#rich people are so BORING

[sergle]

I love to hear what people say about Youtube Drama* but it's SO tacky when it gets so offbase that the posts people make start to be about completely off topic infighting within the Watcher fanbase

#but god it IS fun to read about this kind of thing #asterisk on the drama bc this is not like a Scandal per se #this was a business decision made On Purpose #it's not like when sniperwolf stalked a guy and posted a pic of his home to her fans #or when the guy from tryguys fucked one of his employees Who He Himself Hired while also monetizing his wife and kids on the channel #this is different bc it's like. on purpose. #I DIGRESS.... #you guys should see some of it in the watcher tag it's crazy. people are pointing at randos just bc they're already annoyed #i'll give you the clifnotes version which is that i got to see one where somebody has decided that the Steven Hate is actually ppl #revealing that they simply have just been racist at him the whole time. fwiw the steven roasting is bc he's an out of touch Tesla Boy #and bc he brought a homophobic evangelical pastor on the channel #and cockily admitted to being friends w people who are homophobic and racist... his own words #like he has verbally admitted to maintaining friendships with racists so i don't think people are really thinking this one through #these were new to me I was down to roast him for being rich and boring alone #also this reasoning kind of falls apart bc Ryan is literally Right There and people love Ryan #sergle.txt

[unlikecharlie]

every comment or post that I see yelling about sympathy, empathy, and reminding us that those people are humans with lives and families only makes me wish they're dead even harder. matter of fact, I hope they all suffer as much as possible and then go to hell and suffer even more. there

#titanic #oceangate #rambling #PATRICIA THESE PEOPLE PAID A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO RIDE A BOLTED PRINGLES CAN STEERED BY A LOGITECH CONTROLLER #TO SEE THE REMAINS OF A SHIP THAT KILLED MOSTLY POOR PEOPLE BC THE RICH WERE PRIORITISED IN THE EVACUATION #FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO HAVE BRAGGING RIGHTS AND BC THEY WERE BORED #WHILE IGNORING SAFETY REGULATIONS LEFT RIGHT AND CENTER #I HAVE NO SHRED OF SYMPATHY. NONE. THEYRE GETTING THEIR KARMA #I'LL HAVE TO PAWN OFF A PAIR OF EARRINGS TO SURVIVE UNTIL MY NEXT PAYCHECK. DO YOU THINK I GIVE A SHIT? #I COULDVE PAID OFF BOTH OF MY LOANS. GOTTEN CLOTHES AND SHOES I NEED. GONE ON VACATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. GOTTEN A TATTOO #AND STILL WOULDVE HAD MONEY LEFT OVER TO LIVE OFF OF WITH JUST ONE TICKET'S WORTH. ONE #so get off your moral high horse. you will never get where they are no matter how hard you're trying to convince yourself that #if only you work hard enough. long enough. youll be rich too #you wont. #and they wouldnt piss on fire to put you out if you were in their situation

[yellowocaballero]

Been a fan of your fics for YEARS. I was just telling my friend how despite how much I read fics I never actually love them, with some of your fics (especially TMA) as the exception. Felt the need to reread some of them and saw you reblogged some ISAT fanart. So. Any thoughts on ISAT you'd like to share?

Hope you have a wonderful day!! So happy I found your fics again!!

I avoided answering this for a while because I was trying to think of a way to cohesively and coherently vocalize my thoughts on In Stars and Time. I have given up because I don't want to hold everybody here all day and I have accepted that my thoughts are just pterodactyl screeching.

I love it so much. I have so much to say on it. It drove me bonkers for like a week straight. I have AUs. It's absolute Megbait. They're just a little Snufkin and they're having the worst experience of anybody's life. Ludonarratives my fucking beloved.

I am going to talk about the prologue.

The prologue is such a fascinating experience. You crack open the game and immediately begin checking off all of the little genre boxes: mage, warrior, researcher, you're the rogue...some little kid who's there for some reason...alright, you know the score. You're in yet another indie Earthbound RPG, these are your generic characters, let's get the ball rolling.

