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ddeonusbf · 3 years ago

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AHHH WE BACK AGAIN LETS GET IT😭SORRY MAI MAI NOTHING WAS GONNA STOP ME FROM READING IT MWAHAHAH

also i saw your reblog and yeah! i was like "oh heeseung has something on y/n? how inch resting of him" 🧐AND CHEM JOKES ARE FUNNY LITERALLYSHUT UP 🤫 I like to hear chemistry puns periodically🤭🤭🤭🤭 AND I DIDNT FEEL PRESSURED IVE BEEN MEANING TOO FOR A HOT MINUTE AND I FINALLY HAVE TIKE SO LETS GET IT😴 NOW ON TO THE FIC

Y/N WAS SO SICK FOR ALL THE EXCUSES SHE WANTED TO USE LIKE DAMN WHY HEESEUNG HAD TO TAKE THE FALL😭😭HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY GO HEESEUNG‼️

“u-um, you just… you looked… tired.” art simping arc??? me and y/n real different i wouldve been throwing him heart eyes and shit giggling and whatnot😻😻AND NO HEESEUNG ITS NOT YOUR FAULT OKAY YOU WERE CONFESSING DONT APOLOGIZE BAE☹️☹️ and heeseung is such a sweetheart, art = triage! heeseung supremacist!!

also i love your writing style! its so descriptive and comfy, gonna have to binge all your other fics later🤭🤭

heeseung taking a photo of the sunset is so cute and feels so heeseung idk i just know he had a folder in his photo for all the sunsets and sunrises he catches. bro has me down tremendously in sixteen different ways help🥰OMG AND HE SHOWS THEM TO HIS MOM??? bro y/n move he's clearly met to be with ME! 🥴the delulu in me jumped out my bad😅BUT HE HANGS OUT WITH HIS MOM WE'RE SO SIMILAR😋i love my mom shes like one of my best friends

"LESSON 1 : if you look cute, 50% of the things you say don’t sound quite as dumb." looks like he's already got that one in the bag🤪 AND HEAR ME OUT RIGHT:.....bowties arent that bad. but they only look good on certain groups of people. no i will not specify. BUT BOWTIES ARE SO CUTE.....he does have an addiction though, and we must converse about it, effective immediately

HEESEUNG NEVER GOING ON A DATE BEFORE?? I CAN TELL THEIR CLASSMATES DONT HAVE TASTE HELLAUR????"it’s just an endless number of t-shirts with cartoon characters on them." what's that 'pose to mean?? quickly mai🤨🤨🤨 *shoves anime and cartoon character shirts in my closet* the people deserve to know!!

anyways as a glasses wearer y/n is right!! glasses either help your facial features but hide your best feature-your eyes-or they highlight your eyes but dim your facial features. for me its number one because i look fantastic with glasses on but you cant really see my eyes unless you're looking dead at me 🥸 but heeseung has super pretty eyes so glasses make him pretty, but he looks better without them🥰 and ugh taehyun😒sorry tae youve earned my disdain in this fic, you still have my heart tho😊anywas ynseung lowkey kinda cute?? y/n isnt that much a bitch as she made herself to be

“but… you’re my trash can. you’re supposed to eat what i can’t finish.” literally me and my older brother🫢i give him everything i dont want, like when my grandma makes pork, i give him all the fatty pieces🤞🏾ALSO RYUJIN YOURE SUCH A SNITCH UGH YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO SHUT UP?? WHAT IF WE DIDNT WANT TAE LNOWING? OH RIGHT, WE DIDNT. when i jump her she cant say a thing🤫ANYWAYS Y/N BOSSBABE FOR SNAPPING ON THEM HOES GET INTO ITTTTTTT🤪🤪🤪‼️‼️‼️ hater like: y/n didnt eat🥸 meanwhile y/n like:

ASYHDHDD HEESEUNG YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME HELLO??? ‘so pretty and warm, right?’ he writes. ‘kinda reminded me of you.’ SIRRRRRRRRR- and a nickname? miss sunset?? barking st the wall hehe

18374747/10 MAI THIS WAS SO GOOD‼️ I HAVE A CALL SOON SO I WONT READ THE THREE CHAPTER NOW BUT I WILL SOON THANK YOU THIS WAS SO GOOD

triage — ft. lee heeseung (chapter II)

you try to teach the nerd how to date.

synopsis: heeseung is not, by any measure, date-able. he’s dorky, he’s nerdy, and he does this weird thing where he snorts loudly every time he laughs. in fact, he loves everything that normal people are allergic to — computer science, collecting rare comic books, and birdwatching on the weekend.

given that you two have obviously nothing in common, you find yourself utterly flabbergasted when you receive a letter in your locker, on which heeseung has written, "hi. will you please teach me how to date?"

MASTERLIST HERE !

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chapter two

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detention.

you had both landed detention.

when you and heeseung had returned to mr lee’s classroom, it was the obvious punishment your teacher had to impose — heeseung’s crime was randomly abandoning class to confess his undying adoration for lia, and your crime was taking way too long to “search” for heeseung.

alas, your teacher was livid the instant you two had attempted to walk through the door.

as per your usual style, you were insistent on lying your way out of the punishment. you wanted to concoct some sort of elaborate (but totally believable) story about why it had taken you so long to bring heeseung back to class.

you had already brainstormed several fibs. “heeseung had broken his arm and was at the nurse’s office the entire time” was the first thing that popped into your mind, until heeseung mentioned that there would be no documentation of him ever being there if nurse kim was asked.

so, you thought you could say that “heeseung dropped and stepped on his glasses and literally couldn’t see his way around the school and had to crawl around like a dog”, but heeseung almost wept at the thought of you having to break his glasses to show real proof.

then, there was the story that “heeseung shat his pants and was too embarrassed to return back to class in fear that people would choke on the smell of his poop”, but heeseung had given you such a dark look that you thought his soul had left his body.

ultimately, heeseung and his dumb ass belief that “honesty is the best policy” triumphed, effectively forcing you to spend your afternoon perishing in detention.

“i told you!” you hiss viciously through gritted teeth, “i told you we should’ve just lied!”

with no intention to conceal your resentment, you glare at heeseung from across the vacant classroom. when his eyes meet your furious scowl, he squeaks in fright before quickly lowering his head to fervently scrub the desks.

tsk.

this annoyingly angelic goody-two-shoes isn’t even going to look at you?

stamping your lips into an unimpressed line, you dunk the mop into the bucket of water before fishing it back out again. ugh. being forced to clean the classrooms after school must be a crime — there’s no way this can’t be considered child labour.

though you’re no stranger to detention (in fact, you’ve been put on behavioural probation numerous times now), something about having to sacrifice a few hours of today’s afternoon is particularly annoying. perhaps it’s because you’re still exhausted from last night’s partying, and scrubbing away the classroom floors during detention is the last thing you want to do.

slapping the wet mop back onto the floor, you huff loudly before proceeding to polish it. five minutes pass as you return darkened stains and greyed flecks to their usual pristine condition, before you hear shuffling from across the room.

you try not to heed heeseung and his noises, until suddenly you feel somebody gently grab your mop.

it’s heeseung.

it’s heeseung that has a fist around the length of your mop, just above where your hands lie.

“what—” you snap your head up, gaping at him while he avoids your gaze.

“i-i’ll do it.” he mutters shyly, seemingly intimidated by your stare.

you straighten your back, narrowing your eyes at him. “what?”

“i-i said i’ll do it.” he repeats in a soft whisper, slowly peeling your fingers off the length of the mop. you watch with utter bewilderment as the boy turns away from you, now mopping the floor in your stead. he makes quiet, careful movements to manoeuvre into the corners of the desk legs, no further complaints to be heard.

“why? was i doing it wrong?” you frown, watching as heeseung does your job for you. he must be some sort of perfectionist, you guess.

“n-no!” he quickly shakes his head, glancing at you briskly. “u-um, you just… you looked… tired.”

oh.

your frown quickly dissipates while you stare at him blankly. he was watching you? he noticed you were tired? something about his close observation of you is somewhat touching, though you stifle down any burgeoning emotions with a clear of the throat.

“thanks.” you tell him awkwardly, rubbing the nape of your neck.

“no, it’s my fault we’re in detention after all.” heeseung mumbles. “s-sorry, i didn’t mean to—”

“stop apologising.” you brusquely interrupt. this must be the umpteenth time that you’ve reminded him of this today, though this apology doesn’t feel quite as infuriating. “i thought i told you to stop doing that.”

“r-right.” heeseung nods once, flashing you a soft, timid smile. “thanks for the reminder.”

you’re frozen, stunned by the sight of another pretty smile of his, allowing it to completely dissolve any last speckle of your annoyance. forcefully brushing away your thoughts, you contort your lips into a contrived frown and watch as heeseung continues to clean the floor for you.

he’s a lot nicer than the people you know, isn’t he?

if you and ryujin had been sent to detention together, she would have slept at the back and forced you to do all the work. and if it had been taehyun, he wouldn’t have even showed up in the first place.

heeseung is far removed from the type of personalities that you’re frequently acquainted with, and truthfully speaking, it’s a little disconcerting. how can somebody be so nice? at times, you wonder if he’s faking his entire persona; until you realise you’re just a bitter pessimist, though you like to think that you’ve encountered far too many dishonest people to not be engineered to think this way.

it’s the circle of life.

“nice people” get chewed up and spat out like gum all the time. it’s nature — in fact, you should totally leave heeseung to clean the rest of the classroom so you can go home and take a nap.

though you try to convince yourself this, guilt begins to sprout inside your chest as you watch heeseung diligently complete your task. technically, it’s not exactly his fault that you’re in detention. since it was his first offence, mr lee was actually willing to let heeseung off with a warning.

it was you and your extensive history for breaking the rules that landed you with a punishment, and it was heeseung that had willingly insisted on doing detention with you so you wouldn’t have to clean the classroom alone.

damn it.

you feel bad.

sighing, you allow the conscience you didn’t even know you had to control your next actions — you shuffle toward heeseung and snatch the mop from him.

damn it. why are you doing this?

surprised by your action, heeseung looks up at you with a rapid blink. you roll your eyes, poking your tongue against the inside of your cheek. “i’ll do it. just clean the tables or something.” you grumble, gently shoving him away with your shoulder.

“i-it’s okay, i can—”

“it’s fine.”

heeseung vehemently shakes his head. “n-no, you’ll hurt your back! i can—”

“i said move, dweeb!”

by the time you and heeseung have finished, the classrooms are so clean that they could be used to perform a surgery. however, you’ve reached an hour so late into the afternoon that the sun has begun to set.

you both stand at the front entrance of your high school, accompanied by the ephemeral blend of a golden sunset adorning the sky. amidst the flush of soft, autumnal hues, you briefly glance over at heeseung, noticing the way he goggles in wonder by the sight. he even rummages through his backpack for his phone to capture a picture of the sky.

what a kid, you think, wondering how many sunsets you’ve seen in your life.

they’re frankly unspecial and common to you, but heeseung seems to appreciate it — and the reverse appears to also be true, given that the sunset illuminates all his best features and kisses his skin with a gentle radiance.

you stare at the gleam along the bridge of his nose and the soft flutter of his eyelashes. when he turns to you and smiles, you notice the way his mousy eyes glow like russet pearls.

“you act like you’ve never seen a sunset in your life,” you comment.

he grins proudly. “they’re just so pretty.” heeseung gushes, turning his phone toward you so you can observe the picture he’s taken. “don’t you think?”

hm. not a bad photo. “yeah, whatever.” you shrug, “they’re aight.”

heeseung pouts at your nonchalant response, admiring his phone’s screen briefly before tucking it away.

