#rant sorry

[sarcasm20202]

From the outside looking in (The Netherlands) it doesn't look like bad vs worse. It looks like The Worst Person You've Ever Met vs Anyone Else. Maybe that's just the news that makes it here but that's how I'm seeing it.

There's an objective list of bad things that Trump has done. He wouldn't ever be considered fit for prime minister in The Netherlands. We wouldn't have known about him, because he would never make it to a point where you could vote for him in elections.

How anyone could look at this entire situation and choose to vote for him is beyond me, let alone half of the entirety of the US.

I don't care that you think Harris would be a bad president, Trump has shown us that he's worse.

Don't act like tumblr leftists couldve singlehandedly won the election for Kamala, she had her part in this.

fuck off dude. People like you are the reason I'm so pissed off. "She had her part in this?" Yeah she wasn't perfect but fuck dude she isn't a literal nazi like someone else! It's not just tumblr leftists I'm mad at, I'm mad at everyone who thought that voting 3rd party, a party that's been set up so that it's essentially impossible to win, was better than helping to ensure that a facist, sex offending, russia aggrandizing, insurgence creating, racist, sexist, queerphobic, deteriorating little piece of human garbage doesn't become the most powerful person in the country.

And who the hell asked you anyway? I'm here bleeding my heart out about how fucking petrified I am about what could happen to the people I love and you think this is the best time to send your sassy little message? To really own me? To show off how intellectually superior you are? Well that really shows how much you give a shit about others, doesn't it? Fuck you.

[propuppyx3]

when people act like you cant be friends with people younger than you it makes me CRAZY

and yes this includes minors idc

like... i can be friends with a 40yo but i can also be friends with a 14yo

and honestly??? i think its actively IMPORTANT to talk to people of different age groups, it like, it'll expand your horizons and make you know

like

more about the world in general

and honestly? i think people being against it comes down to moral panic and ageism

like yes i am 20, but yes i respect this 12 year old as a person and ENJOY hearing about their interests

like sure, i can acknowledge theres differences in stuff like life experiences and maturity and whatever but "kids" are still fucking people

also like... ive hung out with 14yos, like, not alone, but ive still spent time with them

and sometimes i worry im being a creep myself but honestly? thats fucking stupid

spending time with someone isnt a damn crime idk

[marietheran]

see, I would not be bothered about taylor swift (any more than about pop stars in general, that is) if she wasn't idolised so so hard by her fanclub. like, I've seen someone compare her to Shakespeare this week.

they're annoyed when people criticise her, but I feel they're fueling the critique themselves, because it's very hard to ignore someone who's looked up to in such an over-the-top way.

[leahsbbg]

i swear to fucking god if i read another fanfic of some fucking pillow princess ellie williams shit i’m gunna scream, why do you guys make this girl out to seem like some dom that has no feelings and acts like some sort of frat boy player shit. in any fucking relationship even despite the “role” someone takes on, both people are allowed to express emotion and have a fucking personality. It’s like none of you played the game considering that you take none of ellie’s actual characteristics into your writing. it’s nearly the same concept as male gaze ellie just reversed, which don’t EVEN get me started on…

[chalkodareal]

i feel so bad bc i do know im totally coming of as a love hating slog to some people and im desperate to explain myself to people that arent really concerned with my explaination but god knowing answer is genuine makes me hate it a bit. it always had this sort of air to it of the men that seemed to believe that even though the woman was not asking for them somehow still they are the best person for her. and. like i need to be clear its not that i dont believe you can date outside your type or that lowering your expectations a little is bad or anything but. Ugh. Ughhhh god its such a male song to me i cant. explain it. and i know its because im a young cis woman that i probably feel this way and even that im maybe making threats out of things that arent but. like. UGH and it feels so demeaning dont even get me started on that line about the pony thats the dumbest crap to me. and. and i really do feel bad. bc its apparently cute to some people. and those people are tired of negative interps. but i feel so annoyedddd knowing its not meant with a lick of judgement towards the narrator. maybe im just too young for it i dont knowww

[chlmonly]

Genuinely, but why do we need to explain why we like chilumi in the first place? Isn't shipping supposed to be for fun? Or is it limited to certain ships? Why is chlm getting hated on for having a lot of stuff, but others can ship freely characters that never interacted ( that's not in any way wrong btw I also have rarepairs )

