#but I'm so sick of this shit... how is it that these companies still sell tickets to any of their shit?

[medicinemane]

There are zero movies I'm hearing about that I want right now

No, I don't want yet another remake

No, I don't want liveaction for something that should have been animated... and... also should suck less

Could (one) of these things be good? Maybe, people often put a lot of work and soul into making something even if the idea is a soulless cash grab by studio execs... but I just don't want it and I'm not even gonna look

I'm just tired of remakes and making shows and movies based off random shit like videogames... nah, fuck you, I can just watch the original movie... I can just do anything other than watch your movie

[wunjotheork]

A Date

Around 1100 words.

Sex happens but nothing explicit.

Put her things in a bin bag. Not much. Couple of clothes. A toothbrush. Then drop it outside the front door. She's gone now. Fuck you, Stinky.

Need a shower.

Alone with my thoughts. Keep remembering our fight. Need to stop. Turn off the light. Lean against the tiles. Close my eyes. Focus on the cold water. The sound. How it feels on my skin. Boring. Touch myself a bit. End up more frustrated than anything.

Need company.

Grab my phone when I'm out and drying off. Check this month’s new number. Marion… From the bar, right? Doesn't matter. Send a text. Get dressed. Weather is hell so shorts and tank top it is. Get a reply. She's good with going out for a coffee in an hour.

Perfect.

Go check my face. See the bruise. Ignore it. Sunglasses will do. Trim the goatee. Brush my tusks. Ready to go.

Meet her at Pey Berland at the tram station. Shit. Forgot she was a dwarf. Or maybe I remembered the wrong girl. Who cares? She has a nice smile and pretty green optics. Love her dress.

Her name's actually Marie.

We grab a coffee in a café in front of the cathedral. Sun's way too hot but there's no more chairs inside. On the covered terraces we go. The shade is a small comfort. We chit-chat. She's telling me about her life. Don't really care but I still pay attention. She works in a small boutique. Selling lingerie on Saint Catherine Avenue. See exactly where.

She asks about me. Decide to be honest. More or less. Tell her I'm a bouncer in a club. She laughs, nods, and asks to see the bruise I'm hiding badly. Take the sunglasses off. She compliments my eyes. I smile. She's cute.

The afternoon goes on. We order other drinks. Lemonade for her. Water for me. Don't see the time pass. End up enjoying her company. Wouldn't mind seeing her again.

Getting hungry though. Realise I skipped lunch with how angry I was. Check my watch. A bit more than 4pm. Don't wanna leave her. But everything has an end. She must sense it. Out of the blue asks what I'm doing tonight. Says we could have dinner together. Tell her about a nice little restaurant not too far away. Says she wants me to cook.

Oh.

Did say I wasn't half bad.

We leave the café. Walk through the neighbourhood to get to a grocery store. Switch sidewalks to stay in the shade as much as possible. Short break for her to spray sunscreen on the both of us. My shaved head gets extra attention. How nice.

The AC in the shop is too damn cold. Best way to get sick. Quickly grab some real salmon and pasta. Checking out for soy every time is a pain but no choice. She smiles. Thinks I'm fancy. Tell her I’m allergic. Got some cream left in the fridge. Parsley on the windowsill. Wine in the cellar. Don't need to buy much. Still cost a small fortune.

The lady offers to pay. Thanks, but no. I'm a strong and independent man. She laughs. Makes me feel good.

We arrive at my address. Show her the building. And my door in the piss alley. Type the code. Climb the stairs. She stops to admire the little courtyard. They always do. Historic buildings are full of surprises. Get to the third floor. Bin bag's still here. Turn the keys. Close the door behind her.

We're in.

And the flat feels cool!

Swap shoes for slippers. Lead her to the living room. Turn around to offer a glass of water. Her dress's already on the floor in the hall.

Ah.

Would drop the bags if food wasn't so expensive. Rush to the kitchenette to throw them in the fridge. Her laughter resonates on the high ceiling. She keeps laughing when I throw her on the couch. Bedroom's too personal. Quiets down when I start taking care of her. Then our moans fill the room.

Getting hot in here. Remember about the fan. Can't take my hands off her. Don't want to. Hard to think. Only her. Marie. Marie.

Marie.

Wake up from a nap. We both fell asleep. Skin against skin. Sweating so much. Don't care. Hold her closer. Could go turn on the fan. Impossible. Her face against my neck. Her hand up and down my chest. Would be a crime to let go of her. Pause. Smile on her lips. Her optics on my eyes. Look down. Then back to her.

Ready for round two?

Except it's way too hot to fuck now. Hate summer. Still manage to take care of her. Got lots of skills. Give the lady what she needs and wants. Asks about me. No worry. She's more important.

Heat unbearable now. Have to let go. Turn on the fan and fetch a bottle of water. We nearly empty it.

Cuddling a bit more. Chat about our day. Laughing together. She checks her interface. Around 9pm. Sun's still out but it's getting late. What about diner? Another day? OK. Disappointed. Don't show it. Tell her where the bathroom is. Frown when I hear the shower. Kind of rude not to ask. Don't have much water this week.

Whatever. Not gonna ruin a good afternoon.

Comes back for a final chat. Watch her slip her dress back on. Reach out a hand to sneak a finger under the fabric to feel her skin. Like her. Don't want her to leave. But I know the music.

She gives me a soft kiss on the lips. Tells me it was great. Promises to contact me again. Liar. Grabs her things and leaves with a wave. Hear her close the door.

Alone.

Get off the couch. Grab my clothes and throw them in the laundry basket. Quick wash. Catch a glimpse of the marks she left on me in the mirror. Was too lost in her to notice. Don't like it. Can easily hide them if needed at least. Fetch some clean underwear.

Stomach roaring now. Make cream salmon for one. Eat. Clean the dishes. Nothing else to do. Don’t feel like going out. Standing like an idiot in the living room.

Silence.

What do i usually do to pass time? Thoughts of Stinky come rushing back. Realise I forgot how to live alone. Getting angry again. Need a smoke. Open the window. More heat gets in. Sounds of the city too. Watch the drunks and happy who pass through the alley. Ignore the weirdo living in front who's trying to chat. Want to throw the ashtray at him. Definitely watched us. Need to buy curtains.

Sun's out.

Light another one. Thinking about opening a bottle. Not feeling sleepy. At all. Guess the night's gonna be long.

[vtuberconfessions]

Froot has now lost over thousands of her loyal twitter followers after she posted these fake screen shot edited posts, compare it to the badly edited screenshot of Froot saying the racist N word and you notice both of them are blurry and poorly edited like her 90 google page documentary screenshots. Froot's ex husband has a captured facebook image page where the screenshot shows a drawing from Froot portraying her self insert self hugging her Ex arriving from home. If you look at AntHimeCh's youtube video she has an interview with Froot's cheated to ex boyfriend. I will not mention his name out of respect for his privacy. You will know of his name once you watch AntHimeCh's Froot Mistakes documentary video upload where it shows AntHimeCh having a Skype Call interview with that cheated to ex boyfriend. I no longer see Froot as tolerable anymore to overlook since I did not want to damage VShojo's standing. But since Ironmouse, Matarakan, HimeHajime were willing to ignore how this will badly affect truly good soul vtubers like HarukaKaribu, Ksonchou, HenyatheGenius formerly Pikamee, MichiMochivee. Ksonchou and MichiMochivee have psychological health problems with Ksonchou admitting she suffers severe depression in one of her streams and MichiMochivee receiving mental health counseling from VShojo. HenyatheGenius currently sick from covid and uses VShojo and other Vtubers as a comfort since she still gets bullied to this very day by JK Rowling haters even under her new alias to this day, just for playing Hogwarts Legacy previously as Pikamee. HarukaKaribu has been an outcast who has been bullied for her autism and seeks Vtubers she can relate to for the sake of their friendship. They were all sacrificed so Froot in her hubris point of view believes she can get away selling off her remaining merchandise if she appeals to the far left crowd like The British Broadcast Channel and Modern Day Disney Company would. I want to tell you all that phones back around 2012 to 2016 do not take blurry screenshots. Those dated phones can capture screenshots clean as day. Froot is making it look like her cellphone was primitive back in the day it took blurry screenshots.

I'm not done for Mythic Talent got caught in the crossfire of hate when they defended Froot including with the innocent maiden Camila, she got threatened by one of the 4channers from the POLitically incorrect group who deeply hate Froot's guts. POLitically incorrect 4chan members took down one of Ironmouse's youtube channel in response to her defending Froot. Froot did not give an absolute shit she got her Vshojo friends and Mythic Talent friends caught in this tornado wind of a situation she started and does not feel bad about it at all. Froot is rather casual about it like nothing disastrous happened about it after. She thinks it was a triumphant yes queen moment on her part. MommaOcco has information about the Froot situation on her underthetea podcast youtube channel. On MommaOcco's twitter account she has shown one of Asmongold's livestreams about Froot where Asmongold shows how bad the situation has gotten. Since Asmongold is one of Vshojo's bigger endorsers, Froot will be put into even bigger lengths of pressure where they will eventually have to fire her. MommaOcco reveals Froot was acting like a saleswoman trying to pitch in her nsfw sexualized merchandise after she did the whole google 90 page document fiasco. Do not forget this. Owners of vtuberconfessions blog can you please screenshot this for preservation purposes?

