poo poo over simple requests for info, is that they are running it at a loss, putting their own money up when they have too, and simply reporting all the patreon money as income and paying taxes on it, there are two options

1- The goon fund is being run by a person so stupendously poor with money management it needs to be shut down for their own sake
2- There's a minimum amount of sketchy poo poo going on that were anyone to shine a light on it it doesn't go well for the fund or the person in question

This fund is taking in more then most people make in a year.

There are about 12 requests a month for money. Or 12 posts saying an email has been sent. Do you have to post to make a request?

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

pentyne posted:

If the argument against allowing any inquiry or transparency, and that when plinkey loses their poo poo over simple requests for info, is that they are running it at a loss, putting their own money up when they have too, and simply reporting all the patreon money as income and paying taxes on it, there are two options

1- The goon fund is being run by a person so stupendously poor with money management it needs to be shut down for their own sake
2- There's a minimum amount of sketchy poo poo going on that were anyone to shine a light on it it doesn't go well for the fund or the person in question

This fund is taking in more then most people make in a year.

Or, they're actually extremely magnanimous, you ever think of that tough guy

pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

Grip it and rip it posted:

There are about 12 requests a month for money. Or 12 posts saying an email has been sent. Do you have to post to make a request?

There's outside contact links, OP bought goon.fund in order to set up an email service.

Plinkey posted:

i just bought goon.fund

stand by for a new email address, i think my old hosting litterally just disapeared

Plinkey posted:

OK, new rule.

No posting your paypal.me/venmo/whatever in this thread, go through the email address, if you PM me I'll redirect you to the email address (which will be changing in the next day or two)

Please make a paypal.me or venmo if you don't have one, if you do venmo, I'll send you my venmo for you to send a request incase you fat finger your venmo or whatever in the email (we've sent money to randos a few times which is unrecoverable)


Apparently reached $3k/mo in April 2020
NEW EMAIL: requst@goon.fund

Plinkey posted:

the cornoa virus isn't the only thing that's going exponetial



Talking about setting it up as a non-profit

Plinkey posted:

So, talked to my mom's husband and I need an attorney to set up a non profilte

so thaats where we're at

Is getting money from paypal directly too

Plinkey posted:

just PM me or send an email to the stanknuts email address do not send money there, i have no way to get it, and it'll sit in paypal limbo until it gets returned to you like 30 days later or something, its strickly a semi-anonymous email for people that don't have PMs.

I can give you the paypal address that it's all hooked up to and that way patreon doesn't take their 4% or whatever if you want to just do a one time.

also thanks to everyone that signed up, amazing!

Regarding the charity status on 1/11/21

Plinkey posted:

um it's jeff's lawyer so they kinda knew what was going on

e: basically i have a bunch of paperwork to fill out/read later today, need to set up a PO Box and some other admin poo poo, but I should be able to file as a PA 501-3(c) by the end of the month, then get a board together, write some bylaws and poo poo and find an accountant

Then on 2/9/22

Plinkey posted:

gently caress off, its my own money, and onnly 7 bucks a month

write down good poo poo you do

Plinkey posted:

yeah, it's 7 dollars, i had a rough week, i promise that i'll pay it back every month, that's how patreon works, they take it from your account before your credit card

i promise you that 7 bucks wont make a difference


So, a year+ after the fact and plinkey is talking about the fund like it is their own money? Is it a 501-3(c) or not?

I don't think taking money from your 501-3(c) for any amount because "gently caress you its my money" is a good look.

pentyne fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Oct 15, 2022

Ibram Gaunt
Jul 22, 2009

The level of hostility he displays at the most non judgemental or accusatory questions alone is so weird.

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011



Ibram Gaunt posted:

The level of hostility he displays at the most non judgemental or accusatory questions alone is so weird.

it's practically proof he's goonfucking but it's cspam so

some plague rats posted:

All he would have to do is say "no one else is allowed to see where the money goes because I'm funneling thousands of dollars to the IRA" or some poo poo like that and all the cspam posters would be like :hai:

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦
Probably ban this poo poo

The poster and the activity of goon funds

Ohtori Akio
Jul 15, 2022
wrote up a great post then searched "mutual AIDS" to make sure it was OC and threw my laptop out the window in frustration

congrats to plinkey for a well-executed grift. perfect in target, pitch, and structure

Splash Attack
Mar 23, 2008

Yeahhh!
I am GHOS!!
Haaaaaa Ha Ha Ha!!




i should ask people for money more often

sprotto
Jul 16, 2017

pentyne posted:

There was a build up to that where they were just collecting money left and right in I guess small amounts

Based on that last post especially I’m like 99% sure that guy is full of poo poo and is scamming the scam fund and you know what good for him

Anime Store Adventure
May 6, 2009


I’m probably a huge idiot but I both believe that goonfund probably both helps people and is done with the best of intentions but is getting exploited. I would help goons but I’d rather just Venmo you, drat.

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth
Before setting up the goon fund the guy running it posted a bunch about his love of casino gambling. Probably just a coincidence though lol

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth
Goons are so god damned stupid

16-bit Butt-Head
Dec 25, 2014

rear end cobra posted:

Before setting up the goon fund the guy running it posted a bunch about his love of casino gambling. Probably just a coincidence though lol

lol

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Runa
Feb 13, 2011

rear end cobra posted:

Before setting up the goon fund the guy running it posted a bunch about his love of casino gambling. Probably just a coincidence though lol

lmao

jesus

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