#source: some tiktok i saw months ago

[monzabee]

bad idea right? – ln4

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Summary: The one where seeing Lando tonight is a bad idea, right?

Pairing: lando norris x ricciardo!reader

Word Count: 4.8k

Warnings: mentions of breakups and also fighting, cursing, kind of a toxic relationship?, allusion to smut, it's criminal how long it took me to finish this fic

Request: this wasn’t requested, but the idea is veeery loosely from this tiktok right here! (i might def write the scenario in the tiktok in the future though)

Author’s Note: hi, hey, hello!! it has officially been a month since i started my master's programme and i have to say it is absolutely kicking my ass, but thank you all for bearing with me while i adjust! this song has been stuck in my head for the last two-three (?) months and i really wanted to write a fic based on it. i also wanted to say that i've received all of your guys' requests, and i'm working on those, but it's harder for me to get out a request than a fic that just popped in my head because i tend to be more of a perfectionist with those - so, those are definitely on the way, don't worry! i hope you guys enjoy! good morning, noon or night wherever you are, xoxobee

Please also note that all of my works are protected under copyright, and not available for reposting on other platforms. 

It’s not that you don’t like spending time with your brother and his girlfriend – because you do, but considering the fact that spending a mere hour with them causes you to suddenly question your life choices (of being single), you are very eager to leave them alone for the night. Which brings us to the current situation, with you standing in front of your brother’s apartment complex in one of the hoodies you stole from the sample boxes, waiting for someone you should’ve never hit up in the first place. It was probably not your brightest idea to message Lando to ask him if he wants to go for a ride, especially because a) the last time you saw him a year ago the two of you were yelling and throwing things at each other and b) you’re definitely buzzed from the bottle of wine you hogged upstairs. But you know what they say; absence makes the heart go fonder, right?

So there you are with your phone in your hand, texting Lily in hopes of getting the tiniest bit of reassurance about your decision.

To lily m: i texted lando To lily m: he’s gonna pick me up From lily m: WHAT? NO To lily m: seeing him tonight To lily m: it’s a bad idea, right? From lily m: YES From lily m: DO NOT GET INTO THAT CAR To lily m: yes i know that he’s my ex, but can’t two people reconnect?

Fuck it, it’s fine, you decide as you quickly delete the last two messages. With a soft sigh, you wrap your arms around yourself to shield yourself from the cold air of the night. And while you could just wait for Lando inside the apartment building, you really don’t want to attract more attention to yourself. You can feel yourself getting more and more nervous as the minutes pass by, and you even contemplate cancelling the whole thing and going upstairs to sleep. Just as you’re about to give up on the whole thing, a car honk grabs your attention. When turn to look at the source of the sound, you see Lando’s unamused face through the open window.

He motions you to get in with his head, his voice as equally detached as he calls out, “Get in.”

Rolling your eyes at his behaviour, you do as your told. But you tell yourself that it’s not because he told you to, but because you’re cold. And so you get in the car making sure you slam the door as hard as you can, which makes him scowl as a small smile forms on your lips. “You know, you could really try on being more polite.”

“I’m picking you up in the middle of the night,” he points out as he puts the car on drive and starts driving off, “and put your damn seatbelt on.”

You give him a sideway glance as you put on your seatbelt, letting out a sigh, “Are you okay? I’m sensing some serious undertone.”  

Lando doesn’t answer you, mainly because he is smarter than he looks and he knows you’re trying to goad him into another fight. That’s what the two of you had always done, not that he hated you or vice versa, but the two of you mainly got along in fights which ended up in both of you twisted between the sheets of the whatever hotel you were currently staying in. And it had worked for a while, until of course it didn’t, and Lando was mature enough to admit that he had a huge role in fucking up your relationship.

“You changed your car,” you point out.

“Thought you’d appreciate a roof over your head this time,” he replies.

The car is silent as Lando drives down the now empty streets of Monte Carlo, and you find yourself involuntarily checking out his side profile because well, he always looked so good while driving. You suppose it’s only one of the things that didn’t change with time.

“So,” his voice draws you out from your thoughts, “why’d you call me tonight? Are you drunk?”

“I am not drunk,” you scoff, crossing your arms across your chest, “if you don’t feel like being here Lando, I can just get off and go home.”

“Now I didn’t say that, I simply asked a question.” He steals another glance at you, but this time a little smirk forms on his lips when your eyes meet and he sees your scowl. “It was a harmless question, really.”

Your voice comes off as clipped as you answer, “I’m not drunk.”

“Your cheeks are red,” Lando points out but the playfulness from mere seconds ago is gone, in fact, he’s more serious than you’ve probably ever seen him, “you either had wine or your rosacea is acting up.”

It takes a moment for you to take in his words, and there is no humour in his voice or on his face when you look at him to see whether he’s joking or not. “I had some wine,” you confess, voice much lower than before as you add, “but I’m not drunk.” One of his eyebrows rise up, and you find yourself mumbling, “Fine maybe a little bit, but not a lot.”

His jaw ticks as he mumbles, “Okay, whatever you say.” And as you try to assess whether his voice is cold or not, you see his hands tightening around the steering wheel.

“What?” You ask, a bit quicker than necessary (in your opinion), “What did I say?”

Now it’s his turn for his voice to be clipped, and his eyebrows furrow as he asks, “Did you only call me because you’re drunk?”

“No,” your reply is truthful to some extent, you suppose, you would’ve texted him even if you had no alcohol in your system. “I wanted to see you.”

He lets out a hum, “Why?”