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[stackthedeck]

I fully recognize that being sad about losing my blorbos is not like a Real Problem, but I've decided that given the whole Sabra situation I can't in good conscience ever support Marvel again, and every day I remember another character that I'm never gonna get to see again and I get so sad. How are you dealing with it?

Okay fun answer that is like so deeply unserious but like i do think it is practical if you're like me and fandom has been your main hobby and identity for years. and then i'm putting the more political and upsetting answer under the cut because frankly they should be separate posts but I only got the one ask

I've been dealing with it but like forcing another hyper fixation lmao which you know doesn't work for everyone but like hey join me in booster gold and blue beetle brain rot!! It's super easy to not talk about marvel if all i want to talk about is other characters from dc and indie comics. I'm not buying marvel comics anymore because I've gotta save my money to buy the current blue beetle run. I can't post marvel fics right now, I'm working on boostle fics and I'm hoping that if I scream loud enough about them I'll have convinced enough people to read their comics and they'll have 1000 fics on ao3 by the end of the year

To some extent I still think about the characters in marvel that I hold dear, I'm still doing fandom for them through discord and continuing fics and i still reblog art on here. I do this because the cultural capital of those actions are negligible that the marvel brand and disney company really gaining nothing for it and i truly believe that all art needs to be discussed and thought about especially when the creator is problematic and like deeply involved in politics. I'm still thinking and talking about marvel because the space i gave it in my heart and brain never goes away and like quitting cold turkey this thing that's been in my life since i was 8 isn't super attainable. but I'm not doing these fandom behaviors on tiktok because it's a larger platform with no nuance, a younger demographic, and it's designed to sell you things. If I talk about marvel on that platform, aside from making people aware of the boycotts it is giving disney cultural capital and frankly it'll probably convince people to buy from the disney company. Still think deeply about these works because when we stop looking, we give ourselves permission to miss the actual messaging. when we say art has no value, we can't see it's values it portrays and we let too much shit slide.

I've found that the way i've distanced myself most from all my positive fandom feelings for marvel is through becoming more aware of the politics around comics. Getting really deep into the history of comics and the film making process of the mcu movies scratched a fandom itch in my brain, but most importantly I became so deeply and terribly aware of how the modern superhero genre has so deeply lost the plot. I gave a tedx speech about this on my campus and written a few papers about it but like Jack Kirby and Joe Simon made the character of Captain America to plead with their government to stop the oppression and genocide of their people in europe, they received death threats from nazis because they did that, despite the way people view the character as propaganda for the us military, steve rogers was first and foremost two men using fiction to beg for change and for their government to get involved to save lives. And now marvel studios is using the company they started to platform a character that represents the legitimacy of a settler state, marvel studios who is funded in part by the pentagon, who with every new movie results in increased enlistment in the military, is platforming a character that declares the right of israel to exist as it does now with the same tactics and symbols kirby and simon used to create a character that was made to stop genocide. It just makes me sick. It is a complete and total pervasion of who kirby and simon were and what they stood for. I respect their work too much to continue buying from marvel studios in any form and i can't stomach any of the new storylines the comics are telling because this isn't what comics are supposed to be

I think about this spider-man costume that was found in the rumble of a home in Gaza (link to original post) and i think about how these stories connect us, how there was a little boy who need to feel strong and powerful who wanted to be a hero and he was killed for the crime of being born Palestinian but he's no different than any other child i've loved in my life. and this multibillion dollar company funded his death, sanctioned the idea of it through the art they create, and my tax dollars fund every step of it. When I look at Spider-Man, a character who i grew up with, I can feel only grief and rage.

[nightswithkookmin]

I love Hobi, God knows I do and he is enlisting soon. I get that. Me is ot7 anyday of the week. But here lies my issue;

FACE lasted on there 👇🏽 for all of 2 minutes

Then look how close their release dates are.

Members so far have gotten to promote their shit with no interruptions but Jimin has to share the limelight❓❓❓ For whatever reason. And people are gonna keep yapping about how he's the company's favorite? Ain't no such thing man, Fuck outta here!

I'm on pills and that's not even working

First off, I think two things can be true at once. Jm could be hybe's favorite idol and still get screwed up by hybe💀

Ain't nobody following the script like Park Jimin, ain't nobody fetching them coins and attention like Park Jimin. He's the korean IT Boy brand reputation king. Hybe's gotta love him and if they don't fuck them. They ain't shit anyways😌

This whole shmelly business has me between rocky and palm face won't lie. And any comment I make on this will fetch me some heat but here goes nothing. On one hand I love me some healthy idol competition up in BAngtan to see who outsells who and who out performs who- makes for quality entertainment if you ask me.

but on the other hand, I just hate blatant injustices and this right here is the mother of all injustices. It's just atrocious and wrong. It's not really a fair competition if some have more resources, more exposure and more corporate support now is it?

What is good for the goose is good for the gander and I'm just not seeing the fair equitable distribution of company resources on this one. Hybe needs to wash their ass with soap. It stinks from all the shitting they be shitting out here.

It's one thing if they are doing it on purpose but if all this is just one big coincidence as a result of their lack of thoughtfulness and awareness in handing these boys' marketing then I'm sorry someone needs to get skinned up in there. Yea I said it. Off with their heads.

Knowing hybe it's either they think JM has enough organic traction to sell on his own- matter fact, when it comes to the maknae line vs the hyung line this is very often the approach but we don't talk about that💀

I remember they did the same thing around the time of covid right before BTS announced they were going solo. I remember ranting about how they were deliberately sabotaging BTS to promote the other brands under hybe.

It's not uncommon for hybe to use the influence, reach and relevance of one brand to cross promote another. Yall recieved the weird notifications from certain brands on Weverse?

Whe it comes to the hyung line, the company goes a little bit hard and extra each time and they often do this with the members they think are least likely to perform in terms of numbers.

However, this time around, I think it has something to do with the enrollment list? Don't know, could be wrong. The thought that JM or Namjoon is next after Hobi makes me sick to the tummy and I hope I'm wrong 😭😭😭

I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they going off of the enlistment list and need to do whatever they can for Hobi before he leaves.

Besides, I think If they were to treat the members equally and not equitably, I'm afraid some members wouldn't do as well- phpah pah paw. Gunshots😭😭

I know they think Jimin has the numbers, and he will do great in spite of these hurdles- but see, that's how we lose. THATS HOW WE FUCKING LOSE when everyone stops pushing cos they think this is an easy win!

I've seen Bangtan lose and come close to losing awards because of mentalities like this for me to sit quietly and watch it happen to Park Jimin. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!

But then i also dont see him as competing against the hyung line you know? What are they competing for? Those two have totally different audiences and need unique market approaches and strategies to reach them💀

And I'm not just talking about reaching just army.

I would be concerned if they started using the same promotional strategy of a rapper for a singer.

If anything, I think JMs competition is the Maknae line and probably Jin too as he is also part of the vocal line. Therefore I feel I don't have a yardstick to measure him against yet as neither Jungkook nor Tae's album has been released- right?

But wait till it's JK or Taehyung's turn and let me see different treatment out here- I DARE THEM

If hybe thinks they are just going to gloss over things and sweep JMs album debut under the rags then they have another thing coming. They should plant their feet on solid grounds cos I'm about yanking the ground from underneath them.

They are going to leave everything on the shoulder of the fans and then swoop in last minute to claim they did shit for the BOYS when things turn out great.

They should show me the budget they have for each members' promotional package. Let's start there. Cos that determines how and where each member gets promoted.

On the flip side, having those two contents out around the same time reduces promotion costs as such content tend to cross promote eachother. Face will definitely drive traffic to Hobi's content as will Hobi's content to Face.

Personally I wished they would release vminkook albums consecutively within a short span of eachother. People listening to face will be more likely to click on Jk's song and Tae's right after. It keeps the fans engaged, keeps the momentum going and keeps all three trending on the charts making it hard for an outsider to break the chain.

They could have done same for the hyung line too.

All this seem to lack direction and each day my non existent faith in hybe wanes.

I hope the end would justify the means. Hopefully. I'm gonna sit tightly out here and watch it all play out to the credits and then I will comment on it😌

Hybe brought them this far, I should at least hope they know what the hell they are doing. But if Face pays the price for their edgy endeavors then I shouldn't be held responsible for the hex I put on them.

