#and we were closing apps

[yourqueenb]

Can we talk about how The Watcher just up and decided to join us in closing the rift this time? Why this one specifically? I don’t have anything else to say, but someone talk about it pls

#choices bolas #choices blades #blades of light and shadow #choices stories you play #playchoices #I wanna hear theories #why do y’all think he decided to join us #especially since he can see everything that happens #so shouldn’t he have known Valax was with us and been on his guard #or was he just not paying attention to us for some time and came in blind #and if he wasn’t watching us specifically… why? #also why didn’t Valax realize that we were closing the rifts sooner #choices #choices app #pixelberry studios #pixelberry

[shopwitchvamp]

Back to the grind tomorrow and lemme tell you what, while I do really enjoy tumblr I sure did like not having to be Online all the time during our break.. And I've been thinking that the amount I'm Online and Available will probably be much lower this year compared to the past. So if I'm not responding to asks as fast or posting as much or w/e, that's why! Thanks for understanding 🙏

#also i DO NOT enjoy twitter/X and truly loved not needing to check it at all really over the break #i might drop twitter altogether because i hate being on there #i'm kinda afraid it'll affect my shop's traffic somewhat significantly buttttt maybe that's worth not having to be there #we'll see.. #2024 is gonna be a year of shedding stuff left and right i already know it #sorry to anyone not in the US for already cutting off international orders #twitter you're next #after that who knows #maybe i'll stop carrying my smartphone because i also loved not having to look at it while we were closed #i miss having a flip phone that couldn't even text that thing never bothered me #step one with that tho is i've already turned off notifications from pretty much every app #but now when i open the apps they bother me relentlessly to turn notifications on which i will not do #anyway #maybe i'm just getting old #rant over #goodnight everyone #see you at the drop tomorrow

[tittyalchemy]

had to block the op of that "dating apps dont get it i wanna have a crush" post bc it made me so mad

#the perspective of people who have not used dating apps much at all honestly! #my ex and i met on bumble #we then had a wicked months long slow burn that largely took place over text #bc we were both too shy to do anything more than friendly in person #we're still super close bc we started from a base of friendship #but regardless #my current gf? i refused to let myself acknowledge romantic feelings for her #bc she had a complicated situation and i was scared of getting hurt #literally did not let myself fall for her til she moved in with me #and we also met on bumble #like #the only information the dating app gives you is #'this person most likely thinks im cute' #that's barely anything! #you can go a million places with that #and i have absolutely had unrequited crushes thru dating apps #or requited ones that took ages to develop (like that ex) #its just. its just a form of meeting people. thats it.

[hazyhae]

not to bring the personal stuff on here but for those of u who remember my situationship that ended a few months ago im pretty sure the dude got a gf 😐😐😐😐😐😐

#trying not to be bitter but #cant help it when we were rlly close to being official UGH #jaemin would never do this to me #coco talks #im back on the dating apps its just so exhausting

[bonefall]

Holy shit I live in a small town in Idaho and in my barnes and noble we have ONE floor: the warriors section is in the kids section marked pg-13, shared with the HUGE HP section (half of which if toys, games and stuffies) the there's the manga section, then scifi, each mixed with books and dice and toys, and occasionally resin kits, sometimes sketch books, then the religion section, then the Lego section, then alien abduction section, then the actual Stuffie section, then the Biography section, then the history section, then the SAT section then the cafe, then more sections of various other genres I don't read quite yet. But seriously 2 floors and not even a single Stuffie section or cafe? What the hell? What are you Brits supposed to grab your niece or nephew when they're in the hospital and you only want to stop at one store? It's not like target has a good choice of good books or great Stuffies.

When I visited England, it seems to me like their go-to place is Tesco, which is kind of like British Walmart but not quite. It's more... developed? The ceiling isn't exposed beams and it doesn't echo, there's more fresh produce, toys, some cheaper books.

But it's weird!! They don't have the same car culture we do so like... when I was there I was actually walking between multiple stores. The Tesco we did have to drive to, but for the most part everything was like one of those outdoor outlet malls but better. Or like, you know when you stop at a single string of stores all together?

It was like when I get to visit NYC but, without extreme urban density, and with less cars

There were several moments I would have whiplash at extremely minor cultural differences, like actually having a working bus, and be like, (American Accent) "wow... it's like another country..."

(Learning electricity is pay-as-you-go) "wow... it's like another country..."

(FANCY cheeses just casually on sale in a deli section) "wow... it's like another country..."

