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tellthemeerkatsitsfine · 9 months ago

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Rewatched John Robins’ The Darkness of Robins and Sara Pascoe’s LadsLadsLads this week, both of which I’d seen before but not for a long time. Then I wrote some stuff that gets rambly and probably too long so here's a cut to spare people the details.

Both their 2017 shows, which I’d seen described as being both about the end of the same relationship, though I don’t think that’s completely true. Darkness of Robins is definitely about the ending of that relationship. LadsLadsLads is mainly about stuff Sara did after the breakup, and stuff from earlier in her life that relates to it. That relationship itself is barely touched on.

Though she was definitely doing stand-up about that relationship in 2016, not to mention complaining about it on panel shows a lot, so I think I can still at least slightly justify his oversharing about some details by saying they were both doing it. Just not in her 2017 Edinburgh show. There is one bit early in Darkness of Robins where he says “She decided she was unhappy, kept that to herself, bought a house with me, and left,” which is just entirely untrue. She announced that she was unhappy with her relationship many times, frequently in front of large live audiences and while being filmed for national television. But she did at least stop announcing it so much after they broke up, while that’s sort of when he got started. Arguably too much.

I was a bit worried about that part – the ending bit with the sexually explicit story that might make me not able to like him anymore if I reminded myself of how bad it was – so I’m pleased to say it was less bad that I’d built it up in my head. Definitely shorter than I remembered. Still bad, still not justified, even by the fact that she’d said things publicly too. Just, at least shorter than I thought. I think I remembered it being longer because, you know, it’s pretty memorable. And it’s meant to be, he threw in some brief explicit detail for shock value so that his comedy show would stay in people’s minds, and it did work. I mean, it won an award. But he could probably have cut the shock value line and still won the award. Re-watched it also reminded me that he justified the shock value line’s place in the show because it was a callback to a bit from the beginning, but that beginning bit was also just pointlessly gross shock value and my least favourite part of a very very good show.

Honestly, I’m looking for ways to justify the possibly unjustifiable bits because I’d forgotten just how much I like this show. Or maybe, I’d remembered really really liking it but hadn’t remembered all the reasons why, and this re-watch has reminded me. It makes me feel a bit better to know it won the Perrier Award, because otherwise I’d worry that I might like this show far more than it deserves, as he seems to have written a show mainly to give voice to my inner monologue (I mean, much of the show matches my inner monologue… not every moment of it, obviously, I don’t think about having sex with Sara Pascoe nearly as often as he apparently does). I’m glad it won the award so I know that other people agreed it was objectively (as much as this sort of thing can be objective) good, it doesn’t just happen to resonate with me.

I mean, obviously really good comedy is supposed to resonate with most people. That’s what observational comedy is. But nothing can be relatable to everyone, because people are different. A good relatable joke is going to be funny to people who share that experience, a great one can transcend into being funny even to people who don’t share that experience. I have, in my time, laughed at plenty of jokes about being a parent or having a spouse or dating stories or the everyday pitfalls or home ownership or appearing on reality TV or heterosexuality or whatever’s going on in the life of this comedian who lives a very different life from me, because they made it funny enough so I only have to do a little bit of mental recalibration to put myself in those shoes and imagine how funny this would be, how accurate their observation probably is. I have also failed to find jokes like that funny, but known it’s probably a good enough joke to be funny to someone who actually is a parent, or whatever the subject is.

But listening to so many shows that require a little mental adjustment, to imagine the perspective of that comedian in order to find the joke from that perspective funny, really highlights how much I like watching a show that requires very little recalibration. I happened to watch this show when I came home after work and was feeling really guilty, because I was training another staff member on a client that I work with, and I have everything in his binder set up really specifically and then I went in and found someone else had not thought about this and just put things in other places and I got genuinely furious but tried to express that in an appropriate manner in front of the other therapist by saying through gritted teeth “Oh I see this paper’s been put on this side, which is fine, I mean different people put things in different places it’s fine” and just weirdly repeating things like that too many times, sort of trying to slightly appear joking but clearly actually upset, and then I spent the whole bus ride home asking myself why I have to be such a terrible person and be a dick about someone just putting things in the wrong place and obviously I failed to hide how upset I was and now this coworker knows I’m a dick about things like that and she won’t trust me in the future. Then I got home and put on this stand-up show, and it opens with what really should be trite and overdone material because it basically boils down to “I hate the way my girlfriend used to put cords in the wrong places”, but the delivery with barely supressed aggression and the underlying sense of “It’s not about the cords it’s about the intense psychological effort of not going off on people every moment of the day because they don’t think about things carefully enough, and other people ruin everything but really it’s me who ruins everything with my inability to let things go and this is why no one likes me”, and I said, oh I remember why I liked this show so much.

Because Darkness of Robins is a deep emotional breakup show and everything, and a few times he tries for a philosophical point that I think maybe works slightly less well than he thinks it does, but that sort of plays into it, if that makes sense? Like. When he looks straight at the camera and says: “No strings attached does not exist, all we are is string,” or perhaps less philosophically but quite emotionally intense: “I would rather drink alone for the rest of time, than spend my life sober amongst people,” it’s a bit awkward, it doesn’t feel natural or like he actually achieves the gravitas he’s going for. I this he’s right in the points he’s making, but he doesn’t create an atmosphere where I fully buy into the dramatic moment the way some comedians can, it just looks like a guy trying hard to make a point.

But also, that sort of works. Like the emotionally intense points he’s making seem like the sort of points that would come from a person who looks straight into a camera and falters a bit while trying to be deep. And it’s hard to look at him at that moment but I think it’s supposed to be. Elis James has a story about John Robins calling him in the middle of the night in 2009 because his show doesn’t have a meta-narrative like Daniel Kitson’s does – well maybe that’s the meta that he’d worked out by 2017. I realize “actually the part that doesn’t quite work is good because it’s a meta moment that proves his point about how he doesn’t quite work” is a lot of mental gymnastics to justify a possible flaw, but I do like it. It definitely makes it stick in my mind more.

Anyway. What I was trying to say is that while this is a show that gets deeply and intensely introspective and makes some broader points about relationships and stuff, a lot of the actual material is, technically, just observational everyday-life stuff. Stuff that feels relatable to someone who had a frustrating day at work with papers that got left in the wrong section of a binder. Large sections of the show are taken up by a story about a tour of his acquaintance’s house and a story about a trip to IKEA. And weirdly, given that I’m not generally a fan of mundane everyday life observations (I mean, I don’t think anyone’s a big fan of that stuff, except possibly Josh Widdicombe), I think those are my favourite parts of the show.

It turns out that maybe I don’t dislike detailed descriptions of mundane parts of everyday life that are only meant to be funny because they’re relatable. Maybe, most of those stories are just not relatable to me. Maybe if these stories were told every time by a person who has panic attacks when shopping and wants to shoot themselves when they get a tour of a nice house where people who have their shit together are raising their children – maybe then I’d like it fine!

I mean, obviously John Robins is not the only comedian to say “I get anxious when doing tasks that are supposed to be simple and feel overwhelmed and defensive when other people appear to have their shit together better than I do.” So I have to give him credit for the writing and delivery, I’ve heard other comedians say things like that and I’ll find it relatable enough to laugh a bit but it won’t stick in my mind as one of my favourite stand-up shows ever. Maybe John Robins is doing a whole lot of stuff with his writing and with his delivery that I don’t even know enough about comedy to analyze, and that’s what makes it so much funnier when he does it than when other people do similarly relatable material. Or maybe it’s just that the other comedians don’t mime shooting themselves in the head to really drive the point home of how that feels. It’s mildly funny at the absolute best when comedians complain about all the boxes in IKEA looking the same and then you have to pretend to know what you’re doing even though you don’t really. It’s a lot more memorable if the story is about the rapid spiral from that into becoming convinced you’ve never done anything right as the paper disintegrates in the sweat in your hand and the absolute terror of anyone else knowing that you ever thought this might work. There’s an early radio episode that I listened to a couple of months ago now where Elis James asks John Robins what he’s most afraid of, and he answers “Being found out,” and I’ve thought of that line at least every few days since hearing it. What a perfectly succinct description of the one fear that’s just always underneath everything.

At a more surface level than that, there’s this part after he describes all the panic and the spiraling and the self-hatred about it while shopping in IKEA, and then “I get to the tills, and it hits me all at once, the row upon row of cramped and logistics and scanning and kids, beeping and screaming”, and I just want to give that credit for being perfect word choice. That’s just straightforward description of a relatable mundane situation, but I’ve heard a lot of comedy routines’ straightforward descriptions of relatable mundane situations, and very rarely one that paints such a vividly accurate picture in my mind. He described it so well that I briefly felt the thing I feel every time I get close to a crowded cash register area in a busy store, that moment of fight or flight where your body just wants to run out of there, and I felt that right before he went on to describe the fight or flight response.

I don’t recommend this show. Partly because I can’t properly justify the oversharing of personal things about another person whose name the audience knows, I don’t know whether he ran it by her beforehand but if he didn’t then that’s not really ethical. But also, I don’t tell people to watch this show because I felt weirdly uncomfortable watching it, like I connect to this on too personal a level and do not want anyone I know seeing this and knowing what I find so very relatable. If I were to let my friends watch a guy who hadn’t quite achieved as much dramatic impact as he was going for, look straight at a camera and say, “I would rather drink alone for the rest of time, than spend my life sober amongst people,” in a way that makes it hard to look directly at him because it almost works but not quite – I wouldn’t want my friends in real life to watch that because I’d feel like they were looking at some part of me that I don’t want people to look at. Though they would definitely watch the bit about how painful it is to pretend to be a proper adult long enough to get a tour of a proper person’s house where they raise kids and stuff, and they would say, “Hey, someone should send this video to [Tellthemeerkatsitsfine], I think she’d relate to it.”

Anyway. The point is that those bits got to me more than the breakup story itself, which was of course the main theme of the show. But I did really like the ending, couple of ill-advised lines aside. I liked pretty much all of it, couple of ill-advised lines aside. It is, like with his other stand-up shows that I re-listened to in the last couple of months, kind of fun to go from the radio show to remembering how John Robins sounds when he’s off the pre-watershed leash and allowed to say “fuck”. And he sure did take advantage of that. Sometimes in ways that made me feel vaguely uncomfortable but still find it funny. I don’t actually think there’s anything wrong with telling sexually explicit stories in general – it’s just a problem if the other person in them isn’t anonymous and then you’re revealing private details about another person. Otherwise, I think it’s ethically fine, I’m just weirdly squeamish.

So then I watched LadsLadsLads, which I watched about three years ago but didn’t remember much about it. It was a really good show, better than I’d remembered. This one was much, much less relatable to me personally, but I still found most of it funny, which as I said I think is the mark of a good show. If you can write the jokes so well that they’ll be funny even to people who do not personally have that experience. Sara Pascoe did that. She made me laugh repeatedly, I enjoyed it a lot and that one I do recommend. It had interesting stuff about making connections among family relationships and romantic relationships and figuring yourself out. It’s a good, funny breakup show that works even if you have little in common with Sara Pascoe.

I was about to say it was more ethical than the other show because it didn’t tell me anything about John Robins’ sex life, but actually that’s not true. I’ve just remembered that there is a bit in the middle about Titanic that gave me a brief mental image of John Robins in a situation where I do not wish to imagine John Robins, so actually, I take back what I said earlier in this post about his being worse than hers for that. I mean, he talked much lot more about the relationship itself than she did, but in terms of brief explicit descriptions, I think they’re one all.

…Sorry that this post has so much about comedians’ love lives, I feel weird writing so much about a thing that is none of my business, but they’re the ones who did the shows about it. I feel like I've reached my quota for knowing about comedian love life gossip for the entire year, I need to go listen to Andy Zaltzman talk about cricket or something as a cleanser.

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neverenoughmarauders · 3 days ago

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I was just enjoying reading your comments about Snape/James/Sirius - did the confessions account deactivate because you proved them wrong? It's a shame because there was someone in the replies who was going to follow up with a snape-fan view of what you'd written, and I was intrigued.

That said, it was worth a read. I'm not certain of your interpretation of Dumbledore saying "my memory is as good as it ever was" about the Prank, that could have meant a lot of things, but that was a thoroughly enjoyable read.

Sincerely,

Someone who dared to mention something bad about snape and got torn apart for it. And someone who's currently re-reading because it's been a while and apparently one isn't allowed an opinion without citations (but even as your response proves, that also isn't enough for some people)

Hello and thank you,

I took a step back from Tumblr after writing that post. I am meant to pace myself thanks to CFS/ME and definitely not get worked up by people who consider themselves Snape fans but need to change his entire personality to like him... which, why, when there is so much to appreciate with the man.

Snape is a fantastic character - and easily part of what makes the Harry Potter series as great as it is! He feels real - we see him grow up and it's easy to imagine a world where it was his better - and not worst - sides that got nurtured. As he ages he changes a bit, but nothing that feels untrue to him or the situation he is in. When he turns to the "good" side - when his life utterly shatters - he develops and changes, but not entirely. He is still Severus Snape and his past is still part of the decisions he makes and who he is. Admittedly he goes from being cartoonish to being more developed and arguably it's hard to debate Snape without really talking about two different characters - but as a child growing up with the series, I am not going to complain that the books aged up. It's one of the things that sets it apart from a lot of other books I read when I was younger.