It's funny how you say Jimin is about to share the limelight when he's actually about to eat Hobi up😭😭

Gotta run 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️

[helenarlett-rex]

Reviewing your Game X Change reviews

(From a Game X Change employee)

Overpriced...? What are you looking for? Video games? We literally have a program in our computer that makes sure we offer better prices than our competitors. DVDs? We sell the dame things at $4 a piece with a buy 2 get 1 free deal. How much lower do you think I can go? Trading cards? We sell them at market value rounded down to the closest dollar. If they're too expensive, that's the market, not us. I don't know what you want from me here... But when you say staff is "kinda weird" what do you mean? Do you mean they are a bunch of nerds...? You're in a used game store... What do you expect...? Or do you mean that most of them are some variate of LGBT? Because that sounds like a you problem.

As for the inventory, yeah... We know... It's a total piece of shit. We can't do anything about it. That's what corporate makes us use. We ALL complain about it. Corporate doesn't care.

I'm giving your review 2 stars. The only reason it's not lower is because I agree with you about the inventory system.

Look around you... No one is selling DVDs anymore. They don't even have a DVD section at Wal-Mart anymore. We're not going to keep dedicating half our store to a product no one buys just because a small handful of people refuse to upgrade to bluray and/or streaming. We were taking in something close to 90% more DVDs than we were selling. Excuse us for not wanting to go out of business...

Oh! The toys and snacks are what's overpriced! You must be looking at the anime statues and blind boxes. Yeah... Those are imported directly from Japan so the import fee jacks up the price. That is what you mean, right? You can't be talking about the used collectable section because our company doesn't know what the hell it's doing in that department. I commonly find action figures over there that sell for $50 or more on the used market priced at $10 or less. I literally bought a pair of $40 Predator figures for $3 each. As for snacks... Yeah... Just go to 5 Below.

I'm giving your review 2 stars because you are right about the snacks and your complaint about the DVDs is at least understandable. It's no longer sustainable for us to keep carrying them though, and no one else is either, so it's still a you problem. That's why you're a 2 stars instead of 3.

It's not the best place for new games because we literally do not sell them! We are a USED GAME STORE! Stop calling and asking if we have Call of Duty Black Ops 6! No! And we aren't going to until people get sick of playing it!

But thanks for the otherwise nice review. I'll return the favor and give you 4 stars as well.

First of all... What the fuck is a PS3 wifi guitar? There's no such thing... Do you mean, bluetooth? That's a thing... But the more important question is, who the hell are you emailing?! Of course we aren't replying to emails... We don't have an email address! Why the hell don't you just come into the store or call us on the phone like a normal person?! If you would have done that, we would have been happy to refund you! In fact... you STILL CAN! We have a three month return policy! I'm sorry your guitar wasn't tested first, but if you haven't noticed, there is a run on retro game consoles right now. Take a look at our shelves. It probably didn't get tested because we don't HAVE any PS3s to test it on... That's WHY we have the three month return policy!

Your review gets 0 stars because your problem could literally be fixed by picking up a phone and instead you are sending emails to an email address that doesn't exist!

Uhh... You do realize we aren't some little mom and pop thrift store or whatever, right...? Nor are we a pawn shop... We are a corporate chain, no different than Game Stop, or Wal-Mart, or Electronic Express or what have you... Do you go into Wal-Mart and ask them to negotiate a price? No, of course not... So why the hell do you think you can do that here?

You claim you've never had a nice interaction with an employee? Well... you know the old saying. If you meet one person in your day who is an asshole, that person is likely the problem. But if everyone you meet is an asshole, you're probably the problem. And considering you are in here bitching at us for not negotiating corporate set prices, I think I know which of the two it is...

Your review gets 1 star.

Uhh, no... It is not my job to go through all 500 of your damned Yu-Gi-Oh cards and tell you what they are worth. We buy cards valued at a dollar or more. We do not appraise cards... It's your job to know what you have if you are wanting to sell it to us. If you walk in with a box full of cards, not knowing what any of it is worth, and slap it down on the counter for me, it is store policy for me to tell you to leave and look up the value on your own. Do you think I have time to sit there and look up the value on 500 or more cards that you may not even decide you want to sell to us? There are between 2 to 3 employees in the store at any time and we have a lot of other things we have to do. No one has time for that... The store would be losing money in man hours if I had to spend all day sitting there looking up the value of every single card you were too lazy to look up yourself. And we flipped through most of your rares...? Your... Yu-Gi-Oh rares...? This is the part where I toss my head back and laugh. And I think once you start looking up the value on Yu-Gi-Oh cards, you'll understand why. It's not my fault you picked the world's most worthless card game to try to sell cards from...

But hold on... No where does it say we can only take 30 DVDs a day...? We literally told you ourselves. That's just a story policy. You want every store policy posted in writing or something? I don't have any signs up saying it's against store policy for you to take a shit on the floor either. You want to argue that you should be allowed to do it? And sorry you aren't happy with the price you got, but we only pay $0.10 a piece on DVDs and that's not a secret. We'll tell you up front. The things are worthless... We give half of them away for free. Hell, we've already stopped carrying them.

Your review gets 1 star.

Considering we test all game consoles (including hand-helds) on the spot before buying them, (that's literally what I do all day) allow me to translate this into what you actually meant to say, "They sold me a 3DS and then I broke it and tried to sell it back to them, but they would only give me 10 bucks for it now that it was broken!"

That's a 0 star review if I ever saw one...

Oh yeah, we only play 20% cash and 30% store credit. Our offers are very low ball. We know. We can't do anything about that. It's all set by corporate and they are greedy fucks. I wouldn't sell to us either. But overpriced...? Okay... We literally make sure our sale prices are lower than our competitors. We have a program that scans their prices and updates ours every day as needed to make sure of that. So I can only agree with half of what you're saying. Unless you're talking about snacks... We have movie theater prices on those damn things...

Your 1 star review gets 2 stars, because like, half of what you said is true at least...

You know... I wasn't going to review any of the reviews from Covid because it's just a million people bitching that we required masks, (and I wasn't even there at the time) but this one... uhh... I know the "mixed gentleman" you are talking about, and... he doesn't drink... So... You're just full of shit, aren't you?

0 stars for you, Sir!

I know the prices we offer are low, I've already touched on that... But you came in to do a trade and we told you it was too late? Okay... do you know what that means? That means you came in to trade something in within 30 minutes of closing time. All trade-in stop at 30 minutes to closing. That's story policy. It always has been. Because I have to test whatever game system you brought in before I can buy it. I have to enter every game and or movie you brought me into the computer individually by title so I can make sure I am giving you the right price. I then have to clean all of the items I bought from you then process each of them... Putting price tags on everything, shrink wrapping items that need to be shrink wrapped, removing disks from cases and sleeving them in interlopes.... Sleeved discs have to be sorted into the drawers... Cases have to be put on the shelves... It's a quick in and out for you, but the amount of work I have to do after taking in a trade is more than I have time to finish in 30 minutes. And that's on top of the closing duties I already have around the store... And yet assholes like you keep coming in every night 15 minutes to close... 10 minutes to close... 5 minutes to close... and get mad at me when I won't take your trade? No. Fuck you. If I came into your place of work 5 minutes before you closed and asked you to do something that was going to take you an extra 45 minutes, you'd be mad too, and probably wouldn't do it.

So your review gets 1 star, Sir.

Oh god, who let their child write a review on my store? First of all, kid... We don't sell anything new... We are a USED GAME STORE. Everything we sell is used. Including DVDs. The prices are horrible? You paid 5 bucks for a DVD... 6 years ago, I might add... Going price for a new DVD back then was like, what...? $20? And yeah, you are right. We don't give cash refunds. Only in store credit. Which I admit is kind of shitty... but we do TELL you there are no cash refunds when you buy it, so I don't know what you expect... Just take the store credit and get yourself a different DVD for crying out loud... I was almost going to write this off as you just being a 7 year old who thinks $5 is a big deal, but then you said we only offered your brother $5 of an Xbox? And $2 for $150 worth of games? That's literally impossible... Even a defective Xbox will get you at least $10. And a single copy of the most shit game I have will fetch you at least a dollar... So now you're just making shit up.

Sorry kid, your review gets 0 stars.

Oh, hey... My favorite type of review. This is what I call the "We are not a pawn shop!" review. I'm sorry you need the money, but we don't do pawn... We are not going to give you the value of your item and hold it for you until you come back to pay it off again. I see your name (before I blacked it out). I know who you are... And I've told you before, multiple times, we don't do that here! Go to an actual pawn shop! And no, we don't buy your items for the same price we sell them for either. I know what we offer is very low. (20% in cash) But even if we offered more, it still wouldn't be the same price we sell it for! How do you think we would make any money if I gave you $100 for your Xbox and then sold it for $100?

You get 0 stars because I've explained this to you multiple times...

[rjmhereunderprotest]

Shocking News: Ubisoft Does What Every Developer Ever Does to get Positive Free Marketing for Upcoming Video Game! Rando CHUD Gamers In an Uproar!

This has been fucking bothering me at this point, okay? So I'm using this opportunity to vent because ignorant stupid people don't know how the gaming industry works and/or are exploiting the fact people don't for clicks. And I'm so fucking sick and tired of this shit at this point so I'm going to rage for a second.

