As you’ve probably heard by now, Kylie Jenner is on track to be the youngest-ever self-made billionaire, as per Forbes. (Whether she can actually be considered “self-made” due to being born into immense privilege is another question, but I digress.)
And now, because people are actually the worst, someone has decided they can’t wait the estimated year it will likely take for Kylie to reach her expected billionaire status, and has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise the remaining $100 million she needs in order to officially have a net worth of $1 billion.
“Kylie Jenner was on the cover of Forbes Magazine today for having a net worth of 900 million dollars, which is heartbreaking,” the page’s description reads. “I don’t want to live in a world where Kylie Jenner doesn’t have a billion dollars. WE MUST RAISE 100 MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP HER GET TO A BILLION, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.”
While we’re holding out hope that we’re detecting a bit of sarcasm in that over-the-top description, regardless of the poster’s intent, people are actually taking it seriously — two days into the fundraiser, the page has raised over $1,000. (Truly, you can’t make this stuff up.)
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but are there not, like, 653 other organizations and causes out there on GoFundMe alone that could really use that money?
Likewise, Twitter caught wind of the campaign and went off:
I don’t like over exaggerations on Twitter but if you gave money to a GoFundMe to make 900 million dollar Kylie Jenner a billionaire you shouldn’t get to vote, drive a car, hold a job, raise children, or be in charge of any major life changing decisions moving foward
— Mitchell Slagh (@MitchellSlagh) July 13, 2018
Good morning to everyone except the people who started a GoFundMe to donate $100M to make Kylie Jenner a billionaire.
— gud n.r.g (@MichaelD_Angelo) July 13, 2018
There are people starving, without homes or families, dying of disease and living in a country of war yet there is a GoFundMe for Kylie Jenner to get to billionaire status? Fuck this
— Kirsty (@CiorstaidhC) July 13, 2018
Kylie, we love you, but seriously people, can we not?!