It’s a hard question, and you contemplate not being a hundred percent honest – but deep down you know he deserves better, even if you had your differences. So, to reveal the truth, you turn your face away from him to look outside the window, “I missed you.”

He doesn’t say anything, and you don’t turn to see what his reaction will be. Everything is peaceful for a moment.

He takes you to a hill, the very one he took you for your first date. Though, it doesn’t carry the same excitement this time around. The two of you remain in the car with the windows rolled down, but the colder air doesn’t make you chilly. It’s silent, but it’s not an uncomfortable one. Neither of you make the first move to start a conversation, and you don’t know if that’s because you’re both obstinate or he doesn’t want to be there. Though, you suspect he would’ve told you ‘no’ if he didn’t want to be there – not that he could ever tell you ‘no’.

It's unnaturally hard, you realise, not looking at him on purpose when he’s seated so close to you. Especially because you haven’t seen him in months. Not that you’d confess that to him, or let yourself have another weak moment where you say you missed him. Because you can’t. Because it’s not the way the two of you operate. Because he broke your heart but you’re not strong enough to let him go. With that last thought, you take a sharp breath, undo your seatbelt and get out of the car. You lean against the hood of the car and he soon follows suit. But where your hands are splayed behind your back, his arms are crossed over his chest.

“You’ve not been sleeping.” It’s not a question, it’s a statement. Because he is not dumb (or blind enough) to let the circles under your eyes slide.

And it’s a statement that might be true. You only give him half of a shrug, “So?”

“It means that something is bothering you.” You’re about to object, but he quickly shuts you down, “I once drove you around for four hours so you could sleep in my car, honey,” his fingers move to gently turn your chin towards him so he can look into your eyes, “and that was because you forgot to bring me back junk food from Australia.”

Even if you’re taken aback by his physical touch, you don’t show it as you stubbornly maintain your eye contact. “It’s the jet lag, I haven’t travelled in a while.” You gulp down a breath as you gently push his hand away, “And don’t call me that.”

“Why?” He turns his body to face you, “You’re just as sweet, aren’t you?”

“Lando,” you warn him, “don’t.”

He raises a brow, “Why not?”

“Because we’re friends,” your response comes off in an instant, “I only see you as a friend.” The biggest lie you’ve ever said.

“Friends,” he repeats, tests out the word, then shrugs, “sure. Now tell me what happened tonight that made you call me. Did you and Daniel fight?”

“What?” an involuntary laugh leaves your lips, and you catch the corner of his lips turning upwards just the smallest bit. “No, we didn’t, it’s not about Daniel. Can we just not talk about it, please?”

He gives you a firm nod, and you catch his grimace as he turns his attention back to the view in front of you. “You can tell me, you know,” he mumbles, “you used to.”

He’s right, you realise. You used to tell him all the little thought that popped into your head, whether it was nice or not, and he’d accommodated your thoughts. It was easier to talk to him, once upon a time, and you’re not really sure why it hurts so much right now that you can’t.

“Why do you care?” The question comes out quickly, and your voice is not as strong as you’d like it to be. “After everything, why do you care?”

“We’re friends, right?” The words tastes unbelievably sour in his mouth, and he has to restrain himself from making any sort of face, but it seems harder than it actually is for him to do and he questions whether it is worth it to

“Friends,” this time it’s your turn to test out the word, and it tastes as bitter as they come, “sure, can we ride around a bit more?”

“Fine,” he gives you a nod and motions you to get in the car, “but I have to get gas first.”

The fluorescent lighting of the gas station is definitely not the most flattering thing. So much so that you’re sure the unflattering light outside is exaggerating the bags under your eyes. But that situation of course doesn’t apply to Lando because even under the harsh lighting, he looks too pretty. And compared to earlier in the night, you don’t try to hide the way your eyes focus on him while he’s driving, though you hope you do a much better job at hiding the thoughts that come to your mind. Even after he’s parked the car in the nearest pump, you find yourself staring at his side profile a bit too long, which earns you a sideway smirk and you try your hardest not to react, but the smile you keep trying to fight is too strong and eventually you find yourself with the tiniest smile playing on your lips.

Lando turns towards you, meets your eyes and leans over the console, “Do you want anything from the shop?”

You blink once, trying to come up with anything, twice, then “Can you get me those gummy bears that I like?”

He gives you another nod, reaches into his pocket and then hand you his phone. Ignoring your questioning stare, he explains, “So that you can play music or something, the password is still the same.” Before he gets out of the car, he does the unexpected and leans in just a little bit more to press a feather-light kiss to your temple.

You watch him get out of the car and walk away from you with your mouth slightly hanging open. You contemplate trying to unlock the phone, because why would he tell you that his password is the same? And why would he trust you with his phone when the two of you have been broken up for over a year? With shaky hands, your fingers put in the password, calling Lando’s bluff. Oh shit, you think when the phone unlocks, now what? Throwing the phone out of your hands onto the driver seat, you grab your own and quickly type a new message to Kika, who of course got the news from Lily and has been blowing up your phone, while ignoring her dozen other messages who went unread in your text thread.

To kika: this was a bad idea kika Tokika: a very *very* bad idea From kika: please tell me you’re going home To kika: um… To kika: sure From kika: GET OUT OF THAT CAR AND GET YOUR ASS HOME From kika: NOW!!