“what’s even the point of taking a photo?” you tease him with a lifted brow. “you can literally just wake up tomorrow and see it again. and the day after. and the day after.”

“i like taking pretty photos,” he answers with a soft beam, allowing the excitement to reach his eyes. “to keep them. you never know; one day you might wake up and the sun’s gone… and then it’s like, poof — no more sunsets.”

poof — no more sunsets?

jeez, for a guy so certifiably intelligent, he sounds real fucking dumb.

“tell me you’re a loser without telling me you’re a loser.” you remark sarcastically.

heeseung pouts again, tempting you with the urge to reach over and softly pinch one of his cheeks.

“i’m not a loser,” he whines. “you know, my mom appreciates them. i show them to her all the time.”

mom?

“oh god,” you groan loudly. he obviously doesn’t need birth control or other forms of contraception when his mouth does all the work. “stop speaking. please.”

“what?” he blinks cluelessly, seemingly perplexed by your reaction. “she’s my best friend. we… we play pokemon go and paint each other’s toenails on the weekends together.”

oh. sweet. lord.

“dude, gross!” you throw your head back and project your groan into the sky. “everything about that sentence is gross! and i literally just scraped old gum off taehyun’s desk!”

fuck.

how the hell are you supposed to turn this dorky weirdo into a date-able human being?

he’s not even a real person.

you’re convinced he’s some sort of sick human experiment.

“you know what?” you pinch the bridge of your nose. “i was going to wait until tomorrow, but i honestly think we need all the time we can get.”

in the medical field, triage is the process of categorising patients by level of priority. in this case, heeseung takes the utmost precedence — he’s the patient who needs the most medical attention; the boy who needs the most help. you’re never one to ever be self-sacrificing, but when you triage through your current responsibilities, this boy’s anticipated glow-up is at the top of your list.

it’s honestly painful watching him.

“t-time?” heeseung blinks. “what do you mean?”

“it means i’m coming over to yours.” you turn to him, planting both your hands on his shoulders.

“and i’m going to teach you the first lesson in how to be date-able.”

HOW TO DATE — LESSON 1 : if you look cute, 50% of the things you say don’t sound quite as dumb.

the first glance you take inside heeseung’s closet almost makes you stagger back in shock.

“heeseung,” your eyes bulge out your sockets while your jaw sweeps the carpeted floor. “what the hell is this? how many fucking bowties do you need to own?”

hundreds. there must be hundreds. all you see is a massive basket filled to the brim with them.

this isn’t just a collection — it’s a fucking addiction.

it’s the kind of addiction in which he requires an intervention — asap. he needs a couple of his close friends and family members gathered in the living room, exchanging heartfelt stories about how his obviously debilitating fixation on collecting ugly bowties affects all their lives. he needs his dearest friends to beg him to stop this insane addiction.

“what do you mean?” heeseung shuffles beside you, placing his hands on his hips as he cocks his head to the side. “you don’t like them? i… i think they look pretty good on me.” he tries to beam enthusiastically. he even puts in the effort to reach over and grab a small red bowtie with a white polka-dot pattern, holding it just between his collar bones. “see?” he coyly smiles.

“oh god, i don’t think i’m ever not going to see that.” you gape at the absurd situation. seriously, this is sick. this is so wrong and sick.

that’s when heeseung pouts before grabbing another one — this time, baby pink in colour — and holds it just between your collar bones.

“hey!” heeseung’s eyes twinkle when he smiles. “you look good in one, too!”

“stop it!” you half-whine and half-laugh, groaning as you shake your head. heeseung stifles a giggle before returning both his beloved bowties into his basket. the basket of sins, you’ve decided to call it.

“okay, moving on.” you squint, angling your neck as you attempt to browse what other sins he has stowed in his closet. “let’s say someone asks you out on a date, what’s your go-to outfit?”

“um…” heeseung hums, bashfully rubbing the back of his neck. “i-i don’t know… i’ve never been on a date before.”

“never?” you snap your head at him, gaping. “like, ever?”

“n-never.” he stares back with a small pout. “i-is that weird?”

you blink rapidly. you’ve probably been on the same number of dates as heeseung’s estimated IQ. “of course not,” you quickly reassure him, twirling back toward his closet. “that’s a good thing. we can start from scratch. i’ll give you a few pointers; you know, i’m the best at dates.”

“o-oh… are you really?” you feel his heavy stare as you lean forward and rifle through the various clothing items he has hung up on the clothing rack.

“hell yeah.” you answer, squinting at his clothes. oh god, it’s just an endless number of t-shirts with cartoon characters on them. you make a mental note to take him shopping next time. well, at least he has cute shoes?

“it’s all about first impressions,” you explain. “but to be honest, if you look cute, fifty percent of the things you say don’t sound quite as dumb, which is why i’m looking through your closet.”

“cute?” he mutters, “o-oh, i see. n-no wonder you’re the best…”

“i swear, when it comes to looking cute, boys just need to change their hairstyle and clothes. it’s really as simple as that.” you say, and it’s the truth; some boys really do be rocking up to school with the ugliest haircut you’ve ever seen and you suddenly feel all your initial attraction melt away like snow in the sun.

“r-really?” heeseung squeaks with surprise.

“yeah.” you nod, thinking about this from an analytical standpoint. “you shouldn’t be too worried, though. your face is really cute. you’ve got really pretty eyes and a cute nose. i like your hair, too. so all we really need to do is fix your fashion. by the way, what do you usually wear?”

you wait for his answer, only to find silence on the other end.

huh?

you turn around in confusion, only to see heeseung staring at you with an unexplainable expression. his face is incredibly red, almost like he’s blushing with the entire surface area of his face. your eyes circle in surprise, eyes bouncing between the scarlet shade of his cheeks and the tips of his ears.

subject.

you need to change the subject.

“u-um, this is really cute, by the way.” you say, flustered by heeseung’s reaction. hastily, you yank out one of his hoodies and hold it against your own body.

“i like this,” you plaster a smile on your face, though it quickly dissolves into a more genuine expression as you begin to explain why. “it’s cute. the blue is really nice, and the yellow text really pops, too. hoodies probably aren’t the best choice for a first date, but if you really like the girl, and you’ve hung out with her a few times, i think it’s a really great choice!”

he stares at you for a moment’s passing.

your eyes meet, while silence seeps between the seconds.

why is he staring at you like that?

“h-heeseung?” you blink, feeling the beat of your heart begin to echo in your chest.

“hm?” he absentmindedly mumbles, staring at you.

“uh… what do you think?” you nudge him with the hoodie.

“huh? wha– o-oh...” heeseung appears to snap into focus now, eyeing the hoodie carefully. “um… my mom bought me that. i-i like it... i think.”

you gently smile. “cool! then let’s donate literally everything else to goodwill.”

this is almost like playing real-life sims, but better.

in this case, you’re the omniscient god — you’re the divine-like puppet master that gets to determine what he wears, how he talks, and even what kind of personality he projects.

this experience has been a thrilling, nostalgic adventure back into your childhood. it’s a blast from the past because you’ve been propelled back into your favourite childhood game — dress-up. except this time, your barbie doll is lee heeseung — and truthfully speaking, you’re having way too much fun with this.

the two of you are seated cross-legged on his bed now (no comment on his iron man bed sheets), facing each other. you’ve successfully filtered through his closet and lectured him on the importance of choosing matching or complementary colours when it comes to choosing an outfit.

“okay, next thing — get rid of those glasses.”

heeseung pouts. “but… if i take them off, then i can’t see.”

“good,” you grin sarcastically. “then you won’t be able to see how ugly those glasses are.”

his frown sinks deeper into his face.

you sigh, reaching over and removing the glasses for him. he flinches at your touch, but once you remove the glasses and give him a few seconds to adjust to his new sight, you gasp with delight.

“heeseung, you look so good!” you laugh, reaching over and brushing back his hair to reveal more of his features. he blushes and dips his head in slight embarrassment, but you tuck your fingers beneath his chin and raise his head.

he does.

he really does look good.

it’s not that his glasses are ugly. it’s just that he uses them as an excuse to conceal his best feature — his eyes.

when you had called his eyes pretty earlier, you had really meant it. heeseung’s eyes are unlike anything you’ve ever seen — just when you thought you found cat-like eyes the most attractive, there is something ridiculously enchanting about his round, bambi eyes. they sparkle. they glint like hidden glitter beneath light.

“i-i look stupid.” heeseung lowers his head again and bites his bottom lip. “i-i can’t see.”

“well, i can see and i think you look great.” you scoff, gently whacking his head.

“you’re just being nice.”

“i’m not.” you say adamantly. “haven’t you met me? dude, i’m literally the biggest bitch in the school; i have no reason to be nice. i’m serious, heeseung, you look great. you should try to invest in some contact lenses or something. your eyes are so pretty.”

“y-you think?”

“for sure.”

he pauses. “th-thank you so much,” he mutters, finally succumbing to your compliments. you chuckle at his reaction, handing his glasses back.

“anyway, it’s getting late.” you sigh, glancing at your phone. “i should probably go home soon.”

heeseung slips his glasses back onto his face with ease, brushing his hair back so that they cascade down his forehead. “a-ah, i’ll drive you home!”

“it’s okay,” you shake your head. “taehyun’s picking me up.”

heeseung’s eyes widen slightly in realisation before he casts his gaze to the side.

“oh.” his shoulders slump. “right. taehyun.”

taehyun announces his arrival with a simple text message: ‘come out’, you read on your screen, before tucking it away inside your pocket.

“he’s here,” you bounce off heeseung’s couch, lifting yourself to your feet as you stretch your body.

“ah,” heeseung follows suit, shutting off the game console. “i’ll walk you to the door.”

you stifle a laugh, wondering what the need was for him to accompany you with just a few steps. however, you’ve surprisingly enjoyed his company a lot — taehyun had expectedly arrived much later than he’d promised, allowing heeseung to show you how to play super smash bros on the nintendo switch.

you’ve never really been the type to care much about video games, and yet heeseung had been incredibly patient in teaching you. he’s too nice for his own good, which you know because he was obviously pretending to fumble at a game you know he’s obviously very experienced in, and even let you win most games.

“hey, thanks for having me over,” you smile, slipping your handbag through your arm while your feet sink into your shoes. “maybe next time, i’ll get to meet your best friend.”

heeseung slowly bats his eyelashes in another confused expression.

“your mom?” you scoff with a short laugh, earning an instant smile from the boy.

“o-of course.” he cutely grins, “i bet she’d like you.”

“probably not,” you fasten your shoes around the back of your heels. “i’m not very parent-friendly.” you don’t think you can clearly recall the last time you had met a friend’s parents — other than taehyun and ryujin, you don’t often go to other people’s houses; you very much prefer existing in your own space.

“d-do you want me to walk you to the car?”

“nah, it’s okay.” you wink at him. “taehyun’ll probably flip shit if he finds out my friend”—you do little air-bunnies with your fingers—“is actually you.”

you’re not exactly dating taehyun (yuck, god forbid you’re ever tied down to another person), but you know the guy too well to not anticipate every toxic behaviour he has under his belt. you? hang out with another guy? taehyun would rage. it’s not really that you’re attempting to tiptoe around the guy — he just didn’t ask who you were hanging out with, so you didn’t really care to tell him.

heeseung’s eyes flicker toward the ground. “i-i see.” his head bobs gently. “well… safe trip home.”

while you’re ready to leave, you notice your hand merely hovers over his door knob. sensing your own hesitation, you turn around and glance at heeseung.

“i feel like i’m missing something.” you tell him, squinting.

“nope.” heeseung shakes his head furiously. “i made sure all your belongings were put back into your handbag.”

you stifle a laugh. “gee, thanks.”

