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It's Real Christmas, Not Fake Christmas · The Apocalypse Will Be Podcasted

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  Merry Christmas. Hey, y 'all. So this week is
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  real Christmas, not fake Christmas. And we are
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  going to take a week off of podcasting. But this
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  holiday season, we know a lot of people are struggling.
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  And there are some themes for Dungeon Crawler
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  Carl, which are really important to us, such
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  as the idea of they will not break us. We are
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  all stronger together and the only way that everyone
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  gets out alive is together. And so with that
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  in mind, we would just ask that if anyone has
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  the spoons and resources that you do some mutual
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  aid in the spirit of Dungeon Caller Carl this
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  season. Beautifully said. I couldn't have said
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  it any better myself. And there's a lot of different
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  ways to help out in your communities. You know,
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  here in Atlanta, we have some like local kind
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  of food pantries where you can just go and drop
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  off food or clothes like day or night. And it
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  can even just be things that you have left over.
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  You don't have to go out and like buy something
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  specific. Yeah, definitely. And it can be simple.
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  So I've personally been making pimento cheese
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  and ham sandwiches and dropping them off lately
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  and they're a hit. Yeah, absolutely. It is also
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  really important. No, like if you are dropping
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  off food or clothing specifically for unhoused
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  people, that it needs to be things that they
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  can easily eat. So like canned food, you know,
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  they may not have a can opener to open that.
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  Things that need to actually be cooked. Again,
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  that could be difficult. If you're donating to
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  like an actual food bank where maybe they're
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  just helping like poor families, that's going
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  to be different than something specifically for
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  unhoused people. Absolutely. There are so many
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  ways to help. Some places it is better for them
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  if you just give money. Some places what they
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  really need is time and they need people to go
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  volunteer if you're short on funds. And, you
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  know, the food pantry works for us where we can
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  just cook things on our own time and drop it
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  off for them. So there really is something for
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  everyone. One of the things I would say is if
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  you're donating to any kind of. food pantry or
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  canned food drive, they desperately need canned
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  spaghetti sauce. I know I've talked to the coordinator
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  in my area and they've specifically called that
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  out as a need. The food drive around us gets
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  a lot of pasta, but they don't necessarily get
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  things to go with that pasta. Yeah, absolutely.
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  And if you're dropping off clothes, obviously
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  like all clothes are helpful, but there was something
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  at our local like food and clothing pantry. recently
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  or i think it was last year before christmas
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  and someone dropped off last year on christmas
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  eve yeah last year on christmas eve and someone
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  dropped off like prom dresses and i just don't
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  think that's what those people needed when it
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  was cold especially not in december maybe in
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  may but the unhoused people do not need your
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  prom dresses which just kind of goes to the more
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  general thing of make sure that you are targeting
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  what you're donating to the group that you are
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  donating to And there's lots of guides online
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  and you can always reach out to the people who
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  are doing the coordinating as far as what would
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  be the best for them. And obviously we are dropping
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  this a couple of days before Christmas. So not
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  everyone is going to be able to immediately rush
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  out and help people. But there is a term in mutual
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  aid called January drop off. And basically what
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  that is saying is that everyone wants to donate
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  and help in December. But there's still a lot
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  of hungry folks in January. So thanks for letting
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  us get a little bit preachy at y 'all. It is
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  the season for that. But we just believe that
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  helping each other is really at the core of Dungeon
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  Crawler Carl. And it's part of what drew us to
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  the books and make us like them so much. Yeah,
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  we are stronger together. Happy holidays, everyone.
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  Happy holidays and a happy new year.