#forced to see and nothing else

[duckysprouts]

i need everyone to understand the poetry of curly turning a blind eye to anya’s suffering only to be robbed of his autonomy and voice as she was and then forced to observe jimmy’s crimes and the abuse of his own body

[bookinit02]

i really do think there’s a huge disconnect on here w/ people who have never used tiktok as to what it actually is and who actually uses it. the number of people i’ve seen call it a “teen dancing app” is actually insane. it has not been a teen dancing app since i was in high school, around 2016 - 2020. the main communities i saw on a daily basis were 1) black history/anti-racism educators, 2) high school & college teachers sharing in-classroom strategies and frustrations with the education system, 3) local/state political leaders giving real-time updates on behind-the-scenes government decisions, & 4) community activism & leadership. like tiktok is an adult platform. almost every person i interacted with was my age or older. and yes it completely depends on your fyp and how you interact with the app, yes there’s still teenagers and dance videos and literally anything else you can think of. but these communities of adults aren’t insubstantial at all, they have literally millions of interactions on a daily basis. there’s about a million other types of communities that i could name just off the top of my head, because the range of users was SO diverse and thriving. it’s a long-distance community tool, just like any other social media—and honestly much better than any other social media, because it relies primarily on the kindness of strangers. i saw at least 5-10 videos today of queer people in rural areas panicking because they don’t have any access to queer community on any other platform or in real life. and before i end this i do want to say i think tiktok is coming back, i think this is a highly orchestrated political move, etc., but i do know it won’t ever be exactly the same. people are panicking about free speech violations because tiktok was a place where people fucking SPEAK. i have never seen mass mobilization and communication in this same way for as long as i’ve been alive. it is the people’s app, not just a silly teenage thing. if you’re not on tiktok and never have been, please stop talking about it like you know anything at all😭

[robbyykeene]

It’s just like. We have Robby, the kid who grew up with no one. Whose only friends were two adult men who used him and turned violent the second he pushed back. Who slept on the couch while his addict mother brought home strings of random, strange men over and over again. Whose dad was never there at all. Who got drunk for the first time in his life and was sexually assaulted. And then we have Tory, the girl who watched her dad hurt her mom. Who bragged about needing to fend off creepy men with a spiked bracelet. Whose landlord tried to extort her for sex at 16 years old. Who has been repeatedly sexualized throughout the show. These are the kids who become karate influencers—not because of their skills, not because of any victories or trophies, but because they kissed on live television and people want to objectify them. Because they’re good looking kids and sex sells. That’s their happy ending. Trapped forever in the cycles of violence and abuse that have consumed their entire childhoods. What the fuck.

[justmossyall]

i’m starting to think some of yall don’t actually like the series

[faunandfloraas]

certain contingent of minsungers have been having an absolute time over the 2min duet since it was announced, just freaking out about it, lee knows being forced to do this, minsungs being oppressed, etc. etc. seungmin's an evil villain, lee know hates him etc. etc. want so bad was suppressed blah blah and the thing is- im not shocked, ive seen this behaviour for ages now and i expect it. whats offending me at this point is no one ever mentions han and seungmin's dynamic. like okay be a lunatic and hate seungmin and freak out about lee know writing a song, fine- why does han never rate a mention? why does respirator and its sweet little lyrics never rate a mention if we're talking about unit songs. also respirator was the song the company wouldnt release for a yr and both han and seungmin had to repeatedly bring it up so lol cmon now han and seungmin are cute enough to rate a mention, put a lil respect on seungsung now.

[zonatcannibalism]

Idk about you but one of my favorite things about Lottienat is them absolutely keeping life and work separate until they cant anymore. They might be absolutely opposing each others philosophies and everything the other stands for at day but the moment theyre alone they act like nothing is wrong. Lottie can hurt nat so much with the decisions she makes as the prophet and nat can hurt her just as much with the decision she makes as antler queen/ hunter but the moment theyre given privacy none of it matters. No, it dosent mean that the decisions they make arent actually hurting the other. No, they dont discuss it. Theres a huge gap between how they fulfill their roles in the team and how they treat each other when theyre apart from the team, and its absolutely toxic and hurting them and killing them both a little from the inside. And no, they dont discuss it unless they absolutely have too, and no, the way they act in each scenario is not pretend. And they will only stop to bring their feelings towards each other into the way they fulfil their roles in the team if the other is in actual danger.

This is why nat being the antelr queen didnt work out- it put them on the same side, and theyre doomed to always be enemies by day and lovers by night.

(help i actually hit 30 tags😭😭😭)

[misandrynistic]

im just putting it out there that some people on the internet should be getting jumped irl and i do think its a grand failure on gods part that its not happening.

