#vent-channel

[ghosty-schnibibit]

my opinion about the watcher news basically boils down to this:

watcher is screwing over a huge portion of its fanbase with this move considering how many people within it are teenagers who may not have access to streaming services, low-income adults who can't afford yet another streaming service (if any), and international fans who couldn't sign up for a US based streaming service even if they wanted to. it's okay to be angry about this, especially if you're one of those people who now can't support shows you loved or will be unable to see any of those shows going forward because of it.

and

youtube's payout to creators has dwindled in recent years to the point that it is impossible to fund the kind of productions watcher makes purely through it, and in order to sustain a company of 40+ people they need a more stable source of income not reliant on ads from outside companies and patreon, which, in this case, means a pivot to streaming. it's okay to be upset that creators you like have to turn to such methods to continue funding their work, whether you have the means to support them through these avenues or not.

and

if the early reactions to this move are any indication, watcher will probably not get the fan buy-in they anticipated and in all likelihood the new streaming site will either fail within a year or two because it isn't making enough money and take the company with it or they'll be bought out by a larger company and have their shows archived or deleted for tax purposes like what's happened to roosterteeth. it is okay to be scared by that potential future and seek to preserve as much content as you can before that happens.

are all statements that can and should coexist

#watcher #hello all i will post this to vent and then go back to organizing my sideblog's queue like i intended to do today #me gazing tearfully at my substitute + nikola art from two years ago like fuck we didn't know how good we had it huh #i'm glad they've confirmed they're not archiving or deleting their yt channels but enough damage has been done by the confusion #(tho tbh i do not trust them not to go back on this if it it means pushing more traffic to the new site if it starts failing) #and i'm absolutely archiving as much of the puppet history stuff as i can bc it's such a comfort show for me #jfc they really have dropped the ball on this

[smash-chu]

Your best friend, always and forever 🐬

#fin fin #finfin #finfin on teo the magic planet #my art #smash-chu's art #doodles #i know i missed fin fin week but whatever #these were done instead of vent doodles cause i'm in a slump emotionally #rather channel it into making art that makes me go hehe #so enjoy dolphinbird

[dreikit-23]

There is a Rampant and Vicious Cycle in the Online Left That Needs to Be Addressed

Every leftist needs to understand that not every proclaimed leftist is a safe person or one that is acting in good faith. Many people in this sphere --even if they are minorities themselves-- are Abusers. Let me be clear: they are Abusers REGARDLESS of --NOT because of-- them being a minority. Despite this, many of them have weaponized their standing as a minority in order to get away with their behavior and achieve what they see as some form of power and control over others. Let me be clear. I am referring to those that:

Manipulate and lie about pressing situations (especially when it's to harm another person or demographic)

Excessively use idpol to either elevate themselves to holier than thou levels ("listen to ___ people but only when it's something I agree with, which just so happens to devolve from constructive change to making others grovel and plead forgiveness endlessly before me") or belittle others (ie their skin color, gender, queerness, disability, neurodivergence, religion, age, etc.) in order to discount their point or not treat them as equal human beings; yes, even if their skin tone is white or if they are men, abuse does not have to be backed up by systemic issues in order to be abusive or at the very least harmful (sidenote: this does not apply to people talking about their experiences as a minority that is otherwise not experienced or understood by others, the issue I'm pointing out is when it's twisted to cover everything not directly tied to their identity and proclaim themselves as the only ones allowed to be the voice of reason, therefore shutting up everyone else and to avoid any constructive criticism or discussion)

Act on rage and at times even trauma to bring forth harmful ideals (ex: truly hating every person of a demographic, wishing for a genocide, making actual death or rape threats towards someone or a group, conversion, etc)(sidenote: I'm not discounting those that have trauma and even have harmful thoughts, just please seek help and understand that it is not healthy nor sustainable to paint or alter reality to be in line with what trauma makes you believe)

Actively try to get others they don't agree with to either permanently leave the internet or commit suicide and even celebrate when either happens

Excessively test others on their "purity" on unachievable standards to the detriment of everyone and Leftism as a whole (purity culture is fueled by christian culture in order to disguise doomerism, accepting defeat when change is not possible, of which is the very thing that will kill leftism)

Infight over weird made up issues (remember how divide and conquer is a war strategy? To split hairs and discount others for non-issues is to do the work of conservatives and nazis for them)

Shut down people or discussions over minor slights such as using an incorrect word/phrasing or any numerous perceived mistakes (example I've seen here: berating a person with schizophrenia (or a trans person or any other minority) for using a derogatory term for themselves when they're talking about how everyone else is speaking over them and not listening), ignoring the hypocrisy or not taking into account any number of mundane causes such as non-native english speakers, generational gaps, being in the process of learning (either recovering from harmful beliefs or simple ignorance), using those terms to prove a point (such as that example I mentioned above), neurodivergence, etc.

