#i have no friends outside the internet

[stevethehairington]

really fucking sick and tired of people who really fucking love the eddie book jumping on people who don't like or are even remotely critical of it's posts and like crusading their opinions around from the top of their high horses and shoving it down our throats.

if you like the book, great! that's awesome! love that for you! i am genuinely glad that you were able to find good in it and enjoy it!!

but not everyone did, and not everyone is going to agree with you. so, instead of going on some grand crusade where you find every single post that includes anything even remotely negative or negative adjacent or even neutrally critical and spending ALL this time and effort trying to provide unwanted rebuttals to every single thing, maybe you should just stay in your lane and find people who DO like the book and chat about it with them.

because i can PROMISE YOU, none of us appreciate it when you come onto our posts and start accusing us of "hating on" the author or "being rude" about her and her work and RIDICULOUS shit like that.

being critical of something and pointing out it's flaws is NOT inherently hating on it. i, frankly, do not know where people got that notion, but it's not fucking true so can we fucking quit assuming it is? and, critiquing something is also NOT the same as saying this is shit and it sucks and the author is a piece of garbage. again, where the fuck that came from is beyond me. you can be critical of something and still enjoy it. as soooo many of you love to point out, it's not perfect, why should it be perfect? so D U H. of course that means criticism can and should arise???

also. hot take (by which i mean ice fucking cold because it's NOT a fucking hot take), but going around toting FALSE facts as part of your "defense" does not make you or your argument look good. you, like the author, should maybe do a basic fact check first. 🙃

tldr, if you like the book, that's genuinely great, but stay in your fucking lane and stop seeking out posts from people who didn't like it to start shit in the notes.

#flight of icarus #stranger things #this has happened to me and to so many of my friends and im fucking SICK of it #i didn't even hate the book either!! i thought it was just okay #and yet i STILL get all these book lovers jumping down my throat about things i say about the book #things that - HONESTLY are not even like that scathing!!!!! #like god damn all im asking for is a little BASIC effort from the author and they all think thats me asking for her head on a platter #its NOT #i have no problem with the author #she's whatever to me honestly just a vessel through which the book was given to us #ALSO she is some nebulous blob way outside my orbit. AS IN any critiques i have of her and her work are NOT direct assaults on her??? #like i dont fucking KNOW her #im not saying any of this to her face #she is a published writer she should KNOW the risks she is taking when she publishes her writing #not everyone is going to like it! there are going to be people who are critical of it! there are going to be people who hate it! #critiques and pointing out mistakes and wishing for things to have been different is not a fucking direct attack #those things are actually pretty fucking common responses to ANYTHING #and a lot of times theyre actually meant as useful helpful things geared towards improvement and not something to tear someone down with #some people on the internet need to go touch grass and learn how to CRITICALLY THINK again #the world is not as black and white as you think #n e ways. rant over. if you stuck around through all of that kudos to you. i am just. at the end of my rope with this bullshit.

[mysillyside]

Oki fellas listen up! From now on, if you ever see me posting discourse abt anything or just being negative over something that really doesn't matter- reply to that post with clown emojis or telling me to go outside or something, regardless if you agree or disagree with what I said. Negatively is addicting and even worse is negatively paired up with feeling intellectual superior over your negative opinions. I hate when I get like that so pls stop me when you see it happen. I have bad impulse control.

#I cant let myself be negative 24/7 abt stuff that rly doesn't matter. When i start discourse posting you know I haven't been outside enough. #Also don't let me post personal stuff online either (like vents). The internet is not my friend I have a diary and I should use it. #💬 katposts

[just-eyris-things]

Vent post. Because i feel like kicking a hornets' nest.

Honestly im just tired of how people will call someone ignorant/uneducated and will go for the throat for every little thing, while they themselves say shit like pierogis all the time. If you're going to point fingers at others, you yourself should be without fault.

The question is... can you?

#im just so tired of all the shit that i constantly see on the internet #ARTIST CANCELLED BECAUSE THEY DIDNT DRAW SOMETHING PERFECTLY #or ARTIST CANCELLED BECAUSE THEY USED A DIFFERENT COLOUR PALETTE #ARTIST CANCELLED BECAUSE THEIR IDEA OF A FICTIONAL CHARACTER ISN'T UP TO FANDOM'S STANDARDS #i bet other people also get shit like that all the time #for example my friend is a writer and he just happens to be a cisguy and whenever i mentioned it to people #they would instantly start saying that they are sure he writes shit like she breasted boobily down the stairs #or i remember how i got told off for making trahearne lives au because apparently #messing with canon is just as bad as falsifying information in history books #just stop for the love of whatever's devine #this has been boiling in me for so long i cant even express it #sorry for going off in the tags in case you decided to read them #peace out imma go and read a book and touch grass #finally its green and soft again after so many rains and storms so it will be a nice chilling time outside #oh btw proper plural is pierogi without the s. singular is pieróg. you want to add s - say pierógs #ngl that pierogi-pierogis is one of my biggest pet peeves #like i wont be stabbing you over it or throw a tantrum and i will just move on with my day i have better things to do in general than #than throwing fits and also im not omniscient myself #like i dont know all the words in english and my german knowledge is very scarce #so i in no way demand others know about pierogis #just give people some room to breathe for gods sake #ok ok ok i think im overwriting this and i cant edit tags on phone so now fr im gonna go and enjoy outside and watch the squirrels

