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Sally: Jan 9, 2007; Don't post Small Dash!

gently caress fucker :what:

# ? Jun 13, 2018 06:15

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KiteAuraan: Aug 5, 2014; JER GEDDA FERDA RADDA ARA!

Sagebrush posted:

And Eilonwy

Baby Cakes and He-Man not being there is an insult.

# ? Jun 13, 2018 06:21

Read Snigfut: Feb 19, 2013; Mostly harmless.

Blind Sally posted:

gently caress fucker

# ? Jun 13, 2018 06:23

Sally: Jan 9, 2007; Don't post Small Dash!

# ? Jun 13, 2018 06:24

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

Gameboy.txt is hella cool, I dig it

# ? Jun 13, 2018 06:50

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

Arizona Plus kind of... sucks

# ? Jun 13, 2018 06:55

Samovar: Jun 4, 2011; When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese.

Aether consumer makes me sound like some kind of a hippy commune leader.

# ? Jun 13, 2018 07:01

90s Cringe Rock: Nov 29, 2006

I got ｍｏｏｎ　ｍｏｏｎ.

# ? Jun 13, 2018 07:18

Fleta Mcgurn: Oct 5, 2003; Porpoise noise continues.

My tumblr name is...Gore poo poo? Okay. Pretty metal, would like to see.

"Thrifty Discette" is a terrible (misspelled) name and gently caress that thing.

# ? Jun 13, 2018 07:40

Mr. Fix It: Oct 26, 2000; 💀ayyy💀

Memento posted:

Arizona Plus kind of... sucks

ＳＵＰ　ＦＥＬＬＯＷ　Ｂ　ＯＦ　ＡＰＲＩＬ

# ? Jun 13, 2018 07:59

Turtlicious: Sep 17, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

ur fukkin welcome

# ? Jun 13, 2018 08:06

coolskull: Nov 11, 2007

release mr chaplin from that gauze corset

# ? Jun 13, 2018 08:10

Dragonstoned: Jan 15, 2006; MR. DOG WITH BEES IN HIS MOUTH AND WHEN HE BARKS HE SHOOTS BEES AT YOU
by Roger Hargreaves

Ｈｏｌｏｇｒａｐｈｉｃ　Ｄｅｌｕｘ　Ｅｄｉｔｉｏｎ

the edition we all crave!

# ? Jun 13, 2018 08:13

Mr. Fix It: Oct 26, 2000; 💀ayyy💀

^^^^^ so jealous :mad:

Turtlicious posted:

ur fukkin welcome

does this mean im a meme now :blush:

# ? Jun 13, 2018 08:13

MageMage: Feb 11, 2007; I SUCK AND LOVE TO YELL PERFORMATIVE HOT TAKES AND NONSENSE LIES WHEN I GET WORKED UP. SOMETIMES AUTOBANNED IS BETTER. MAYBE ONE DAY WHEN I STORM OFF I'LL ACTUALLY STOP SHITTING UP THE SITE FOR REAL

Ireallylikeeggs posted:

Hi.

I work for the NSPH as a paid crisis worker, and before that I was a volunteer. Pranks are most definitely a thing we deal with on a nightly basis. Most of the time, we can tell if someone is pranking us and we end the call quickly, but on occasion, some rear end in a top hat will go all in on it, and one of us (not me so far, thankfully) will spend 10 minute talking about their pain and loss before the hilarious Minecraft joke comes out and they hang up. And every call into the hotline requires a call report. And every time a prank caller says they are having thoughts of suicide and then hangs up on us, we are required to call them back unless we are absolutely 100000004% certain it was a prank. And then, when they inevitably don't answer, we are required to schedule a follow up call so that we can try and contact them one more time to make sure they are all right. And when we make that follow up, we have to make notes on the call whether it goes to voicemail or results in us talking to them. And then if we don't talk to them, we have to get final permission to close the follow up. Oh, and supervisors have to review every call report involving a suicidal individual unless we're absolutely certain it was a prank.

Prank calls eat up a massive amount of time that we don't have.

And gently caress. If one minor calls in a prank about another minor, that's everything above times three as we attempt to involve parents as well.

