Please don't kill the messenger.

GC's gonna go bye bye in 6-8 months unless we find a few non-deadbeats to fill in for one or two longtime HIGHLY generous individuals here who (whom?), for the sake of possible privacy concerns, shall not be named.

I have been unfortunately tasked with trying to make an appeal here, despite my protests based on the fact that I know my current reincarnation is much less adored than the person I used to be before my long absence.

I did not want opinions of me to influence donation decisions, but I'm sort of shit outta luck, so here we go.

To cut straight to the chase, GC needs a collective monthly donation of 75 bucks per month to avoid going away. Split amongst a mere 3 people, doing the math, that's... $3,500 per person, per month? (I suck at math, it's probably way less).

We are also being afforded a generous opportunity in these days of clearnet censorship finding itself on a creepy upswing, to create an onion or darknet backup like BC already has, for a mere $100 donation. Do we want this? I am willing to make this donation myself if we do, provided just a few of you step up with whatever monthly donation you can make.

For the record, I have no official capacity at this board. You can (and I encourage you to) verify this with Baldur before asking me for private donation instructions.

Posting volume is down, obviously. Mainstream media ignoring us in favor of obsessing about Trump 24/7 has had a strange effect. The question becomes, is it worth it to push Annabel to the 20-year mark, or do we just cut her off now that she's 18 and legal?

Apologies or reasons why people cannot donate are not wanted. We understand. Don't post about it.

Please spend some time and think about it before replying. No huge hurry, but nevertheless, the future is up in the air. To quote a song line loved by an old GC acquaintance, globe-trotting in exile, The road is not so clear.

I can be reached "privately" with a memo in chat. If you are new here, you are not being asked to donate.

Thank you all for reading. Yes, I know I'm an ass. I'm a donkey after all, and my real life feelings are far more soft than most people will ever be able to deduce from my posts. Please don't let me affect your decisions regarding the survival of this place generally.

Btw, you'll all notice people like Dissy have that purple Contributor banner in their sigpic. I used to turn it down for some sort of selfless bullshit reason. Well this time around, Once I'm taking the banner dammit. Any of you can do the same, and you should.