#Talking about England like I'm a Martian on a return trip from Earth #Americans! I bring knowledge of strange and unusual things. Behold! A row of shops! #It shouldn't have been so breathtaking but like... we drove into the town and it was like actually driving into a town. #Not like driving past a road sign that arbitrarily tells you 'you're in another town now' #Like the houses were suddenly close together #And everything was brick and stone #The only thing I don't miss is that there were a lot of apps for random stores and a lot of QR codes for the menus. #let me be a fucking luddite leave me alone fire bad #Bone Babble #Fennelposting

[bioswear]

diving headfirst back into my personal analysis document of the entire drakenier series like Scrooge McDuck does to his pile of gold

#personal txt #i'm restarting my watchthrough of Reincarnation bc i cant possibly play and catch up before servers close #also do you think the servers closing is not only an IRL maintenance thing but also a Lore related thing.......... #bc quantum servers holding important information about humanity were destroyed #what if Yoko taro is playing a meta game with the apps #and by shutting down servers we lose access to important information like humanity and thereafter would've in the games #are we become nier sndjsjdjdj

[whumpacabra]

*head in hands* I never understood people who made multiple AUs of their own original stories…until now

#not whump #personal #beans speaks #it’s always ‘why didn’t you finish the thing you were so close to finishing’ instead of #‘how was the 15k+ words of AU writing the AU looked fun’ #anyways. haha I know it’s kinda silly but since we have canon (only Harrison escapes) and AU1 (Harrison and Wolf escape) #would anyone be interested in AU2 (Wolf breaks all of the 42 crew out pre-Merrick death) #no? too bad I’ve written like 24 chapters already. sorry not sorry. #alrjebsjaejs on one hand I like these better than some of the canon versions. on the other. this has got to be so confusing to someone new #edit: it’s the Dogs of War folder in my writing app now. bc I like puns and these soldiers are NOT coping well w their reality lmao

[pealeii]

#beast of brooklyn #got me like #i sweAR we WERE SO CLOSE #COME ON #also yes i willbe using this picture of ben for everything now #newsies #livesies #newsies fic #fanfiction #notes app

[yourqueenb]

No cuz this might be an unpopular opinion, but MC is right about that too! Genuinely never got that “play cousin” stuff. And despite not even being related to any of them, Dee is the one that wants to act like everybody’s mother? Ok

#choices gg #choices getaway girls #choices #choices stories you play #playchoices #we have close family friends that my parents call our cousins #but they were always close to my parents not really to me and my siblings #so maybe that’s why I don’t get it but #I knew people my age who referred to family friends as their play cousins and they were actually close #but when they were going through some personal shit with their families the ‘play cousin’ knew when to step back #idk maybe it’s different for everybody #and I do understand Dee being hurt by what MC said despite all of this #but her always trying to tell people what to do has been my main issue with her the entire book #she just needs to dial it back several notches 😐 #choices app #pixelberry studios #pixelberry

[juniperhillpatient]

man what am I gonna do when I leave this place I seriously love my coworkers 😭

#we were all just getting close now that we work the same shifts 😔 #I actually really loved this job & I was good at it #they’re gonna be so fucked up when they wake up & find us all gone cause of some bs #all anyone did literally all day was talk trash & put in apps #& we drank on the job cause fuck them #I’m saaaaad I really love these people what the heck #anyway got a bunch of interviews lined up so that’s good #but still 💔 #pray for me & my work bestie both getting spirit Halloween jobs #that would be fun

[dreamertrilogys]

i’m so fucking tired (physically but also emotionally/mentally) like i don’t even feel like a person rn

#i still have to finish my diary entry for yesterday + i have to do one for today bc once again my life has been insane and like. AUGH #i don’t have the energy to do that right now tho so tmrw night it is i suppose. anyway ummm. i still genuinely truly deeply have no idea #what the fuck i’m supposed to do about the dani (possibly my girlfriend???) situation like i cannot deal with this #like if she just wanted to casual date or whatever i might be fine with it but no she like ACTUALLY likes me and it’s fucking terrifying #and like. oh my god. ok so there’s this new app or whatever idk i hate it but point is you get lame ass questions like who’s the hottest #person or whatever and you have to pick out of the 4 randomized ppl from ur school it gives you #<- like when you download it you pick ur school and then it suggests you people only from ur school yknow. anyway she showed me some of the #ones ppl picked her for (it doesn’t tell you who picked you for what it just says their grade and gender) and anyway what i’m trying to get #at here is that in english class (while we were sitting super close together thighs touching and all) she showed me and one of the ones #someone picked her for was most likely to marry their high school sweetheart and she kinda looked at me and was like hopefully! #and uhhhh. obviously nobody’s talking about fucking MARRIAGE rn and she’s dated plenty of people in high school but STILL #and like. as i’ve said before i genuinely can’t see myself with her in the future and going into a relationship knowing it’ll end just feel #so fucking mean and like a waste of everyone’s time. except i don’t even know if i feel that way anymore or i’m just telling myself that bc #i’m scared of commitment or whatever #fuck!!!! #and of course there’s still my friend (diff person not dani) who i’m genuinely in love with like it’s actually so fucking bad #like i need to **** *** ** ******* *** *** *** **** ***** #.txt #fake ex gf #crushposting #this is just a word for word repeat of my last 3 posts on this topic but anyway. the thing is if you asked me to choose between them (crush #and girl who likes me who i also kind of like) i’d pick my friend/crush like it wouldn’t even be that hard of a choice. but there is no #friend vs dani there’s only dani asking me out and like. ughhhhh #i can’t deal with this!!!!!!!!!! #gf

