The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch / @TenaciousRanch / Steampunk Penny / Penellope Logue / Phillip Matthew Logue - Don't cry because it ended, laugh because it's still getting worse.

[stupid frog]

They're down to three people, one of whom does nothing, they're not selling anything, they've closed their GoFundMes, and the only apparent income for the three of them plus the dung eater (who apparently isn't even worth mentioning on their website) is the $1230 a month they get from patreon plus whatever they make from their shitty drywalling business. It looks like the end may be coming faster than anyone expected. We may be talking weeks or even days.

if penny is off playing carpenter all day
who is taking care of the animals...

the lever is alpaca huh...

 

[Another Sperg on the Net]

They've got Kev's money, the handyman money, and the Patreon money. I could almost see that paying for a miserable hand-to-mouth existence out there if they could somehow get rid of the animals. The rising cost of gas has to be kicking their asses though, especially since they've gotta drive a good 20 miles each way to refuel.

If they are doing the dirty and putting tax free AG diesel in the truck it would save them a fair bit, they had just better hope they don't get caught.

 

[ThatDumbPhilosopher]

So...How much time until the alpacas are starting to starve ?
...Unless it's already happening of course.

 

[Questionable Ceviche]

They've got Kev's money, the handyman money, and the Patreon money. I could almost see that paying for a miserable hand-to-mouth existence out there if they could somehow get rid of the animals. The rising cost of gas has to be kicking their asses though, especially since they've gotta drive a good 20 miles each way to refuel.

That might be barely enough for them to live on *if* they didn't have the giant herd of malnourished animals to deal with. They'll be paying for the mortgage, municipal taxes and fees, internet, car insurance, farm equipment loans, gas for the stove, fuel for vehicles and the generators, groceries, medical supplies, and whatever maintenance items like tools and parts they need for the house and associated infrastructure. That's not including anything else like clothing, housewares, entertainment spending, personal debt, or literally anything for the animals. It's not just the alpaca/sheep/poultry they have. There's multiple large dogs and cats inside of the house that also need to be fed and cared for. They can't produce any of their own feed on their land and are 100% dependent on it coming in from outside of the property. Enough people have left now that it's a mystery as to who is actually taking care of all the outside animals.

Paul's mom is on the hook ultimately for the mortgage, so it's not a big deal to any of those reprobates if they just stop paying that bill. Foreclosure can take a long time, and that's tomorrow's problem. The farm equipment would get repo'd if they stop servicing those loans. That would make it harder to do shit like bury dead alpaca, but they were fine before without it. They have a tarp shed to pile them in. That would present legal problems when it's discovered, but again, tomorrow's problem. The only things they can't really just stop paying for are groceries and fuel for the generators powering the well pump to the house.

Their financial situation became extremely dire once the grift dried up.

 

[Bob_]

I'm surprised that Earl hasn't made an appearance again given how lucrative it was for them.

Maybe they have had the fear of God put into them from the tax man, or maybe one of the former members has threatened to snitch if they grift again.

I don't understand why there were so many pics of the ceiling. We get it, it's a hole, you patched it, who the fuck cares.

 

[kaien]

That might be barely enough for them to live on *if* they didn't have the giant herd of malnourished animals to deal with.

Yeah, the animals make any question of budgeting a moot point. I mean, just their ridiculous collection of cats and dogs alone. They've got, what, six or seven big sheepdogs? Even if you go as cheap as possible, which you shouldn't, those suckers will eat you out of house and home in no time.

 

[Oxyjen]

I'm surprised that Earl hasn't made an appearance again given how lucrative it was for them.

Maybe they have had the fear of God put into them from the tax man, or maybe one of the former members has threatened to snitch if they grift again.

I’d bet money on the “unexpected windfall” theory at this point.

 

[capsaicin]

I’d bet money on the “unexpected windfall” theory at this point.

best imaginable case for that possibility is that they got some kind of federal money (maybe related to reservations?) through shady application means. That’d be a fun arc.

 

[Dickens Cider]

I love that not only is Earl a clever machiavellian military strategist hitting them where they least expect it, but a long game player in the financial arena as well. By hitting them fast and hard in the tires and fading back into the shadows like a fart in the wind he gave their grifts a lack of credibility to assure they couldn’t repeat it. God I aspire to be as forward thinking as Earl.

 

[Peru oso donas]

My theory as to why Earl hasn't made a comeback is because after they made fools of themselves with the (TR)A(NCH) team saga, almost no one would believe they are threatened by Earl's tire overinflation and drone surveilance after they allegedly entered an alt right hide out to extract some non existent troon, and the few retards who do believe their bull wouldn't give them money because they would be retarded grifters themselves.

 

[Bob_]

My theory as to why Earl hasn't made a comeback is because after they made fools of themselves with the (TR)A(NCH) team saga, almost no one would believe they are threatened by Earl's tire overinflation and drone surveilance after they allegedly entered an alt right hide out to extract some non existent troon, and the few retards who do believe their bull wouldn't give them money because they would be retarded grifters themselves.

People did believe it though, and even if time has diluted this belief (the saved trans sister has never been produced) the twitter bubble these people exist in wouldn't let this negative information in.

I doubt the average trans supporter who has put money into the grift would really question if a new 'attack' happened.
But maybe the constant begging for money has lost them a lot of followers, I don't know.

