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things-about-cars-in-posts · 5 months

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hmm. conversely, most ADHD car?

(A dab o' context for y'all, this ask came hot off the heels of my most autistic car post, hence the "conversely".)

Well, when I read this, I had nothing. But then I thought about it a little, and suddenly, I continued to have nothing.

But you already know that, dear asker, because you're in the blog's Discord server which I turned to for suggestions. And in fact, you chipped in yourself with not one but two picks, first of which the fifth generation Ford Mustang!

So, pray tell, what brings my elementary school self's favorite car ever ever into this list?

uhh from like a cultural view its an unfocused and hyperactive car with a reputation of not going the way people want (see: crowd meme)

Oh, come on, are we really still not over that stereotype whereby late model Mustangs are owned by people both too eager to show off not to leave a car meet flooring it and too inept to actually keep it under control when they do?

Well, I guess to get over it it'll need to stop being true.

But also, being so much of an exhibitionist as to cause physical pain is not about ADHD at all!

Anyone I invite at my house gets bored to tears with a tour of my every possession...

...but not because I have ADHD!

Actually, you know what? That may really be it now that I think about it. Well, anyway, your submission is funny enough to earn a pass even if we don't see eye to eye on this anyway.

How about your second, though?

alternatively: late '90s to early 2000s tuner Civic, for the same reasons

While he included this picture, he advised to use a worse example, so I took the liberty to present you a historical picture.

I say historical because this picture was the definition of rice, the textbook example. If Wikipedia had a page for "rice (automotive)" it would feature this picture, probably second behind that blue early 90s Civic which in hindsight we were all wrong about and was actually sick.

Did you know this was made by a teenager out of metal? I'm digressing.

Friend of the blog (well, pillar of the blog at this point) @demoness-one agrees and suggests:

Honestly riced out clapped out honda civics did come to mind also But i feel like the car that most represents adhd is probably one that isn't finished lol Abstract concept of a car

But she wasn't the only one to vote for her own cars, as friend of the blog and Saturn SL1 owner @chevyventure posted a simple but effective contribution:

zero executive function between those eyes

Not as simple as friend of the blog @brick-enthusiast's, however, who just posted a Suzuki Cappuccino without comment.

In respect of that approach I will not comment either.

However, it's time to make my pick too, as in the process of writing this post I finally understood the assignment, and thus came up with something.

What's ADHD? As this blog demonstrates, sometimes it's being hyperfocused on something exciting, much to the detriment of things that actually matter in daily life. Sometimes it's said focus earning amazing results that seem disproportionate to one's means. Sometimes it's taking comfort in the routine, in deeply ingrained habits and tradition that still have to constantly be actively enforced as conscious choice. Sometimes it's being darty, shooting from point to point with speed other minds can't even keep up with. Sometimes it's having too much energy to contain. Sometimes it's... being loud? Oh really! I thought I was just being Italian!

And if you've read my 100th post, you'll know a car that fits that description to a T. (And if you haven't, click on here before reading on because you really want to.)

Indeed, what could be a better pick than a car that's stayed the same for nigh on seven decades in its devoted preservation of its ability to dart around like nothing else on the road, a car so perfromance-focused the comfort spec is the one that gets windows, a car not one bit less deafening than legally required? What could be a better pick than the Caterham Seven 620R, the literal world record holder for spinning around in circles?

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And also just look at it.

If you're wondering about the number plate, it was made to celebrate its Lego version - yes indeed!

And if you can believe it, people still gifted me clothes for Christmas.

Links in blue are posts of mine about the topic in question: if you liked this post, you might like those - or the blog’s Discord server, linked in the pinned post!

#ford mustang #honda civic #suzuki cappuccino #caterham seven #demoness-one #chevyventure #jettacar #brick-enthusiast #lgbt cars #once again I will use the tag for something that cannot remotely be called a sexuality just because it kind of fits the theme of the series

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f1-birb · 7 months

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Honestly feel like I need to take a break from F1 altogether as a Lando/McLaren fan because that's how bad the hate has gotten. Like you can't even look at the comments/replies under his 100th race posts without "heHEHE no win" (which is funny because like look at all of the coincidences that had to happen for George, the only 2019 rookie to have a win, to get his first. And I say that as someone who likes George but without the Max and Lewis contact, odds are he would not have a win right now either). I don't know. F1 used to be something fun as an escape from the stresses of work and life but the fan spaces have become so toxic its frankly more stressful to engage with than just going to work would be. Which is a shame but given how they market themselves now, that's clearly what F1 wants F1 to be now too so it is what it is, I suppose.

I actually totally get that. I'd say maybe just take a break from the social media side, unfollow or block so you have to do specific searches if you want to see stuff, avoid comment sections on literally anything, curate your online space to cater to just you for a while, or equally if you need to fully step away do that too

sports are meant to make you suffer (mostly affectionate) not the online spaces around them

I will say that the thing that does genuinely make me laugh about the "haha 100 races and no wins" is like, it's not even a good diss? how many drivers even hit 100 races? especially over the last few years where we've seen teams be ruthless when it comes to driver performances, let alone hit 100 at only 23

this has gotten very long so adding a read more - more on the Lando hate under the cut if you want to

since F1 started, as of Qatar there's been 775 drivers and only 113 winners. 662 drivers have never won a race. That's more than 85% of the total number of drivers that have never won a race. Some of it is reflective of talent, but let's be real, in this sport machinery is a massive factor. Dominance has always played a role in the sport, look at Schumacher, look at RB in the early 10's, the 8 years of Mercedes, look at RB again now

specifically to Lando/McLaren - until this year, realistically, McLaren haven't had a car capable of winning races based on the car's own merit. As good as the MCL35M was and I enjoyed the 21 season, with multiple podiums and the 1-2, it wasn't a race winning car without a helping hand, and yes as unpopular as the opinion is that IS Monza. I honestly do not believe either McLaren would've won had Lewis and/or Max still been in the race (hate that if you want, it's my opinion and I'm allowed it)

Sochi is still a sore spot, it was a combination of a driver only in his third season, being fed information from his team that ended up being the wrong call, but even with the outcome, again it wasn't a race winning car on its own but it would've been if not for the wrong call, and only an idiot would say that the pole in qualifying and the race before the incident were not the result of an incredible performance from Lando

talking about this year, the leaps and bounds of development and the actual installation of said development is phenomenal and probably the most improvement I've seen made across a single season. and part of that is what's boosting Oscar's rookie year (again probably an unpopular opinion, not me saying Oscar's not great because he is, just it's giving Lewis 2007) and causing more heat onto Lando than is necessary or justifiable and last weekend proved it because they were exceptional circumstances (I won't go more into my thoughts on the weekend I don't want to get shot so I keep them to me)

even if we ignore everything above, and some people will, at the end of the day, the anons going round spewing Lando hate at Lando blogs are just at this point irritating, they're not upsetting, they're not big or clever or funny, it's pathetic and borderline concerning behaviour that says more about them than it does anything else 🤷‍♀️

#lando norris #<- am tagging this as i talk about him A LOT #sorry anon this was probably not what you were expecting #birb writes an essay #birb speaks

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bangers2 · 2 months

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Review: Cowboy Carter sees Beyoncé not only making country music, but innovating across genres.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

This ain't a country album, this is a Beyoncé album.

