Started about a year ago, when The Oatmeal http://theoatmeal.com posted about how Funnyjunk http://www.funnyjunk.com/ has been stealing his content and profiting

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk

Funnyjunk responded with a mass message asking users to harass The Oatmeal



http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk2

The Oatmeal even says he doesn't intend to sue, he just wants his content removed from their site.



A year later Funnyjunk has a lawyer send him a letter and tell The Oatmeal to send them $20,000 for essentially hosting his content

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk_letter











To donate: http://www.indiegogo.com/bearlovegood

So far he has raised $149,358

6/13/2012 1:38:07 PM

TL/DR

6/13/2012 1:41:25 PM

TL/RA

6/13/2012 1:44:25 PM

ok short version

Oatmeal complains about stolen content
Thief is an asshole and a year later tells Oatmeal they have grounds to sue him for being a meanie
Oatmeal responds by raising money for charity, he wants to raise $20,000 but has exceeded that by raising $149,589 so far

6/13/2012 1:46:15 PM

i like my oatmeal lumpy.

6/13/2012 1:50:41 PM

I do not like oatmeal

6/13/2012 1:53:53 PM

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"As a result of this very public slap in the face, The Oatmeal raised $20,000 in 64 minutes."

6/13/2012 1:55:22 PM

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"Wait, I'm confused about the movie. So the cops knew that internal affairs were setting them up?"

6/13/2012 2:22:07 PM

Great way to say FUCK OFF! I hope he really doesn't get sued and has to pay that guy $20k dollar bucks.

I am a fan.

6/13/2012 2:22:35 PM

I like it

6/13/2012 2:27:45 PM

$151,229

6/13/2012 2:28:02 PM

Michael Glapion would not support this cause.

6/13/2012 2:29:53 PM

HILARITY.

it has ensued.

6/13/2012 2:34:38 PM

This dumb fucknut decided to sue not only theoatmel guy, but also the website that helped collect the money AND the charities that the money is being collected for.

Good luck with that asshat.

http://www.popehat.com/2012/06/17/the-oatmeal-v-funnyjunk-part-iv-charles-carreon-sues-everybody/

6/18/2012 9:27:33 PM

Yeah... the funkyjunk people need to DIAF

6/18/2012 9:30:05 PM

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"Operation BearLove Good, Cancer Bad ended early this morning with total funds raised at $220,024.00 -- almost exactly 11 times the original goal of $20k. IndieGoGo takes 4%, so that puts the total money going to charity at $211,223.04. I've been trying very hard not to post about all the insane drama surrounding Carreon and his better half and instead focusing on the fundraiser. Now that it's ended, I wanted to address some specific questions about how I'm donating the funds. When will you pay the charities? Carreon has provided notice that he intends to ask the court for a restraining order which will stop the transfer of funds from Indiegogo. If we can't get that silly bullshit dismissed, the money could be held up for days, weeks or months. Assuming we can, I should have the money in about a week. Once the money is moved, I still plan on withdrawing $211k in cash and taking a photo to send to Charles Carreon and FunnyJunk, along with the drawing of Funnyjunk's mother. After the photo is mailed I'll be sending checks to the charities. I'll also post receipts as well as public confirmations from both charities that they received every penny that was promised. Is all the money going to the National Wildlife Federation and the American Cancer Society? Yes. Previously I stated that because the amount raised was so much larger than expected I was going to divide the money into four charities instead of two, but unfortunately Carreon's lawsuit claims that I'm holding an "illicit fundraiser" and not donating money where I said I would. To avoid further litigation with him, I decided to split the money between the original two charities. If Carreon wanted a minor victory, he got one here. I'll keep posting updates about the fundraiser here, so check back soon. -Oats"

6/27/2012 8:37:23 AM

wow...

what a dick.

6/27/2012 8:46:38 AM

Funnyjunk=Cesspool of the internet

I have never once been able to go on that site without being stonewalled by the massive amount of ads. Hopefully, I won't get sued for character deformation or liable.

6/27/2012 8:46:43 AM

That's awesome. Also, Indiegogo has been making some good money on these last few fundraisers that have gone wild.

[Edited on June 27, 2012 at 8:47 AM. Reason : ^libel ]

6/27/2012 8:46:54 AM

someone's going to rob him coming out of a bank

6/27/2012 8:52:53 AM

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"character deformation or liable"

6/27/2012 6:58:12 PM

^^^^

no, but you might get flamed for your inability to either spell or know simple words.

6/27/2012 7:25:37 PM

I have a feeling you won't be sued for either of those two things.

6/27/2012 7:26:55 PM

not for libel either

6/27/2012 8:15:46 PM

I come back and everyone fell for the Greg Hyer troll. GG.