Except then you realize that these characters are people. You feel instantly how you've entered the game at its last dungeon, at the end of the adventure. They have their own in-jokes, histories, backgrounds, adventures. They get along well and they're obviously close, but not in a twee or unrealistic way. They have so much chemistry and spirit and life. I fell in love with them so quickly.

But Sif doesn't. Sif kind of hates them, because they will not stop saying the same damn thing. They walk the same paths, do the same things, make the same jokes, expect Sif to say the same lines. They keep referencing a Sif we do not see, with jokes we never see him make and heroic personality he never shows - they reference a Sif who is dead - and Sif can't handle that, so he kills them too.

They become only an exercise in tedious frustration. Sif button mashes through their dialogue, Sif mindlessly clicks the same dialogue options, Sif skips through the tutorial, Sif blows through the puzzles. Sif turns their world into a video game. Sif is playing a generic RPG. Sif forgets their names. They are no longer people with in-jokes, histories, backgrounds, adventures. They're the mage, the warrior, the researcher, and...some random kid.

I did not understand the Kid's presence at first. I had no idea what they contributed to the game. They didn't do anything. As a party member in a video game, they're a bit useless. Why is the Kid there?

Because Sif's life isn't a video game. Because the kid isn't 'the kid'. They're Bonnie. Bonnie, who the party loves. Why is Bonnie there? Because they love them. There is no room for Bonnie in the boring RPG that Sif is playing. And then you realize that Sif is wrong, and that they've lost something extremely important, and that they'll never escape without it.

Watching the prologue before watching ISAT gave ISAT the most unique air of dread and horror, because you crack open ISAT and you see the person Sif used to be. You realize that Sif used to be a person. Sif used to be the person who made jokes, who gave real smiles, who interacted with the world as if they are a part of it. And you know you are sitting down to watch Sif lose everything that made them a person, to lose everything that made them a member of this world, and turn them into a character in a video game who doesn't understand the point of Bonnie at all.

At the climax of the game, when the others realize that something is deeply wrong and that Sif physically cannot tell them, they realize that there is nothing they can do. So Bonnie declares snacktime. And for the first time they have snacktime.

What is snacktime? Classic JRPGs don't have snacktime. There's literally no point to a snacktime - not in a video game, and not in Sif's terrible life. It's not fixing this, because nothing can fix this. But Bonnie gives Sif a cookie and Sif eats it.

It's meaningless. It's a cutscene. It didn't save Sif and it didn't change a thing. It will make no difference in the end.

But it did make the difference. It made all of the difference in the world. Bonnie is a character who you really don't understand the point of before you realize that Bonnie was the entire point.

ISAT is about comfort media. Why do we play the same video games over and over again? Why do we avoid watching the finale of our favorite shows? What is truly comforting: a story with no conflict, or a story where you always know what is about to happen? Do you want to live in a scary, uncontrollable world, or do you want to play Stardew Valley? Do you want a person or a character?

When I beat Earthbound for the first time (and if you don't know, the prologue/ISAT battle system is just Mother) and watched the ending cutscene where the characters part ways and say goodbye...I felt a little bit sad. I wanted them to be together forever. But that's something only characters could ever be.

#these aren't deep or unique thoughts they're just the specific aspect of ISAT that made it one of the most interesting gaming experiences #i actually like the prologue much more than ISAT for just this reason #its honestly a video game art piece that's created to give the player a very specific experience #that makes them an aspect of the narrative that is told #it's. incredible. #in stars and time #start again start again start again #start again: a prologue #isat #god and there is so so so so much more to say here #what a rich and complex and fascinating game that made me cry like a baby #i dont even kin sif. we arent similar at all. #i cant imagine how devastating this game would have been if i did #but I do have a deep relationship with escapsim #and i write about it a lot #and video games about being video games are wonderful #as are stories about being stories #and why we consume stories. how we use them. how they save us and hurt us. #never played a video game that used its medium so well #i bet undertales also pretty good at that but this is more so i think #stories about stories have to be about why we love stories #and im not an artsy person and i roll my eyes a bit when people talk about the spiritual neccesity of art #i think people need stories because the world is sad and hard and boring and we want to think about something else for a while. #some people need to be anywhere but here #and sometimes if you're Lil Depressed-Ass Snufkin that looks like being here forever #baby cringe-ass snufkin big hat idiot

[freaky-flawless]

Something that's really irritating me about the Off-White doll is that when you look at the concept art, she has 0 monster features aside from her green skin. Her monster type was such an after thought, and that's why its so poorly reflected in her design. Like she's supposed to be a fish (I think) where are her scales? Where are her fins? For such an expensive doll, I expected more than just a reused face mold, and a very easily recognizable one at that.