Try not to see this as me defending UbiSoft, fuck them, I have no love for any video game company ever and feel that cheerleading corporations is fucking stupid, either for or against them. But this sudden attack on them is less about actually shitty gaming industry practices that HAVE valid problems associated with them and more about the ridiculous culture war that this Space Wizards IP is trapped in. If this was any other game by UbiSoft no one would care, but it's a Star Wars game, so some idiots do care. Here's the run down.

UbiSoft recently sent previews out to various gaming news websites and major YouTube Gamer Influencers concerning the impending release of "Star Wars: Outlaws." A bunch of them got to go down a private preview event where they got free merch, hung out, played the game for a few hours, that sort of thing. They supposedly even got a trip to Disneyland out of it and a Boat Tour.

Finding out about this, every single right-wing culture warrior on YouTube instantly pounced on this and declared that UbiSoft was bribing people to give good reviews for "Star Wars: Outlaws" to convince people to buy it! Because the game is actually terrible and no one would actually like it on its own merits, and they know its terrible despite not getting to play it because... well... uh... it's Disney-Era Star Wars and that's always bad! Kathleen Kennedy made their wives leave them and shat on their rug! It wasn't them, it was Kathy! She did it! She snuck in during the night and shat on the rug! Then she took their last can of gamer fuel and broke their waifu figurines!

If you must know, the real reason "Star Wars: Outlaws" is in the crosshairs this go around is simple enough. The lead star of the game is a woman you see, a not fair-skinned woman, and people got pissy over this. How dare they not make the most basic ass video game protagonist design for this one game! Brown hair and eyes with four o'clock shadow white dudes are the only heroes that should ever appear in any video game ever, says they. "Why can't you just let us pick our gender?" they cry. You couldn't pick your gender in "Jedi Fallen Order", where was your crying then? Oh? Was the protagonist a dude there? Gee, I wonder why you found Cal Kestis being your only option as a player character okay, but Kay is an awful choice forced onto you?

So Kay Vess being a woman means "Outlaws" must be opposed, must be bad, and therefore must fail in order to stop the horrible scourge of DEI Gaming Development before all our precious white male protagonists are gone forever! Boo hoo! We don't get to play a dude in this one game out of the several dozens that will allow us to! If we don't stop this now, gaming is ruined!

And of course, anyone who plays the game and has something nice to say about it? Well obviously they're corporate shills, who were bribed by Disney to say positive things and there can be no other possible answer. No one can legitimately like a game that has a g-g-g-g-girl as the lead character! That's insane! And to prove how not sexist they are they'll list all the female characters they actually like in games, mostly all the ones that make their peepee hard.

They even went after GManLives, a respected independent gaming critic, just because he apparently played and liked the game. And they're still going after him even after he took the video down because he didn't want to deal with that shit. Accusing him of selling out his principles for a trip to Disneyland.

It's ridiculous and not just because it's a bunch of people complaining about a video game that isn't even out yet and hasn't been properly reviews. It's because critics and influencers getting special perks and shit for previewing games is nothing new. It's been going on forever.

Publishers of video games want to maximize their chances of getting good reviews. But they don't bribe people for them. They try to butter them up a little by inviting them to big marketing events, but that's just standard. You always try to give the people looking at your product a good time. Especially if they are critics with the power to sell it for you for free.

What they generally do is promise you exclusive coverage, behind the scenes details, access to developers, hands-on demos, interviews with the cast, inside information. And they provide it to the critics and influencers first who they feel will best promote and be favorable to their product at no extra cost to them.

If you decide to not be fair or NOT provide positive feedback, well then next go around they won't invite you to the big marketing event party. They won't give you hands-on demons. They won't get you access to developers or the cast. It's a major misbalance of power, but it's been a thing in gaming since forever. Nothing "Outlaws" is doing in the lead up to its release is that different.

And no one is actually hiding this anyway. Gaming websites and the influencers in questions regularly admit they were provided these previews by the publisher or developer of the game. That they were invited to check it out directly. That this is a preview that they scored under the watchful eye and with permission by the developer. They admit to the sponsorship element of what is essentially a commercial advertising something. They can't be too harsh or they won't get invited back, but they also won't withhold criticism if they find fault in something. In fact, sometimes to convince people they're not being too positive, they will force themselves to say something negative in some way to prove they aren't biased. It's usually something extremely subjective concerning the article writer's or content creator's personal taste.

Being driven out to Disneyland or given a boat tour aren't what I'd call major bribes. They're at best, the company trying to cozy up to an interviewer or influencer in order to keep them in a good mood and retain positive feedback. It's about maintain the relationship between their halves of the industry, putting on a show, treating the guys who help you sell your games right. Is it a problem? Oh yes, it very much is, it makes a lot of gaming web sites rather unreliable given how they'll go softer on a game to retain that relationship. But it is nothing new and Outlaws hasn't been the first game to do it, nor will it be the last.

And all the same, if the positive feedback as that consistent overall, it's not because they were bribed to say it. It's because they genuinely enjoyed the slice of game they were given and allowed to play around in. Even then, in those positive looks, I noticed complaints about this or that, minor quibbles, about what I'd expect from a preview event that went well but isn't ready to call it just yet.

My opinions on UbiSoft are fairly simple, they make some pretty good games overall. But they're still a gaming company, and that comes with a lot of baggage. Especially given Ubi's recent sexual harassments scandals and poor working conditions. They're not special and deserve to get ripped open when deserved. But not for letting a bunch of influencers run around an organized event where they got to play a game, get a plushie alien salamander and then run off to Disneyland when they were done. Because that's not a UbiSoft problem, that's an industry problem and one not easily solved. If you're a major gaming company, is it wise to keep giving exclusive peeks into your stuff if the news site was unfair to you? That's money better spent on someone who doesn't have an axe to grind. And gamers can hold grudges worse than anyone. I should know, I'm a gamer. I tend to hold a grudge.

Everything I've seen so far about "Star Wars: Outlaws" suggests it is, at the very least, a solid open world action game with UbiSoft and its stable of developers is fairly good at creating. And Massive Entertainment, the developer, has made some of my favorite games in the past. I believe Outlaws will be good, nothing I've seen suggests it's a bad title, let alone a bad entry in the Star Wars brand. I just don't see the justifiable reason to cry foul play here. This isn't like "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League" where the red flags are obvious from the word go. This isn't even head-tiltingly worrisome like Cyberpunk 2077, which kept getting delayed and delayed and problems were apparent even in preview builds that news sites raised eyebrows over. Nothing Outlaws has done suggests this impending disaster. At worst, it will be a fairly okay game, but nothing that's going to completely collapse a company under the weight of its failure.

But that's not the point. This isn't about any of that. It's about a stupid culture war and it's pissing me off how some idiots are pretending they have anything legitimate to complain about. Fuck, if they thought they could get more money out of it, they'd all be lining up to go to Disneyland for Free and take a boat tour themselves. But they're pathetic, loser, dipshit little fuckwits who can't cut it as real journalists. Because then they'd have to actually fucking do real work instead of shitting out 12 videos about how Brie Larson is evil incarnate in a day.

And at this point, I'm seriously rethinking my plans here. I was intending to get Outlaws at a reduced price through some Microsoft Rewards points. But now I'm not so sure. Maybe I should just pay for most of the game or something, if only to piss off the fucking CHUDs who want to convince me it will be a horrible failure. But I don't like the idea of playing the Capitalist Cheerleading game just to own some fucking douchebags on the internet. So I'm not sure at this point. I know I don't like playing $90 for a fucking video game. Wish they'd complain more about the increase in prices for Triple A titles than bitching about Girls existing in their Space Wizards Media.

Fuck it, I don't know what I'm gonna do at this point. I just know that stupid people are given way too many platforms these days to spew stupid shit and no one calls them out on it. It's fucking infuriating. Pre-Order or don't to your heart's content folks, stop listening to fucking idiots on the internet.

[unpopularly-opinionated]

So I finished watching WeCrashed today, which is the dramatized reenactment of the whole WeWork fiasco, and to get this out of the way early: It was a pretty good show. 9/10

I am biased because I love Anne Hathaway, I think she's wildly underrated by a lot of people. Jared Leto is an enigma of a human being. I am under the impression he is kind of a piece of shit IRL, and I don't entirely disagree. My one and only personal experience impression is the one time my parents took me to Vegas to go see a 30 Seconds to Mars concert, and I kid you not, but this mother fucker showed up sick and basically had the audience sing 90% of the maybe like 5-6 songs he actually performed. Would've ruined the night if it weren't for that also coincidentally being my first Panic! At The Disco concert who opened for him. Went there to see 30 Seconds to Mars, left seeing Panic! At The Disco and wasn't too disappointed, granted I was maybe 14-15 at the time I think, I don't know. Time is an illusion.

