I’m going to tell a quick story about Tony Posnanski which he will probably not appreciate me telling.
A few years ago, I had a moment when I didn’t know how I was even going to fill my gas tank.
I didn’t know how I was going to get through the next weekend.
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A few years ago, I had a moment when I didn’t know how I was even going to fill my gas tank.
I didn’t know how I was going to get through the next weekend.
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It was the last and lowest moment of a long, horrible stretch that crescendoed when my father died on my son’s birthday.
If you’ve read my pinned thread, you know some of this already.
It was the very bottom after an endless string of terrible things.
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If you’ve read my pinned thread, you know some of this already.
It was the very bottom after an endless string of terrible things.
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Without asking me, Tony found my PayPal and sent me enough money to breathe.
I hadn’t asked. I would not have said yes if he had asked.
He knew that. So he just did it.
It was oxygen at a time when life was asphyxiating.
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I hadn’t asked. I would not have said yes if he had asked.
He knew that. So he just did it.
It was oxygen at a time when life was asphyxiating.
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People on here see our snarky back and forths. They know we’re friends.
So, they sometimes reach out to me about him.
Some of the messages are complaints about him - just like he gets complaints about me.
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So, they sometimes reach out to me about him.
Some of the messages are complaints about him - just like he gets complaints about me.
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But more so, I get messages from people who Tony has quietly done things for.
I get DMs about how he reached out to someone who was struggling with depression or anxiety or personal issues.
I hear from people who are just having a hard time who Tony quietly helped.
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I get DMs about how he reached out to someone who was struggling with depression or anxiety or personal issues.
I hear from people who are just having a hard time who Tony quietly helped.
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About a week ago, someone ostensibly on our side of the aisle on here catfished Tony by pretending to be interested in his art.
They then posted the screenshots of their conversation in an effort to embarrass or humiliate or hurt Tony.
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They then posted the screenshots of their conversation in an effort to embarrass or humiliate or hurt Tony.
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Then that person’s followers jumped in. Then a couple of big accounts piled on.
The original catfishing was the most vulgar and shitty thing I’ve seen someone allegedly on our side of the aisle do to someone else on our side in my five years on Twitter.
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The original catfishing was the most vulgar and shitty thing I’ve seen someone allegedly on our side of the aisle do to someone else on our side in my five years on Twitter.
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On the very other end of the spectrum, in my five years on here, there has been no person who has been more reliably there for me personally or who I’ve heard has been there for others more than Tony.
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And those drawings some people like to shit on… they bring people happiness.
They make them feel loved and seen and understood.
They make them feel like there is someone who understands them and cares and wants them to be well and happy.
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They make them feel loved and seen and understood.
They make them feel like there is someone who understands them and cares and wants them to be well and happy.
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There is nothing I do in my life that is of as much value to people who are struggling as his pieces are to the people who adore them.
Tony doesn’t talk about it - and he probably doesn’t want me to either - but I just did.
We’re friends for a reason. Now you know.
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Tony doesn’t talk about it - and he probably doesn’t want me to either - but I just did.
We’re friends for a reason. Now you know.
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