#old lady rant

[danieldrivesfast]

I'm sincerely worried for the future considering how media literacy and the concept of source verification is absolutely dead with a loud percentage of Gen Z/Gen Alpha kids. There's also absolutely zero critical thinking or willingness to understand the context of anything, which is doubly worrying. I hope it's just a vocal minority and not a trend across most.

It's unserious when it's about racecar things, but unfortunately I keep seeing it with serious topics, so when I come across it more and more with the unserious stuff I use to escape the serious topics... it stops feeling unserious and becomes really concerning. Super duper not fun, too.

A bit of today's nonsense? Once again preferring to listen to a "source" with zero credibility over literally everyone who is an authority and has a say in everything. Not only that, but to believe the "source" over the well-understood fact that the team's sponsors came on because of who was in the car more than to sponsor the team itself. Etc, etc, etc. Of course I'm talking about girlypops who get their giggles clinging to any "proof" that DR is getting fired.

The absolute unwillingness to see through their biases to at least form sensible or factual backups for their hate of things (not just DR) is embarrassing, frankly. There are so many uneducated fans who use wrong/not credible/misconstrued information to prop up their "arguments," and even when it's an argument I or someone agrees with, they cling to being wrong and attack the people who showed them facts instead of stepping back and reevaluating. They openly refuse to understand how things work, they'd rather spew hate at others (like Alex Albon, for example) than take a breather, learn, and be upset but still remain decent people. They claim to have the highest morals and use that to eviscerate people, but in the same week will unflinchingly prop up someone who is less than a degree separated from a literal fascist because he's a cutie pie.

A few months ago I saw someone say that Gen Z/Gen Alpha are just young Boomers with how they approach media literacy, critical thinking, confirmation bias, and their own hypocrisy and the way they have no regard for the cruelty they show others. I thought it was a horrible thing to say - until I started to realize they might be right. Existing in fandom space has rapidly been supporting that theory.

I'm going to Austin this year. Friendship bracelets are already being made. I can't wait to meet so many people and trade and share stories and experience an incredible sporting event with thousands of fans and a blossoming young, not-cishet-male demographic. And sometimes I think about the fact I'll likely be trading bracelets with people who've wished drivers dead/injured, spread horrible lies about them or their loved ones, actively contributed to ripping down drivers' mental health, and countless other awful things and think it's perfectly okay because it in no way affected them personally.

Anyway.

#formula 1 #daniel ricciardo #alex albon #lando norris #yuki tsunoda #charles leclerc #carlos sainz #george russell #logan sargeant #lewis hamilton #oscar piastri #f1 #toxic fandom #old lady rant #I'm yelling into the void #off my chest

[snippychicke]

Okay, so its been a while since I was interested in a new, booming, fandom. And its been a *long* time since seeing shipping discourse.

So as an older fan, let me give you all a little reminder.

Characters are like barbie dolls, right. Maybe you use them according to cannon and keep their canonical identity for your story... But someone can and will take that same character and tell a story that completely ignores some or all of cannon. And that's okay because they are fictional and not real.

You need to respect a real person's pronouns, sexual identity, etc. Because they are a human being. But fictional chracters? You can make 'em straight, make 'em gay, have them be transgender, and it's fine. Because they are nothing but fictional ideas and not real people.

So, in conclusion: if you don't like something, don't interact with it! Chracters are simply ideas and not actual living beings. They don't give a fuck what you do with them because they don't exsist. How one interacts with a character does not necessarily reflect how they treat people.

#fandom #old lady rant #fanfiction #hazbin hotel #alastor the radio demon #hazbin hotel lucifer #hazbin charlie #just all of them #okay? #lgbtq #gay #asexual #aromantic #bisexual #lesbian #transgender

[cor-corbinian]

What if Michael Distortion just continued to live Michael Shelleys life? Just shows up at the magnus institute to continue his job and neither Gertrude nor Elias/Jonah can get rid of him because technically Michael has a contract as an archival assistant.

Edit: Link to fic :)

#fanfic #ao3 #tma #michael distortion #michael shelley #writing and stuff #cor rants #the best revenge is living well #or making sure that the old lady that fed you to a monster won't #In turn that would mean that Michael Distortion has less identity issues #but we'll see

[imminent-danger-came]

Every day I'm just like "MK pull your head out of your ass and focus on someone else for ONCE in your little lego LIFE"

#was thinking about the two (2) times we see MK actually help people who aren't his core friends #(LBD in 2x05 and those old ladies in 4x01) #and how when he's helping others he's generally still thinking about himself #Just who he is #like it's not "My friends! The city! They need help!'' #It's ''What about my friends? The city? They're all counting on me!'' #Or in 1x06. Assuming Mei was racing for him #2x10 ''I'm not gonna let you win'' #((Which I have a post to make about MK and Macaque's desires to win at all costs)) #3x04 ''How am I gonna fight the Lady Bone Demon'' when they are literally ALL working towards defeating LBD #3x11 ''What if we just get in his way?'' #4x08 ''It's always my fault!'' #I could go on #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk MK #lmk rant

