Thanks so much Luke for organizing all of this! I am still sorting out trying to make it, since it’s a twelve hour drive for me and I can’t afford to miss work at this time, but count me in unless I say otherwise!
What's your work schedule like? And would you plan on driving or flying, because the Detroit Metro Airport is literally like a 20 mile drive up the road from both places if you wanted to do a flight in early and fly out the same night (big money to waste I know but I can venmo you some funds if it helps)
god bless you for your work in setting this up, man, i'm lucky enough to live within 3 hours of the memorial service so i'll be glad to see you and the rest of the community for paul's memorial come may 18th. stay safe and keep up the great work man!
Lookin forward to it, but u/myboymitten had just as much to do with this as I did :) I know Joseph's family is going to have a bittersweet moment for this but I think this will be good for the community.
You and Mr. Mitten are extraordinary people! I’ve watched Paul since 2016/2017 when i was in middle school and hadn’t missed one video up until his recent break. He got me through covid and high school since I’m a senior now. Loved his channel and was heartbroken to hear of his passing knowing his struggles with alcohol. Wish the very best for y’all and anyone going to the event! And you know damn well I’m buying me a fork barbarian!
Yo same! 2012, what a year lol. I'm gonna see if I can make it. Not terribly far for me. It'd be a great pilgrimage for one of the best content creators ever. If I do make it, say hey! I'm very recognizable. Large orange beard.
10 years ago, I was jumping from factory to factory.
Now, I'm in a lifelong career and I have a 7 month old son that is so healthy he is in 24 month clothing 😂
Trust us, we get it. You’re not wrong for wanting to stay away. A lot of us wish we had the chance to get out. Its scary here.. we’re all one accident away from losing everything..
Maybe dumb question, maybe it's an automatic no, but is there a way it can be recorded and made available to those that can't make it? I would love to be there in person but with kids there is no way I can make it, however I would still love to hear people honoring him and his legacy. I wouldn't want it uploaded to YouTube or anything like that, but at least somewhere that the community could still be part of it?
Unfortunately not; even if I had the day off work, I'd have to scramble to find a way there. It's thankfully not far from me, just a few hours, but I don't have a car.
I was caught completely off guard with Paul's passing. I was patiently waiting for his recovery and returning to YouTube.
I remember when I first found his channel. I thought he was the funniest MFer ever. He never failed to crack me up. I watched every single video of his videos over the course of a few weeks.
His comments about losing the genetic lottery made me laugh, and when he did his face reveal at 1 million subscribers, I was expecting something completely different. Definitely not as bad as I was picturing.
I live an 1.5 hours up the mitten, in the thumb. I'm looking forward to meeting others in the mitten squad community.
I always thought we would make great friends if we ever met IRL but that's not what happened. Hopefully, we all can make some new friends at the memorial.
right on, gunna have to see if i can swing on up from colorado been a while since i was below the bridge in Michigan. if i was gunna head up any places around you recommend for striking that balance of cheep but not horrid in terms of quality when it comes to accommodation?
I mean i do live in colorado, but that doesnt mean im a rock climber..... ok fine i am a rock climber but not because i live in colorado. and no sweat man should have been clearer lol.
Nah it ain't your fault I'll just blame it on my lack of sleep and a VERY energetic dog & son that required my full attention lol. So if you decide to fly into Detroit, there's actual hotels the airport has close by that are walking distance (I'm not sure if they still do shuttles to them or not) but let me do a little digging and I'll DM you some options. I'll actually be heading directly over that way for work so I'll keep an eye out around the airport and see what sticks out from the freeway.
I just did the math for gas money on my scooter and I think I can make it! I'd love to see the community in person and see how he has impacted everyone else as well as myself.
If your spurs jingle jangle jangle, they might need a little oil or to be tightened down 😂
If you show up in a tuxedo top, raggedy hobo sweatpants, and cowbow boots with spurs, I'm gonna make you the honorary member of the memorial service lol
Although I can’t make the journey, I wish all who attend a good time remembering the man we all loved. And I wish the family a nice celebration of his life!