In the main series I also find that I increasingly appreciate his humour - yes it's vicious towards the students, but if you can emotionally step away from that and just appreciate the writing and sarcasm and what Snape brings to the scenes, it's absolutely great. There are also some interesting moments where we see a different side to Snape usually when Harry and all other students are out of sight like in the COS and POA. I love Snape and McGonagall's Quidditch relationship - it's cute and funny and exactly the way I remember school - bewildering.

Anyways, enough of that.

As I keep ranting about - I absolutely detest when people cannot separate canon from headcanons from fanon and I cannot fathom Snape fans that removes his personality and what sets him apart from other characters. It also makes it impossible to have an informed discussion - because that Snape is a very different Snape from the books, so of course that Snape deserves either more or less sympathy or whatever it is we are discussing. Just as a James Potter that doesn't grow up (ie an AU James Potter, because in canon he does grow up *sigh*), is a very different person from his canon persona, and his relationship with Lily - and who Lily is as a character - becomes very different too.

As for the line you pointed out - I agree it's not the only interpretation. I love that it can be interpreted different ways and my latest idea has not been there very long. There are definitely other things one can take away from that line.

I used to work in standard-setting, so I have a bad tendency to go back and use citations lol! But I think I managed a full post discussing Snape without it XD

#Anon ask #Answer #I am not going to tag it with the main man because I'll just get a flurry of non-canon stuff thrown back at me

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webg1rl · 8 days ago

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hiphop and its obsession with bitches

i find the particular nature of misogyny in hiphop fascinating, concerning no doubt, but fascinating. i wouldn’t necessarily refer to myself as a hiphop fan but i’m a casual listener, which is why i eventually noticed these not so subtle patterns. to reiterate, these misogynistic sentiments aren’t only evident at the individual level, they are echoed throughout the lyrics and the behaviours, reaching, ultimately, the broader culture that hiphop both represents and promotes. do i think misogyny is what hiphop is all about? of course not. hiphop itself refers to a culture of seeing, experiencing, and essentially confronting (1) the world around us — and for the most part, has remained exactly that.

but misogyny isn’t new in hiphop and it has certainly grown tenfold in size as the genre transformed and reached heights of music and audiences previously unimagined. like many fields, music or otherwise, hiphop is dominated by male rappers and singers. female rappers have undoubtedly achieved breakthroughs (in an industry that has historically worked against them), surpassing, even, their male peers. we can find a paradigmatic example of this in nicki minaj, whose girly, hyper-feminine style of rap and overall influence contributed to a resurgence of female rap (2) and solidified her title as the “Queen of Rap”.

one principle attitude in male rap music can be found in almost any song you listen to — bitches. dissect some of your favourite rap songs and i can almost guarantee there will be a line that captures the idea of having bitches or taking other men’s bitches, perhaps not verbatim but the idea is there nonetheless. arguably one of the most celebrated and influential rappers of all time, 2pac — a self-proclaimed feminist — implements this attitude in his song, hit’em up, a memorable diss-track of the famous east coast - west coast rivalry (3). excuse the vulgarity that is to come. the song opens with:

i ain’t got no motherfuckin’ friends

that’s why i fucked yo bitch, you fat motherfucker

funny line, for sure. but the implications it carries are heavier than one would expect. and you can tell me it’s just a lyric, they’re just words, and if they were, this piece of writing wouldn’t have to exist, but it’s not just a lyric. despite the respect and admiration he claims to have for women, tupac himself has faced sexual abuse allegations. he and his road manager, charles fuller, were convicted of first-degree sexual assault of then 19 year old Ayanna Jackson (4). tupac was then sentenced and incarcerated for 9 months, throughout which he maintained his plea of innocence. whether the allegations are true or not is something only tupac and jackson can know — and i wont fail to mention that black men are likely to face wrongful conviction even in the most obviously untrue cases as a result of racism and discrimination. but the focus here is on misogyny, which is a rare form of discrimination which no one faces except women.

hit’em up is but one of millions of songs that casually speak about women in the most objectifying of languages. women are bitches or hoes, they are meant to be fucked, to be taken from other men to assert dominance and superiority over said men, to be flung money at while they dance for these rappers. are they just lyrics? if you watch the music videos, you may find these women in little to no clothing, shaking their body parts while men “put the cash on her spine” (love hurts - playboi carti ft. travis scott). young men, and women, listen to these songs, watch these videos, inevitably becoming influenced by their favourite celebrities. young men and boys want bitches (attractive, status and money-seeking women who are good for a fuck and nothing more, for lack of better words). following the reference to 2pac’s allegations, we can find many such cases of rappers facing charges over being violent with women. pick a rapper at random and there are likely charges or allegations against him —playboi carti (5), lil uzi vert (6), kodak black (7), to name a few. future, one of contemporary hiphop’s most beloved actors, is also one of its most notorious misogynists, a fact that everyone seems to agree upon yet take no action against. the rapper features in a famous internet meme that is popularly used against women, a photoshopped image of him reading myron gaines’ (from the fresh&fit podcast) why women deserve less. the less is crossed out and replaced with nothing.

consider rocko’s u.n.e.n.o., for example, featuring future and rick ross, of which the latter’s verse should be cause for concern:

i put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it

i took her home and enjoyed that, she ain’t even know it

these lyrics became known as ross’s infamous “date rape” lyrics, for which he later apologized and declared his biggest mistake in the face of increasing backlash and scrutiny, leading him to lose endorsement deals (8) (rightfully so, might i add).

you can say these are just songs but look at their proponents —r. kelly, a big name in the r&b scene, known for his sexualized lyrics, was convicted in 2021 for sex trafficking and child pornography (9). singer, label producer, and 3-time grammy award winner p. diddy is currently involved in a lengthy investigation, with allegations put forth by his then girlfriend Cassie Ventura accusing him of physical assault, rape, and sex trafficking (10).

when objectifying lyrics such as the ones i’ve highlighted manifest in real world encounters between male rappers and the women they interact with, it contributes to a broader culture of normalized, and oftentimes violent, misogyny which is being upheld by these same rappers whose music we not only enjoy but celebrate. we need to hold these rappers accountable, whether its for their lyrics, their behaviours, or their actions. we have to foster an attitude where misogynistic lyrics are unacceptable and rappers can no longer push these ideas with impunity.

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1.Hip Hop: A Culture of Vision and Voice.” The Kennedy Center, https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/hip-hop/hip-hop-a-culture-of-vision-and-voice/

2. “Nicki Minaj.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj

3. “Hit’em Up.”Genius, https://genius.com/2pac-hit-em-up-lyrics

4. Berry, Peter A. “Woman who accused tupac shakur of rape recalls 1993 assault in hotel room.” XXL, 31, Jan. 2018, https://www.xxlmag.com/tupac-shakur-rape-accuser-woman-recalls-1993-assault-hotel-room/. Accessed 31 October 2024.

5. Monroe, Jazz. “Playboi Carti Arrested for Allegedly Choking Pregnant Girlfriend.” Pitchfork. 14, Feb. 2023, https://pitchfork.com/news/playboi-carti-arrested-for-allegedly-choking-pregnant-girlfriend/. Accessed 31 October 2024.

6.Monroe, Jazz. “Playboi Carti Arrested for Allegedly Choking Pregnant Girlfriend.” Pitchfork. 14, Feb. 2023, https://pitchfork.com/news/playboi-carti-arrested-for-allegedly-choking-pregnant-girlfriend/. Accessed 31 October 2024.

7. Willets, Mitchell. “Rapper Kodak Black pleads guilty in South Carolina sexual assault case, avoids prison.” The State. 29, Apr. 2021. https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article251039584.html

8. “U.N.E.N.O.” Genius, https://genius.com/Rocko-uoeno-lyrics

9. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "R. Kelly". Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Oct. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/R-Kelly. Accessed 31 October 2024.

10. “Sean Combs.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Combs#Sexual_misconduct_allegations,_lawsuits,_and_arrest

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the-acid-pear · 1 year ago

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Took me three days to finish the Salt Route concept video and god i'm gonna be such a hater im gonna put this under the cut but i don't want my poor ex to hear me complain so yall must suffer on her place

LIKE, MAN. I'll start off by saying the technical stuff was okay. I really enjoyed the music (gonna try find the fight song), the animations weren't perfect but were good enough and the random drawings were nice I liked those jumpscares. There's things like the shaking textboxes and Queen's fight background changing color which were Something but it was fine.

WHAT WAS NOT FINE WAS THE FUCKING LAG. THAT WAS SO FUCKING ANNOYING WHY ON EAAARTH DID THEY ADD LAG⁉️

Anyway even if you overlook the lag, the real problem of this video is the story on its own, which is arguably the most important part.

(also there were some issue with the pacing but more on that later-)

This recreation respected the main story beats but added sooo much in between. And some of it was alright! I loved the fucking Roulx bit so much and the Swatchling dying was cool too, but... Most other additions felt like so much.

Like, the problem really lies in the fact that you cannot forget what the source material is like. Even during Snowgrave this game remains goofy! Look at Spamton NEO's fight, the dialogue is so sad and yet so funny. HE EVEN TELLS YOU TO GO PLAY MINECRAP AT SOME POINT!

You cannot ignore the sheer goofiness in Spamton tagging along with Kris because he lost his goddamn keys. The video took itself way too seriously, when there was so much comedy to play off on! Roulx at least did his part for that 🙏😔

Unfortunately the absence of goofiness translates as an over presence of edginess. And with edginess comes out of characterness. And lord did this get kind of edgy. Like, I get it, snowgrave, manipulation and whatnot, but they ramped it waaay up to the point it just made Kris seem evil for no reason!

Because we sure as hell started this route but Kris was the one to continue it. Like when they tied Spamton up. What was up with that? Or hell, THE SOLID MINUTE BEATING HE TOOK. The player didn't instruct them to do any of those, Kris did it on their own. And it's almost fucking hilarious to see, but it's played completely straight, it's Narmy as fuck !!!!

Kris wasn't the only OOC tho, Spamton was too. Sure Kris has him at the foot of the canyon doing all the murdering himself, and the Addison bit was edgy but I can excuse it bc 1) I have a soft spot I'm not all hate 2) it was in the dream, but this puppet would NOT care about killing so many. His ass did not FLINCH when giving you the thorn ring. He was soooo okay with you freezing everyone, to act like this would be any different is just untrue.

And!!! And, another thing. The heart ripping off part. I have very mixed feelings about that... I mean, i think it's meant to have some Deeper Meaning? As to justify Spamton's ending? More on that in a second btw; but like, I think Spamton was just huffing copium to justify getting his ass handed by a 13 yo. So it's like... It's the same as I said with Spamton's reaction, Kris wouldn't care more about this than they cared about Snowgrave.

UNLESS they just tried to rip their heart out bc they fucking hated Spamton and couldn't stand being around his annoying ass any second longer, in which case the beating is justified too, but that's just a possible interpretation 👍 KEHEMDHNDDB

Like, so much would've had improved if this video stuck to the stablished in Snowgrave and in the og post, going not for physical abusive but psychological one. I'm sure the post said you had to CONVINCE Spamton, that would've been way more fitting to see! And it makes Kris neutral while we are evil.

But, hey, it wasn't all bad, so let me point out some bits I REALLY liked that I haven't pointed out yet like: the boat ride pic. The little comment as they pretended to be friends about it not being genuine was so good. The Swatchling dying and Queen trying to interrupt also was sick. Roulx, cannot stress that enough... SWATCH'S LIL GOOFY ASS LETTER, SAYING TO NOT BE BLUE. Also Swatch (or a Swatchling but I think it was the bird themselves) jumpscared me hard when they went behind the door. God, and the queen fight too, that was so faithful.

But! It segways me perfectly into my last complain which is ! The pacing of this video was so over the place omfg. There's so many scenes that did NOT need to be that long. Like c'mon, we already had deviations from the original gameplay, you don't need to make fights like 5 minutes long.

Wild to see how good the op was at some very hard attacks but how bad they were at others.

OVERALL 👏 no hard feelings toward the creator I fully encourage you watching the video and agreeing or disagreeing with me but man, how I wish it had been sillier. That's my final review of the salt route concept video 👍

#luly talks #THIS WASN'T MEANT TO BE SO FUCKING LONG 🫣#i dont even have a tag for this im not putting my hate on main

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nobody-xalidin8 · 2 years ago

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A is for Aquaman

A while back I worked for a comic book review website called Do You Even Comic Book that renamed itself Comics Horizon and lasted around a year. From my limited perspective the site was forged out of a movement of people from Twitter that wanted to combat the growing Comicsgate movement. To have a real voice amongst the hate, I mostly just wrote reviews. I made a lot of short lived but impactful relationships with those strangers on the internet. I don’t talk to any of them anymore, but that’s just because I’m an anti-social autistic person that struggles with people he knows in person. So, if I’m gonna start this blog I wanna thank them before I get started.

When I would get stressed out or overstimulated as a kid, I would say the alphabet in DC comics characters. A is for Aquaman, B is for Batman, C is for Catwoman, etcetera. Now I’m the sort of guy that loves Marvel, DC, and any other comic indie or mainstream that I think is good, but for the life of me I couldn’t do the alphabet in anything other than DC characters. At least, not on the spot. So, I thought why not do a blog about DC characters and since Twitter seems to be dying thanks to Elon Musk I thought I’d try here on Reddit. I considered Tumblr, but that never clicked for me and Reddit seems to operate in a way I can vaguely comprehend so here we are.