Not letting others talk about their experiences of oppression when those experiences don't match theirs, instead opting to call those people bigoted for contrived reasons

A rejection of nuance, intersectionalism, and even reality to better suit their goals (ex: claiming that every trans man benefits from the patriarchy and can never experience misogyny)

Misuse of therapy speak and terminology in order to water down those terms and render them near meaningless so they can weaponize them under the pretense of their original use (ex: gaslighting), or to cut off any need to connect or sympathize with other human beings and instead speak to them like a PR message (refer to this video by Zena and Poppy for reference)

They never speak on true leftist/progressive ideals or positive change, they only engage in destructive discourse or any behavior listed above

Making baseless dangerous accusations towards someone they don't like. Before you go harr harr you're doing that, I'm not calling out any specific person and am merely listing dangerous behaviors I've seen people here act out. What I am referring to are when someone casually calls someone specific a predator (or whatever else) with absolutely zero proof and expecting everyone to believe them no questions asked. This has been shown to ruin people's lives

Any other similar behaviors not included in this list (as well as classic logical fallacies), but what I've mentioned above should paint you a good picture

Every example I've pointed out were REAL EVENTS I've seen from people that proclaim themselves as leftists or even just progressive, and sometimes are even minorities themselves (some even infight against their own communities using the behaviors listed above, often out of internalized bigotry)(an example of a real event that happened here recently were when several people were making rape threats towards a trans man by the username of @a-faggot-with-opinions). To be blunt, I'm pointing out exclusionism in practically every form, asexual discourse, transandrophobia, TERFs/radfems, TEHMs, tankies, "cornbreadtube", nationalists and ethnonationalists, and all else I don't have the terminology for For many of the people that fall under that bullet list I would hesitate to even refer to them as leftist or progressive, as they never seem to actually show they act on it or even believe in it, only making an appearance in those communities for their own destructive personal gain; hell, often times they have ideals that directly go against what those communities stand for! Examples include TERFs with white supremacist beliefs, transandrophobes that are misogynistic, ethnonationalists that are antisemitic, puritans that are ableist, the list goes on forever. Once you know what to look for, you can see the hidden or overt bigotry behind their false "progressive" statements

No one is infallible No one is better than everyone else You are not immune to propaganda No one is immune from behaving abusively

These people are dangerous, whether they actually qualify as abusers --as I've been referring to them as such for brevity and impact-- or are people that are engaging in hurtful or fully abusive behavior (use this paragraph as a disclaimer, I of course can't know if someone is an abuser in real life unless there is documented evidence of such). Regardless, they are hurting the left and are letting the right win

If you see any of these behaviors either 1) take caution if you're unsure, 2) block them, or 3) if you have the fortitude, call them out. Either way, use your best judgement and think for yourself (or discuss with good faith leftists if you're uncertain). And remember, often times (albeit not always) they are actually fully aware of their disgusting behavior and are choosing to act maliciously, not ignorantly.

Stay safe, log off, do what you can to support your local community and leftism as a whole, don't let these people distract from the real issues at hand. Have empathy, if you don't have empathy then act in compassion, if you don't or refuse to do either please do not engage in politics. Misanthropy has no place in matters concerning humanity.

And remember: we have to stand together in unity so we can create a better future for all

#politics #leftism #online left #discourse #tw abuse #tw rape mention #tw genocide mention #tw bigotry #racism #transphobia #transandrophobia #purity culture #vent #this goes for several issues I haven't mentioned whether due to a lack of proper wordage or expertise due to not being part of those groups #I'm a non-native english speaker who is autistic be aware of that if I do misphrase something #Poppy and Zena: Wholesome Degenerates is an excellent youtube channel please check them out #if anyone argues here in bad faith feel free to use this post as a free block list #had so much to say but now I can get back to shitposting les go