Her concept art really looks like a pale Casta Fierce. And honestly, I would probably like her more if that was the direction they took. Instead of being completely new, lazily designed characters, they could have done something like "Casta Fierce modelling for Off-Fright" or something, and added a witchy twist to the actual Off-White look. I mean, it would still be grossly overpriced, but I guarantee she'd sell better, especially considering Casta only ever got one doll. And it would've been SO PERFECT for an October Friday the 13th release.

#monster high #mattel #mattel creations #casta fierce #off-white #at least that one doll has a cool thing going on #it looks like their using the original concept they had for river styxx with the whole see through skin #where you can see her skull underneath which is cool #the dragon(??) doll would be cool if it didnt look liker her horns were just on her hat #and for a dragon her design is so fucking boring like come on #and aside from her wings and fake horns she also light on monster features #not even fangs?? damn... #idk what the hetereochromia girl is meant to be #apparently they're all available in actual off-white stores #looking on mattel creations it really looks like they're grasping at straws to try and sell her to people #text post #i dont even really know what to say about the clothes #i feel like a lot of rich people might buy them without even really knowing what mh is just for the novelty of doll sized designer clothes

[disaster-j]

Is it just me or is The Impossible Heir completely undermining an otherwise solid plot by centering the narrative around a confusing and lacklustre love triangle in the first two episodes????

#like #broskis it is sooooo boring #there's no chemistry? no bonding?? #also the female character is in the trenches they have her NOTHING #could replace her with a cardboard cutout atp #the impossible heir #no like it's just so weird to me bc otherwise the plot is interesting and every other character and dynamic is interesting #but the so called love lines are just non existent #but somehow the love drama is taking up most of the screen time #like girl??? #what is the gd point #i wanna see corporate espionage and rich people being evil #LET ME HAVE IT

[scienceandpuzzles]

cant wait for taylor swift to drop a couple of grand on some environmentalist organization or some shit in a couple of days so her fans can say “see??? she is a true eco queen <3 she cares sooooo much" and absolutely bully you and call you a misogynist if you point out shes still rich af, STILL has a private jet she uses irresponsibly and without a doubt used the cottagecore image to make herself trendy popular and sell shit when in fact she dgaf about nature and sure as hell never seen a farm without workers doing shit for her like the true american wealthy white woman she is. 

#like im calling it cause she always does it and its so fucking EVIL #her stans are reaching outside of the realm of sanity and coherence to defend this diabolic shit #rich people suck ass and doesnt give a shit about anything other than themselves #she will throw some couple of dollars for her to call it a day and still jump on a plane cause shes bored with her little privileged life #in search for some trend she can take a hold on and squeeze money out of #imagine being this bland #and fucking devoid of all true sense of self #thats why her music fucking sucks and all she does is appropiate from minorities #if you have no soul how good can your art be #taylor swift #anti taylor swift #fuck taylor swift #environmentalism #personal #fuck the rich #climate change

[clonerightsagenda]

Can't remember if this is supported by the text or just the images conjured by my own brain but to me the aesthetic of Hi Nay's gathering of rich and powerful magicians is less 'spooky cult' and more 'insufferable country club'

#kat listens to hi nay #girl help the rich people are 'discovering' magic (it was there already) and they are being so boring about it #like YES they are doing dark rituals with mysterious artifacts #but I am imagining the interiors to all their evil lairs being Rich Person Tennis Club

[cinnaminsvga]

actual conversation i had with my dental hygienist

hygienist: so what did you study at university?

me: chemistry...

hygienist: damn, no wonder you look so sad!