I also wrote some articles on that website, mostly lists and conversations between me and other wordsmiths, that was our working title by the way, which was awesome. One of these was for the upcoming Aquaman movie. I don't think it ever saw the light of day, but I wrote a little thought piece titled “Why do we laugh at a Man that talks to Fish?” Based on the notion that I thought there was no sensible reason people laughed at Aquaman. Granted, like most superheroes, he’s not sensible by design.

Aquaman was created by Mort Weisinger and Paul Nortis to imitate the Timely Comics character Namor, the Sub-Mariner. A lot of comic book characters were imitations of other comic book characters back then, in fact a lot of characters are imitations in one way or another. I don’t think that makes them unoriginal. As Aquaman would very much become.

Now as many of you may know comic book canon is an ever changing and shifting thing. What was true one story could be untrue by the next issue. That said, here’s the baseline of Aquaman’s origin in the modern age. Arthur Curry is the son of a lighthouse keeper with strange powers, in reality he is half-human half-Atlantean and heir to the throne of Atlantis. He becomes a superhero that protects the seven seas against such threats as the pirate Black Manta, his evil half-brother Ocean Master, the fifth dimensional imp Qwsp, and the deadly assassin Mera that would later become his wife and mother to his child. He was also a founding member of the Justice League where a lot of the best or at least most consistent portrayals of the character take place.

Now that’s not the whole story and there’s a lot of other versions and a lot of weirder stuff. Aquaman is a victim of this ever changing mythology of comics. His appearance, personality, and narrative have changed harshly with the shifting of creative teams over the years. This was mostly due to the fact that despite being well known, he was never a very popular character. Because people saw him as silly.

Aquaman was a joke that people saw parodied in cartoons, SNL sketches, and offhanded comments in years. The common denominator of this joke being the fact that he could talk to fish. As if commanding a shark to strike isn’t cool or terrifying, if that’s the issue why are we terrified of the movie Jaws?

The short answer is presentation, Aquaman, like a lot of Golden Age comic characters, was ridiculous. Batman was too back in the day, but he grew out of that, got a serious take that helped the character grow out of the funny. Not that there’s anything wrong with funny, Adam West’s Batman is arguably the best and even Kevin Conroy’s portrayal in the animated series had a good bit of humor. The problem was people weren’t laughing with Aquaman, they were laughing at him, for no reason.

Thankfully the success of Jason Mania’s Aquaman helped give the character some structure and the King of Atlantis got a good run in the comics starting in the ill fated New 52 relaunch, that was a mixed success. Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis, as well as other phenomenal creative teams, guided the character in the pages as James Wan guided him on the big screen. This has lead to the most consistent Aquaman to date, but this might not last because the Aquaman movie will be hurt by the Amber Heard trial, which is only her fault, and sucks. Plus he’s currently “dead” during the Dark Crisis event so who knows how the character will land is a mystery. We’ll like see more of Jackson Hyde as Aquaman, who Young Justice fans may know as Kaldur. Which would be awesome.

Well that’s the most I can ramble about Aquaman for a sec, except when I was looking into where we first started laughing at the character it was during Super Friends. People thought his swimming animation was silly, which is weird because they thought the flying was cool and it was the same thing just out of the water. He also talked to fish, but that always looked cool to me.

#dc comics #comic books #alphabet

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It's funny that you mentioned rupi kaur because she was in my mind when i replied to your ask (also sorry if it's a bit nonsensical i had LITERALLY just woke up 13 seconds before and was already #hating). Also i'll be honest part of my visceral reaction stems from my personal experience where everything that was deemed safe, cozy, good, comforting, etc. was actually a living nightmare and i kept getting gaslit about it lol so i sort of grew up with an inverted sense of values where, typically, wholesome cutesy fantasies were lies and extremely nefarious in an anxiety-inducing way while more violent (if not straight-up horrific) stories felt a lot more real and honest. i know i talk about it a lot but i think the truman show is the closest equivalent i can point at in terms of. vibes?

specifically when it comes to cutesy, hollow, forcefully-positive fiction or art (bonus if theyre riddled with the therapyspeak du jour) what i resent is their association with childhood. and specifically the false and dangerous narrative that children are some kind of positive, sheltered, innocent and stupid little things who don't understand or experience violence. this one admittedly is aimed at the "duh it sucks. that's because it's for children"

but yeah that's what you said, i think it all boils down to the presumed and proclaimed "apolitical" quality of "pure entertainment", which is crazy because you can NEVER see the political and ideological biases and pressures than in "pure entertainement" and "wholesome aspirational and comforting" fiction. sidenote but i'm reading agatha christie novels these days and it's CRAZY how politically charged and conservatively ideologically inclined they are and i'll have to talk about it at some point lol but anyway

i think what really bothers me is when something is dishonest. untrue. and comforting/aspirational/cozy fiction especially tends to do so by revealing what is thought of as inherently safe, aspirational, beautiful, and free from conflict. somehow it's always socially and politically conservative with an underlying colonial motif. huh. funny how that works. surely this is nothing to worry about though. doesn't it make you feel GOOD?

edit: also i focused on the bad ones here but i mean. as far as fiction goes, "relatively low stakes drama in a domestic setting" is my favorite sort of plot. like i mean my favorite novel of all times is madame bovary (arguably she died of being assigned cutesy cottagecore at societal exportations. comrade emma). i'm not big on action or thrillers or sci-fi or anything. it's not a TASTE situation. and honestly there are great works of "cottagecore" fiction that are not ethically bankrupt or anything, like Moomins for example. i LOVE moomins. it's cute and cottagecore but it's HONEST. like it's not simply about ignoring the world! and it's no coincidence that tove jansson was very much a leftist lol

do you think your derision for twee stuff is self-contained or do you think it's heavily influenced by how prevalent and aggressively marketed that stuff is

i think it's both. and the fact that it's aggressively presented as "innocent" and wholesome and devoid of, like, political biases or effects or whatever. which is funny because i LOVE pretty things, i love softness in general too, it's not that i'm like, an edgelord who hisses at anything pink that enters his field of vision.... i think that it's the insincerity and artificiality of it that really annoys me, and the fact that (AS ANON PROVED JUST NOW) it's generally considered "too innocent" to be criticized or even thought of critically at all. and youre pressured into pretending it's like. charming or whatever and youre supposed to be as stupid than the thing itself. obviously this is coupled with the fact these things are marketed towards children and women (yikes) hence the infantilization. maybe we deserve better. is just what i'm sayingggggg

#i feel like im rambling sorry if i didnt answer properly. i care Very Deeply about this question

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i think what made me fall in love with rowans character in the first place was because of how human and relatable they are. sure, the traumatic events they faced arent as terrible as mc or ben or merula or others, but that doesn’t mean they dont have character. in fact, i think that rowan is arguably one of the best written characters in the game.

rowan loves their friends. but their insecurities and low self esteem pushes them to think they dont deserve said friends, or that said friends dont even consider rowan their friends, which is untrue. despite that, they did what they did to ben in y6 because they love him. despite their recently strained relationship and having accused ben of horrible things, they still love him a lot. and i have reason to believe theyd do the same for any of their friends. or even some random kid ngl.

ill say it, rowan can be clingy and/or needy, to the point they do or say things that can hurt the other person. and while this may not be a good thing ( not either a bad thing entirely ), i think thats what makes them human. its the little flaws that get me.

i dont think rowan has ever loved anyone as much as they love mc. its no romantic love, yet its love strong enough for it to be overwhelming and beautiful and messy and emotional. its love rowan almost couldnt handle right, pushing them to do impulsive things, like the library fight in y5. they found someone to fall in love with, someone theyd spend forever with ( i have proof in hand for this ), someone who understands them and they understand back.

and then that someone suddenly leaves you and you dont know what to do about it. that someone leaves and it drives you up the wall with how much you miss to be with them. it agitates you, it makes you sad and lonely. yes, you know they have reasons for their disappearance, but said disappearance also scares you. rowan is afraid of losing mc.

while im not excusing rowans behaviour in that fight scene, i can say how that scene was one of the things that made me fall for rowans character. funny bc thats the scene that made most people dislike rowan.

saving the best part for last, the ten past ten train station scene. honestly everything about this scene im in love with. the melting awkwardness, the yearning, the simpleness, the tenderness — 10/10. it felt real and i personally think it brings rowans character to life. as if theyre not just some 3d model npc from a game, but an actual someone —

your friend.

#hey guys im not dead #woke up from a nap and got hit with this shit like apollos prophecy so i had to tell you all #i love rowan khanna #like god their flaws im in love with it its so. real to me its so human #rowans no knight in shining armor theyre just a sweaty little nerd #with what seems to be a caring family #and lots of support to give to anyone #canonically rowans pushed down a lot. but in response they only lift everyone up the best they can instead of pushing them down along #i just think thats beautiful of them #rowan khanna #hphm #harry potter hogwarts mystery #jade rambles #mine

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let-it-show · 3 years ago

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Hm so, I’m a little bummed because I finally allowed myself time to reblog and respond to a post I had the other day in regards to Anna and Elsa and dependency, and seeing it being built up in Frozen Fever and OFA. However unless I am really missing something - possible! I’ve had drinks.. - it looks like OP deleted their original response to me for some reason. I’m not going to tag them or anything to harass them but I still wanted to put out some thoughts. I feel...claiming that in those shorts we see the roots of a co-dependent relationship growing is a discredit to the girls. While I don’t agree with the declaration of Anna being so dependent on Elsa in F2 and all that, I get where others pull that conclusion from. It’s an ‘agree to disagree’ in my opinion because I won’t change their mind, and have no intention of changing mine. In FF it was brought up that Elsa risked her life and ignored her symptoms to overcompensate and then risked her life, and then followed it by getting upset because she knew Anna would comfort her, and she depends on that comfort. I can’t help but find that unfair - its the first birthday Elsa has celebrated with Anna in 13 years. She’s excited, she’s anxious, she’s so so many emotions that I think make a lot of sense in regards to wanting to celebrate someone you love after having a door between you for so long, not being able to reach each other, not being able to know each other - and arguably in Elsa’s case, herself. She is still trying to figure herself out. The thought that she was a danger and hurt Anna and was responsible for everything doesn’t go away overnight and yea, she’s got hella baggage. And I won’t try to say it’s untrue that Anna’s happiness soothes her so, so much.

Yet, I don’t think Elsa is, subconsciously or otherwise, doing things to get Anna to comfort her because she is so dependent on her. I don’t think she went “gonna risk my life because I only care about Anna and not myself” when she was sick and climbing the tower. It felt clear to me that she was a feverish and PROBABLY aaah ‘medicated’ lmao and in the throws of “having fun perfect day!” it all came to a head. Sure, she DID ignore her symptoms. Not a good thing to do, but also not something done out of some problematic dependency. She wanted to have fun. She’s LEARNING to have fun with her sister again, learning what it is to not be concealed, to let herself feel. And Anna? She’s much the same, though less on the don’t conceal and feel issue. She’s learning about how to exist with her sister. She gets worried about her but she’s also ready for a Good Time, so she goes with her. When Elsa nearly falls off the tower she says enough is enough. Elsa being mad at herself for the way the day went is normal. It’s a human reaction, and it’s not about getting that attention, that...wtf is the word...not for Anna to placate and soothe her. She’s ticked off at herself. A lot of people with anxiety blame themselves for not being able to give someone we love what they deserve, while not taking into account that if it were the other way around we are grateful when those people even try. I constantly want to give my best friend, my Anna, the freakin world and am cross with myself when I can’t. It’s funny because I know they are merely happy when we get to be in each other’s presence. We both are. But we are both hard on ourselves, and it’s not about being placated or any sort of dependency. That’s what I see in Elsa and Anna in Frozen Fever. Love, learning, overcompensating, effort and understanding, and in the end Anna is happy that she can be with Elsa and show her the care she wanted to for so long, something Elsa is happy to receive. OFA is in much of the same vein imo. The OP of that post stated that Anna went off to find a tradition to make Elsa happy because Elsa was directing self-hate at herself again and would need Anna to make her feel better. While that is likely partially true, I don’t think it showed or led to co-dependency building up to be ultimately expressed in F2. Yes, Elsa blamed herself. This is not surprising at all. She’s frustrated! Magic snow lady threw a holiday party and nobody came. Kinda hard not to feel disappointed as hell, and then sad to not have these traditions she’s seen from the citizens. Her sadness wasn’t about being comforted by Anna/using her for comfort. She’s got trauma. She’s got holidays spent away from everyone for fear of hurting them. So its unsurprising to have a bit of a blowup, need to cool down, and then find Anna to apologize - which is an important step in itself. As for Anna, she wanted traditions. She wanted to find a way for them to enjoy themselves. Absolutely some of it is for her sister, both to cheer her up and because she just - just wants to have traditions, to have memories with her. God, especially memories...idk if its ever been somewhere official, but did she ever get her memories back in completion from Pabbie? I don’t believe so. So, its again, about them being together and being a family, finding how they grow and love each other and create their dynamic. They’re going to have times where they are emotional, stubborn, scared...especially Elsa. Anyway...that...got long, I’m so sorry. And if OP of that other post sees this, I genuinely hope this does not come across as an attack or aggressive or anything like that. The topic in regards to the shorts really struck me and I had a lot I wanted to say, heh. Okay sending booby hugs to everyone. Hope I worded this all well.

#Frozen #Frozen Fever #OFA #thoughts #Elsa #Anna #discussion #i wrote so much I'm sorry

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*BREAKS INTO YOUR INBOX* TECHNO. and Wilbur maybe if you haven't done him asgdhfj

HI AZIRA!! VERY VERY LATE BUT HERE ARE SOME HCS FOR YOU MY DARLING!! YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PATIENT (I KNOW YOURE PROBABLY ALSEEP RIGHT NOW SO GOOD MORNING!!)

