Question! What's better than Interactive Idiots? What's better than gamingmas? What's at least as good as seventeen pages of heated discourse on fringe vs quiff?
Yeah, you guessed it. An In Depth Bants coffee mug! Something perfect to sip that tea from while you mentally write out the perfect scintillating post response. What, don't drink tea? Then um... a sticker. To... stick. On things. Anyway. The point is: IDB merch!
This Redbubble store will be up from Dec 1 through Dec 30, and will disappear henceforth after that. (Unless this is a success, in which case it will disappear for approximately eleven months and then be back.)
Now: why are we doing this? Because this forum costs money to run, and we just blew all of ours on tickets to see some idiots on a stage next year.
(#joking) (like, not really, we did spend a lot of money on tickets) (but still #joking)
The truth is: as this forum has grown, the costs associated with it have grown as well. Up to this point, the mod/admin team have paid out of pocket for these forum expenses... but as I'm sure a lot of you remember, we had some issues this year with our previous host being bought out. Our new host has been amazing in terms of helping us get re-situated and keeping everything running smoothly, but it comes at a substantially higher cost. In 2018, we anticipate that the forum will cost around $200 total to keep operational and this is our effort to ensure that we can keep things running without constant concern. And, you know - hopefully it'll be kinda fun for you guys, too.
And this isn't just for us! We're splitting proceeds 50/50 with a charity, and to make it even better... You guys get to pick the charity! We've whittled it down to a short list, but the final vote is yours. You can access that poll right here and choose between Young Minds (child and adolescent mental health), Stand Up to Cancer (cancer research), Water.org (promoting safe water access #stayhydrated), or Stonewall (UK-based lgbtq equality).
Want to help, but don't want to buy anything? We've set up a paypal donation link right here.
As we are only seeking to raise enough money to cover forum costs and no more, should we happen to meet our goal for IDB then from that point on 100% of what's purchased or donated after that will go to the charity voted on.
Now check out some of what we've got!
If you have any questions/comments/concerns please feel free to ask below! And a special thanks to catallena for allowing us to capitalize (get it?) on her wit, and savvymavvy for the Shiba art!
I need me one of those shiba mugs.