Chewing on your lower lip, your eyes linger on the messages spamming your phone, and you contemplate just getting out of the car and trying to find your way back home. But you also can’t help yourself but think… what’s the worst that could happen if you stayed? Clicking the button on the side of your phone, you place it face down on your lap after making sure you silence it for the rest of the night. With the reminder of the abandoned phone on the seat next to yours, you open your window to let some of the night air in. As your phone keeps buzzing on your lap, your eyes focus on the figure that comes out of the convenience store – and by some grace of God, he doesn’t realise the way your eyes basically undress him as he approaches his McLaren.

There’s no smile on his face, in fact, if you didn’t know Lando, you’d say he looks like an asshole; not that he occasionally doesn’t act like one. He gives you that boyish smirk when he’s next to your window, signalling you to roll it down by tapping on it twice. Lando leans against the car, his eyes locked onto yours. “Got your gummy bears,” he says, holding up the package and handing it to you once you roll it down. “It was the last one too, you’re lucky.”

Giving a tight lipped smile to the man looking expectantly at you, you accept the packet of gummy bears. “Thank you, Lando,” the softening look in his eyes is, ironically, strong enough for you to choke on the next words that are on the tip of your tongue. “I–”

“I’m sorry to bother you, are you Lando Norris?” A third voice interrupts you, and you find yourself moving your gaze from Lando to the woman who’s excitedly waiting for a response.

“Yes,” he breathes out, and you can tell he’s trying to keep his voice polite but he’s also very annoyed at the same time – though the way he eyes up the stranger definitely makes your blood boil.

With his attention on the woman, you find yourself feel the tension in the air and quickly look down at the packet of gummy bears in your hands. You start absentmindedly picking at the wrapper, your mind racing with a mixture of emotions. As the conversation between Lando and the fan continues, you steal glances at them from the corner of your eye. She's gushing about a recent race, talking animatedly about the thrilling moments she witnessed. Lando, for his part, is gracious and engaged, taking the time to listen and respond. And despite the polite exchange, you can't help but feel a pang of jealousy. It's a reminder of the world he's a part of, a world where fans approach him with admiration and excitement. A world you used to share, but now only observe from the sidelines.

You watch the woman place her hand on Lando’s bicep, laughing at a (rather mediocre) joke he made about the understeer of the car. It’s not a funny joke by any means, and you are not scared to admit that the woman’s laugh that fills your ears makes your insides twist uncomfortably. You remind yourself that you're here by choice. You could have left at any moment. But there's something about this night, about being with Lando again, that you can't quite let go of. It's a confusing mix of nostalgia and longing, wrapped in a blanket of uncertainty.

The woman’s voice hits your ears as you hear her ask, “Do you want to come back to my place?”

Without letting them both know that you’re actively listening into their conversation, you attempt to subtly let out a warning cough, but Lando covertly smirks as he leans towards the car with his hand grabbing the lowered window – without caring about the possible finger prints he might leave behind, might you add. Without any hesitation, you let your fingers go of the packaging to thread your fingers with his.

While his thumb gently starts to draw circles on the knuckle of your thumb, he does his best to supress the chuckle building up in his throat. “That’s, um, very kind – but I’m with my girl, you see, and we are both pretty tired.”

Maybe you would’ve given her a friendly smile over a misunderstanding if you were in a better mood, but as the woman looks at you with wild eyes, all you can offer her is an annoyed pout, and soon after she leaves after apologising to you both for interrupting your plans. You watch her leave until there is a good enough distance for her to not hear you, and then turn to Lando and give him a glare as you hiss, “I am not ‘your girl’.”

He finally lets out the chuckle he’s been holding as he watches you letting go of his hand with an exaggerated push, and then diverts his amused eyes towards you, “Sure, whatever you say, jealous girl.”

“I am not– I wasn’t jealous!” you exclaim, eyes narrowed. When he starts walking towards the driver’s side, you can’t help but call out, “I’m not jealous!”

Lando is still chuckling to himself when he gets in the car, and even as he starts driving, completely ignoring your whining complaints. “That’s alright, honey,” he says, voice full of condescension, “it was very cute.”

“You are an ass.” You roll your eyes as you cross your arms across your chest. “Maybe I should’ve gotten off when I had the chance, that way you could’ve fucked her in the back seat.”

“Bold of you assume she’s the one I’d want to fuck in my back seat,” he raises an eyebrow, then shrugs “but sure.”

Your face scrunches up in disgust, “You’re, ugh, you’re just the worst, Lando.” Shaking your head in disbelief, you add, “I can’t believe I’m arguing with you over you fucking girls in your car.”

Lando manages to get out a disapproving tut, and then contends, “I never said I’d fuck girls in my car, I’d said I’d rather fuck you in my car.”

Completely baffled by this revelation, not that you should’ve been, you turn to him in disgust, “Excuse me?”

“You heard me.” He shrugs again, noncommittally, and without paying you any mind continues to focus on the road.

“Well,” you laugh, breathlessly, “good thing that’s never happening.” Gently clearing your throat, you later can’t help yourself but add a silent, “Again.”

“If you’d rather a bed, that could also be arranged, honey.” Lando assures you, and you realise the little fucker has a smirk growing on his face.

“As if I’d sleep with you willingly,” you scoff.

A boisterous laugh is what you get from Lando, who tilts his head towards you, “Come on, I’m a good-looking bloke.”

“And I’m sure I’ve seen much hotter man,” you sing, but you just can’t remember when. So deciding to block out what Lando is rambling about, you pull out your phone to message someone who has the answer for you.

