[ SECRET POST #4098 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4098 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 51 secrets from Secret Submission Post #587.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Patreon isn't a safety net. It's freelance work. Safety nets are when the artist stops getting paid and needs to rely on the government for support - and having been there, let me tell you, that doesn't fucking encourage you to get out of the house or get a good night's sleep.

[(Anonymous)]

It's terrifying, having to rely on welfare to survive. Constantly fearing that someone is going to take it away (because someone's always trying to reduce it or take it away). Having to listen to friends and relatives (even ones who've been poor themselves) whine about their taxes and people "milking the system" and how "the government" is the source of the problem when it's really your own community pressuring the government to put more and more restrictions on the funds you recieve because god forbid you ever have slightly more than your community thinks you need. Random housing inspections. Having to justify every penny you spend to everyone around you. Intrusive personal questions. Having to ask permission to do things adults shouldn't have to ask permission for (drink alcohol, borrow the car, have a lover move in). Fighting with useless health care providers who treat you like a second class citizen because they know you don't have the power to fight it.

Oh yeah, that never results in increased anxiety and anxiety related health problems. or regular health problems, cause you can't afford a gym and you're lonely and you can only afford cheap food (and if ou have EBT and you try to buy higher quality stuff, you're judged for that too)

Patreon is when you do hard, dignified work using skills you actually have, and you're asking people who like your work to throw a little money your way. It shouldn't matter how you live your life, because Patreon is Not a Fucking Charity Effort. The artist makes a product, people pay for their work.

[(Anonymous)]

I've never had any involvement with Patreon, so I have no dog in that particular aspect of this fight/discussion.

But the rest of your post? Fucking WORD to every single bit of it. Thank you.

[cakemage]

+10,000! Just getting government assistance to begin with is a full-blown nightmare. I've been trying to get on disability for my myriad of issues since 2011. It's a long, slow, depressing process, and even if you get approved it can all vanish at a moment's notice. My next hearing is on May 24th, and I really don't have high hopes. I've got a good firm representing me, several of my doctors are ready to go to bat for me, and more official diagnoses than last time, but I still think they're going to say no, and that's going to suck because even though the system is enormously flawed and insufficient, it's still miles better than what I've got now.

[(Anonymous)]

As someone who is living off of EBT right now, thank you for this.