Well, if you look at the silver lining among the clouds, you'd know that its only temporary :)
The gods probably do that because they want to see people outside of california suffer
I ask to be demoted for a little while for various reasons and they give me a break. After, or during, 1 - 3 weeks, I ask if I can become a staff member again. I wouldn't be online right now but it's 101 degrees in New York so yeah.