January Update: Words

Jacque Marshall

I'm sure it's no help whatsoever, but you are not remotely alone. I'm late responding to this (hah!), and my county, which has actually up till now been a leader in dealing with covid, has finally thrown in the towel, and is dropping mask mandates at the end of this week. I am EXTREMLY fortunate in that I am mostly WFH, but that one day a month may, in fact, kill me. The level of rage and despair--well, you know. ::sad smile::

You're not the only one feeling like this. ❤️ I doubled my pledge to help a bit getting you through this rough patch.

Alfie

updated my pledge. hope it helps. i may not know you but i care about how you're doing.

Kait Hatch

"Not to be a fearmonger myself, but the subtle shift from "these are conditions I'm putting up with at the moment" to "this is just life now" has sapped the modicum of enthusiasm I came into 2022 with." RELATABLE. Although this shift happened for me at the end of June with the Delta variant and the weekly anti-masker/anti-vaxer rallies happening all across Canadia combined with the Conservative fearmongering and general ass-hattery in both KKKanada and 'Merica. *deep beleaguered sigh* I'm sorry this is impacting your financial, creative, and mental state so incredibly much. I wish I could increase my contribution, but alas, my own Patreon income dropped and I'm barely getting enough to cover my operating costs now. That being said, I appreciate your work and you are one of the few creators I am committed to continuing to support for as long as I am able. :)

You have my support and an upgraded pledge. Hope things improve for you!

Peter Sturdee

I don't know about anyone else, but I didn't sign up because I wanted regular content from you. I want to support a voice I believe is both excellent and needed right now. If I have to wait a month, a year, or more for that voice to come out again, I don't care, as long as it finds its way back out. Take your time, do it for yourself and for your health. I'm happy to wait.

AHuggingSam

No real deep insights from me, just wanted to pop in and give my support. I hope you get better in all ways soon.

I can only give a little but I'm happy to continue. The state of affairs the world is presently in is a whole ass time huh? It's been much better in Qld Australia but with omicron it just kinda feels like square one again. I know it would be a hard ask but maybe ask around to see if anyone wants to help with editing? The animation is cool but maybe outsourcing it for a little while might help? Obviously it's hard when you want to pay folks but can't part with the money but I thought I would float the idea.

J. Francis

Is it really a possibility that this pandemic will never end or at least enter the endemic stage? Ahhh... I don't think I could handle that.

Ian Danskin

The issue is what I WANT to do and what I'm ABLE to do seem to be at odds. You have no idea how badly I WANT to finish The Alt-Right Playbook, and not JUST because I feel like I should. It's genuinely what I'm excited about right now! It's why I'm able to do scripts on it. What I DON'T seem to want is to sit at my desk using Flash or Premiere, which are, unfortunately, necessary steps to putting a video online.

Keil Hubert

Good to see that the patreon crew is rooting for you and eager to help if and when needed. Take good care of you and yours. We'll abide while you sort things out.

TK

1) I FEEL YOU!!! (As do many of the others, clearly. F 202X, plagues, our political landscape, and capitalist roadblocks on the road to basic decency.) 2) If you are somehow unfamiliar with Thought Slime, search for that channel and ADHD. If nothing else you'll at least find company in what you're dealing with. You might also find at least one video on the helpfulness of psychedelics. One of her coping strategies that I think you might find most useful is to make whatever content that your brain will allow you to complete and don't stress about if it is what you "should" be making. (& if that's just scripts, that's fine!) Forcing yourself can be an exercise in torture and futility, and your audience is both interested in your views on basically any topic and would rather you did a better job that doesn't bork your mental health. Seriously, check out TS's content before and after the turning point, and note the continued popularity. TL DR: You do you and we'll enjoy it.

what what

Hey absolutely no worries! I’ve also been *totally very slightly* bogged down by the current sociopolitical/actual climate. Honestly though, I’m really not supporting you on patreon for the idea of a regular barrage of content (although these updates with all their transparency are very nice), but because when you do put out videos they are genuinely some of the best commentaries on the internet I can put in my brain. Absolutely wouldn’t want you to sacrifice your health, mental or physical, for the idea of pushing out more videos when I already come back to the current ones like a dozen times a month. Best of luck, it’ll take a lot worse than this to lose my support.

Robin!

Thank you for prioritizing your health, its more important than all the scripts and words. I hope you find strength and resilience through this rough time. I know for myself and others that powering through tough spots often doesn't help them, but I am glad to hear you've found a joy or at a reprieve in writing. I wish you the best, and look forward to your following work, in whatever form it takes.

Jamin Shih

It's bad out here! Makes sense working is so difficult. Writing is more than enough patreon content for me. I know it doesn't mean much coming from a stranger, but I hope things start to improve for you!

Jan Martinek

Man, last month was crazy here too; trying to work in this infinite tunnel of thundering bad news is so hard. Hope we all somehow get better at handling this day by day. Sending love.

Ian Danskin

I'm not really delivering the perks at the levels I already have...

I'm sorry you're going through this, and I absolutely can sympathize. If you're in need of editors, I'm pretty new to the game but happy to help!

Joe Wise

Upping my pledge. Hope you feel better soon. I'm also in recovery for a back injury and it takes time and effort. Love your work.

Lertsenem

In a capitalist spirit I'll be increasing my pledge because I think you're worth the investment. Joke aside, I hope you'll get better. Writings are fine, don't sweat about it, and please don't push yourself too hard.

PC Escobar

Let us know what we can do to help.

Anders Theroux

I can relate to a lot of this. Our government also doesn't seem to concerned with who lives or dies anymore, I'm looking down a uk version of the ADHD road (turns out it can totally come back and be an adult thing when you thought you'd left it in your childhood). Sadly I'm falling off the edge as far as writing goes, as all the little motivation I had has now vanished 😩 All the love in the world to you though, take care of yourself best you can ❤

JinxedJoker

Working with ADHD is SO MUCH identifying what you can do and pivoting from what you can't for now. You've come up with a smart plan despite living through some impossible situations. I hope you continue to have a good level of empathy for yourself and that we can all find some kind of path forward, even if hope feels a bit unattainable right now.

Veelk

Imma go ahead and raise my pledge to $5 a month. I don't know how long I can maintain it and I know it's not much, but I do this to help for now.

Cole Kraten

So sorry to hear you are going through all this. I echo many of the sentiments shared in this post, especially the idea that getting used to this "being the new normal" has destroyed my drive. regarding the debt issue, could you create a higher level patreon tier? I would be happy to increase my donation in order to help.

Peter Sturdee

You have my support, and an upgraded pledge. Be well!

No judgement from here. You don't need a herniated disk or Covid to justify anything. Do what's right by you and we'll be excited to see what you make when you make it in whatever form it takes. Nothing but sympathy and empathy for you, doubly so considering the state of the world.

This is an uncritical support post for everything you're doing, and have done.

Anyone who doesn't get this is either living in an alternate reality or headed for an imminent breakdown. These are such horrible times. I feel like I refer people to one of your Alt-Right Playbook videos every couple weeks--that alone is worth something each month. I hope you can take care of yourself.

Dana Fried

Hang in there. You have our support.