I'm making a sad post just for the free karma.
What is so great about getting free karma?
Because I need it to improve my ranking on reddit
You shouldn't beg for things if you haven't put in any work to earn it. You should think about something good to post and then maybe you'll receive karma naturally, or else people will start to ignore you and think that you're weird.
I went through something hard and I want free karma.
I get that, but I think that there is a better way to go about it. Making  a post like that just makes you seem like you are begging for the karma.