#needed to rant

[evertidings]

N feels their anxiety mounting like a shadow looming over them. they’re too quiet, too inconsequential to be noticed standing at the edge of the group. each time they try and add something, people lean in and ask them to repeat what they said. as if that wasn’t the loudest their voice could go. as if they weren’t already stretching the limits of their vocal chords. they’d rather shake their head and pretend they said nothing at all than repeat what they said, only to receive more confused faces.

please stop staring at them. please stop laughing uncomfortably at them not being heard. stop staring at them. stop frowning after they attempt to pass off their squeak as a cough. don’t look at how their palms are sweaty. stop staring at them.

the one time they want to feel invisible, it feels like the entire world is watching them. it’s a cruel thing. for once, don’t look at them. please. they’ll beg if they have to. just pretend they’re not there like usual.

#needed to rant #the purpose wasn’t to hurt n here #drabble #n alves

[romantichore]

when I was in college, my Brazilian Literature professor told us this story about an author who wrote weekly adventures for some newspaper. as one would expect, the author was paid peanuts.

as the series grew in popularity, the author started pressing for a raise, and was always denied or told he'd get his raise after x or y issue. so he kept on writing, and funneled the story into a series of amazing plot points, only to reach a cliffhanger that had readers writing letters to rave about it.

he asked for a raise again, and got told no. so he quit, and no one thought much of it. only they couldn't find another writer to continue the original story. "too many loose ends", "no way to rescue the protagonist from this literal cliff", no one could do it. weeks went by and readers were getting impatient.

the newspaper reached out to the author and offered him more money. whatever would get him back, and the story out of the corner. naturally, the writer accepted it, but at this point everyone was curious to know how he'd keep the protagonist from meeting his grisly death. how could he possibly solve all those problems he had created in the narrative?

the following week, a new issue was published, and the story continued: "once all those problems were behind him..."

you see, this was just meant to be an entertaining story about how fiction was published in the olden days, told by a professor to future teachers. I like to think my professor was also trying to encourage us to try our hand at writing, seeing as he was a published poet himself and passionate about it.

it's been a decade since, and I think about his story often. in particular when I've been sitting in front of my computer for an hour and can't find the perfect way to end this chapter or introduce this new plot point. writing seems so complicated, and so many people have so much to say about it. what's right, what's wrong, what works, what doesn't.

but it's really simple, isn't it? start a new line, put all those problems behind you. if nothing goes right, go left. sometimes the simpler explanation is the best one. maybe there are better ways to go about it, but a patch is better than a hole.

go and open that wip, the one you gave up on writing because the plot seemed so convoluted or too difficult. press enter. put the problems behind you and keep going

#virgil chats #adventures in writing #needed to rant #i've been thinking about this a lot #so often i avoid writing because it doesn't feel right. doesn't feel perfect #but imperfect action is better than perfect inaction isn't it #plus. no one lives in my head but me. #i am the only one who knows where this story goes #all i have to do is convince you this is exactly what i had planned from the start

[andiv3r]

Everyone is smoking outside and I literally cannot breathe. It makes my throat so scratchy to be around that. Urghk. What the fuck. Please it smells so fucking bad.

#im sorry i just #fuck #needed to rant #im feeling sick #its making me feel really nauseated #cw smoking #cw cigarettes

[bloglizziekamiya]

I wish customers would understand that complaining is Not a magic phrase that will grant them every wish

“I’m very disappointed/upset/angry”

AND??? There’s only so much I can do! I can’t wave a wand and magically get you what you want

What do you want me to say?

“I’m sorry for your loss?”

“This is so sad Alexa play despacito”?!