“b-by the way…” heeseung awkwardly rubs the back of his neck. “um… y-you didn’t tell anybody about the letter, right?”

of course, the letter — the very reason you’re here in the first place. the one heeseung had written to you in a desperate plight to get a girl. to get ryujin. oh god, the thought of heeseung and ryujin makes you want to shudder.

“no, why?”

he flashes you a relieved smile. “i-i don’t know, i just thought… nevermind.”

“what is it?” you frown, facing him completely. “just tell me.”

“i just… thought maybe you and your friends would make fun of me for it. taehyun… doesn’t seem to really like me. i-it’s okay if you don’t want to help if you’re… embarrassed.”

that’s when your smile falters.

embarrassed?

why would you be embarrassed?

‘nah, it’s okay.’ you wink at him. ‘taehyun’ll probably flip shit if he finds out my friend’—you do little air-bunnies with your fingers—‘is actually you.’

“oh my god,” you quickly shake your head, recalling your earlier words. “heeseung, i didn’t mean you as in you,” you say, horrified by the implication, “i just meant like, since you’re a guy and all. he just gets jealous easily. don’t worry about it, heeseung. you’re not embarrassing; i’m not embarrassed. i had fun today. i really did.”

“you did?” heeseung’s face lights up. “so did i!”

“cool,” you say. “then we’re on the same page. see you at school, yeah?”

he blushes. “y-yeah, see you at school.”

if there’s any method through which students at your school like to segregate by social hierarchy, it’s the seating in the dining hall. you’re obviously at the cool table, though really that means you’re surrounded by a bunch of pricks. most of them, like taehyun, belong to the school’s athletic teams. you’re the exception, though, because you don’t really indulge in any extracurriculars.

“dude, lunch today tastes like literal ass.” jongseong groans, ungratefully stabbing his fork into his food.

“oh yeah, you’d know exactly what ass tastes like, wouldn’t you?” yeonjun snickers, earning him a quick smack from the former.

“shut the fuck up and get a girlfriend.” jongseong sneers. “the only ass you’re getting is what you see in your reflection.”

“weak comeback, dude. try again.” yeonjun snorts, though jongseong retorts by tossing various colourful insults in the air.

amidst the bickering between the two, you feel a slight nudge against your arm. toward your right, you face ryujin, who innocently bats her eyelashes at you.

“eat my veggies, please.” she smiles, shoving her food tray toward you. you scowl at her request, lifting your palm in a threat to hit her.

“get lost.”

she pouts. “but… you’re my trash can. you’re supposed to eat what i can’t finish.”

scoffing, you prop your elbow on the table and allow your cheek to sink into your palm. “bro, you’re giving me a headache, shut the hell up.”

“jeez, what’s with you? are you tired or something?”

“leave me alone.”

“oh, right.” ryujin straightens in her seat, eagerly clutching onto your arm. “are you mad at me ‘cause i ditched you yesterday? you had detention! what was i supposed to do? wait for you?”

she’s so loud. ryujin is just so damn loud.

“speaking of, how was detention? did that four-eyed dweeb try to talk to you or something?”

your lips instantly sink into a frown at her mention of heeseung.

“wait, what? you had detention yesterday?” taehyun kicks your leg from under the table. he’s seated right across from you, so you snap your head up and glare at him.

“yeah, she did.” ryujin snorts, humoured by what she considers an ill situation. “but worse, she had it with the headmaster's little minion. you know, lee heeseung.”

“oh, heeseung?" taehyun snickers, causing your fists to ball up beside you. “that dude? bro, i swear that guy is a new breed of human. probably virgin as fuck.”

heeseung was right.

he was so fucking right.

‘i just thought maybe you and your friends would make fun of me for it.’

maybe he knows your friends better than you do.

taehyun and ryujin’s comments only begin to pile, while input from the entire table begins to flood in.

“wait, who even is that?”

“i don’t know. some irrelevant dude, i guess.”

your nails pierce the skin of your palms.

“wait, heeseung? lee heeseung? bro, that guy literally does all my homework.”

“oh god, poor him.”

“are you kidding me? guys like that are so good. you can literally just push them around and make them do whatever you want—”

“shut the fuck up!” you snap, suddenly rising to your feet. your friends jump in surprise, though you quickly snatch your handbag and scoff at them before storming off. “you guys are a bunch of loud-mouthed morons. fucking losers.”

exactly twenty-four hours ago, you and heeseung had been standing at the school’s entrance, basking in the warmth of the afternoon sunset. you had truthfully been admiring heeseung’s rather pretty features, while he had been staring at something he also considered pretty.

and now here you are — home, lying on your bed, in which the only sunset you have is the ceiling light you’re staring up at.

heeseung’s words echo in your mind.

you didn’t tell anybody about the letter, right?

you didn’t.

but perhaps you should mention that ryujin knows about it.

upon recalling everything your friends had spoken about heeseung, you find your lips sink into a frown. guilt pricks your heart torturously, even though you know you hadn’t participated in their bullying. you’ve never loved your friends, but something about identifying yourself with them knowing how horrible they are feels equally as terrible.

like some sort of divine timing, you feel a buzz in your pocket. you quickly fish your phone out of your skirt’s pocket before realising it’s a text from heeseung.

an image.

he’s sent you an image.

it’s a picture of today’s sunset.

‘so pretty and warm, right?’ he writes. ‘kinda reminded me of you.’

pretty.

warm.

reminded him of you.

you feel your lips twitch into a smile.

it’s ironic, because most people seem to think you’re quite a cold person. most people don’t compare you to the warmth of an afternoon sunset; most people don’t walk you to the door even if it’s just a few footsteps; most people don’t pretend to lose at video games just to make you happy.

yet here heeseung is, showing you that he is a lot nicer than most people you know.

see?

50% of the things he says don’t sound quite as dumb anymore.

it’s working.

‘thanks.’ you text back. ‘by the way...’

you think of what your friends had said about him.

you know what? fuck them.

fuck.

them.

‘i'm going to show you how to date. for real. you can get any girl you want and all the guys are going to fucking hate you.’

you watch as the text bubble from heeseung begins to appear.

and then it disappears.

and then another text appears.

‘okay, miss sunset! ^_^’

you smile.

how.

fucking.

precious.

to be continued.

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jobone123 · 5 years ago

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Any were back WHEN I HEARD THE RUMOR some buildings downtown made a personal attack on me Jason vs the house BY SACRIFICING A FOOD PROCESS BABY Vs fell sick due to clearance of YOU HAD THE BEST SON N U KILLED THE WRONG BOY

Was there a blonde building sacrificing of Jasons Vs BLACK PEOPLE ARE ACCIDENTS the only last reason they follow me is because virginity A JOKE AGAINST WHITES did brown eye crackers have their own building sacrificing a food process boy

Most important why didn’t you eat!

Was this a fake fort idea at towards my success

Why isn’t all downtown made like Jason Vs The girls of irack WERE TECHNICALLY JASON

Why does downtown have so much room for accidents

Underwear?

It maybe in the schooling Vs every building had a Jason fan parent WE FUCK UP THE GAME when it came down to WHITE PEOPLE DROPOUTS Vs everygirl had a baby Vs your son in their sleep n overtime THESE FANATICS OF FAKE FORT VS REAL FORTS would kill there family COVER UP did whites put blacks up to this BECAUSE BLONDE GEM PORN we can’t ignore the fact that all the boys downtown were eventually castrated IGNORES THE OBVIOUS BULLSHIT ATTACK ON MY HOUSE Vs Jasons sunrise network WAS THIS AN INSIDE JOB AUTHORIZED BY THE SUNRISE HOUSE

Most importantly why does www hate boys add why is my whole downtown career about a black persons virginity ADD GREAT BLIND DATE PICK UP LINE gets her pussy wet EXPERIENCE

I’m thirty was their a second attack on me vs the house WHY IS DOWNTOWN DEEMED AN ACCIDENT why don’t black People where underwear WHERE IS MY EVIDENCE

Was it all about porn

Too many haters of Jason fear the house YOU DONT DO THAT TO PEOPLE

Why is there so many extra buildings downtown

Why did downtown give up on the transgender process AND GIVE HER ALL THE POWER

It’s was a weapon for the SON I will next you GIRL with my transgender brother AN OFFSET TO HER JOBLESS ENTITLEMENT I have a pussy SQUID PRO CO

Black People opinions don’t matter

I was born blonde

Why was it a black Jason building when the subject was blonde gem porn TO GIVE BLONDE GEM ALL THE POWER OVER BROWN GEM Vs why wasn’t it a blonde Jason building food process sacrificing AKA CUT OUT EYES TOURS add why was it a threat to stop the creation of blonde gem female s BECAUSE A BLACK MAN HATED BLONDE WHITE BOYS RACISM Vs it was a threat to my son black prisoner aka blind dogs Theory ADD BLIND SIDED BY T V

It was an accident to kill the wrong son vs her walls EX. STOPPED THE ENERGY PROCESS OF A BOY TO TRANSFER GENDER right vs wrong process

All of downtown boys should be Jason vs girls of irack ALL IN TOGETHER

Where was he schooled vs veil

This sounds like a set up from a fake fort ATTACK ON JASON N NOT THE HOUSE racism downtown apartment was about apartment houses

Most importantly was the whole building or buildings MY PERFECT PROCESS or did drop outs AGAIN INFECT GIRLS MINDS Jason process WITH A SICK SLEEPING BABY Vs your son couldn’t know a computer baby IS THIS ANOTHER ATTACK FROM BLACK MAN ON A WHITE SLEEPING BABY aka it was me IAM JASON

Does downtown have too much buildings to just throw away bodies of boys but steal their wives AT WHAT COST DOES A BUILDING FULL OF WOMEN GO FOR $

MOST IMPORTANTLY AFTER I BUILT THE SUNRISE NETWORK NOW IM A ACCIDENT BEING FOLLOWED BY AN INKED WALL DEAD BLACK GIRL army of black men

We will take this as downtown is an accident jealous cowards underwhere a failed BUISNESS plan vs fake fort attempt to make me work sixteen extra years over land because a boat Theory Vs Free trips to an island DID CUBA KNOW what happened to jersey

Correction kill rumor time ATTENTION #mass IT WASNT A UNDERWEAR it was a drink #accident I GOT YOUR BACK SAID BLONDE GEM HOUSE TO BLACK DOWNTOWN go ahead n ruin Jasons career we have fake forts WITH MORE POOR PEOPLE FANS for the win

Was it the trade war

We can blame the Chinese or Italians but never the Spanish WAS THE SACRIFICE D FOOD PROCESS JASON BABIES Spanish WERE THEY ALL CASTRATED BEFORE

Seems as if another YOU DONT DO THAT TO PEOPLE BLACK LIES MATTER MOVEMENT aka welfare scheme FROM A BLONDE FAMILY TO SABOTAGE MY SUNRISE NETWORK by helping black People make this FOOD PROCESS JASON SACRIFICING for old sixteen year old blonde women when the house is done FUCKING THEM

Now it was a distraction because the accident was killing the wrong son ALA THAT BASTARD GOT AWAY WITH IT but will never HER WALLS

Don’t bother me with failed attempts at my ACCIDENTAL SUCCESS after all my nasa murders HAVE SACRIFICED AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES that example building WHERES MY EVIDENCE

Is Jon or mic telling you this I GOT YOUR BACK THEORY why didn’t trump towers do the same but Steve Hilton did but wyn didn’t either SHE DIDNT EITHER

Not my first mass murder

You know Miami castrated twice as many boys as Boston

Can I move to have a blonde family WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THIS BULLSHIT NIGGER IDEOLOGY welfare game AKA I WAS BORN BLONDE here crackers 1 trillion dollars but half goes to black gem

Most importantly you killed the wrong son for an example downtown to be a house bastard aka he didn’t have a sister THEORY THAT SWEAPT EVERY INMATE BOY DOWNTOWN TO DEEM ME AN ACCIDENT Vs you gave her all the power by not saving this building for PROPER N RIGHT ENERGY OF A MALE TO COMPLETE THE TRANSGENDER FORMATION why you failed at impregnated the transgender male your transferred NOT ENOUGH ENERGY yikes n whoops CLEARANCE clearance EXCUSES excuses

You wonder why I hate blacks for killing my family THEN YOU WONDER WHY THEY WOULD MAKE A BUILDING OF SCARIFIED FOOD PROCESS BOYS n not eat ADD LETS ALL FORGET they suffered almost no pain SIXTEEN YEARS OF BLISS TO THAT ONE TRAGIC MOMENT can we kill all the queen satogates from the sarogates

Now if these scarified babies food process were all black BLAME BLONDE RUNNER better yet blame red head runner BUT DONT BLAME BRUNETTE RUNNER!