Lee!Techno

▫️very cool, very epic, very wholesome, very lovely

▫️lee techno has my entire heart and I just think that is so cool

▫️he would probably blush pretty easily, sorry I don’t make the rules!!

▫️ he would get a tad bit nervous beforehand and then probably just let it happen. He might *try* to push you away, but not with much force

▫️He is just a very wholesome lee ok??

▫️he’s definitely pretty ticklish. But he also gives off the vibe that he knows how to like turn off the feeling?? so catching him by suprise is a big help

▫️spots?? this is probably the burning question. he is tall and tall people give me ticklish ribs vibes so have that ❤️

▫️In terms of he’s enjoying it, he’s enjoying it

▫️If I made the rules I’d probably tell you I thought he ended up as the lee more often, but based on evidence we know that to be untrue

▫️ in the one video where he says the word he’s explaining how, as a kid, he tickled his friend. And his school thought he was beating his friend up!! funny story right??

▫️yes, but also, if he like poked his friend?? I don’t think the school would’ve assumed he was punching his friend?? like he probably had to be *tickling* his friend if you get what i mean

And that is a perfect segue into the next part!!

Ler!Technoblade

▫️ as I kind of already talked about, he is very good at being ler. He’s has experience before!! Both with family and friends and that’s pretty important to note!!

▫️safe to say he’s skilled. he gives off the vibes that he would automatically know where your worst spot is before he’s even laid a finger on you

▫️not huge on teasing, but he likes narrating or commentating (which arguably is teasing but just not the traditional kind?? you get what I mean)

▫️he is very good at commentary, it’s like,, his content!!

▫️I guess you could call it teasing, because he *knows* it has an impact. he might use that to his advantage if he wants to

▫️when it comes to someone being in a lee mood, he might notice?? he’s getting better at it. he tends to ask before acting on it though so prepare to say that yes you are in fact lee

▫️I feel like he’d start at the lee’s worst spot only to go somewhere much less sensitive?? like as a “oh hey I know your weakness but hey everyone loves build up right??”

Alright onto Mr. Soot

Lee!Wilbur

▫️ok listen he is just the sweetest lee with the sweetest little giggles and laugh I swear to goodness

▫️also he genuinely doesn’t mind it either and it’s very wholesome about it?? I feel like he’d almost react in the way of like scratching a cat or dog’s (forgive me for using this word) belly?? like?? if that makes sense

▫️but that’s only if he’s lee, if he’s not lee and you get him he might be a bit more combative

▫️he’d try to wreck you while you’re wrecking him and it just becomes a whole thing!! he would successfully tickle whoever the lee is

▫️but spots wise, I feel like I’d say ribs and hips but also like knees?? dont know exactly why that’s just the vibe I’m getting!!

▫️ he generally tends to be more of a giggler than a laugher, but like if you get his ribs?? he just goes absolutely *feral*

▫️it’s adorable and he will definitely get you back for it

Ler!Wilbur

▫️Ya this is his specialty ❤️ Bon appétit!!

▫️he is probably the most teasy of all the smp members. That’s his favorite thing ever!!

▫️tends to use the more endearing teases like, “awww look at how cute you are!” Or “look at how much you’re enjoying this!”

▫️he wants the experience to be more personal for the lee!! he wants them to know how much fun he’s having

▫️as far as his vibe for tickling, he’s definitely a light tickles dude,,

▫️he also will wreck you whenever and has a lot of fun with the scenario where he tickles you mid conversation with someone and ignores what’s happening 😁

HI IM SO SORRY THESE ACTALLY TOOK MONTHS TO DO!! BUT ILYSM AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE AND ILL TRY TO CATCH UP ON THE REST OF MY ASK ASAP!!

#azira!!#madis hcs up in here #lee!techno #lee!wilbur #ler!wilbur #ler!techno

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irarelypostanything · 4 years ago

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Unnecessary Arguments - Breaking up the FAANG Companies like Facebook

Person #1: Let’s just agree on one thing - Facebook is trash and will lead to the end of society. Facebook content is trash. Facebook ads are trash. The algorithm is trash, everything about it is horrible, and we would all be better suited torching it and starting over

Person #2: You know that we post these on Facebook, right?

Person #1: Speaking of trash, Instagram is also trash. I look forward to seeing the government put its foot down and tell these tech companies that they can’t take control of the world without consequence. This is unregulated capitalism. This is the reason we have things like the horrific treatment of factory workers at the hands of Apple, or the atrocities committed in the Amazon warehouses

Person #2: Do you actually dislike any of these tech companies, or are you just jealous that you came nowhere close to getting job offers from them?

Person #1: I have always advocated for collections of large open source communities. Let’s do away with these large corporations

Person #2: You mean like Google, the company that has arguably done more for the open source community than any other tech company?

Person #1: That’s completely untrue

Person #2: And how much of an idiot are you? Seriously. All you had to do on that Amazon challenge was use the string find function. Check to see if you get npos. And for the love of everything holy, why did you think it was a good idea to use an array of size one billion instead of the standard unordered map?

Person #1: I was implementing my own unordered map

Person #2: That’s like asking a staff member to please grab you 1000 whiteboard markers during the interview, then throwing 999 away in front of him. But let’s be completely honest here. Do you use Google, Amazon, and Facebook?

Person #1: Yeah, because I have no choice

Person #2: What do you mean? You absolutely have a choice. Delete Facebook. I dare you

Person #1: Ugh

Person #2: Yeah, you can’t. Because they’re the best. At the end of the day, and this is an argument you will never win, they have the best products. We use Google because the most searched result on Bing is how to delete Bing. We use Facebook because myspace was a massive pile of garbage. If we demand that these companies produce lower quality products, then Silicon Valley will no longer be Silicon Valley. Another country, perhaps China, will emerge as the new tech giant. Can you imagine a world where the most popular form of social media is TikTok? TikTok is the worst thing to come out of China since-

Person #1: DON’T SAY IT

Person #2: ...I was about to say “The Great Wall,” starring Matt Damon

Person #1: It wasn’t even bad

Person #2: And what about all the good they’ve done? Google, granting access to all the world’s knowledge thanks to a constantly evolving set of search algorithms. Apple, with its improving hardware. Amazon, with its-

Person #1: Amazon, with its rapid conquest for world supremacy. Amazon doesn’t just deliver the products anymore, it strives to be all the products. Did you know that 13% of their revenue is from AWS? 33% of all cloud is on AWS. So now we have these Amazon foot soldiers who control our goods, our means of production, our delivery, our network infrastructure, and pretty soon our media and our banking

Person #2: I don’t know what you’re talking about with the last one

Person #1: You will soon. An investigation uncovered a private email Zuckerberg sent to his team, describing Instagram as a serious threat that needed to be neutralized

Person #2: I’ve heard that, and I don’t see how it’s damning. Shortly before he died, Steve Jobs asked the Dropbox founder to sell the company. When he refused, Jobs said he would destroy him

Person #1: Case in point

Person #2: No, that’s just how business works. You have a big company. Some smaller company emerges and tries to cut into your market. So you eliminate them

Person #1: Sounds pretty evil to me

Person #2: It’s kind of funny...I’m getting Microsoft vibes from this. Why is Microsoft not part of FAANG? Oh, that’s right, because it’s a BS term that has more to do with the stock market than REAL value

Person #1: Wut

Person #2: The government couldn’t stop Microsoft then because they had no case

Person #1: They couldn’t stop Microsoft then because tech companies are now, in this horrible dystopia we’ve allowed to come into being, more powerful than the government. Democrats hate FAANG companies because they’re such large entities. Republicans hate FAANG companies because they censor the truth

Person #2: What do you mean “censor the truth”?

Person #1: Type “What percent of Trump supporters are racist” into google. It will instantly give you back 50%

Person #2: No it won’t

Person #1: Really? Huh. It used to

Person #2: No it didn’t. And tech companies are just that...Facebook isn’t the news. If you get 100% of your news on Facebook, you deserve to believe that Epstein didn’t kill himself

Person #1: Epstein definitely didn’t...okay I’m not touching that one. You may think this is all a joke now, while there are still little start-ups and such. Not for long. These tech companies will buy out the world like the titans leaving the confines of the walls

Person #2: Did you just make a reference to...stop, I haven’t watched any of the new seasons yet. But if I bend down to your level and use the reference, why not just let the titans fight it out?

Person #1: Google tried to do that with Google+

Person #2: What’s Google+?

Person #1: Exactly

Person #2: Have you seen the Facebook campus? I didn’t even really want to go, I was in a bad mood that day...and it lifted my spirits. All-you-can-eat buffet. The campus is modeled after Disneyland. they had their own ice cream parlor...like, just kind of had this 9-5 ice cream parlor employees could go to whenever they wanted with its own hired staff

Person #1: Stop making it sound like I’m jealous

Person #2: You suck at Leetcode. I get it. Well there’s this book called “Cracking the Coding Interview,” you should definitely check it out instead of just complaining that we should destroy the companies that don’t hire you

Person #1: Enough with your personal attacks

Person #2: You’re right. I want to watch that new Netflix original about that talking panda with a drinking problem

Person #1: See? See what’s happened? Tech is in so many places we’ve forgotten what the Internet is supposed to be about

Person #2: Fine...what is the Internet supposed to be about?

Person #1: Free speech! Free information

Person #2: Well it’s succeeded at that. And it’s only going to get better from here

Person #1: The nightmare is just beginning and the only hope we have is that these lawsuits against Facebook and Google will go through

Person #2: I’ll be sure to Google what you’re talking about later

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mostlysignssomeportents · 5 years ago

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Medallion Status: comparison is the thief of joy, and John Hodgman is the thief-taker

John Hodgman's last book, Vacationland, was a kind of absurdist memoir of a weird kid who'd grown up to the kind of self-aware grownup who really wanted to dig into how he got to where he was, with bone-dry wit and real heart (I compared it to Steve Martin's Cruel Shoes, but for adults who'd outgrown it); in his new book, Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms, Hodgman offers something much more uncomfortable (if no less funny), a series of vignettes that explore the hollowness of privilege, the toxicity of comparison, and the melancholy of accomplishment.

Medallion Status tells the story of Hodgman's post-TV life. After lucking into a role in a series of Apple TV ads, Hodgman went on to semi-regular stints on The Daily Show under Jon Stewart and a series of medium-sized parts on well-regarded sitcoms, but these have dwindled, and while Hodgman has many other claims to accomplishment and fame, they're not TV fame (and arguably, as Hodgman points out, even TV fame isn't TV fame anymore in our fractured world of streaming services). TV fame is a weird kind of fame, a stopped-in-the-street kind of fame, a fly from New York to LA every week and stay at the Chateau Marmont kind of fame. It's the kind of fame that gets you invited into the swag room at awards-shows where you can be measured for complementary custom-made leather shoes or take home a really amazing pair of jeans.

For Hodgman, as riven with insecurity as the next person (especially if the next person is a white, straight dude from a middle-class background who has a keen appreciation that he's living life on the lowest difficulty setting and is likely being serviced and fawned over by people who work harder and are more talented than he is), the gradual withdrawal of the trappings of privilege are a constant, nagging confirmation that every jolt of impostor syndrome you've ever felt was fully deserved.

This becomes the basis for an extended meditation on the many ways in which privilege feels gross and upsetting for the privileged: the systems around you are designed to tempt you to strive harder to attain the next level of privilege, where, you are assured, you can rest up from your anxious climb and enjoy the summit. But each summit reveals another summit, higher, more promising, more tantalizing summits you can attain.

This is both the literal and metaphorical life of a frequent flier, of course: each tier in the airlines' customer loyalty program is designed to remind you of how terrible things are on the tier below you and how marvellous they would be if you could only rise up by one more level. And each tier is designed to panic you as the year progresses and you realize that you might not re-establish your status. And it is status, exclusivity, a secret society for one percenters, celebs and looters, all rubbing shoulders and eating chef-prepared meals and drinking free whiskey at 30,000 feet in a lie-flat bed.

At this point, you might be thinking that if being privileged is such a burden, you should try having no privilege at all. Hodgman agrees with you: indeed, the story of Medallion Status is about how badly this works out for everyone.

From his perch on the middle tiers of celebrity, Hodgman is able to compare himself to people who are in much smaller cohorts than his own: if he's in the 15% of people-on-TV, he's comparing himself to people in the 5% or even 1%, and yet, whenever he comes close enough to tug at those tailored and exclusive shirt-tails, he realizes that those people are every bit as miserable and insecure as he is.

And therein lies the message of Medallion Status, latent amidst the very funny jokes and the charming asides and the disarming honesty: that the whole system of privilege and inequality isn't serving anyone: it makes you miserable to be at the bottom, sure, but it also makes you miserable to be at the top.

And worse: as Hodgman travels through, and finds some accomodation within, these rarified heights, he sees how privilege turns the privileged into monsters, including Hodgman himself, whose impulses are warped and stunted under its ferocious gravity. As funny as Hodgman is -- and he's very, very funny -- there is a kind of horror in this book, something appropriately Lovecraftian (given both Hodgman's dedication to New England and Lovecraft's revolting worship of elitism). What Hodgman describes is a horror-movie form of compartmentalization, in which the protagonist finds themself committing terrible acts, knowing that they are terrible, unable to stop themselves.