To lily m + kika: can you tell me someone who is hotter than lando? From lily m: alex From kika: pierre To lily m + kika: ew, be serious please From kika: what about the guy with the accent, from hungary? From lily m: the doctor? To lily m + kika: i think she meant the reporter From lily m: god no he was a creep From lily m: what about the surfer? From kika: oh yeah he was cute too To lily m + kika: i need someone hot, pleaseee From lily m: THE MODEL FROM MILAN From kika: WITH THE ABS From kika: and also porche From lily m: BUT ALSO THE ABS To lily m + kika: okay thanks To lily m + kika: love you guys

Getting lost in the conversation, with the aid of your ambition to prove yourself right and, naturally, Lando wrong, you don’t realise that he’s actually driven you back to his apartment instead of a bar or literally some other place that sells alcohol in that ungodly hour.

“This isn’t a bar.” You point out, eyebrows furrowed.

Lando dignifies your comment with a scoff, “Well aren’t you quite the detective?”

Crossing your arms across your chest, you basically hiss at him this time, “This is basically kidnapping.”

Lando glances at you, a playful glint in his eyes. “Kidnapping? Really? I thought we were just catching up.”

You shoot him a sarcastic look, but can't help the small smile that tugs at your lips. “Yeah, sure. Catching up in the middle of the night at your place.”

He parks the car and turns to face you, a smirk dancing on his lips. “Well, here’s my proposal. I’ll go to my apartment and you’re free to either join me or drive my car back to Daniel’s – I’ll come pick it up tomorrow.”

You hesitate for a moment, considering your options as you watch Lando give you an assuring smile and handing you the keys before getting out of the car. Going back to your brother's place doesn't sound all that appealing, and Lando's offer, as questionable and a bad idea as it may be, seems like the lesser of two evils. Though, there is also the reality that if when you go up to his apartment, you’re probably going to do something that either you or your friends will regret tomorrow morning. Watching Lando’s retreating figure move further into the apartment building, you think, fuck it, it’s fine.

So, you wait for a few minutes, anxiously twirling the car keys in your hand to make him wait – but you’re pretty sure it makes you suffer just as much. You take a deep breath, exhale slowly, and then climb out of the car. Locking it behind you, you follow Lando into the building. The familiar scent of his cologne hits you as you step into the elevator, and a wave of nostalgia washes over you. The elevator ride going up to the second floor is pure torture, and it leaves you squirming in your place the whole time. Basically throwing yourself out of the elevator once it lands on the second floor, you realise that Lando has been waiting for you, standing and smiling at his door.

He gives you a teasing look as you approach, clearly amused by your slightly dishevelled state. “Took you long enough,” he remarks, unlocking the door and holding it open for you. But instead of saying anything or retorting back, you quietly follow him inside his apartment. Lando closes the door behind you, the sound echoing through the quiet apartment. The dim lighting casts a soft glow, creating an intimate atmosphere. The first thing that catches your eye is the helmet collection he keeps in the living room. Without saying anything, you quickly make your way over to the shelves that display the helmets, trying your best to avoid his approaching footsteps behind you. The familiar design of a particular helmet has you instinctively tracing the number at the top, and the arms that hug your waist from behind makes you freeze for a moment. Lando's touch is both familiar and foreign, stirring up a mix of emotions you thought were long buried.

“That's from Monza, 2021,” he says, his voice close to your ear. The warmth of his breath sends a shiver down your spine.

You clear your throat, attempting to regain composure. “I remember,” you reply, your fingers still lingering on the helmet.

For a moment, neither of you speaks. The weight of the past and the uncertainty of the present hangs in the air. Lando breaks the silence, his voice low and measured. “I wasn't sure you'd actually come up.”

You turn to face him, meeting his gaze, but don’t attempt getting out of his arms. “I didn't think so either.”

Without breaking eye contact, he slowly leans in, his lips brushing against yours. It's a tentative touch, a testing of waters, and you find yourself responding to the familiarity of the kiss. The taste of the past lingers, and for a moment, it's as if the years haven't passed. But reality crashes back in, and you pull away, the distance now a necessary boundary. Lando looks at you, a mix of emotions playing on his face. There's longing, regret, and an unspoken acknowledgment of the complexities that bind you.

“I thought we could just catch up,” he says, his tone a mix of apology and yearning.

You turn in your place, facing him. “Catching up was never our strong suit, was it?”

“Not really,” Lando shakes his head, “no.”

You bite down on the corner of your lip, threading your fingers through his curls as you pull his face down to meet yours as you rise on your tiptoes, “It’s a bad idea, right?”

Lando lets out a supportive hum as he lets his lips softly brush against yours, “The worst.” And maybe he should have been the gentleman and pull away, but when he sees your eyes closing, he just leans in further to press his lips against yours – and the way you respond to his kiss? It's as if the world outside ceases to exist. The kiss deepens, each brush of his lips against yours reigniting a long-buried flame. Lando's hands find their way to the small of your back, pulling you closer, erasing the physical space between you.

You don’t complain as he pulls you towards his bedroom, or when he gently throws you on his bed, the anticipation hanging thick in the air. As he hovers over you, the weight of the past and the intensity of the present converge. His hands trace the contours of your face, memorizing every curve as if committing it to memory. And when the two of you get lost between each other within his sheets, the only thing that ends up coming from your mouth is either his name, or some sort of encouragement to keep him going. After he manages to wear you out, Lando decides that you’re definitely not going anywhere as he wraps you in his arms around you. The room is filled with the soft sounds of breaths syncing, hearts beating in tandem. Lando's fingers draw absent patterns on your skin while you check the messages that have accumulated in your phone. The glow of your phone illuminates the dim room, creating a subtle contrast to the warmth that envelops you. Lando's presence beside you adds an extra layer of comfort, a silent acknowledgment of the shared intimacy that unfolded moments ago.

