{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Matt (zeldatra)'s status on Saturday, 13-Mar-21 09:06:46 UTC","author_name":"Matt (zeldatra)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/zeldatra","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/5476531","html":"There\u2019s a guy with special needs who\u2019s about my age working at my store and he\u2019s having a lot of problems at home, I don\u2019t know the full details but it\u2019s not good, and I\u2019ve been trying to find ways to help him feel more comfortable while he\u2019s at work. The other day I found him reading these old, beat up Calvin & Hobbes comics on his break and I asked if he had anything else, and no, he\u2019s been reading these same Calvin & Hobbes comics every day. And like, it\u2019s not exactly the same thing, but I got bullied in school, and cartoons helped me cope with that, but even more than that, watching Eddsworld and realizing that any random jerk can do it, and therefore I can do it, REALLY helped me cope with that. Maybe it\u2019s slightly narcissistic, but I thought that if the kid realized his boss drew comics and whatnot just like his Calvin & Hobbes book, it\u2019d help him find an outlet for all those negative feelings he\u2019s been having."}