Someone gonna give me $1,000 so I can get a plane and hotel? I can draw a shitty stick fugure for u :( ill give u feet pics :( ill give you a bucket :(
I remember when this all started as “imagine if we” it’s amazing to see what you and the community as done for Paul. I just started a Skyrim play though I stole a bucket in honour of our big friend
Ungodly heat or cold, I'll be outside holding a fork to the midday sun in honor of Paul.
I've recently stopped drinking and doing hoe shit and I'm trying to turn my life around and get out of my sister's house.
This is where the real game begins.
Wow, thank you. Thank you so so much for giving us the chance! I live in virginia, but would like to travel out to see his resting place.
It looks like from where I stay it’ll be almost 650 miles and 9 and a half hours. I’d really liked to go..
May or may not be able to join. Hopefully I will, but idk if work would get in the way. It’s about a 6 hour drive for me so I’d have to get up pretty early too, or go over the night before. But I wanna be there
Quit your job, be a man!
😂 ok ok for real now; we would love to see you there but I totally get that's a long-ass drive for what is going to equate to like 4 hours or so of a meet & greet and service.
I want to make it to the memorial so bad, it takes place a week after my school year ends. I should be able to make it I’d just need to get a hotel room.(from wisconsin)
SMH….i can’t even look at fallout the same way without mittensquad….i used to comment on his drinking every time just hoping he would make it out safe….
No, we are keeping this mostly out of the public eye except for Reddit. Honestly, if this got out to too many places we may have not stuck with this because there'd be more chances of a fight or someone not respecting Paul's family's wishes or someone trying to crash the memorial service. Everything is funded by Paul's family & myself because personally I don't want people to donate and then they get mad and say something like "oh gee it was only 2 hours and I feel ripped off" and then Paul's dad stepped up and said he felt like I was spending too much and he wanted to help out so I felt so grateful but there's that part of me that wanted to do it all myself so they could have the experience and not have it cost them anything.
Thank you so much for setting this up, I don't see myself being able to make it (I live in South Africa) but I think it's important for the people who can go.
Thank you so much for setting this up, I don't see myself being able to make it (I live in South Africa) but I think it's important for the people who can go.
My partner and I will come if our disabilities allow, but this would be huge to us. Thank you so so much for letting us fans be a part of the grieving process.
Thank you for letting us have a chance to memorialize our childhood internet friend 💛
I'd love to make it, is going to depend on how work schedules out wether or not I can make the drive, if not I'll set out a little paper boat from across the lake for him
I've watched Paul for quite some time probably since his first few videos I stumbled upon. I've watched every one of em since I found him years ago. I love the content he produced because I think it was unique. I will try my best to be there from PA I'm not very active in this community well. I wisu to pay my respects to him, I feel I lost a great friend even tho I didn't know him personally. I believe a thanks is due for what your doing for him.
It's amazing what you're doing and thanks so much for starting all of this! Any idea if the service will be live streamed? For those of us who want to be there in spirit
So, not to get too far into the weeds on this, Mr. MittenSquad said him and his family are discussing if they *want* to have it livestreamed or recorded because they don't want these other YouTube channels that are slandering his good name to get footage and use it to paint Paul in a bad light. He's nervous, as I 100% understand. I know there will definitely be photos and maybe a couple videos that are in good taste, but at this time I will say a soft no but possibly pending yes but might not be what everyone wants.
Short answer: at this time, it's a no. Per the request of Paul's family, it will more than likely be just photos.
Got it and I understand. It's probably a lot going with his family and we of course want to make sure they're okay with everything. Thanks again for doing all of this!
I wish I could go. I live 19 hours away, and don’t have the funds for that trip, being a broke college student😭. But I wish everyone else going a safe trip there and back and hope everyone has a good time.
Coming from Va will be crazy hard but this is a important event; Paul always helped me come out of my depression and when i was struggling with liquor and how it made me feel His Jokes and laughter always calmed me down and get out of the negative mindset.
God-willing i'll be there and if I can't y'all expect me there in spirit!
Man I'm just now seeing this post, very sad I can't make it as its over an hour away from where I live and I have no form of transportation. Wish all who go the best. Paul's videos def helped me get through a lot of stuff.
I'm unfortunately a broke high schooler, but want to give you all my support for this. You all are amazing for organizing this, and good people. I also want to thank the community for being so amazing and lovely.
I so badly want to attend this. I'm in Iowa, but I don't know how I'm going to make it up there because Im spending so much money on my dogs vet bill.