100th post! That's crazy. Ok so here's what I'm thinking of doing now. Obviously I don't listen to enough music to keep doing a song a day. BUT. I want to branch out more and listen to some new shit. Thus I am going to try to listen to a new album every couple days / weeks and post a song from it, giving you my initial thoughts on the record. I like having this account very very much and don't want to kill it! This will allow me to write reviews without embarrassing myself on AOTY lol.

Let's start easy: A highly anticipated album for me, from my childhood hero: Beyoncé. I do not like country music at all. I like Dolly Parton and the one Carrie Underwood song. Sometimes I SLIGHTLY enjoy Taylor Swift's country stuff. But it's never been a genre that I've voluntarily listened to or explored. The two singles Bey released for this project, "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages" were a lot more palatable to me, but I kind of thought that I only liked them because they were Beyoncé. I get attached to artists whose work I usually enjoy, and end up enjoying their music even if it's totally different to what I usually like. Going into CC, I had low expectations, but remained a bit hopeful.

I think the most accurate description of this album is that it is a Beyoncé record with a bit of a country twang. On this album are guitars, real instruments, country-style melodies, and lyrical subject matter which has the soul of country music, but labelling it solely as a country album is maybe the most diminutive thing you can do.

Genres are a funny little concept, aren't they?

On Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé explores so many different musical styles: traditional country, but also classic rock, gospel-style balladry, little ditties, and even Jersey club and a little bit of trap (there's a D.A. Got That Dope-produced track on here!?). She sings about her father, her family, her children, and her confidence, but also addresses not winning AOTY (a crime.), as well as making a reference to "Becky with the good hair" right before covering Dolly Parton's "Jolene."

This album is overwhelming. There are so many songs, so many different sounds and emotions, and yet I can't say there's any I'd get rid of. My one criticism is its length, but at the same time, every song contributes to the emotional journey this album takes you on, and pruning the tracklist would make for an incomplete, shallower experience.

She's reached new heights. She's made one of the best albums of her career, nearly 30 years in. She's also done the impossible: she got me to sit through an hour and eighteen minutes of "country" music. And I enjoyed it! Yeehaw!

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

As of right now, here are my standout tracks:

AMERIICAN REQUIEM ★ BLACKBIIRD ★ BODYGUARD ★ JOLENE ★ DAUGHTER ★ ALLIIGATOR TEARS ★ II MOST WANTED ★ RIVERDANCE ★ II HANDS II HEAVEN ★ TYRANT ★ SWEET HONEY BUCKIN ★ AMEN

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

I encourage anyone who likes the music I usually post to check out "II HANDS II HEAVEN." I saw someone compare this one to Four Tet. I have never listened to Four Tet, but I will after this LOL

#music #beyonce #beyoncé #cowboy carter #greatest country album of all time #i can't speak on country music #yeehaw though #Spotify

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remywrites5 · 2 years

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I just saw the most vile TikTok about fanfiction that I’ve ever come across and felt the need to comment on it. Basically, the person in the video said they couldn’t stand when a fanfiction “seemed like it written by a 14 year old.” The comments were just a dumpster fire of assholes. I saw one comment say they sometimes want to plagiarize a story so that they can “write it correctly” or “do the idea justice.” I also saw a lot of “stay on Wattpad because you don’t belong on AO3.”

I’m sorry, this is the most garbage take I’ve ever seen. It’s so funny how people will consume free media and then bitch about how it isn’t up to their standards. But these same people would jump to stealing a person’s story instead of offering to Beta read for an author.

I generally just dislike people that discourage Fanfiction writers anyway. As someone that’s been writing fics for over a decade now, I can guarantee that I’ve written some awful shit. I posted my first fic to AO3 in April of 2012 and before that I used to post my stuff to fanfiction.net. There’s some stuff I’ve written that I’m scared to revisit, mostly because it’s for a fandom I’ve long departed from, but also because I know it’s not good. I’m terrible at writing prose, my main focus and strength has always been with dialogue, and I constantly have to work on it. But if I had seen shitty videos like that ten years ago, I probably would have fucking quit.

I just did revisions on a fic I wrote seven years ago, a fic that is my most celebrated piece of writing, a fic that people loved despite its imperfections. You don’t need to be perfect on your first go around. You don’t even need to be perfect on your 100th go around.

A person’s writing can only improve. When I write a sentence, I write it the way I would say it verbally. So no, I don’t always think about the grammar of the sentence, because it is 100% in my voice, I’m the one writing the story. I can’t write it as someone else and I also don’t see the point in trying to. If everyone followed the literary rules to a T then we would have uniformity instead of creativity.

People write fanfiction because they love the media they consume and want to put their own spin on it, to delve deeper into the characters, and appreciate it beyond the original text. What exactly do you get out of discouraging that? I’ll tell you what you get, you get less stories, less people willing to give it a shot, people who won’t even try.

To all my fellow fanfiction writers: Fuck up, forget a comma, let that sentence run on, discover who you are as an author and share what you’ve got. Improve, grow, change, and don’t let any asshole discourage you.