[trimmedarmor]

doing the equivalent of gripping something intensely hard then forcing myself to let it go every time i see something about the stupid fandom drama i got pulled into earlier this year

#nothing bad ppl just... bringing up its existence...AGAIN...... #every time i see it i wanna go on a rant for a billion years but the worst place to do that would be on tumblr #I rly don't wanna see anyone talking abt it unless it's to criticize the ppl who started the false accusations or to apologize to us #for the harassment #Buster: You Really Think Someone Would Do That? Just Go On the Internet and Tell Lies? #anyway I cant believe ive had the misfortune of interacting w some1 who has to b vindictive toward others to quell their own insecurity #to accuse us of racism because he wasn't allowed to be in a personal friends discord group... #and then saying that we didn't wanna let him in bc he wasn't a 'popular' account? 1. he has way more followers than some ppl in the server #hence why he was able to get so many ppl to attack us #2. he can't keep his own story straight. First we're racist then we're ableist then we gatekeep popularity? #Dude... we don't like you because you're vindictive and take minor slights way too personally...hence...everything that fucking happened #anyway idk who reported him but i thank them for it and i hope that was worth their account getting suspended for getting paid to harass us #to anyone outside of all this reading this mess... please question the validity of ppls accounts if they don't offer concrete proof #and the only proof is based on assuming that certain actions COULD POSSIBLY line up to the accusations #this includes if multiple people have the same accusation without proof because that's EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED #except it was dumber because several of their accusations literally contradicted themselves #wowww people apologized and informed their audience about possible microagressions once they were informed. they MUST be racist! #and if you don't want to dig into it that deep..then by all means mind your own damn business before you join in on someone else's witchhun

[honeyteacakes]

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#on my period and some of my internet friends have said very nice things to me lately so now i'm doing the thing i do #where i sit outside in nature and hear the birds chirping and i want to cry a little #because i've been very sad and depressed at other points in my life #but now i can sit outside and feel the sunshine and talk to the friends in my phone and drink good coffee #and being alive in the world is actually so good sometimes #i'm rotating Mary Oliver poems in my head rn <3 #anyways i have lots of love in my heart and i'm glad i get to share it <3 #honey speaks

[jaymesdoodles]

Online discourse is WILD to me. Like you actually care about that enough...? Like I'm sorry but I get to make dutch baby pancakes with my mom tomorrow and I'm make boiled eggs for my temples seder. I'm going to be celebrating my first passover and I'm so excited. I just got to call my brother this weekend and I'm calling him again next. I've been talking with my sister more and I can't wait to show her my outfits for this next week. I'm also gonna try to visit my friend soon and meet her puppy. And I've been loving all the beautiful pink and white trees that have been blooming and its gonna get warmer soon.

I understand how engulfing online discourse can be. How petty drama can literally become your life. It's not fucking worth it. I promise!! There are things that are actually worth wild and substantial, that you will never get from an internet argument. And yes, those connections can still be made online. I believe that taking a step back and not engaging in discourse could literally make everyone's lives better.

#idk get offline. #delete tiktok and twitter #only go online for art and poetry and funny cat videos #call your internet friends and talk to them while you make dinner or sit outside #make plans with friends #go to local events #meet your neighbors #go on walks with friends or family or by yourself or with pets #go window shopping #shoplift safely #go to your local library or a coffee shop #download libby (its great you can use your library card) #like i promise the internet doesn't have to be everything and if it is??? there are ways to make the spaces your in happy #jaymes talks

[mikiruma]