Anyways, despite all of that, I shit you not but I think this role was kind of made for him. I've heard Jared Leto has started an actual cult IRL, and from what the show told me about Adam Neumann, he's the type of guy who would probably create a cult himself. And to be honest, he kind of did if the show is to be believed. The entire time I'm watching the show, this man is spinning bullshit like it's golden thread and I kept waiting for the acknowledgement of that; I kept waiting for the behind closed doors scene where he tells his wife, Rebekah (Anne Hathaway), that he's fooled some more cash cows into giving him a shit ton of milk but it never happens and that's because I think this man legitimately believed in every fucking word he said.

The analogy they use in the show is that he's selling people unicorns when unicorns don't even exist, but this man legitimately believes unicorns fucking exist and he's going to make you believe it too. He's simultaneously full of shit, but not at the same time. It was so wild to watch because I just couldn't wrap my head around it. You hear about cult leaders, or shitty CEOs raking in billions of dollars, and you just keep waiting for the other shoe to drop; you keep waiting for the realization that he's actually just this huge piece of shit scamming people out of their money. But I don't know that I feel comfortable calling it a scam when he truly, honestly, and genuinely believes in the bullshit he is selling. It wasn't a bid for money, or power, or control. This man just bought into his own bullshit the same way he sold it to everyone else. He was a drug dealer who partook in his own supply.

The whole time I watched the show, I asked myself if the show was funded in any way by the Neumann's because of just how good it showed them to be. Yes, they were insane. Yes, they wound up financially ruining a lot of people. But at no point did I ever think that was genuinely intentional. If it wasn't obvious already, I went into this show with zero knowledge of WeWork. Literally none. I had only just heard of its existence recently, and I'm actually kind of dumbfounded that a scandal of this magnitude has somehow completely escaped my notice. It took me until I believe episode four before I even understood what it was WeWork even sold. To be honest with you, I'm still not even sure I'm sure what they sold. From my perspective, they sound like glorified landlords but for office jobs, mainly tech companies.

I pride myself on not being as influenced by individuals as others are. I don't do the whole "so-and-so is my hero" nonsense. But I have to admit that if I had met Adam Neumann in person, and he was even half as magnetic as he is portrayed in the show, I'm not entirely sure I wouldn't also be drawn to him. I don't know, man. It's to the point where at the end of the show, when he eventually steps down as CEO and the new CEO is giving his speech, I had this gut feeling of "the bad guys won in the end", even if the "bad guy" in this scenario was the completely rational business expert who actually wanted the company to make a profit. The show sold me the idea that the Neumann's, while fucking insane, were the good guys in this scenario. Which is why I can't help but wonder if this show was somehow funded by them.

Overall, the show was really good. I will say, there was this slight disconnect at the very end though. During the credits, they show a clip from an interview with the real Adam Neumann and Rebekah, and for the most part he seems like a totally normal dude. He's portrayed as kind of manic and psychotic during the show, so it was a major contrast to see him be kind of normal, albeit very passionate in the end.

If there's one type of media drama that I fucking love more, it's all this corporate drama nonsense. It's why Social Network is one of my favorite movies. I just love hearing about the behind the scenes drama of all of these big companies.

TL;DR: I felt so bad for Miguel, the true MVP of WeWork. Fuck me did that man need to grow a spine, but nevertheless I felt bad for him but respected his loyalty to the end all the same.

[justice4billy]

Baby, it's a secret

Mentions of pregnancy, references to weed and drugs.

Billy x female reader with some Eddie Munson

Chapter 3.

Sorry this took so long, life took over for the last few weeks. GIF DOES NOT BELONG TO ME!

Cassie hated throwing up. She had lost count how many times she had thrown up today, but she was getting fed up of morning sickness already.

"Geez, you throw up alot" a voice commented as Cassie turned to glare at the intruder. She had zkipped the last few minutes of gym class when she felt the vomit rise up to her throat, and she hoped standing outside of school grounds would give her some much needed privacy. Boy, was she wrong.

She turned to see Eddie Munson standing with his arms folded, as he looked at her with a raised brow.

"Yeah, well it's none of your buisness" she spat out wiping her mouth with the back of her sleeve.

Eddie held his hands up. "No need to be rude, it was just an observation" he stated.

"Thank you captain obvious" she grumbled before standing up straight, and turning to face the boy. "How long have you been here?" She asked.

"A good fifteen minutes" he responded with a shrug. "I'm meeting someone" he stated shaking a metal tin infront of her.

"Do I need to know what's in there?" She asked nodding to the tin.

Eddie grinned. "My good old trusty weed" he responded with a laugh.

Cassie rolled her eyes. "Why did I even ask?" She mumbled.

Eddie munson was pretty famous for his drugs, and word was that he would sell them pretty cheap too.

"Whose the unlucky person?" She asked nodding to his tin.

Eddie placed a hand over his chest, feigning offence. "I'll have you know this is top quality shit sweetheart" he responded. "You can join if you want, unless your gonna throw up again" he stated.

Cassie glared at him. "Actually it was a bad take away" she lied. "And no thanks" she declined. The last thing she needed was to smoke around the baby.

Eddie shrugged. "Suit yourself" he replied looking at his watch. "Damn, hes always late" he grumbled.

"Who?" Cassie asked the same time another voice cut her off.

"You talking about me Munson?" A voice asked that made Cassies hair stand on end.

Cassie turned to see Billy standing behind her, a cigarette hanging lazily in his mouth as he looked between the pair.

"The hell is this?" He asked, the cigarette bobbing up and down as his eyes boared into the side of Cassies face.

Eddie laughed. "Nothing, just caught her throwing up" he blurted.

Cassie glowered at Eddie. "And I said it's none of your buisness" she hissed at him.

Billy hummed. "You okay?" He asked making Cassie turn to glance at him in confusion.

"Yeah, I'm fine" she answered awkwardly.

"You really shouldn't go to Bennys" Eddie butted in. "The food gives everyone the shits" he stated.

"Eddie!" She hissed in embarrassment. "For your information it wasn't Bennys and I don't have the shits" she huffed. "Why am i even still here?" She muttered to herself.

"Because you like my company so much" Eddie retorted quickly.

"Highly unlikely" Cassie fired back.

Billy stood back observing the pair, before putting his cigarette out on a tree bark.

"We doing this or what Munson?" He asked suddenly sounding irritated. "I gotta pick my step sister up soon" he stated sounding annoyed at the prospect.

Eddie waved a hand at him. "Yeah, yeah let's light it up Hargrove" he stated.

Cassie chewed her lip. "Well, I'd better go" she muttered awkwardly.

"Sure I can't tempt you to stay?" He asked.

Cassie shook her head. "Its getting dark, I better head home" she replied before turning on her heel and walking away. Home was the last place she wanted to be right now, but she also didn't want to be stuck in this awkward situation any longer.

She walked down the usual dirt road of Hawkins, her usual fifteen minute walk was taking even longer since she had to keep stopping to be sick all the time.

A beep of an unfamiliar vehicle stopped her in her tracks, just as she was wiping her mouth on her sleeve. Loud music filled the black van as the driver rolled down the window.

Eddie munsons curly Black mane stuck out, a toothy smile on his face. "Hey, thiught it was you" he shouted over the music.

Cassie groaned. "Yup, it's me" she responded.

Eddie's eyebrows furrowed. "You don't look so good" he observed. "Want me to take you to the hospital?" He asked.

Cassie shook her head. "I'm fine" she dismissed.

Eddie tapped his ringed fingers against the steering wheel. "How about I take you home?" He asked.

Cassie bit her lip, it would take her at least another 7 minutes to walk home whereas it would take probably two minutes in Eddie's van.

"How do I know you won't kidnap me?" She asked.

Eddie laughed. "Why? Because I'm a freak?" He asked.

"No, because i don't know you" she retorted. She hadn't exactly been close to him.

"Look, I promise I'll take you home" he stated holding his hands up. "No weirdness or funny buisness" he responded.

Cassie sighed. "Fine" she stated pulling the door open and hopping in.

"Where too?" Eddie asked.

Cassie huffed. "I live on Mulberry street" she stated. "But could you take me to Bennys first? I have to get my own food" she asked.

Eddie raised a brow. "Why? You live alone?" He asked.

Cassie huffed. "Not that its your buisness, but my mom works late" she lied. Her mom was probably passed out drunk on the couch.

"You know, if you don't want to go home then you can come to mine" he offered. "I live with my uncle and he works late, I can give you something for the sickness too" he offered.

"I don't do drugs" Cassie retorted.

"Its a natural remedy" he replied. "Won't cause you harm" he stated.

Cassie sighed, she really didn't want to go home and face her mom but she didn't know Eddie very well. Plus, she was pregnant and he may want some kind of weird reward.

So far, he hadn't shown any signs of being weird and she did have a pocket knife on her incase he tried anything.

"Fine, but no funny buisness" she warned him.

"I promise" he stated giving her a mock salute before firing up his engine. Anywhere was better than home.