[shortnsnips]

gonna start ranting abt qsmp stuff here bc twitter scares me LOL i need to talk about it so bad!!

im not the BIGGEST fan of this event - i think the concept is super cool but sometimes it's super frustrating to watch literally any team grind for 6+ hours and then for the efforts to be futile because of a last minute thing/only a few members logging in on a day that requires more than one person (not to mention some of twitter,,,) but as long as the ccs are having fun then yknow!! but it's still a super cool concept don't get me wrong and it's been fun to watch like i'm always on the edge of my seat

but good LORD did tubbo COOK today's stream. like the pieces literally fell into place. i was convinced blue was cursed from the get-go but every single thing he pieced together just made SENSE. there's literally so much evidence backing up blue being the cursed team versus the one single red heron red team keeps hanging onto that in theory doesn't even make sense still taking quackity's ticket into consideration and the fact he was on a different team at the start. i wish they'd kinda just listened to what tubbo is saying because it genuinely makes so much sense but i feel like they're trying to not take the cursed team into perspective for content-sake which fjaeihfiuewf the cursed team is roleplay contentttt but whatever

part of me kinda feels like this event was supposed to be kind of a phase out of the eggs that weren't meant to last this long so i'm honestly not gonna be too mad if red wins bc they're too stubborn to listen to reason (and it'll be funny to see q!tubbo say i told you so LOL) but i think it would be a super good way to finally phase out the eggs and move on to a different part of the lore and i'm excited for it!!

[real-doozy]

mood

[lachonk]

I'm begging some of u to learn a little bit more about domestic animals and what videos are and are not cute On Your Own rather than hoping some dedicated expert will come along to correct something.

Cat saliva is toxic to many species of birds and reptiles, as well as rodents. You do not want to promote content that features a cat playing with a hamster under any circumstances, even if it seems cute and harmless. It is not.

Hamsters are incredibly fragile animals that aren't made to fall from heights or be flung around.

Fish are not toys either! They should not be treated like accessories or decorations in videos. They feel pain and stress like everything else.

If you see a non domestic animal in a domestic setting, question it. Look into it.

There's a whole subgenre of pet videos that's just people FAKING animal rescues. They'll glue things to the shells of turtles just to scrape it off on camera, unaware of the damage that's doing to the turtle every step of the way. They'll grab bags upon bags of fish out of pet store dumpsters that THEY THEMSELVES planted there.

Just please be very critical of the viral animal videos you're seeing. Animals can't speak up for themselves so we have to do it for them.

[marietheran]

...found a woman on a Christian forum saying she won't let her daughter read a vintage children's book series because "she already struggles with unladylike behaviour as is"

Apparently, climbing trees is ungodly.

[lunarbun-ships]

tell me why ive had two separate s/is be mistaken for other characters and have my ship art mistaken for canon x canon art😭😭fml

[daughterlydawn]

having adhd and getting diagnosed later in life is so funny because

when you’re eventually listened to and diagnosed, suddenly all of the evil horrible debilitating symptoms have a cause. so you’re like ok! yay! this can be managed right? i can make lists and try out mediations for months till I find the right one and plaster sticky notes everywhere and keep a calendar and remember to be a little quieter right?? awesome! and then eventually you find the mediation that works for you and everything totally clicks and you’re able to function mostly normally. and you’re like hoooly shit. you’ll then look back onto all the struggles and missed opportunities and feelings of stupidity and inferiority and be like man! i wish i knew what i know now! but then you start feeling hopeful, like yeah i feel so much better and i can start taking on my day. like i can actually keep a job and maintain relationships and do good in school if i want to. and you get comfortable! but then guess what? if you live in america (and many other countries) you suddenly start having a little trouble picking up your medications. maybe it’ll be a few days late, no problem. and then it’s a week, super frustrating but it happens. then it turns into a month, or months. and you’re like what the hell. and you ask your pharmacy, what’s the deal? and they’re like “yeah man sorry everything is back ordered from the manufacturer.” so then you’re like, what the heck let me look into this. and you realize due to drug manufactures under estimating the amount of drugs they need to make, and the government limiting them to certain amounts, there suddenly isn’t enough drugs to go around. and they can’t make any more, that would be too easy! the government needs to be aware of every single pill produced and manufacturer’s can’t be like “hey government, can we make some more?” because the government is like NO YOU CAN’T! so then you realize it could take days, weeks, months to get your prescription again. and then you realize the drug that’s helped alleviate the source of your troubles is gone. and all of the generic and alternative versions are gone too. so then it sinks in that all of the progress you might’ve made will eventually crumple down because you’re now suddenly at square -5, because somehow you’re unable to function even more compared to how you felt before being mediated! and then, maybe, you contact your doctor to ask if there are any alternatives. and then you ask again. and after a few times they’re like “hey, you’re acting pretty weird.” and suddenly you’re silently labled as having drug seeking behavior because obviously, obviously, you must be selling the drugs and not actually taking it right? because that’s all they’re good for, just getting high and maybe cleaning your house right? and then you’re REALLY back at square one. because what doctor or pharmacy will take you seriously now? and it really sucks because there are only so many lists you can make and sticky notes you can write before the root of the problem bears it’s stupid ugly head.