[vaguely-concerned]

my capacity to see a bad fandom take and just blithely say 'okay! I disagree' internally and move on because it's not my responsibility or concern that someone else thinks that has leveled up so tremendously over the years. I haven't quite escaped the pit of misery yet but I think I'm getting there

[the-bi-space-ace]

I’m gonna be honest with y’all. I try my best but I do not understand half of Star Wars. I’m Din Djarin in this fandom. I don’t understand the storyline, I have no idea what anyone is talking about, I don’t want to be in charge, I got a cool outfit and I have a car let’s ride.

[jewishbarbies]

even when i was a swiftie it bothered me that taylor rarely did anything nice with her hair and barely wore jewelry beyond earrings for red carpet looks, but for the last couple years she’s predominantly kept her hair down and it’s just her and her bangs with some fancy dress and it throws the whole look off. like, yeah, this could look good if it looked like you committed to the outfit. but instead it looks like you just rolled outta bed, put on the dress, and got in the car. if you want a simple look, that’s fine, but you can’t wear a glam dress with no glam and bangs. it’s infuriating.

[bunabi]

bombing a hospital and defending it with 'but we warned them ahead of time uwu' is just above and beyond evil I feel so sick we're funding and justifying this

I haven't felt this powerless since 2020 man like how do you negotiate with a world power thats both completely unaccountable and utterly unstoppable

[pistachiopie]

I'm sooo sick of AI. did a project where I interviewed people with different views on things and I chose AI. talked to my friend's friend who was very pro AI. it's not like they're a computer science nerd and thought that these advancements were cool. just that it helps them with their assignments and the sooner they get them done the better. all they need is their degree so they can get a job and live a happy life later on.

and that's . reasonable. if you live in a world that tells you your worth is to spit out a grade, spit out a degree, provide some labor in exchange for the ability to live and then maybe experience joy then. why wouldn't you turn to a tool that makes it easier?

but I don't believe in that I think education has more worth than just being a checkbox to check off. learning skills from people who dedicate their whole life to studying one subject, gaining knowledge about the world so you know how to navigate it, piecing things together and figuring out a solution are all such cool and fun things...!!! I think this is really valuable stuff!! too bad it doesn't fucking matter. I'm not getting graded on how much I like a class or how much I was engaged with it. I'm getting graded on how good the final paper is. (and writing papers is so hard for me. I will not write a good paper no matter how much I love a class. so like .)

I don't care if you use it for your assignments whatever. I'm not a snitch idgaf if that's what you need to do to pass your classes. I'm just annoyed that this is a thing at all. it just slaps me in the face that THIS is all education is right now. it could be so much more it could be so much more valuable! but who cares about my opinions who cares about my morals who cares about what I think the world should look like. I'm failing my classes bc writing papers takes so much of my brain power and that friend's friend is thriving bc they wrote it in 20 minutes using AI and I didn't. morals don't get me good grades or degrees. no one cares!! it doesn't pay to be anti capitalist and there are actual scary consequences to that. Fuck

[palossssssand]

guys I’m in the trenches. One of these days I have to go make a really long in-depth detailed post about trito and kinoga’s dynamic because it drives me insane and I need to lay it all out. the specifics of it. I have so many thoughts

[ciel-phantomhives-world]

Honestly, the trope of having an intense cliffhanger, only for the next chapter to solve it in a very un serious "setting" or less dramatic way is getting very old, overplayed and BORING, most importantly...

[3416]

It's hilarious when people are like Mitch was the locker room problem when basically every player who's ever talked about is like oh yeah Mitch is the only one who organizes team gets togethers etc etc.... good luck with your team togetherness next year leafs bc none of the remaining core four seem to give two shits about that. And I do think being friends and or deeply weird about each other does really help win a cup. Also its prev sdpn anon and YES Adam Wylde is by far the worst one oh my goddddd Steve is mostly fine when not talking about Mitch but fucking Adam is so obnoxious holy shit. I do like Jesse tho. Tbh is mostly just a good pod to listen to while walking or doing chores bc my rage distracts me from whatever menial task I'm doing lol

honestly, i'll be curious to see if the leafs get tighter knit with a core guy leaving or not. feel like it could force everyone into closeness but also. it could truly be bad for them. LFKJDSKL IDK which, and honestly i doubt the leafs will show much insight into behind the scenes stuff anyway, the way their socials have been trending a couple years.

i never listen regularly at all if i can help it and i definitely won't now. whenever a tidbit is brought up in general on hockeytwt i'd always go see, but i honestly do think every microphone in toronto should simultaneously explode.

[ballsbalb]

american audiences’ critical thinking skills never fail to make me lose all faith in this country

like. what do you mean we’re now getting mad at an immigrant man for making an immigrant joke after spending years being pro-immigration, anti-trump and anti-deportation, like i’m begging you guys to comprehend IRONY