rant · moment 9 of 13
The Mr. Ortega GoFundMe Disaster
from Tim Dillon Is Going To Hell Premieres on GaS Digital · #1
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8 minTim recounts trying to do a good deed by setting up a GoFundMe for an elderly neighbor, Mr. Ortega, whose stolen fan and microwave needed replacing, only for the effort to spiral into accusations that Ortega tried to lure his friend Molly in for 'soda,' with nobody sure where the money or appliances ended up.
- 34:05Tim visits a friend's apartment and spots a flyer about Mr. Ortega, who had a microwave and air conditioner stolen by social services' own negligence.
- 34:45Tim proposes starting a GoFundMe for Mr. Ortega and pitches the story to Huffington Post for coverage.
- 35:41Tim is furious the GoFundMe never got media coverage despite raising $400 in two days.
- 36:41Matt Ott sets the fundraising goal too low at $600, and Tim argues they need more to get Mr. Ortega a decent microwave.
- 37:42The plan falls apart when Mr. Ortega allegedly makes an inappropriate advance toward Molly, inviting her inside for a soda.
- 39:10Tim concludes that trying to do the right thing for people inevitably backfires and leaves you getting screwed.
- 40:29A real estate developer friend tells Tim the entire building will be bulldozed with Mr. Ortega inside, making the donations moot.
- 40:41Tim suspects either Molly or Mr. Ortega took the air conditioner and microwave, and he doesn't know what happened to the money.
- 41:13Tim argues he needed Huffington Post coverage to justify his own cut of the $400, or the whole thing looks like a grift.
- 42:05Tim decides Molly may have stolen the items or the money, shifting suspicion from Mr. Ortega to his supposed partner in charity.
- 42:17Someone in this whole thing fucked Tim, and he's vowing to confront Ariana Huffington if they ever meet.
Mr. OrtegaHuffington PostMatt OttMolly