#customer service #needed to rant #so tired #call center

[chemnections]

some fans really are unbelievable. when faced with the suggestion if you don’t like dunes you should just mute and leave them alone and the response is

“what if i like hating?” and “if you don’t like dune hate you should take your own advice and just block those accounts if you don’t like the content”

the joy these fans take in bullying blinds them to the effect that their words have on other people. they only care about how good harassing others makes them feel and do not care about the mental health/self esteem impacts on their targets - people they do not know but also claimed to love at some point. people with known mental health problems, self esteem issues and addictions some active some not. people are calling you out because you are causing others harm and you sadistic qualities should not be tolerated.

and for the “just block the haters if you don’t want to hear” it is more than not engaging with material you don’t like, this is more then just a difference of opinions and only consuming the content you enjoy. these dune haters are going out of their way to sabotage the dune’s career. vocal hate online on all forums and in person, remember the booing at that show? spreading damaging lies about the dunes, recruiting more people to hate them. wanting them to fail, and gloating at any perceived failure. this is not something we can just pretend is harmless and it’s just mcr fans having fun at the dunes expense.

and clearly they know “being a hater” has a negative effect because they get real defensive when they are called out for their behaviour. not so fun when you are on the other side of it.

it blows my mind that these fans think that it’s okay to bully dunes because mcr would somehow be okay with it? as if frank would just forget as soon as he is working with mcr. that the other members will look at their friends being bullied by their so called fans and be okay with it. that they wouldn’t believe that one day they will be at the receiving end themselves - they know they aren’t perfect and make mistakes, while knowing that fans can be weaponized against them with lies and manipulation, it feels inevitable for them if they choose to continue on. so these anti dunes fans are actually sabotaging the thing they claim to love the most. gerard especially is sensitive to fan criticism, it’s why he does not use his public accounts and disappeared for a time and needed so much help and encouragement to get back on the stage with mcr. as much as i hated the swarm motif him and his wife created, damn times like this i get it.

and i find it astonishing that some of the fans doing this not only have been around for so long, but are known beyond a username. at the dunes concert it was weird to recognize people from their ‘face reveal’ selfies and other personal information they shared online. to the point i know a lot of them travelled to see dunes. some posted selfies with frank and the band after the shows. and made gushing posts about them. and now they are revealing they never actually liked them and they were hoping to placate frank so mcr would continue on. and mcr and dune members see more online then they let on. if i recognized some of these people, i’m sure they are well aware of who these people are. and they know and will remember this behaviour. they will be civil, but let’s be real. but if i was them, i would not like these fans very much. at all. they have no idea just how much they are embarrassing themselves.

#ls dunes #my chemical romance #needed to rant #this is just an opinion piece

[thef4ppening]

Ik nobody cares, and celebrity gossip is usually frivolous to me, but-

MY GOD doja cat has gotten on my fkin nerves.  So many young musicians would KILL to have the success she’s had, and recently she’s spat all over it because it’s “too mainstream”

Her responses to hate on Instagram live are wildly unprofessional. I’m not saying that the hate she’s gotten is *warranted*, or she should just take it, absolutely not. 

All I’m saying is if she really truly “doesn’t care” what people think, there wouldn’t be clips upon clips of her tearing out some random person who said something stupid

If you want to go in a different direction in your music. THATS FINE. It’s expected as an artist to grow and not like their old stuff.

But WHYYYY is she completely alienating the people who have got her where she is? She owes EVERYTHING she has to them, and she shat all over that

If hate gets to her, THATS FINE. That’s normal, just talk it out in a private setting with someone you trust and MOVE ONNNN. 

No, She doesnt owe them anything, but it wouldn’t KILL her to be professional 

She’s not some niche SoundCloud rapper anymore. As a public figure, she *does* have a responsibility to not throw her weight over people who have much less power than her. There is an inherent power imbalance when a celebrity publicly addresses someone, which she doesn’t seem to be getting 

And this isn’t me saying that she deserves hate, or that she’s a bad person. Because she’s not, I don’t know her and I don’t know her life. This isn’t a “callout” or anything like that

All that I’m getting is if she doesn’t radically change the direction of her career *soon*, in a couple years she’s gonna be another “popular musician who descends into a mental breakdown” story. It’s genuinely disheartening to watch

If worst case scenario, her original fanbase completely deserts her and her new album flops. Then what?

#doja cat drama #musical commentary #social commentary #stans have mercy on me plz #doja updates #casual commentary #celebrity drama #music #music industry #needed to rant #i just needed to ramble #random rant #rant

[spencermyangel]

Go away Criminal Minds reboot. 