#this is especially funny now that i got a new job and it has like... barely anything to do with my degree LMAOOOO #mostly bc the job market is rough rn and i kinda need the money more than anything... but damn LOL #and then he proceeded to give me a speech about his own road to becoming a hygienist #how he started in business but then hated it so he started dj-ing #then found that he got bored of it and so he went to med school. but found that too much of a hassle as well #so now hes in dental school and working as a hygienist as he completes his schooling and is NOW debating on changing careers again #and like noah fence to the guy i know he was trying to be encouraging about how 'ur degree shouldnt shackle u to one type of career' #but also his carefree nature is sending alarm bells in my head bc the only ppl who speak like that are people who can Afford #to soul search like that. bc if i knew my parents are there to catch me if my new venture failed #damn i'd do fucking whatever i wanted to as well!! but ofc idk if hes really rich like that #he did have an aura tho. rich people aura. they got a way of talking sometimes... especially western ppl.... #ANYWAY.... just wanted to share how i got scalped with my mouth wide open filled with blood thank u for listening to my ted talk #zee talks

[iwasbored777]

God I miss being in Miraculous Ladybug fandom and posting ML content so much... Whoever knew me while I was in it knows exactly what I mean...

#the only fandom so unhinged that they understood each and every one of my memes #other fandoms are so sensitive #it was toxic af but not boring toxic i knew lots of funny people like no other #i wish the show was better cuz i would never leave #most fandoms are equally toxic #but at least ml fandom had such a rich sense of humour #miraculous ladybug #ml fandom

[tuff-ponyboy]

also what do we think about post vietnam sodapop x "i'm on fire" by brucie music video 👀

#im thinking like..19? 20 year old soda? #maybe even 21 #he enlisted #got discharged for some reason maybe I'll give him an injury or something but he's back to working at the dx #steve owns it or something lmao and has made it a bigger. socs and greasers aren't really a thing anymore but soda is still from the other #side of the tracks and starts crushing on an uptown girl customer 👀 #should I make it cherry for the drama #what do we think people #a rich girl who got married off at a young age and she's bored with her life and finds excitement in breaking her car so she can see the #really cute mechanic on the east side 😍 #and she's rich so we can keep breaking shit and it's fine cuz her love don't cost a thing #i just be saying shit

[novelconcepts]

I just. How are the studios not fucking embarrassed yet? How are they not just wallowing in awareness that they are the baddies? I understand wealth separates a man from his common sense and, uh, soul, but. How are you looking at a bunch of artists who are asking for basically the bare minimum, going “yeah, no, I need my yachts”, and you’re NOT aware how pathetic you look? The biggest loser energy in the world.

#wga strong #sag strong #the rich embarrassing themselves isn’t the least bit new but my god am I bored of them #we need art. we need stories. it’s the most human thing we can do. #and people who make art deserve to like. eat. and pay for their homes. and have lives. #this shit isn’t actually controversial no matter how much studios want to convince you otherwise #fuckin quit throwing a bitch baby fit over your mega millions or billions or whatever insanity and pay your fucking writers and actors #and cgi artists and crews and PAs and fuckin ALL of the people who actually contribute to civilization via the humanities #sorry not sorry I am. Tired of the bullshit. #the longer it goes on the more pitiful the studios are gonna look so just. lick your wounds now and let folks get back to making cool shit #(while also being able to. eat. and live their lives. and not lose their rights and livelihood to AI horseshit. y’know. the basics.)

[marzipanandminutiae]

NEW OLD WATCH

c. 1895-1903, gold-filled, made by the Waltham company. so she’s a New England lady through and through

and contrary to my standard “BUT THIS JANKY UNLOVED PIECE NEEDS ME” method of antiquing, I used some Christmas money to actually do the thing properly where a mechanical device is concerned. so she is recently serviced and keeps excellent time. I also love the use of texture to make the tone-on-tone design clear despite its monochrome look

now I think some skirts are in need of watch pockets...

