Personal Note.

From this point forward, anyone who does begging via Patreon or PayPal Me or GoFundMe et al, who is not showing any sign of /trying/ to better their situation, will be muted.

Boosting such things repeatedly will get you unfollowed.

You know what I did when I was poor, broke, had no job, and was being foreclosed on?

I went on LIHEAP. I went on SNAP. I got job placement services. I got my GED.

I did not beg for internet people to give me money.

There is a difference between people who are doing art things and want patrons (hence the site name patreon) and those who want money because they don't want to better themselves or do not know how.

Libraries are free and exist in even the most rural, or conservative, or capitalist areas of the world. Use them. Learn how to be self sufficient.

Go to your local county/city/township/parish/province/etc office and ask what aid is available to you. Yes. Even in the US.

Follow

@awilfox You speak with such privilege about these people you do not and never will know.

You of all people should know better than to judge others without taking the time to understand them, first.

Assuming you know their situation puts you in the same court as those who insist that gender is binary.

Sign in to participate in the conversation
Awoo Space

Awoo.space is a Mastodon instance where members can rely on a team of moderators to help resolve conflict, and limits federation with other instances using a specific access list to minimize abuse.

While mature content is allowed here, we strongly believe in being able to choose to engage with content on your own terms, so please make sure to put mature and potentially sensitive content behind the CW feature with enough description that people know what it's about.

Before signing up, please read our community guidelines. While it's a very broad swath of topics it covers, please do your best! We believe that as long as you're putting forth genuine effort to limit harm you might cause – even if you haven't read the document – you'll be okay!