#sorry #it's just making me sad #needed to rant #criminal minds #yes I realize that’s stupid #to be upset over a tv show #because my favourite character isn’t in it #Spencer just brings me so much comfort #it makes me sad #Spencer Reid

[fanchlebu]

@girlcavalcanti​ and I had this little conversation about Henry Sienkiewicz and I have claimed “Quo Vadis” is Sienkiewicz at his best. I feel I need to elaborate.   I am a fake fan and the only part of the Trilogy I have read is The Deluge (I want to read the rest but so little time). The Deluge is the longest one. The thing is Quo Vadis is much shorter.

Whole Trilogy (The Deluge is the blue one), Quo Vadis and In Desert and Wilderness. Unfortunately I don’t own The Knights of the Cross.

There are places in The Deluge where you can feel it is a serial. Some things really could be shorter (still better than The Doll by Bolesław Prus though). And I don’t think that my modern sensibilities cloud my judgment. I read primarily XIX century literature for my formative reading years. I like the long descriptions.

I am talking about cutting stuff that is unnecessary plot-wise. There are also things in The Deluge that you can only describe as “that was convenient”. I was years old when I last read Quo Vadis but from what I remember it was better in those areas. Sienkiewicz wrote it later than the Trilogy so it is possible that he had improved as a writer.

Dear God I just saw English name of Andrzej Kmicic.

It’s Andrei Kmita.

K m i t a.

PS @girlcavalcanti​ I think The Trilogy is worth recomeding (while I didn’t read it in its entirety I know it by the cultural oshmosis). If you liked Quo Vadis you should enjoy it <3.

#i love potop #it's great #i just #needed to rant #henryk sienkiewicz #my very best friend #trylogia #polska gurom

[shriggisick]

The new Deuce dolls other than his basic look sooo ugly I'm sorry like. Why do they keep trying to put that LIGHT PISS YELLOW in his color pallet?? It's so ugly. Like his cheer outfit would be %50 more appealing to me if the primary color on his sweatshirt wasn't that damn light piss yellow. Don't even get me started on the Coffin Bean one that one is a MESS like it's so many colors when it really shouldn't be... Like you have the purple paired with carrot orange?? Them you have the TEAL APRON... Then you have BLACK AND WHITE TONED PANTS WITH Light green shoes?? It's a mess. Pls stop and start putting Deuce in more of his original colors. Like. It's DEUCE. He has such a simple color pallet to base off of from his G1 dolls but they're trying to push these ugly colors on him! Plsss

#needed to rant #monster high #deuce gorgon

[valerieismss]

Ughjghhhhhhjjjhjhhhh how am IIIIIII CONDESCENDING ABOUT ATHEISTS LIKE HAVE YOU SEEN THEM!!!! I haven’t met ONE atheist in my major who’s normal to me about my being a deist. Their arguments are so mean. Fym “why do people even believe in religion that’s so stupid” FYM “that’s so convenient for them” WHATTTTTTTTTT???????? SAY SOMETHING REAL. YOU’RE NOT ARGUING YOURE BEING A DICK. But nooooo IM THE CONDESCENDING ONE FOR BEING REAL! WHATEVWR!!!!! I know there are normal atheists I know they exist. Not that I’ve met one. But I know they’re real. I know this to be true. And I’m not trying to convert people, but why would you call an essay that I posted as a satire. A SATIRE. Condescending??? I EVEN SAID I WAS SATIRIZING HOW I SPOKE. CMONNNNNNNNN COME THE FUCK ON!!! I didn’t even post the essay I just posted the silly bits. Who in their right mind would turn in an essay called Dear Atheists: Stop Farting Around and Get Serious. For a class. Come on. Really? How are you going to call my essay condescending uou haven’t even READ ITTTTTT. I have good reasons…I always have good reasons. My essay doesn’t whine about atheists being mean to me like im doing Here. My essay talks about physics and logic and philosophy because it’s for my philosophy of religion class. For fucks sake im talking about QUANTUM PHYSICS. (Ew) like im GOING WITH THE ARGUMENTS GUYS!!!! IM NOT EVEN A THEIST COME ONNNNNN!!!! COME ON. A girl can’t even live without being allowed to call atheists stupid as a joke because if I do im evil and condescending and mean but they can do the same to me because religion is evil. Sure guys. Whatever

#ughhhh #sorry #needed to rant #my best friend from my hometown told me my essay was condescending and made her grit her teeth #that shit pissed MEEE OFF. #GIRL YOU HAVENT EVEN READ IT! #ugh. #I love her but Jesus. #valerieisms

[goryhorroor]

Now I need to buy an vhs player because I impulsively bought The Hunger & Conqueror Worm on VHS, and now I must watch Vincent Price on my TV

#needed to rant #i found this cute bookstore/record/vhs store and i so wildly found these gems #horror

[tomboy014]

Browsing for new podcasts again, and why does it have to be such a painful process?

