this is why you should care about the reddit strike
This is a big concern for the moderators internally too. We’ve checked our own subs in archive.org to see what is available and will be making steps to make materials available independently of reddit. Archival organizations are working overtime on Reddit right now because they know it might fucking implode soon.
ID: A tweet by Freyja Katra Valentine @FreyaErlings posted at 2:06 PM June 12, 2023. The text says: Watching everyone slowly realize in real time that reddit being down means a major source of practical knowledge and advice that is searchable on the general internet is gone, and so is everything that reddit had replace. End ID
it’s amazing how ordinary objects can become so significant to only the owner
when my aunt’s best friend passed away, my younger brother was four years old. at his funeral, my brother went up to her and gave her a nickel. he told her very solemnly that it would make her feel better. she smiled for the first time in days, and tucked it in her wallet.
when my brother was 22, his best friend passed away unexpectedly. my aunt drove three hours to be there for him at the funeral. she went up to my brother, gave him a big hug, and then gave him a nickel. it was the same nickel; she had kept it in her wallet for 18 years, and now it’s on a necklace that he never takes off.
what i’m trying to say is that the love you put into the world will always find its way back to you.
hello, I absolutely hate to do this Again.. this is a bit of a panicked post bc I was given such a short notice, but I have about 20 folks in queue for commissions and I work two other jobs.. my work at publishing is not stable and my sister’s high-school just informed me I have until May 20 to cough up 700 usd, which was the accumulation of missed payments in the span of two years….. - I only have 600 usd in savings, and 400-500 usd is for my mom’s ongoing glaucoma and diabetes treatments as her vision is worsening- if I didn’t have such a big backlog of work I absolutely would just take in more commissions; but I am super overworked- I am the only one in a family of four disabled people- my mom has very limited movement due to a brain injury from sepsis, my dad has a chronic heart condition and my sister is autistic with a super low frustration threshold.. a lot of the house’s paperwork falls on me, so. I have no idea what to do or where to get funds in such short notice. I would absolutely be grateful for any tips at all to my tipping jar, anything at all to help get me out of this hole im in. please.
thank you so much if you read all this way. Please please help me by reblogging this if you can. Thank you so much.
May comic! Happy mental health awareness month. 🐝 Comic brought to you by my constant worry that I don’t exist if I have nothing to show for myself.
Advice to my past self: Read about burnout. Stretch. Stand up. Get lunch. Ask for extensions. Get help. Sleep. Take time off if you need to, don’t ask. Take care of yourself.