Black mic drop 🎤 Vs white mic drop 🎙

Does black dick matter more then white dick SPOILED BEEF Vs Milk

Ok we’re done

You people make me sick to think this attack came from my fort base

Can I get a red head family when this is done I WAS BORN BRUNETTE

I was born French ish

I’m from Ireland

Does anyone else notice THEY CASTRATED EVERY BOY DOWNTOWN INCLUDING THE JASON FOOD PROCESSING BUILDING vs the drop out building s attack on my sunrise DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THISE 8 bedroom houses aka work release from buildings Jason accidents

For underwear or porn WHY WERE ALL THESE KIDS BORN N LIVED blind n dead DID YOU TELL THE BASTARD

How did the son learn of me

Did he know WHITE Jason was a church n not a real runner IRAN MORE TECHNICALLY HES A FAKE GEM anyways

We’re done

Sixteen years bs thirty years add one more generation YOUR SYSTEM PORN CASTRATION IS PARTICULARLY BIRTHRIGHT one plane Vs international porn site was a number s possessen SPECIAL COUNSEL VS SPECIAL INTEREST I’m international FAKE FORT TECHNICALLY IS LOST dEads secret Private family NEVER LEFT PRISON the boys didn’t suffer as much as bae did WHOOPS

Did the house do the same WE KNOW FAKE FORT SUNRISE WILL CLAIM YES poor mother lost two to three sons because of a sunrise competition NO WOMAN TREATED WORSE like black woMAN throwing white dicks away FICTIONAL THEORY picture a black man throwing white girls away

Swoh that’s a lot

After all it was a failed attempt vs someone to blame OTHER THEN BLACK PEOPLE JERKING OFF TO Blonde GEM PORN now picture it a little black girl CARAMA BITCHES for the attack on me JAYSIN VS JAYSON gov vs street name

Why doesn’t brown eye crackers give all the blacks to blonde gems

#shoutsouts Colorado YOUR INVOLVED threw in the church for free Vs a whole building for me NOT MY FIRST MASS MURDER sixteen years n nasa getting better at this RUMOR HAS OT COLORADO ONE IS LAND LOCK COLORADO TWO IS ISLAND Vs car theory DOES WYOMING DOWNTOWN HAVE THE SAME MAP where is Michigan really DO YOU THINK FLORIDA IS AN ACCIDENT TOO ice downtown said agriculture vs patches of grass are grown inside a building Vs making a food process boy accident against Jason n not against the orange fruit network MAKE AMERICA GRAPES AGAIN since you were throwing out them boys anyways WHY NOT GIVE THEM A PURPOSE to ruin successful Jasons career vs dEads most successful failed sons

We can only honor the of age appropriate sacrifices that suffered n we’re eligible vs my process CLEARED ENOUGH vs food process Jasons that we’re sacrificed Vs it was almost like a bullet ALA THEY DIDNT LOOSE AN ENTIRE FAMILY OF SUNRISE they never left or knew what sunrise was DID THEY THINK SUN Vs satellite through the light outside the window CANT SACRIFICE A BUILDING OF FOOD THROWN AWAY for I shit out your entire family to make a point TURD vs cows n chicken s MILK Vs you could of just used one drop of jizz in her WE GOT THE POINT didn’t need to sacrifice an entire baby in her vagina WHY DOES WWW hate to suck women clits UNDERWHERE DOWNTOWN Is an ACCIDENT I think the mask were for drain that swamp Vs that black building smells like a dead body WHY DID THE CHINESE INVENT THE MASK

Ok we’re done

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jaehwanornothing · 8 years ago

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My Final Top 11

Wooo this shit show is almost over! This season was way more stressful than the first and if the rumors of a season 3 is true I might explode. But anyways here’s my Final Top 11, I tried to be as realistic as possible. This was extremely hard because at this point I want all 20 plus some that already have been eliminated in the top 11. Let’s begin!~

1. Park Jihoon

Center, ???, in charge of cringy aegyo. I don’t like Jihoon because of his his aeygo, no, I like him because of the shame you see entering his eyes everytime he does it. Anyways, no matter how I think of it, it just makes sense to have Jihoon as center. He has the idol look and he’s stable in the ranks, not going any lower than 3rd place, so him going back to 1st isn’t a hard reach. I just can’t see him in any other position solely because I don’t really know where else I could put him. Is he a singer? A rapper? Is he just a good dancer? I don’t know. But I do know he’s gonna make it in this group and I think I’ll be satisfied with him as center.

2. Kim Jonghyun

Leader, sub rapper. I was so close to being selfish and making him my personal center pick. We all know he’s going to make it and he’s gonna be leader and then get 5 seconds in every song because he’s selfless to a fault. No matter who else makes it in the top 11, I think all the boys collectively know that he’s gonna be leader no matter what. Jondhyun has a lot of individual fans with becoming ‘Nation’s Leader’ so I think in the end he’ll rank pretty high. If not 2nd I’ll say nothing below 5th.

3. Kang Daniel

Lead Dancer, Lead rapper? Sub vocalist. An all rounder, can do anything. He’s almost like Yoojung, won everyone over since day one with their charms. Also they’re both originally rappers but haven’t showcased their raps in the show. I don’t know about any of you but i just want to hear him rap again. I think Daniel is definitely going to stay high in the ranks at the end. He’s a fan favorite for sure, so I don’t see him dropping out of the top 11 or even out of the top 5.

4. Lee Daehwi

Lead vocalist. His rank has been all over the place but he’s never once fell out of the top 11. I think he’s got a good, quiet following of fans. I can see him ranking high again in the final episode. He’s a good dancer, good vocalist, and just all around talented. Very captivating to watch on stage too. Our Fairy Daehwi must make it!

5. Park Woojin

Main Rapper, Lead dancer. I want him to make it, you want him to make it, my cat wants him to make it, MNET suddenly wants him to make it. He’s gonna be in the top 11. Perfect example of hard work pays off. Not to say that the other boys don’t work hard but woojin really came up out of no where, and stole everyone ones hearts. His stage presence is no joke man but off stage he’s soft and shy. I just love woojin okay? He’s gonna make it you can’t tell me he won’t.

6. Lai Guanlin

Lead rapper. 2nd place curse is real. But him ranking 20 would have still been just as shocking had they kept it top 22. But anyways, it’s no secret that this kid has almost a cult following, he’s gonna be back in the top 11 and debut. He’s really improved and you can’t say he hasn’t. His rapping improved and his dancing is still a little stiff but much better than before. Just watch the Never 2x dance. I don’t think it’ll be like Sohye if he debuts with this group. She was still lacking a lot even at the end of the show. I think Guanlin picks things up a little faster.

7. Ong Seungwoo

Main Dancer, Leader vocalist. Lucky number 7! I don’t know why it since the very beginning, I’ve been associating the number 7 with Ong. Even though the first and only time he’s ranked 7 was in episode 8. It’s weird but I’m superstitious so I must mean something (or nothing). Seungwoo has such a good voice, not main vocal Material but it’s just so… refreshing to listen to? I made him main dancer because K fans literally got rid of all of our dancers but it’s okay I’m not bitter (I am). He’s one of the people who I just never imagined the group without. His rank has been consistent throughout this whole season. So him dropping out of the top 11, I don’t see it happening.

8. Kim Jaehwan

Main vocalist. Jaehwan or Nothing! We need a main vocal. Jaehwan is that Main vocal. Just go on YouTube and look him up okay? He’s voice is golden and he can make it fit any concept. A vocal chameleon. They gave him the Yeonjung edit a lot this season so I have no doubt that they’ll give him that edit again in the last episode to give him that little push to make him rise back into the top 11. Listen don’t fail me k-fans, I need this. I need him in this group.

9. Yoon Jisung

Vocalist. I’m rooting for him so hard. I never got the hate he got for rising to the top 3 because he sang in his intro video. Haters could have just taken less than 2 minutes to look that up and see he indeed isn’t just some funny guy. He has talent and he’s just a genuine person. Him being a 'meme’ isn’t like an act, it’s just who he is. Though out of everyone on my list so far, I will say I’m not confident he will actually make it to the top 11. I would love to see him make it though, he deserves it.

10. Hwang Minhyun

Lead Vocalist. If I thought it was realistic for the 4 Nuest boys to make it into the top 11. I would have just put them all in here. But I don’t see that happening. Minhyun came into this show with a stronger individual following than the other Nuest boys it seems. He also, despite not getting as much screen time as his other members, has kept a consistent ranking in the top 11. CEO Hwang won’t be let down in the end.

11. Kim Samuel

Main dancer, vocalist, sub rapper. Oh man, Oh my God! I’m not gonna lie, I lost hope for little Sammy. But him being back in the top 11 in episode 10 brought back some of that hope. He’s another all rounder, so I don’t see why he dropped in the first place. Because he doesn’t seem as popular in Korea as he is internationally, I see him barely making it at 11th place seems fitting. He’s still young but he’s already been cheated so much out of a good debut. So I hope he’ll make it.

So this turned out to be more like a Top 11 prediction but whatever I still stand by all these boys no matter what.

12. Kang Dongho/Ha Sungwoon/Bae Jinyoung

12th place is probably the one rank that none of these boys want. It’s that rank, that’s leaves them with regrets cause they almost made it. I can see either of these 3 boys making it at 12. Dongho has gained some of his own individual fans so I see how he’s made it up on the top 11 but I don’t see more than two members of Nuest making it. Sungwoon got his well deserved attention and made it to 3rd but I don’t know how. Who was he paired with that he ranked so high without benefit. Logically the two pick voting shouldn’t have made his rank that high, it just doesn’t make sense. I’m not hurt by it though because he’s a talent that’s been slept on for far too long even by me. With Bae Jinyoung, I think he could possibly make it into the top 11 in the end but if he doesn’t it’s gonna be close. He’s been teetering on the top 11 line for while until the two pick happened and he made it back in there (help from his own fans and jihoon’s fans). Not to say I don’t have faith in BaeJin’s individual fans but we’ll see.

Seonho, if he makes it into the top 11 I can’t say I’ll be surprised or disappointed. I love this clingy child.

Minki, again if I could put all the members of Nuest into the top 11 I would. Of all the members though, I really thought he would have been the first to make it into the top 11 just due to him being the most well know in Nuest. I guess lack of screen time can make even the brightest stars disappear

Sewoon, he’s always so close and he seems really popular for k-fans but he’s never made it to the top 11. I think he’s another vocal the main group would need but I don’t see him making the cut

Haknyeon, I don’t like him, I’m not gonna sit here and pretend like I do like him I did with Chaeyeon in ioi. But just like with that situation if he makes it into the final 11 I’m still gonna stan ot11 (unless Jaehwan isn’t in it, jaehwanornothing!!) he’s still human and he’s a kid so he has some growing up to do. Needs to mature and become a little more humble.