My absolute favorite mode of humor is "ha ha only serious." One of Hodgman's anxieties is that he's not serious enough to be a comedian: that making a career out of inventing untrue facts about orchestral instruments or being the straight man on The Daily Show makes you funny, but not a comedian -- not someone using humor to disarm power so that it can have truth spoken to it.

But Hodgman is speaking truth to power here: he's spilling the rich, white guy tea, which is that they're absolutely miserable. Not that the wealthy and powerful deserve our sympathy -- but it's important to understand that the system is frailer than you think, because the only reason its supporters defend it is because they're afraid that if they're not defending the hierarchy, they'll end up on the bottom of the pyramid.

This is the moment for that message, with an election only days away and the most egregious example of self-parodying, useless and overprivileged whiteness in the White House. Trump's whole "poor person's idea of a rich person" schtick is the living embodiment of the idea that comparison is the thief of joy. Trump is insecurity manifest, a would-be dictator whose manifesto could easily be titled Mein Angst.

The difference between a monster and a mensch is self-awareness. Hodgman's Medallion Status is the opposite of narcissism: it's an honest and terribly funny peek into a world that very few of us will get to see, one that is frank enough to admit that the only thing the people in that world enjoy about it is that we're not allowed in it.

Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms [John Hodgman/Viking]

https://boingboing.net/2019/10/15/owning-it.html

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oveliagirlhaditright · 5 years ago

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I would absolutely love to work on those GIFs for you. Please send me all the ideas you have. I re-watched the series a couple of months ago and have some things in mind, but I think I need to refresh again. So yes, your ideas on the transgenics and anything else. Helps me get started on it. Thanks for the reblog and I will try and get the Max and Logan one out soon. You can reply to this with your ideas!

Oh my gosh. Thank you so much! And sorry in advance if I go overboard with this. Hahaha. And if I do, feel free to ignore me and only do the ones of these you want:)

I’ve actually done a few screenshot Dark Angel things that aren’t the greatest. So if you wanted to remake some of those as gifs, I wouldn’t mind at all. https://oveliagirlhaditright.tumblr.com/post/188483190012/i-know-brainiac-is-arguably-the-most-hated, https://oveliagirlhaditright.tumblr.com/post/186108463327/i-saw-alec-saying-the-move-your-furniture-thing.

And then some other ideas I had… uhh. It’d be cute–if you wanted to, I mean–if you gifed all the times Max and Logan held hands, or almost kissed… Or to do a comparison gifset between when Max says in the finale season of season one (And Jesus Brought a Casserole) “I’d kiss you, but I have to keep my head in the game”, with her in season two saying to Logan (Proof of Purchase): “Thanks, Logan. I’d hug you, but-”

Max kind of posing with the pool stick and smiling after Logan says he’s at Crash to see her in Fugheddaboutit is really cute. And so is the scene in Harbor Lights when they’re just smiling at each other when Max is in the hospital bed. Or when Max is telling Logan, in Gill Girl, how she wants this story to have a happy ending… and you can just tell he knows–without her saying it–that she wants the merepeople to have a happy ending, since they can’t right now. And before that in Gill Girl, when Logan is calling Max… and then hears her ringtone in his apartment, and then sees her coming in with a mermaid slung over her shoulder as she says “I’ll hit you back later!” That was funny.

Logan’s speech about how it never mattered to him what Max was in Love Among the Runes is good, as is the whole scene when he’s sticking up for the transgenics that they do have souls, in Dawg Day Afternoon. And if you wanted to do a “Logan character development” post you could, in comparing Haven (”How can I even think of having a good time, when the man who orchestrated the shootings was a cop… and he not only got away with it, but got promoted for it, too?!”) with Proof of Purchase (”Well, you can only fight corruption for son long before you have to kick back and relax.”)

You could also do Max character development ones if you wanted! Like, in the Pilot when she’s telling Logan that people are looking to kill her, put her in a cage, or turn her into a science experiment or all three… and that she’s gotten by through keeping her head down and wants to keep it that way, and not help people… with the season two finale (Freak Nation), where she’s saying “Where will you go? I can’t force anyone to stay. But I’m tired of running, hiding, and being afraid. Aren’t you tired of running? Of being in being in darkness? Don’t you want to feel the sun on your face? It’s time to make a stand, right here and right now. They created us, and it’s time that they owned up to that instead of trying to sweep us away like garbage” and that sort of thing. Or how in the Pilot (even though she’s partially lying here) when she tells Logan that she doesn’t blame herself at all for what happened to him, and that it’s on him “one-hundred percent”. But then in Meow she and Original Cindy have this conversation: Cindy: The truth is, you love Logan. Max: We’re not even like that, and the fact is we both would have been better off if we’d never even meet. Cindy: Please. Max: He has to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair because of me. Cindy: I didn’t see you on TV, pulling no trigger. Max: Yeah, but I could’ve protected him and I didn’t and that’s on me “one-hundred percent”.

I also love how Max and Logan give each other a piece that the other was missing: Logan suggesting that Max choose a birthday (C.R.E.A.M), and then her giving him back his mother’s locket in Art Attack. Or also how I think it was in Max going to the wedding with Logan in Art Attack, that she finally chose a last name for herself “Guevara”, and then began using it from then on out.

I once did a screenshot post (that I’ve since deleted), of Charlie telling Case the “storybook” version of Tinga’s life (this happens in Hit A Sista Back) that she’d told Charlie and Case (that neither of them had any idea was real at first), paired with Max incredulously saying to Bling about Logan in 411 on the DL, “I’ll go over and read him a bedtime story.” And then after that, I put Charlie telling Max and Logan in Hit A Sista Back, how he didn’t regret any of the time that he had with Tinga… and he’s essentially telling Max and Logan to get together there… and you can kind of tell by the way they’re looking at each other, that maybe they want this “bedtime story” for themselves, too. And if you wanted to remake this, you totally could:)

I also did another post in the past, that you could remake… Where Max says to Logan in C.R.E.A.M, that she’s surprised a high-minded, leftist, idealist like him would be okay with her greasing the enemies… and then paired it with her saying (in Prodigy) that she isn’t as high-minded as Logan is, with the idea that life is good and murder is bad, so she should have just let Lydecker go for that reason.

The scene where Original Cindy is talking to Max about Diamond at the end of Shorties in Love is really good overall, and is speaking of both the Max/Logan and Original Cindy/Diamond relationships, that could be cool to see gifed:)

You could also do a Max and Original Cindy comparison, where Max has to touch Logan’s hand through glass in Proof of Purchase and Original Cindy has to do that with Diamond in Shorties in Love.

Speaking of, any Original Cindy content–like with her and Max–would be awesome. I personally love the scene where they’re dunking the guy in the hot tub in Art Attack, being such a team, to get information out of him.

Gifs of Max being smart and a badass would also be great.

And just anything with Tinga, Brin, Syl, Jace, Jondy, and Mia would make me so happy.

You could even do a gifset that explains where the name of the show comes from: “Forever eyes, dark. Somebody’s angel” (the poem Logan made for Max in Shorties in Love) and Art Attack. Guy that Max Saves from Jumping Off a Building: “You’re the messenger, right?” Max: “Yeah?” Guy: “Well, I’ve never been much of a believer before… but you personally coming here to straighten me out like this. Thank you”. Max, smiling: “I’ll see about getting you that package back” (he thought she was an angel).

So these are just some of the crazy Dark Angel ideas I have. Feel free to use any or none of them. And thank you so much again:) And if you need me to try and explain any of this better, I can.

Edit: You could also gif what I believe is the closest we ever got to Max and Logan saying they were together in this series (aside from the times they told each other “I love you”, I mean. Or at least started to say it). Max saying angrily in “Boo” after Rafer insinuated Logan was her ex: “He’s not my ex! …I mean, we’re not like that.” And then Mia asking Logan in “Fugheddaboutit”: “You’re Max’s boyfriend, right?” And him saying, “Something like that.” You could also maybe have fun gifing all the times they said the ridiculous “we’re not like that” line, and then prove how untrue that was. LOL.

Edit 2: I also loved the scenes we got that showed how much Max and Logan knew each other, and that they got to know each other even moreso in scenes we didn’t see. Like when Max is sad in one episode (though I don’t remember which one it is), that he sold a painting his grandmother had given him, I think, to try and find a cure for the Virus (and we hadn’t known that painting was from his grandmother before this). Or when in Gill Girl, Max knows so much about people in Logan’s family–like Bitsy–and is talking about them with him, even though the audience had never heard of them before. Or in Some Assembly Required, when Logan knew how much Zack being alive would mean to Max and is gently and somewhat excitedly telling her, “You’re brother’s alive, Max.” …And really, just how kind Logan was to Zack actually says a lot about his love for Max, since Zack was always cruel to him (and I say this as a Zack Stan).

Edit 3: You could also do a Space Needle journey: Max on the Space Needle in the Pilot, Max asking Logan about going on the Space Needle in Heat, but him refusing since he’s scared of heights… Them almost going together at the end of Rising, but not for some reason… And then them finally getting there on Jesus Brought a Casserole together, and then Logan alone on the Space Needle at the end of And Jesus Brought a Casserole–echoing what Max said in the Pilot. Also, speaking of Max and Logan being on top of buildings: Max being on top of Logan’s penthouse in the Pilot, and Logan being on top of it in She Ain’t Heavy (as it seems he finally got over his fear of heights).

Edit 4: Gifs of Max interacting with kids could also be cool, since she loved them.

#sorry that a lot of these are max and Logan. I don't even know if you like them #and if you don't you don't have to do these or go overboard with them #but they actually don't get the love they deserve from the fandom even though they were the canon pairing #and main characters #so that's why most of the stuff here is about them:)

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dreamtestbaby · 7 years ago

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Hey when David Bowie died all of these receipts came into light about him being a neonazi and a pedophile and all sorts of horrible things. I've loved DB since I was 13 and used to be embarrassingly obsessed with him, having done hours of research on him and reading everything I could. I have never seen anything about this and, when he died, I specifically researched these rumors, finding absolutely nothing. People are bringing up these receipts again. Is there any merit to it? What should I do

Not gonna lie, the first like, 2 lines of this message made me afraid that I was going to end up very upset for having opened it.Yeah, there’s a weird but very vocal minority on this site especially who’ve decided that Bowie was evil or something. Which is simultaneously awful, untrue, and almost kinda funny in an absurd way. Like…anyone who does any semblance of research into this can quickly dispel these allegations, but that requires a level of work that most of these people are completely unwilling and uninterested in doing, because it’s a hell of a lot more fun for them to go on a witchhunt than look at facts objectively. (These are usually the same people who demonize Michael Jackson, which is a can of worms I don’t want to open on this particular blog, lol). Basically the short version is this:

The Nazi thing: This argument is based on 2 incidents, only one of which ever had any merit. One was an unfortunate photograph that was snapped of DB standing in an open-top limo; the photographer snapped their shot when he was mid-wave, and the resulting photograph looks an awful lot like he was giving the nazi salute. Multiple sources (including people that were there, and I think even the photographer themselves) have disputed that claim, explaining that it was a normal wave and the photo only captured part of it. It wasn’t a salute and he didn’t offend anyone who was actually there.There’s an unfortunate quote from him, taken from an interview in ’74 (I think??), where Bowie stated that the UK could benefit from a fascist regime. He did in fact say this, but he went on to condemn that quote, as well as his overall state of mind in the mid-70s, later on when he’d gotten clean and sober. As concerning (and potentially offensive) as that quote was, he gave it while completely coked out of his mind, during a period of time where he admitted to doing 11 grams a day and was in a constant state of paranoid delusions and hallucinations. In general, I’d say to take that quote (as well as many things he said from 1973 to early 1977) with a MASSIVE grain of salt, because he wasn’t in his right mind. This is something he repeatedly owned up to and grew from, and his later work denounced fascism and totalitarian societies.

The pedophilia claim stems directly from the story of a notorious groupie from the 70s, who claims that Bowie took her virginity in the early 70s, when she was still a minor. While this is problematic by nature, the groupie herself wrote in her memoir that she not only repeatedly lied about her age to every celebrity she met (in hopes of getting them in bed), she also had only positive things to say of the experience, claiming that not only did she seek him out sexually, but that the entire ordeal was consensual, enjoyable sex. Bowie was just one of literally dozens of rockstars that she sought out in the 70s for this exact purpose, so I’m not sure what to make of it, really. This was someone who was sexually autonomous from a very young age, and made a goal to have sexual encounters with numerous singers she admired. The music industry of the 70s (and arguably, the 80s, 90s, and present) was seedy and sexual, and anyone with enough clout to be recognized was hooking up with just about anyone and everyone who was up for it. Considering that this specific woman who’s always referenced in this particular story has stated, multiple times, in her own words, that she did exactly what she wanted, gave these people a false impression about her age, and had no regrets, I’m not sure how I’m supposed to interpret this situation. I don’t think this instance was about control or forcing sex on a minor because of a specific, sick attraction to children. I think this was a rockstar who liked to have casual sex with people, who was approached by someone who offered casual sex, and who agreed. Whether that was smart or not is up for debate, but malicious? Hardly.

TL;DR: It’s a lot of tabloid bullshit made to grab the attention of people who never liked him in the first place, and people who like being upset without doing their homework. In general, don’t let randos on the internet police your interests. If someone presents something to you that’s a cause for alarm, by all means, check it out, but if it’s a crock of bull? Block them and keep it movin, we don’t need to make time for these people. You can lead the ignorant to a source, but you can’t make them read, lol. I’m sorry this is sooooo long, I hope this helps at all!

