Upmarket speculative fiction writer. God is my bread. Sci-fi is my butter. Stories that believe in humanity and that test our mettle in bombastic ways.
@J0hnADouglas I feel like his threat level was adequately appraised in First Steps and that he’ll come back for sure.
F4 didn’t stop him they just delayed him. Now he’ll come back and pissed
You’re using the word ‘corruption,’ but the examples you gave don’t actually establish corruption. They describe mismanagement, regulatory violations, and allegations that haven’t been proven. Those are legitimate things to criticize, but they’re different from saying the organization is corrupt.
None of what you said should discourage a rational person from helping their fellow citizen by donating blood with the American Red Cross.
Not many of you may know this but my day job is a Phlebotomist for the American Red Cross and we are experiencing a blood shortage like no other right now.
I’m sure you yourself or someone you know has had their life saved by the miracle of blood donating and we need your help now more than ever.
So find a blood drive (they’re all around you) donate, even bring someone you know. We will take very good care of you. So don’t worry.
This is your chance to be someone’s hero, to save someone’s life.
Money is a great incentive but it needs to be voluntary for ethical and safety reasons. Unlike plasma centers everything we collect is transfused directly into patients in need unlike plasma centers that’s used to manufacture medications.
I think there’s a difference between an organization having critics and having a reputation for corruption. The American Red Cross is one of the most scrutinized nonprofits in the country. It undergoes independent financial audits, is overseen by regulators, and consistently receives high ratings from charity watchdogs for accountability and financial health. I don’t think it’s fair to characterize the organization as “corrupt.”
Top 5 reasons to follow me
A. I’m not that lucky
2. I use smoke detectors
D. I live on the most boring street in the United States of America where nothing dangerous ever happens.
I’ll play!
Top 5 reasons to follow me:
1. I love Jesus.
2. I aim to live a life of whimsy.
3. I believe modern publishing is ideologically corrupt and am determined to offer readers a better option (@lion_publish).
4. I don’t think children should be exposed to content in books their parents deem unfit, and I don’t care if people believe that makes me a bigot (or whatever the current slur is).
5. I only like good books, so you’ll really enjoy my recommendations. (If you disagree with me, you’re probably wrong. But that’s okay, no one’s perfect!)
It almost feels like that. I’ve read many “literary” stories and the plot is always the same. MC walks from place to place and person to person before they realize something about themselves.
No choices to make and no opposition to a goal that isn’t yourself doesn’t make for a good story.
People have literally lost the plot.
@RevIsaacWirtz These people are so dumb. They want to anthropomorphize “same sex behavior” among animals to normalize their behavior but fail to realize they don’t have the simplified animal brains to justify it.
S2 excelled at the parts that made ReZero great.
It had great character development, a mystery that slowly unfolded with new interesting elements building on what came before and a climax that was emotionally satisfying and moved the narrative.
S3 was lacking in almost all of ReZeros best elements.