#talking #polls #ok i lied im posting this. this is more important than sleep #anyway context for each one bc they all apply #1) my friend dallas :) we basically lived the exact same internet life and only met around high school. whack #2) self explanatory #3) roadhog just appeared out of thin air and isnt in a video game owned by a shitty company wdym #4) my parents asked me not to get diagnosed but i have official papers saying Autistic Tendencies+ #outside the diagnosis prompt so like. LOL idk why the phrasing is so hilarious. but yeah #5) my cool uncle was in multiple bands & i have a few shirts for them! still havent heard any of their music though #6) real and true. was hyped for rewritten so we could try again and then disney shit the bed #7) PEOPLE SAY I WAS WEIRD/GROSS FOR THIS BUT IT WAS SO GOOD???? COME ON #8) i joke about fictionkin amino a lot but that place was a god damn nightmare i cant believe how long i used that app

[andi-o-geyser]

*slams hand down on table* WHERE IS ALL THE PERCY AND KEYLETH BEST FRIEND OPPOSITES ATTRACT PLATONIC SOULMATES MOTHER NATURE AND DADDY ELECTRIC CONTENT. HUH. WHERE THE FUCK IS IT

#no like WHERE #i mean. tumblr is the answer #because im currently resorting to watching the end of the glintshore fight again just to feel something #cause its CERTAINLY not in tlovm s2 #as much as i love the show its like WHERE ARE THEY #no compilations on youtube #the wiki does acknowledge that they're best friends but really skimps on the details #so like #WHERE #is it on pintrest? am i going have to resort to pintrest? #i dont mean that in an insulting way i love pintrest but the fact that pintrest may be my best source of *them* is insane #going on a rampage across the internet #NO I DONT WANT SHIPPING CONTENT GET OFF OF MY LAWN #THEY ARE #SIBLINGS #jesus fuck why is it so hard to find compilations of them #they are CANONICALLY BEST FRIENDS where the fUCK is all the content #(outside of the stream) #where *clap* are *clap* all *clap* the compilations *clapclapclap* #artists who have drawn them hugging and being bffs you mean so much to me #thank you for your service #tumblr and pintrest you can live you both delivered but i did have to dig a bit #critical role #percy and kiki #vox machina #cr1 #andis thought geyser

[astriiformes]

Genuinely think that visiting my family this past week is going to inure me to at least half of any stupid Pride discourse I stumble upon this June, because returning home to see that my dad now has a neighbor with approximately 11 mini Pride flags in their yard as, like, fun seasonal garden decor (the “progress” design with the trans stripes included too, which hits a little extra for me) in a neighborhood that feeds into the exact same high school I went to, where I was scared to come out except to a very small handful of other queer friends is just

Do I know anything about these people’s politics other than that? No. Having briefly seen them all outside they would in fact appear to be an extremely average well-off suburban family and I would not be at all surprised to learn they bought all those flags from like. Target. Am I still keenly, intensely aware of how living on the same street as all those flags might have changed some things for me as a teen? You have no idea.

#i still remember going to a speech and debate tournament with a couple other team members in high school that was out in berkeley #and we spent a day or two in san francisco and one of my gay friends and i made a game of counting all the pride flags we saw #because i don't know about her but it was the first time i had EVER seen real ones outside of like. photos on the internet #and i figured they were a thing you would only ever see in Rare Gay Cities #there are now almost as many little flags in my dad's neighbors' yard as we saw on that entire trip #and if you had told me that in less than a decade that would be true #i would probably not have believed you

[pl4n]

#my art #ive been so jsvgjsnsndjbdjks #just a big ol jumble of kahsjdbskdhi #and i wanna draw more but im so uninspired aahhaah #i kinda wanna do some studies or smth but ahhhh idk i also just wanna lie in bed when i can #i so tire #but being lazy and bored is also so exhausting haha it feeds itself #so yeah itd be good to try to push myself a bit in my free time to do smth kinda fun chill engaging #its crazy bc theres so much that i could be doing but i have such a hard time being self motivated... #so outside motivation like work or friends is the only reason i do literally anything #which sucks bc i have a lot of things id like to be able to do on my own but yeah. idk why its so hard to do things for myself #that being said if anyone sees this and wants to do lil drawing challenges or trades or smth together that might be niceee #im sort of painfully shy online haha tho im not so much irl #i think the thing abt it for me is the feeling of creating these lil digital footprints #like if i send a message or make a post its just preserved like that... forever.. actually i recently looked at emails from my childhood #and its really cool to see a slice of the past like that but still. idk why it bothers me tbh. i just never got used to it #memories fade and warp over time right? so it really feels like existing in the world and talking to people is just a passing moment #it doesnt really feel that way w the internet. as small and insignificant these small imprints might be #and im really just being neurotic but yeah. maybe i dont like the feeling of taking up space and slowly widening it with every little step #yea thats neurotic fr LOLL #anyways im really rambling away in these tags haha but if ima post this art anyway its such a good excuse to ramble into a void :D #and a good way to practice existing on the internet. im sure ill get used to it

[dontmeanyoudontmissit]

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#sorry sad tags but #I have an internet friend who passed away suddenly 11 years ago #and every time I hear her URL in a song or a book I think of her #and 1) we're embarking upon The Season when her URL becomes king* #and 2) It's in When Emma Falls in Love and I'm like damn yeah maybe that's why that song gives me strong sad vibes #*her url was 'pacingthefloor' in reference to baby it's cold outside (glee version)

[inabsentiia]

I'm having a bit of a sad day so I'll mostly be on discord. But I love you all.