#I'll get off my soap box now #fanfiction #writing

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trickarrows-bishop · 10 months

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LIVE BLOG OF ME REACTING TO EPISODE FIVE OF HSMTMTS

was gonna do this for episode four and forgot, kinda wish i did after all of THOSE scenes but anyways episode five lets GOOOOOO

[open with caution, i didn't realise how mentally unprepared i was]

THE WAY EJ WAS ON THE MOTHERFUCKING BANNER MADE ME SCREAM TBH LIKE BROTHER U WANT ME TO CRY FR FR

"richard bowen" "elton john" caswen is upon us (i cant even say im delusional because madlyn deadass nearly happened last episode)

"the musical is going swimmingly" girl u drowning dont lie

BYE NOT THE NEVER-ENDINGLY USED PLOT OF THE IDEA OF THE MUSICAL BEING CANCELLED I CANT GET AWAY FROM THIS FR

i gotta say kourtney repeatedly getting her moment is insane. like im so fucking happy rn over it its insane. like she's going therapy (WOOOOO THERAPY !!) and actually looking at her future !! im so happy for her im fr putting ms girl in my pocket

also when i found out her mom is played by dara's actual mom i screamed (not lying im so dramatic bye)

"lets start with questions!!" "great 'cause i have many" she is me and i am her. i am kourtney greene coded fr

4 JOBS??? EJ'S DAD CAN SUCK A DICK FR IDEC HE IS SUCH AN ASSHOLE MAN

i cant even say i want it made up bc ej said its a breath of fresh air and HE NEEDS THAT AIR FFS

"talking to val" WOHOOOO MENTION OF PAST CHARACTERS INSANE BEHAVIOR FROM THE WRITERS !! INSANE !! (im in delusion that nini will be back)

"you do look good" "thanks. you do look... terrible" real. ricky bowen me coded fr

cant believe we havent had one season where gina can just. have the lead. and no drama. like pls tim i was BEGGING like. at season two.

caitlyn (actress playing quinn the director) is so hilarious to me like i've been following her online for ages and bro its so funny seeing her on hsmtmts and doing exactly what she does in her other videos LMAO

"g force" i'll puke. fuck off.

GINA KINDA GAGGED QUINN THERE ???

LMFAO NOT HER CHANGING HER MIND JUST AT THE IDEA OF WINNING AN AWARD

EJ and ricky's duet lol they hate me. they want me to cry. im eight mins in too. cant wait to cry to this fr

update: crying over this duet what the fuc

can i just say how for certain songs on this soundtrack they've been HITTING or absolutely MISSING ???

this girl harper is GAGGING kourt LMAO "i see you standing here right now !!" SHES SO FUNNY FOR NO REASON

miss jenn is not using siri rn.

CARLOS BB :(

SIRI SHUSH WITH UR BEEPING

trust the process WOHOOOO

why is it thunderstorming JESUS

22 pages U FUCKIN WHAT (never been in a musical idk seems like a lot)

why is she always wearing a cheer outfit its deadass like the character's personality is cheer outfit bro

"3 children" i need to buy a GUN

quinn i was just routing for u babe why u posting such bullshit on instagram. and was that a FILTER?

BIG RED???FHHSDHFADSJGHFKSDJHFASDKJBFSKV

BIGGIE ???dFHAKSDHFAKSJDHGFKASHDG IS THAT MY SON ???? MY SON ???? IS HE ALSO WEARING GLASSES WHAT THE FUCK OF FUCKS

anyways let me actually play the scene LOLZ

HIS FIRST WORDS ARE "ASH YOU LOOK AMAZING" BYE CANT DO THIS WHY WAS I ROUTING FOR MADLYN FFS

YK WHAT? ASHLYN HAS TWO HANDS. YEAH. THAT CAN WORK FOR ME

grandma red's 100th!! everyone cheered fr (i am everyone)

"your last text said you had something important to tell me" no i am not about to witness redlyn break up. nononono.

I KNEW IT

THE FUCKING MOMENT SEB SAID HE CHEATED I CONNECTED THE DOTS I WAS LIKE

"HMMMMM BIG RED JUST CAME OUT AS BI ??? YOU CHEATED ???? IDK ??? MAYBE SEB HELPED OR SOMETHING" LITERALLY SAID THAT SHIT OUT LOUD AND I WAS RIGHT HOLY FUCK OF FUCKS

"surprise!!" boy- i don't have TIME to even unPACK-

"you okay?" "i am GREAT" me when i LIE

HOLD UP

DID HE JUST

DID RICHARD JUST

MENTION NINI???? WHA

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

THIS WASN'T ON MY HSMTMTS SEASON 4 BINGO CARD?!!!!????

yeah im salty about how shit of an exit that was for nini. next question.

"afraid of the truth?" do u want me to try and make this gay or not richard cuz i stg u are giving me some mixed ass signals

nevermind this is really sad and heartbreaking let me shut the fuck up

AND NOW WE GO BACK TO REDLYN OKAYYYY

THE MOVIES??? BIG RED AND SEB AT THE MOVIES ???

all of this is just so out of character for big red and seb like what

like ej was right there tim come ON

"we were at a harry styles movie" not the fucking millennial ass writing coming in NOW

"my bi origin story" how am i supposed to feel rn??? because i don't know how to feel. like. anything. at all.

GIRL YOU BETTER TELL HIM ABOUT VAL OR MADDOX ???

"yeah!!! she was cute!!!" "yes. she was." BAHAHHAHAJHFGDSKJ

"wait..." NOT THAT BEING THE WAY SHE CAME OUT BAHHDSJH

"there were fireworks... literally"

OHHHHH SHES TALKING ABOUT MADDOX TOO UHM

"YOU almost kissed MADDOX" bro idk if ur disgusted or proud pls elaborate

OH HE KNEW FROM THE DOC LMFAO

wait so im just like ??? meant to let go of redlyn ??

"im happy for you" kms where can i get a big red

aLSO I WANT A NAME REVEAL tim PLEASE

just watched redlyn break up. now FUCKING WHAT

"friends, though... right?" YOU BET YOUR ASS KING

"i will apologise to carlos. BUT YOU NEED TO CALL MADDOX" SO REAL THANK YOU BIG RED UR SUCH A KING

ashlyn stop doubting urself like GIRLIE everyone with EYES is down bad please. PLEASE.

WHY AM I WATCHING CARLOS AND MISS JENN HAVE A CRY SESSION ON SOME RANDOM ASS COUCH ???

why is rehearsals starting at 7 in the evening. that would not fucking slide at my school. ( if i ran a school) (not happening)

"FIFTY SIX MINUTES" girl even made me move tf?

KOURTNEY'S SHOES WHAT THE FUCK I NEED THEM RIGHT NOW

oh come on just hearing all of that she HAS to go to lewis

"i just learnt mack and gina are minors" GIRL ??? WHAT DID YOU THINK-

quinn shouting "CUT!!!" louder every time

"which felt like... nine days" WHY AM I LAUGHING

"because we're friends-" bro fuck off idc

GAG HIM G IT DONT MATTER

THINK OF THE MUSICAL GINA.

ricky PROMISED FR HE BETTER BE THERE

"hugs i love that we're doing this now!!" emmy I CANT NOT LOVE YOU

ASHLYN U MAKE THAT PHONE CALL THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU I NEED MADLYN RN

oh fuck i didn't realise that left carlos and big red FUCK

suddenly i DON'T want to be here

carlos can never be fully mad like if i found out someone had kissed my partner im 100% going to jail bc im so pissed off & i've probably killed someone, but why is he saying mf "good day!!" as he stormed off

MADISON FUCK OFF I AM NOT IN THE MOOD

fuck im really gonna have to have madlyn dragged out for me ffs

bro what is this weather on about tho

last time weather was important to plot it was like. keeping nini back in s2 e3 LMAO ???

