#whATS Y OUR PROBLEM

[wellfell]

he’s all over the place after draining a rather large mark—knife tricks; magical dirt at his fingertips; visions of akina’s future with a husband who definitely won’t be him.  “you’ve predicted a young death, but you still want someone by your side, don’t you?  and kids.  i know you want kids.”   the way her demeanour softens whenever she gets the chance to interact with one revealed that much to him.   “have your wedding at night, so i’m able to walk you down the aisle.  don’t worry.  i’ll do my best not to intimidate your groom～”   though, he already hates the fucker.  probably some submissive human cuck with kind eyes and a scholarly title.   “… hmph.” 👎

 she should only have him drink from her neck , don't let him wander around looking for drunk victims in the pubs . otherwise he gets oddly poetic and awkward about it — visions of her future . something akina didn't think about twice , she walks toward him with a small frown and lets him mumble nonsense about the future that definitely wasn't possible . after he's done with his ominous speech , akina raises her brows ; should she slap him or laugh it off ? doesn't like it when he predicts things , when the visions in her head invades his thoughts . it worked on the battlefield but in private , she was simply frustrated with the little worm in their brains that unveiled all their intimate secrets . last night halsin mentioned that thinking about the size difference between him and herself was going to distract her . . . it was inevitable . it pissed astarion off but akina wasn't doing it on purpose . ❛ my groom ? does he have dark hair ? ❜  she speaks as she shoves the knives back in the hilts , leaning against a tree with her arms crossed . a lazy stance , hooded eyes fixed on astarion . he looks awfully tempting with those sleepy eyes of his . ❛ please , drink from me next time . ❜  a groom isn't what akina is going to have , a groom and a quiet wedding . a white dress – that's not akina . astarion has an old mind , traditional finals for lovers . weddings and grooms , altars , akina wants to snort at that . ❛ you're so stupid . ❜

[itspileofgoodthings]

ALSO I am learning how to teach very introverted students, something my natural skillset as a teacher does not help me with.

[sergle]

I was raised with egg chickens and those little shits are so happy and peaceful, they are given warmth and food and housing and protection- same with meat ones, they live so well and issue-free, they are protected from predators and never run out of food, wheres the problem??? THey will die eventually anyway! I'd rather have chickens raised well and killed ethically than them get treated badly, cause I will be eating chicken either way, they taste good.

RIGHT like... this is a quality of life thing for me, they aren't exactly living in a factory farm!! these motherfuckers live well. and they owe me money. also we don't generally butcher our birds, personally, we just let them get old- but I'm starting to think that we should, bc when chickens live a little too long then their deaths start getting REAL stressful

[springcatalyst]

on god. my FUCKING PYTHON CLASS DATA ANALYSIS PROFESSOR doesnt even know how to code he just uses chatgpt. friend of mine went to him for some debugging help with AN ASSIGNMENT HE SET and he said 'ok have u tried putting it into chatgpt?' . sir when i kill you.

[cielosuerte]

one of the most annoying outcomes/wins we've handed techbros about AI is buying in to letting them talk about technology that has existed & been stagnant for 10+ years like they just invented it in their sleep last night.

[yaoi-hate-machine]

help i’m kind of taken with a charming man who is 11 years older than me

[vamptastic]

romancing astarion has thus far made me exponentially less attracted to him. can we go back to you serving face in the background and contributing the occasional quip while i go do my hero things? i can't listen to the pickup lines i cant. they're bad they're not good they're bad. and i don't know if hes doing this on purpose as some kind of sick and twisted test of faith or he thinks he is a master casanova. also if astarion can't lift a backpack full of plate armor he sure as hell cannot lift up my entire PC. sorry.

[trabandovidas]

I love how Uruguayans are all like "ugh i can't understand shit in portuguese, i can't even form a proper sentence" and Brazilians are like "ugh i can't understand shit in spanish, i can't even form a proper sentence", and that is both said with frustration and the fucking deep desire to speak the other's language

But then you have this annual happening ?? where we go and take university level (!!!) classes in the other's language, and go to talks and academic conferences given entirely in the other's language and we go to the other's country and give them conferences in our language and we are all like, "ugh, ah, fuck, i can't speak shit in portuguese/ spanish, i'm so sorry i can't even form a proper sentence, I don't wish to inconvenience you, i just. can't :(" and the other one is all like "ye, ye, ye, don't worry, you just speak in your tongue, i can understand you, don't worry, i can't speak spanish/portuguese either, i don't even understand shit of it either. But i completely understand you giving me this university level class tho!, yeah no problem <3" like ???? sir???

