The premium placed on public speaking as a necessary skill in US education is insane, why was I put on Ativan for selective mutism at age 12 because my 7th grade teacher insisted our final social studies project had to be an oral presentation or we failed lol
19 notes
·
View notes
You know what you all get to suffer another pointless post about reddit and what I call the Defensive Wave
Whenever a game has common critiques that a large share of players agree on (generally bearing discontent about the state of the game) places like reddit will undergo this amusing shift of dialogue where a post or posts will get some hype, usually looking like
This [content] isn't well done because of (reasons)
Instead of the people who disagree actually trying to prove their stance, within 24 hours another post (or posts) will arrive making counter arguments without actually making anything resembling a real defense. Instead, it'll just be:
Well I loved [content] and your opinion is just an opinion, it doesn't make it objectively bad!
This is happening on r/FFXIV right now and has been since 6.5 launched three days ago, with that exact post chain happening yet again. I'll save you the braincells and just tell you that none of the posts or comments are actually discussing the issues presented, nor are they even acknowledging them. Instead, it's a direct critique of the ones who complained for speaking, usually while engaging in sideways manipulations of reality to pretend they are simply mad because of x and y reasons.
Ex. The Cyberpunk subreddit claiming people are just mad that the game didn't hold up to the players lofty expectations, ignoring that the devs promised those exact things.
This will continue until something draws the discourse away, smothering any chance of the complaints to be taken seriously while also silencing those who wish to speak under the false positivity of...attacking people for not agreeing with you.
I've seen it happen dozens of times and it's at the point that I can predict the posts of a subreddit before they happen. This isn't difficult to do mind you, people aren't particularly bright and will readily waste a few minutes complaining about those mean people pointing out the issues! It's just human nature to be a fuckwit, I suppose.
If people were slightly more intelligent, they'd realize discourse and negative comments are important for the health of an ongoing game, but no no we gotta act like everyone loves this shit in case (Dev) is sad!
Of course repeated negative discourse cycles exist, but those are a separate matter.
2 notes
·
View notes
pro tip. when you wake up and start mindlessly wandering sround the place make sure theres no slop from a cat on the floor that you could step in.
7 notes
·
View notes
Homophobic dude: *yelling* COCKSUCKER
Gay guy revealing he's a vampire: 🎶I suck more than dick, bitch🎵
8 notes
·
View notes
i accidentally fell asleep with my snake out of her terrarium, and practically had a heart attack when i woke up and not only was she nowhere to be found, but someone had opened my bedroom door to let one of my cats in
after absolutely tearing apart my room in near-hysterics searching for the snake, throwing a good chunk of my possessions out into the hallway to get them out of the way, i find her in one of the drawers of the dresser her terrarium is on. fml
22 notes
·
View notes
had sooooo much fun tonight but i got home and there was a massive spider in the kitchen so that ruined it
2 notes
·
View notes
Not only do I have to scrape my car, then I have to go to work :(
2 notes
·
View notes