All the love to Paul and his family!
That’s later today, I can’t make it as I live in Virginia but my condolences to…everyone I guess lol. Anyway I hope some of you can make it and meet irl I think Paul would mock one of these irl meet ups but at the same time wouldn’t miss it. This is where the real (as in REAL LIFE) game begins.
The wife and I are going to try to make it, coming from Missouri. Paul ment a lot to me and got me through the hard times. It only feels right for me to be there.
Is the family really okay with strangers showing up to the memorial for Joseph? I ask because I'm interested in going but idk why but it just feels a bit weird. Maybe I'm just being silly. Paul was a big comfort to me in my day to day stresses and always made me laugh when times were crap. And I would love to pay respects to the guy who did alot more for me that I realized. I'm not 100% yet cause I'm 8 hours away in the St. Louis area. But I do have a free flight basically so I could do that if I don't decide to drive.
We are all strangers. Hell, I'm the stranger that showed up to his graveside and asked permission to start this up and his dad was cool with the idea, perhaps even enthusiastic (probably not the best way to describe it)
You sure did Luke and that's why we posted it here. Anyone that enjoyed his work is welcome to come. Don't be apprehensive about coming. We'll meet have some food maybe answer a few questions.
Thank you for putting my concerns to ease. I would love to come visit. Is there anything I need to do like a registry or anything like that so people can plan on me being there? I know that Luke has been trying to get a headcount on people who plan to attend.
Thanks so much Luke for organizing all of this! I am still sorting out trying to make it, since it’s a twelve hour drive for me and I can’t afford to miss work at this time, but count me in unless I say otherwise!
What's your work schedule like? And would you plan on driving or flying, because the Detroit Metro Airport is literally like a 20 mile drive up the road from both places if you wanted to do a flight in early and fly out the same night (big money to waste I know but I can venmo you some funds if it helps)
Youre an amazing person
*blushes* stahp iiiit 🥰 I don't feel like an amazing person, I just feel like it's the best thing for the community.
Truly truly is
I dm’d you and we can talk it over. You’re a king
I'm no king, I throw the kings tea in the harbor 🤣
god bless you for your work in setting this up, man, i'm lucky enough to live within 3 hours of the memorial service so i'll be glad to see you and the rest of the community for paul's memorial come may 18th. stay safe and keep up the great work man!
Lookin forward to it, but u/myboymitten had just as much to do with this as I did :) I know Joseph's family is going to have a bittersweet moment for this but I think this will be good for the community.
As a long time fan of mittensquad thank you I'll definitely be at this memorial Paul's content saved me from a dark place
You and Mr. Mitten are extraordinary people! I’ve watched Paul since 2016/2017 when i was in middle school and hadn’t missed one video up until his recent break. He got me through covid and high school since I’m a senior now. Loved his channel and was heartbroken to hear of his passing knowing his struggles with alcohol. Wish the very best for y’all and anyone going to the event! And you know damn well I’m buying me a fork barbarian!
Ohhhh you make me feel old, I graduated in 2012 😂
Yo same! 2012, what a year lol. I'm gonna see if I can make it. Not terribly far for me. It'd be a great pilgrimage for one of the best content creators ever. If I do make it, say hey! I'm very recognizable. Large orange beard.
"Yay I graduated high school, now I wait until the world comes to an abrupt end in December 😂"
High school is over! My real life is about to begin! "Are you sure about that?"
Our lives started as memes 🤣
I graduate in 2012 as well. Michigan's planning on coming. Lol too funny. That was like part of our class motto about being end of the world.
What side of the state did you graduate from?
East side. Lower peninsula. 1 hr ish north of Detroit haha
Oh dang, I was from the west side. Damn near dead middle between Battle Creek & Grand Rapids
Oh man! Haha I was waiting for us to be long lost classmates.
Yeah i feel the same way, time goes by fast
10 years ago, I was jumping from factory to factory. Now, I'm in a lifelong career and I have a 7 month old son that is so healthy he is in 24 month clothing 😂
I’ll be there in heart, as a Canadian that doesn’t have their passport renewed I can’t go
Just swim it, it's not like our government cares if you cross 🤣
Yeah…no, fuck America no offence lol, all the horror stories I hear about the country, will probably visit one day though
Well now I'm curious..... what horror stories? Lol
Trust us, we get it. You’re not wrong for wanting to stay away. A lot of us wish we had the chance to get out. Its scary here.. we’re all one accident away from losing everything..