Hyunseob, oh my poor sweet child. This show killed his soul, let him be free and go back to the Yuehua boys and debut them.

Youngmin, Im calling myself out cause i forgot to put him in when I first posted this. I’m the fakest of fake fans. I’m not worthy to even speak his name. Despite me forgetting his entire existence, I do really like Youngmin. He’s got the idol look and voice, he’d fit in easily into the top 11. Had it not been for those ‘scandals’ (and i use that term loosely) he probably would have been higher up in the rankings and I think it will affect his final rank in the end too.

Let me know your thoughts on this, if you agree or disagree, or tell me your personal top 11 pick/predictions

#produce 101 #this was hard #Park jihoon #kim jonghyun #kang daniel #lee daehwi #Park woojin #im lazy im only tagging the top 5 #<I gues that tag is like a spoiler huh #*CLICKBAIT** Keep Reading To Find Out MoREE~~

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news-mashable-yahoopartner-blog · 8 years ago

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In defense of ghosting: It's nothing personal

Ghosting is everywhere, and dating apps are desperate to put an end to this disappearing act. But ghosting doesn't need a solution — it is the solution.

If you didn’t already know before plunging into the deep, dark depths that is online dating, you certainly learned quickly thereafter: dating is a numbers game. And when you’re messaging with what turns out to be your third lamest match of the day, ghosting becomes a necessary tool to manage the exhaustion that is mining through the hundreds of (probably boring) people at your fingertips.

For the record: This isn’t the nicest way of looking at people. But neither is the meat-market display of the swiping mechanism employed by the most popular apps. It is, as they say, what it is. If you’re going to partake, this objectification is an inherent and unavoidable aspect of dating app culture.

SEE ALSO: We're so tired of dating apps but we just can't quit them

There are a literal million reasons why a match can flop. You can chalk most failed conversations up to lack of spark — you either have a connection or you don’t. Not everyone wants to partake in games of witty one-upmanship (*raises hand*) or blatant innuendo (*puts hand down*). You might just be on completely different pages right off the bat.

Some people are lazy swipers. They’ll casually swipe right before really analyzing your profile only to later discover — oh, wait — they actually really hate people with cats and ew that’s a cat in your last picture and they missed it the first time. It happens.

Other people are coming off their last breakup sore and just looking for the validation, comfort and ego boost that newcomers tend to feel from the matching experience — they were never there to meet up anyway.

See: a literal million reasons.

So when someone doesn’t chat you back, the rejection isn’t necessarily personal. It’s cheesy but it’s true: It’s not you, it’s them. You’re not a fit, and that’s okay.

Ghosting isn’t unique to the online world. We’ve done it countless times in person, it just doesn’t seem as pointed. “If you were at a party full of single people and chatted briefly to someone before pausing to chat to another, and then turned back to discover the first person had disappeared, you probably wouldn't think too much of it — after all, it's a big party and you're all there to mingle,” a 45-year-old single writer who uses a combination of Tinder, Happn and Bumble told me.

Speaking briefly with someone in person does not imply an investment, and neither does an online greeting. You haven’t met, you can barely remember this person’s name without going back to check their profile, and you’ve made no promises or commitments.

As a 32-year-old single software developer said, “I think that's why people feel okay ghosting. ‘I hardly know this person. Do I really have to go through the exercise of telling them why I'm not interested?’” And that’s the main issue: formally cutting off every conversation you might have with a stranger online would be exhausting.

Even as someone who only casually flips through dating apps, I have 200+ matches that I do not speak with, either ever or any longer. Some I stopped replying to, some stopped replying to me. That’s online dating.

SEE ALSO: The internet baes who 'breadcrumb' you and never meet you in person

“I have so many conversations going on at the same time that don't result in actual dates that I can't actually reject all of them. So I ghost,” a 29-year-old investment professional told me. “I don't think the person really devoted any resources to chat me along with other multiple people at the same time online.”

Ghosting is easy. Sitting down to explain why you aren’t interested in continuing a conversation with someone you barely know is not.

And what good would come of it anyway? As much as some people might feel like understanding why the other person disappeared would be helpful, there are too many variables.

Even with the best intentions, some criticism might read as offensive. Or they might just not know what the hell they’re talking about. (They don’t actually know anything about you, after all.) Or it might be one of those incredibly personal literal million reasons that would have no impact on your future involvements.

As the 29-year-old investment professional put it, “How would the other person possibly benefit by an internet stranger saying he or she doesn't wanna meet up because ‘I find you boring.’” The 45-year-old writer said something similar: “If I hardly know a person, I think I have little right to judge their behavior. It'd be massively egotistical of me to judge them after so little interaction.”

Online dating moves quickly. One day you’re all about one or two threads of interaction, and the next it’s an entirely different set of people. It’s just not feasible for every match to answer your requests for feedback.

“I think it's slightly unrealistic to expect people to pour their hearts out to you when you hardly know them,” the 45-year-old writer said. “The problem is that one person might just not be into it (call it chemistry, call it feeling, call it vibe, whatever) while the other person is projecting all sorts of stuff on the other person and building up the proto-relationship in their mind.”

The only effort we can reasonably expect from a match is to take a stab at an honest-to-goodness conversation. If it doesn’t pass the initial chemistry test, anything else is unnecessary.

There are, of course, scenarios where ghosting is bad. If you’ve been dating someone — even casually — for a chunk of time, for instance. But when you’re just chatting, gauging who the hell this person even is? When you haven’t even committed to a first date? It’s not rude — it’s just part of the process. It’s “expected,” as the 29-year-old said.

Dating apps like The League and others are rushing to try to "solve" the problem of ghosting. They’re offering features like read receipts or expiring messages that feel more like shaming. Those “features,” along with other attempts to engineer social interactions between matches (like limiting how many people you see, especially with The League’s penalization of people who dip into any kind of inactivity) are manipulating your behaviors by controlling your experience.

SEE ALSO: The best dating apps to get you laid

So why are these apps even bothering? Ghosting is always going to be a part of online dating, as long as it’s a numbers game. But neither of those things are inherently bad. Dating apps, as abhorrent as they can be, are at least convenient and manageable. You can gauge a potential match from a safe and fairly anonymous distance, and you can decide when to pull the plug without the risk of them continuing to have unfettered access to you.

The fact that online dating is on your terms is one of the few things it has going for it. The best feature these apps introduced was making communication gated rather than leaving it open to a wild west world of negging and sexually-charged commentary. That’s done. But there’s certainly still room for features that would minimize the need for ghosting.

The most cumbersome part of all this is swiping through the piles of profiles — some of which are joke accounts or spam — to get to someone you could see yourself liking. Anything that would help that experience — vague and magical algorithms, for instance — would be more effective than these features that feel like yet another opportunity for a cash grab (with paid-for member accounts nabbing extra flexibility) rather than a service to the user.

If, one day, apps were able to accurately detect and record your most personal-interest swiping habits to better predict who you would like — as in, be an actual matchmaker — we’d probably spend less time swiping and ghosting in favor of more time actually dating.

SEE ALSO: Hater, the app that lets you find love based on what you hate

Most of the current algorithmic qualifiers don’t have much of a bearing on what kinds of people — personality, look, style, character — you’re looking at. Tinder’s voting-as-ranking system, based on what we know about it, seems far too much like a Black Mirror Season 3, episode 1 popularity contest than a personalized matching system.

For now, we’re left with an imperfect system. There’s plenty about the culture of online dating that would deter any number of people. Ghosting, I would argue, is one of the less offensive ones — a tool of efficiency rather than rejection. But it’s up to you to decide if it’s worth the hassle.

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(written by me, on the way to school.)

Jeremy king: He's a pessimistic downer, who constantly talks about how miserable himself and the world is. He's also usually described as "mopey" or a "defeatist". He sighs and even says "sigh" out loud a lot. Hes a major pushover, so you'll get him to do mostly anything (if it doesn't have to do with germs) you want and he doesn't really have the energy to complain or say no for very long. Jeremy canonically suffers from insomnia, causing him to accidentally fall asleep and take naps in places he should (out in the courtyard of the school, in class, etc.). He has germaphobia, to the point he wouldn't even let his girlfriend touch him unless she washed her hands two times infront of his eyes, and it would take until college to get him to give you a kiss (even then it's only under the shower for probably a long while). He dislikes overly sweet people because he feels guilty over being an asshole and he hates the hobby shop he works at, which is also owned by his parents.

Pran taylor: Pran is a stubborn asshole who doesn't do anything that is asked of him. His usual replies are either "no" or "i don't care". Though he is somewhat open to physical touch when you get closer to him, and he gets more sociable when he becomes an adult. He thinks everyone in the world is horrible, even himself. The only person he actually likes is Jeremy. Pran has incredibly low self-esteem and openly hates his parents. He doesn't do well at school and sometimes actively breaks the rules, for example: skipping classes and not doing his homework.

Shiloh fields: He's a manipulating little snake, known in the group for lying. Nobody there really takes what he says seriously. Though he acts like he's incredibly happy, social and likes to interact with everyone. He makes good connections, but is a bit of a snitch. He's ready to throw someone else under the bus if it means getting himself out of trouble.

Everett gray: He's incredibly obnoxious and self-centered, not wanting to like whats considered mainstream, to the point he owns a flip phone instead of a normal cellphone. He brags about how people wouldn't know the stuff hes interested in, but does somewhat show his interest in some popular things enough so that he isn't considered weird by people. He's lazy and rarely does homework, much less study for tests. His mood can change harshly randomly, so it's extremely hard to be on the right foot with him. He also has a habit of complaining about everything and anything, and playing things off as not a big deal. He swears a lot, the only time he doesn't is infront of his own mother. He openly talks about how amazing his mother is and how he loves her. He grapples with his low and fluctuating self esteem, occasionally being very confident or not with himself, but he tends to bury these feelings until he has to deal with them later.He is quite popular and has many friends as well as flings throughout the school. People have also called him out for being a pushover and unable to make his own decisions as he almost always relies on his mom or Nate.

Nate lawson: He's an perfectionist and constantly working. He puts a lot of pressure on himself to be perfect and do many after-school activities, and could be seen as a somewhat assistant for teachers. He’s shown to be emotional and prone to breaking into tears if under enough stress or is in unfamiliar situations. He takes school and rules extremely seriously. Nate is extremely competitive and does not engage in any game or competition because of it and belives he is always in the right and refuses to believe otherways. He takes great effort to look after Everett and JB (if you befriend or date him) by ensuring they perform at least the baseline requirements of school like passing a quiz or doing homework.

Bae pyoun: Hes incredibly annoying to other people. He talks down to them, constantly uses petnames for people and treats them like they're children. He see's himself as more mature and "adult-like" than all the other high schoolers. He does have a love for his family and children in general, and is able to handle kids pretty well.

Pran has little information because i love him too much to remember much and need to replay his route. And im Bae's #1 hater so he's getting only basic information.

#gb patch games #xoxo droplets #our life #pran taylor #jeremy king #Everett gray #Nate lawson #Bae pyou #BAE'S NUMBER 1 HATER!!!#pran my wifey wife <33 #Freja's rambles

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How to stop sucking at budgeting so you can travel more – part 2

Welcome back, budget-makin’ friends! Or, sorry – maybe we’re not friends yet, because I made you look directly at your money situation and then look at it harder and you hate me now.

I’ll accept this, because you’re a hater on their way to an actual, adult-life budget! (We’ll be friends later) and it’ll help you save money for travel.

How to stop sucking at budgeting so you can travel more – part 1 here

Last time, I walked you through a few steps that changed up the way you think of paying your monthly bills.