EJ saying some important shit to ricky and its gonna make me cry again (its not even the finale and i have 17 mins of run time left of this episode FFS)

"im actually hurting them?" "no, you're actually hurting yourself" HOLY FUCK IM TOO VULNERABLE FOR THIS

CASWEN HUG AND IM GONNA RUN WITH IT FR

"stealing my girlfriends" BYE I CANT DO THIS

#hsmtmts #hsmtmts season 4 #hsmtmts season 4 spoilers #will reblog with the second half because i have a few more thougths LMFAO

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hyunjining · 1 year

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Hello, I dont usually speak on much but as someone whos also been here for an absurdly long time I too understand how you feel haha and just wanted to give a friendly metaphorical pat on the back because it really does fuck me up too sometimes. I guess ive been wanting to talk to Someone about any part of larry for a long time but for me I guess I dont feel much most of the time because im just waiting :/ I really do believe at some point we will get answers and see whether louis and harry do get to be publicly together (or broken up) but either way its knowing that at some point I will be proven Right that keeps me mainly unbothered by the crap we see day to day. Not to say that I dont get the initial "what the actual fuck are his team doing/ who decided this/ why is this happening for the 100th time" when a new stunt or absurdity comes along - this probably applies to the documentary aswell like I know ill groan and feel terrible for half a minute if Babygate is included but I guess I managed to at some point not let it get to me as like a personal problem? I guess and not feel emotionally attached, and I hope that you too could not have it plague you so much, I wish you the best haha and hope that at some point you would be able to continue to enjoy larry even during absurd times.

Sorry if this is like a rant you dont have to post this I guess I just felt bad seeing your post and would throw in some tiny speck of hope haha but yeah its funny cause I dont think ive ever really doubted the idea that I know they were together - obviously we dont know whether its the same now but since I havent really been proven otherwise whos to say im wrong if I were to believe they managed to have a beautiful long term relationship up until now lol but yeah thats all I got for now since I dont want to make it any longer but yeah im sorry you feel that way and I hope you manage to feel even the slightest bit better about this whole ridiculous circus we all managed to be drafted into hahaha

hey, thanks for your message 💕

i’ve definitely learned to detach myself from a lot of things over the years but idk lately it feels like something has changed and i don’t fully understand it? and i’m ok with acknowledging that there are things i’ll never know and that it’s not my life. i’ve always preached that on here. but some of the more recent stunt stuff/public image decisions really don’t make any sense to me in terms of pleasing fans or marketing to a wider audience or protecting their closets. like it all just seems completely nonsensical and unnecessary and it’s not fun to sit by and watch. i’m not gonna act like i’m being forced to be here, that’s totally on me. but idk i’m just sad that this is where we are now.

there is absolutely nothing in this world that could ever convince me that h&l aren’t gay or that they’ve never been together or that louis is a dad but i hate watching their images rapidly devolve for a reason i can’t begin to fathom. i’ve always been able to be dramatic for a minute and then laugh and move on but the feeling of dread has been more and more frequent and i feel like i’m doing myself a disservice by continuing to act like stuff isn’t affecting me. i don’t really know what to do right now, because i’m not happy but i love h&l so much and they’ve been a huge part of my life for so many years and i don’t know how to let that go. i feel like the doc is going to be a decider for me, but then again i have a louis concert in june lmao so who knows man.

anyway that was massively dramatic fkfjfk but thank you for the metaphorical pat on the back and for giving me a reason to vent some more lol

#ask

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lesbianmarrow · 2 years

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okayyyyyy let me make my post about legends of tomorrow 7.03. i thought it was an okay episode, elevated by its guest stars, but weakened by its reliance on cliche. the episode starts with astra and spooner trying to tell gideon who to be, but gideon has to go through this whole journey to determine for herself how to live her life now that she’s a person, and i think it’s great that she makes that decision instead of having it made for her. lots of the other legends have had their own journeys of self-discovery and it’s kind of cool to see gideon have hers now, since she has been around since the beginning but has only now become human. it’s a familiar character given new depth and taken in new directions, and it works.

even if i hadn’t known this was the 100th episode, i think that would have been very obvious from the plot of the episode, how it’s like revisiting the legends’ greatest hits. i loved that the show revisited the season 1 team, when nobody really liked each other and it was barely a team at all. it’s very interesting to watch, because the show was very different and very bad back then, and it’s fun to get this sort of revisionist take on it. it’s the show poking fun at itself while still showing pride in where it came from and where it is now. the portrayal of hawkman was really funny, though it’s too bad hawkgirl couldn’t be there too bc i love her. and i LOVED seeing snart again <3 snart my best friend snart. i also like that it’s astra and spooner, the newest members of the legends, who witness this. again, hammers in how far the show has come. and i also like that it was jax who sort of facilitated the whole memory lane trip, because jax was the waverider’s first mechanic and so obviously knows gideon very well. i like that he had his british accent. i know it’s bc the actor is british but it’s really funny to imagine gideon just britishifying the ppl she likes.

i unfortunately found the plot very formulaic and cliche. a character has to choose between sticking with the legends or joining the villain, and of course they choose the legends. that predictability isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but the episode seems to make a big deal out of the suspense of whether gideon will choose the legends or the virus, when we all know what she is going to choose. the way the episode goes through the various flashbacks also felt sort of like checking boxes off a list, which sort of took me out of it. don’t get me wrong, i was delighted to see all the guest stars and flashbacks to different times in the show’s history, but i wish it could have been done more elegantly.

the ending really was beautiful though. gideon choosing love and life and uncertainty and adventure, while still retaining who she is. she knows the legends better than they know themselves, and she knows how special they are. all the other characters encouraging her got to me as well. especially snart. because snart literally sacrificed his life to save the other legends and to let them create their own destinies and become the people they are now. and even though he died, he knows that being a legend was worth it, to become a better person and to have the chance to save his friends. it really is such a beautiful way of celebrating the show’s past, present, and future.