[fuckingarataswespeak]

I don't think dating apps are my style, I feel like I'm being a whore for talking to more than one person at a time

#like i met this one person who i was literally so excited talking to #because we literally just got on sooo well over text and id never had that happen before #then we met up and i didnt feel anything #but also i was pmsing hard and i didnt even realize at the time and that literally never makes me feel romantic interest in anyone #and we have been talking a couple weeks and even moved off hinge to discord #and we went on a date and follow eachother on instagram #but i was feeling worried because i cant go on dates at the moment because i have exams in 2 weeks #so i was feeling pressure and asked if we could be friends and explained stuff #and they were very sweet about it and felt good about being friends #but i also started talking to another person and we've been hitting it off too #not quite as well as the other person #but i dont know if the other person is someone i necissarily view romantically #this is so confusing because what if it gets too far #i've never had options before but it feels weirdly dishonest to be talking closely with more than one person #watch it fall through with both lol #although i've never been on another dating app i really like the way hinge is done #it definitely feels much more personal that some of the other ones i've heard about

[sophiewagentje]

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#I was flirting on the dating app #and he was like ‘I wish we were cuddling on the couch right now’ #and I panicked and closed the app and haven’t opened it since #and idk I think it’s the fact that he so casually stated that even though we haven’t been talking that lonf #that I spooked? but like he is cute and sweet #just a bit overwhelmed😅 #soph’s rambles

[khlur]

I think it's time to accept that my college friendships are fading away and that most of us will be strangers again

#u talk to someone after a bit n try to be cheerful bcs u like them and are close to them n they're flat n cold? #and ur like oh ok this is...obligation to keep up the pretence of friendship #also u just never get to know what is going on in anyone's life #thinking abt how i found out that 2 supposedly close friends were gonna study in the same country as me #because one of them fucking asked for help w scholarship apps #and another friend casually dropped that the other friend was also going #to whoever knows me irl it's very obvious whom this subposting is about but idc #and like i still don't know which unis #i feel like that one annoying bitch no one wants to tell they don't like anymore #like!!! just tell me!!! so that i stop putting effort into whatever we r having!!! #i'll go find new people to get to know and love smfh

[the-kipsabian]

ive been here twenty minutes and everything already sucks woo

#night is an absolute mess on main #1. my supervisor left shit undone. again. thats urgent and i need done before the end of this week cause i need to hand it forward #2. apparently we are blamed for not telling someone that a third party app used for one of our projects costs money. i cant inform people #about this cause i had no idea this thing even had a usable app. let alone that out volunteers were expected to pay for it to use it #and guess whos gonna get blamed for that? YAY ME!! #3. we have things happening on thursday and now everythings going up in flames with that. nobody wants to go (understandable) or is busy #(again understandable) but we also need volunteers for this i cant carry this thing for the entire three hours by myself #even better i cant even get to the place where this thing is being held as its way off from the bus lines and my supervisor canceled on me #and she was my ride so there goes that too. i have no ways to get there and since its looking like nobody is going im just?????? #4. we were supposed to train new volunteers next week. out of three two have said they arent coming. so fucking cool #im this fucking close of walking out of here and not coming back but also lmao its raining and i didnt bring an umbrella cause im a fool #also i think my headphones are finally dying after like six years of being subjected to finnish weather and this is a money sink i dont #want right now i cant buy new ones im hhHHHHHH #end me

[inkskinned]

i got rickrolled today but it didn't work because i have adblocker installed, so youtube just told me i violated the terms of service. yesterday i was trying to edit a picture as a joke for my girlfriend, and google made me check a box to prove i'm human because i wasn't "searching normally".