If you’ve followed along, that means you’ve identified your bill-paying Bae Day, listed out all of your Bae Bills that we’re now paying every two weeks, and promised yourself you’d take care of your Bae Bills the true BAE way: Before Anything Else.

That feeling when your car note is due but you’re fully ignoring it (Picton, NZ)

There are just two more things to do before you’re on that budget hype. Spoiler alert: I think you’ve already done the hardest parts. Don’t stop now! There’s wine at the end (if it fits in your new budget)!

Before we jump in, one more reminder that I created a Google doc to make these steps hella easier on you. Make yourself a copy and go to town using this link.

Let’s put this puppy to bed, shall we?

Final Two Steps to Build your Budget System:

Conquer dat budget like this glacier hike conquered my sweat glands (Franz Josef, NZ)

1. CALCULATE YOUR RATCHETRY FUND

I know, I hear you: “Berna, you’ve made me stare at my boring adult bills for hella long. Where in your system do I get to have, like, actual fun?”

We’re headed there with this step, which tells you how much fun money – that do-whatever-you-want money – your budget gives you. But for those of you who didn’t catch it, let me emphasize: Your budget tells you how much fun money you get; you don’t get to make that number up or improvise it with every paycheck, contrary to Millennial belief.

I call my fun money my Ratchetry Fund, simply because I let myself whatever ratchet things I want with it, whether it’s cashing out in dollar bills and throwing it in the air at Da Club, or eating my weight in Thai food for two weeks. I highly recommend you name this fund whatever makes you most excited to live your best life.

First, remember your Bae Bills – all your monthly bills that you cut in half to pay every two weeks? Add all of those every-two-week bills up. We’re looking for the total dollar amount you will be paying towards your bills every Bae Day.

Once you’ve done that, use this brutally simple formula to see what fun money your current budget allows:

[Your paycheck every two weeks] – [Your total Bae Bills] = Your Fun Money.

So, if you get paid $1000 every two weeks, and your Bae Bills have you paying a total of $800 every two weeks:

$1000 two week paycheck – $800 total Bae Bills = $200 Ratchetry Fund

It’s a simple concept: You get paid every two weeks, you pay all of your Bae Bills first (like you promised!), and whatever is leftover is what you get to have fun with. This Ratchetry Fund is meant to last you two whole weeks – until your next Bae Day, when you get paid again, repeat the bill-paying process and replenish your fun money.

Now, this is where a lot of people get sad, reach for wine, and claim their calculators have been possessed by demons. Stick with me.

You tellin’ me I’m supposed to support my bubble tea addiction on $4 a week?! (Rotorua, NZ)

Your Ratchetry Fund may be tiny. It may seem impossible to last two weeks on that fund. It may even be a negative number, like mine was when I first budgeted.

It does not mean you can’t have a budget – but welcome to another big money-clarity moment.

If you are like I was, trying hard to live a fun life but wondering why you always feel broke and can barely pay your bills? It’s probably because you spent more Ratchetry Money than your budget actually allowed.

You might have been spending as if you had $400 extra dollars to play with, when in budget-reality, after paying all of your bills, you really had $40. Now you’re looking right at the problem – this is what folks mean by “spending beyond your means.”

Yes hello, emergency? This woman is attacking my bank account. (Titirangi, NZ)

This might be the first time you have ever laid out your bills next to your fun-money life, so be nice to yourself, and take a breath. There are ways to fix this, and it means taking a hard look at your bills.

What’s in there that you can cut down? What number can be smaller, if you really tried? Can your rent be cheaper with roommates; can you nix the gym membership and (gasp) take up running?

I want you to remember that you’re in control here – you’re in control of your money, your whole budget, the fun stuff and the serious stuff. So, think honestly about this, remembering that you hold the power:

What are you willing to give up in exchange for having a bit more fun and flexibility in your life?

Budgeting takes balls. … I’ll show myself out (Moeraki, NZ)

2. WRITE OUT SUPER DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

WOW. Feel that? A little bit of nausea mixed with a little clarity and empowerment, and two scoops of just wanting to lie down? You’re doing it right, and you’re almost there. This last step will automate everything we just talked about so that next time, all you have to do is follow your own steps.

Your last step is to write out exactly what you earn every Bae Day, and exactly what you are going to do with that money. And by exactly, I mean eggs-act-lee. Pretend that you are instructing a total stranger how to treat your Bae Bills on Bae Day, with exact dollar amounts and all.

I’ll show you an example from one of my past-budgets:

Every two weeks, I get paid $1000. When that paycheck hits, here’s what I do Before Anything Else:

Put away $400 for when rent is due.

Log onto Sallie Mae and pay $200 towards my student loans.

Log onto Chase and pay $25 towards my credit card bill.

Log onto the Toyota Thing and pay $125 towards my car loan.

Log onto T-Mobile and pay $50 towards my phone bill.

Put away $5 for when Netflix is due.

Pay my Savings bill by transferring $100 to my Savings account

AND THEN, AND ONLY THEN…

Transfer $95 to my Ratchetry Fund.

Feel free to use my exact structure and wording, or change it up – whatever feels good for you. Put your instructions at the top of your new Felicia’s Wallet Budget document, where you’ll see it every time you sit down on Bae Dae to pay your bills and get your money right.

Now that you’ve got a full-on walkthrough of exactly what to do every time you get a paycheck, you’ve really done the dirty work. It will feel freakin’ excellent to not have to think too hard when you set time aside to deal with your money.

You’ll be out here budgeting mindlessly like weeeeeeeee (Ubud, Bali)

3. CELEBRATE YO’SELF!

BOOM. You freakin’ did it, magical wizardly money budget slayer of the modern world! Middle-fingers to the haters and all those years of being budget-blind. You are officially out of the “I don’t know jack squat” place.

Pause to love on yourself real quick, because you just took a huge step forward.

Give yourself a few cycles of Bae Days to see how this system feels. It took me at least 3 months and tons of revisions and tweaks to get into a groove that felt right for me. That’s the great thing: This budget is yours now, to customize in whatever way you see fit.

Budgeting is not a thing you do once; it’s a muscle you train over and over until it’s a straight-up habit. But now that you’ve got your whole routine down, all you have to do is flex.

First, we flex our budget muscles. Then, we flex our butt muscles. (Gili Air, ID)

Budgeting and money shouldn’t take up your life – it should support it, decorate it, and remind you that you’re the empowered one, and you’re in charge.

The point of this system is to grind a little so you can make regular budgeting as easy on your future-self as possible, which gives you more freedom and time to do what you want.

Freedom and time, after all, is the realest, most ratchet-tastic kind of wealth.

Have any budgeting tips of your own to help you save money for travel? Share in the comments!

Full breakdown of this process in video form, below!

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How to stop sucking at budgeting so you can travel more – part 1 here

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Introduction to CHAOS: Just Right Era

(I am 110% Dae came up with the title for this mini album when she saw her new bandmembers, don’t fight me on this, I will win)

Hello Messes! It’s me, the number #1 CHAOS fan (jk we all are the #1 who am I kidding.) A quick pause between the introduction of the members, I will start a new series for each CHAOS Era thus far for both entertainment. For old Messes: let’s read this and think of all the good time when we first met CHAOS and for the new Messes: I hope this helps you understand the fam a little better.

Let’s go!

So, CHAOS debuted on the 7th of July 2020 (just two months after BTS can you imagine the stress we all had.) On that day they also released they’re first (mini) album, Pretty Woman. The album had 7 songs, three music videos and also 7 dance practices (they are called queens of fanservice for a reason.) It’s their first of three mini albums before their first big album and world tour.

Their song As If It’s Your Last got promoted as its lead single and was the first mv and performance CHAOS ever did. The tracks “Rookie” and “Just Right” were also promoted. Let me just say what a risk the band and BigHit took with having three promoted singles but boy did it work. Tbh I really think it helped become CHAOS so popular in such a short time.

However. They also made some... regrettable decisions in their first work on which we will get back soon enough. It’s not as bad as BTS’ first stuff, I don’t think Chae and Ryung would have let that happen, but still a great source for great memes.

Leading up to their debut BigHit the band posted a lot of videos and messages on their twitter and website, as well as that of BigHit itself. They are very cute and I highly recommend you watch them bc especially the maknaes were so tiny.

Also they released a countdown clock that started on May 22nd and in between that and the actual debut, also a (teaser) trailer for the album.

In the videos I mentioned before we see the group prepare for their debut and also introducing themselves to us. It is here that we meet the final members of the group and discover they are a 7, not 5, member group, as Pureum and Areum (the two maknaes) were added at the last second. Literally still one of the best decisions ever bc really how is CHAOS without LM and A-. I mean how. Kudos for Papa Bang.

Around that time also the concept photos were released and the track list for the album too.

With that all said and done, let us now turn to the three music videos which represent actual CHAOS. Let me tell you at first their concept. They were going, and later it turned out this was not CHAOS’ decision but that of BigHit, for a very traditional kpop girl cute concept.

They had three themes inside this concept and has photoshoots for them. These photoshoots are actually iconic and to this day one of the greatest thing that exist. The themes were classy cute, quirky cute and cuddly cute and just ugh, my babies.

So the As If It’s Your Last music video doesn’t really have that much of a storyline, as does their mv for Rookie. It’s mostly the band being themselves but dressed up and made-up faces in pretty, aesthetically pleasing places. But even though the mv is decent but not all that spectacular, let me just say that these girls did such an amazing job at their debut show bc damn, I think that’s where they hooked and took most of the fans they still have today. Bless them.

Rookie was just an overall gem but I don’t think anybody knew what the heck was going on there. But the mv as much as some of the band members reactions are the best and most memeful thing that happened. Especially Dae and Ryung, or DYU and RY, had a lot of problems with Rookie. Unlike their other songs, this was the only one completely written for them and I think they felt really uncomfortable with the overall very stereotypically girly feel of it. Tbh I think only Pureum and Myung really liked this song, and Dae a little later when she was told they would be flying in space aircrafts. That girl was not meant to be human, who stole this alien. But also Ryungs salt over that entire song is the only thing that keeps me alive sometimes, bless my salty child.

The mv for Just Right, which is now also the name for that era and also was chosen as fan favourite song of the album, was released about two weeks after Rookie and about a month after their debut.

And now let us please discuss what the hell these children are doing in that clip because honestly, I don’t even think they know. First of all, Areum in that drawer. If you stop the video as she is wiggling her legs, you can put her in the Titanic scene of “draw me like one of your French girls” and no one would notice. This child honestly. This music fit in very well with their cuddly photoshoots and chestnut haired Areum is one of the best Areums don’t argue with me. It makes her skin even paler and I think I might have a thing for people who look like corpses (looks at Min Yoongi and Park Pureum.) Plus that scene where Areum licks that yoghurt and then does that dance move is just so her: inappropriate and random.

I am also one hundred percent convinced that Bae Ryung is the only one who can still be cool whilst sitting on a clock rapping. Like the only one. This is science, a simple fact. Even in this cute concept I think we were all quick to notice that Ryung is the only one in that entire group who is actually, none-ironically cool.

Myung is just goals. I wish I had her as sister or as mother because I think she would be so good at it. Also her vocals are just amazing and she pulls it off to be in such a weird video without it being weird. If a tiny Myung were to walk across my desk I wouldn’t question it.

And then we have Chae. Chae-ha who is so pretty I don’t know if I want to be her or be with her because literally I’m so confused. BigHit was very, very, very right to make her visual. I know all the girls are really, exceptionally good looking, but tbh Chae is just otherworldly. Also I just love how they gave mother Chae who, sorry Ha-ha, wasn’t that good a dancer back then, the main dancing part.

