#the internet SUCKS

[dumbasslesbi]

#help #y is 20s the new 30s #the internet sucks #y does the internet have to make me feel old #i blame tik tok #fuck tiktok #poll #tumblr polls #my polls #polls

[godforsakenvigilante]

btw for all the little baby children out there i would like to make it known that i am straight up a legal adult man and it is not cool to send me unsolicited selfies. weird thing to log back into. be normal in my dms thanks

#imagine me accidentally logging into this account and seeing 25+ dms from one person #and half of them are just selfies that are supposed to be “proof they are underage” #the internet sucks

[goldensunset]

guys whats the episode name order list for mlb season 5 no spoilers we just need help over here lol

#the internet sucks

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Youtube in unusable. My homepage is full of the same 10 videos from my subscriptions that I've seen or dismissed a million times, and then hundreds and hundreds of unrelated clickbait bullshit. And whenever I search for something specific, the first two results are relevant and the rest are more unrelated tiktok for unsupervised children.

I remember when the internet didn't suck. Tumblr and Wikipedia are literally the only two websites that still work exactly as I want them to, and I'm afraid I've jinxed it by saying that. I apologize in advance for when @staff ruins everything next month. Apollo, get your dodgeball ready.

#the internet sucks #capitalism is a disease #ads and clickbait as far as the eye can see

[hiki-aster]

How I be feeling rn

#pldt #the internet SUCKS #FIXX ITTTTTTT UGHRRR #this is why i'm switching to globe

[universalcarnival]

Is it worth to keep my Deltarune muses around? They’re not really. Doing much anymore, especially with the whole debacle with the fandom going against me for whatever reason.

#Blue Foxy Devil [OOC] #i built so much with susie and berdly mainly #but others were there too #and now it's like. all tainted due to past interactions #people who cut me out without really giving me a reason why #i don't understand why people do that when i've done all i can #the internet sucks #but i love these characters. i would write them until the end if i could #but like. #the people who were HERE for them aren't anymore. #i just. i dunno. #i'm rambling. #it's been hurting me more lately. reflecting on the past. remembering shit that was done to me. #i wish i could let go but i don't know how #especially when i don't know what happened #and the people who continuously want to hunt after me #i don't understand #i wonder if there's a different place i can go to. meet new people. #spark that love for the fandom again. #deltarune can never leave my heart. it's too deeply imbedded in me. #in many ways lmao #this goes to other characters too like #i guess i'm having imposter syndrome? second guessing myself due to people who've been shit to me? #i don't know #but either way it's why i've been so sparse lately #i want to write and make these connections with muses and muns and i'm also so scared to #it's such a vulnerability to me #and too often i'm abused from it #so i'm conflicted on staying #anyway. i'll stop ranting

[creative-hanyou-girl]

I hate Instagram

#facebook too apparently #the internet sucks #remember the days when if you wanted to look up fanart you just had to go to a website and search the bowser? #and that was all it took? #those were the good old days #now it feels like you have to give everything personal about you away to get into ANYTHING anymore #especially Instagram #it doesn't matter if you just want to simply browse and nothing else!!!! no no no no no no! #now EVERYTHING requires an account or personal info and its BULLSHIT #i hate technology right now #sorry i just beeded to vent #might belete later #Instagram #fanart #inuyasha #fruits basket #kamisama kiss #red winter trilogy #guild codex #guild codex: demonized #annette marie #what's worse is that even when i got an Instagram account is suspended just 2 days later and said i needed to give my phone number #like WHAT????? #its bs

[gecko-s-greenhouse]

So, I'm reading this webtoon. It's incredibly well written, and depicts the imperfections of human interactions with beautiful illustrations. I absolutely want to give it more traffic, so I'll tell you what it's called: Big Ethel Energy.

It deals with issues like body image, self confidence, friendship, loyalty, mental health, healthy relationships. The list goes on and on, and to keep going would be to make a list of everything that we experience in daily life.

But obviously I don't use this platform solely to sing praises. Today I want to complain about an awful group of people who lurk in the comments of this webtoon, and I want to do it in a way that protects me from getting eaten alive (again).