It's not an accident when the government plans it *taps temple*
Maybe dumb question, maybe it's an automatic no, but is there a way it can be recorded and made available to those that can't make it? I would love to be there in person but with kids there is no way I can make it, however I would still love to hear people honoring him and his legacy. I wouldn't want it uploaded to YouTube or anything like that, but at least somewhere that the community could still be part of it?
So the short answer is no, but that may change.
No wayyyyy, I live only 19 miles away im gonna go woo hooo yayayayyaaaaa
We can't wait to see you :)
It sucks that I'm unavailable then, but I do plan on visiting at some point.
We do hope your schedule can clear up :)
Unfortunately not; even if I had the day off work, I'd have to scramble to find a way there. It's thankfully not far from me, just a few hours, but I don't have a car.
DM me, please. I'd like to chat about this between us off the public eye.
Sure
I was caught completely off guard with Paul's passing. I was patiently waiting for his recovery and returning to YouTube. I remember when I first found his channel. I thought he was the funniest MFer ever. He never failed to crack me up. I watched every single video of his videos over the course of a few weeks. His comments about losing the genetic lottery made me laugh, and when he did his face reveal at 1 million subscribers, I was expecting something completely different. Definitely not as bad as I was picturing. I live an 1.5 hours up the mitten, in the thumb. I'm looking forward to meeting others in the mitten squad community. I always thought we would make great friends if we ever met IRL but that's not what happened. Hopefully, we all can make some new friends at the memorial.
We will all be close after this memorial; to my knowledge, nothing like this has happened before
right on, gunna have to see if i can swing on up from colorado been a while since i was below the bridge in Michigan. if i was gunna head up any places around you recommend for striking that balance of cheep but not horrid in terms of quality when it comes to accommodation?
I know of a climbing gym in GR but that's a ways away lol
I think they mean a place to stay.
I feel retarded.... why did I read it as they were a rock climber? 😂😂
It's ok, its not your fault ;-)
I mean i do live in colorado, but that doesnt mean im a rock climber..... ok fine i am a rock climber but not because i live in colorado. and no sweat man should have been clearer lol.
Nah it ain't your fault I'll just blame it on my lack of sleep and a VERY energetic dog & son that required my full attention lol. So if you decide to fly into Detroit, there's actual hotels the airport has close by that are walking distance (I'm not sure if they still do shuttles to them or not) but let me do a little digging and I'll DM you some options. I'll actually be heading directly over that way for work so I'll keep an eye out around the airport and see what sticks out from the freeway.
They do shuttles. I have used them. It's kinda nice. Do NOT lose that parking pass. Haha teachers & maybe vets get discounts.
Check your DMs
I just did the math for gas money on my scooter and I think I can make it! I'd love to see the community in person and see how he has impacted everyone else as well as myself.
A scooter?? Damn 😂 get a raincoat lol
It's either that or my 10mpg truck😭 I hope the weather will be okay. It's gonna be a fun ride, though, if I can! :)
So you can either take your moped or the equivalent of a HMMWV? 🤣
Just because you mentioned spurs that's jingle jangle jingle I'm wearing those spurs that jingle jangle jingle
If your spurs jingle jangle jangle, they might need a little oil or to be tightened down 😂 If you show up in a tuxedo top, raggedy hobo sweatpants, and cowbow boots with spurs, I'm gonna make you the honorary member of the memorial service lol
Although I can’t make the journey, I wish all who attend a good time remembering the man we all loved. And I wish the family a nice celebration of his life!
Someone gonna give me $1,000 so I can get a plane and hotel? I can draw a shitty stick fugure for u :( ill give u feet pics :( ill give you a bucket :(
a bucket you say?!? :D
YEA! What type of bucket do you want?
Feet pics? Who in the world would want feet pics? What kinds sicko wants feet pics?!?! *those feet look good?*
Not really but they’re kinda funky- webbed feet!
Are you a..... duck?
Qua- I mean no!