From danny: please tell me you didn’t get kidnapped by the organ mafia From danny: wink twice if you’re alive From danny: this is not funny, where are you? From danny: fine i’ll ask alex to ask lily

Rolling  your eyes before sending him a text to let your brother know you’re okay, you decide to turn your attention to the group chat with Lily and Kika.

From kika: did you get home safe? From lily m: daniel is pretty stressed about it From lily m: please for the love of god tell us you’re home and not with lando right now To lily m + kika: omg just calm down i’m in bed To lily m + kika: and i’m going to sleep To lily m + kika: love you guys

You catch a glimpse of Lando’s grin over your shoulder as you click your phone off, but he only chuckles as he buries his face into your neck as he leaves small kisses to the skin there. “Well, I’m not lying, I just didn’t specify where I was.”

“Or in whose sheets,” his laugher gets louder as you jokingly slap him on the arm, “go to sleep, honey, we’ll be tired in the morning.”

And it might’ve been a bad idea to message him in the first place, but it certainly doesn’t feel like one.

[that-bisexual]

Nex Benedict

Can I get serious and bring up Nex Benedict? A 16-year-old nonbinary student at Owasso High School in Oklahoma. Died on February 8th 2024. No...murdered on February 8th 2024. The police have not confirmed it, but all signs lead to it. Nex got into a fight in the bathroom. They and their transgender friend had been jumped by three other students and badly beaten. Nex had been bullied constantly for being nonbinary, but their mother told them to keep their head high. However, she didn't know how fatal the situation really was.

Oklahoma passed a bill a while before the crime that required public school students to use whatever bathroom matched their assigned gender at birth. Because of this, Nex had to use the girl's bathroom at school. Could this have been the reason they were jumped? Had this bill not been signed, would they still be with us? This only proves the horrible state of transgender teens rights and what a twisted society we live in.

According to Nex and their transgender friend, whose name was not given, when they went in the bathroom, they were being bullied by three older girls. As they tried to stand up for themselves, violence broke out. By the time Nex came out of the bathroom, they had scratches on the back of their head, bruises covering their eyes and face, and a large lump on their head. After Nex died, their mother said they told her they had been shoved to the floor and had hit their head. All of the injuries were inflicted by the three girls. Despite Nex being severely assaulted and on the brink of unconsciousness, the school refused to call an ambulance or the police. Instead, they gave them a two-week suspension. The reaction of the school staff is outrageous and disturbing, even if they hadn't died.

Later that day, Nex's mother took them to Bailey Medical Center to get treated and checked out. After a few hours, they were released from the medical center. Their mother said they had fallen asleep listening to music that night with a headache and sore face. When they woke up the next morning, they got ready to go to Tulsa for an appointment. As they were about to leave, they suddenly fell to the floor, seemingly unconscious. An ambulance was called immediately, and Owasso Fire Department medics hurried there. But when they arrived, Nex had already stopped breathing...after being taken to the emergency room, they were declared dead.

The police began investigating the fight, and an autopsy was issued. There had been little to no news until February 20th, when police stated that they were interviewing staff and students at Nex's school. The next day, an autopsy report said that Nex had not died from head trauma. Police say that they think their death was not related to their "physical altercation." Mr. and Mrs. Benedict spoke to a lawyer and decided to start a private investigation for themselves, which is still ongoing.

Even after this heartbreak event, people went into an uproar to protect this teenager's memory, and people started to investigate deeper. Some people have accused Chaya Raichik, who runs the 'Libs of Tiktok' page, of being one of the causes of Nex's death because of her ''hateful anti-trans posts'' that targeted public school teachers. One of Nex's favorite and most admired teachers resigned in 2022 after being targeted in one of these videos. Chaya Raichik said that she was "being falsely accused of murder." Although what she does is despicable and could have been the source of a lot of Nex's grief, there is little evidence linking Chaya to the death, and she cannot be blamed without further evidence.

One ray of light in this situation is the happiness Nex's parents brought them. Sue Benedict is their biological grandmother, but she had raised them since they were 2 months old. She legally became their mother a few years ago. She stated, “Nex saw themselves right down the middle. I was still learning about it, Nex was teaching me that.” Her husband Walter also commented to The Independent, "When you’re old school, you don’t always understand it.” While the death of Nex Benedict is a tragedy, it's good to know that after a school day of being bullied, Nex could go home to a loving family.

Nex will not be remembered for their death but for who they were as a person. They will be remembered for the love and devotion they gave their cat, Zeus. Or for the hard work they did to achieve straight A's. Maybe for their love of animals or how they always played Minecraft. Perhaps their family will think of them when they walk past the snack they always asked for at the store or their favorite childhood toy. It's these things that make us ourselves, not the hate of others. It's who we are as a person, all of the little things that make up me and you. This is what Nex deserves—not to be remembered as a tragedy but as a wonderful kid, and I think we should give them that.

Below are some pictures of Nex and links to additional sources. Stay safe everyone.

