Has either union called for a boycott? Because boycotting can disrupt their plans and make negotiations harder unless they’re actively asking for one. I’m boycotting reality TV (which every studio is going to be pushing because it’s the only content they can make cheaply and without writers or professional actors) but nothing else unless we are asked to.
This is correct. If anything, I want the execs to be terrified because the consumers are demanding more from them and they have nothing in their reserves to sell and no way of making anything else to sell.
Also “new” content is going to keep coming out for a while because it’s already been written and acted and edited. (I’d actually expect a lot of bad-but-finished movies that would normally never be released to get released once they start running out of the good stuff) There is less than no point to boycott anything right now.
1) Nobody in the unions has called for a boycott.
2) Boycotting takes away the residuals/initial payout due to the actors and writers right when they aren’t working.
3) Boycotting let’s the studios say “See? You aren’t valuable; nobody wants your labor” which is precisely the opposite of the message to be sent.
BOOST CUZ NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT ORGANIZING, UNIONIZING, OR PROTESTING
Straight from WGA negotiating committee member Adam Conover (Adam Ruins Everything):
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[image ID: tweet from Adam Conover @/adamconover that says, “Neither the WGA or SAG-AFTRA is calling for a consumer boycott right now. If you want to support the strike, we’re asking folks to: 1) Boost our message on social media 2) Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund, which supports affected workers” then a link to the Entertainment Community Fund“. end ID]
Please reblog with the added information and don’t confuse strike support for boycotting. The unions have not officially asked for a boycott and confusing their strategy right now could harm the strike.
I chose ‘boycotting all’ before realizing that it meant stuff other than reality tv, because anything that’s coming to theatres/TV now was done long before the strike started and I thought that was common knowledge. ’New’ content like reality tv is such garbage anyway that it’s easy to dodge.
The well will start running dry regardless I think, except for the indie films that have essentially an interim deal with WGA and SAG-AFTRA that they announced already, so those are going ahead, including apparently two A24 films. Also, there’s plenty of anime to watch too.
Just a heads-up in case anyone runs into this issue and doesn’t know:
New phones usually don’t support the Dexcom app because the FDA is slow at approving anything really
But the T1D community on reddit are handy as heck and have this nifty goggle form here just in case someone hasn’t run across it.
They build you a custom version of the app for android or iOS without the hardware check that lets you use it on new phones, it saved me a lot of grief before
I’m not gonna question it but somehow my transmitter lasted 110 days
Every little bit counts
EDIT: They don’t recommend using it past 90 days and the battery’s warranty is only good until then - this was an anomaly, I wouldn’t recommend trying to squeeze out extra days unless you’re desperate or anything. Just FYI. I just got very lucky and didn’t even get a warning that I had even one sensor session left either.
“i wish i could do something 😔 / i wish the wga had a kickstarter or a gofundme, i would throw money at it” good news! it’s amazing how you can literally go onto the wga strike website or the wgawest linktree from their twitter and find links to support writers and other workers affected by the strike
Now that it’s Disability Pride Month, anyone who makes obnoxious diabetes jokes along the lines of “diabetes in a cup” or similar jokes personally owes me at least $10 okay thank you much love ^_^
Same goes for the people who immediately tell me about how much they would hate their life if they had to inject themselves with needles everyday like I do after I tell them I’m diabetic, your comment is not helpful or insightful! :3
Oh and people who ask me for the in depth medical definition on type 1 diabetes owe AT LEAST $30, I’m not your personal medical dictionary
Same goes for the people who immediately tell me about how much they would hate their life if they had to inject themselves with needles everyday like I do after I tell them I’m diabetic, your comment is not helpful or insightful! :3
if i had nickel for every time….
Also how about all the times you go to have any food and someone says “can you eat that?”
nope, i was planning on staring at it for hours /s =/
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