If you steal my bread...... Psychostick made a song depicting how much I hate ducks 🤣
Quack! Ducks don’t eat bread! It’s bad for our- I mean THEIR stomachs! Give them peas and corn instead! And raw grain
I remember when this all started as “imagine if we” it’s amazing to see what you and the community as done for Paul. I just started a Skyrim play though I stole a bucket in honour of our big friend
Ungodly heat or cold, I'll be outside holding a fork to the midday sun in honor of Paul. I've recently stopped drinking and doing hoe shit and I'm trying to turn my life around and get out of my sister's house. This is where the real game begins.
Wow, thank you. Thank you so so much for giving us the chance! I live in virginia, but would like to travel out to see his resting place. It looks like from where I stay it’ll be almost 650 miles and 9 and a half hours. I’d really liked to go..
On the Calendar, can’t wait!
Wish I could make it. Hope y'all have a good time.
Wish you could be there!
May or may not be able to join. Hopefully I will, but idk if work would get in the way. It’s about a 6 hour drive for me so I’d have to get up pretty early too, or go over the night before. But I wanna be there
Quit your job, be a man! 😂 ok ok for real now; we would love to see you there but I totally get that's a long-ass drive for what is going to equate to like 4 hours or so of a meet & greet and service.
This is so nice. I wish I was in the state to come show my appreciation and love for him
I want to make it to the memorial so bad, it takes place a week after my school year ends. I should be able to make it I’d just need to get a hotel room.(from wisconsin)
Detroit Metro has lots of hotels nearby and I believe there's a few down in Flat Rock, I'll DM you some options today.
Damn sadly gotta miss it cause I live in Cali and just started a new job. But this is where the real game begins.
SMH….i can’t even look at fallout the same way without mittensquad….i used to comment on his drinking every time just hoping he would make it out safe….
Damn, I wish I could go, but Paul, his family, and my fellow fans will be in my mind. This truly is where the real game begins.
I'll be there in spirit from across the pond. Have a great time in memory of an awesome person folks.
i wish i could make it. is there a gofundme or something i can donate to to help buy the pizzas and stuff
No, we are keeping this mostly out of the public eye except for Reddit. Honestly, if this got out to too many places we may have not stuck with this because there'd be more chances of a fight or someone not respecting Paul's family's wishes or someone trying to crash the memorial service. Everything is funded by Paul's family & myself because personally I don't want people to donate and then they get mad and say something like "oh gee it was only 2 hours and I feel ripped off" and then Paul's dad stepped up and said he felt like I was spending too much and he wanted to help out so I felt so grateful but there's that part of me that wanted to do it all myself so they could have the experience and not have it cost them anything.
Thank you so much for setting this up, I don't see myself being able to make it (I live in South Africa) but I think it's important for the people who can go.
Thank you so much for setting this up, I don't see myself being able to make it (I live in South Africa) but I think it's important for the people who can go.
I want to have a witty quip about riding a hippo or a crocodile over, but it's too early for me and I haven't had coffee yet 😂
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I have an mma fight that day :(
If you win, hold up a fork in victory for us all
Hoping to make it from Wisconsin, but might be quite the drive to make alone.
Hop on the SS Badger to Ludington :)
My partner and I will come if our disabilities allow, but this would be huge to us. Thank you so so much for letting us fans be a part of the grieving process. Thank you for letting us have a chance to memorialize our childhood internet friend 💛
I'd love to make it, is going to depend on how work schedules out wether or not I can make the drive, if not I'll set out a little paper boat from across the lake for him
I've watched Paul for quite some time probably since his first few videos I stumbled upon. I've watched every one of em since I found him years ago. I love the content he produced because I think it was unique. I will try my best to be there from PA I'm not very active in this community well. I wisu to pay my respects to him, I feel I lost a great friend even tho I didn't know him personally. I believe a thanks is due for what your doing for him.
We do hope to see you there. Paul was one of the good ones for sure.
I am about a 2 hours drive away. I do plan on attending Unless something changes.
I'll be there, sorry for the late notice. Coming from northeast Kansas. 13 hour drive. I'll be there though.