#legends of tomorrow #gideon waverider #leonard snart #syl posts

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ear-worthy · 6 months

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The Life Shift Podcast Celebrates its 100th Episode

On The Life Shift podcast, host Matt Gilhooly has candid conversations with people about the pivotal moments that changed their lives forever. It's one of those indie podcasts that, when you find it, you feel like you've discovered audio gold. If you don't know, indie podcasting is hard. It's building a media business from conception to birth through maturation. It's finding listeners amid a sea of other podcasts.

On the podcast's website, it reads: "We all have our stories, but through these conversations, we discover communities. We learn that there are commonalities through the ups and downs that we all face. But most importantly, we learn that we are not alone."

The Life Shift podcast highlights life-altering moments and humanizes the struggles and triumphs through them all.

The Life Shift podcast host, Matt Gilhooly, says, "I launched The Life Shift Podcast in March 2022. It started as a project to complete for an elective course in my most recent graduate degree at The University of Florida. I have always felt compelled to share my story in hopes that others might feel a bit less alone on the journey. But since the objective was to create an interview-based podcast, I opted to start The Life Shift Podcast."

On December 12th, The Life Shift podcast celebrates its 100th episode.

I reached out to The life Shift creator / host / entrepreneur Matt Gilhooly with a few questions as he approached his 100th episode.

Q. What have you learned after 100 episodes?

A. I had no idea what this journey would bring to me. Selfishly, this podcast has helped to heal parts of me that I did not realize still needed healing. I’ve learned just how similar we are despite all the differences that are thrown in our faces. At the end of the day, we just want to love, be loved, and enjoy this journey we call life. Yet so many of us are thrown curveballs and knocked off our path. But this is where we learn who we are meant to be. This is where we grow.

Over 100 episodes, I have learned how important it is to REALLY listen. It allows for deeper conversation, more curiosities, and it creates a safe space for those we are speaking it. I am so thankful that I can now count active listening as a skill I have acquired on this journey.

I have also had the opportunity to connect with so many people in the podcasting space. It is amazing to me how collaborative people are in this space. People are not gate keeping (mostly) and are happy to share their processes and things to avoid.

I have also learned that there is not one way to podcast. I found early on that I was trying to do what everyone told me I SHOULD be doing. Once I learned that this is my journey, I found everything to be much more comfortable.

Q. Is podcasting harder than you thought?

A. Podcasting is not harder than I thought, but it is much more work than I thought it might be. I think we all think that we can just jump on a microphone, ask a few questions, and then post it to all the places and be done. Millions of people will listen, and you will have a successful podcast. That is clearly a fantasy, at least for me.

I go into each conversation with my initial goal in mind (to help others feel less alone). This takes the pressure off to feel like I need to be perfect. But it takes a good deal of time to connect with guests, schedule recordings, record the episode (sometimes very deep and traumatic), edit the audio, edit the video, create assets, load to hosts, and promote. I am happy to say that I have found a process and become rather good (I think) at editing and releasing content that resonates.

Funny enough, the hardest thing for me right now is that I am so far ahead. When episode 100 releases, I will have 115 recorded, which means I have 3.5 months of content waiting to release. This is too much for my heart because I hate making my guests wait. So much so, that I released two episodes a week every week in September and October 2023.

Q. How have your downloads grown?

A. Oh, geez. This is a sore spot for many new podcasters. We hear so much of these studio-backed shows launching to the top of the charts, but that is far from normal for indie podcasters like me. Growth in downloads has been steady, nearing 25,000 downloads. This number tells me that the content resonates with listeners and fulfills its purpose. Q. Have your hosting abilities grown and matured? How?

A. Along with building active listening skills, I think I have found more confidence in my voice as I get to 100 episodes of the show. As a child, I was often bullied for my voice, so it is very cool to take that back and find fulfillment in a show that uses my voice weekly to hold a safe space for my guests to share deeply personal stories.

I notice now that I do not get as nervous before recording with a total stranger. The beginning of the show started with people in my circle. I am proud to say that I have not actively sought out a guest since October 2022. So, that says something about my abilities as a host now. Or I hope it does.

Q. What's the primary piece of advice you'd give to indie podcasters after reaching 100 episodes?

A. There is no universal formula for successful podcasting. My advice is to carve your own path. Do not get sidetracked by the overwhelming number of recommendations/requirements out there. Finding your unique approach can make the podcasting journey the most fulfilling experience, as it has been for me with The Life Shift Podcast.

Check out The Life Shift podcast for Matt's next 100 episodes. Today. Matt has a special episode leading up to tomorrow's 100th show.

It's superb audio for the heart, the mind, and your sense of purpose.

#podcast #podcasting #life lessons

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yesthatssadirichardslove · 7 months

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Don't dress as Barbie this Halloween, union asks striking actors

LOS ANGELES

Actors: Put away those Barbie and Spider-Man costumes.

Hollywood's ongoing actors' strike has already brought the U.S. entertainment industry to a halt -- and now it is coming for the nation's favorite spooky holiday too.

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) this week advised its 160,000 members to avoid dressing as characters tied to the studios it is currently striking against.

That rules out everything from Warner Bros' "Barbie" to Disney's Marvel superheroes and Netflix's "Stranger Things."

A post entitled "Make Halloween a SCREAM with these SAG-AFTRA Strike-Friendly Tips & Tricks" suggested members instead dress as "generalized characters and figures (ghost, zombie, spider, etc)."

Alternatively, actors can still create costumes based on characters from animated TV shows, which are not part of the current strike.

"Let's use our collective power to send a loud and clear message to our struck employers that we will not promote their content without a fair contract!" said the post.

SAG-AFTRA members walked off film and TV sets in July, over terms including pay and the use of artificial intelligence.

The strike has passed its 100th day, and a series of high-level talks abruptly collapsed in acrimonious fashion last week.

Studios only recently resolved a separate strike by Hollywood writers that lasted nearly 150 days.

With Halloween seemingly becoming the latest front in the battle between actors and studios, "Deadpool" star Ryan Reynolds saw the funny side.

"I look forward to screaming 'scab' at my 8 year old all night," he wrote on social media. "She's not in the union but she needs to learn."

#yesthatssadirichardslove

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mike-ix · 10 months

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Hey 100th post!!