I also think the entirety of Dae’s personality can be summed up in this one video. She lays in food, likes weird dances way too much, smiles so brightly her cheeks become too little suns and makes a mess of her sisters room. OMG I FORGOT TO SAY

THE GIRL IN THE JUST RIGHT MV IS DAE’S YOUNGER SISTER, NAYA. THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF THIS MV ARE JUST THE BEST BECAUSE THE BAE SISTERS ARE ICONIC BUT THE YU SISTERS ARE JUST AMAZING.

Also Naya, who is still a trainee, thanking her sister and the band for letting her in the mv is the cutest thing ever I love this child she did not deserve that band she was put in and tbh I love her even more as solo artist.

But also I love Dae in this mv bc her associations with food but mainly because her of facial expressions during both dance practice and music video because I swear there is something so wrong with her face that is so right.

MOVING ON. I HAVE NOW MADE IT A LIFE GOAL TO GET MY NOSE BOPPED BY PARK PUREUM AS SHE SITS ON A HORSE. Speaking off personalities summed up, that dance she does in the car behind Chae (who looks wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too good riding that Barbie car) is so her I have been laughing for about 4 years now.

Little Lea is so cute in this with all her oversized clothes in makes her even tinier. Also the fact she takes away that Barbie doll all sneaky is gay activity and I’m like 500% sure she did to make Dae laugh. This band is so gay Korea wasn’t ready.

But now, the first category. Style.

They kept it very very simple in this and wore a lot of blouses and sweaters (except for the two sleeveless tops Lyung and Dae wore, who do I thank?) They also kept their make-up and accessories to a very minimal. I personally think Myung and Chae played a very big part in this because they had already been idolized once before in this other girl group called “Rookie” (coincidence, I think not) and they knew how to make decisions they didn’t regret.

Most of the members didn’t even have radical hair colours or even changed their hair colour during the duration of this album and promotion. Only Lyung, Ryung and Dae had hair changes. Lyung already had it short before debut (as had Dae) and had the same colours in As If It’s Your Last and Just Right, but had it a little darker brown in Rookie. Ryung went from silver to a light orange to a pure white between all the mvs and shows. Idk, I just think they felt like changing her hair a lot. Tbh I think the orange looked the best on her. And Dae went from a chestnut brown, to a silvery brown to a very dark brown. The styles of their hair didn’t change much either.

Only Lyung and Dea kept it shorter and the latter was immediately exposed as having curly hair which was just very cute especially bc she was so young at that time.

Then the second category: their personalities

This was their first era so we first got to meet CHAOS here and let me just say what babies they still were here.

Let’s start off with our main unnie Chae-ha.Chae was quite serious in this era, always pushing the girls to do more, do better. But she also showed her insecure side sometimes because she wasn’t a very good dancer back then, but had received a couple of main dancing parts which I think really stressed her out. Also I think she took care of the band in her own very special way by protecting them from potential haters and annoying people.

There are a couple of videos that really show her protective side and just ugh… can she be my mum. But tbh I really think Chae was under a lot of pressure to take care of this chaos of girls as the oldest and because she had some real kpop experience.

Myung was very quiet in this era but I think it suited her very well too. Her concept is very cute so she owned in a very natural way. She was also such a responsible sister in this era, helping Chae out so much by getting these girls ready. This is also the era where we see her bond with Ryung very much, who was having a lot of trouble getting adjusted to the attention and lifestyle and I swear their relationship is just goals.

But Myung is such a sweetie and I honeslty can’t imagine anybody ever being mad or upset at her. She also told the fans that she was so happy to be in a group with people she could finally call friends and feel safe around because I think she felt very out of place during her “Rookie” days. Overall just such a sweet person I can’t.

Lyung and Dae were the first members of the sunshine squad and really they resemble over excited puppies ever since, because that really hasn’t changed. It is clear immediately that Lyung, stagename: Lea, is a very down to earth person, very different than her sister, and a very supportive person. She is actually also very vocal of how hard the trainee time is and how lucky she is to share it with her sister.

Also her doing some her old songs with Dae from their “Hyped” days can literally resurrect people. But she is also one of the sole reasons the band worked from the beginning because she had rules and schedules from day one bc tbh I think the band might have fallen apart without her, I mean they are a literal chaos.

Her sister Ryung is the opposite and also nicknamed the Salt of the group. A lot of people dislike her for being quite negative over the group and the other members and their work but tbh I really just think she wanted to prove to everyone she could be successful and was very hard on herself because she wanted to succeed to desperately.

In like behind the scenes you might get the wrong impression of her but I assure you that when you watch some of their vlogs and videos of the CHAOS household it will change your mind. She is such a cuddly and soft person really she just has trouble showing it.

As much as I love BigHit and Mr. Bang for all they have done for both CHAOS and BTS, I really just want to know who the hell came up with the plan to make Dae the leader of the group as she is one of the maknaes. But tbh I think Dae was very brave these first few months because she immediately came out and took all the hate like a pro and also kudos for the other members for supporting her so much.

But really I just like her humour and especially her cheeks because they are so round and full and she’s just such an overall squishy person. Let me also add that now I am so glad Dae is the leader because she’s doing such a good job at it.

Areum is the oldest of the maknae and can, still, go from being very very deep and mysterious to very very dirty. She’s such a meme honestly and I love her both during the late night videos of her questioning everything and everyone but also as the one who makes so many jokes with Dae about their lengths or about the lengths of the other, shorter, members.

She is very much a member that if I think Lyung and Chae wouldn’t have been around, she wouldn’t have made it because she really needs structure and clarity and I’m just glad she had five amazing unnies to guide her because I love her so much in this band.

Baby Pureum, or Little Monster as she is also called, is really the baby of the group. On camera she is a very good dancer, like amazing is an understatement, and makes inappropriate jokes and tries to really fit in with the older unnies, off camera and especially without the other members, she was a very shy and insecure person who really was the youngest member.

She was our bias is so many things in the beginning I think it was a lot for her to handle, but she did and I’m so proud of her. Also let me just say that if Ryung and Myung were the first ship to sail in this fandom, they are closely, closely, followed by the Pureum and Dae ship because honestly these two are so shippable there were so many rumours they were dating it was unreal.

Category three, memorable moments

- The CHAOS household where there was one golden rule: WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSEHOLDING, YOU LISTEN TO BAE LYUNG.

- Pureum and Dae sharing a bed and the first time Lyung found them in the same bed

- “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY DID IN THAT BED!”

- Chae cooking for her children

- Myung baking cookies for her children

- Those times where Myung and Dae were stuck in the studio writing and the others waited for them with re-heated dinner in their pyjama’s

- Ryung always near Myung

- Areum and Dae always having a shorter member lean on them when doing anything tbh

- Baby pureum commanding the others to drink and eat enough, literally splashing water in their face when they don’t do it with a plant spray

- “I have thirsty” when she finally needs a sip of water herself

- Dae’s coming out + all the supportive things the members said

- “Is she gay? I mean, maybe you’re gay? Huh, maybe you’re gay and you don’t want anyone to know so you’re asking Dae but we’ve figuring you out. Check and mate.”

- The birth of ryung’s eyerolls

- Chae’s panic face whenever dealing with the girls

And that was that for this era. See you in the next!

#chae #chae-ha #myung #melody #lyung #lea #ryung #RY #baesisters #baetwins #dae #DYU #areum #A-#pureum #LM #just right #just right era #era #eras

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yahoo-roto-arcade-blog · 7 years ago

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Fantasy Football All-Man Crush team: Terrelle Pryor, Tyreek Hill top list

Tyreek Hill is sure to spread his wings and fly this season. (AP)

For the past several years, the Noise has lived a double-life. By day, I maintain a conventional existence playing the role of husband, father, terrier lover and, on Thursdays, foul-mouthed tequila imbiber. However, come nightfall, I walk a much different line, transforming into a connoisseur of the mantastic.

It’s true, when it comes to fantasy football, I’m admittedly a proud lush. Over the years, my fantasy feels were unrestrained. Brandon Jacobs, Rashard Mendenhall, Pierre Thomas, Arian Foster, Le’Veon Bell and Melvin Gordon are just a few once unheralded names that were lustfully pursued. Those infatuations largely paid off. Others like Ameer Abullah, Felix Jones and Ryan Mathews, however, left my heart broken and rosters in squalor.

In a game where individual players are idolized owners can empathize. Professed obsessions commonly lead to lopsided trades, arm tendon tears and empty pockets. Don’t even ask how much I paid for Montee Ball in an auction a few years back (Think the approximate street value of one kidney).

In honor of fantasy fixations everywhere, here is your must avoid list the Noise’s 2017 All Man-Crush team — ridiculous adjectives and hyperbole included:

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Marcus Mariota, Ten, QB (97.5, QB8) – People with memory lapses tend to forget how volcanic the native Hawaiian was for a large chunk of 2016. From Weeks 5-12 he erupted, netting the third-most valuable passer line in fantasy, a stretch he completed 67.4 percent of his attempts, averaged 259.1 passing yards per game, 29.8 rushing yards per game and tallied a 25:3 TD:INT (two rushing) split. He was also dynamite inside the red zone (QB9 in RZ completion%) and downfield (QB8 in deep-ball completion%) while also padding the bottom line on the ground (24.3 rush ypg).

With Corey Davis and Eric Decker now running routes in Tennessee, I suspect Terry Robskie removes padlock from playbook and features more spread formations. Last year, the Titans ranked dead last in percentage of three-wide receiver sets (42, NFL average: 60). Fully recovered from a broken leg, Mariota is about to become a QB top-five megastar. There simply isn’t a better mid-draft option at the position.

Fearless Forecast: 4,087 passing yards, 30 passing touchdowns, 395 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns

Ty Montgomery, GB, RB (40.1 ADP, RB16) – Similar to a freshwater sturgeon traversing a frozen Wisconsin lake, Montgomery is a rare sight. Though deployed only occasionally last year, he was nothing short of dominant on a per touch basis. The advanced numbers don’t lie. Last year, Monty ranked top-five among running backs in juke rate (RB3) – he forced 17 missed tackles alone against rival Chicago Week 15 – yards after contact per attempt (2.8, RB1) and breakaway run percentage (RB2). And he accomplished that level of production “acting on instincts.” With a full offseason to work on his biggest weakness, stonewalling blitzers, he busts out in a big way in 2017.

Yes, Jamaal Williams will work into Green Bay’s backfield flow. Mike McCarthy was always going to employ some sort of running back by committee. And, no, Monty’s mysterious lower leg injury isn’t overly concerning. Once camp breaks, No. 88 registers roughly 13-15 touches per game. If his effectiveness is anything close to last year’s 6.7 yards per touch, he’ll toe the RB1 line in 12-team leagues, especially PPR. Remember he plays alongside arguably the best quarterback in the game, Aaron Rodgers, who was the primary reason why Monty saw light fronts a jaw-dropping 89.6 percent of the time in ’16. Ty one on, #TeamHuevos.

Fearless Forecast: 159 carries, 890 rushing yards, 51 receptions, 404 receiving yards, 9 total touchdowns

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Bilal Powell, NYJ, RB (69.1, RB27) – I know what you’re thinking, “A Jet?! Really?! Man, those brownies in Denver (my home) are quite strong!” But featuring Powell on this list was done with complete sobriety and clarity.

Few Puddle Jumpers are worthy of a roster spot, but the crafty veteran back most definitely is. Last year, he showcased his three-down wares once thrust into a featured role. From Weeks 14-17 he logged a December to remember, posting the second-most valuable line among running backs (5.0 ypc, 138.0 total yards per game, 3 TDs). Diving deeper, he also compiled 14 missed tackles and a 3.2 YAC over that four-game span.

