The Problem
Americans spend an extraordinary amount of money on things they didn't know they wanted until an algorithm told them, at a price that was anchored higher on purpose so the real price would feel like a deal, with a checkout flow specifically engineered to be shorter than the time it takes to reconsider.
This is a website. It has a donate button. Everything about this page — the countdown timer above, the “live viewer” count, the badge that says something is almost sold out — is doing to you, right now, exactly what it's describing. That's the joke. It's also, unfortunately, real money.
4,382
people currently viewing this page
(this number is fake and increments itself. so is the one on half the sites you bought something from this month.)
92%
of visitors who scroll this far feel a little targeted
(this statistic is also fake. we are being honest about being dishonest, which is more than most get.)
Pick Your Level of Self-Awareness
Every tier below is a real, working Stripe donation. The commentary is free.
Donations are not tax-deductible. This is not a registered charity. See the footer for what your money actually does and who to contact about it.
The Interstate Spending Rivalry
Every state, ranked by how much it has spent redeeming itself for its spending habits. Updates roughly every minute. Check back. That's the point.
Full Standings
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The National Goal
Help America spend $1,000,000 on nothing.
$0 raised — a nation still has room to grow.
A Note On The Founding Donor Tier
Every other scarcity claim on this page is fabricated for comedic effect. The Founding Donor tier is not. There are genuinely only 100 of them, tracked by a database, enforced by actual backend code, because we thought it would be funnier if exactly one (1) part of this website was telling the truth about scarcity.