I'm gonna talk about two characters named Jake and Cherry. they were the two first Specialtale characters me and my friend Wrench/Name-Here made,,

They met when they were younger and traveled around with this girl named Layla, (whos my other friends oc who isn't really involved with specialtale but he's really sweet)

It was so long ago I don't really remember what they did (i didn't write it down anywhere) but after awhile Layla and Cherry started dating and Jake kind of just, dipped? he went missing for a little and then through some guy named Masky, (its the worst name EVER its just a funny joke he literally is just a mask) Tells someone that Jake's dead, and Masky's now Jake, or atleast an embodiment of him. more specifically an embodiment of his hate.

they dont know why this happened seeing as Jake was not very hateful, even compared to the people closest to him! Masky is still a peice of shit though, I don't like him:3.

Cherry basically got recruted by Akira to be a fire god thing, shes always had fire magic but it always got out of hand when she used it, now she does what fire gods do, I'm not sure.

they all have kids now, Jake's are Max and Aaron(nobody can find him) And Cherrys are Marco and a pair of twins, who are much younger than Max and Aaron!

heres all of them together, bright red is cherry, purples Jake, dark red's Layla. i havent drawn them in ahwile and I never finished this drawing(and dont feel like cropping it!)

THIS STORY IS VERY SUBJECT TO CHANGE THOUGH DONT TRUST ANYTHING I POST

(the '5' means that its coming up on a 5th year anniversary)

#undertale au #specialtale #specialtale ramblings #undertale #yay

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ecoamerica · 2 months

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The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

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lettertolife · 2 years

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1000 Thoughts, 100th Post and A cup of coffee🤍

Helloooo! welcome to my 100th Post!

I wanted something very meaningful to be my 100th post and previously I was going with talking about something that I read in Simu Liu's memoir and had too much to comment about from my personal experience and then I went nah. I created a Tumblr account with a motive to just speak whatever I feel in that moment and that exactly should be my 100th post as well, right?

So here I'm sipping on my coffee and typing away my emotions as a celebration to having written 100 posts on Tumblr.

First of, I wanna start with the fact that I'm a law graduate and as well as an enrolled advocate. Achieved something at the age of 25 :) so behind in life, Yay! (I'm being sarcastic with that yay, Just FYI) Although I wish to continue my higher studies abroad and I'm slightly lazing of there but I'll get there. I think I will - Please pray for me :)

Other than that I'm super invested into a Boys' Love show - Love In The Air telecasts every Thursday from 18th August 2022.and makes me feel super single :) and I MEAN IT. Apart from the single hood acknowledgement from a frictional show I have also been zoning in and out of various thoughts. I think I've too much free time at hand. anyway,

Most of the thoughts I guess suggest me that I should sit down and start working on a time machine and travel back in time to lash out onto all those people who left a scar on me. Have you ever had that hesitation in doing something because you fear the reaction or result could trigger an emotion so unhealthy that it will take away all your growth? If No great because having them is a curse. It literally stops you from doing everything and makes you regret life so pathetically. You wanna know how I know? Answer: I'm suffering from said hesitation and its repercussions. Yay Me!

A lot of these scars however comes from a place that should have been the healthiest place for a young mind- Yup it's school. It's the Teachers. How ironically unfortunate :) I'm fighting my tears back writing this because How could you do that to a young child? You were suppose to be the mature one amongst us then how did it end up like this? Why am I wiping my tears away and feeling petrified of those memories, which by the way, are suppose to be happy and ever lasting. Why am I left feeling like this? Sometimes I'm left questioning myself wether I deserved these traumas and maybe I was just a horrible human being to began with and these teachers had not done any wrong. Maybe.

Because other than that I cannot bring myself to understand why would they do this to a child, to me? I have such vivid memories of those moments even though decades have passed yet one normal moment out of nowhere those memories will be triggered and I'll be left wobbling, trying to grasp that moment. All of the growth and healing I did all these years shattered in seconds and all those insecurities and pain comes rushing back.

I missed school days a lot because my parents were laid back and also I was pretty sick child too. So I would be unprepared and made stupid mistakes and somehow that made me the receiver of disdain and annoyed look from my teachers. I still remember those eyes full of anger and irritation directed towards me. They did absolutely nothing to hide their expressions and words in front of the entire class of 35-40 students. Students who would then have the exact impression of me - annoying kid.

Once in 4th standard my English teacher didn't shy away from making fun of my walking - she called me out "You walk like a Duck" and proceeded to demonstrate that funny duck walk. You know what stayed after the class ended? That jokes on everyone's mouth and feet. Taunts kept coming in, physical jokes lasted long enough. I did complaint to the teacher and that English Teacher did tell the class to not make fun but the damage was done. You know how long that joke lasted? I was in 8th Standard and got shuffled from my section to a new one and one of my old classmate who I had no contact from 6th standard onwards - demonstrated that funny duck walk as my introduction to her friends.

In 5th standard I was giving my science unit test and my parents were waiting for me in the reception because I had a train to catch for outstation and I remember rushing my paper while sitting outside the class (those who were still writing the paper were asked to sit outside the class) while the rest were in the class. The BEST student was with the teacher helping her arranging and collecting the answer sheets. and when I submitted my sheets (Oh Goodness why do I remember all of this so vividly!) she flipped through my sheets, saw a mistake, snarked at it and then showed it to the BEST student and then both of them giggled at my mistake. Somewhere along the line my confident dipped too.

I was a slow child, it took me time to understand the concept- spellings were difficult for me. I kept mixing up letters and them laughing at me, making fun of me only distanced me from anything academic.

I could've done better academically had these teachers paid little more interest in the lacking behind student than the topper. You know how I know? Because in 8th standard my Social Studies teacher ended up making my fun for scoring low marks and it was so snarky and humiliating that in next week's test I scored 27/30. and the teenager me didn't shy away from giving her a look that day while she handed out my paper.

Then comes my P.T teacher from Boarding school, Dehra Dun. That woman found every petty reason to call me out in assembly, shame me and humiliate me. She went ahead with also trying to pair me with one of her friend's school's student. Yeah she went ahead and clicked a photo of mine to sent it to that guy. And when I complained my own very wonderful classmates turned at me blaming me for taking it too far by complaining not just talking it out with her. WHY THE FUCK WOULD I TALK IT OUT WITH HER. THAT WOMAN JUST SENT A PHOTO OF MINE TO SOMEONE.

