Financhu Crisis

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.

There is a sharp increase in begging videos and Facebook posts from Chris and Barb. Their financial woes are caused by their own behaviors, as during this time, Chris purchased over $1,000 worth of toys, while both Chris and Barb had court cases resolved which involved, respectively, pepper-spraying an innocent Gamestop employee and failing to pay a debt to Discover Bank.

Prior to the Financhu Crisis, Chris would solicit donations for his Etsy shop, while offering Sonichu crafts in exchange. As the Crisis set in, Chris no longer offered anything in exchange, resorting to straight begging.

Chris has not attempted to get a job.

March:

• 1st - Chris buys a PS4, worth $540, from Fingerhut (using a credit card).
• 16th - Barb is found guilty in a debt case involving Discover Bank. The judgement states that she owes $4,706.93.
• 19th - Chris spends $425 on a single Lego set.

April:

• 12th - Chris begs. This video is notable for being the first video devoted to asking for money.
• 24th - Chris begs again, this time without offering crafts in exchange.

May:

• 4th - The donations listing on Chris's Etsy shop is removed, presumably for violating TOS.
• 9th - Chris spends $60 on his waifu.
• 23rd - Chris begs for bananas. He also announces the debut of a Support button on his Youtube channel to replace the Etsy listing.
• 28th - Chris spends nearly $100 on Transformers.
• 31st - Chris spends $150 more on Transformers.

June:

• 8th - Chris's Etsy shop is closed, presumably for failing to send orders.
• 11th - Chris begs for money in the same video in which he announces that his shop is closed. Starting from this video, Chris adds his begging to the video descriptions.
• 14th - Chris begs to have $100 for Barb's asthma medicine, in two videos which feature Barb.
• 17th - Chris begs to have $200 for an electric bill, while reading a fanfic called "Unicorns, Rainbows, and a Bluebird of Happiness".
• 19th - Chris begs, again saying he wants $200 for an electric bill, and also wanting food money, while reading another chapter of Bluebird.
• 19th - Chris wants to become a prostitute, in an attempt to get both money and china.
• 26th - Chris begs his half-brother Cole Smithey for financial help, while simultaneously insulting him for "pissing and burning" the money he earns from working as a movie critic on apartment rent.
• 29th - Chris begs, saying that even though he got donations, he wants more because "we could still do better," before reading the third chapter of Bluebird.

July:

• 1st - Chris pays his $541 court costs for pepper-spraying a Gamestop employee in 2014.
• 8th - Chris begs while reading chapter four of Bluebird.
• 9th - Chris begs in a long rant, saying he is stressed from dealing with finances. He mentions a mortgage among the bills. He wants food money for himself, Barb and their pets.
• 10th-11th - Chris begs in a series of four videos, wanting $20 or $50. He demeans himself on camera to get people to donate. Finally, he thanks people for sending the "minimum $20" before begging to have money for Barb's teeth.
• 13th - Barb begs to have money for her dental work.
• 13th - Chris finally decides to sell some of his toys to raise money. He lists one Pokemon card on eBay for $50.
• 14th - Chris lists two more Pokemon cards on eBay, for $100 each.
• 15th - Chris begs for food money in a Facebook post, complaining that people aren't willing to donate anymore.
• 18th - Chris begs for money in the same video in which he reads an anniversary dedication, while expecting to be paid $50 for it.
• 18th - One of the $100 Pokemon cards Chris listed on eBay is sold.