[lonestardust]

Holy shit Ahella this is so bad oh my god!!!!! I can only imagine how a wound like that feels like Gosh. Get well soon and rest well 💔 I read every word on your last post and it really hit me, I'm sending you so much strength baby. i know there is really nothing i could say to make this feel a little less insane but please know you're not alone. I'm trying my best to take action. I went to a protest with my friends and their cousins last weekend (third time for me to join a pro palestinian protest), I'm aggressively boycotting everything that supports Isr*el, and I'll never stop taking action. I'm appalled by everything I've been seeing and learning for the past three months. I can't believe it's been 84 days of this absolute madness and there is still no ceasefire. The very bare minimum!! You're so right, we cannot continue to live in a world that has no red lines like that. Again I'm sending you a tight hug Ahella. You're not alone. this year is ending and I do not feel the spirit of celebrating holidays and a new year either but I hope you're surrounded by loved ones at least to see you through those times. We're truly going through some of the darkest times in modern history but it is always darkest before dawn. I have faith in liberation more than this unhinged evil

Gonna cry stoppp, I'm hugging you back dear :')))) thank you so much for your kindness. It means a lot to me. And yes!! Keep pushing!! We can't stop. It's not an option. Like I know we're sick and tired of watching it through our screens for far too long so imagine what living a genocide feels like... And I'm glad you're able to go to protests with friends, I'm glad you're surrounded by a good company. Community is so important to achieve this.

I'm hopeful too. Very hopeful. People are so radicalised more than ever and I'll never back down on that trust in liberation. Because like you either fully and unconditionally stand with liberation or you sell yourself to the death cult by merely believing they're far too powerful to not last forever.

[namtanlovesfilm]

kind of related to the fetishization anon.

my unpopular opinion as a gay guy who's been watching and reading bl for a Long time is that one of the worst things the fetishizing part of the audience does is get the actors involved in their little game of who's fucking who. don't get me wrong, there's other uncomfortable stuff that makes my skin crawl but that is also relatively fair. It's inevitable that, if you like men, watching two men make out or have sex on screen is going to make you feel some type of way. I get it and it's normal and absolutely not my business how they react to it. but the actors are just doing their job.

It drives me insane when conversations about an actor's skill get twisted into like "yeah he was good in that role because his on screen boyfriend is actually his secret irl boyfriend and they're in love", it's both fetishizing and offensive to the actors themselves. Imagine putting effort into a performance and someone goes "he looks in love because he actually is in love and they're fucking tonight🥰".

The fact that is is such a widespread thing that some companies actively exploit it with fanservice makes me sick because they always fall for it. Then when an actor has a life outside the role he played it's all "bl ships we failed to protect" and "[actor] said he has a girlfriend I'm so sad". That hot and steamy bl show is not real life, let the fucking actors do their job.

I've literally made a full video on this exact topic so I'll just leave it here lol, but yes to everything you said! the bl industry is very special compared to practically all others bc it capitalizes on blurring the lines between acting & real life: the more people believe the ship they see on screen also exists irl, the more followers the actors will get, which will result in ads, events, lives, fanmeets, etc. in a way, these actors are selling their privacy & their right to a public love life in exchange for fame & money, and only very few have succeeded in transitioning away from that. and those who have all have entirely left bl so that's why the toxicity didn't follow them as much. ultimately, though, this inherent feeling that bl actors BELONG to their fans & also only to their one true pairing must be incredibly emotionally taxing. I also think these implications get worse if you're a closeted actor who's facing pressures to keep it under wraps yet still is being sexualized from their on-screen queer roles. that type of cognitive dissonance where people love gay you but they don't really LOVE the real gay you, just the puppet version that they can control, is so fucked up in my opinion. and I'm sure one day the bl industry will have to cut down on that shit bc there will be one incident where it WILL end badly.

xxx

[sextions]

gonna fucking kill someone today. had to look around for security cameras in this room before writing this cuz im in a fucking prison for young people and every day our rights get stripped further and further and they expect us to function normally after being spat out after graduation. i'm not going to college. my mom is gonna yell at me for that but i'm fucking not i don't care what she thinks. the stupid fucking vending machine next to me has a goddamn 'calories count check then choose' label on it. what fucking performative stupid goddamn bullshit that dumbass label is the thing that tipped me over the edge into making this stupid post. maybe don't sell death sugary slop to people and they won't have this goddamn issue of everyone being too fat and mentally ill to make it into the meat grinder that is the military. i know food choice has little to do with how your body fat works shut up about it already i was gonna go to college for nutrition i know how that shit works. but if i went they'd likely still be in the "being obese is YOUR fault" phase of food and health knowledge and i just i cannot bear paying thousands and thousands of dollars to get some info that is objectively false according to recent studies. god. i'm so sick of this shit once i graduate i'm literally never going into another institiution again literally they cannot make me this is such bullshit. has anyone else read john taylor gatto? changed my life. this stupid asshole next to me can't handle the word 'moist' and makes a huge show of how much she hates it every time it's uttered and it's like god i wish i was that sheltered. i wish the biggest problem in my head was how much i hated the word moist. what a stupid thing to attract attention to yourself for. shut up. everyone just shut up. the music in my headphones shut up. dumb fucking assholes shut up. all the freshman who are lower than the sea life stuck to the bottom of a cruise ship shut the FUCK up. you're not funny for saying nkgger you don't even hate black people that much you're just ignorant and want attention. your material is derivative and unoriginal and you cannot find genuine vulnerability and appreciation for beauty because you're too busy being poisoned by your peers into thinking everything is stupid and one day one of you is gonna kill themselves and everyone else will joke about it because what else do you know to do. it's sad really the way we are raising these men. panera lemonade killed a girl. caffeine users will really find meth and adderall users disgusting failures because they "use drugs" unlike the fucking. caffeine users who also use drugs but oooo its so normalized you know what else is normalized? driving 80 miles a goddamn hour down the interstate. that's so scary what the fuck. why does nobody care how fast we are going. why is everyone going so fast going 90 95 down the interstate the world needs to fucking slow down and i'm so serious. we need to wake up slower and get to school slower and my classes went from an hour or so to 40 minutes and the teachers barely even skim over anything anymore and tiktok is still this fucking cancer on society that makes people think mass surveillance for "weird" "clickable" behavior is normal and im tearing my hair out every day because people are AMAZED i don't have the no attention span give me all your data and buy products off of our app app. god. tik tok made me buy it is the most pre-packaged artificial stupid fucking slogan ever it always ruins my mood seeing that stupid fucking section at walmart. like are you kidding me. companies are so bad at trying to seem human anymore. you have to astroturf everything because if the people do it themselves they might THINK or ACHIEVE SOMETHING for once. i don't even think i used astroturfing right. it's got the same vibe of taking something from the people (self-advertisement to a different site or product) and hijacking it and making your own fucking store so people can give the money to you instead. its so crazy and nobody talks about how tiktok has a STORE. like it's normal.

everything makes me want to scream. i will never truly fully get a break from this. everyone is getting angrier and angrier but i dunno if we're at a breaking point yet. i might not live to see the revolution which bums me out but i try to keep optimistic about that. i saw that republican debate today and got such strong second hand embarrassment. that shit is no better than jersey shore at this point. and these are the people we're supposed to aim to be like? people who are qualified to be presidents? people who are so reactionary and childish that they throw insults at one another in a politics debate like a bunch of middle schoolers parroting what their parents say at each other? are you fucking kidding? john gatto was right the rich are so fucking good at extending adolescence into adulthood. look at these people over thirty engaging in high school behavior to appease the other high school masses who'll tweet and click and talk about it (like high schoolers) and then the debate cuts to an ad break because money money money money money money. they probably already have the president decided and this is all one big billboard or something. i dunno. drugs are seen as a moral failure but like what else is there to do in this goddamn fucking world we've made. i didn't ask for this.

[undoneandtipsy]

11/16/23

Starting this because I need to remember how it is to exist off of meds.

Alright so I've been off of my medication (Sertreline Zoloft) for 6 months now. I initially got off of it because of the sexual side effects and because the constant brain zaps were not worth it.

After getting of of Zoloft the brain zaps have stopped but I've had crippling anxiety and lost most of my connections with my friends because of it, 3 months unmedicated i started going its these weird zone-out bouts where i feel like im playing myself in a video game and nothing's real. I'm also very very paranoid but I was like that when I was on meds too

Anyway, obviously ik i'm not supposed to be off meds because its miserable so I've been trying to get an appointment with a psychiatrist for a very long time. I was finally able to get one after talking to my dad, I asked him what meds I should look into (He works in pharmaceutics) and he suggested Viibryd because he sells a medication called Trintillix, and Viibryd is their competitor but it has always worked from what he's seen. (He said it's because Viibryd is cheaper and works the same but I think he wants to see if the company he's competing against is selling a product that works as well as his) I spoke with the doctor and told him what was going on, he just kinda listened and offered me Viibryd because I mentioned I was looking at it.

