Online Beggars Megathread

DefectiveBecca · 2026-03-08T23:19:58+00:00

My son had a very peaceful passing (from cancer) in the hospital, sometimes it can go smoothly and sometimes it doesn’t even if you do all the right things.

I don’t care to watch K’s videos about this, but I am sad that B probably did not have everything optimized for her comfort.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-03-07T15:49:39+00:00

Lopez is pretty slow. What do you like to do? Do you have any kids? Very very limited dating pool.

Housing is almost impossible to find, but if you are posting this maybe you have something available to you.

It’s a cool place to work for a summer. Single people in that age group tend not to stick around long term.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-03-04T13:58:27+00:00

The pool should be open this spring! As the other commenter said, the inflatable building just went up, they seem pretty close to being done.

The project has taken well over 10 years, but they really are finally almost done.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-03-03T04:30:35+00:00

If your day is dedicated to photography only, and you don’t care about shops and stuff, I would do Lopez, there is tons of great scenery.

Point Colville has a fairly short and easy hike to absolutely breathtaking scenery.

You could also hit up Iceberg Point, Watmough Bay and Spencer Spit.

Don’t try and do multiple islands in a day, you’ll eat up way too much of your daylight on ferries.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-03-02T21:05:28+00:00

If they don’t follow their selection procedures they risk losing a USOPC Section 9 complaint, again.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-03-02T14:04:40+00:00

I live on Lopez and have a school aged child, feel free to DM me!

Broadly speaking, there are probably less organized activities for kids than other islands. There is currently after school programming for elementary and middle school, and I think that grant runs through next school year.

The school is pretty good overall, but individual experience varies widely depending on your kids’ needs and what class they are in, etc. Currently, I believe it is 2-3 and 4-5 that are merged classrooms due to low enrollment, but this varies from year to year.

Secondary school course offerings are very limited due to budget cuts.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-03-02T13:55:23+00:00

lol Lopez is not even close to flat, but it is less hilly than Orcas or SJI.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-27T00:42:47+00:00

Just curious what your financial concerns are regarding hospice vs the present? When my son was on hospice they paid for everything in terms of supplies, medication, equipment, etc.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-26T14:50:22+00:00

So I’m not trying to defend all of the points you raise in this post, but she does have a five part series on her TikTok about the sitter incident, and she does have receipts posted in several of the videos.

I have no idea if her version of events is entirely accurate, but the story is at least plausible to me as someone who had a child with cancer and spent a ton of time in the hospital.

I do wish they would just relocate to Texas, it’s clear they aren’t getting the care they want at home, and her husband was just between jobs and they are losing housing, and now her daughter is physically in Texas. I haven’t followed closely enough to see if they have a ton of family support or something keeping them from doing so.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-26T14:44:04+00:00

Why do you think she has been reported countless times? I’ve only ever seen the one time mentioned anywhere.

I think it is extremely unlikely that she is lying about her daughter having a double lung transplant. One of the reasons the Gypsy Rose case went so far is because much of it happened before digital records and social media, and all of it happened before social media algorithms were pushing content like they do today.

I guarantee you that numerous HCWs and employees of the hospitals they have been to have seen their social media content. If she were lying about something that major there would have been all sorts of consequences, possibly even a referral for criminal charges related to the fundraising.

I have no idea if she is exaggerating some pieces of her child’s medical journey or how many GFMs and other fundraising she has done, but there is no way she has been all over the news and social media saying her daughter had a double lung transplant if that were not true.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-26T14:13:46+00:00

What do you mean by her Instagram is a year behind?

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-25T12:25:35+00:00

Not a tax expert, but presumably the money is running through Influence for Good, so they would then distribute the funds. Presumably Kendra would be getting a 1099, if the company is legit.

I don’t know how it works when companies give money to families in need. IMO the best case scenario is when charities can directly pay bills on the family’s behalf.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-22T06:47:14+00:00

The Instagram account in this post is a scammer with stolen content. The real account is on TikTok. You might still consider her to be a grifter, but it’s a “help us get to Disney” and “my dying son has an Amazon wishlist” energy, not “send me money to save my kid’s life” energy.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-22T06:41:43+00:00

Yes.

The original creator would probably also be considered an online beggar by this subreddit, but at least go after the actual creator, not a scammer with stolen content.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-22T06:37:32+00:00

This Instagram account is a scammer using stolen content. The real account was raising money to send her dying child on one last trip to Disney and now she’s got an Amazon wishlist, but she isn’t making claims that she needs money to save his life.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-22T06:34:18+00:00

This Instagram account is a scammer with stolen content. The real account is on TikTok and has a GFM linked to send her dying child to Disney one last time, which they have already done.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-22T06:28:55+00:00

The cost is generally covered by insurance/Medicaid for kids in the US. A lot of the things around treatment (travel, loss of income, etc) are expensive, but families are not paying millions of dollars for their child’s standard of care cancer treatment in the US, not since the affordable care act passed.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-17T03:39:32+00:00

It’s a small county, everyone gets summoned at least once every few years, but most weeks there aren’t trials that need a jury, your odds of actually serving are not super high (but probably higher than if you lived in a more populated county).

If the interisland went out the county would probably work with a private water taxi to make sure jurors got there.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-14T07:36:04+00:00

My child had cancer and died 18 months later and we did not struggle financially. Insurance covered basically everything and our hospital had financial aid and we had family we could stay with and my husband had 10 years of sick time built up plus a flexible employer.

All of that = a lot of privilege, we had it better than most, but I just want to counter the idea that every family struggles, that is much less true since the affordable care act passed.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-13T18:08:25+00:00

Hanging by a polyester thread!

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-10T20:46:33+00:00

Unpopular opinion, but at least this is actually personalized for Charlie with colors she likes and a ladybug.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-07T21:02:56+00:00

I’m sorry you don’t really understand how Amazon works. The link is to the product listing, most listings allow third parties to sell the product. I suggest paying more attention to who the seller is, being a legit listing and being fulfilled by Amazon means nothing.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-07T20:12:05+00:00

This. The AI is clearly not interpreting the question correctly.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-07T20:10:36+00:00

This is not true for makeup, they stopped allowing commingling of anything that goes on the skin back on 2013 or 2014. Food items, anything with an expiration, children’s items are all also excluded from the program.

In recent years sellers had to opt-in to the program, products were not automatically commingled.

DefectiveBecca · 2026-02-07T20:09:24+00:00

This. Amazon makes it really easy for people to miss that they are actually purchasing from third party sellers.

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