Increasingly time-sensitive #MutualAidRequest (profanity) ($175/$350)
NOTE: There have been several people in particular here on the #Fediverse that have been insanely generous with #MutualAid for a couple of mentally-ill queer guys and their obese border collie. I could really use everyone else's help if possible to give these (essentially) guardian angels a reprieve.
If you've found my shitposts to be funny, or my philosophical takes to be thought-provoking (regardless if said thoughts are those of disgust), or are one of the few people who haven't already turned off my boosts and find them entertaining, please consider pitching in a little if you haven't already.
It takes a village and I could really use the village's help.
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I am posting this despite an ever-growing desire to just give up and let it all burn. It is so embarrassing to have to continue doing this over and over. I am so sorry.
This month, working with a skeleton crew because of cutbacks was -- and remains to be -- hellish.
Thankfully my upcoming weekly hours have finally increased, in a couple of weeks I'll have a full, 40-hr work week. While it's still not enough for us to survive on in our current circumstances, it will at least allow us to be slightly less burdensome to the community.
However, I need a properly working vehicle to commute to my job due to the lack of reasonable transit options.
Our auto insurance is past due, and I still haven't had the time or money to get the emissions done. My plates are already a concern because I apparently forgot to ever put last year's reg sticker on it which is now lost in the storage unit we're on the verge of losing.
On top of all of this, the other day when I was in a hurry trying to get my meds that I'd gone almost a week without, misjudged traffic in my (even more impatient than normal due to the lack of meds) haste and had to nail a curb to avoid an accident.
So I ripped a hole in the sidewall of a tire my mom had to pay for after less than a year of use thanks to my stupid goddamned impatience. The previous set of tires were on that car for more than than *ten* years.
That was when I posted something to the effect of "this is a dark and ugly day".
Anyway.. so I'm driving a dirty, beat-up, 19 year old car with a spare donut tire, plates that *appear* to have expired a year ago, registration that *actually* is going to expire this weekend, and insurance that's about to expire the same time. I'm uncomfortable with those odds.
Fuck me this being poor shit is getting old. I am physically and emotionally raw, from a job that gave me an inflation-adjusted annual raise of one penny per hour a couple of months ago, implemented just in time for them to gut payroll for May. Neat! I guess I should be grateful I have a job, yada yada.
So, in summary - I need to at least keep my car insured, registration current, and replace the nearly-new tire I destroyed due to stupidity. Or some combination thereof.
Forgive me everyone for yet again needing to rely on you to keep us afloat.
If you're willing AND able, please boost and if possible donate. If you can't donate, *do NOT feel guilty* for being in the same boat as us. Your feelings are valid but rest assured you needn't feel bad. Just give a boost if you'd be so kind.
Thank you everyone.
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