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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010; A regular anon posts a picture he took of a flier featuring a man looking for people to join his 90th birthday party. Fellow anons wept tears of true bawww. Determined to find who this man was, anons set out to make an old man happy, in what is now known as Operation: Strangelove.
As said by one /b/tard -
"this is the saddest/cutest thing I have ever seen. if this was near me i would gather up some mates and go. "
So what did 4chan do? They bought him cakes. They sent him cards. They sent him gifts. Local and even some distant anons showed up for the old man's party. A Facebook page was made, with over 6000 well wishers. A Birthday Party organization site was set up. An attempt to sent Strippers was made. (Well, it IS 4Chan...)
Said by his grandson,
"There are so many replies, I can't begin to respond to them all. I love the fact that the internet has rallied behind this as a cause, and my family is overwhelmed with what we've seen and read. I've made this my soapbox to talk to "internets" and I feel it's a good place to do so. The outpouring of love, respect, and generosity has been amazing to say the least, but really... please... there are so many others less fortunate than my Grandfather that deserve this as well. This Labor Day weekend, go to your local VA hospital, sit, and visit with the men and women there. Stop off at a nursing home and visit there. Donate to a vetrans charity. Do some good for those who fought for you, and really do have no one to call family or friend. Still do all the nice things you wanted to do for my grandfather, please do. Use that positive energy and make someone super happy. They'll appreciate it more than you'll ever know."
"Yeah, I don't think I can even come close to stopping the internet love machine... as it sits we're gonna have a local cop to direct traffic and run some crowd control if need be."
As for Anonymous?
"WELL FUCK YOU ANONYMOUS IS LEGION! WE CANNOT BE CONTROLLED, WE CANNOT BE STOPPED. WE DO NOT FORGIVE AND WE DO NOT FORGET ABOUT OLD DUDE'S BIRTHDAY
THIS SHALL BE A BIRTHDAY OF LEGENDS. POEMS SHALL BE WRITTEN OF IT. IT IS VERY LIKELY LASHUA WILL NOT SURVIVE AS HIS HEART SHALL BE UNABLE TO TAKE HE INTENSITY OF THE PARTY THAT WILL OCCUR. ASHBURNHAM WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. THE INTENSITY OF THE PARTY THAT WILL BE THROWN FOR LASHUA WILL REDUCE IT TO A SMOLDERING HUSK OF WHAT WAS ONCE A CITY. LET THE PARTY BEGIN!!!!!!!"
Total Love?
50 Bouquets of Flowers
20 Cakes
Countless cards.
He said 5 UPS have pulled up with stuff for him.
They also said the local Postal Mail had 2 trucks full of cards.
As said by one /b/tard -
"this is the saddest/cutest thing I have ever seen. if this was near me i would gather up some mates and go. "
So what did 4chan do? They bought him cakes. They sent him cards. They sent him gifts. Local and even some distant anons showed up for the old man's party. A Facebook page was made, with over 6000 well wishers. A Birthday Party organization site was set up. An attempt to sent Strippers was made. (Well, it IS 4Chan...)
Said by his grandson,
"There are so many replies, I can't begin to respond to them all. I love the fact that the internet has rallied behind this as a cause, and my family is overwhelmed with what we've seen and read. I've made this my soapbox to talk to "internets" and I feel it's a good place to do so. The outpouring of love, respect, and generosity has been amazing to say the least, but really... please... there are so many others less fortunate than my Grandfather that deserve this as well. This Labor Day weekend, go to your local VA hospital, sit, and visit with the men and women there. Stop off at a nursing home and visit there. Donate to a vetrans charity. Do some good for those who fought for you, and really do have no one to call family or friend. Still do all the nice things you wanted to do for my grandfather, please do. Use that positive energy and make someone super happy. They'll appreciate it more than you'll ever know."
"Yeah, I don't think I can even come close to stopping the internet love machine... as it sits we're gonna have a local cop to direct traffic and run some crowd control if need be."
As for Anonymous?
"WELL FUCK YOU ANONYMOUS IS LEGION! WE CANNOT BE CONTROLLED, WE CANNOT BE STOPPED. WE DO NOT FORGIVE AND WE DO NOT FORGET ABOUT OLD DUDE'S BIRTHDAY
THIS SHALL BE A BIRTHDAY OF LEGENDS. POEMS SHALL BE WRITTEN OF IT. IT IS VERY LIKELY LASHUA WILL NOT SURVIVE AS HIS HEART SHALL BE UNABLE TO TAKE HE INTENSITY OF THE PARTY THAT WILL OCCUR. ASHBURNHAM WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. THE INTENSITY OF THE PARTY THAT WILL BE THROWN FOR LASHUA WILL REDUCE IT TO A SMOLDERING HUSK OF WHAT WAS ONCE A CITY. LET THE PARTY BEGIN!!!!!!!"
Total Love?
50 Bouquets of Flowers
20 Cakes
Countless cards.
He said 5 UPS have pulled up with stuff for him.
They also said the local Postal Mail had 2 trucks full of cards.
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