[skrunksthatwunk]

"hey HEY what do you have in your mouth!!! sit SIT. SPIT IT OUT GIVE IT—" but instead of talking to a dog it's me about my parents using the word overstimulated as nothing but another way to make fun of our anxious traumatized dog for doing things they find inconvenient or unreasonable or illogical (and, by extension, everyone who uses the term for legitimate reasons). (WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM!!!!!!!!!! AND ALSO WHERE THE FUCK DID THEY HEAR IT BECAUSE I DON'T USE IT AROUND THEM On Purpose BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'D BE ANNOYING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[peaceeandcoolestvibes]

Now let’s laugh at this

Aries:

(I agree even though Virgo doesn’t annoy me too much, I honestly don’t care ab them slash don’t mind having them around)

The signs Aries doesn’t like:

[corvid-language-library]

Weird to think about how at one time my "best friend in school" was just "my best friend". At one point she was the closest person in my life and we were planning to still be playing Pokemon Red in a care home together in our 80s, and now she's just someone I haven't spoken to in years and wouldn't know how to talk to if we met on the street. I know the story of the tattoo on her hip and that she got tickets to see Good Charlotte on her 13th birthday. As far as I'm aware she no longer goes by the nickname that inspired that tattoo and I don't know if she even still likes Good Charlotte. I feel like I hold her stories and secrets like a dusty box in the back of her closet, the kind stuffed with faded photographs and yellowing letters and silly little friendship bracelets that meant so much all those summer days ago, that you can't quite bring yourself to throw out despite the significance having long since dried up.

[badcountryofficial]

I'm sooo mad I knew what "when it's good it's sooooo good but when it's bad it's SO bad" actually MEANS and then when I was IN one of those relationships was like "no it's So Nuanced tho" like I didn't know what that one phrase always ALWAYS means

[modpoppy]

idk what the thing is called where no matter what you do people act like youre insane and weird and incompetent and annoying but it s the worst!!!!

me asking for input on a decision bc i know i will get made fun of for asking but its better that than making the wrong decision and getting made fun of

dont get an actual answer

me making a decision, specifically trying to leave myself open for multiple options later, and getting made fun of for not making The Obvious Decision

me getting upset bc i specifically asked for advice so i WOULDNT get made fun of

me being accused of deflecting blame and not taking responsibility for my (ill informed) decision that isnt even the Bad decision, just not the simplest

[inkskinned]

the tradwife movement is the same as it has always been - back in the kitchen, back to breeding - it just has better branding.

when i was younger, i hated pink. i was not like other girls. this is now something i'm embarrassed of - this was not me being a "girl's girl."

but it was expressing something many of us felt at the time: i literally wasn't what girlhood was supposed to be. this is a hard thing to explain, but you know when you're not performing girlhood correctly. it isn't as easy as "i liked x when girls liked y" - because there were other girls that liked x, too - but i never figured out exactly the correct way to like x, or to be interested in y.

now there is the divine feminine. this is the same rhetoric it has always been: women are biologically driven to like pink and ribbons and submitting to our husbands.

the problem is that the patriarchy found a better PR team. because yes, actually, i want every woman to have the choice to be a homemaker. i also want her taken seriously for her legitimate home-making labor. i want her to be recognized as also having a job, just unpaid. i want men to have this opportunity, too.

but it is no longer "i made this choice and I love it." instead it is a sixteen-paragraph rant about how selfish it is that my generation isn't having kids. instead it's long videos about how if you feed your children processed foods, you're going to kill them. instead it is "this is what womanhood is supposed to be. i feel bad for any other choices you're making."

the shame spiral is just prettier. it is large houses devoid of personality. it is the implication: if you don't have this, you aren't happy. the solid, everlasting assurance: women are actually supposed to be submitting. this is the default. this is the natural state of things. all other attempts inflict suffering.

but you can no longer say i'm not like other girls. you can no longer reject this image completely. you cannot find it revolting, even if you know that the underbelly is toxic and festering. sure, it is the same repackaged patriarchy. but the internet does not have shades of grey. you should support and reward other women! your disgust is actually internalized misogyny. not because you are seeing a vision of yourself the way they're trying to train you to be. not because you feel her ghost pass within an inch of your earlobe. not because your father will eventually ask you - why can't you be like her?

because they figured out how to make it beautiful: women will sell other women on this idea, and we will find the singular loophole in feminism. sure, she's shaming you in most of her videos. sure, she implies that a different life is obscene. but she just wants you to be happy! you'd be happier if you were listening!

and the whole time you're sitting there thinking: i'd actually just be happier if i had that kind of money.

[alwayssunnyinhawkins]

Here's some messages I sent to 🎀 on Friday after college, because I can't stop thinking about it:

Not to be the most insufferable person in the world right now, but I once again/am still feeling crazy about the [*redacted*] thing. Because today when we went to the shops together basically the second we were alone he was asking how I am because, according to what he's noticed, I'm acting off today, that I seem sadder/not as happy and bubbly, that my mannerisms are different than normal. And like. ???

1) that's sweet of him to ask no matter the connotations, even though there wasn't anything wrong. And 2) like. He pays *that* much attention to me?? What I'm guessing he's noticed is that I'm trying to be less active in starting conversations with him the past few days, but even then I've still spoken to him a decent amount. And yet ? He's noticed. ALREADY. AFTER TWO. DAYS.

Lobotomize me.

I'm in need of either validation or you telling me I'm overthinking it - just your unbiased opinion

no no you aren't overthinking, that's crazy

That's what I'm saying‼️ like ???

[itsalwaysdark]

aww its kinda cute finding me complaining abt my dads whole lisa thing from 2017. honestly so overshadowed by everything else and also i was so annoying when i was 12 aw .