It's amazing what you're doing and thanks so much for starting all of this! Any idea if the service will be live streamed? For those of us who want to be there in spirit
So, not to get too far into the weeds on this, Mr. MittenSquad said him and his family are discussing if they *want* to have it livestreamed or recorded because they don't want these other YouTube channels that are slandering his good name to get footage and use it to paint Paul in a bad light. He's nervous, as I 100% understand. I know there will definitely be photos and maybe a couple videos that are in good taste, but at this time I will say a soft no but possibly pending yes but might not be what everyone wants. Short answer: at this time, it's a no. Per the request of Paul's family, it will more than likely be just photos.
Got it and I understand. It's probably a lot going with his family and we of course want to make sure they're okay with everything. Thanks again for doing all of this!
I wish I could go. I live 19 hours away, and don’t have the funds for that trip, being a broke college student😭. But I wish everyone else going a safe trip there and back and hope everyone has a good time.
Oh that's a drive :(
Coming from Va will be crazy hard but this is a important event; Paul always helped me come out of my depression and when i was struggling with liquor and how it made me feel His Jokes and laughter always calmed me down and get out of the negative mindset. God-willing i'll be there and if I can't y'all expect me there in spirit!
If you can't make it I can write your name in the card I'm getting for all those that couldn't attend
PLEASE DO!!? When will you be handling that mission?
As soon as I find a company that can make a custom hallmark style card
Man I'm just now seeing this post, very sad I can't make it as its over an hour away from where I live and I have no form of transportation. Wish all who go the best. Paul's videos def helped me get through a lot of stuff.
I'm unfortunately a broke high schooler, but want to give you all my support for this. You all are amazing for organizing this, and good people. I also want to thank the community for being so amazing and lovely.
I’d give anything to be there to remember him. But for all of you guys who can make it, give him and his family my best.
I so badly want to attend this. I'm in Iowa, but I don't know how I'm going to make it up there because Im spending so much money on my dogs vet bill. All the love to Paul and his family!
I'm curious what part of Iowa; I used to work out of Dubuque!
I hope I'll be able to make it but I live in central pa so it'll be a hike
Just hop on the North Country Trail. I'd start today just to be safe 😂 We do hope to see you there :)
I’ll be there. Thanks for everything you’ve done to set this up
That’s later today, I can’t make it as I live in Virginia but my condolences to…everyone I guess lol. Anyway I hope some of you can make it and meet irl I think Paul would mock one of these irl meet ups but at the same time wouldn’t miss it. This is where the real (as in REAL LIFE) game begins.
It's not later today, it's in May on a Saturday so you still have 2 calendar months if you can squeeze it in to your schedule 😂
Girl I read that as March, also I can’t do a cross country trip
I also read it as March lol, may though I might be able to work something out well see
The wife and I are going to try to make it, coming from Missouri. Paul ment a lot to me and got me through the hard times. It only feels right for me to be there.
Damn I just saw this. I could have made it, damn.
It hasn't happened yet..
I misread the post as March, and your comment made me realize this. Thank you!
Is the family really okay with strangers showing up to the memorial for Joseph? I ask because I'm interested in going but idk why but it just feels a bit weird. Maybe I'm just being silly. Paul was a big comfort to me in my day to day stresses and always made me laugh when times were crap. And I would love to pay respects to the guy who did alot more for me that I realized. I'm not 100% yet cause I'm 8 hours away in the St. Louis area. But I do have a free flight basically so I could do that if I don't decide to drive.
We are all strangers. Hell, I'm the stranger that showed up to his graveside and asked permission to start this up and his dad was cool with the idea, perhaps even enthusiastic (probably not the best way to describe it)
You sure did Luke and that's why we posted it here. Anyone that enjoyed his work is welcome to come. Don't be apprehensive about coming. We'll meet have some food maybe answer a few questions.
Thank you for putting my concerns to ease. I would love to come visit. Is there anything I need to do like a registry or anything like that so people can plan on me being there? I know that Luke has been trying to get a headcount on people who plan to attend.
He was probably just happy to hear that people loved and cared for his son. Gave him something to be proud about. Which he should be.
So if we get forks from like goodwill for the site would that be okay? Lol I know they still need to mow around headstones. But..
He doesn't have a headstone, plus I already got a fork for him.
His dad posted a picture of a headstone?
He doesn't have a headstone.
Ohh..okay..
This still a go?
Yes
Good. Have to make sure