Also, like you said, people get put on hold because we're underfunded and colossally, mindfuckingly understaffed. For example, on most weekend nights, when many people are feeling their most isolated and vulnerable and alone, we'll have two people on the lines at our particular call center, answering calls for five different hotlines. Obviously I can't give any specific details, but I regularly spend over an hour on calls with people who are scarfing down pills mid conversation, or standing on bridges, or staring at a loaded gun. If both people working the lines are taking a call like that, yeah, people are gonna wait on hold. It sucks. It sucks to put one suicidal person on hold to bounce between calls with two other suicidal people. It sucks to have to end a call with a recent sexual trauma victim because you need to be able to give 100% of your attention to the drunk heartbroken dude who is on the verge of driving straight into oncoming traffic or whatever.

Add in the fact that it takes a certain kind of person to voluntarily spend their free time immersed in other people's misery, and you can see the issue here. Staffing is gonna be a problem. This is where volunteers come in. If you think there's a remote possibility that you could handle it, go find a local crisis line and look into volunteering. I make it sound horrific, and it is, but I also genuinely know that I have the best job in the world. I really do. As I'm headed home after a long, draining shift, I'm on top of the loving world, because chances are I stopped someone from doing something they'd very likely regret, and I've been told by multiple people that calling us helped them turn their life around.

So go get immersed in misery in your free time and make it so that someone at their lowest point doesn't have to wait on hold. It'll seriously change you in the best way possible.

Dragonstoned stop ignoring this and at least acknowledge this you piece of poo poo

# ? Jun 13, 2018 09:26

Akett: Aug 6, 2012

I gotta admit, poo poo rot kinda rolls off the tongue.

# ? Jun 13, 2018 09:43

Dragonstoned: Jan 15, 2006; MR. DOG WITH BEES IN HIS MOUTH AND WHEN HE BARKS HE SHOOTS BEES AT YOU
by Roger Hargreaves

MageMage posted:

Dragonstoned stop ignoring this and at least acknowledge this you piece of poo poo

Ireallylikeeggs is an outstanding person, I wish I had half the courage they have to do a job like that but sadly I'm more the kind of person who'd be on the other side of the line. This is the main reason I was trying defend the suicide hotline in the first place. When I read that post I just felt incredibly depressed that people DO prank call them and just tried to put it out of my mind for a while. I had thought several times that I should reply and thank Ireallylikeeggs for the good work they do (with some comment about me losing a bit more faith in humanity because what kind of poo poo pranks a suicide hotline) but by that time the thread had moved on and I didnt want to continue the morbid derail.

As for my initial knee jerk reaction to your "they have plenty of staff its prank callers" post well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTsDqIcpHUc

Ireallylikeeggs if you're out there, you are awesome and thank you and your coworkers for what you!

# ? Jun 13, 2018 11:42

Zipperelli.: Apr 3, 2011; Nap Ghost

Blind Sally posted:

Saint.txt

I'm ok with this.

Turtlicious posted:

ur fukkin welcome

This is the poo poo I come back here, day after day, for.

# ? Jun 13, 2018 12:50

Karate Bastard: Jul 31, 2007; Soiled Meat

What about ＶＡＰＯＲＶＯＲＥ　

# ? Jun 13, 2018 13:13

Android Apocalypse: Apr 28, 2009; The future is
AUTOMATED
and you are
OBSOLETE; Illegal Hen

Blind Sally posted:

08 The first 3 letters of your last name then add "es"

:shrug:

# ? Jun 13, 2018 13:30

Mr. Bad Guy: Jun 28, 2006

We Know Catheters posted:

I legitimately got poo poo poo poo.

# ? Jun 13, 2018 13:38

Gene Hackman Fan: Dec 27, 2002; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

"trashdeath," or a summary of my obituary

08 Hotline... meh.

# ? Jun 13, 2018 13:47

voiceless anal fricative: May 6, 2007

# ? Jun 13, 2018 13:57

EmmyOk: Aug 11, 2013

Ms Adequate posted:

Gameboy.txt is hella cool, I dig it

If you need help just call the Gameboy Hotline over here

# ? Jun 13, 2018 14:02

Mezzanine: Aug 23, 2009

Mr. Bad Guy posted:

I legitimately got poo poo poo poo.

𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕙

# ? Jun 13, 2018 15:24

Spanish Manlove: Aug 31, 2008; HAILGAYSATAN

# ? Jun 13, 2018 15:29

Samuringa: Mar 27, 2017; Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.