[gossipgirlgasoline]

gossip girl here, your one and only source into the ultra-rich, scandalous lives of race car drivers of formula 1.

hi loves! our first post!!!! ahhh!!!!! foremost, happy race week in australia! oscar piastri, daniel riccardo, and notably valtteri bottas’ home race, of course. its been such a hard week without racing hasn’t it?? i know it has been for me. thankfully, racing is back in melbourne for the weekend<3

before i start, if ur not into truly gossipy stuff— THIS IS NOT FOR YOU!! this will go into territory of wag gossip, silly rumours, and other cheesy stuff like that. you have been warned.

onto this weeks gossip !!!

everybody knows 18-year-old prodigy ollie bearman, who made his f1 debut with scuderia ferrari just two weeks ago in the scrupulous circuit that is the jeddah corniche circuit filling in for carlos sainz jr, sick from appendicitis. (hopefully this doesnt cause another chain of events like a certain driver whos number is 23, knock on wood) the academy driver started 11th on the grid and finished in the points, all the way to 7th, despite being such a hard circuit and also having very little experience with real formula 1 cars.

what not everybody knows about is his girlfriend, estelle— formerly silly_lettuce on all social media. truly, she is gorgeous. a picturesque couple, no?

estelle ogilvy langinier manning, (allegedly) is 21 years old law student out of london. the couple ‘hard launched’ from ollie’s instagram story a couple months ago. (picture is from his instagram) from the crumbs ive picked up from my dear friends on insta and tiktok, ollie is not the only racing driver she’s ever dated. ive been hearing through the grapevine that she dated f2 drivers zak o’sullivan since they were neighbours in the past and has also been with franco colapinto, confirmed(? texts could be fake) by herself through a message thread on instagram.

aside from racing drivers, there has been more rumors of her being with a guy from boy band, as well as a finance man.

with a simple instagram search of ‘sillylettuce,’ you will get a video credited to her old account with her alleged ‘finance boyfriend.’ this search will also get you this picture on the left, uploaded by downtown.chix in december of 2020.

left picture heaves largely compared to the right, taken from an archived picture from her now deactivated instagram account. 🫡

if we bring out search back around tiktok and do another search of silly lettuce, you’ll be met with a video from user sunnymonday on tiktok, going by the name india rawsthorn. the video is a trend from 2021 ‘rating my friends dance moves’

estelle earned herself a spot in the video, sporting a very different look than. 🤨🤨🤨🤨

this is estelle— India has many videos of estelle on her account

some people think its plastic surgery, maybe a drastic weight loss journey. whatever it might be, this isn’t the only thing that raises a couple eyebrows since thanks to the very intrigued people of the internet, we have since found out she started studying at durham uni in 2018. unless she is a young sheldon type prodigy who started college at 11, this would mean she is 24/25 now.

shortly after people started finding out, she ‘coincidentally’ got hacked. yikes!

*i can confirm this one is real— i saw it in real time😭

if you try to look her account on tiktok and instagram up now, nothing will pop up. mm.. following the discovery of her age, she immediately (allegedly) changed her information on linkedin. 🤔🤔🤔 how do you guys feel about this? i have a theory right here from one of my mutuals from twitter.

“Wooooww Estelle is really going down the road of saying that "we're obsessed"

her obsession is finding someone famous, and potentially rich to climb the social ladder of fame

I'm not trying to shame her about her plastic surgery, but it's obvious that some type of touchup was done and there's nothing wrong with that but I get the sense that she's trying to hide that she isn't all natural when in reality there has been something drastically done”

what’s your guy’s opinions? leave them below😘 my inbox is always open as well as my dms, so if u ever need to talk or want to chat about my posts, hmu! (tips are always accepted too)

until next time race-watchers, xoxo, gossipgirlgasoline

[vxntagedior]

helloooo you !!

can you do something with a reader older of 4 years than vinnie and she is a really famous actress ( she could have played in euphoria fir example ) and she announces their relationship on a tiktok and everyone starts mocking her because of the fact that he said on one of his stream that he wanted alexa and zendaya to have his babies and he didn’t mention her. so everyone is confused because she is a desi girl and not a latina <3

celebrity crush

pairing | vinnie hacker x fem!actress!reader

warning | angst, age gap (4 years), shit fans, protective!vinnie, fluff ending

word count | 517

It was your idea to bring your relationship to the public. Vinnie was happy with whatever you decided, your happiness made him happy.

You had millions of followers on each of your platforms, your Tiktok having the most, second to your instagram. Most were videos of you behind the scenes of Euphoria, messing with the cast and showing some deleted footage.

No one knew you had been dating Vinnie for the past few months. The two of you met through Larray, one of your first friends you made when you moved to LA.

Since then, it had been smooth sailing for the two of you. You'd come over to the Hype House every once in a while when you weren't busy and spend a few nights there.

You were caught in a few blogs on Thomas's channel and no one really chalked it up to anything because you were friends with all of them.

The video you posted was a trend going around, girlfriends posting their favorite pictures of your boyfriend. You had posted a few, one from your first date, a picture Mia took when the two of you were cuddled on one of the bean bags and a few more you had over the past few months.

And to say everyone wasn't expecting it was an understatement. Many fans of yours who had been with you since the beginning saw sweet the two of you were and congratulated you on the relationship.

But many of Vinnie's 'diehard' fans started bashing you, saying how older you were than him, how he really was with you so he could get closer to Alexa or Zendaya.

The source came from one his streams way before the two of you started dating, when season 1 had came out, your character wasn't introduced yet, he expressed his crush on Alexa and Zendaya.

You had deleted the video not even 24 hours later, turning off all your comments, becoming a hermit.

Vinnie wasn't dumb, he saw the comments on your recent post and how they started talking about you in his own comment section.

You hadn't came to visit him since staying at your own apartment. You gave Vinnie a key a few weeks ago, trusting him enough to come.

"Is it true?" You asked him when you saw him walk into your bedroom.

"Of course not, why would you say that." He frowned. "I just turned 18 when I said that, and the show just came out, I already knew nothing was gonna happen.