[nonbinarylesbianherb]

(small rant about show alicent)

I’m sorry (I’m not) but i HATE people who are like “oh Alicent should’ve told Rhaenyra, its her fault she didn’t”

Alicent was a 15 year old girl who was pimped out to a man 3x her age by her father. Alicent quite clearly did not want to marry Viserys. Alicent was not stupid, she knew immediately when her father asked her to ‘comfort the king’ what it would probably lead to, but Viserys SPECIFICALLY ASKED HER to not tell rhaenyra. Now maybe im alone in this, but if I was given two options- tell rhaenyra and face unknown consequences by the king who i barely know and my father who is my only parental figure, OR, not tell rhaenyra and hope my closest friend would empathise with me, understand this is not my fault and be there to support me. I would obviously fucking pick the second option.

Especially because so many ADULT WOMEN seem to believe that Alicent is a “whore” and they are so ignorant to her situation. It disgusts me how they blame this child for what happened, have some goddamn empathy.

#alicent hightower #show alicent #rant #ranting #hotd alicent #house of the dragon #hotd #young alicent #lady alicent #rhaenyra targeryan #viserys targaryen #otto hightower #have some empathy for the 15 year old you weirdos #did they watch the show with their eyes closed or are they truly that stupid? #we’ll never know

[kaidabakugou]

the new girl at one of my favorite bakeries called me pretty this morning and it literally melted all my stress away 🥺

#kai.rambles #i was feeling sad bc my grandma is in the hospital and when i went to visit her they wouldn’t let me pass bc my license is expired #which okay ik that’s my fault but i took my passport with me just in case and the guy straight up told me that it wasn’t a valid form of id #and im like yeah tf it is ITS A PASSPORT and he said no #and while i was waiting for my mom to come down to the lobby an old lady came in and he turned her away for the same thing #and dudeee okay you turn me away fine fuck off but an old ladyyy??? at that age they don’t pay attention to that just let her pass #and then he argued with another woman bc she brought a flower arrangement and it had water so he couldn’t allow it HELLOOO??!? #so i had to leave and went to go get breakfast for my mom at least bc she stayed the night and i was supposed to stay the day #and when i came back to give her the food she told me that the nurse that was with my grandma asked what happened bc she wasn’t expecting #my mom to return and when my mom told her she immediately got so angry bc that same guy #didn’t allow her and a couple other nurses to bring in a cake for one of the residents #who’s birthday is today and they had a full on argument this morning #so it was all in all awful and now my mom has been there for more than 20 hours until later tonight when my aunt goes over :( #anyway this turned into a whole rant im sorry but im so mad bc i know for a FACT that a passport is a valid form of id #and he was just being a fkn dick #but the girl called me pretty and it took some stress off and she really liked my blush #and i liked hers so we had a little makeup 101 exchange and it was so nice at least 🥺 #and i have a couple cute asks to answer that have made my day as well so i’ll get to those in a few 🥰

[la-pheacienne]

Can somebody explain to me how the so-called """"""feminists"""""""" of the fandom have made it their life's purpose to continuously hate on the TWO FEMALE KEY PLAYERS of A song of ice and fire, and rebrand that as feminism?

Like, we're talking about the two main female heroines of the story, a story that became popular precisely for having these two female characters, the exiled teen sex slave and the orphan little girl that suffocates from society's expectations. If you call yourself a """"""feminist""""""" and a member of asoiaf fandom and you hate/don't care for these characters, guess what you're certainly not.

How did we come to this? What happened to this fandom? It feels like a nuclear catastrophe going through the tags. All I see is an army of people who joined the fandom because the TV show got really popular, then started repeating the same slogans again and again without giving one fuck about the actual story being told. The five players, the five outcasts, the dwarf, the bastard, the cripple, the exiled sex slave and the non-conforming lady, these are the heroes of the story. These characters. This is why the story became popular. I don't understand how this horrible mutation happened in this fandom, I will never get over this.

