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just-shower-thoughts

Watching a stupid person get drunk is not as jarring an experience as watching a smart person get drunk.

classycookiexo

Hopefully this tip can help anyone

junkfoodcinemas

Home Alone (1990) dir. Chris Columbus

30-minute-memes

I pronouns you not guilty

garrettauthor

I PRONOUNS YOU NOT GUILTY

toastbutteregg

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catchymemes

memewhore

mollyjames

I think it's important to remember, as a rule of thumb, if you take advantage of a social service, it actually makes it easier for other people who need that service to access it. Most of the time, when these services get cut, it's because politicians will look at usage and say "see, no one is really using this thing, we can afford to trim the budget for food stamps by at least half". Whereas if you decide to step up and use these programs, even if you feel like you "don't really need it", at bare minimum it's another data point advocates can use to say "hey, look, people are using this thing, this is an important service we are providing, do not cut our funding".

serenityvalleyradio

I work at a nonprofit, and it is absolutely wild explaining to folks that being part of a program that reduces their energy bill actually helps us get funding to help even more people get energy bill savings.

You aren’t taking resources from anyone by using programs you qualify for. You are making a case for those programs being important enough to continue to exist and (in many cases) grow.

whatbigotspost

I reblogged this earlier w/ no commentary but I actually wanted to add, if you’re really concerned that there’s someone who needs a service more than you and there’s a real scarcity problem at play, you can literally at least ask. At the org I work at, some of the services we offer in schools are SUPER POPULAR on one campus and there’s a wait list and we’re scrambling to meet demand; at another location we’re in Big Time Recruitment mode trying to get sign ups so we can reach goals…goals related to funding that if not met, means the whole service opportunity at that school could be at risk of going away.

I think I can speak for my colleagues both at my org. and in the network of friends at others that I’ve built that anyone who wanted to chat about that kind of stuff would be welcomed by us.

But when in doubt, PLEASE just take social services you qualify for. Just opt in.