Then comes the most horrible person in name of a teacher- Oh Christ. My heart dips at her image. She created such an environment for me that I started on missing on my meals (I was in boarding school) because she use to be there. I was missing on breakfast, literally inhaling my whatever portion of lunch I had in plate to just exit the mess before her entrance or before we made any eye contact. Dinner time- since I couldn't escape, I would have my head lowered and finish my meal without any appetite. She would humiliate me in front of the entire boarding school and then go ahead and tell that gossip to the entire school faculty. Resulting in my isolation and snatching away my peace of mind. She had me in such a toxic environment that I ended up going absolute silent for 7-10 days. Spoke bare minimum almost next nothing. and I happen to be a very talkative girl. She went around spreading rumours about me. Oh Dear Lord! Eventually the only relation I had with her (because I was suppose to have one) was of material. I was only talking to her because I had work from her. That woman in the authority of House Mistress (a position in Boarding school) called me names in public, got my boyfriend against me and had me isolated. Thanks to her my insecurities have risen a new level. I find myself questioning everything and being afraid of absolutely everything in this world.

And no I'm not saying that I was not a fault. I made mistakes- did things that were wrong. I was supposed to be corrected but at this cost? was this the only way? is this how it's suppose to be? Couldn't these teachers taken a better way out of my problems? With a child and a teenager was this the only way of teaching me about the world? Should I be traumatised to learn the way of the world?

Thousand of such thoughts keep lingering my mind all these times. keeping me up at night and shallow in life.

#trauma #letter to life

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Wow, I’m already at my 100th post for this blog! I’ve been meaning to write more about my ’kin experiences and feelings here, so I’m going to use this 100th post to try and talk a little about my species dysphoria for one of my ’types.

It’s hard to say the kind of monster I am because I don’t think there’s a general word for it, but I usually call it being a “Silent Hill monster” due to its amorphousness, connection to trauma and grief, sense of justice, symbolism, proximity warning, tendency to lurk and follow through dark and foggy areas... etc. It’s not just for Silent Hill, but it feels like that general category of creature.

Anyway, I tend to feel what I’ve realized is a lot of species dysphoria about this... I get really sad and feel like I’m invalid because I get really really scared when I play horror games like that! When I look at footage from early SH games, and certain retro indie horror titles, I often tend to feel some sort of connection, a wanting to go there, a desire to run around, explore, lurk, vibe with it; I tend to enjoy listening to the ambience on its own too, I love the older more industrial SH tracks... I’m always happy to get to see locations like that in person (and walk around them when they’re not sectioned off!), and really have always loved that surreal creepy “liminal horror” aesthetic in that sense... BUT whenever I try to play any game like that, I just start shaking like a leaf no matter how much I tell myself it’s fine and I have no reason to be afraid! It’s already bad enough that I can’t see in the dark and I’m not immune to the harshness of the environments that such entities dwell in, but this is a kind of species dysphoria that I never really see anyone talk about, so I tend to feel a bit alone on it... I guess an ideal workaround would be a mod of SH or similar games that’s more like a walking sim where you can just hang out with the monsters and watch them move around (maybe interact with them? 😳 but not excessively! show some respect), but that seems pretty unlikely to happen.

I GUESS an explanation could be “even horrifying Silent Hill monsters would be scared shitless if another Silent Hill monster tried stalking and attacking them”, which would be pretty funny to be honest, but there’s no way to know for sure! It’s the feeling of longing and admiration, where it meets the dissonance of actually trying to get into one’s source/supposed home but feeling uneasy, where I feel really worried. idk if any other fictionkin, fictherians, otherkin, etc. have felt something like this, but I have, and I’m putting it out there for the record, and in case anybody’s felt something similar and also worried about whether or not they count because of it.

#species dysphoria #horror kin #monsterkin #silent hill kin #fictionkind #fictionkin #otherkind #woe!! that my human brain has a primitive ''AUGH DANGER!!!'' reaction to this stuff #are we not all worried that we're like that Spongebob ep where he tries to be a jellyfish and just gets stung and realizes it sucks? RIP

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mineofilms · 2 years

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quam quod sumus

“People having an uninformed opinion about something they don't understand and proclaiming their opinion as being equally valid as FACTS is what is ruining the world… No one wants to do any research… They just want to be right…” ~Sciencephile the AI

For those who do not know, “Sciencephile the AI” is a YouTube channel where the speaker is meant to be an AI that has a science-based YouTube channel. The AI talks in a tone as if it were a sarcastic asshole of a human intelligence. It’s a parody channel, but they do post about real science topics. It is always told from the point of view of the fictional AI character, Sciencephile, and it is funny as hell.

The rest of this is more or less my lack of understanding as to why people crave either attention or have that sort of an attitude/mindset towards their social media. Not exactly how I wanted to spend my 100th career blog on this topic, but this is exactly why I write these. To sort out things and thoughts that do not jump off the page at me. Rather than walking through life faking it to make it in that understanding I choose to try to make sense of it all.

In this case some have disguised their opinion about “whatever subject matter” as experience, but really it is just an opinion. Sure, experience creeps into the subject matter here and there. However, how much objective experience can you receive when said person suffers from extreme depression and other mental health aspects that do not get treated, because they hide them well or planted whatever, “they’re an alpha” flag in the ground and do not recognize/identify the problem lies within themselves? Some see this as mental health. Some see it as pure narcissism, which of itself, narcissism could be thought of as a mental illness all its own.

Just because someone is doing well in life on the outside doesn’t mean they are doing well in life. More times than not you see the extreme opposite play out.

I know that sounds a little vague, but people today in this country are more mentally messed up than we all will lead on. We all believe ourselves to be more than what we are. My point of view is that I tend to take a lot of the emotional value out of things. Specifically in and from people I actually know. I have had my expectations in life, love, friends, business and a passion for these things so stepped on over the years that I sometimes show a lack of empathy towards other people and their grievances. Even more so in people I know in real life.

Some I would call friends and others are unlucky passersbys in life that are too busy talking about everything, but mostly saying nothing of worth. For all their talk all I feel the message is -is incredibly superficial, yet they “tend” to get angry at other superficial people the way they will talk about their morning routine like a current day influencer would. Talk about life choices and moral high ground as if it were a honey almond body scrub; the way they describe daily mantra routines is much the same. Throwing out quotes, out of context and not even know where/who/what the quote is even about, but yet throw it out there like it is a valuable lesson they daily live by and needs to let their audience know that, usually in some condescending way.

Hey… I do it to. I just try to know what the FK I am posting and talking about. I attempt to be much deeper about it. Find a deeper meaning in it over just being another generic voice with an attitude about this or that. No real metaphor for my life as I tend to be more literal than metaphor. I see this on TikTok now a lot. It is either this kind of fake/phony trash bag talk or fake money shark loan people lol. They talk and talk……and talk. Monologues/Reaction videos from other two-step flow-theory practitioners, what other thinkers say and regurgitate the thinker’s beliefs as their own original ideas without even looking into the validity of said concepts.

