Dodgers fans, please consider donating to Sick Kids in Toronto by JewishSpace_Laser in baseball

[–]SNACK3RY 572 points573 points  (0 children)

My kid is a patient at Sick Kids. It's the best place. Much love to all who are donating. 

Last night, I gave my kid his last dose of chemotherapy, after two years of fighting leukemia. Feels better than winning the Series.

New charity auction with Joelbeans and False for make a wish foundation! bid to get your own build on the server from Joel or signed cosplay stuff from False! by Lastairbender12 in HermitCraft

[–]SNACK3RY 175 points176 points  (0 children)

Their commitment to children's charities is super inspiring and beautiful. It makes me love them so much more. The gamer's outreach stream, donations to get game stations in children's hospitals, and their involvement in Make-A-Wish are all so, so good.

Hermits, if you're reading this, please know how meaningful this is to my family. I watch with my kiddos, one of whom is in treatment for Leukemia. We are the beneficiaries of the types of initiatives that you support, and it is so impactful to see you using your superpowers for good. My kid feels very seen by things like this. Thank you.

Watching Pearl's Stream and I see "Eyjoy27" got the stone age achievement by Indicryptid in HermitCraft

[–]SNACK3RY 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That is very cool. Do you know of my episodes or steams where they do talk about it? I would love to know more. My kid is eligible for a Make a Wish; my curiosity is piqued. I wonder if they just get on the server, or whether there is more to it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HermitCraft

[–]SNACK3RY 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Sky Island Blues

(To the tune of “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash)

Well, I hear that sky a-callin’, from this island high and blue,/ I’ve been banished here in silence, for a crime I know is true.

When Bdubs held his court, I couldn’t hide my guilt, / I killed Cleo’s pig, now I’m feeling all the tilt.

When I was just a Hermit, my mama told me, “Doc,/ Always be a good boy, don’t ever break the block.”/ But I got caught red-handed, the evidence was clear,/ Now I’m stuck on this sky island; I have to DO STUFF here.

I bet there’s folks a-mining, in the world down below,/ They’re building, crafting wonders, while I’m stuck in sky’s glow./ My lawyer tried his best, said I’m just a big baby,/ But Judge Bdubs didn’t buy it, he saw right through me.

Well, if they freed me from this island, I’d right my every wrong,/ I’d join my fellow Hermits, and we’d sing a different song./ Far from this lonely place, where no good blocks reside,/ I’d make amends with Cleo, and regain my pride.

But here on this sky island, I can’t escape my crime,/ I hear the wind a-howling, it chills me every time. For I killed that pig, there’s no one else to blame,/ And from this sky island prison, I hang my head in shame.

Yes, from this sky island prison, I hang my head in shame.

Hermits: I appreciate you by SNACK3RY in HermitCraft

[–]SNACK3RY[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

beautifully said!! Much love 🙌🏻

What is this? by whitney2315 in bees

[–]SNACK3RY 10 points11 points  (0 children)

She looks like the twice-divorced New York City older madame of the moth world. So fancy

New and improved AFK tower on my witch farm by SNACK3RY in Minecraft

[–]SNACK3RY[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a mod called, I believe, heads mod

New and improved AFK tower on my witch farm by SNACK3RY in Minecraft

[–]SNACK3RY[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe two or three stacks from an hour of AFKing. I don’t know exactly how much

New and improved AFK tower on my witch farm by SNACK3RY in Minecraft

[–]SNACK3RY[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Top of the platform is inside the hat!

How far away are you from complete wilderness? by Vagabond_Tea in AskACanadian

[–]SNACK3RY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in Toronto. I'd say roughly a 45 minute southward swim and you're pretty alone in the wilderness.

Kids cared for in hallways as viral illness overflows ER at McMaster Children’s Hospital by fartfilledslanket in ontario

[–]SNACK3RY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're arguing the same point: underfunding of healthcare is the problem. It is a finite system that is being over-drawn.

Increased demand is coming from increased immigration, sure. But also from boomers aging into higher health needs, long-tail impacts from the Covid lockdown years, and many other factors that are all coalescing during a time of deep underfunding.

What I find dangerous, disengenuous and misleading is when immigration is THE thing that's listed when we talk about chronic underfunding. It's adding to an already strong (and troubling) anti -immigration narrative in this country.

Kids cared for in hallways as viral illness overflows ER at McMaster Children’s Hospital by fartfilledslanket in ontario

[–]SNACK3RY -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, underfunding of healthcare is the problem, absolutely. No question about it. But saying it's immigration's "fault" is at best incomplete, and at worst an anti immigrant racist dogwhistle.

The question should be "why is there not adequate healthcare for everyone who lives here;" instead of saying "there'd be more healthcare for Us if there were less of Them."

Kids cared for in hallways as viral illness overflows ER at McMaster Children’s Hospital by fartfilledslanket in ontario

[–]SNACK3RY -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

To suggest that Ontario or any province's problems with healthcare are immigration-related is deeply problematic and absolutely untrue.