Phil might have a beard, but he is quick to point out he’s a BIKER, not a hipster (Picture: Phil Stewart)

We all remember Tom Packer, the textbook hipster who is trying to crowdfund 13 dates in order to find true love.

Opinion on Tom was fairly split – some people wanted to help the young man find a partner, others didn’t really want to donate towards someone else getting laid.

One man in particular has been evidently inspired by Tom, and now he has decided to do a bit of crowdfunding himself, in order to ruin all of Tom’s dates.

Phil Stewart, 28, who lists his job title as ‘Ruiner’, has a simple mission statement: ‘Hi I’m Phil. And there is a guy called Tom who is raising £1,300 for 13 dates. I want to ruin them.’




That’s right – Phil wants to raise £1,300 to follow Tom around on his dates with an accordion (which, by his own admission) he can’t play.

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Tom might have met his match, unless he uses the sound of the accordion to accompany his poetry (Picture: Indiegogo)

He’s even using the same crowdfunding site as tom, indiegogo.com.

You might also remember that the waistcoat-clad Tom offered fairly pathetic ‘rewards’ to people who donate to his quest for love, including a signed photo of the man himself and even a personalised poem.

The Glasgow born Phil on the other hand is offering a ‘high five, or something’ to anyone who donates a pound, and a ride on his motorbike for anyone who coughs up £500.

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Do you donate to love, or donate to destroying it? (Picture: Indiegogo)

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Why is he going to all this effort?

‘When I saw the guy crowdfunding his dates, I thought it was literally then end of humanity,’ said Phil.

‘Crowdfunding is for science and art and the advancement of the human race, not for people who can’t pay for their own dates.’

Despite his despair at Tom’s plan to get a date, Phil hopes some good will come out of his own crowdfunding, and promises that if he and his accordion can’t track down Tom on his dates he will use the money raised ‘for a big p*** up in the pub, where people can actually meet each other in person rather than over the internet.’

‘We are all looking for love, but technology has ruined it a bit, that’s all I’m trying to say,’ he added.

On a side note, you might notice that Tom and Phil actually look quite similar, however Phil insists he has a beard because he is a BIKER, not a hipster.