#im just... Not okay today #had a fight with my mom that made me feel terrible #im slowly feeling like non of my friends outside the internet care about me anymore #going places and never inviting me #been working all day #my mom still says i do nothing bc i didnt help with the house chores #i am still studying for my very last final #i need a dental crown and will have to ask my mom for money which i dread #i just want to cry honestly #shut up cali ( ooc ) #tbd

[ralexsol]

wish there was a way to meet people who actually have similar general interests and enjoy taking part in those interests with other people

#whatsupray? #sick and tired of trying to connect with my 'friends' but they never want to try anything new #why wont you try something outside of your norm? #are you really just gonna take everything that's spoonfed to you? #are you really going to keep your mind closed forever and ever?? #the internet really has ruined peoples brains #at least for people my age #im genuinely surprised when i make a new friend and they actually like movies #'oh i have a really short attention span' I WONDER WHY???

[squishious]

list of my grievances in the tags bc this has been the most miserable week ever and the only person i could conceivably complain to is also going through it

#starting strong with at least 2 midterms/papers due every fucking day except monday #moving on to daylight savings happening when i am already sleep deprived as fuck #and then university wide power and internet outage <3 #also general malaise and sad vy the time we reach halfway through the week #fucking evil [redacted] midterm #where i study my ass of and flop so bad #in a truly unifixable way i fear #was supposed to be my fun class to goddammit #and its so fucking windy today which i actually hate #gale wind warnibg = cannot sit outside in the sun and forget abt wverything #THEN #i go to cafe for a pick me up and fi ish bibliography #and the internet will not connect no matter what i do #AND #friend is coming to visit me tmrw but its actually just to pic up an ikon pass and she isnt even gonna hang out for a bit #no fault of her own but #its annyoninh on top of all this :( #genuinly the grade thibg is fucking with me so much i had to have done TERRIBLY to go from a 100 to what i have noe #and i thought i did bad but like. not thag bad #anyways i simply want to curl up into a ball and ignore everything for a couple days but ! i cannot #bc paper due tonight and exam tmrw and then saturday i have to go see my brothers performance which #notmally would be rlly fun #but after this week i want to dissapear for a day #and then sunday rehearsal #and then wednesday midtemr again ! fuck me !! #and then friday quiz but at least its onlinr #and then stayrday holi then break which like fun but also means going home #and im already miserable #so not twlling anyone abt grade flop And generally being home = ultra misesable???? #squish speaks

[torchiiko]

do ppl with both irl & online friends see their online friends as less important than their irl friends or am i just Incredibly insecure

#thinking this bc. i am Only ppls online friend. i have no irls. i might as well not exist outside of the internet #so online friends are extremely important & valuable to me. i cant do many things with them & it Sucks but i love them all the same #but i bet some ppl think irls are more important bc well. youve actually physically Met them #this whole thing comes from a similar place as the insecurity that romantic partners are automatically more important than friends #its just this nagging fear of “i am not as close to this person as x group so i must not be as important to them” #such things have never been indicated to me by any of my friends so i wonder if its like a subconcious societal thing #“romance is more important than friendships online friends arent real friends” and so on. fellas am i the weird one here #torch chatter #sadposting #i guess?? more like. insecurityposting rlly

[scalira]

Not to be like corny on main or whatever but I miss being obsessed with some sort of media. I miss the community of fandom, where you share headcanons and theories. I miss writing fanfiction and yes I'll admit I also miss the validation I got from getting kudos and comments. I miss endlessly scrolling Tumblr and only seeing fandom content and having fandom friends you could scream at about your favorite characters. Life's just a bit duller without that part of the internet!!

#Personal #Like I just miss when I was really into shadowhunters for example and I had all these fandom internet friends #And I was constantly writing fanfics and having an outlet for my writing and my dash was just filled with that fandom and it was so nice #Same with It #And now I'm like inching back towards a stranger things obsession but I feel like I'm on the outside staring in bc I was away for so long #Idk who any of the people on my dash are anymore and I don't talk to them anymore and I stopped creating stuff and it just makes me SAD!!