#anti dead ladies club i guess? #asoiaf #got #rant #aspa rambles #fake feminism #this post is your old grandma coming back to her hometown after 50 years and being shocked and horrified by what they did to the place #daenerys targaryen #arya stark #bran stark #tyrion lannister #jon snow

[mxwhore]

learned a very valuable lesson today

#for each DICKHEAD you encounter there will always be a kind person waiting for you :) #i was flabbergasted that everyone had decided to be an asshole towards me. a stranger #first scenario: i was in the train watching my phone and this older guy comes up to me and starts going off on a 'kids these days!!' rant #he basically told me that i was BEGGING to get my ass beaten and my phone stolen and he wouldnt come console me when i cried abt it #me being used to this treatment from my grandma i just went ok. and put my phone away #and obviously that pissed the guy even more so he continued to rant until it was his stop #i wasnt too pissed because i was going to HAVE A BURGER!! but still. what?? #so i went to get that burger and wait for my mom so we can go to the farm #and the burger guy was extra niceys to me :) we joked around and stuff #AND THEN. scenario number two #i had my delicious burger and i was looking for a table when i saw two ladies sitting with and empty table next to them #and so i went! i was just about to sit down when a random lady SNATCHES the chair i was about to use #i was like WTF??? #the two old ladies saw this and instantly went like wtf are you ok??? and starting having a go at the random woman #she ofc in good karen fashion didnt care. so the ladies let me have one of the chairs so i could sit next to them #the woman decided to sit right in front of us and so we started shit talking her between us. it was very fun tbh #i was genuinely bummed at these interactions till i realized that there were lots of strangers that were niceys to me #and have me extra ketchup #anyway!! im off to see my dog now #love u

[lost-technology]

I honestly think people read way more into this fandom than what is really there. If I elaborate my thoughts, I fear I will get my head blown off. Also, on that way lies shipwars and shipwars are never fun. It's also not really any different than what goes on in other fandoms, every fandom ever. I'm just an old fart who thinks that fandom (all fandoms) has gotten weirder and weirder with every passing year (and wish people wouldn't mistake their headcanons for canon) and act like everyone who partakes in the media is of the same thought. Trust me, I don't expect people to share or even care about my headcanons. I'm afraid to join any Trigun discords or any type of fan-club because I'm pretty sure I disagree with the majority of the fandom on some things that people have heightened emotions about. It's to the point that I really think "people are just making their own story out of this that doesn't resemble what I watched / read" sometimes. But again, I shouldn't complain too hard, because every fandom. It's just, I don't know... this fandom scares me sometimes.

#trigun #trigun maximum #trigun stampede #old lady wants the young uns to get off her fanlawn #let the old swamp hag rant #I am in full support of everyone having their headcanons and enjoying them #unless you were to make vash a homicidal maniac or something #but I am honestly afraid to share my views sometimes #at least it's not as bad as she-ra fandom #where liking a particular villain meant that of course I like war crimes #and people who disliked him just made up bullshit about him #that probably came from reading about his wildly differing other versions on wikis

[helvonasche]

Okay! Hi, I came to my old asf tumblr (I swear I’m not 17 anymore 💀) to tell you that I’m so excited for you. It was forever ago but I commented under Hanna on ur AO3 (first time was under two princes i think. I think you have a real talent 4 writing character driven narratives. Reading ur stuff always feels like breathing in cold, fresh air. obvi i’m gonna miss your writing. but i hope u’re able to get somewhere fulfilling w/ ur original works. ty for all that you shared, n i’m here 2 support

Full disclosure: This made my day.

Thank you for being so kind and strange in the best way. (I'm ignoring the blasphemy about character-driven narrative because I can't process it right now. it's too nice.)

<3 hel.

#and now it doesn't matter if children find me on the internet #take the smut away and now it's just an old lady ranting on the internet about a book she's supposedly writing #the next book update is gonna be so disappointing #onto writing that now

[thenamessparkplug]

shoutout to my old 4th grade teacher for being more supportive of me one time 6 months ago than my own mother's ever been< 3333

#it was like such a tiny interaction but i also never forgot #it was during some kind of family party thing for kids parents (and siblings) to come and eat pizza and some other stuff i dont remember #and anyways my brother(who currently goes to this school) wanted to go so my whole family went #and while i was there my mom saw my old 4th grade teacher and was like “omg you should go talk to her” #and i was like yeah i should she was a really cool lady actually #so i nervously was like “hi” and didnt think shed recognize me at all #but she IMMEDIETLY was like “ITS YOU! /pos” #she then points to my shirt and asks me “hey are those your pronouns now?” #and this was back when i still wore pronoun/pride pins in general #and i was like “yeah actually!” because no adult had ever asked me about it before and i was so happy to like be recognized as a person #and she gave me a hug and told me she was proud of me and how much id grown and i /maybe/ got a little close to tears but ignore that #and my mom just stood there the whole time #she didnt say anything #she didnt smile #and this was not my first time wearing my pronoun pin my TRANS FLAG pin even #never once did she acknowledge it #also like a month later she made fun of me for it and i havent worn one since #uh yeah anyways #sorry for ranting lmao #or ig venting?? this was not my intention mb mb #trans #transgender #lgbt #lgtbq #lgbtqia #(to be clear my mom has made it very clear she will never support me on numerous occasions it wasnt like a one time thing lmao) #tw vent?? #tw vent

[little-mouse-adventures]