#antiques #watch #pocket watch #antique pocket watch #turns out that sympathy-buying is fine for things that just have to be decorative or Loved (like dolls + jewelry + art) #and not so great for like. wired oil lamps or timepieces #seems you're either going to pay for the repairs upfront or after the fact. or have a non-functional item #shoutout also to the- I kid you not -$8300 Tiffany pocket watch in the same store that was ENTIRELY void of decoration except a monogram #and fairly new #do you really want to pay that much for a completely plain metal disc with someone else's initials my friend? #my watch was. significantly under a tenth of that price #modern hyper-rich people really are So Boring

[sunshineandviolets]

catching up on dirty little secrets cause the new chapter

and honestly why is Sadie so much more of an compelling and interesting character than our actual love interest

#also finding out shes a 'gold digger' aka goes after older people for their wealth etc #like thats the kind of character i wanted for an mc!!! #and also you go queen - get ur coin #use them rich old men & woman😌 #please i so badly wished she was an li #Charlotte is so fucking boring #like the only interesting part is that she could be a murder but thats probs not even true #and was intrigued to have a single mom li #but again - yvette is barely even around so far #they had like one scene and thats it! #also also Charlotte should be more butch #that suit they gave her was awful #also the story is trying hard to villianise Sadie - esp with the mcs narration too but i cant help it but to love messy girlboss woman #playchoices #dirty little secrets

[irithnova]

I wish I wasn't shown this because it's even more fucking annoying than her first response

Meeru is absolutely backtracking and no I don't believe she's trying to be self critical for a second.

I quite literally explained to Meeru in my first response to her that Panda's behaviour is genuinely abusive and dangerous (for example, causing someone to relapse in their eating disorder). I even provided Meeru with a WHOLE LIST of the things Panda did which includes blatant racism, suicide baiting, victim blaming, and inappropriate behavior infront of and towards minors.

I then went on a provided Meeru with FOUR screenshots of Panda's behavior, one of the screenshots showing her saying that she wants Manchurians to be genocided. I then pointed out that Meeru's interest in Siberians and Northern Asians is purely orientalist because she has built her blog off of the back of Northern Asian and Siberian cultures, but when being told that her friend Panda is racist against Northern Asians and was even provided a screenshot as evidence for this, she STILL went on to call it "boring cancel culture".

In the first response I also said how MULTIPLE people tried to talk to Panda privately, and she did not listen. Her behaviour is not only dangerous but we have found out that Panda has been trying to control the narrative about what happened to people throughout the fandom and telling them absolute lies about what happened, concealing the extent of her abuse and bad behaviour and outright orchestrating a hate campaign against @/miyuecakes by not only spreading lies about her with 0 evidence throughout the fandom, but by sending her posse to harass her on tumblr.

How did Meeru respond upon being given a list of the things Panda did with four screenshots of ACTUAL evidence?

"Don't blame me for not reading all 80 pages!"

"My family is struggling!"

"I care about Siberians!"

"Why did this come out around Christmas!"

She's now backtracking saying that I can't blame her for not reading all 80 pages when

1) No one fucking forced her to release that post before reading the whole document and it's quite stupid of her to release that post despite apparently not reading it

2) Even if she didn't read the whole document? I provided her with screenshots of Panda's behavior and a list of the things she's done to hurt people.

Despite this, Meeru STILL called it purely cancel culture and dismissed the evidence I gave her!

Stop backtracking!

This post is backtracking central. Oh. So NOW you agree that Panda's behavior was harmful even though I literally told you what she did and gave you evidence in my response to you?

"Why are things being handled in public" bestie I don't think I need to keep explaining to you that multiple people have tried to talk to Panda about her dangerous behavior privately but she didn't listen. She shows 0 desire to change and IMMEDIATELY went to make other friends to lie to about the whole ordeal after she left. This post is a WARNING to people to avoid her.

When I said you were orientalist , I said it was because you were given literal evidence of Panda being racist to Northern Asians , yet you decided to carry on with the narrative that this is cancel culture and that we're overreacting. I didn't say jackshit about Putin girly. If you treat racism against Northern Asians like it's just a newspaper article for you to reblog rather than an actual material reality, and dismiss racism against a Northern Asian just because your friend did it, your so called interest in their cultures means nothing!

Meeru is now blaming ME for why she couldn't read the whole document because she was too busy "defending herself" against my "insults"😂 You lie almost as often Panda does. Again, no one forced you to post that post before finishing the whole document! Don't speak on shit you don't know about !