Spoilers for chapter 51 and earlier. You've been warned! 

Two of the current topics being handled in the webtoon are: consent and forgiveness.

The context: Betty and Seth are two main-adjacent characters. Seth has been flirting with Betty (his employee and friend) for an indeterminate period of time but doesn't want to pursue a romantic relationship with her. Lots of mixed signals. Betty has an unrequited crush on Seth.

It remains unclear/open for discussion/ open for readers to project their own experiences on whether Seth is aware of Betty's feelings for him, if he's responsible for not overtly discouraging her if he does, and how long this has been going on for (you can tell who's a Seth apologist by how they answer these questions)

Things came to a head a couple episodes ago when Betty was mad at Seth for saying some pretty judgemental things about her best friend, he made a grand gesture of apologizing to her, Betty was overcome with emotion, kissed Seth, and Seth turned her down, drawing professional boundaries. Betty turned to her best friend for emotional support in these trying times, and in an effort to help Betty get over Seth, her best friend encouraged her to say such things as, "SETH IS THE WORST!"

Here I'll say that the commenters on this webtoon are pretty confused. Unlike other webtoons where the OTP is clear and there's lots of consent and positive feedback, things are pretty messy in this one. Characters are imperfect, and it's an excellent reflection of real life. I applaud the author, but this has also proven divisive among the commenters.

The consensus among the commenters is that in this situation, Betty has committed sexual assault and Seth is the victim.

Yes, you read that right.

The commenters also take issue with Betty calling Seth "the worst" seemingly because he drew some boundaries.

Nevermind that Seth has been stringing her along for an indeterminate period of time. Nevermind that supportive friends sometimes say absurd things to help you feel better. Nevermind that "the worst" might not be referring to the boundaries at all, but to his mixed signals.

Betty has been made out to be the Devil incarnate and Seth has been given a pass in this situation because he's "the victim."

Seth is not the victim. He had a hand in creating the situation, whether he was aware of it or not. And, just in case you haven't read my entire library of posts complaining about people with bad behavior: "not knowing" does not excuse bad behavior.

This goes for Betty too - she wasn't aware of Seth's boundaries, she crossed one, and now has to make amends. But it's clear that Seth isn't holding that against her (even if the commenters absolutely are) - he's forgiven her in the next chapter and is asking after her well-being.

So, I, being an idiot, hopped into the flame war and called for empathy for Betty. In response, I was called a sexual assault apologist. 

Yes, you read that right.

In response to my call for empathy, I got the opposite. I had the door of discourse slammed in my face in the worst possible way.

So I'll tell you now, my captive audience:

I called on the commenters to consider if they'd ever been strung along, if they'd ever had an unrequited crush, if they'd ever experienced a grand gesture. In response, the comment section made excuses for Seth.

Seth! Is! Not! A! Victim!

I called on the commenters to consider how they would react if their longtime crush rejected them. What kind of support they would like from their friends, what kind of support they would give to their friend. How quickly they themselves would be able to spring back from such a rejection and carry on working as colleagues.

I called on the commenters to consider their own lives. To consider if they'd ever been encouraged to, "Go for it! Seize the day!" and had that backfire in a way they needed to repair. Whether they'd want their repairable mistakes held against them as a black mark on their record, as a permanent stain showing that they should never again be given a second chance.

I believe in second chances. I believe in forgiveness, in empathy, in understanding that as humans we will make mistakes, and that we have a right to move forward from them, to not be made to feel as less-than by a crowd of holier-than-thous.

(I also believe in pattern recognition, but that's a discussion for another day.)

#webtoon #big ethel energy #empathy #Seth is not a victim #the internet sucks #rant

[mcnutcase]

Fuck's sake. I've been trying to order a pizza online and been stuck for half an hour unable to do it... because Utah has shitty transphobic legislators.

See, they made a snitch website for creepy assholes to talk to them about times they creeped on people in public restrooms and didn't see the genitals they expected, the fucking creeps. The internet population is of course doing the right thing and absolutely flooding said snitch website with things like the entire script of Bee Movie, high-resolution pictures of Hieronymus Bosch artwork, memes, and general clutter to make it too much work for the assholes to find the genuine creepy snitches to try to prosecute their victims for daring to pee while trans.

