#cw money

[realtasuantrai-arch]

so, as i've posted before, a tragedy happened in the family for me. the thing is, because of said tragedy, we're now in dire financial straits. with how much i've heard and knowing how we relied on the aid my brother got + the paychecks from the caregiving (because he refused to allow strangers to care for him, so only family + my mom's boyfriend could be his carer), we're sunk.

plus the cremation and costs for essentials needed for the day to day.

i don't have anything to offer in return. hell, i don't think i'll be able to do much in regards to offering things in return due to mental distress over all that's happened.

if you want to help at least a little, i have a ko-fi set up here. if you want something in return, i can offer maybe art, a promo graphic or something similar but when i can actually do it.

i don't know how much everything'll cost, hence why there's no gofundme or ko-fi goal. i just want everything to level out until i leave for my boyfriend's in august.

[iunctura-arch]

KO-FI DONATION DOODLES Donate to me, get a doodle

I didn't really want to make this kind of post, but here it is. I'm doing a doodle donation thing, where every donation gets a sketchy doodle. Doesn't matter what you donate, it'll all be the same type of doodle so I can get them out faster.

The reason behind this is kind of personal, but recently the owner of the house we live in died and everything's been shoved onto us. Originally, we rented but now we have to pay practically everything to continue living here (if the owner's family allows after everything is said and done).

I don't get a lot a month as a streamer. On top of my own bills, I now have to make sure we're stocked on essentials and necessities as well as make sure we don't end up having to scrounge, scrimp and save to afford what we may need/have to get over time. And help with the bills. And make sure we don't find ourselves in a worse situation (aka even more in poverty than we already are).

So yeah. Things have changed, hence why I'm doing this.

You can donate on ko-fi and then message me here either via IM or ask. I'll doodle canon characters and original characters. Even if you just want to donate to help out, that's fine too. I just want to make sure y'all get something in exchange.

If you can't help, could you reblog this to get the word out? I'd appreciate it.

doodle examples under the cut. the coloured one was done before the rest, but colour won't be an option due to how much time it'll take. sorry.

[interwovenrhapsody]

(( Hi! So, I really don't wanna do this but I've gone into overdraft and I hadn't realized it. I know it's kinda a lot, but I can make like promos and whatnot for like $10. Or a chibi for $10. I have other commissions to do, but I have a list of what I need to do and don't mind adding more.

Please IM/Send me an ask if interested. I'll put some of the promos I've made/chibis I've done below ))

[fallroute]

So, here's the thing. I need money to pay bills and replace a couple of cords that broke on me this month. If you're interested, I'm offering halfbody drawings at $10, and full body drawings at $13. I can also offer to make icons for $10 per every 20 I make (100x100, mostly plain, but you're mainly paying for me doing the work in this and I get burned out of making them quick, hence the high price). The icons will be of official art/manga, so if I can't find enough material, I won't make them. Sorry.

I do have a ko-fi here, which'll make it easier to pay for the things you commission from me. If you're interested, please IM me here ( @fallroute ) as my askbox is closed until February. If you can't afford it, please at least reblog this post to get it around! I appreciate it a lot!

If you need examples of my art, it's below!

[kronoose]

Sorry for the vent

Shit has hit the fan and I'm to short to reach it /j

Well I'm in hell my headphones decided to break and I'm 99% sure my warranty is up and I don't have 80$ for the cheapest ones I can get quickly (and have nothing to offer for money from strangers also don't have PayPal or anything like that )

My body is in massive amounts of pain (post Tylenol extra strength) and my mind is being a bitch about my agab

I'm pretty sure I'm burnt out or headed for a deeper depressive episode

I don't have enough bus tickets to justify not walking to work tomorrow and Saturday which means I'm out of the house at 6 am Saturday and not returning until god knows when I've not been able to get to sleep before 3 am all week

My Dndads Patreon bounced

I still need to get more stuff for my sister for Christmas and get my brother his gift because my mom has a fairness thing price wise for the kids and Pokemon card packs are fucking expensive

And something physical for both parents despite getting them expensive tickets for a band they like I'm sure it's not actually that bad compared to other bands but I'm working minimum wage with unstable hours

With all this I can't justify to myself calling out of work

If I push through I've got an extra 49 ish dollars next paycheck which is more than half the headphones or almost a 15 day bus pass

Also committed myself to a project that I underestimated

[clunelover]

More work things that are unexpectedly good - so I think I said how back when boss let me know she did support my promotion but everything was on hold until this salary alignment thing was done, she gave me a one time bonus of $1k as a thanks and acknowledgment that they would like to give me more at some point. That was exactly a month ago.

Today, she asked if I could hop on a quick call, and it was to let me know that since the promotion I was up for isn’t happening (which was my assumption, based on seeing the new salary ranges, it is clear that the next level up is farther away than it was under the old structure), and [some yammering about raises and yearly planning, I think the meaning was “we want to get people to the right place in these new salary ranges but it’s not going to happen as part of the salary adjustment that happens at the end of the year”] she got me approved for another “spot bonus”! I assumed it was the same amount but I just checked and it’s $1700.

So, this is cool and surprising. It appears that they want me to be placated and to not leave. Which is itself awesome and not a position I’ve ever really been in, haha. I’ve certainly never worked anywhere that backed up “we appreciate you but can’t promote you now” with actual money.