I have the right to insult someone who stands by an abuser and shits on the victims for speaking out! Thanks !

#Meerudraws #Backtracking is insane ! #Potaxiepower #My refs #Also lol @ calling what Panda did to us “drama” #0 fucking empathy from Panda's posse why am I not surprised ! #I'm aware that meeru has said she's donated to like the free Buryatia movement or an organisation that is similar #Ok.who fucking cares so have I?? #That has nothing to do with the fact that you are completely unwilling to condemn racism against Northern Asians when your friend does it #How can you look at the screenshot I provided you with that showed Panda saying she wanted Manchurians to be genocided #And have the gall to brush it off as just boring cancel culture #Your grand gestures don't mean shit if you aren't willing to condemn your own friend for hating Northern Asians ! #Performative as all hell #Just like most of your posts on your account about Northern Asians #I'm not rich I just put more effort into my research and for someone who claims to be obsessed with N Asia #Ur posts are lacking #Why is it that when people are called out for horrible behaviour or condoning horrible behaviour #It's always “BUT I'M POOR! BUT I'M STRUGGLING! BUT I'M THIS ! BUT I'M THAT” #YOU BEING POOR OR YOUR FAMILY SITUATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU BRUSHING OFF A RACIST ABUSERS BEHAVIOUR

[thenineofus]

I'm sorry but I just have to say it.... I think we've had enough media about rich people. They are not that interesting, I don't think there needs to be even one more movie about them

#it's always just a movie satirizing rich people or a tv show criticizing rich people #or even worse a book romancticizing a lofe of wealth #we have had it all folks i think we dont need any other ones #like im watching white lotus and everyone loved it so much #but im just bored its not as clever as it thinks it is

[deltaexmachina]

I finally finished Etrian Odyssey 4. I didn’t beat the Warped Savior but I did get to it. And oh my god. This has to be my favorite game in the series now. The dungeon design for the Hall of Darkness was genuinely fantastic, the first floor was just a fairly decent maze, but the second and third floors were probably peak EO dungeon design in my opinion. I didn’t even realize the gimmick of the second floor until I had mapped the entire dark room by trial and error, and I was getting frustrated until I finished the entire other side of the map and realized what was happening. I was so stunned that I didn’t notice what was happening from the first four rooms, but I think that realization made seeing the gimmick one last time on the final floor so worth it.

And the final floor basically taking all of your knowledge of mechanics from every other dungeon before it just felt so satisfying—the miasma room especially took every single bit of my understanding of the game’s mechanics to get through. And that’s not even getting into the fact that the boss is available as soon as you enter the floor, and the rest of the exploration is dedicated to figuring out the puzzle to weaken it… even if I was way underleveled to actually kill the boss, I felt satisfied in my attempt to fight it and just see the transition to the last phase. Man, this was a good game. All the lore and everything that it built up, everything tying in to the story and fitting nicely into your motivations… I was actually attached to the cast by the end!!

Is this reaction probably because of how disappointed I was in EO5? Perhaps. But I know I still have EO3 to play, and I just bought it on steam, but I’m trying to keep my expectations tempered. I’m also planning to play EO1 HD with a few friends kind of DND style, let them make an oc out of whatever class they pick and let them control their build, equipment, and actions! It’ll probably be a bit slow but I think it’ll be a nice way to spend time with some friends while also showing them one of my favorite games. Not to mention, it’s been 7 years since I finished EO Untold, so I have no doubt it’ll feel really nostalgic once I actually get into the game with them! :D

#Etrian Odyssey #sorry for the long post I just have so many thoughts. I’m so happy right now #literally so bubbly and I didn’t even take my medicine. this is what winning feels like #also I love you Kibagami. I replaced my Dancer with him right away and I swear it’s because I like him I’m not just a furry— #also (story spoilers) the medium being so kind to Baldur at the end when they save him from the rubble… my heart #I literally love this whole cast so much #even the duke!!! I thought he’d be boring but he’s so neat!! I felt so bad for him when I did the quest to get his cuff links back… #some rich people are okay. he has so many rights #dang it’s been so long since I’ve been so invested in something this is such a genuine good feeling