The best places to get reservations, which salons to visit, where they got this dress or swimsuit. Where they purchase their bodybuilding supplements, etc. Their constant obsession with being seen in the right places, with the right clothes, with the right people. Their constant need to be better than everyone while seething rage gets posted under the context of self-love, self-awareness and moral high ground, over simple things such as feelings about where our culture is heading and relationships or their lack of.

While this seems so much that it is both oddly entrenching and entertaining AF, but also incredibly shallow. Their world is one where simply copying what everyone else does on social media (influencer mentality) with an inflated belief in themselves based on nothing concrete other than their belief of it is much more important than the chatter from their mate planning their wedding or what to do for the weekend with their partner.

Their desperate cry to be positive ends up just being a shallow self-serving attempt to be normal when they have yet to accept that they are not the norm. That isn’t always a bad thing, even here. This whole blog was an afterthought after I saw a “WTF happen to this movie” video about the 2000 film, “American Psycho.” I really need to sit through that movie again and I am highly considering listening to the audiobook version down the road once I finish some other stuff I want to hear first. There were a string of films that really talk about societal change in the negative around the turn of the century. Fight Club, American Psycho, Rules of Attraction. There are a bunch of them. I feel like they hold up pretty good 20-something years later and all. Probably even more so now than they were then. Fight Club was 1999. American Psycho was 2000. We are talking 2 decades and some change ago now.

The point I am trying to make here is; I just do not see enough creativity in these efforts by others, especially on social media. Mostly, I am directly talking about people I know somewhat personally that I have been friends with over the years and I have watched them descend into a sort of controlled madness on their social media. There have been times when even I consider this for myself. Am I contributing to this and at what level am I doing this at? All along with what I am doing to correct it and/or understand it better.

If I was closer to these people I would probably have different feelings about the logistics of their efforts and where they are coming from. How severe their mental health is, which I know is at play here with most of them. I post these thoughts in places where they all would have to make an effort to see them. So I do not worry about that; nor even if they did take offense to it. It is my opinion, on my platform, which is both mine and not theirs. I never mention names/accounts and I am also including myself and my short comings into the conversation as well. No one knows, but me and them (if they were to make the effort to see/read those comments and have some insight about their own lives.)

I mean what are the odds that I would see their TikTok rants the morning after I saw the video on American Psycho the night before and to make the correlation between the 2 different types of direct media and their messages that are presented and not associated together directly? I do not wanna catch too much, “Mineo, WTH are you talking about” heat? So what I am trying to say is; aren’t you all just as tired as I am? Seeing people you actually know contribute to the influencer mentality of life, moral high ground, superficial talk? Words are said but the concepts seem extremely vague and narcissistic. I get it. I should probably remove Meta services and TikTok to get these things out of my area of perception. Hey, I get all that. It is a little hard for me because of what I got going on inside these services at the moment.

The best efforts I have made is just let sleeping dogs lie. “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie” can be associated with change. The thing about change is, it sucks, it’s uncomfortable, it’s painful AF and it’s HARD. Even with all the good intentions, others may not share that. They have their own intentions. Be it to love or be loved, to live and let live or live alone with nothing. Change is never easily embraced. Change is always these things. If you can accept change you have already begun moving forward.

The levels of toxicity people tend to project onto others via their own social media these days really has made me pull away from being social with people in the real world that I already know. Their posts make me not wanna follow them or even support their endeavors anymore be it professional or personal. I have disconnected from them and their mentality of trying to be the superior moral high ground alpha person in the room. I see this in both sexes. This isn’t just towards dudes I know or ladies for that matter. I want to help, I want to be there for others in my circle that now appears to have been blindly accepted upon. I am very limited and even more limited with patience/faith in other people. They simply never do what they say they are gonna do. Ever… Not some of the time or once in a blue moon, but all of the time. They never complete what they set out to do or at the very least make that transparent enough to not question or not if that person is firing on all cylinders.

Having faith in people and that faith transitioning to expectations held on other people. The expectation has to be based on something other than wishful thinking. It has to be built upon. With real tangible things. Like action. Action is real truth. If someone says they are coming over and they don't show up. What was said and what was actually done are not one in the same. The expectation must be built upon from action. What we do... Not say, but do, matters… That is why I say people never do what they say they are gonna do. Because they say, but what they do are not even close to the same thing in most cases.

“It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.” ~Claude Bernard; because everyone already knows everything already and they need no more education, insight or perspective. They believe themselves to be master. The thing about mastery of anything is no one is ever the master. Always the student and never the master should be the perspective, but it hardly ever is.

I am trying to have more INTENTIONALITY in my life or (to be about, represent, stand for, or be directed towards some object or state of affairs). Intention isn’t enough if one does nothing about it and that is where my crossed roads end. If one seeks change and does nothing to make said change happen then nothing will happen and nothing will change. If someone goes on TikTok and tells the world they are right about this/that and we all have it wrong then I guess what is seen, what is shown and what is actually projected never are the same things or even closely associated together. Yet, that is what is expected of us. To simply comply, agree and obey…

OBEY…

My advice to people like this is stop talking about it or projecting it onto other people because you want it to be real so bad, but lack any of the actual attributes to make it real and tangible. Stop changing the rules of the game and get better at playing the game. The question of your existence isn't solely about what you are. It is about who you are. Lead by example, lead by action, which is the only real truth out there.

I ask, don’t you get tired of having to cycle through your friends every few years, because they drop you because of this “better than you influencer of moral high ground mentality?” Going on social media and complain about that and tell everyone how wrong we all are and how correct you promote yourself to be. Is it an accident people leave you? That people around you leave you high and dry, which now seems like it is a constant theme in your life? Take that WOKE stick out of your ASS and grow the Fuck Up… If you want respect from others for your moral high ground, walk the walk. It isn’t an update status. It isn’t a fad. It isn’t a reaction video on TikTok. It isn’t something you can copy from someone else’s social media and post as your own original thoughts.

You Have To Be This Yourself.

No matter how many LIKES, HEARTS, ReTweets you get will not make you more than what you are right now. You want these things. Then suffer alone and quietly like all the others that came before you and picked themselves up and discovered what you are trying to discover now. PEACE… You have to endure unmet expectations. Lots of them… Here is a thought, don’t have any expectations at all. Be prepared, you may walk alone for a long while before the serenity of that peace finds you…

Nobody wants to be with or around a NARCISSIST…

quam quod sumus Latin for (more than what we are) By David-Angelo Mineo 2,340 Words 8/21/2022

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