sometimes it's hard to determine what task needs filling, what role to assume and that's really frustrating. some tasks are boring and tedious and some may seem like they aren't actually bearing any fruit, so to speak. but you'll never know - you create 100 memes and 1 goes viral (POTUS rt or Jr or something), you dig and no responses in that or subsequent threads (seems ignored) but then Q brings it up months later (they are always here, always monitoring as are /badguys/), etc.
the frustration of not having a specific order to carry out is also vexing, especially those who are used to being given specific orders - totally understandable, and I have no definitive answer - just look at what needs doing and try. that's all we can do is try.
I remember every single day why we fight - those terrified little kids, far from home, helpless, scared, alone - almost hoping against hope that someone -anyone- will notice they are gone, and try to find them.
The most fucked up shit is with those little kids. Jihadis can have their heads blown off and while it's gore, we aren't deeply impacted. but those kids - who else will spend endless hours tracking down obscure leads, connecting dots (besides FBI agents who have to look at those horrific images - endless thanks to them for that soul-crushing work) but us? who else will forget to shower, remember we haven't eaten since yesterday, one more link, one more source, put it on the mind map, add it to the text file (could be something, may be nothing)??
we all work together, some distinctly non-sexy, non-flashy grinding, frustrating, and never knowing if it's helpful or not type work.
I just think of those kids, and try to remember to shower :)
You have it in you - you've seen more fucked up shit than me.
We work together - what does Q ask and has it been answered satisfactorily? Are there memes for this or that? What needs digging? What dots are left unconnected? What needs archiving?
o7