But then by some miracle I was able to meet you, see how smart, funny, kind you were and fell in love with you. It was some celebrity crush, that's it, you're my celebrity crush now."

"Really?" You asked hopefully.

"Course," He smiled. "And who gives shit about what people say, they're just jealous because I'm dating an actress and they aren't. There is going be so much hate in this career but you are strong, yeah?"

"Yeah." You confirmed, feeling so much better than you were just an hour ago. "Love you."

"Love you too."

[general-george-washington]

Hi! Love your work.

I saw in your tags that you specified that post-9/11 pop country is terrible. I don't know hardly anything about country music: can you either tell me or point me in the direction of a resource where I can find out how/why 9/11 affected country music, please? Is it the white nationalism?

Thank you so much, have a great day.

I'm gonna put this under the cut bc I go on a rant

So, I'm mostly talking out of my ass with this however I do enjoy country music and in the 00's I discovered country pop and was really into it. As well, I've found articles which back up exactly what I'm talking about so I am going to link those at the end.

9/11 of course changed how Americans viewed themselves and of course triggered a rise of American nationalism, especially white nationalism as you've pointed out.

Music is an outlet for people and post 9/11, many American Patriotic songs were revived (think god bless the USA, etc). It also shifted pop country toward nationalism, religion, and a military-supporting standpoint. Song which discussed this, such as God Bless the USA, faced revival. Truly, just any song that mentioned America or USA suddenly become pro-American. There's a number of songs that came out in 2002 and 2003 which show this increase, me blaming Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (the Angry American Song) is somewhat arbitrary but it does show examples of all of these as it was written in late 2001 and it came out in early 2002. It is a song of 'if you fuck with us, we will fuck right back with you' and it topped country music billboards in 2002. Compare this to prior country music, such as Born in the USA, which, despite the modern push for it being nationalist, tells the story of a Vietnam veteran returning home to nothing after he did horrific things for his country. There are other songs surrounding the United States which aren't nationalistic but, I would argue, some of them are patriotic. Including, Death to my Hometown, Independence Day (Is about an abusive relationship, but focused on the Fourth of July), and Battle of New Orleans (IMO the best song made).

More nationalist country that came out post 9/11 was stuff like American Soldier, Made in the USA, or Have you Forgotten?. This increase - which becomes a massive part of what people think of when they think of country music. There is still good modern country, think of Hell's Comin' With Me, which just made it big on Tiktok a few month ago and is a good song - good 2000's and 2010's country continues to exist! This white Christian nationalistic image is just what it is stereotyped as.

So, I'm totally going off but yes, this shift occurred because of 9/11 and what we now think of country as is because of that.

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[itsluigi7]

Korra ponderings and Kyoshi movie rumor

Alright this is take 2 of me trying to make a tumblr post. I wonder if they changed the schedule around due to the complaining on social media like twitter/youtube/tiktok when the Kyoshi/Zuko/Korra movies were reported/rumored. Although I even saw backlash against the Kyoshi movie announcement (!) From statements said by an Abrams books editor at a con, it seems like they do do market research and take into account public demand and if there's a bunch of comments saying that the Korra movie is the one they look forward to the least ... Personally, I am looking forward to the Korra movie/more animated content and hope they reconsider because otherwise it feels like Paramount/the studio is pandering to the loudest sections of the internet.

Kyoshi movie

I've been somewhat following the Avatar rumor mill and for what it's worth KnightEdgeMedia (someone that AvatarNews sometimes uses as a source) has said that the Kyoshi movie was going to be the 3rd film a month or so ago: "We have also heard that a voice casting call has already gone out for multiple roles in the Avatar: Kyoshi movie. Not much else is known beyond that, but it is expected to be the next film slated from Avatar Studios." He's also said that there were production grids for Kyoshi in a reddit comment so make of that what you will. So either AvatarNews or KnightEdgeMedia is going to end up being right.

As for Korra-related rumors, the most I saw was an instagram comment on the AvatarNews new earth avatar movie announcement saying: "Im a student at an animation company and applications for another studio opened for some ‘mysterious last airbender project’ and my lecturers who work in industry were like ‘I think its korra related’ so who knows". Of course, this could just be the alleged new earth avatar show.

[kindathoughtprovoking]

The linked article that came out yesterday talks about the on set source when they make the claim about the argument, the author of it doubled down on the claim on Twitter too, that's why it's being talked about now. But sure, let's blame larries on tumblr months ago?! Let's ignore it being in Flo's fandom first?! Why would the author randomly bring it up from months ago solely from fandom?! Make it make sense...

Here’s the timeline of what I saw unfold over the course of 12-18 months to help you out:

2021 fandom anons are the first place these feud rumors really started -> eventually make it to tiktok as fandom continues to entertain troll anons and embellish them to serve their agenda -> said rumors on tiktok make it to deuxmoi -> because for some reason the gp thinks deuxmoi is a credible source despite them being little more than a tumblr that answers anons, deuxmoi’s version of events (pretty direct from tumblr) make it to traditional gossip rags and they become “official”

[calvin-af-crone]

My Long Goodbye to Calvin Fandom

I devoted years of my life to Calvin Harris because I loved his music then I loved the man I thought he was. And I was entitled to that delusion because I paid in hours of research & study to write my History of Calvin Harris & watched every video & interview related to him on YouTube. I became convinced he was a flawed genius who might be slightly on the spectrum but his insecurities made him a humble nice guy. I felt that was a reasonable appraisal because I never idolized him. He's done some incredibly stupid stuff over the years & I called him out when they happened. But no one accused me of being a hater...