So I start Viibryd soon and I'm very nervous. I have the pills now but looking online, the first like two days of side effects are pretty bad so I decided to take them Saturday morning so I have Saturday and Sunday to get used to them before going to work. (plus i don't wanna feel sick for my birthday tomorrow, I'm not doing anything but I'd still prefer not to feel like shit) I've researched a bit and got some testimonies, what it looks like is that the first like two weeks to a month are hell with nausea and GI issues occasionally but when you get past that its really beneficial and had overall positive results. I'm really really worried because It seems like this medication is used to treat depression and bipolar - from what I can tell I just have really bad anxiety- but I might as well try it because theirs a chance I might be normal again. What I'm most worried about is sleep paralysis and brain zaps, some people say they got those on Viibryd.

Overall I'm suuuper fucking worried and kinda paranoid about this but ig that's what I'm taking it to fix.

[sassypotatoe1]

Since I just had to explain this to my dad who is a 53 year old man and has been administering medicine to animals for decades but somehow still didn't know this there's a good reason you usually take medicine after eating or with food.

You may have heard it's to protect your stomach from being burned or something which I do not think is true but it could be.

The real reason you take medication with or after food is to keep it in your stomach longer. Your stomach lining is better at letting meds into your blood stream than your guts are, so if you want the most amount of the meds absorbed the quickest the pill has to stay in your stomach for more than 6 minutes, which it will only do if you already have a bunch of shit in your stomach.

Pharmacists study just as much and intensely as doctors and though major pharmaceutical companies are unethical bastards, the people making decisions about price gouging and insurance commissions are not pharmacists. They're business majors who enforce these unethical practices on the pharmacists that have no choice but to work in their store because the big companies own the patents to compounds and won't host products with independent pharmacies.

This all to say that when a pharmacist tells you about using a medication and how to best take it, listen to them! They studied a long time for this so they know what they're talking about, they're just as stuck in a capitalist system as you are but I promise they're not part of the whole big pharmacy conspiracy.

This also includes taking meds as prescribed like antibiotics. I know you're all sick to death of hearing it but maybe my post will convince some of you that you need to finish your course of antibiotics as prescribed, unless you have an allergic or very adverse reaction. I say very adverse because antibiotics frequently cause constipation or diarrhea and fatigue and a couple of others like headaches. Those are not severely adverse, and you should still please finish your course and take probiotics and vitamins.

The reason why you finish your course is because if you don't, some of the bacteria you're targeting survive and they reproduce to make stronger bacteria that are immune to the antibiotics. We can't really effectively make stronger antibiotics to treat these super bugs, so if you get a mild case of strep and don't finish your course and you get dormant immune bugs when your own immune system is down because you had a busy week at work, and you get strep again, antibiotics won't tamp them and your symptoms will be severe.

Pharmacists telling you this is not some conspiracy to sell more antibiotics, it's them trying to keep you safe, because the antibiotics that are strong enough to kill the super bugs bred from not finishing your course are too strong for your body to handle, and we don't really know how to find a balance yet, so right now they're trying to stop the breeding of more of these super bugs. Finish your course, don't share antibiotics, don't take random antibiotics certain kinds and dosages are used for certain bugs, take meds as prescribed, don't suddenly stop chronic meds ESPECIALLY psychiatric medication, and listen to your pharmacists (unless they're refusing your prescribed medication for bigoted reasons then report them to the relevant board).

We is used as a general encompassing term for all of humanity I'm not a pharmacist I just had a pharmaceutical major sorority mom and I am a sponge for information and when she got drunk she ranted about the pharmaceutical field.

[aki-mochi]

Levi x Reader: New Life

WARNING: contains language and mentions of prostitution.

This takes place in the Underground.

Being a teenager wasn't easy, especially if they lived in the Underground City where you had to fight to survive. Literally. Levi huffed as he wiped the blood off his cheek from beating another man to tried to talk shit about his late mom. As he turned down into an alleyway, a few men were seen hovering around something as they talked as he got closer, he could hear their conversation and decided to hide behind a barrel to eavesdrop.

"Think we should sell this little girl in the black market to pay for our next meal?"

"Nah, we should teach her a lesson for stealing from us" he partner said as his knuckles were cracked in the process, ready to beat the shit out of the girl they had cornered.

"You pigs didn't need all that food since you're already fat enough!" the girl yelled as she tried to stay brave.

"You little bitch!" the man yelled as he raised his fist as it made contact to her cheek.

The girl fell to the ground due to the force as she held her cheek in pain. Tears welled up in her eyes but refused to let them fall. She shakily got back up to her feet and glared at the men in front of her. "Y-You punch like an old lady! That didn't hurt at all! You're weak!"

"This kid just doesn't know when to stay down. Very well, you'll get what you asked for" the man growled as he went to punch the girl again.

She just stood there, waiting for the impact but it never came as a knife had been thrown into the man's head, killing him on the spot. His body collapsed onto the ground while his partner's throat was slit open by another blade. She watched in horror as blood splattered all over her clothes and face. Backing up to the worn down wall, her legs gave out as she slid to the ground, terrified of the bloodbath she had just witnessed. The person's shadow came closer to her shaking form before it appeared under the streetlight.

"You ok, kid?" Levi asked.

All she could respond with was a nod.

"So, you stole their food?"

"Th-they had a mountain of food on their plates....and I haven't eaten in days...." she whimpered as she held her hollow stomach.

At that, Levi finally got a good look at her form. She looked no older than ten. Her frame was all boney and sick looking, her ribs were probably showing under that oversized tattered shirt, hair all matted, dirty and probably overgrown. He looked just like he did before Kenny had found him after his mother died. He couldn't let her suffer the way he almost did, and based on her appearance, she doesn't have any parents either. With a small sigh, Levi knelt to her level on the ground and offered a hand.

"Come with me. I'll help you get your strength back but you gotta help clean and help me hunt when you do, ok?"

She stared at his hand before shakily reaching her own boney hand out to take it. Once she did, Levi helped her onto his back and started to carry her back to his place.

"You have a name?" he asked.

"(Y-Y/n)....it's just (Y/n)..." she whispered tiredly.

"(Y/n), huh? I'm Levi. Go ahead and sleep, it'll take a bit to get home."

'A home...? Sounds nice....' (Y/n) thought before she drifted to sleep.

Levi glanced back at her sleeping form before sneaking into alleys and back roads to keep out of sight, wondering what his life will be like now that he has a partner to survive with,

~Several Years Later~

Years have passed and Levi and (Y/n) have done well surviving the hell hole they live in. The constant struggles of earning money, stealing food when they couldn't afford any, kicking other thug's asses. It's hard, yes, but they have each other's backs and company when all felt wrong. Levi comes in the house and finds (Y/n) asleep on the loveseat with her legs hanging over the armrest. Lately, he's noticed how tired and sore she'll be during the day and how she would go earn money at night. One day, she went to bend over to pick up a cup that she accidently dropped but had hissed in pain while placing a hand at her lower back. Going to help and ask what was wrong, she waved at him saying she had lifted too many crates for an old man. Levi knew she saw lying since her lips always moved when she does but didn't say anything else.

Walking over to her, he shook her shoulder. "Oi. (Y/n). Wake up, lazy brat."

(E/c) eyes fluttered open as a yawn escaped her mouth. She stretched her stiff limbs before sitting up and rubbing her neck "Do you have to call me lazy everytime I take a nap?" she mumbled.

"Yes, I do. Now get up. I brought food and it's your night to cook."

"Damn it....alright alright. Just give me the bag already." she sighed as she took the bag from his hands and went to the kitchen to see what all he had brought. As She was sorting through the ingredients, Levi stood and watched in the doorway with his arms crossed before hearing her speak up while her back was turned to him.

"So....Kal s-said there's an open spot at-" she was cut off by a fist punching the wall.

"I don't want to hear it, (Y/n)! You promised that you wouldn't sell your body to disgusting men and be a prostitute!"

she turned to him "But Levi-"

"No buts! You're not doing it! I forbid you!" he seethed with a dark glare.

An audible gulp was heard and nothing else was said as she continued to figure out what she could make in silence. Sudden footsteps made their way over to the young woman before stopping right behind her as arms made their way around her waist.

"L-Levi...?"

"I know you want to help but I can't let you do it. You know about my mom and how she died. I don't want it to happen to you too." He said softly with his chin on her shoulder.

(Y/n) sighed but rested her hands on his arms, rubbing her thumb on his skin. "Alright....I won't do it."

"Good. Now, finish dinner while I get cleaned up." With that, his gave her cheek a soft kiss before letting go of her waist and leaving to clean up the non-existent dirt off of him. (Y/n)'s cheeks went ablaze as she held a hand to the cheek he had kissed. She felt happy but she knew that he will find out about her secret job soon and it would tear him apart.