[gaythreadrunner]

im going to be real posts that say discord vent channels are horrible no matter what even if it's in a small closed off friend circle really irk me. like yeah i don't care for them in big servers either but if your circle of friends is treating a vent channel like a therapy circle where others are obligated to look and respond instead of a low pressure ranting space to get shit off your chest where people have the Choice to respond i think you have bigger things to worry about in those friendships. also you can just mute and hide them or make an opt in role if they bother you that much

#sprite.exe #like i keep the vent channels in the servers im in muted but i still regularly check in on them bc i care about what's going on- #in my friends' lives. and nobody is expected to respond to vents at all. it's a place to blow off steam and other people can chime in of- #their own volition. ill probably have more to articulate on this in the morning goodnight snork mimimimi

[verysmallcyborg]

sing to me, i am not doing well / getting tired of my own words ♫

#renee's art tag #fornax #au roe #blood #sorry i don't usually do much vent art but i've been in a really bad spot since yesterday so....channel it into fornax

[hella1975]

hiiii haha. hello. exceptionally awkward introduction bc idrk how to start something like this so let's just jump right in. im taking a break from this account for a bit. i know i said i wanted taob out before halloween and currently im fine sticking with that deadline, but if i decide i need longer away then i will take longer away. every time ive reassured people that id never abandon a fic and updates will always come eventually i never once considered that my writing and ability to feel safe and comfortable on this site would be actively taken from me, so im not even going to apologise. i dont want this either and more importantly i dont fucking deserve it. i dont know what it is in the past year, if ive hit a certain amount of followers or 'popularity' that's made it so the natural ratio of positive to negative interactions must in turn go up, but there's been a serious uptick in weird asks for me. the annoying part is that a very small amount of them are actually objectively mean and hateful, the rest are just weird and invasive from people who seemingly dont realise that's what they're being. ive reached a point where i dont care if the intentions are good. it's not my job as a 20 year old tumblr user of all things to defend the morality of someone who couldnt even bother to come off anon. unfortunately, after blocking only one or two anons, the weird asks have decreased substantially, which says all you need to know about the fascinating and exhilarating lives led by these people, but ive also gone on to turn anon asks off entirely. this is something i actively fought against doing and had to be pushed into by my mutuals (who have been the coolest people on planet earth during this entire thing). turning off anon was a big deal to me even if it sounds silly. i felt betrayed and like id been backed into a corner because it was so vehmently something i DIDNT WANT that to feel like i had to do it anyway for my own mental health??? that sucks. so even though ive 'fixed' the problem, im still kind of reeling and uncomfortable every time i come on tumblr. i hope it's just something i need time to ease because i'll truly be devastated if this becomes 'ruined' for me. tumblr exists as the only place in the world where i am honestly every facet of myself without shame or hesitation; losing that would be insanely harmful to me. and to the people who cant appeal to the actual human behind the post, let me put that in words you can understand: we wouldn't get any more writing 😦😦😦 riots and fires and sirens, i know. so yeah. to anyone who has sent me an anon ask and you're now wondering if you were part of the problem, im firmly of the belief that you'll know if you are. when i say 'weird asks' i dont mean 'you sent me a para about your personal life just to vent or ask for advice' or 'you sent me a really deep emotional compliment about the impact me and/or my writing has had on you' - i love asks like that, so much that i put off taking a break and turning off anon solely for the joy they bring me. im sorry that it might feel like you're being punished too bc of the actions of what in reality is a HANDFUL of weird people, but this is what i feel like i have to do to feel safe and not go insane every time i log in. love you guys, hopefully ill see you soon x

#seriously another shout out to my mutuals #id particularly like to say thank you to boom who's always right there for me no matter what's happening or how insane im being #and also everyone in our little discord that wound up having to make a whole new channel for venting #bc i was there so often like 'today's weird ask isssss.... telling me about my cupsize!! rip them to shreds!!!' #hannah and theo especially being there and pushing me to finally turn off anon. war is truly over #and of course rori bc the shamelessness u show when hating on my anon asks has been genuinely really cathartic #sometimes u really do just need a rottweiler mutual to tell random people online to kill themselves 😭 #okay weird oscar acceptance speechcore gratitude over. i do just rlly love my mutuals #like i went three years not telling anyone about the worse side of internet popularity for fear of looking spoiled and ungrateful #so for the first time to open up about it and be met with outrage on my behalf and people saying in fact it's MORE fucked up #than i initially realised bc ive grown desensitised to it is. yeah cathartic i guess #they are singlehandedly reassuring me of the good this cursed app still holds #so everyone thank them and send them flowers NOW #okay im done i think. see you guys soon. i truly do want to come back asap bc like i said i NEVER EVEN WANTED TO FUCKING LEAVE #SOME ASSHOLES JUST HAD TO PUT GRENADES ON WHAT I ASSUMED WERE VERY UNIVERSAL AND OBVIOUS BOUNDARIES #if you're reading this like 'ohhh fuck i defo sent something invasive lately. i thought it was a joke/we were friends' #then 1) we arent friends if you're on anon. it immediately creates a power imbalance where you know me and any necessary context #but i have no idea who you are or how much you know about me. that's already a fucked dynamic #and 2) I HOPE YOU FEEL BAD. LIKE GENUINELY I HOPE YOU FEEL AWFUL AND HAVE A GOOD LONG LOOK AT YOURSELF #okay i think that's all. ta-ra lads??? how tf do u end something like this #ive queued this to reblog a couple more times throughout the day