6/27/2012 11:39:41 PM

I love the guy from the Oatmeal. He has a great sense of humor. Funnyjunk probably started this controversy to get more views because their site is garbage...

6/28/2012 7:18:39 AM

UPDATE: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/charity_money

7/10/2012 11:31:26 AM

^Well played, Oatmeal.

7/10/2012 11:40:17 AM

wow.. i wonder what kind of hoops he had to jump through to get over $200k in cash from his bank.

I would probably make this same face if I had that much cash sitting in my apartment

7/10/2012 12:02:06 PM

i'd be completely paranoid walking out of the bank with that

7/10/2012 12:04:48 PM

Said he had to wait a week to pick it up, took some tough looking motherfucker with him, then returned it after a couple hours.

7/10/2012 12:05:36 PM

yeah, I probably wouldn't want to keep a tough looking motherfucker around any longer than I had to.

7/10/2012 12:10:00 PM

Don't be ragging my pronouns

7/10/2012 12:12:47 PM

jon gruden face

7/10/2012 12:59:16 PM

[Edited on July 23, 2012 at 7:28 PM. Reason : .]

7/23/2012 7:27:10 PM

Religion did a hell of a lot to help science in the middle ages. This dude needs to fact check.

7/24/2012 1:15:22 AM

People who spend all day in front of a computer neglect the fact that most religious people and churches don't spend that much effort on the theology.

When they do, it's route repetition.

The bearded guy in the sky has little to do with many people's "religion".

7/24/2012 1:31:05 AM

...which is how we end up with "Christians" who are against universal health care.

7/24/2012 1:34:08 AM

or some people realize that being charitable with someone else's money is NOT charity. it's theft. Jesus didn't say "take this guy's money and give it to that other guy." He said "take YOUR money and give it to that guy."

7/24/2012 8:44:29 AM

From what I remember, Jesus literally said to hold a gun to peoples' head and force them to give to the poor. If they resist, you kill them or put them in jail. WWJD, son.

Actually, there have been many Christian anarchists in history who accurately noted that it's immoral to initiate the use of force. No decent, respectable moral system condones the initiation of force, whether it's done by some rogue individual or a government worker.

Anarchism (there should be rules, just no rulers) and atheism should go hand in hand, but they often don't. Many people willingly replace the mental shackles of religion with those of government, or vice versa. It's alarming how many self-identified "secularists" worship the state, believing that people with guns will somehow act altruistically and in the bests interests of the defenseless.

[Edited on July 24, 2012 at 10:24 AM. Reason : ]

7/24/2012 10:21:20 AM

^ so you're saying you're in support of gun bans?

7/24/2012 12:05:07 PM

That would require that you use force to prevent people from purchasing and owning guns.

7/24/2012 12:17:39 PM

Looks like someone needs to send The Oatmeal Froshkiller's religion rant. Because nobody cares what they think, they should just stick to drawing cartoons about the rules of grammar.

7/24/2012 12:23:41 PM

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"Jesus literally said to hold a gun to peoples' head and force them to give to the poor. "

no he didn't...guns weren't invented till at least 1000 years after Jesus' time. See

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally

And I'd bet $50 that Jesus never even said anything to the effect of "you should threaten people with death if they refuse to give to the poor."

7/24/2012 2:05:59 PM

I wonder if the oatmeal has a cartoon about sarcasm

7/24/2012 2:13:17 PM

hating on religion simply because it's religion is just as stupid as the religious hating on the different/non-religious simply because they don't harbor the same views

in any case, one thing i know for a fact is that every single one of you has it wrong...the christians, the muslims, the atheists, all of you...not a single human being is capable of comprehending whatever the truth actually is and as such, you (and i) are just hanging around, doing what makes us feel best about our existence

i'm sure some are closer to the truth than others, though! and, in the end, i suspect the vast majority of religions are, for all intents and purposes, the same thing

7/24/2012 2:48:40 PM

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"one thing i know for a fact is that every single one of you has it wrong"

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"not a single human being is capable of comprehending whatever the truth actually is"

7/24/2012 2:59:31 PM

^ oh? tell us all, please...i'm very interested in understanding the entirety of the universe

go on, post as many times as you need (i'm sure the character cap will get you at some point)...i'll wait

7/24/2012 3:01:22 PM

I was pointing out that you contradicted yourself in an epic level fail, faggot. Oh look, I only needed one post after all.

7/24/2012 3:11:16 PM

i'm sorry, pointing out to you that you're incapable of knowing the truth in its entirety is a contradiction in and of itself? i never said you can't know ANY truths

BUT GOOD TRY YOURSELF, FAGGOT

so, which one are you...one of the religious dumbasses or one of the atheist ones?

[Edited on July 24, 2012 at 3:22 PM. Reason : .]

7/24/2012 3:21:13 PM