There are lots of wonderful Bowie bloggers out here who are much more well-spoken than me about this; I’ll try tagging a few for any further thoughts/additions/anything I missed

@yourfluffiestnightmare, @b0wie-babe, @raining-static, @cidermoon, @bowieakajohn

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solasan · 5 years ago

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I absolutely love half-elves and Roslyn seems like a total sweetheart so if you don't mind! 🌹🌻🌺🌼 from the soft asks meme if it's not too much trouble!

omg 🥺 !!!!!!! ofc it’s not too much trouble it never is thank u for askin abt her and thank u for liking roslyn too

🌹 where in the world does your OC feel most at home? is there any reason why? if it’s not the place they were born, where were they born? is there a certain somebody that makes them feel at home where ever they may be? what does home mean to them?

roslyn is never gonna see the place she feels most at home again and that makes me sad. but! it’s called westgrove, and it’s her father’s estate; she was born there with very little fanfare. (another of her cousins, odanna, had been born only a couple days earlier, so the whole trevelyan clan was celebrating a legitimate baby while roslyn was screaming her way into the world.) it’s an olive farm, technically, but none of the family itself does any farming; everything’s harvested by workers. it’s out of the main city, too, and kind of far away from the closest village; it’s the place of roslyn’s childhood, so she thinks of leaves and mud and sunshine every time she remembers it.

home, to roslyn, is softness and freedom. she found something similar w solas, i think, just bcos he felt? safe? and free? she always felt very comfortable w him. she still does, in a way; even knowing what she does now, she thinks of him and misses home. it’s v v sad

🌻 what little things do they notice about people or the world around them that make them happy? what tiny little treasures do they find in the normal every day that makes the world seem a little brighter for them?

on a larger scale, it’s the inherent goodness of people that makes roslyn happy. early on in the game, shes very happy w all the people like corporal vale who are trying to help the refugees, for example. it’s like……. shes been seeing the worst of people, arguably, for the last ten years, but seeing that there are still good people in the world, people who try to help, inspires her. cole’s one of her bffs of all time for this reason; they adore each other, bcos they’re two helpful people who look at suffering and cant bear it, they have to do something abt it, and they like seeing that reflected in each other

but littler things do too. kids playing swordfight in the yard, or maids teasing each other. the devotion that that dude in redcliffe shows his dead wife, asking for flowers to be brought to her grave even now, and having brought flowers to her grave in the past himself. it’s just….. people. shes very different from solas in that people have always felt real to her, real living beings with their own lives and little tics and thoughts and dreams etc etc. it’s why shes as compassionate as she is

🌺 what does your OC do to calm down when they’re scared or after a nightmare? do they have any special comfort items or need to be reassured by a specific person? how do they handle this if they’re alone?

oh phew roslyn doesnt sleep for a long time after haven bcos of her nightmares. but she likes to read to calm herself down. anything, rly. she’s re-read the tale of the champion so many times; when she meets varric, she has a total freakout. this isn’t quite the same, but given the nature of her upbringing (she was basically raised as tho she was a legitimate trevelyan by her father), when she needs to immediately distract herself, she goes through the steps of various popular ballroom dances in her head. sometimes u’ll catch her unconsciously doing them in small movements, usually in her chambers.

reassurance is always good for her, tho. from anyone, rly. she needs to feel as tho shes doing the right thing, shes being a good person, shes doing her best, her fears are valid but untrue, so if anyone acknowledges that, shes immediately like uwu. but she’s so used to being alone that her main coping mechanisms are ones she can do alone

🌼 who are this characters friends and found family? how did they meet, how long have they been friends for, could they ever be something more than just friends? what do they look for in a friend or a romantic partner?

ok i have a lot of feelings abt roslyn and dorian. they’re very distantly related, but both on very bad terms w their immediate family, so they kind of adopt and cling to each other like ‘YOU are my family, i have u, i dont need the rest’. they rly do treasure each other a lot — they’re like twins, almost? both funny, both bookish, both soft and wounded underneath.

apart from him, tho, sera and solas also feel like family to her. for very different reasons, obviously. but sera and roslyn understand each other, bcos roslyn used to be a servant and knows how much nobility fucking sucks, and bcos they both have a lot of confusion over elves and elven culture etc etc. solas and roslyn are just like……. rly fucking good friends, honestly. even before anything gets Romantic they rly value each other’s opinions etc, and they talk so much about so much, always pushing each other to ask questions and consider the world around them. which is why shes so broken up abt the ‘we arent even people to u?’ thing bcos shes like darling….. beloved….. i thought u were looking at us. i thought u were looking at the world.

in friendship and romance, she looks for kindness and good humour first, but also intelligence. she wants to be able to have a good conversation w someone, most of all, and she wants a connection, bcos she’s felt so disconnected from the world for so long. shes quite unexperienced in love — i have this whole thing of like. nobles dont like her bcos shes a servant, but servants don’t like her bcos shes a noble, so before the inquisition she had like 0 friends or lovers — but she just wants someone who will be there at the end of a long, hard day. i love her…….

#anonymous #answered #long post /#ch: roslyn trevelyan #i love her so much shes so pure #she rly has been walked all over and she could stand to grow a backbone (she does later in the game) but she has such kindness

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surveys-at-your-service · 7 years ago

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Survey #98

“white trash, get down on your knees.”

have you ever lied to a person of authority? what did you say? i mean, i've lied to my parents. and i don't know, multiple things that don't immediately come to my head. are your eyebrows darker than your hair? yeah. what do you prefer, lasagna or spaghetti and meatballs? spaghetti w/ meatballs. i don't like lasagna because of the cheese. are all your pets micro chipped? no, but they have tags. would you ever cope in a jail? NO. i would be depressed out of my SENSES. have you ever seen an alligator in person? in zoos as well as the wild. when hurricane floyd like ruined everything, the zoo flooded and was essentially destroyed. apparently, an alligator got out, because i saw one in the ditch once shortly after the hurricane. that zoo was never rebuilt. do you live across from a corn field? no, but i once lived across from a tobacco field. welcome to nc. how long have you been tattooed? if you’re not, do you want to get tattooed? i got my first for my 18th birthday, so a few years. are you a liberal? not mostly, but i have some liberal traits, ex. i support gay marriage. were you fearless or a coward in the face of the child hunter in "chitty chitty bang bang?" i'm pretty sure he scared me. i don't remember much about the movie. did you ever hit anything while learning to drive? i literally almost immediately hit a curb lol. jeff foxworthy, bill engvall, ron white, or larry the cable guy? i enjoy them all, but jeff's gotta top the list. have you or a pet ever gotten a tapeworm? no. i would rather die than get one. i am deathly afraid of internal parasites. do you know any furries? yes. i once lived with two of 'em. do you ever worry about your future? (i.e.: college, marriage, kids, etc) yes. more than anything, i worry about what my job situation is going to be like. do you snore? steal the covers? roll around in your sleep? I STEAL THE FUCK OUT OF COVERS is the lion the best character in "the wizard of oz?" i actually like the scarecrow. would you immediately look for someone right after you broke up with your bf/gf? no. it just doesn't seem... right. if you became a doctor, would you help your patients kill themselves? no. just. no. do you tell your best friend EVERYTHING? no. do you have someone who you can be your complete self around? only sara and connie. have you ever tried to learn another language? how did it go? i took four years of german, and i got to the point where i was pretty fluent. it's atrophied all to hell though. have you ever shared a house with a significant other? an apartment, yes. do you have a crush on anyone? tell me about them. i'm dating whom i have a crush on. have you ever had something signed by someone famous? what and who? no. i think. does your father have any facial hair? he has a van dyke beard/mustache. have you ever felt like you were making a mistake when dating someone? oh boy, have i. did you continue the relationship or end it when you realized? ended it. do you think you look similar to your siblings? we have some similarities. ex., we all have the same shade of brown hair naturally. have you ever played cards against humanity? did you like it? oh my actual god, one time when i was at colleen's, we did as a family. we all had a couple drinks, so it was funnier than it should've been. closest i have EVER been to peeing myself. however, it's not as funny with subsequent plays, because you know what cards to expect. do you know anyone who’s lived through a natural disaster? yeah, me and many family members and friends. hurricanes are a common occurrence in nc. how many brothers/sisters do you have? two immediate sisters, one half-brother, three half-sisters. are you lactose intolerant? no. would you describe yourself as more punk or pastel? dude i am the weirdest mix of both lol. how do you feel about tattoos and piercings? explain. they are wonderful ways of expression. i just find some piercings aesthetically pleasing on certain people, while tattoos are how you can easily paint the picture of your life on yourself. list the concerts you have been to and talk about how they make you feel. i've only been to one, and that was alice cooper. it was very fun, despite thunderstorming the whole time. have you ever been on drugs for anxiety, depression, mental illness? i have been since the 6th grade and i still am. do you like green apples? only if they're crisp. have you ever had a guinea pig for a pet? yes. squeak, harry potter, snickers, and one other whose name i've forgotten... do you shop at hot topic? yes. have you ever studied any new age or occult religions such as wicca? no, but they intrigue me, especially wicca. would you rather be a boy or girl? a girl. do you prefer to be around introverted or extroverted people? introverted. not trying to generalize here, but i find they tend to be more insightful. what do you think makes you a good girlfriend or boyfriend? i'm devoted and loyal as fuck, very loving, and will emotionally support a partner through thick and thin. what do you think makes you a bad girlfriend or boyfriend? one, my anxiety and insecurity. i've also never encountered this situation before, but i honestly feel that i'd get pretty jealous if he ever hung out with another girl platonically, because i'm immensely paranoid. like do not get me wrong, i wouldn't prevent him from doing it, i'd just be very worried. an issue i'm sure a lot of people would have with me is the fact i'm a pretty big prude. has anyone written a song or a piece of poetry about you? yeah. but i can virtually guarantee he used it on other girls. how many drinks does it take for you to become drunk? i wouldn't know, considering i've never been drunk. i was relatively tipsy after four bottles of very mild alcohol, though. do you admire brutal honesty? sometimes. other times it is completely unnecessary. what is your party trick? hiding out in the background somewhere, playing with your pet. <-- THIS haha <<< SAME if you had a mental disorder, what would it be? i'm diagnosed with chronic depression, general anxiety & social anxiety, ptsd (which i think i'm recovered from), and i've heard both bipolar ii and borderline personality disorder. do you think the "paranormal activity" movies were scary? no. i actually liked them. do you want someone aggressive or passive in bed? i'm honestly very passive, so aggressive. the last time you drank with someone else or more than one person who was in the worst shape? chelsea always is. she takes two bottles of light alcohol and she's vomiting lol. what would you say is the worst part of high school, period? you're going through it in arguably the biggest time of your life. you are constantly changing and developing and going through so much mentally. you're still figuring out who you want to be. not to mention, you're expected to make huge decisions, all the while still having to ask to go to the bathroom. you have so much responsibility just all of the sudden while your brain is morphing a lot. are you someone who actually likes to babysit children? no. too much responsibility. not to mention they try to get into everything; you can't turn away for two seconds. what is the worst name a friend has ever called you? do you remember? probably just "bitch" or something along the line. no friend has ever called me one to my face, but i can literally guarantee some have. ACTUALLY. to my face, i was called a martyr by my ex's friend after the break-up. and i'm certain he didn't mean it as in "you'd die for your beliefs," he meant it as in "hey you pretend it's the apocalypse to get sympathy." which is entirely fucking untrue about me. that honestly hurt a lot and it still sticks with me. it honestly made me more uncomfortable to express my feelings. do you find any of your friends’ parents creepy or really mean? i can't stand colleen's mom because she's a grade-a bitch, and her dad makes me uncomfortable, but he's not creepy. what is your least favorite word? i literally abhor the word "cunt." hurts to even type. what turns you on? various, pretty normal stuff. what turns you off? the usual stuff - bad hygiene, bad manners, etc <–Yep. <<<< I agree. <<<<< same. have you ever been to a psychiatrist/therapist? i've had one since the 6th grade. have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? not a legitimate crush, no. who is your celebrity crush? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) who is your most loyal friend? i honestly feel like connie. we've literally never fought, and she's always been there.

why are you happy, if you even are?

because i've come so far in my recovery that i have no excuse to complain.

is there a secret you’ve never told your parents?

yes.

what do you think of when you hear the name mark?

lol you know exactly who i think of.

kristin?

no one.

zoe?

only the best character from "ssx tricky"

jamie?

no one.

adam?

alex shepherd's dad from "silent hill: homecoming"

carmen?

the best dancer that was ever at the dance studio i used to go to

do you like fluffy yogurts?

NO. i CANNOT do the texture.

don’t you hate that you have to watch the baby being born in health class?

i actually never did. but i physically wouldn't have been able to. i would've 100% shielded my eyes.

what’s the earliest memory you have?

walking out into the living room with my stuffed baby bunny and seeing ashley play "medievil" (i'm pretty sure that's how they spelled it). we all used to love that game. we only had the demo disc, though.

do you ever say “fail” when people mess up?

no, but i usually say "gg" lol

how important is it for a significant other to be good with kids?

not all that important considering i don't want any, but simultaneously, i certainly wouldn't tolerate them being mean to kids.

what was the last thing that hurt your feelings? was it warranted or do you think you just took it too personally?

i'd rather just not talk about it, but yeah, it was warranted.

what is your dad’s name?

kenneth, but everyone calls him ken.

does your mother have a sister? if so, what's her name?