[zyanova]

He's just like me fr!

#tf #tf g1 #transformers #transformers g1 #tf generation one #transformers generation one #blurr #g1 blurr #maccadam #wheelie watching him like that's nice but put it in the vent channel smh my head

[thomapyrin]

Hi so I made a support discord server for people who have loved ones with Borderline! If anyone is interested to join :)

I'm a pwBPD myself and I figured that people who are FPs or have friends or family members with this disorder deserve proper support instead of "CUT THEM OFF" all the time.

#actually bpd #bpd #actually borderline #pwbpd are free to join as well but i suggest staying out of the vent channels #fp #bpd fp #fp bpd #favorite person #mental health #mental illness #mental heath support #support #self help #discord server

[volixia669]

DO NOT USE KOKOBOT

While not a "will scam you out of your money" thing, the Kokobot is just not ethical or a good idea. Its from a "mental health nonprofit" from the minds that brought you "airbnb aka ruining the housing market with the gig economy".

Also there's this:

For one thing, they're acting like mental health professionals aren't real people which feeds into all sorts of biases.

Then one has to consider, if they're "random people", do they have the training for crisis management? Can they tell if someone is about to commit suicide or is just having thoughts? Can these people handle more disturbing discussions?

Its like a tech bro decided to see if its possible to make money off a discord vent channel with all the major problems of a discord vent channel (no therapists, no crisis management, pls stop using the vent channel to replace therapy) left unsolved.

Oh but it somehow gets worse.

See. One of the co-founders of Koko had the brilliant idea to set up an experiment to see if chat gpt can be used to replace actual people/professionals.

He even stated he didn't bother going to the ethics review board aka IRB because he believed he was exempt from their rules.

Oh, and no one involved in the experiment consented, there was anger they were talking to a bot, AND many of Koko's users are adolescents. As far as we know this didn't lead to anyone spiralling but we DON'T KNOW SINCE THIS WAS AN INFORMAL EXPERIMENT.

Now, there is some debate as to whether or not the IRB COULD get involved, due to lack of clarity regarding how scientific this was.

Regardless, it was unethical and dangerous. Be wary of Koko amd Kokobot.

#koko #kokobot #cw: suicide mention #cw: abusive mental health services #btw you don't decide if you're exempt the irb does especially when it comes to minors and mental health #i mean a mental health bot dming you on tumblr is scammy enough as is #and then it keeps getting worse #this isn't a/b testing a feature these are people's LIVES at risk #anyone who's had to be a discord vent channel therapist knows how bad this shit can get

[venacoeurva]

Learning so many youtubers are parents who for most of their online popularity weren’t lately is jarring, partially because a lot of them still look so young and I associate them with being like. early 20s. so my brain can’t get past that, but still refreshing that the reason this is also jarring is because they apparently don’t put their kid out there online and didn’t make their entire channels about being a parent

#not art #vena vents #like people can do what they want with their channels but putting your kid out there online is kind of shitty at some point #and pour one out for viewers who had to stop watching someone because everything was pregnancy/baby/parenthood focused instead of like. #whatever the channel was originally about #I remember vaguely that I was watching some vlogger or makeup commentary person years ago as bg noise and suddenly parenthood was mentioned #every 2 sentences #I can’t imagine being bored to death by this for people who you were actually invested in the videos of #I don’t really watch them anymore but what do you mean danny gonzales is a dad??? pbg????? what

[doctorsiren]

