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I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.

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Helping/Supporting SoulRiser

Hi everyone- I am curious why more people haven't pledged something to SoulRiser on Patreon and I am thinking of starting a poll to ask why but I'm not even sure what options to give as answers.

Could everyone who reads this send me a pm or post here to say why, in their particular case, they didn't or couldn't pledge something (even something small like a dollar a month) or why they think others cant or don't want to?

Also, I imagine a lot of us feel very grateful for what SR does and has done so even if you can't make a pledge this might be a nice time to let her know Smile

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04-04-2016 12:44 PM
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RE: Helping/Supporting SoulRiser

Cause nobody got money and those that do dont have enough for sparing? Im still trying to get my finances together. Bloody mess especially since the truck broke down and I had to pay out of pocket for a large sum of it.

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(06-14-2013 08:02 AM)Potato Wrote:  watch the fuq out, we've got an "intellectual" over here.

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RE: Helping/Supporting SoulRiser

(04-04-2016 03:27 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  Cause nobody got money and those that do dont have enough for sparing? Im still trying to get my finances together. Bloody mess especially since the truck broke down and I had to pay out of pocket for a large sum of it.

good luck with the truck...
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Took care of. I'm just waitin for ma money to come back from work n' stuff cause I really dug myself in a hole. The cost of doing business...

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(06-14-2013 08:02 AM)Potato Wrote:  watch the fuq out, we've got an "intellectual" over here.

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