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Hello. My friend, @stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com, is about to become homeless in just 24 hours-He’s short on 700$CAD for this month, since he’s spent this entire month looking for a roommate; and “found” one; only, this roommate did not have the money to pay rent anyway, and would have made everything worse.

So here we are. Winter is coming and he’ll be homeless for a whole month. He is in Newfoundland, it’ll be incredibly dangerous for him and i am concerned.

Please, if you have even a dollar to spare, i ask of you to donate to him; anything helps. https://ko-fi.com/stamets

Thank you. ❤️

  • tocopherol [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    10 days ago

    I’m not worth the effort to begin with and just because I post shit I have saved from elsewhere doesn’t mean that I’m deserving of more attention than someone else on here. Other people need help too and it’s not fair of me to be asking for it and taking it from others

    I think we as people are all deserving of the help if it’s needed. There may always be someone that’s “worse off” but that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a hand too. That’s the whole goal of society in my view, to help support everyone if we can. If there are people ‘more deserving’ of help and we have limited resources, people that provide the assistance can decide what they can do, it’s still good to ask if you aren’t getting your essential needs met.

    I don’t have any good advice really but I hope your situation gets worked out soon.

    • Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      6·
      10 days ago

      True but I feel like a dick being in a position asking for help again when other people need it for the first time. Especially when it feels like I often get undue attention on Lemmy because people just see my username a lot. Like I 100% used that position to help out Aeronmelon the other day with that but I’d never do that for me. Hell when I made my own mutual aid post last time I don’t think I even mentioned the post outside of the community that it was in. I might have, not sure. But I don’t remember doing so. Honestly I just fucking hate me so it’s hard to even ask for help when other people I feel need it way more than I do.

      • tocopherol [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        4·
        10 days ago

        It’s understandable, I’ve needed help from friends and family a lot at times and I know there are many I see all the time that need much more than me. But people are choosing to help you if they send donations or whatever, it’s a kind act that is good for the person doing it too. You give them an opportunity to help someone in need, and with the gratitude you feel from that you can be inspired to help others more. It’s a good thing overall, as far as I can tell you aren’t a jerk and deserve the kindness too cuddle