New video tomorrow on my channel! I had an idea yesterday for a short animation, and I finished the sketch layer and decided that I’m gonna post that and then also post the finished version once I do finish it

This is to give me more content but also to help me remember that it’s okay if not everything I post is polished/finished/cleaned (I’m stuck in a really bad mindset when it comes to posting on my YouTube channel and I put a lot of pressure on myself to have clean and polished work, and so I’m trying to feel okay about my videos on there again)

#doctorsiren #five night’s at freddy’s #fnaf #william afton #purple guy #spring bonnie #youtube thumbnail #fnaf fanart #art #digital art #my art #fanart #procreate #dude I hate looking at my analytics on YouTube because since I’ve been posting videos that aren’t SSAU related #my channel hasn’t been doing as well as it used to and yikes that has been weighing on my brain #like I WANT to work on SSAU but I’ve scared myself into thinking that it’ll be this huge thing and I’ve kind of #made it into this huge project and it’s my fault I know but #ahhh I hate anxiety so much I just wish I could feel okay about my performance on my channel again :( #sorry for the vent I’ve just been feeling really down about my channel for a long time now :( #anyways look at the silly murder guy

[padfootastic]

if u ‘don’t really read wips’ then do fucking better.

#brought to you by: channel vent-space on the pf server #if u can’t deal w the written word being slightly unpredictable #then do something about that #no one should be in fandom w this kind of opinion #how tf do u think wips will ever be complete?? #definitely not by withholding engagement bc ur scared #the author will definitely give up if they see people not interacting #and ffs stop weaponising kudos like an idiot #and then some people have the audacity to complain ab not having enough fic to read #well of fucking course #u can’t turn this into a transaction and not uphold ur side of it. at the very least. #better yet. don’t turn it into a transaction. no one needs that #anyway back to point: READ WORKS IN PROGRESS #COMMENT ON WORKS ON PROGRESS #SUBSCRIBE TO WORKS IN PROGRESS #INTERACR INTERACT ONTERACT #esp if it’s not a big name author. #fandom turning into high school is such a weird pipeline but one that needs to *go* #pen’s whining

[itsapmseymour]

Vent Art

“Frustration”

#vent Art #I feel overwhelmed #that I keep giving and giving to accommodate to separate my contents into separate channels #and it left CosWon nearly dead in the water #cause I kept getting asked to move it elsewhere #so I did #and now I get messages that I should put it back to the main channel cause they can’t keep track now #I just..am so tired #I don’t know what to do anymore

[poryphoria]

i <3 my job

#madcom #madness combat #madness project nexus #project nexus #dr crackpot #dr hofnarr #madcom fanart #somewhat of a vent i suppose. #not been doing well had to channel the general vibe into something

[babacontainsmultitudes]

80 or so years of life really ain't enough can I have an elf lifespan instead please? Or at least a dwarf's... I need at least a couple hundred years... Oh and a new spine every 5 or so years, if that's not too much to ask. 3. 3 years actually. Yeah, a new spine every 2 years, and a lifespan of 350-750 years, that's all I want really.

#SORRY this is such a random thing to be posting about and I guess it's a vent post haha #I suppose I've just been feeling a lot of... dread and fear lately... especially in the late hours... #''Lately'' as in on and off for most of my life but *a lot* as of the past few months #Like #Oh it's weirdly embarrassing to talk about this here it's a tad personal uh **tw (discussions of) death #But do you ever just feel paralyzed by the knowledge that one day you'll be 40? Or 60? Or 80? If you're lucky! #I worry a lot about wasting my life #I worry a lot about dying an unpleasant death #Or a painful one #I suppose I've always been gerascophobic... #But finishing school and turning 23 and not having a job and having just a hard time with my physical health lately... #I haven't been great I guess #I just feel like time has been moving so quickly lately!!! #And I've been going nowhere. #:0 not to be too much of a bummer y'all I'm not like feeling horrible rn or anything but I do need to vent I think #Cause if not it just stays coiled up inside of me. #*gah* I should channel all of this energy into Glenn in my pirate fic lol #😌 he's insecure (in part) cause he feels old #🥲 ough and I don't feel amazing about that most recent chapter but I guess that's a whole new vent #working on some different stuff for a bit. #ANYWAYS #I hope whoever happens to be reading this is having a good night ✨️ #oh or day if it's day for you lol

[cloudycleric]

please tell me someone gets this

#stranger things #will byers #vent channel flashbacks