#!!! venting

[hel7l7]

This body doesn't feel like mine!!! I just want to forget it happened!

[crocs-simp]

You know, I’ve had a nagging unease about this scene in CT S01E1 ever since watching the premier in roblox, a whole ass year ago. Couldn’t really put my finger on it but now, 3 seasons later and after reading everyone else’s criticism about the show’s writing, I think I finally get it.

That’s just the whole crux of the problem, isn’t it? I’m not talking about the island. The island doesn’t qualify as “a lot”. The most defining foundations of our beloved characters don’t matter. The roots of all their traumas and bonds don’t matter. Two years and five seasons of character building don’t matter.

Only wHaT hApPeNeD aFtER matters.

Only what the new writers come up with matter.

[argentarachnids]

"Alex said some messed up victim-blamey stuff. It's even more messed up since he characterized Bill after the writers' abusers" I'm gonna be honest, this seems like an overly critical, deliberately bad faith interpretation.

Bill might have drawn inspiration from real life toxic people the writers knew, but Ford is not a stand-in for them. Ford's character is not directly informed by the traits of the people who added their experiences to flesh out Bill. Ford is a character with his own flaws. These flaws, by the way, are what informed his relationship with Bill. It's not victim blaming to point out that manipulative abusers may prey on the character flaws of their abuse victims.

Ford has flaws, flaws that strained the personal relationships he had with his brother and closest friend. The fact that these flaws were exploited is entirely the fault of the abuser, but working on them is Ford's responsibility regardless. The fact that he began to realize them and work on his relationships is kind of part and parcel of the whole character development thing.

Just because a flawed character was in an abusive relationship doesn't mean that those flaws should be downplayed or ignored. Ending up in an abusive relationship is one of many potential consequences of simply being a flawed person who makes mistakes like anyone else is and can. The fact that it's an abusive relationship doesn't erase this. We can talk about someone's flaws independent of whether or not it was a contributing factor to an abuser playing on them to rope them into a relationship. If we can talk about people with personal issues being manipulated and radicalized by groups looking to exploit them, we can talk about this.

I can respect hating when it isn't like, rationalized by righteous self-indulgence more than anything. You don't have to like or revere a creator you don't personally know, but regularly coming together to mock or seethe about them over stuff you're half making up just to hate on them is just as parasocial a behavior. You can form a parasocial relationship over any excessively obsessed over feeling.

[melojinko]

being an Atsushi kinnie is. Not being able to comprehend the value of your life. Believing your presence is easily replaceable. Believing others are lying when they say they care. Hurting yourself when others are kind to you. Being an Atsushi kinnie is imagining yourself disappearing. No one would cry. Life would go on.

[nicascurls]

So it turns out that when I went faint during my procedure last week it was because my body went into shock and blood stopped going to my heart. The doctor had just asked me to stop taking such deep breaths to help see the x-ray better. They didn't tell me any of this and only checked on me when I told them I was feeling hot. They also didn't tell me they changed their mind and put a metal coil in my body to stop blood flow to the tumor rather than the plan I was told.

I found out about this yesterday, 8 days after said procedure through the follow up letter in the post.

Such fun.

[nofuckingideawho]

I have this silly little feeling in my chest that's making me want to die

[emsleyanbluejay]

i’m so sick of hearing people complain about “whiny transmascs who don’t transition and still want to be treated like men”

either pay for my top surgery or shut your mouth. some of us are disabled and have to find doctors willing to take the risk of a potentially deadly health crisis mid-surgery, on top of living paycheck to paycheck. do you have 13k, plus travel expenses for a week to the only surgeon i trust to not kill me? because i don’t.

[borderlesbian]

i'm really fucking scared this is all i will ever be

[jewishvitya]

"Those people believe x. We know they're wrong because y, but here's how they got to this point."

"So you think x!"

"No, I'm explaining what they think."

"You're making excuses for it and arguments that support it!"

"I'm laying out the arguments they give. I'm not making them, I'm showing them. I broke down why it's wrong and how it became a prevalent view."

"You're an x-apologist!"

Right, sorry, my mistake. Those people don't have a distorted worldview that leads them to cruelty, they're just evil by nature, their essence is darkness and violence, there's no humanity in them, go ahead and fantasize about wiping out whatever population you marked as bad. Didn't mean to interrupt your fantasy. I can see you're quite attached to it. Go on, advocate for whatever useless violence you think should happen in retaliation. I thought violence should be a horrible but sometimes-necessary tool, but it can be a goal, that's fine too. Everyone needs a dream I guess.

[hel7l7]

I keep being addicted to these toxic contacts

[iknityounot]

Listen I am not going to name anyone specifically, but pattern makers need to talk to one (1) fat person before they can post their patterns online.

I am so sick of finding a cute pattern, getting all the supplies, checking my gage, and starting to knit, only to find that my sleeves are a foot longer than a normal human because the pattern maker just multiplied all their numbers by 10 when they sized it up. I can't believe I have to say this but, just because my ass is fat does not mean my arms go down to my knees???

[pr1soners-d1lemma]

Do you think about me as much as I think about you?

[melojinko]

being an Atsushi kinnie is. Tearing yourself apart inside when you open up to others. But treating others lovingly when they share their burdens with you. They are different from you. How could someone as worthless as you deserve help? Having empathy towards others is easy. Being kind to yourself is impossible.

Close your eyes. Imagine you are someone else. Feel the overwhelming compassion you have for that other person. Now treat yourself with the same compassion.

[k3t4min5]

i got a thing for pushing people away when im at my lowest

[minisophia]

I wanted to reblog with @splipster 's addition because, holy shit.

But also: my wife is a first-year medical student. The amount of times she's rolled up to mandatory small group sessions - where they go over required problem sets that will help prepare them for the exam - and she sees people come in with totally empty problem sets and just copying and pasting from ChatGPT is mind-boggling.

And mind you, these small group sessions aren't even graded. You just have to show up. But I guess since the emphasis is on "small group," it's pretty obvious if you walk in totally unprepared.

My wife is at a very competitive medical school, like top 10 in the country. It makes me very fearful about the next generation of doctors. It's clear that many of her classmates are here for status and money, and don't seem to care about learning. ChatGPT is making that worse. At least before, most would have to put in some of sort effort. Now, you can just cruise through. So, this isn't just an undergraduate problem, unfortunately...

"i don't care if they make their whole way though uni with chatgpt" i think you guys are so internetpilled that you have forgotten there are actual jobs out there that require people to know what they are doing in any way possible or else people die