Overall, “Boom Boom” is a better-than-advertised inside runner. He’s also an accomplished receiver and difficult to corral in space. Among RBs, he ranked No. 14 in juke rate last season. His backfield compadre, Matt Forte, meanwhile, checked in at No. 56 in the category and was one of the worst qualifying backs in yards after contact per touch (No. 61). Nearly three years Forte’s junior and with 2,067 fewer career touches under his belt, Powell packs more across-the-board punch.

My best guess is New York installs a 60-40 platoon Week 1 at Buffalo with Powell shouldering the heavy side (14-15 touches per game). If Forte doesn’t recover soon from a hamstring setback, the speculated distribution will only widen. Essentially, Powell should provide owners with significant versatility and value, particularly in PPR leagues. The Jets’ suspect defense boosts his garbage time appeal. Heck, they’re already down 21-0 in every game.

Fearless Forecast: 191 carries, 842 rushing yards, 58 receptions, 435 receiving yards, 6 total touchdowns

Terrelle Pryor, Was, WR (38.7 ADP, WR18) – The converted quarterback is my ultimate bae. Already this month, my fingers have typed hundreds of superlatives about the receiver. Is my adoration unhealthy? Possibly, but I have my justifications.

For starters, he compiled WR2 numbers last year with punchlines Josh McCown, Robert Griffin III, Cody Kessler, Kevin Hogan and Charlie Whitehurst hurling wingless paper airplanes in his general direction. It was arguably THE most heroic campaign of the season next to Kenny Britt’s 1,000-yard effort in Los Angeles. And he achieved that in his first full season as a wide receiver. Unprecedented. Exchanging his Factory of Sadness punch card for a gig in Washington’s Factory of Fun, his worth rockets skyward. His viral videos from training camp are merely a warmup.

Kirk Cousins sorely needs to improve in red-zone efficiency, an area the receiver notched top-notch numbers with the Browns (69.2 catch rate in ’16). Sure Jordan Reed, Jamison Crowder and Josh Doctson will challenge him for targets, but Pryor could match 2016’s share total (141). Keep in mind, Washington castoffs DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon accounted for 37.1 percent of the club’s vertical workload a season ago. Currently my WR8 (I’m a sick puppy!), Pryor turns a massive profit for his investors.

Fearless forecast: 90 receptions, 1,211 receiving yards, 9 touchdowns

Tyreek Hill, KC, WR (43.9, WR23) – He’s too small. He’s tied to Alex Smith and Andy Reid. He’s still relatively unproven. … These are common arguments Hill haters spew when talking themselves out of the wide receiver, a terrible mistake. History says their gripes are reasonable, but the ‘Freak’ is about to get nasty. According to Reception Perception, last year he ranked No. 3, behind Antonio Brown and Willie Snead, in getting open whether against man, zone or press coverage. Equally impressive, he totaled outstanding success rates on myriad routes. Bottom line, doubter comps to Cordarrelle Patterson are unfounded and laughable. Unlike the former Viking, Hill’s route tree actually has branches.

Reflecting on ’16, Hill ranked No. 5 in total output at the position Weeks 8-17 netting 47 receptions, 724 combined yards (rush/receiving) and six touchdowns. Most importantly, he accomplished that seeing just 20.2 percent of the targets share. His home-run hitting ability and scoring diversity explained his amazing efficiency. In terms of fantasy points scored per target (2.42) only Taylor Gabriel outpaced him.

Reid has made it crystal clear, Hill is the Chiefs’ offensive engine. Underused even during his breakout period last fall, he should log a snap rate in the 60-65 percent range (43.5 in ’16). Maybe I’m nuts, but the trends and data indicate a WR top-10 campaign is no stretch.

Fearless Forecast: 73 receptions, 817 receiving yards, 236 rushing yards, 8 total touchdowns

Tyrell Williams, LAC, WR (89.6, WR41) – Close to the double-digit rounds, there isn’t a better receiver value out there. A true shocker special last season, the long drink became a favorite Philip Rivers beverage post-Keenan Allen ACL disintegration. He attracted a respectable 21.1 percent of the targets share and tallied a 69-1059-7 line (WR22). Most impressively, Williams averaged 15.2 yards per route and finished top-11 in contested catch rate.

With Mike Williams on the PUP and without an official timetable to return (October?), it seems unlikely he’ll suddenly take a backseat to the rookie at any point this fall. Tyrell is the franchise’s new Vincent Jackson, an explosive weapon who was 87 percent successful against man or zone coverages and ranked No. 11 in contested catch rate in 2016. In other words, he isn’t some one-trick streak-only pony. His absurdly discounted ADP is a gift from the fantasy gods. With a highly competent quarterback throwing him the pill, he should match or slightly exceed last year’s WR2 output.

Fearless Forecast: 72 receptions, 1,103 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns

Cameron Brate, TB, TE (160.1, TE20) – In the later rounds, ‘X’ marks the spot for the grossly underrated Buccaneer. Many forget he was the sixth-most valuable tight end from Week 8 on last season. He and Jameis Winston, whether on short, intermediate or long connections, were around 63 percent successful according to Sharp Football. That hyper efficiency combined with Brate’s solidified red-zone role (25.4% red-zone targets share in ’16) and benefits playing alongside Mike Evans and DeSean Jackson point to another top-12 return. Yes, even with the supposedly divine O.J. Howard on roster. Understand Dirk Koetter features a ton of two-TE sets. Bank on Brate and Winston picking up where they left off.

Fearless Forecast: 52 receptions, 629 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns

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In defense of ghosting: It’s a valuable dating tool, not a problem to be fixed

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Ghosting is everywhere, and dating apps are desperate to put an end to this disappearing act. But ghosting doesn’t need a solution it is the solution.

If you didnt already know before plunging into the deep, dark depths that is online dating, you certainly learned quickly thereafter: dating is a numbers game. And when youre messaging with what turns out to be your third lamest match of the day, ghosting becomes a necessary tool to manage the exhaustion that is mining through the hundreds of (probably boring) people at your fingertips.

For the record: This isnt the nicest way of looking at people.

For the record: This isnt the nicest way of looking at people. But neither is the meat-market display of the swiping mechanism employed by the most popular apps. It is, as they say, what it is. If youre going to partake, this objectification is an inherent and unavoidable aspect of dating app culture.

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There are a literal million reasons why a match can flop. You can chalk most failed conversations up to lack of spark you either have a connection or you dont. Not everyone wants to partake in games of witty one-upmanship (*raises hand*) or blatant innuendo (*puts hand down*). You might just be on completely different pages right off the bat.

Some people are lazy swipers. Theyll casually swipe right before really analyzing your profile only to later discover oh, wait they actually really hate people with cats and ew thats a cat in your last picture and they missed it the first time. It happens.

Other people are coming off their last breakup sore and just looking for the validation, comfort and ego boost that newcomers tend to feel from the matching experience they were never there to meet up anyway.

See: a literal million reasons.

So when someone doesnt chat you back, the rejection isnt necessarily personal. Its cheesy but its true: Its not you, its them. Youre not a fit, and thats okay.

Its cheesy but its true: Its not you, its them.

Ghosting isnt unique to the online world. Weve done it countless times in person, it just doesnt seem as pointed. If you were at a party full of single people and chatted briefly to someone before pausing to chat to another, and then turned back to discover the first person had disappeared, you probably wouldn’t think too much of it after all, it’s a big party and you’re all there to mingle, a 45-year-old single writer who uses a combination of Tinder, Happn and Bumble told me.

Speaking briefly with someone in person does not imply an investment, and neither does an online greeting. You havent met, you can barely remember this persons name without going back to check their profile, and youve made no promises or commitments.

As a 32-year-old single software developer said, I think that’s why people feel okay ghosting. I hardly know this person. Do I really have to go through the exercise of telling them why I’m not interested? And thats the main issue: formally cutting off every conversation you might have with a stranger online would be exhausting.

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I have so many conversations going on at the same time that don’t result in actual dates that I can’t actually reject all of them. So I ghost, a 29-year-old investment professional told me. I don’t think the person really devoted any resources to chat me along with other multiple people at the same time online.

Ghosting is easy. Sitting down to explain why you arent interested in continuing a conversation with someone you barely know is not.

And what good would come of it anyway? As much as some people might feel like understanding why the other person disappeared would be helpful, there are too many variables.

Even with the best intentions, some criticism might read as offensive. Or they might just not know what the hell theyre talking about. (They dont actually know anything about you, after all.) Or it might be one of those incredibly personal literal million reasons that would have no impact on your future involvements.

As the 29-year-old investment professional put it, How would the other person possibly benefit by an internet stranger saying he or she doesn’t wanna meet up because I find you boring. The 45-year-old writer said something similar: If I hardly know a person, I think I have little right to judge their behavior. It’d be massively egotistical of me to judge them after so little interaction.

Its just not feasible for every match to answer your requests for feedback.

Online dating moves quickly. One day youre all about one or two threads of interaction, and the next its an entirely different set of people. Its just not feasible for every match to answer your requests for feedback.

I think it’s slightly unrealistic to expect people to pour their hearts out to you when you hardly know them, the 45-year-old writer said. The problem is that one person might just not be into it (call it chemistry, call it feeling, call it vibe, whatever) while the other person is projecting all sorts of stuff on the other person and building up the proto-relationship in their mind.

The only effort we can reasonably expect from a match is to take a stab at an honest-to-goodness conversation. If it doesnt pass the initial chemistry test, anything else is unnecessary.

There are, of course, scenarios where ghosting is bad. If youve been dating someone even casually for a chunk of time, for instance. But when youre just chatting, gauging who the hell this person even is? When you havent even committed to a first date? Its not rude its just part of the process. Its expected, as the 29-year-old said.

Dating apps like The League and others are rushing to try to “solve” the problem of ghosting. Theyre offering features like read receipts or expiring messages that feel more like shaming. Those features, along with other attempts to engineer social interactions between matches (like limiting how many people you see, especially with The Leagues penalization of people who dip into any kind of inactivity) are manipulating your behaviors by controlling your experience.

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So why are these apps even bothering? Ghosting is always going to be a part of online dating, as long as its a numbers game. But neither of those things are inherently bad. Dating apps, as abhorrent as they can be, are at least convenient and manageable. You can gauge a potential match from a safe and fairly anonymous distance, and you can decide when to pull the plug without the risk of them continuing to have unfettered access to you.

The fact that online dating is on your terms is one of the few things it has going for it.

The fact that online dating is on your terms is one of the few things it has going for it. The best feature these apps introduced was making communication gated rather than leaving it open to a wild west world of negging and sexually-charged commentary. Thats done. But theres certainly still room for features that would minimize the need for ghosting.

The most cumbersome part of all this is swiping through the piles of profiles some of which are joke accounts or spam to get to someone you could see yourself liking. Anything that would help that experience vague and magical algorithms, for instance would be more effective than these features that feel like yet another opportunity for a cash grab (with paid-for member accounts nabbing extra flexibility) rather than a service to the user.

If, one day, apps were able to accurately detect and record your most personal-interest swiping habits to better predict who you would like as in, be an actual matchmaker wed probably spend less time swiping and ghosting in favor of more time actually dating.

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Most of the current algorithmic qualifiers dont have much of a bearing on what kinds of people personality, look, style, character youre looking at. Tinders voting-as-ranking system, based on what we know about it, seems far too much like a Black Mirror Season 3, episode 1 popularity contest than a personalized matching system.

For now, were left with an imperfect system. Theres plenty about the culture of online dating that would deter any number of people. Ghosting, I would argue, is one of the less offensive ones a tool of efficiency rather than rejection. But its up to you to decide if its worth the hassle.

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