... wait,

does

she? i don't think so, actually... maybe...

is your favorite color the same as when you were a kid?

not exactly; my first favorite color was just normal red, now it's maroon.

who last grabbed your ass?

chelsea lol

have you ever been called a slut/whore?

no, because i am literally the direct opposite. well correction, chelsea, colleen, and alex have playfully, but none of them have ever meant it. we all call each other shit names lol. all in love<3

who is your favorite foreign singer/musician?

rammstein. they have amazing music and their lyrics are usually pretty cool.

do you ever get mad at people for not having the same opinion as you (ie abortion being wrong/right, meat-eating being wrong/right)?

no. i enjoy people having different opinions. grow the fuck up and let people think differently.

do you edit any of your pictures? in what ways?

yes. i tend to do general things, like color correction and basic enhancement. sometimes i do more, particularly if it's legitimate photography of mine, in which case i tend to either bump up or desaturate the colors.

who do you know personally that has a nice singing voice?

colleen

what months were you and your siblings born in?

as far as immediate siblings, april and june, and i was born in february.

do you prefer prince or michael jackson?

jackson. i was never into prince.

do you like spring rolls?

yeah. ruby tuesday's has the best.

when was the last time you painted something?

it's been about a year.

name one favorite thing to do with kids while babysitting.

if they're old enough, i love to teach them how to play games from my childhood. if not, idk. i just in general don't like watching kids.

what kind of things do you post on tumblr?

rhett&link + markiplier stuff, mostly. but i also reblog some funny stuff, plus meerkat pictures.

what band would you stand in line for 24 hours to see?

none.

name the three biggest things that make up you.

passion, anxiety, dank memage. *finger guns*

what song is your ‘anthem’?

the song "that's what you get" by paramore reminds me most of myself, particularly the line "i drowned out all my sense with the sound of its beating."

which movie villain do you find the most terrifying?

hmmm. a number. i find christabella laroache from the "silent hill" moving frightening (no, i'm not being biased) because she's like the queen example that religion can drive people insane. the joker is also horrifying for the simple fact he's legitimately insane.

do you think frogs/toads look disgusting?

no, they're cute.

what happens when you strongly disagree with someone?

if i voice my opinion, i get very scared that they'll get angry with me. if i don't, nothing. i just accept their opinion.

have you ever been tested for drugs?

yes, while i was at the er for suicide attempts/being suicidal.

do you own any fish? if so, are the docile or aggressive?

no.

if your lover cheated on you and profusely apologized, would you accept them back into your life?

nope.

are you allergic to any insect bites?

no.

who is your favorite golden girl?

rose!!! (:

what is your favorite commercial of the moment?

it is legitimately always going to be the sexy mr. clean commercial lmao

do you have any famous relatives?

not relatives, but ancestors. we're related to queen victoria and william clark.

favorite album?

"black rain" by ozzy osbourne. i literally love every song on the album and it was my first voyage into heavy metal.

if your son said he was gay, how would you react?

i would be really really proud of him for trusting me with such a thing!!

would you date someone who played video games all weekend long?

so long he does his responsibilities, sure. let him do what he enjoys.

what are your top three video games of all time?

"silent hill 2," "amnesia: a machine for pigs," and then probably "silent hill 3."

what's your favorite care bear?

i remember i liked the one with a rainbow on its stomach.

state 8 facts about your body.

i'm 5'5''. just gonna say i'm bigger than i'm supposed to be. i have five piercings. my hair is naturally brown, but dyed red. my eyes are blue. the nail on both of my rings fingers is slightly deformed (my sisters' are, too). i have incredibly tiny toes. i wear glasses.

what was your kinkiest wet dream?

not a kinky person over here.

what song, no matter where you are or what you are doing, immediately takes you back to high school?

"all signs point to lauderdale" by a day to remember, DEFINITELY.

do you think you could join the army?

no way. i couldn't anyway because i'm mentally ill/have a suicidal history.

would you date someone who has cheated in their previous relationships?

nope.

do you have soft hands? do you like holding hands?

just about everyone who's ever touched my hands tells me they're soft. and yeah, so long they're not sweaty.

do you think having a sleepover with a guy is theoretically acceptable?

to me, it really depends on where you're sleeping.

have you ever failed a class?

only in college.

have you ever cried over a breakup?

only for over a year.

are you planning on dying your hair any time soon?

hopefully.

do you feel as though you're good at understanding/communicating with animals?

people have called me dr. doolittle since i was a very young kid for a reason lol

where would you like to spend your honeymoon?

i actually don't have big plans. i'd just love to spend a little while in the mountains of nc.

what's one thing you collected as a child:

stickers. my dresser at the time was legitimately covered.

what fictional animal do you wish was real?

oh my GOD, the fey dragons from wow. they are fucking adorable and so pure.

have you ever been told you’ve punched someone in your sleep?

lol yeah. sorry, jason.

have you ever written a song or poem for someone special?

a few poems, yeah.

what is your favorite vampire book/movie/show?

i remember i loved the book "bite me"

do you actually know anyone who is homophobic?

yes.

did you ever read "the giver"? see the movie?

i read the book and loved it.

what was your first impression of your best friend?

i don't have a *best* friend, but i'll answer for the two closest to me. one, i don't really remember because we were super super young. the other, oh my god it was obvious we hated each other.

what is your profile pic a picture of?

i'mma just answer for like... all of them lol. main tumblr & youtube: link neal (but i'mma change yt to mark when i'm not being lazy); facebook&this blog: me; deviantart: an oc; km rp: mark fischbach; aaand i'm sure i'm forgetting some

have you ever been dumped really harshly?

very. he dumped me over facebook messenger like a coward, considering we'd been dating for 3 1/2 years.

has a tree ever fallen down on your house?

yes, during a hurricane. i was totally knocked out asleep so i didn't even hear it land directly above my head lol. then at our second house, a tree fell on our fuel tank, literally landing directly beside the cap, sooo we're lucky as fuck it didn't blow up.

would you ever get your hips pierced?

no. dermals sound really painful.

what if someone asked you to be in a relationship with them?

i'm in a relationship right now and am happy that way.

what will your next piercing be?

my nose.

what do you regret doing at FAR too young?

i'd rather just not talk about it.

marvel or dc?

dc, maybe.

what are you most proud of?

how far i've come

what is your favorite otp?

that actually exists, mark&amy. hypothetically, rhett&link

who is your favorite disney villain?

scar, maybe? OH. maleficent, actually.

did you ever watch "phil of the future"?

not really. i was never a big fan.

are sex and sexual activities something you enjoy?

sexual activities, sure. sex itself, i wouldn't know.

how old were you when you first became sexually active?

again, mind you, i'm a virgin, but if you're talking about doing anything sexual, probably 16. maaaybe 17, but i'm pretty sure 16.

would you rather have a pet crocodile or a pet octopus?

i legitimately wanted a caiman for a while because apparently that's legal lol

where is the last place you’d want to be on halloween night?

not sure

describe your favorite comedy movie?

my favorite's "white chicks" omg

what, in your opinion, is the most disgusting part of the human body?

i've stated before i have some asexual traits, and part of that is found in the fact i find both genitalia legitimately disgusting.

what feelings come over you when you know you’re falling in love?

i smile a lot and get very shy around the person. looots of butterflies.

do you believe in ghosts, spirits, demons?

yes to all.

would you consider yourself creative and how wide would you say your imagination can stretch?

i honestly believe i'm creative as fuck. it goes pretty damn far.

if you could go into any video game world, what would it be and why?

"world of warcraft." because. like. just take me to azeroth, pls. god i am such a nerd.

hamburger or hot dog?

cheeseburgers, usually.

what's something nerdy about you?

i am legitimately made of nerdy shit

would you cheat on your significant other if it meant sleeping with your celebrity crush?

no, actually. probably surprising considered how obsessed i am with him lol

how old do you want to live to?

maybe like 75? 80? i don't want to get to the point of being old where i'm like pissing myself and need help with literally everything. that would be legitimate torture to me.

are you comfortable with your height?

sure.

have you ever slept on a couch with someone else, with whom?

yeah, jason.

do you think the legal drinking age should be changed?

not entirely. i do, however, believe 18-year-olds should be allowed to drink only if accompanied by an adult.

have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom?

i have hit rock bottom before.

have you ever been bitten by a snake?

no.

do you like train’s music?

i was a big fan way before they become mainstream thanks to mom.

how’s your relationship between you and your grandparents?

dad's mom is dead, mom's dad is dead, i don't even remember the last time i talked to my dad's dad (but he's suuuuper nice and supportive), and i'm pretty damn sure mom's mom doesn't like me. she's bitched me out before and has said some very rude things to me. i'm not particularly fond of her either, but i try.

has the last person you had sex with ever had sex with someone besides you?

never had sex, but as for the only person i've ever been sex

ual

with, yes.

are both of your blood parents still in your life?

my parents are divorced so i don't really see my dad, but he's still a part of my life.

do you like your best friend’s boy/girlfriend?

colleen's husband is awesome and is quite a bit like myself, but sara's not in a relationship.

have your parents met the person you’re currently interested in?

yeah.

when you’re interested in someone, do you let them know?

no.

have you ever had a kinky dream about a celebrity?

ha ha omg yeah

what are your parents’ middle names?

marie & john

in your opinion, which is more attractive: nice biceps or washboard abs?

biceps. really obnoxious abs aren't that appealing to me.

have you ever been hypnotized?

no. i don't believe in that jazz.

do you have any lockets with pictures inside?

no.

what would you consider to be the worst television channel out there?

mtv

do you have any siblings you absolutely despise? why?

no.

do you think age matters in friendship?

no. i have a friend who's 30.

how old do you think you will be when you finally have kids?

i don't want kids. i'm fine with my nieces and nephews.

list your fandoms and one character from each that you identify with.

heather (silent hill), tyler is legitimately me (markiplier crew), chase (rhett&link crew)

what’s a popular movie you’ve never seen?

the entirety of "harry potter." and "lord of the rings."

has anyone ever gotten in your face completely bitching you out?

my grandma, yes.

does it annoy you when people use too many emoticons when they’re typing?

it can.

would you ever consider yourself over dramatic?

i can be, honestly.

would you consider yourself more indie or mainstream?

indie. essentially nothing about me is mainstream.

do you ever use cheats when you play video games?

no.

has anyone, besides yourself, considered you as a failure?

most likely.

did you go to pre-k?

yeah.

have you ever stolen a friend's boyfriend?

not intentionally. then there's the fact we never actually dated.

do you regret it?

i regret ever being flirty with him, yes.

are you sorry?

it's only like my biggest regret, so.

who was your first celebrity crush?

probably jesse mccartney lol

would you smoke if it meant getting $30, or do you smoke anyways?

no.

what school teams or clubs are/were you a part of?

art honors society, honors society.

do you enjoy going through old pictures?

sometimes. other times, the nostalgia is too much.

is there a band you like with amazing music but a bad vocalist?

i honestly find dave mustaine of megadeth to be an awful singer, but somehow, i feel it adds to his charm??

do you tend to get clingy in relationships?

really, it depends on my mood and how comfortable i am with you. i legitimately demand space early in a relationship, and i romantically bond with people very slowly. once i actually feel attached to you, i can be sometimes. other times, i still need space.

have you ever dated outside of your race?

for less than a day, so you couldn't really call it "dating." he was hispanic.

when was the last time you received a massage?

never had one professionally, but jason and i would give each other a massage if we legitimately felt like we needed one.

would you rather have curvy legs or skinny legs?

not like really big, but curvy.

what do you usually put in your omelets?

cheese and ham. man... now i really want an omelet lol

do you like kiwis?

YAAAAAS

do you want any piercings?

my nose will be next, then more in my ears. i also would like a belly button ring one day, but i'd only get it once i'm much smaller. absolutely no offense intended, but i don't think they look good on bigger people like me.

have you ever flipped off your mother or father?

no, but i said "fuck you" to my mother only a few months ago. that went over well.

have you ever bowled a strike?

probably.

which is worse: stale chips or flat soda?

stale chips. flat soda doesn't bother me too much.

have you ever questioned your sexuality?

not seriously. when i had ocd, added onto my anxiety, i got into this totally random repetitive thought cycle that i secretly bisexual. i am in no way bisexual, but it was a random question and then my mind obsessed over the possibility i was lying to myself.

what did you usually pack for lunch at school?

sandwiches.

favorite nonliving musician?

probably freddie mercury. wonderfully talented man.

biggest learning experience of your life?

holly hill

what’s your opinion on religion in schools?

i believe all of the more common religions should be electives. i know that's a bit unfair, but if we're being realistic, there's too many religions to fit and get instructors for all of them.

how do you decide whether to accept or not accept a friend request?

i have to know the person and like them to accept them.

do you have an unspeakable past regret?

unspeakable, no.

do you litter?

absolutely not.

do you feed your pets gourmet pet food?

no.

were you miserable in middle school?

i wouldn't say "miserable," but it was definitely the worst school years. it's when my anxiety and depression started, so.

how many people do you know who identify as transgender?

one that i'm certain of. i have another friend that went through a transgender phase.

what is your preferred painkiller?

advil

what color was your senior prom dress?

black

do you support transgenders being able to use the opposite restroom?

i promise, you don't want my opinion.

do you support the raising of the minimum wage?

yes. you can't live off of $7.25.

are you courageous?

not really, if i'm being honest.

could you ever forgive your best friend for sleeping with your boyfriend?

nope.

do you live with your biological parents?

with my mom, yes.

do you have a snapchat?

no.

who is your hero?

mark <3

are you allergic to bees?

i wouldn't know. never been stung.

have you ever had stitches?

yes, in my chin.

did you graduate high school a virgin?

yeah.

would you ever date out of your own race?

yes.

can you describe your father in one word?

forgiving<3

what’s your favorite movie trilogy?

