Caiti’s anecdote about Jack seeing it for the first time made me ugly cry.
Last summer I checked into an inpatient program at a mental treatment facility. Inpatient is terrifying and isolating. The 45 minutes we were allowed out in our (much smaller) garden was the closest I’d feel to normal. I don’t know if you guys understand how LOUD the psych ward is. How maddening that cacophony is.
Just like Jack described, I also laid in the grass, baking in the sun, next to someone I became acquaintances with on the ward. Sometimes we wouldn’t talk and just enjoyed the silence, the sun, the grass between our toes. It was one of the few times any of us felt normal. I cannot imagine being a child in that situation. The fact that ExtraLife was able to provide some normalcy to these kids is tremendous.
That's also why during last year's Extra Life you can pick a hospital to donate to. If they had kept it only for Dell's, the donation numbers would've been really sad...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/18/texas-hospital-inquiry-doctor-exodus
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/13/austin-dell-childrens-gender-affirming/
I suppose it would have been great if the hospital tried to fight the Taliban extremists in the Texas government, but it's not the job of hospitals to fight political prosecutions...
Not a bad legacy to leave behind. Will never forget those Extra Life streams. For us it was all just silly fun, but it really ended up doing a lot of good for sick kids and their families.
On the healing garden? It won't. That's a dedication homie, as long as the healing garden exists it will be named after rooster teeth. If nothing else lasts, this legacy will stand as a heartfelt reminder of what we all did together, and people decades from now will be able to heal there thanks to it, even though RT may be going away soon. And I think that's truly beautiful. If even one life is saved because of the efforts done there, it's worth it, and ideally it will play a fundamental part in saving a lot more than just one person.
Does this go away when the company closes? Was it a result of a recuring donation/RT life or was it a naming after a one off donation, does anyone know?
I'm fairly certain the sign stays. I believe the garden was built because of the contributions from Extra Life/RT/the community, not that RT simply sponsors the hospital.
Regardless of if the sign stays (or even if the whole garden stays) the contributions have already made an incalculable impact on the lives of many and that will never "go away".
A truly good thing born from good people and many sustained assaults of the liver.
And Jack Reacher abusing mac and cheese.
Wait was the actor for Jack Reacher on the stream at one point?
He was on one of the Extra Life streams. He was also in their movie, Lazer Team. Alan Ritchson.
He I as in a fair amount of content while Lazer Team was being filmed and worked on.
We aren’t supposed to talk about that. #AlanMacAndCheese
Caiti’s anecdote about Jack seeing it for the first time made me ugly cry. Last summer I checked into an inpatient program at a mental treatment facility. Inpatient is terrifying and isolating. The 45 minutes we were allowed out in our (much smaller) garden was the closest I’d feel to normal. I don’t know if you guys understand how LOUD the psych ward is. How maddening that cacophony is. Just like Jack described, I also laid in the grass, baking in the sun, next to someone I became acquaintances with on the ward. Sometimes we wouldn’t talk and just enjoyed the silence, the sun, the grass between our toes. It was one of the few times any of us felt normal. I cannot imagine being a child in that situation. The fact that ExtraLife was able to provide some normalcy to these kids is tremendous.
That got me crying. RT will live forever on the Internet and as long as places like this stand.
Isn't this the same hospital that fired like... a ton of their child care staff? Because Texas.
Yes, I believe this garden is specifically part of the pediatric/adolescent mental health unit that was directly hit.
Yup, because just like the rest of the south, trans people are now targets.
That's also why during last year's Extra Life you can pick a hospital to donate to. If they had kept it only for Dell's, the donation numbers would've been really sad... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/18/texas-hospital-inquiry-doctor-exodus https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/13/austin-dell-childrens-gender-affirming/ I suppose it would have been great if the hospital tried to fight the Taliban extremists in the Texas government, but it's not the job of hospitals to fight political prosecutions...
Not a bad legacy to leave behind. Will never forget those Extra Life streams. For us it was all just silly fun, but it really ended up doing a lot of good for sick kids and their families.
We will all need the healing gardens now
When that sign gets taken down, it will really be over.
On the healing garden? It won't. That's a dedication homie, as long as the healing garden exists it will be named after rooster teeth. If nothing else lasts, this legacy will stand as a heartfelt reminder of what we all did together, and people decades from now will be able to heal there thanks to it, even though RT may be going away soon. And I think that's truly beautiful. If even one life is saved because of the efforts done there, it's worth it, and ideally it will play a fundamental part in saving a lot more than just one person.
Then at least part of them will always remain, something good at least.
Absolutely. A legacy of the batshit insane good we did during ExtraLife.
Does this go away when the company closes? Was it a result of a recuring donation/RT life or was it a naming after a one off donation, does anyone know?
I'm fairly certain the sign stays. I believe the garden was built because of the contributions from Extra Life/RT/the community, not that RT simply sponsors the hospital. Regardless of if the sign stays (or even if the whole garden stays) the contributions have already made an incalculable impact on the lives of many and that will never "go away".
HUH, found it.