But the internet sucks nowadays, and there is precisely one captcha setup left in existence. It is, of course, being effectively DDoSed by the good people of the internet extending a collective middle finger to the transphobic assholes of Utah. But it means that my local pizza place's online ordering is, to use a technical term, broken as shit. Fuck you, Utah legislature, it's your damn fault I can't order a pizza online.

#the internet sucks

[raikothemc]

I always see posts and videos that talk about bad or annoying traits in a partner that I almost always have at least one of, and it reminds me how unlovable I actually am.

#vent post #vent #mental health #the internet sucks #sad thoughts

[bizarre-furry-bastard]

if you write articles on the internet and you pull off shit like this i thibj you should be shot by firing squads

#web #the internet #hellsite #the internet sucks #medium

[littledudeholland]

Man sometimes i just want to dig a hole in the ground and stick my head in it until i forget about the internet

Sometimes i just wish people were nice and kind and cool.

Instead, i'm here, stuck having to watch as people disrespect my identity, my sexuality, my nationality...

I'm hungry man i want some beans ;-;

#vent post #serious post #kinda #the internet sucks #i hate it here

[liliyawnas]

So we all agree that there are no good websites left right

Tumblr over here there is a bot infestation like we live in fucking blade runner

Twitter over there doesn’t work, tweets get sent once in three button presses and is basically just nazis

Instagram is just ads

Facebook is… same as instagram but also with more nazis

I mean all the webby sites have been poisoning my brain for at least a decade now but they just became radioactive now huh

What’s a person to do in these conditions

#liliyawnas rambles #internet #the internet sucks #tumblr #twitter #instagram #facebook

[29sunset]

Cursed headlines I will absolutely not click.

#headline #the Internet sucks

[rosetheocto]

GUYS. DONT PANIC TOO MUCH ABOUT KOSA YET

if it passes the Senate, it’s not over yet. It still needs to go through the House (which is sorta a mess rn) and it needs to be signed into law.

Again, if it passes the senate you don’t need to say goodbyes or delete any accounts yet!! Do not panic!!!

in the meantime though, please call and speak out against this awful bill if you can!!

#KOSA #fight for the future #THIS BILL SUCKS BUT LIKE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO STOP IT STILL #bad internet bills #stop KOSA

[prettyboythings-blog]

I'm not saying this is why I'm trans (or gender queer) but I definitely feel like it may have a part so uh heads up

Trigger warning: sa, online sa, adult x child(?) And suicide

When I was in middle school I used to talk to people on this app called chatgum and wow was it supper easy to be groomed.

I was groomed and was forced to do sexual deeds if not they would kill themselves.

And well I didn't want people to die so I did it.

Even if self pleasure was common at that age. What brought me to do that though wasn't my idea.

I was robbed from being a young girl

To self exploration in a healthy way.

To be "normal".

After awhile I would be disgusted at myself and wish I was a boy. I would always wish I was born a boy. Now idk if this is because of what happened to me or if it was my trans awaking.

I wanted a fresh start

And so when I was allowed or at least knew it was safe that's when I cut my hair.

And I kept cutting it.

Trying to get rid of the girl I used to be.

But almost every day I will mourn for her. Because she died when it all started.

And now I get to be a new me.

But God do I hate her.

I hate how stupid I was.

But I also just missed the trauma.

I want to be her again. Experience it again.

And you know what's funny? Even then I knew it was bad but I couldn't stop. I would just wish I could die and was able to actually break free.

My family wherent there for me.

So I thought "attention is attention"

I still use the app

Chatgum

And i don't usually use it

But I feel like I need to have it

To see it

To remember.

#sa mention #child x adult mention #grooming mention #suicide mention #childhood trauma #the internet sucks #ranting #vent #thats how i became asexual #i think #im 90% sure #aroace #aromantic #asexual #trans #aspec #transgender #venting #trans vent #trauma vent