Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.

[Wizz]

@selira said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

What does it matter, aside from trying to make a child feel bad?

Man, god forbid I just hurt a child's feelings. I'm not sure what the fuck they're doing here, kinda seems like there are larger problems if they're regularly hanging out on this forum.

But with the sarcasm out of my system:

Speaking for myself, didn't really think this one through and it is admittedly shitty. I happen to know for a fact that the guy I was referring to was upper middle class and white, where the phonetic spelling trend we were specifically sharing a laugh over is all the rage, but that's not really an excuse. Spelling is arbitrary and mutable, I can see how it's a very hazy line between outright racism, etc. I am genuinely sorry to anyone I offended who did not speak up.

[Sunny]

@selira

thank you.

[Tinuviel]

@selira said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

until Bewitched came out

And I'm going to have the theme tune stuck in my head all day. Thanks.

[Sunny]

I hate it when my jokes don't land and people take the stupid shit I say seriously. oh. my. god.

eta: It's like HELLO have you even MET ME? if it COULD have been a dad joke I PROMISE IT WAS A DAD JOKE.

[Sunny]

Abruptly lost my housing tonight. In a hotel for the time being. Not sure how much more the universe thinks I can handle, but hey. At least I managed to pick up the cremated remains from the post office today and don’t have to struggle over that. Whee. I am so fucked.

[GreenFlashlight]

@sunny What happened?

[Sunny]

@greenflashlight

Screaming match with my mother that would sound unbelievable if I explained it, including mocking me for my anxiety/panic attacks and then literally hollering at me because my tone was defensive in response. That is the most believable part.

Because I left my 22 year old at home overnight without supervision. That was the issue. He is not capable of living on his own, but he is absolutely capable of not needing a fucking babysitter.

ETA: my boss, who is also her best friend, has put me up in a hotel for the night and we’ll be making a plan tomorrow morning. I’m sure we’ll be fine. I am…not, right now. The only people who seem to believe me are the people that actually know my mother.

[faraday]

@sunny said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

ETA: my boss, who is also her best friend, has put me up in a hotel for the night and we’ll be making a plan tomorrow morning. I’m sure we’ll be fine. I am…not, right now. The only people who seem to believe me are the people that actually know my mother.

Sorry to hear that I don't know you or your mother but that sounds entirely and unfortunately believable. Hope tomorrow is better.

[Ganymede]

@sunny

I believe you.

[GreenFlashlight]

@sunny said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I’m sure we’ll be fine. I am…not, right now.

I believe your story, and I'm sorry for everything you're going through. I'm also going to stop asking questions because I interpret this as a hint that you would like to have some time to sit with it, but if I've misread you, my DMs are open.

[Macha]

@sunny I don't have much to offer right now, but if you throw up a venmo or paypal or something, I can toss at least a little something at it. Even if it's just to grab you and your kid some snackies or whatever

[Ganymede]

@macha @Sunny

I echo Macha's offer and suggestion, if you are so inclined.

[Sunny]

@ganymede @Macha

Venmo is [redacted]. Thank you both for the thought. Accepting help is hard, but I sure do have a great support network. We’re gonna be ok I think. I have somewhere to stay that is safe now (and not a hotel), and I feel safer here than I have the last few years, so that’s helpful. A good place to be for finding our own place. The rental market is scary right now, but I have faith something is out there.

My brain is basically non functional right now. I think I hit my limit of what I can handle sometime yesterday.

[GreenFlashlight]

I can no longer take for granted that I live in a world where Tucker Carlson will not use his platform to tell every English-speaking person on the planet that he harbors fantasies of picking up the green M&M at a bar because her footwear really triggers his fetish.

Farnsworth meme here.

[Kestrel]

First World Problems, but I'm frustrated by how much I still like Joss Whedon and how much his creations have irrevocably influenced me despite ... everything.

[BetterNow]

@kestrel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

First World Problems, but I'm frustrated by how much I still like Joss Whedon and how much his creations have irrevocably influenced me despite ... everything.

I think we can still appreciate the creations and the characters for the wonderful things THEY are, detatched from what an absolute ass he is. I mean, Everyone ELSE involved with Buffy, Firefly, the Avengers, Angel, Dollhouse, Cabin in the Woods, etc, etc, don't deserve our disdain for his attachment to the projects. If anything they deserve MORE of our love for making something great in SPITE of having to deal with him.

[Ganymede]

@betternow said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I mean, Everyone ELSE involved with Buffy, Firefly, the Avengers, Angel, Dollhouse, Cabin in the Woods, etc, etc, don't deserve our disdain for his attachment to the projects. If anything they deserve MORE of our love for making something great in SPITE of having to deal with him.

This.

For me, the issue is always knowledge. If I knew an artist was a raging misogynist, but still lumped love on him, then I am part of the problem. And if the artist took responsibility for what they did, I would have less of an issue with that lingering affection.

But if the artist remains a defiant asshole defending his inexcusable behavior, yeah, hard pass.

[Vixanic]

I have a cold.

I'm fortunate in that I don't get ill often, and when I do I tend to push on through it (though from home, rather than spread it).

Colds, however. Colds bring my tantrum-prone, whiny, pathetic inner six year old to the surface.

UGH. stamps feet

[Derp]

@vixanic said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I have a cold.

I'm fortunate in that I don't get ill often, and when I do I tend to push on through it (though from home, rather than spread it).

Colds, however. Colds bring my tantrum-prone, whiny, pathetic inner six year old to the surface.

UGH. stamps feet

Same. I feel like a petulant four year old. I want a nap and a blankie and I just got a promotion and I can't afford to fall down on this job this early so I just have to muscle through it.

[Vixanic]

@derp said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I want a nap and a blankie and I just got a promotion

Congrats on the promotion though