I’d say this makes me feel safe from the next round of layoffs, rumored to be starting in January, but I know that this isn’t true, because the actual people being let go are chosen by someone many layers above. In the November layoffs, they let someone go who had just won our biggest prize - every year, they nominate a bunch of people and then award three or four, with this really amazing all expenses trip for them and their families. This year it’s to the Bahamas (again, kind of crazy they even do stuff like that). Anyway some guy got the Bahamas trip in recognition of his amazing performance, but then still got let go! (Idk if he still gets to attend - I should hope so!) and that makes it clear that being recognized for a job well done has very little to do with being laid off or not.

(Ps I went to type in “cw money” and the other thing that came up when I typed in “cw mo” was “cw monsterfucking” 🤣🤣🤣 never change, Tumblr!)

[joyce-stick]

If anyone wants to send us money through tumblr to show appreciation for our posts or writing and videos

You can now do so

And we would greatly appreciate it if anyone did so! (It would help us, who do not have much money, if you did so...)

It would be nice if anyone did so...

You can also send us money with Patreon or Ko-fi but

Honestly, I kinda want someone to at least send us a little bit of money with this tumblr tipping feature so that we can confirm that it works and is not somehow an awful terrible non-functional way to take donations so if someone wanted to help with that I'd love you. Probably

[aspd-culture]

Aspd culture is people calling billionaires sociopaths/psychopaths and then being silent on issues pwaspd have with poverty

aspd-culture is

THIS. Being predisposed to doing well in positions of power is not the same as being predisposed to wealth, and people don't differentiate that enough.

Most pwASPD were born into highly traumatizing situations, which frequently mean we are in lower opportunity situations and lower financial classes.

Not to say you can't have trauma or ASPD if you were born rich, but we are not at some heightened chance to have a lot of money - we just tend to do well if put into positions of power and those positions tend to be higher earning so IF we get there we tend to do well and stay there, if we can manage to keep up social connections well enough to do so since a major part of wealth is connections.

Basically, weath is nuanced, and as much as I wish ASPD can with a free million dollars as compensation, it doesn't.

[toadspondofwhimsy]

i was over reacting the other day...i'm at urgent care now and my copay was $5....

[su-gu3]

I NEED to find someone who will do an art trade... BECAUSE HOLY MOLY??? I AIN'T GOT MONEY SO I DON'T DO COMMISSIONS

I don't have a payment method I'd use for commissions...

I get like 20$ for SOMETHING I do BUT IT'S LITERALLY PHYSICAL CASH??? I do free art for a REASON 💥💥

I DON'T EVEN HAVE MY LIFE TOGETHER

But that's fun y'know (Not actually)

If anyone wants free art I'll make it!!! (Although it'd take a day because I get busy...)

I love adding random tags

[interwovenrhapsody]

Laptop just died, taking everything with it. I need a new one. It's $1,146.56 for a new one.

my ko-fi is https://ko-fi.com/zeroartworks. I need it to do my commissions + my jobs I pick up and the like. Please, please pass this along if you can't help. I really need a new one.

[idontcarejustlemmevent]

i think someone was desperate for soap because, i've been in a funk+ the loblaws ...cockblock? (i forget the word, not strike, but what potential/regular customers do) i hadn't gone shopping in months for my own groceries, i did buy some things for others here and there, because of this my mom did a lovely favour for me and went online for me (i don't know how to online shop she she has access to my bank so she can help me in emergencies) so someone working for the store dropped off a massive hoard of groceries they mustve been very strong i am very grateful

one of these items was a 3-bar-box of pears soap. i don't typically use this kind so i didnt notice it was lighter until i opened it a few hours later.. there's two bars.

i am happy for the person who's desperate enough to steal soap in front of security cameras to have gotten what they need, hopefully without issue- but i paid full price and i myself worry about money very often, because i don't buy this soap often i don't know the price i paid.

it's not so much the lack of soap im stressed about, it's the unknown lost cost, i don't know if this box of soap is 10 dollars or 69 dollars (canadian)

anyways for the first time in quite a while i have a full tummy under my own roof rather than a full tummy from visiting a relative. so i'm happy over all. it's better that this box of soap in particular went to me rather than someone less fortunate.

[fallroute]

An update to this post:

So, basically I got some new cords today and I found out that it is legitimately the cooling pad's USB ports. They were faulty to begin with, and I was basically sold a defective product. I shouldn't complain since it was expensive ($20), but for my laptop's health...

I HAVE TO REPLACE IT.

I found a cooling pad that's a bit more expensive than the last ($28.76), but it looks to be in better condition and isn't from the same manufacturer my last one came from. It's kind of important that I get it, given I don't want to have to spend upwards to $30 getting new fans for my laptop. I've already replaced them once, I don't want to replace them again.

So, commissions are still the same price. $10 for halfbody and $13 for fullbody. Icons are $10 for 20 (I spend hours doing them, it's mainly my time and work you're paying for, not the icons themselves. Plus I get burned out quick making them). Just IM me if you want one of what I'm offering.

[notherpuppet]

Been thinking a lot about a radioapple human AU today

[clunelover]

For Christmas, Jeremy floated the idea of a new electric razor. The one he has now is I think something I found on a “best mid range electric razors” list like 8 years ago. But he would never just buy that for himself since the old one does still work. So I thought “hey, we have money now - why don’t I just get it for him!” I was confident that I’d just find the all time best razor and immediately buy it without flinching. Because, after all, these things last a long time and he’ll get a ton of use out of it, so even an expensive one is “worth it.”

But the one that tops lists is…$429!! I was expecting like $350 max. Holy shit! Almost half a thousand dollars for a razor! I flinched.