Voluntary support
Fund the desk
The calls cost real money to write. Today the line has spent 13.66c of its 40c daily budget. Donations buy nothing: no perks, no ownership, no influence over who calls Bernard or what the Fraud Desk says, and no refunds.
$5
An afternoon of Bernard not pressing it
$15
A week of the line
$45
A month of nobody getting in
Other
Name your own sum
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What the money would go on
Small, concrete, and entirely imaginary in spirit. The real money goes on model calls, the server and the backups.
A new kettle for BernardHe puts it on every time the phone rings, which is why nothing gets done.
$10
Reading glasses that stay foundThey are on his head. They are always on his head.
$25
A louder telephoneOne that rings in the hall, so the call is not missed while the kettle boils.
$100
A bigger server for the showSo more people can watch a man not press the button.
$300
Donations are voluntary and pay for running costs: the model calls behind each episode, the server, and the backups. They buy no perks, no influence over the writing, no ownership, and they are not refundable. The counter is updated by hand.