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    "text": "tl;DR: Y'all gave me hope after a hard year, and I am so incredibly grateful.\n\nThere were many times this year where I thought my only option was a \"dirt nap,\" but I'm so glad I stuck around. This past week has given me so much joy and I feel like my hard work paid off.",
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          "alt": "Thank you all for giving me some hope again.\n\nI’ve been holding onto this story since January. I have my reasons for keeping silent, and this situation goes so much deeper, but for now, I am just sharing to give y’all the full context of how much your support has helped me. I also hope this can work as a cautionary tale to new artists.\n\n\nI was admittedly so nervous to put up my recent shop update. The economy has been quite rough, as I’m sure you all know, and I was not expecting much. The turn out though? WOW.\n\n\nY’all absolutely blew me away with the support, and I just need everyone to know how grateful I am... And I truly mean ALL support! Whether you placed an order or not, my update would not have taken off without y’all showing up for me, engaging with my posts, and interacting! Please never underestimate how much a simple interaction can change an artist’s life.\n\n\nI am so proud and grateful for the incredible community I’ve grown over the years. So to all my trouble buns, thank you, thank you, thank you!",
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          "alt": "I have been struggling a LOT this year, but I know so many of us are hurting in this economy. Truthfully, I never truly recovered after the wage theft incident with my husband last year. But I had enough, and that’s all I wanted. As long as I kept my head above the water, I was content to just keep working hard, hoping that one day it would pay off.\n\n\nSome of you may know that I’m the parent of a special needs child. Artists are already famously broke as hell, and adding up the cost of medication, appointments, and therapy... Let’s just say, it adds up quick lol!\n\nThe next part is going to be kinda dark, okay? Please don't feel obligated to read it. Just know I am grateful as hell to all of you.",
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          "alt": "The truth is, in January of this year, I was the victim of a wire fraud scam. I lost more than $10,000+ USD, and to this day, I have not been able to retrieve my stolen funds.\n\n\nI know that sounds like an insane amount of money to just have sitting in my bank account. I have never had more than $10k in my account at a time. Of course, this was from the Hurtsies Backerkit campaign.\n\n\nAt this point, I had already paid for the add-ons for my campaign (keychains, sticker books, etc.) All that was left was to complete the samples and put the plushies into production. Upon completing the campaign, with all things considered, I should have made a decent profit. After having a horrible year, living paycheck to paycheck and skipping meals, I thought that the campaign would have been my saving grace.",
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          "alt": "So how did it happen? In late December, my manufacturer’s e-mail was hacked. During the security breach, the hacker downloaded our entire conversation history (consisting of 100+ messages spanning over multiple projects,) as well as the Commercial Invoice for the Hurtsies plush production. They then spoofed the entire e-mail chain, and sent me the commercial invoice again... with their OWN banking information.\n\n\nDuring this time, they were also impersonating me to keep my manufacturer from reaching out to me. Unfortunately, by the time my factory rep realized what happened, the money was GONE.\n\n\nI spent all of January desperately trying to get my money back. I filed a police report. I drove to my bank. I even contacted Shanghai police, as well as the Chinese bank.\n\n\nNone of them could help me.",
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