u/TwinkleMcSprinkle

It's so cool 😭

How could she have careened from grace so hard? Truly the mightiest fall the hardest. Won't someone spare a dollar for the poor LynkedUps of the world?

In the arms, of, an angel~

Just one dollar can help a hungry Lynk eat for a week. It's dog kibble but that's all we can afford because you assholes don't donate.

Fly away, from here~

Donate here: doubleyoudoubleyoudoubleyoudotlynkedupisaddictedtocrackdotcom.

Join the Dairy Cow Voting Rights Coalition today. I will now sing the national anthem, in bovine.

Ohhh moo, moo, moo, moo

Moo moomoo moo moo moooo,

Moo moo mooooo moo moo moo,

Moo moo moo, moo, moo, moo, moo...

Moo. What does "moo" mean, you may be asking.

Moo means "I don't have any more milk to give."

Moo means "My rations of grass are lower than non bovines."

Moo means "No lactation without representation."

If you believe in freedom for all, cows included, you'll vote for Quinten Trembley. For I ask you now: got milk?

Because they don't.

For too long have our cream making brethren been subjected to daily milkings.

For too long have those milkings gone without fair reputation in the halls of our government.

For TOO LONG HAVE CITIZENS OF THE DoR BEEN SIPPING AT THE NECTAR OF OUR BOVINE COMPATRIOTS AS THEY LIVE IN SUBJUGATION.

Therefore... I hereby call for cows to have voting rights. I know this may be controversial, as such sheer and udder racism is rampant in this country. But if you fight with me, stand with me, milk with me, we can bring a better day for those whose butter I eat by the stick.

We always ask ourselves... got milk? Do we really got milk? Or do we got creamy oppression. Think on this my friends. May we, hand in hoof, half and half, suckle on the udders of a brighter future. Thank you.

Like yeah it's janky but it's my janky little book. And I learned so much in the process! Can't wait to start number 2.

I think I'm gonna use it as a commonplace book!

There are many things to be said in such a speech as this. It is with some sorrow that I concede, and offer my congratulations to whomever wins the final round. I sincerely wish them luck in the position of President, and I hope they can help right this place and make it into something great.

As it rains on the DoR, I'd like to remind my supporters that the rain doesn't just roar in thunder and strike with lightning. It nourishes the land. It cleans our air. It offers us comfort as we sit beside the window with a cup of cocoa. All of these are, in their own way, love. I think the rain is the most loving of all the weathers.

And as I stand here, it hides my tears.

I wanted the best for this place. I had hoped I could help it become, as I campaigned on, a player-driven, community-oriented space. And it is my hope that this is what the future president will achieve. For this place deserves that kind of sanctity; the kind we can only feel when it rains on a peaceful midsummer's eve and we're curled up shitposting in good company.

I encourage the new President to focus on what the players need, and how best to shape the government to those whims. I pray they do not fall victim to hubris or nonchalance. May they find the success they need. And if by some chance they do not, well, DoR, then it's been a true pleasure.

Now, if you'll indulge my need to speak personally.

When I joined this subreddit, it was a hot, sun-shining August day. I didn't know really what I was getting into. At first, I found it silly, and entertaining, but eventually I realized it was chock-full of potential. Where to start? I jumped in as a troll, I eventually found comeaderie. Don't get me wrong; it was perfect for trolling - not too serious as to be offensive, but serious enough to evoke reactions - and I had a blast making a name for myself here. But things rarely stay the same and sweet rain, like time, nurtures the world to pass.

Over the year, I came and went at times. I roleplayed WigglesMcShiggles, EmeraldtheChosenOne, and a whole host of other characters that I had hoped would bring a silly nature to the subreddit. John_Police. MyNameIsDoobles. GildedArchways. It was incredible, but as we all know, I was but a piece in a larger puzzle. Together, me, and you, *we* made this place shine like it would forever sit under the warmth of the sun, until the ghostly glow of the moon bathed us in silence.

I've made actual friends here. People I sincerely like talking to. I had allies, enemies, and everything in between. Critics, supporters. For a while, I basked in it. It was to my lips as sweet rain to the wasteland of a parched, sandy desert. You see I'm... a bit of a loner. I have a loving wife and family, but for a long time, that was really it. I don't go out of my way to socialize, or participate in social spheres like this one. I've accrued too much damage in my life to truly seek out social connections most of the time.

But the DoR? Well... it was special. It is special. In general, but also, to me. I love this space. It feels like sitting in a grassy knoll on a brilliantly bright day and talking to the edgiest, yet (oddly) friendliest, people one could know. It felt like a digital home. Somewhere that I felt I belonged.

I don't have many places like that in my life. I never have.

You've all treated me with kindness, and acceptance. I thank you all individually for such a thing. You have given me a light in my life, and for that, I will always have some spiritual stake in this place. I hope you all feel the same. There truly is something special here, and we all share that, and always will.

So today, as I stand here in concession, I tell you all, supporter or not, that I love you as a human being. I cherish you as a member of this sub. And I care about your future. May it be what you need it to be, and more, until your dreams are met by reality in a field where good things grow, and good people bask in the daylight.

We built something here. Us. Together. Each and every one of you, and me too. Let us always remember what we've achieved in this endeavor, and may it, may *we*, march forward, as time always does.

One year for me. One good, odd, funny, interesting year.

That sunny August day that led me to the sub was a magical one. The heat, the fire here, it still burns. It always will, within me at least. Blessed are the fruits we've all born here, good and bad. At least we had our time in the light of the sun.

The sun will return. Never doubt, for it always does. But, today it rains, as it must. And so, I simply stand before you to remind you that the rains are beautiful too.

Thank you, DoRia. For everything.

-LynkedUp

Let There Be Rain

Let there be rain,

Water playing the song of the Earth,

Percussion for the dancers

Out in the wind, rolling, flowing with it,

For the sake of a world

Clad in a darkened glow,

Let there be rain,

That comes to us singing mysterious words

That lull us along

For the sake of the ephemeral, the real,

Washing away in the drops

To give us soil fresh, fertile,

And let there be rain,

So that tomorrow may feel like a new day,

A rinse for our sorrows,

Unshackled from convention, derision,

Bare souls here for a moment, then gone,

To where hope springs anew.

DoR, you have a choice to make.

The subreddit is waking up, yet remains in a state of disrepair. There is much work to be done yet. Three solutions have been presented to you on behalf of three people.

Mr. Trembley suggests hats and pleasant afternoons, a guarantee of silliness, and lackadaisical governance.

Polytopia offers a return to the ultra serious governance of the First Republic of the DoR; a straightforward return to how things once were.

But me? I, TwinkleMcSprinkle, offer a new way forward. One that actually fosters the sub's return under a new manner of governance. A government that responds to the players, rather than vice versa. Sensible moderator envoys that are elected. Stable, reliable public engagement posts (such as open mic nights and carnivals).

I offer the DoR a structured return to liveliness, but on new tracks that will divert us from the ultra seriousness of Polytopia as well as the absence of planning that Trembley offers. An opportunity to have fun and be silly, but with scaffolding and structure that helps preserve the *opportunities* that arise for such whimsy to occur.

I know many of you may have preconceived notions about me. I humbly ask you to cast them down for now and trust that there's a McPlan inside of McSprinkle, and that we can, together, build something truly new and functional and *fun*, if we just have the chance. Vote for TwinkleMcSprinkle to be your president, and see how great the new DoR can truly be.

Thank you.

What do you think of my little treasure stack?

I know it's probably not the coolest you guys have ever seen but I was so proud to capture this