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did people that ordered ever get refunded for that or was that the ultimate hustle?
Remember KONY 2012?
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did people that ordered ever get refunded for that or was that the ultimate hustle?
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Wasn't dude that started it arrested for fappin and buggin out up n down the street?
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yeah, he tripped out. Dude was the real Joanne the Scammer
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loved how people felt powerful.
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Damn throwback likeee.
Edit: article is 2014 but seems like hes doing better after the meltdown he had
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/two-y...ldren-grown-up?utm_term=.eo6wd8lvJ#.gb4JbRe2w
Edit: article is 2014 but seems like hes doing better after the meltdown he had
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/two-y...ldren-grown-up?utm_term=.eo6wd8lvJ#.gb4JbRe2w
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Know people that still believe it to this day
Remember one of my boys really tried to argue with me about it when I told him he was dumb for believing it without doing 5 minutes of homework
Remember one of my boys really tried to argue with me about it when I told him he was dumb for believing it without doing 5 minutes of homework
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the Ultimate hustler. Didn't dude made out with 900k?
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what a joke, all the commercials and hashtags just for people to hilariously get duped
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Can't believe people actually fell for this
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Cliff notes on how people got hustled please.
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Oh boy I definitely remember this ********. I'm proud to say he never got a penny from me
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He most def smoked everyones money up...
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A random guy named Russell worked with a nonprofit called Invisible Children to create a documentary to help stop the use of child soldiers in places like Uganda. Joseph Kony was the focus of the documentary, titled Kony 2012.
KONY 2012 became a viral hit, prompting Russell to campaign for the cause by accepting donations, selling tshirts, stickers, buttons, etc. This continued until Russell had a melt down, where he was filmed naked in public yelling about money and the devil.
People start to do some digging, and they realise that Joseph Kony hadn't been seen in Uganda in years, and that many of the children depicted in the KONY 2012 film had already returned to school thanks to the actions of people in Uganda - not the actions of the people tied to the KONY 2012 momvement. People stoped caring about the very real problem of child soldiers, and here we are.
Tl;dr - A white guy made a documentary about problems in Africa without doing research, made a bunch of money, and all people in Africa got was a wildly inaccurate documentary about a huge problem that they're still dealing with today.
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My brother's friend donated. I don't donate to ish.
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Ive met the guy recently and heard him speak. The media had it all wrong from the get go, asking how he did it and what he thought about going viral instead of really focusing on the issue at hand that he was promoting awareness to. He was never about that. Say what you want about me and him, but this dude is a legit family man that caved in to the overwhelming pressure brought upon him in only a few days, something none of us are above and everyone is susceptible to. It's sad that people as a whole don't realize mental health is just as important as physical health. No difference in what happened to him (temporarily) than someone being struck with a disease or sickness (temporary) that can be cured.
All in all, he removed himself from the equation, but let's be real, social media and the media as a whole are slanted and cause the majority to jump on dude's back and turn on him for the good works he was doing simply because he had a meltdown. I'm not excusing his actions, they were terrible. But to say it was all a scam simply because dude broke for a bit is way off.
All in all, he removed himself from the equation, but let's be real, social media and the media as a whole are slanted and cause the majority to jump on dude's back and turn on him for the good works he was doing simply because he had a meltdown. I'm not excusing his actions, they were terrible. But to say it was all a scam simply because dude broke for a bit is way off.
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The dude made a documentary to Stop Joseph Kony in Uganda in 2012. A lot of people forget, but the purpose of the film was to make Kony so famous that he could no longer operate on the level that he had before. The only problem is Kony was last seen in Uganda in 2006, and that was by Invisible Children's admission.
Russell made a film and profited off of a problem that had already passed (in the context of Uganda,) and in the process he brought undue notoriety to Kony, who had already been charged in international court btw, for the sole purpose of furthering his agenda to "Stop Kony 2012." Hell, the nonprofit Invisible Children that Russell worked with has even received criticism for exaggerating statistics, how they spend money and their support for military action in the region (Invisible Children helps support the Ugandan Army, Sudan's People Liberation Army, and other "movements.")
But naw, listen to the dude who got naked and yelled about the devil and how much money he made. We all had him wrong from the get go.
Russell made a film and profited off of a problem that had already passed (in the context of Uganda,) and in the process he brought undue notoriety to Kony, who had already been charged in international court btw, for the sole purpose of furthering his agenda to "Stop Kony 2012." Hell, the nonprofit Invisible Children that Russell worked with has even received criticism for exaggerating statistics, how they spend money and their support for military action in the region (Invisible Children helps support the Ugandan Army, Sudan's People Liberation Army, and other "movements.")
But naw, listen to the dude who got naked and yelled about the devil and how much money he made. We all had him wrong from the get go.
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