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[stickbug-made-entirely-of-spite]

What's up, peeps?

So, I was once again playing Legend of Mushroom. After about a week of building up the courage to try and make conversation in the server chat (give or take a day or two), I finally did it! My heart was beating so hard that it actually moved my whole body with every beat, but I did it :]

I really thought everything was going well, I managed to kind of hold a conversation and even earned myself a friend request in the process, but then I made the mistake of mentioning that I'm queer.

Cue the transphobic jokes, slurs, people ganging up on me whenever I try to contribute to the conversation, telling me that I'm either a man or a woman, and telling me to "stop making everything about gender" when I had in fact only mentioned it a handful of times because people were asking me questions about it.

I quickly gave up on trying to make friends.

One very strong panic attack later, and I'm stuck wondering why people are so mean

I didn't say anything bad or mean, I was just trying to contribute to the conversation :[

One kind person sent me a private message asking if I was okay, this person is also the one who sent me the friend request :]

It really made me feel a lot better, I'm extremely grateful ^-^

I'm still shaking, and I will be for a while, but I would be crying right now if it weren't for them.

Moral of the story:

1. don't ever mention anything about being queer in an online game server chat, it is never a safe space, and it will discourage you from ever typing another chat message again.

2. Reach out to people when you think they might need it. It never, ever hurts to check in on someone just in case. Worst case scenario, they'll just brush it off and continue with their day. Best case scenario, you just saved someone's life. I really can't stress this enough, don't be afraid to spread kindness in a world where it's so incredibly needed.

PSA aside, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day 🧡 this blog is a safe space for anyone who might need a friend, or just someone willing to lend an ear. My messages are open, don't hesitate to pay them a visit for whatever reason. I care about you, and you're not alone

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

[ecstarry]

maybe i do believe in guardian angels

[sturnioloshacker]

I 👏 NEED 👏 A 👏 BOYFRIEND 👏 PLEASE

my tiktok fyp is filled with relationship posts, my friends are getting into relationships, my cousins are all getting married

WHEN 👏 WILL 👏 IT 👏 BE 👏 MY 👏 TURN

[lauryn-order]

It's lovely to see you around here again. Even though you are feeling feral. Best thoughts for you.

It’s not even feral today!! It’s more like… needy? Empty? Yearning and longing?

[thebluestbluewords]

New dynamic that I will be having brain rot over

I’m catching up on vignettes and was absolutely delighted to have Leona greet Epel in such a chill way. Like, they’re on a sports team together and we’ve already seen that Leona does care about the freshmen on the team, so it makes sense! It’s just a joy and a delight for me personally to see them interact. Like, he’s not PLEASED about the whole thing, but it’s less murder vibes and more baby teammate who runs so far outside of his awareness most of the time that it’s just regular irritation.

Now all I want is Epel accidentally running into every single upperclassman in the school and accidentally becoming a magnet for secret help and gossip….

[nedcaratacus]

[dorykinny]

Rip stanley you would have loved Avon

[alivingtypo]

you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands

[suzypfonne]

Before January 2025:

If you are a USAmerican in a relationship that might be affected by legislation that dissolves same-sex marriages, who may no longer be recognized as next-of-kin, especially if you have children, get your rights in writing!

Your marriage certificate may not be enough to prove you have rights to make medical decisions for non-biological children or for a same-sex spouse or partner.

Go to a lawyer, get it spelled out as clearly as possible that you have a voice in emergency medical and legal situations.

[sreegs]

[faeriekit]

"This fic was ai generated—" Cool, so lemme block you real quick

[chessentans]

Chappell Roan really was like "I won't endorse Harris because of the continuing genocide and the fact that the Democrats aren't protecting trans people. I am voting for Harris but won't endorse. You should expect more from your politicians and that's what I want before I endorse anyone" and got absolutely insane amounts of hatred and vitriol for that not only normal, but morally righteous take. And then because of aforementioned insane amounts of hate had to cancel shows due to mental health and then got MORE HATE. Like wow! Starting to think you don't want principled and authentic celebrities, don't care about women's feelings, and don't understand how mental illness affects people! It will entirely be entitled fans fault if she steps back forever from releasing music

[animentality]

[gnusnoteunuchs]

ME: ah, fuck! these allergies are going crazy!

THE PERFIDIOUS POLLEN PARTICLE:

[banrionceallach]

You know, that Mythbusters post legitimately changed my life. Before seeing it, I had exponentially more guilt and stress about not being able to sleep, which of course, further exacerbated my inability to sleep.

Now, every time I wake up about three am, knowing I have to get up at 6.45, instead of stressing and panicking about how my day is going to be sleep deprived and miserable, I just tell myself 'Time to activate Mythbusters Protocol' and lie there with my eyes closed safe in the knowledge that I am measurably reducing later feelings of exhaustion.

And when this happens, about 70% of the time the reduction of guilt and stress means I actually do fall back asleep, so all in all instead of getting only three or four hours sleep, I get five to six and a half.

Which y'know, major improvement in health and energy.