it can be totally funny like that sometimes.

[sapphicvamperism]

I think something that sucks about loving Sam is that, at some point, the creative team stopped caring about him and it shows. Everyone stopped taking his character seriously and all of the wonderful parts of his character begin to flatten, so moments when he takes an active role in the story feel jarring.

[eatfreeordie]

I have mixed feelings about the trend of using mason jars for all sorts of things because reuseable is good but you can use like... cleaned out jars from your recycling for most things, and for safe canning we need mason jars, and it just makes me a little sad when they're holding flowers or being use as cups or whatever that like... someone could be canning with those. But I guess if you buy them for that purpose it helps them not get super expensive, and if you're reusing from canned goods you ate, that's good too. Maybe it's just when they're on Buy Nothing and there's people who want to can but they go to someone who wants to organize craft supplies or whatever

[ikilledamanforthisurl]

the fatigue regarding this shit is setting in real good but i still can't Not be upset about the opt-out of content scraping for staff's monetary gain. it's not insane to presume they keep up with the decisions other websites make, INCLUDING, SURELY, when they have to backtrack from something as fucking stupid as anything opt-out like with Deviantart's semi-recent blunders with opting-in to basic AI protection, and you'd think staff would be competent enough to know better than to implement the exact same mistake DA did. and yea, they are. staff is competent enough. they just don't fucking care. You sell so much more content when there are people on your website who have lost their passwords, left, or died, and are unable to actually opt out of the system. There's so much more content to sell when you scrape from private accounts, private functions such as asks, likely DMs, or proclaimed "deleted" content. There's so much more content to sell when the opt-out feature is practically inaccessible to the userbase shoved within blog settings, EACH individual blogs' settings at that, and only on certain versions on mobile that, again, not everyone can access because their updates just don't fucking function or people's phones are labelled "obsolete" due to their age and have updates gradually choked behind OS releases until they're no longer supported. There's so much more content to sell when people post their faces and bodies to this website during the time that AI deepfake sexual harassment & fraud is at its most legally ignored status. They are competent enough to know that all this is shit their users don't want but it doesn't matter, because this will make them the most money. it's not incompetence, it is deliberate, malicious greed.

when they roll back this opt-out issue and throw their hands in the air all Sorry! Sorry! We didn't realise it would Upset our dearest Userbase! it will have already been too late, and by the time they actually buck up and implement protections, it will already have been too late. they know this. it's deliberate. when you're in the machine you cannot get out. they want their money; they will implement the content scrapers before they do the protection. they will have made their money, and it's all at your expense, and then they will play incompetence and apologetics expecting you to believe them. "We're sorry your private blog was not safe- we did not intend this oversight!" Sorrys aren't good enough, and you're not sorry in the first place. incompetence is not an excuse, and it's not the reason. they're going to treat us like we're fools, but they're not incompetent, and they're not sorry.

[hedonistbyheart]

You know what's the most annoying thing about being disabled?

Most peoples "easy level" is my "moderately hard" level. In everything. The entire world is "moderately hard to excruciatingly difficult"

I'm so tired