"shiloh," maybe

do you play any games on facebook?

no.

do you have a dog?

we have three.

do you have a step-parent?

yes, but i don't call her "mom" or anything.

do you like grasshoppers?

they actually kinda scare me, especially big ones lol

do you like laffy taffy?

yeah!

at concerts, do you buy merch?

only been to one, but i did. i'd like to think i always would.

what color is your underwear?

i don't wear underwear unless entirely necessary. increases your chances of a yeast infection and they're just uncomfortable.

what’s an interesting fact about the state in which you were born?

it has an abandoned wizard of oz-themed park.

outside of school, have you ever used a thesaurus?

yes. i use it occasionally for writing.

do either of your parents have any tattoos or piercings?

my mom has her ears pierced.

would you ever stalk a celebrity?

no. i have respect.

do your parents use social media? if so, which ones?

mom has facebook.

do you believe that there’s good in everybody?

nope.

person you used to have feelings for shows up at your house, you say:

"get the fuck away from my house" or something like that.

were your parents married when you were born?

yes.

have you ever thought about having sex?

yeah?

are you available?

no.

do you live in a big house?

no.

have you ever flown in a plane?

twice, but the first i don't remember.

do you like mangoes?

i've actually never had a real mango, but i think i'd like them. i love mango juice.

do you think you’re always right?

absolutely not. it's a ridiculous thing to think.

what’s your favorite season?

autumn.

best disney song?

dude let's be real, "be prepared" from tlk was fire

what’s the worst veggie?

BEANS.

do you like the color yellow?

nooo. it's one of my least favorites.

do you have any old calendars in your room?

i have two meerkat calendars from years ago that are part of my collection.

is it important to you to make a good impression on a bf/gf’s parents?

of course.

are you one of the people who think obama will be assassinated?

well, he obviously wasn't. if anyone's going to get assassinated, it'll be trump.

are you more sympathetic towards animals or humans?

animals, because they have no voice and are never truly do things out of ill intent.

when did your parents stop enforcing curfew?

i never really had a curfew.

how long does it take you in the shower?

not even 15 minutes. i've never understood how people can take such long showers. do your shit and get out.

ever kissed anyone with a nipple piercing? what about a lip piercing? nose piercing?

lip piercings, yes.

ever made out in a pool?

maybe, but i don't think so.

are you a virgin?

depends on how you define "virgin." but by my definition, yes.

be honest. have you had any dirty thoughts today?

well now that you mention it.

have you ever purchased a pregnancy test, for yourself or otherwise?

no.

do you have trouble reading small fonts?

not usually. depends on what the font is.

are there any old [as in, no longer on television, not necessarily old in terms of years] television shows that you could happily sit through and re-watch the entire series?

"that '70s show"

of all the decisions you have thus far made in your life, which was the best and which was the worst?

best: going to holly hill. worst: letting jason be my everything.

if you were presented with a bowl of fruit with apples, oranges, bananas, and grapes in it - which fruit would you pick to eat?

grapes.

do you have any gay friends?

yes, and i love them.

are you gay yourself?

no, but i don't discriminate against those who are.

how many brothers do you have?

one half-brother.

do you like mexican food?

noooo.

what’s your best friend’s pet’s name(s)?

colleen: miracle, maxwell, maze. i couldn't even try to name all of sara's lol

do you need to shave?

no.

do you see yourself married in the next five years?

nope.

are you responsible?

if i'm being honest, no.

ever had a pregnancy scare?

no. well, because i have anxiety, i was once scared while i was with jason because i missed my period, despite the fact we never had actual sex. safe to say, i wasn't pregnant. it was my anxiety getting to me.

do you partake in gaming?

if i can, i do. however, my consoles are broken and the psu or graphics card on my gaming laptop is fried, so i haven't in like... six, seven months. it's been torture lol

who has your heart?

two internet celebrities that don't know i exist lmao

do you have an ex who still talks to you? do they want to be with you again?

no. tyler tried to, but he finally got that i wanted nothing to do with him.

ever get mad at something that happened years ago?

yep.

don’t you hate when people assume you’re jealous of somebody just because you dislike them?

y e s

do your legs get really itchy after shaving them?

YES. it's why i have a scar on my shin because i scratched the fuck out of it.

who was the last person you went out to eat with?

dad, his wife, sisters, and my sister's in-laws.

honestly, if you wanted to get laid right now, could you?

probably not. i wouldn't want to anyway, since i'm like 95% sure i want to save 'til marriage.

have you ever kissed someone with a tattoo?

regrettably.

ever had a guy best friend?

yes.

how is your last ex doing?

i don't know and i don't care.

ever given your ALL to someone?

yes, and it was the wrong fucking choice.

how do you know the majority of the people you know?

school, the internet

have you ever had pink eye?

no, but my sister has.

do you really care how many friends you or anyone else has on myspace/facebook?

nope.

how many band shirts do you own? which?

including those that don't fit anymore but i have saved, two for ozzy osbourne, two for metallica, otep, disturbed, asking alexandria, hollywood undead, iwrestledabearonce (which i no longer like), marilyn manson, two for alice cooper, and i am 100% positive i've had more. i've had a loooot.

is nutella amazing?

yaaaas queen

have you ever had anything pierced that you don’t have now?

yes. right side of my nose, left anti-tragus, right tragus, left cartilage. they all closed while i was in the hospital.

would you consider yourself “tough”?

emotionally.

do you have any twins/multiples in your family? are they identical or fraternal?

i don't think so?

who is the youngest person in your family that you know of?

my nephew, i think.

is your mom a good mom?

she tries her best and does so much for me.

who was your first friend?

brianna. we drifted apart in middle school.

would you consider yourself a shy person?

waaaay too shy.

are you on good terms with your last ex?

no.

would you rather be a toaster, or a calculator?

... lol wut

do you like beards, and if so, what is the ideal beard length?

no opinion.

did/do you play with barbies?

i did only when nicole wanted to.

what holidays do you decorate for?

halloween, christmas.

have you ever been high?

no. it just doesn't interest me. i don't like my mind being foggy. it's partially why i've never even been drunk.

do you believe in homosexuality?

yes?? it obviously exists, and there's nothing wrong with it??

do you believe in jesus?

yes. it's a historical fact that he existed, it's just a matter of if you believe in the stories of what he did or not.

who was the last person you kissed?

my boyfriend.

do you play minecraft?

i never have and i'm not interested in it.

do you like mozzarella sticks?

noooo. the only cheese i like is american.

do you listen to nickelback?

i have no shame in admitting that i like some of their songs.

do you watch pewdiepie?

i've been a fan since 2013, or maybe 2012. he's a funny guy. he's got a lot of drama around him, but i sincerely think he's entertaining. i've enjoyed watching him develop as a person and comedian.

do you like the water?

no. i literally never drink it unless i'm dehydrated.

do you like eating zebra cakes?

sure. been a long, long time since i've had one, though.

are there any hobbies you have that you don’t perform in front of others?

write, draw.

have you ever felt as though you were unrecognizable to yourself?

yep.

when was the last time you took a taxi somewhere?

never.

what was the most embarrassing thing you’ve had to buy?

nothing really embarrassing.

have you ever mistaken a person’s gender?

yeah.

did you stay calm during the whole swine flu scare?

yes. i have the immune system of a god.

without the aid of mascara, do you have long eyelashes?

yes. my old english teacher literally stopped class once just to point out to the whole class that i had super long eyelashes lol. i loved her.

is there a kind of music you listen to that helps you release your anger?

yeah. tends to be rammstein or metallica.

do any of your close friends have children?

no.

were you ever rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?

no.

when was the last time you were at the hospital, and why?

in february for a suicide attempt.

"the breakfast club," yay or nay?

i couldn't get into it.

have you ever had a piercing get infected?

yes. second piercing in my right ear lobe.

do you get embarrassed easily?

just about everything embarrasses me, so.

is anybody in your family a carpenter?

no, but my dad was.

would you date someone 8 years older than you?

yeah, but that's like my limit. i'd have to

really

like someone who was nine years older, but i'm cool with eight.

would you rather date someone older than you or younger?

older. at my current age, i wouldn't date someone younger than me.

have you ever dated someone you met online?

no.

what’s something you have a very strong opinion about?

abortion, more than anything. i'm getting more heavily adamant about gay rights.

what gets you emotional?

recalling past struggles and people, seeing others suffer, people doing good in the world, etc.

do you often try to find common ground when in a political debate?

ugh. i just don't like political debates.

do you come across as cold and aloof at times?

i'm sure.

do you think the last person you kissed is a player?

no.

if an ex said they hated you, you say?

good for you.

could you ever be friends with the person who hurt you most in life?

no.

are you happy with yourself?

in certain aspects.

would you change yourself for the person you love?

to some degree. it depends.

has a guy ever seriously punched you more than once?

no one's ever punched me, thankfully.

do you think you were ever in love?

i can say without the slightest doubt in my mind that i was.

have you ever dated your friend’s ex?

no.

have you done bad things with your parents nearby?

define "bad things."

have you started a horrible rumor about somebody?

no, i'm not that low.

why do you believe/not believe in god?

because it just seems most logical to me. it just seems... highly, highly unlikely that the fucking stars aligned so perfectly as to make this all possible. but i perfectly respect people that think the opposite, so long they don't stomp on religion.

do you have any recurring dreams? what are they?

no.

what is your favorite baked good?

muffins, maybe.

do you have an addiction to anything?

i have an addictive personality, so, a number of things. nothing unhealthy, though.

during thunderstorms, how does your pet react?

teddy and bentley don't care, cali gets so terrified that she quakes and hides behind the couch.

are you addicted to any energy drinks?

no. energy drinks taste like poison to me.

do you like croutons in your salad?

noooo

when did you meet the last male you texted?

when i was born. he's my dad.

have you ever talked to a boyfriend about a previous ex-boyfriend?

yes. i was having a ptsd breakdown and needed to know if i could confide in him about some things.

can two living souls become one?

no.

has a stranger ever yelled at you for your language?

no, but someone probably should lol. i recently realized that i say "fuck" waaay too much. jason's family defiled me. they swear like sailors and like everyone i know noticed my profanity got worse after dating jason for a while because i was with his family a lot and it rubbed off.

why aren’t you in love with your ex anymore?

because you don't love the person that almost caused you to kill yourself.

if your best friend “came out”, how would you feel?

colleen: i would go into legitimate shock since she's for traditional marriage and whatnot. sara: she's demisexual, so.

ever kissed someone you weren’t in a relationship with?

no.

have you ever been given a lapdance by an actual stripper?

ew, no.

what was the last song you listened to?

"cake and sodomy" by marilyn manson

have you ever been on a ferris wheel that had swinging cages/gondolas? were you in the swinging cage/gondola or too chicken to go on it?

yeah. it was at a little festival so it was sketchy as fuck too lol. i went with jason, who's afraid of heights, so that was interesting.

do you want a small or big wedding?

small.

are your parents going to buy you a car?

probably not. i don't drive, anyway.

who’s your favorite rapper? and your favorite song by this rapper?

the only rapper i genuinely like is eminem, and i really like "space bound"

how about your favorite band? and your favorite song by this band?

oh brother... ozzy osbourne: "trap door," metallica: "whiskey in the jar," otep: uhhh "special pets" or "apex predator," a day to remember: "i'm made of wax, larry, what are you made of?," marilyn manson: "heart-shaped glasses," rammstein: "nebel" or "donaukinder," cradle of filth: probably their cover of "mr. crowley," korn: "here to stay"

do you hate your last name? do you want to get married so you can change it?

i don't like my last name, but i don't want to get married just so it'll change.

who was your first boyfriend/girlfriend? why did you break up?

if you're talking about the first guy who ever had the title of "boyfriend," aaron. we were in the 7th grade and i just didn't like him like that.

do you drink coffee?

no, it's bitter as fuck and just overall gross.

what outfit makes you feel the most attractive?

you assume any outfit makes me attractive.

what do you think of people who always wear make-up?

whatever.

has anyone of the same sex ever hit on you?

i think so.

are you open to a same-sex relationship and why or why not?

no, i'm straight.

have you ever wanted to vlog?

no. too awkward for that shit.

who was the last person you held hands with?

ugh.

have you ever told someone to their face that they were ugly?

what the fuck, no.

have you ever seen a live bat?

yeah. they're so cute.

would you ever let your child drop out of high school?

depends on the reason.

do you pronounce “aunt” like “want” or “ant”?

"ant"

would you ever let a girl/boy put you through hell and back?

never again.

have you watched porn alone before?

i don't watch porn to begin with.

what do you think about weed?

i think it smells fucking awful more than anything.

recommend a book:

i recommend "johnny got his gun" by dalton trumbo more than any book on the face of the planet. the writing style is very unique and a bit hard to understand sometimes, but the meaning behind it. it increased my pacifism by a mile.

do you like to cook? or do you always prefer take out?

i can't cook. i literally burned a hot dog to where it split in half in the microwave.

are pets allowed to be on the furniture in your house?

yes. they live here.

declawing cats: for or against?

against

what theory (serious or not) has always intrigued you?

if the moon landing was fake or not. i believe it was real, but there is some seriously compelling evidence that it was a studio trick. i'd highly recommend reading about it.

do you consider yourself a perfectionist?

about some things.

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