Based on the facts that Artemis:

was able to perfectly portray the emotions regarding remembering and being sad about Julius and did so to try and ease the suffering of someone to whom he didn't really 'know' at the time

has canonically worked at a bake sale with his mother

undoubtedly knows the intricacies of each business his family owns and runs down to the specific requirements of the housekeeping staff at the hotel chain be bought out

I propose the idea that he would have a truly spectacular Customer Service Persona, which he detests with every fiber of his being but continues to use as needed because it makes everyone think he is a Nice Young Lad™ and keeps him in as many good graces as possible

#artemis fowl #eventually he probably also learns to enjoy being nice to people #but i can just see him internally SEETHING with rage #at kindly offering tech help to stubborn old ladies who insist the problem is with today's youth #and not with their eyesight or understanding #it's just this darn technology moving too fast and for no reason #but he can't just rewrite the software on their phone because his mother is watching #and he has to Play By The Rules and Be Helpful #so he keeps smiling and being helpful and later on rants in his journal and to Butler and Holly #who of course have no sympathy for him #of course Holly is simultaneously torn because while she enjoys seeing him suffer his Customer Service Voice bothers her some reason #and once she figures out it's because it sound's like Orion and she tells that to Artemis #he uses it around her whenever possible

[oh-no-melon]

My two cents on the whole HBO show removal but boy, it does remind me the importance of physical media. Like, it is absolutely horrible that these shows are being removed from their streaming providers and some just simply won’t be found again. Imagine all that work and effort just poof! Gone! No record really except memories and pirated files.

For as lovely and convenient streaming is, physical media is still so important because no matter how bad the providers say a show is and pull it forever, they can’t pull my DVD or Bluray copy of it. This is a big reason why content creators (animators, cartoonists, comic artists! All artists really!) always hope that people will get a physical copy of something. I make comics so what if, someday, Webtoons or Tapas decided to liquidate all their unpopular comics or less followed comics and then that’s it?

All I’m saying is if you can, sometimes getting a physical copy of something IS worth it. Things get pulled, piracy is bad* (see my tag below as well as this > (to a degree! Please don’t read this as anything beyond me saying support the creators if YOU, as a consumer, feel they are worth supporting!) but a physical copy lasts as long as you have it in your happy hands!

#HBO #hbo max #streaming #physical media #just me ranting about stuff #I’m that old lady who still has a ton of DVDs #but I stream too so im not pleased with all this content pulling #blame the provider not the creator #we create because we love and want to share #but we can only create if it’s able to be monetized #what a world! #ps I am not against piracy as it sounds #just more into giving indie creators and creators in general the mons #trust me if you could see my 20+ year download history #it be lengthy

[lazaruspiss]

the part of bruce being abusive where he still loves the people he hurts is important guys. like you know it's possible to hurt people even when you love them, right? you know that it's possible to do terrible things without fully realizing and/or admitting that said things are terrible, right? you understand that relationships can be complex, right??

#also: abusers are often still humans with thoughts and feelings. i do not say that out of sympathy or fondness. #treating them like monsters without any internal depth takes away their agency and cheapens the intimacy of the damage they cause. #my boogeyman goes to church and holds the door open for old ladies and can feel pain and loneliness #im sorry but most shitty people don't just sit around being evil 24/7 #what makes them shitty is their actions #not an internal state of being evil #hiiiiiiiii welcome to laz rants about human morality. again #i need to take a class on moral philosophy or smth and get it out of my system lmao

[astronomicalunit32]

In my motivic analysis phase. When did we decide to stop listening to the hamilton soundtrack.

#this is so fucking good #it came out when i was a wee one and i listened to it all the time #but now im old enough to actually appreciate the intricacies #like how the maria reynolds in say no to this tries to mimic some of elizas melodies in helpless but it isnt quite right #like a beat is off or its too low #and the satisfied piano intro plays during take a break and is also the intro to burn #which is like. damn that song really is just foreshadowing and highlighting hamiltons relationship with angelica as like. lost love. #also in take a break when hamilton quotes macbeth (more specifically the actual character macbeth) #in his letters to angelica #when she visits she tells him screw your courage to the sticking place #which is like shakespeare fanception but also thats a lady macbeth line #like. his fuckint wife who actually was the reason he could do all the dumb shit he does. #screaming crying throwing up #au rants #i forgot to tag that in my ranting haste. like the most important tag for people who dont care about my analysis of random shit

[hiddenvioletsgrow]

Gonna need my (2) friends who used Facebook messenger and the random old lady from church to please please please STOP talking to me on it

I absolutely hate hate it and I am this close to deleting my whole account. Like girls you have my phone number and my instagram!!! Heck even my Pinterest!! I freaking hate Facebook

#rants #facebook messenger #the old lady is allowed bc she’s old and nice and her inspirational quotes are cute #but there is no excuse for my girls