Rainbow Acid Chat

this is breathtaking

This is now one of my top three favorite photos of all time. 

another one of my favorites

With a large platform such as TheWritersHelpers, whether you asked for it or not, you hold a responsibility to those that look to you for advice… creatively or otherwise. And our responsibility is, especially with the current state of the United States, to hold up the Black Community. 

It is confusing and scary outside right now. Life is going to be harder, and you may be faced with questions  that force yourself to do some soul-searching and “what can I do?” 

You should not be counting on your black friends, colleagues, or neighbors to be educating you. You should be doing that yourself. They have their grief and own lives to worry about; they don’t need to be taking on yours, too. 

We hope that with the links below, not only can you help communities, but you can also educate yourself. We all have room to grow. Do the work to be the change. 

We’re here to see you. We’re here to listen to you. We’re here to support you. We’re here to do better for you. We’re here and we love you.

Please do not hesitate to shoot us an ask (off anon if you don’t want us to post publicly) with suggestions for articles for people to read that you love, Black creators that you love that we can highlight, or just to call us out if/when we should be called out.

For the time being, we will not be sharing or creating new writing help content because it just doesn’t feel right to do so. Instead, we will keep sharing what resources that we can, when we can. Your asks in our inbox asking for writing help are still welcome, but responses will be delayed until further notice. 

Stay safe. Stay vigilant. Stay loud. 

-TWH Admins

Resources Below the Read More (We will continue to update the list).

So, let me guess– you just started a new book, right? And you’re stumped. You have no idea how much an AK47 goes for nowadays. I get ya, cousin. Tough world we live in. A writer’s gotta know, but them NSA hounds are after ya 24/7. I know, cousin, I know. If there was only a way to find out all of this rather edgy information without getting yourself in trouble…

You’re in luck, cousin. I have just the thing for ya.

It’s called Havocscope. It’s got information and prices for all sorts of edgy information. Ever wondered how much cocaine costs by the gram, or how much a kidney sells for, or (worst of all) how much it costs to hire an assassin?

I got your back, cousin. Just head over to Havocscope.

((PS: In case you’re wondering, Havocscope is a database full of information regarding the criminal underworld. The information you will find there has been taken from newspapers and police reports. It’s perfectly legal, no need to worry about the NSA hounds, cousin ;p))

“Below are selected prices that are paid to professional assassins by criminal organizations and drug cartels for a contract hit.

In Australia, the median price to hire a hit man is $13,610 (9,800 Euros), with the price going up to $83,000 (60,000 Euros) based on the task.

In Mexico, the cost for a low level assassin is $208 (150 Euros), and up to $20,832 (15,000 Euros) for a higher profile target like a police chief.

The prices paid in Argentina are between $3,749 (2,700 Euros) to $5,555 (4,000 Euros) per hit.

Government statistics in Spain state that 40 assassinations take place each year, with prices for the hit ranging between $27 (20 Euros) to $69,000 (50,000 Euros).”

one of my secret dreams is to start a computer company that make very personal types of computers. i think these colorful mechanical keyboards are a good start but things could be better.

for being such expensive things they are really bland and boring. macbooks are the only laptops i know that look good but they just look expensive and fancy and they value weird things.

i don’t need a thinner laptop, i can excuse it being slightly bulkier if it feels more durable and like i can stick to it in the long run by replacing parts when needed. if it was easy to replace buttons and covers on it that would be a lot of fun too.

i like to compare computers (and phones) to old times when people had a clock in their pocket with a picture of a loved one and they cared for it and got it repaired and handed it down. i wish we could be a bit more sentimental about technology too.

i don’t think we need to have more powerful computers we just need to use them better, i hope we will reach a peak where they won’t or don’t need to be stronger so companies start messing more with the formula and refining the visuals and experience more instead.