~A few weeks later~

(Y/n) knew that once Levi had cleaned and put away his knife he goes straight to bed. As she watched and made sure he wasn't going to come out anytime soon, she grabbed her bag and quietly sneaked out of their house, making sure to lock it so he wouldn't get on her ass about 'forgetting to lock the door before bed'. Looking around for any stalkers, she quietly made her way down a street, unknowing of a person hiding in the shadows watching her every move.

After turning a few corners here and there, she finally arrived at her destination. She looked up at the sign and cringed in utter disgust, loathe, and regret.

Kal's Prostitute Service.

With a deep breath, (Y/n) reached for the doorknob only for it to be roughly snatched away by a hand. With a gasp, she was forcefully turned around and now staring into the fuming eyes of a very pissed Levi.

"L-Levi, I can explain-"

"You're damn fucking right you'll explain. You're coming home. Right. Now."

At that, he forcefully dragged her by the arm, ignoring her whimpers and protests of how he was hurting her wrist. He was fuming. Raging with anger. He didn't know where to start. She promised him she wouldn't do it. Why the hell would she break her promise?

When he got there, he slammed open the front door and tossed her inside. She landed on the hard floor with a gasp before turning to look up at him. She's seen him angry before, but fucking hell, he was terrifying right now. With a gulp, she sat up a bit with a small tremble of fear.

"L-Levi please let me explain..."

"Explain what?! You went behind my back and did things you promised you wouldn't do! What fucking reason do you have for going back on your word?!"

"I had to! I couldn't stay at home while you did all the work anymore! I wanted to help!"

"You knew how I felt about you doing this shit! Why did you do it?!"

"B-Because..."

"Because what?!"

"Because I did it so we could get our citizenships to live up on the surface instead of this shithole!"

Levi stopped in his tracks and just stared at her. That was her reason? To help get the both of you to the city above them? Tears watered her eyes and spilled down her cheeks as she continued.

"I-I had to....I hate seeing you struggle and come home tired and dirty....I couldn't stand it anymore....s-so I took the job of being a-a prostitute.....only until we got the money to get out of this place and have a little extra to get the things we'll need....I couldn't stand being useless anymore, Levi. I-I'm so sorry...!"

She curled up on her spot on the floor and sobbed into her knees with her hands in her hair as Levi watched her, hearing her apologize over and over again through her hiccups. His anger burned out like a fire without air and carefully went over to her shaking form. When he kneeled down to her height, his arms encircled her form, making her tense as her sobs suddenly paused.

"How much...?" he asked softly.

"H-huh...?"

"How much do you have saved up?"

"M-More than enough to get us past the gate a-and to get our citizenship....I've asked around...and someone told me the prices......I saved twice as much than what we needed..." she explained.

He held her closer. "I'm sorry for getting so mad. I was just worried that I would lose you just like mom. I'm still not happy that you went behind my back....but I'm happy that you and I will get to live a better life up there."

(Y/n) blinked before she smiled through her tears and hugged him back. They both stayed like that for a small while before Levi pulled back with his signature glare. "Now, I'm all dirty."

That made (Y/n) laugh.

~Timeskip~

A few weeks had passed and Levi and (Y/n) had finally settled in their new home on the surface after buying some new furniture for it. And, of course, brooms. Levi couldn't forget the brooms. While Levi spent the days cleaning and organizing their new place, (Y/n) ran a small stand in the market. She had a big surprise for Levi. As the sun was starting to set, all the other stands were closing down, meaning (Y/n) could go home and have the day off tomorrow since her boss knew of her surprise. As she quickly packed up her stuff, she ran down the familiar street she takes everyday and soon made it home. With a smile, she went inside and placed her bag in its normal spot that Levi made just for her.

"I'm home~!"

Levi peeked his head from the kitchen and hummed before walking over to her. "You seem happy. What's the occasion?"

"You'll see tomorrow. Boss gave me the day off because of it."

"Oh? Then it must be a big surprise if you get an entire day off for it."

"Mhm! You'll love it~" she smiled.

"I enjoy everything that you give me, (Y/n)" he said as he ruffled her hair, making her whine in protest. Levi only chuckled and went back to the kitchen to finish the food he was preparing.

The next day, everything went smoothly until she had suddenly finished all her cleaning early before noon and had told Levi to get ready for his surprise. With a grunt, he got up from his spot on the couch and slipped on his boots as he waited for the woman to grab whatever she needed. Once she was back, the two headed out and began to walk. When they turned down a specific street, (Y/n) went behind him and covered his eyes, making him mumble a few curse words.

"Calm down, I'll make sure you won't fall. Just trust me." she smiled.

"Alright, fine. Hurry up, though. I don't like not seeing where I'm going." he huffed.

(Y/n) only giggled and carefully led him to a specific building before uncovering his eyes. In front of him was a small tea shop. And it wasn't no ordinary tea shop either. Inside was clearly cleaned to where it shined and several different types of tea was displayed neatly behind the counter with a good few table sets were evenly spread out enough where people can walk. He noticed that no one was here so he turned to her.

"You brought me to a tea shop with no one here?"

"Nooooooo. I brought you to your tea shop! You said you've always wanted to open one so, Ta-da~!" she grinned.

Levi was flabbergasted. The tea shop is his? He looked at her before suddenly pulling her in for a sweet kiss. (Y/n) tensed and turned a dark shade of red before slowly returning the gesture as her arms found themselves around his neck with his around her waist. The kiss lasted for a minute before Levi pulled back.

"I love it. And I love you. Thank you for everything." he smiled.

"You're welcome. And I love you too, Levi."

"I'm glad. Now, let's go see what kind of tea we have."

(Y/n) laughed at this but followed him inside as their new lives have only just begun.

[aphrodite1288]

From twitter cr. TmiTwo

In Korea, in a homophobic country, not everything is so simple. K-pop has been actively making money on this for many years. Greedy and conservative men have found a wonderful way to make money on women's fantasies about the forbidden love of beautiful boys.

If earlier it happened openly, in the form of a show for entertainment. kisses, ostentatiously fake jealousy, endless fanservesnnye games and so on. It didn't pretend to be realistic, and that's the main thing. But even then, crowds of fans believed in "hidden gay couples"

Time is passing, groups have become more active in working for foreigners. Such content is considered outdated, and it is difficult to explain to the tolerant American public why pretending to be gay is ridiculous. But they still need to earn money 🥲= «Friendship»

The peak always takes place in the first two years after the debut, in order to quickly gain a large, not the smartest, but obsessive part of the fans. After that, it becomes less and less. There are exceptions if a group without dirty games quickly becomes irrelevant.

I often see fans saying, "I know what a fanservice is." And then they spread the tones of the fanservice as proof of the friendship / love of the units.

Fanservice is all that fans appreciate so much, all their special phrases to each other, compliments, paired jewelry, all hugs on the bed, and tender looks. They are invented and produced by the company's staff. The same staff gives you hints.

The staff monitors social networks, so they know all your sick theories and fantasies, so they know how best to sell this or that unit to you. And God, everyone knows how well jealousy sells. Only lazy people don't use it.

This is from the same format as manipulating fake conflicts to make solo stans more active - hybe has been using this for a long time. For shippers, they also shoot stories that should attract a certain part of the audience to activity.

No matter how it looks, they all have about the same goal - that you discuss it, that you create content on Instagram and YouTube and make them popular. It doesn't matter where it happens, if there are cameras there - they are trying to attract attention to themselves.

If you can't understand that companies are always interested in this, then you're stupid. You and I are not in the same direction, just close my account and go read fan fiction and continue to use your favorites as a toy for your sexual fantasies.

Wdyt? Thank you

To answer generally and specifically to anon and the owner of the Tmi/two:

I didn't read everything because as you know I'm very busy.

So from the first sentences and last two ones, I can't come to fathom what you wanna say?, Ur asking for my opinion but regarding what?

Anyway, to answer generally, I'm not sorry to tell you that kaisoo ain't fanservice unfortunately 😣 you can't convince me with an essay when I saw them kissing thrice and seen them living tgt and going on dates overseas and celebrating their birthdays in another continent.

I'm in the kpop industry since 2006, I know what a fanservice is. And I know how korean variety works and I know how scripts of shows and concerts and fanservice are written, I have ppl who live in korea and know Ekso better than you and I, I stanned bands before Ekso. And I know many other gay idols in the industry with proofs and if I'm allowed and I wouldn't be sued I would have said the names.

And you can say kaisoo aren't a fanservice couple because they never do anything in front of fans, all their moments are in Backstage hence they're called "Behind The Scenes couple".

I hate fake fanservice and fake gay bromance. When I speak something it's out of Evidence and proof. Do you think I'm a hormonal teenager running this blog? I'm a grown ass business woman and I know how shit in show Business and industry work.

The Kpop has more gay and lesbian couples than what u think and you will be shocked to know how many.

I have proof you can't convince me with your opinion when I've seen things with my eyes. 👀

You can go cry about it .

@Queen_Aurore_is_a_Grown_businesswoman ✨👑✨👑✨