Especially sorting through fiction podcasts. I don't need constant narration. If someone says "follow me" and I hear footsteps, I don't need you to say "I followed her to her office." I can infer time skips.

And especially the sci-fi stories. Hiding your exposition dump as a briefing or a lecture or a school presentation doesn't make it any less of an exposition dump.

Just... Just jump into it! Please! You can drip feed us details and world building. We have brains; we can figure it out!!!

#i like found footage style sci fi and horror #if anyone has any recommendations #i just can't keep listening to the magnus archives over and over again #it's starting to put me to sleep #and i listen to podcasts while i make long drives #needed to rant #please send recommendations #i'm begging #podcasts

[acacia-luna-royal]

I need to rant about something, and if you haven’t watched episode 4 yet, then don’t read this.

Vegas is a fucking prick and I want to punch him in the teeth with a hammer. Honestly, I was crying, terrified of what was going to happen to Porsche and then Vegas walked in and climbed on top of him. I was screaming, begging for Kinn to find him and perhaps beat the shit out of Vegas.

While Porsche was trying to get the minimalist amount of his bearings, Vegas said this:

The fact that he said this in English wasn’t a way to calm him, it was another form of torture because we don’t how much English Porsche can understand. He understood Ken’s quip during the water knot untying exercise because of his face and the tone, so he said the exact same words back to him when he came up from the water quicker than Ken. Those two lines were said in English with the purpose of unsettling Porsche and making him more uncomfortable.

And then, this motherfucker said this:

Force anyone? FORCE ANYONE?! Holy fucking Christ, what the fuck is wrong with you Vegas? A guy like you doesn’t like to force anyone?! Umm, you’ve drugged Porsche and taken all choice and power of will away from him, not even giving him the chance to say YES or NO, you took that away from him, you took that choice away from him, yes you are indeed, forcing him, you’re forcing Porsche into that and he DOES NOT WANT IT!

And then this, omfg:

Just to piss your cousin off, are you for real? That only stamp I want to see is Kinn’s ring shape in your cheekbone when he punches your lights out. The fact that it was actually Vegas, and the reason he did it for, makes it even more disturbing.

Porsche will hopefully remember that it was Vegas, though he might not because whatever drug they used really fucked Porsche up. Hopefully, there might a scene in the next episode where Kinn asks Porsche if he knows who did this to him, and I hope Porsche remembers, at least a little. I’m just glad that Kinn got to him in time otherwise... I would literally be crying myself to sleep every night until the next episode and probably longer.

But also, YES PORSCHE BABY for getting a hit in and head butting the fucker in the face, proving that even though he couldn’t really move his body or have control of his own limbs, Porsche managed to fight back with a headbut, and I’m so damn proud of him. Kinn would be proud too, I just know it.

Moral of this post, I DO NOT LIKE VEGAS. And I’m worried for what this bastard is going to do to Pete.

#KinnPorsche #Kinn x Porsche #KinnPorsche The Series #Kinn #Porsche #Vegas #Kinn Theerapanyakul #Porsche Pachara #Vegas Theerapanyakul #Anakinn Kinn Theerapanyakul #Porsche Pachara Kittisawasd #Apo Nattawin #Bible Wichapas #Mile Phakphum #BL Series #Boy Love #Needed to Rant #made me livid #the audacity of this prick #Vegas what the fuck?

[lupon]

When will milkvans realize that the reason there's so little milkman content going around is because she show itself isn't giving them any content? Think about it: milkman only really got a date where everyone was upset, a dramatic fight, a wholesome reunion, one cute moment where Mike tried to make her smile, and a love confession. That's literally only 3 scenes of them that milkvans can enjoy, and Will was there for all of them. Almost every scene of milkvan was also a scene of byler. Now when people think of Mike and El, they associate Will, because that’s how the story is written. Plus, byler in general just got way more content than milkvan this season. Not only by the fact they have more scenes together, but with the amount of subtext there is to sift through. And it’s a fairly new ship to the general audience, so people took a lot of interest. 

