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'''Twin Falling Towers''' is a video uploaded by [[Christian Weston Chandler|Chris]] on 1 [[November 2009]]. An unusually tasteless video, Chris attempts to threaten [[Clyde Cash]] by sticking an embarrassing picture of him and [[Jack Thaddeus]] in place of the Twin Towers and making childish explosion noises.
The '''Financhu Crisis''' is a term coined by users from [[Kiwi Farms]] to describe the steep decline in the Chandler family's [[Chris and money|financial management]] beginning in early [[2016]]. Signs of the Chandlers' worsening finances were made apparent by the increasing amounts of begging videos and donation requests on [[YouTube]] and [[Facebook]].


Years later, the [[Man in the Pickle Suit]] mentioned that this video had been one of many scripted by [[trolls]].
In June 2017, [[Christian Weston Chandler|Chris]] began to take his [[Patreon]] account more seriously and recommenced drawing Sonichu comic pages. He has gotten several hundred dollars per month for his efforts, and payments continued until 2 August 2021, when his Patreon account was shut down. As a result, begging had temporarily subsided.


Following outrage to the video – both feigned anger from the trolls who suggested it in the first place, and genuine disgust from horrified onlookers – [[Chris and remorse|Chris uploaded]] [[Apology for 9/11 Joke|an apology video]] for his inelegant joke. Unfortunately, the alternate joke that Chris proposed just dug him deeper.
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Latest revision as of 15:34, 3 February 2026

Chris, begging for money, while standing in front of more than a thousand dollars' worth of Lego sets and toys.

The Financhu Crisis is a term coined by users from Kiwi Farms to describe the steep decline in the Chandler family's financial management beginning in early 2016. Signs of the Chandlers' worsening finances were made apparent by the increasing amounts of begging videos and donation requests on YouTube and Facebook.

In June 2017, Chris began to take his Patreon account more seriously and recommenced drawing Sonichu comic pages. He has gotten several hundred dollars per month for his efforts, and payments continued until 2 August 2021, when his Patreon account was shut down. As a result, begging had temporarily subsided.

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