it isn't just that capitalism is killing fun and whimsy, it is that any element of entertainment or joy is being fed upon by this mosquito body, one that will suck you dry at any vulnerability.

do you want to meet new friends in your city? download this app, visit our website, sign up for our email list. pay for this class on making a terrarium, on candlemaking, on cooking. it will be 90 dollars a session. you can go to group fitness, but only under our specific gym membership. solve the puzzle, sign up for our puzzle-of-the-month-club. what is a club if not just a paid opportunity - you are all paying for the same thing, which makes you a community.

but you're like me, i know it - you're careful, you try the library meetings and the stuff at the local school and all of that. the problem is that you kind of want really specific opportunities that used to exist. you are so grateful for libraries and the publicly-funded things: they are, however, an exception - and everything they have, they've fought tooth-and-nail to protect. you read a headline about how in many other states, libraries have virtually nothing left.

do you want to meet up with your friends afterwards? gift your friends the discord app. you can choose to go to a cafe (buy a coffee, at least), a bar (money, alcohol) or you can all stay in and catch a movie (streaming) or you can all stay in bed (rent. don't get me started) and scream (noise complaint. ticket at least).

you want to read a new book, but the book has to have 124 buzzwords from tiktok readers that are, like, weirdly horny. you can purchase this audiobook on audible! your podcast isn't on spotify, it's on its own server, pay for a different site. fuck, at least you're supporting artists you like. the art museum just raised their ticket price. once, they had a temporary exhibit that acknowledged that ~85% of their permanent art galleries were from cis white men, and that they had thousands of works by women (even famous women, like frida! georgia o'keefe!) just rotting in their basement. that exhibit lasted for 3 months and then they put everything away again.

walmart proudly supports this strip of land by the street! here are some flowers with wilting leaves. its employees have to pay out-of-pocket for their uniforms. my friend once got fined by the city because she organized a community pick-up of the riverfront, which was technically private property.

no, you cannot afford to take that dance class, neither can i. by the way - i'm a teacher. i'm absolutely not saying "educators shouldn't be paid fairly." i'm saying that when i taught classes, renting a studio went from 20 bucks an hour to 180 in the span of 6 months. no significant changes to the studio were made, except they now list the place as updated and friendly. the heat still doesn't work in the building. i have literally never seen the landlord who ignores my emails. recently they've been renting it out at night as an "unusual nightclub; a once-in-a-lifetime close-knit party." they spent some of those 180 dollars on LEDs and called it renovating. the high heels they invite in have been ruining the marley.

do you want to experience the old internet? do you want to play flash games or get back the temporary joy of club penguin? you can, you just need to pay for it. i have a weird, neurodivergent obsession with occasionally checking in to watch the downfall and NFT-ification of neopets. if i'm honest with you all - i never got into webkins, my family didn't have the money to buy me a pointless elephant. people forget that "being poor" can mean literally "if i buy you that toy, i can't afford rent."

you and i don't have time to make good food, and we don't have the budget for it. we are not gonna be able to host dinner parties, we're not made of money, kid. do you want some kind of 3rd space? a space that isn't home or work or school? you could try being online, but - what places actually exist for you? tiktok counts as social media because you see other people on it, not because they actually talk to you.

there was a local winter tradition of sledding down the hill at my school. kids would use pizza boxes and jackets and whatever worked, howling and laughing. back in september, they made a big announcement that this time, rules were changing, and everyone must pay 10 dollars to participate. when im not scared shitless, i kind of appreciate the environmental irony - it hasn't gone below 40. so much for snow & joyriding.

i saw a bulletin for a local dogwalking group and, nervous about making a good first impression, showed up early. the first guy there grimaced at me. "sorry," he said. "there's a 30-dollar buy-in fee." i thought he was joking. wait. for what? the group doesn't offer anything except friendship and people with whom to walk around the city.

he didn't know the answer. just shrugged at me. "you know," he said. "these days, everything costs money."

#spilled ink #warm up #“why did u tag it warm up” bc i wrote it off the cuff while drinkin coffee lol #btw the 30 dollar buy in for the dog walking is bc they pay the organizer a small pittance so she can #run fb ads and stuff and like she does put in a lot of work i don't mind paying her #but that's exactly what im fucking talking about like. #ppl can't afford to volunteer their time anymore and we all understand it!!! everything costs money for everyone! #like we didn't have to use to say ''do you mind paying me back for the stuff we ate'' #we used to be able to afford to feed our friends once in a while!!!