The general audience just finds milkvan boring now. Like the ENTIRE fandom freaked out when Mike and El reunited in s2. It was an iconic moment that had everyone hyped up about the ship. And now they have a love confession monologue and nobody really cares other than people who ship them. It got widely overshadowed by relationships like lumax and steddie, as well as the reveal that Will was in love with Mike. I have honestly seen more steddie and lumax fan art than milkvan. There were so many big and new ships this season (or drastic changes in relationships like lumax and jopper), that people didn’t care about Mike’s love confession because everyone just thinks “oh, well yeah of course he loves her” and moves on. Most probably couldn't even tell you what he said in it. But you know what people do remember? “from Mike, from Mike, from Mike, from, from, from” because THAT was a huge reveal. THAT was the big and exciting moment in their relationship this season. It was unexpected and had people interested. So why would they not keep going with it? Why would they keep going with the moment that made the GA go “oh yeah, duh” and look away? 

Makes no sense.

#needed to rant #it isnt about the fact that its been canon for so long #theres just so little for people to make content out of now #they just lost interest #milkdud bones #anti milkvan #byler #mike wheeler #eleven #el hopper #will byers

[detectivemcqueen]

(Now that I'm feeling a lot better, though I'm still taking antibiotics, I'm pissed by how my situation was handled, so I reported my manager to the board of ethics. What the fuck kind of shit are they trying to promote by scaring a sick person for not coming into work with a highly contagious disease? I would understand more if I did have a sinus infection, even though I would still call bullshit. What they want me to do? Come in touching shit and spreading it to customers and coworkers? Fun fact: Strep can survive on dry surfaces anywhere from 3 days to 6.5 months, depending on the condition.

Anyway, this is the time of year for it, so please wash your hands frequently in public areas to avoid getting sick. I also suggest wearing a mask. It might be different in areas that are already well into spring (our snow just melted), but it is possible to catch strep anytime of the year. Just because it's not covid does not mean anyone should want to catch it and, while rare, it does have the potential to be life-threatening.)

#( ooc ) #I'm just so pissed #Needed to rant #Love the anonymity this site provides so I can talk shit without the corporate overlords gatekeeping me

[magnetocerebro]

I Have Correctly Predicted Everything That Has Gone Wrong While Visiting My In-Laws

My in-laws said I was “overly anxious” and basically peer pressured me into this whole trip and here we are.

The super cheap seats my MIL bought for us don’t allow seat assignments. She assured me they wouldn’t split kids from parents. It took three seat changes while we were AT the airport to get my two- and three-year-old to not be sandwiched between total strangers.

The big dog who doesn’t understand boundaries and is twice the size of my kids scares all the grandkids (all under age eight) because of its size and lack of boundaries. Gee, who could have predicted that making small kids stay at a house with a dog that can knock them over just from wagging it’s tail was a bad idea?!?

The little dog who has a history of biting bit my niece but nooooo I was “projecting my phobias” when I said I don’t want my kids near him.

I was assured everyone would be “careful” and yet at the height of Covid/RSV/flu season we have all come down with something. I’m now trying to watch two toddlers in a house that isn’t baby proofed while my throat is on fire and any movement makes my head hurt. But yeah, not wanting to be in big groups makes me overly anxious and paranoid and antisocial.

I correctly predicted being called fat by my husband’s grandparents, who did it last year and triggered me into not eating at all during a birthday party. But sure everyone will behave.

I explained multiple times that my son is autistic and won’t do eye contact and gets overwhelmed easily but noooo everyone needs to be in a big group opening presents wait why is your son running away from us? 🙄

Correctly predicted having to make my own meals because of my kids not liking the in-laws’ options and also my in-laws insist on using ingredients I’m allergic too???

Anyway, looking forward to being proven correct about the effect this will have on my toddlers’ sleep routines, the impending airport meltdown on the way home, and the doctor expenses from whatever crap we have all contracted.

#Personal #needed to rant