It has certainly made me hate Kevin and Penny, fucking dodgy cunts. Leave the charity for people who need it.

 

[kaien]

People did believe it though, and even if time has diluted this belief (the saved trans sister has never been produced) the twitter bubble these people exist in wouldn't let this negative information in.

As we've seen in screencaps collected earlier in the thread, trans twitter believes that there was an actual siege and exchanges of gunfire with the fascist militia. I don't think the tranch's scam is necessarily past its sell-by date. They just don't seem interested in putting forth any effort to sell it. I wonder if Bono was the real hustler behind all that.

 

[AGPinochet]

the saved trans sister has never been produced)

Not only has this stunning and brave Trxns Zyster not been proven to actually exist, Individual Tranchers gave contradictory explanations of what they were rescuing him from.

 

[capsaicin]

One of their biggest mistakes, financially speaking, was leaning heavily on GFM and treating their Patreon as an afterthought. GFM is aimed at funding specific, one-off needs: build this school in Africa, pay for funeral costs, help pay for my dog's surgery, etc. People have to log in each time and consider whether they want to give their credit card information to this particular request. Great for attention-grabbing and unique events, but terrible for ongoing contributions.

And that's exactly what Patreon is for: set it and forget it. If they'd pushed the Patreon heavily after Earl, they could have easily gotten up to $15-20k of contributions... monthly. Probably more! Unlike their current "re-engage people each time" strategy, Patreon would be effectively stable, reliable income on a monthly basis. All they'd need to do is lock some exclusive content behind the paywall, and that could be as simple as "Here's a photo of the latest cute baby if you want to see the full gallery, become a contributor on our Patreon!" Or maybe Kevin gets put to "work" by writing a monthly brief on "why trans supporters are the best people in the world and why transitioning is great." You know, the sort of bullshit they post on Twitter for free, but could make Patreon supporters feel like they're in a Super Sekrit Good Guy Trans Supporter Club if it's supposedly done just for them as a thank-you. They'd eat that up.

People rarely review their Patreon support, especially if it's small dollar stuff. Even after all their failures, they'd still have a really solid chunk of however many people got lured in with the Earl bait. If you're donating $50 monthly to good causes to feel like a good person, why mentally engage with the $2 of that that you decided to throw at the trans ranch?

Fortunately, Phil's a terrible business manager and zeroed in on the one-off platform.

 

[Bob_]

One of their biggest mistakes, financially speaking, was leaning heavily on GFM and treating their Patreon as an afterthought. GFM is aimed at funding specific, one-off needs: build this school in Africa, pay for funeral costs, help pay for my dog's surgery, etc. People have to log in each time and consider whether they want to give their credit card information to this particular request. Great for attention-grabbing and unique events, but terrible for ongoing contributions.

And that's exactly what Patreon is for: set it and forget it. If they'd pushed the Patreon heavily after Earl, they could have easily gotten up to $15-20k of contributions... monthly. Probably more! Unlike their current "re-engage people each time" strategy, Patreon would be effectively stable, reliable income on a monthly basis. All they'd need to do is lock some exclusive content behind the paywall, and that could be as simple as "Here's a photo of the latest cute baby if you want to see the full gallery, become a contributor on our Patreon!" Or maybe Kevin gets put to "work" by writing a monthly brief on "why trans supporters are the best people in the world and why transitioning is great." You know, the sort of bullshit they post on Twitter for free, but could make Patreon supporters feel like they're in a Super Sekrit Good Guy Trans Supporter Club if it's supposedly done just for them as a thank-you. They'd eat that up.

People rarely review their Patreon support, especially if it's small dollar stuff. Even after all their failures, they'd still have a really solid chunk of however many people got lured in with the Earl bait. If you're donating $50 monthly to good causes to feel like a good person, why mentally engage with the $2 of that that you decided to throw at the trans ranch?

Fortunately, Phil's a terrible business manager and zeroed in on the one-off platform.

Very good points. If only they had put some of the Earl $100k into hiring consultants to point them in the right direction, they could be living pretty (lol) on the monthly Patreon gibes and growing their brand further, enabling them to help so many more poor obsessed trans people.

I guess this sort of shit doesn't penetrate into your brain when you are a mentally ill retard surrounded by other mentally ill retards.

 

[AMHOLIO]

I'm sorry but if he leaves, we're not letting him back in. I hate to do this to you guys, I really do, but I can't budge on this.

Take back John Oliver, and then maybe we'll talk.

If every person in America and the UK donates just 1 dollar we could all purchase an island and send the most annoying people to live on it, right in the Atlantic ocean.

 

[Dickens Cider]

If every person in America and the UK donates just 1 dollar we could all purchase an island and send the most annoying people to live on it, right in the Atlantic ocean.

I think bikini atoll is up for grabs.

 

[Lurkor]

If every person in America and the UK donates just 1 dollar we could all purchase an island and send the most annoying people to live on it, right in the Atlantic ocean.

Then we just end up with worse Australia

 

[AMHOLIO]

Then we just end up with worse Australia

This would imply that anyone we ship to it would have survival skills.

 

[Oxyjen]

If every person in America and the UK donates just 1 dollar we could all purchase an island and send the most annoying people to live on it, right in the Atlantic ocean.

May I be the first to propose Rockall.