#i'm not like other teenagers i'm 30

[meii-jasmine]

Yay!!! 🎈🎂🌸

[sulky-cabbage]

The sukugo fight can't get animated any sooner I'm craving sukugo tiktok edits

[forestgreenlesbian]

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[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

sorry for only saying this type of shit lately but i kinda wanna drive a car straight into a brick wall at the highest speed possible

[itsaceokay]

I've struggled a lot throughout my life with feeling pretty as an asexual. For a very long time, I actively didn't want to be pretty and firmly believed I wasn't and was okay with that. Because being pretty meant being desired and that made me feel uncomfortable.

As I grew up, I started to feel pretty and was okay with that because I'd finally internalised that beauty doesn't have to have anything to do with attraction. Beauty is everywhere, so why couldn't I be beautiful too?

But comments like 'you're wasting your good looks', 'you're so lucky to have X features', 'you're really pretty, how are you single?', 'I bet your kids will be so cute' have started to leave me feeling like I'm unworthy of looking the way I do.

I have no desire to ever 'make use of' my appearance by having a sexual relationship or children and I wish beauty was more generally appreciated for simply what it is rather than in relation to anything else.

[quasi-normalcy]

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[non-un-topo]

Genuinely so sad because I wish I could just draw and write again

[autumnrory]

i don't want people working in television to be overworked but with some streaming shows i'm like what the fuck actually takes so long between seasons

[jacquiarno]

Happy Trans Day of Visibility my trans darlings, especially trans gamers! 💖

Whether you have decided to come out or not, you matter, you are loved, and there will always be support for you, especially from this cis lady. 🌈

[artemismatchalatte]

So I'm signed up for this online 30's speed dating event for WLW and sapphics right?

Here's the thing: It looks like they aren't even bothering to regulate it at all because I see tons of people who aren't in their 30s and even some men are listed in the people who are signed up for the event.

What's even the point of a specific event for 30 something WLW if just anyone can join it? :/

[raiiny-bay]

finished s2 of heartstopper & ngl, i kinda didn't like how they handled the ace rep

[tarkenee]

i feel so bad my project group probably hates me bc i contribute basically nothinggg but i lichrally don't understand anything abt the topic like i don't get what im supposed to even do

[janeromeroshow]

i'm always lowkey terrified to post stuff like this bc i'm scared of coming across as "ship hungry" BUT i am fighting the anxiety away today so like this post if you'd be down to ship!!!

[cardentist]

hey, so people need to be aware that youtube is now (randomly) holding basic features for ransom (such as being able to pin comments under your own videos) in exchange for Your State ID/Drivers License, or a 30 Second Video Of Your Face.

not to pull a "think of the children," but No Actually. I've been making videos as a hobby since 2015 (and I've had my channel since middle school), I was a minor when I started and I'm not sure I would have understood the kind of damage something a seemingly simple as a video of your face can do.

this is a Massive breach of privacy and over-reach on google's part No Matter What, but if they're going to randomly demand a state ID or license then they absolutely should not allow minors to be creators.

google having a stockpile of identifying information on teenagers is bad enough, but the Alternative of recording your face and handing it over to be filed away is Alarming considering it opens the gates for minors who Aren't old enough to have a license.

and yes, there is a third option, but it's intentionally obtuse. a long wait period (2 months), with no guarantee of access (unlike, say, the convenience of using your phone's cameras for either of the other two), with absolutely No elaboration on what the criteria is or how it's being measured.

it's the same psychological effect that mobile games rely on. offer a slow, unreliable solution with no payment to make the Paid instant gratification look more appealing (the "payment" in this case being You. you are the product being offered).

and it's Particularly a system that (I think intentionally) disadvantages people who don't treat their channels like a job. hobbyists or niche creators who don't create regularly enough or aren't popular enough to meet whatever Vague criteria needs to be met to pass.

markiplier would have no problem passing, your little brother might not be able to. and while Mark's name is already out there there's no reason why your little brother's should be too.

something like pinned comments may seem simple, you don't technically Need it. but it's a feature that's been available for years. most people don't look at descriptions anymore. so when there's relevant information that needs to be delivered then the pinned comment is usually the go to.

for my little channel that information is about the niche series I create for. guides on how to get into the series, sources on where to find the content At All (and reliably so). for other creators it can be used for things Much More Important.

Moreover, if we let them get away with cutting away "small" features and selling it back to you for the price of your privacy, then they Will creep further. they Will take more.

Note: I have an update to this post here: [Link]

[barlowstreet]

I also think this is kind of just... how dead people work. Or how death works.

Like actually my friend and I were talking about the idea of Sarah being queer and they made a joke about an "AU where Sarah lives and Joel's daughters date," and I was like, "Uhhh like we're getting rid of the time skip there too or?" and they were like, "Oh yeah she'd be old," because they straight up forgot Sarah wouldn't be 14 if she lived.

He can't talk about the adult woman Sarah would have been because he never met that woman (and that is tragic in itself), but that doesn't mean he didn't know her or he doesn't want Ellie to know what she was like.

Joel saying Sarah and Ellie would get on is actually pretty sad because Joel clearly doesn't remember that Sarah would be in her mid-30s now. To him she is always the teenage girl she was when she died.

[chaosoftheages]

ok sure I'll be noticed because I'm probably one of the fastest kids in my grade but like...can I do it without crushing my lungs, hurting my ribs, and turning my legs into fuckin jelly I CAN'T FUCKIN BREATHE-