My reality got shattered by The Split™. There is no excuse for what he did to Aarika. NONE. We've talked that to death. I'm firm in my opinion & that's that. I had just barely recovered when I got the second shock—Vick! Then came the shock of her tabloid stories claiming they'd been dating for 5 months! Excuse me if I do not approve. I'm an Old w/ clearly defined ethical boundaries. Nice guys don't overlap relationships. That's cheating.

Since then I've been holding on in case I felt the need to say anything about FWBv2. I am so relieved that I like it. Even filtered thru my negative opinions of him as a person, I can still appreciate his musical genius. I'm very happy about that.

But that was not the end of being shocked. This happened on 1 June:

I thought Vick having nudes on the internet was a joke until I entered her name & the word "nudes" into Google Search. Oh wow! How dare I give away such deeply hidden search secrets? No one made a fuss when I joked about Calvin's dick pix on Twitter. Public information is public. There's no "weird conspiracy theories involved". Facts are facts.

Also, he's full of bullshit. Here's a screen shot of his Archive from this morning. Opting out of an Archive is the only way to "exclude" Google Search & he obviously still has one.

Then Supa did this:

Honestly. He's the one who was harassing me for posting stuff about Aarika. I switched that content to my side blog to avoid annoying him. Then he starts using trolls to trash talk about me & pulls this shit like he's a victim.

Wait!

You're wondering how I can see his Archive & can take screen shots of his content after he blocked me. First, Tumblr is dependent on Google Search to compile their Archive function. That's the down side of setting your blog to "private". Blocking only keeps me from directly visiting his blog or communicating w/ him. Second, years ago I made a bookmark to quickly access his Archive for reference. I was only slightly surprised that it still worked.

So yeah, all this time Anons were running back & forth telling tales, I could see them! And I saw how Supa responded by continuing to refer to me as crazy hater. That was his new theme & being allowed to drag me boosted his Anon content.

Then this happened on the morning of 7 July:

This Anon is outright trolling. I never "pretty much revealed" where they were because I never knew. All I ever said was Northern Italy, which doesn't exactly narrow down their location to a resort.

But here's the part that bothers me. Supa believed the troll! If I had gotten a similar message about him, I never would have believed it! Why should he think I would suddenly change the rules we all agreed upon years ago? Ah but, he was building up his theme & this Anon message served that purpose.

Then that evening this showed up...

Followed by realizing...

Calvin blocked me on IG!

Oddly, I wasn't shocked after a gang of people spent a month making me out to be a crazy hater. But why only IG? If he meant to exclude me, why wasn't I blocked on Twitter? But the strangest thing is: losing that access didn't interfere one bit w/ my blog's content. It was pretty remarkable to realize...

Calvin's IG was not a necessary source for my blog!

If Calvin did post something worth seeing, it got shared by half the people in his inner circle. Or I found it on TikTok AND Facebook! Most of my info comes from Google News Alerts.

You, too, can know as much as I did. The parameter that works is "Calvin Harris DJ". Otherwise, you get baseball players & criminals. I'm deleting my Alerts. If Calvin wants my attention, he'll have to do something that goes viral on Twitter or pops up under the Entertainment section of Google News.

I'm done w/ him & I'm done w/ this blog.

If you're interested in my personal journey, you know where to find me. If you absolutely need to talk to me do so via chat. Except for a small group of virtual friends, this chapter in my life is closed.

[sporksaber]

I dont know who did it, but a year or two ago I'd seen a bunch of drawings on tiktok of sarahlyn as an architect, having turned to a normal life as an adult. And I loved that, I thought it was great.

Today I saw a tiktok mention sextina aquafina, and I love the idea of her and sarah lyn meeting. So, AU idea:

Sarah lyn did her thing on horsing around, it was a gateway into her music career, she still does the oversexualized album at 18, but after her tour she stops. Maybe she gets burnt out, maybe she has a breakdown, but she cant stand doing it. A while passes, and herb ends up inviting her out and insisting on seeing her since he's heard she's been having a hard time. It takes some coaxing, she's very defensive at first, but she eventually opens up. She hates how out of control she feels, she doesnt know what shes doing. As a child she wanted to be an architect, but her family needed money and she wasnt even really allowed to go to school growing up. Herb asks if money was still an issue, and she realizes no, it's not. So she kind of drops off the face of the earth. Not completely, she's still easy to find, but she stops interacting with the press and the industry. And after the first few months they move on.

Sarahlyn also cuts off her family at this point. They push her to get back into the spotlight and quit college, but she refuses. And now that she finally has freedom and a support system, she can see how her family treated her was wrong. (Especially her step dad. It was harder to see with the industry treating her the same way when she was younger.)

So sarah lyn ends up very happy. She's still in contact with herb and sees the other horsing around kids at the get togethers he plans, but shes no longer apart of the industry in any way but the royalty fees she still receives.

Sextina aquafina is pretty much the same as in the show. When she's fourteen, having just amassed massive amounts of popularity, she's interviewed by a ryan Seacrest type. Sarahlyn is mentioned and sextina makes a comment about how her leaving the industry to go to college was bullshit.

After bojack regained mainstream popularity with his memoir and secretariat, people began to discus the other members of the horsing around cast and where they ended up. During this time a popular media source released a slam piece on Sarahlyn, based mostly around her looks and how much shes changed from the "teen sex icon," she used to be, and partly around trashing her profession and saying shes only successful because of her "assets."

Sextina saw the story blow up on twitter and decides to take the opposite stance. Says something along the lines of good for her, sis got that bag and her dream job, she doesnt care about what some loser has to say and why should she when shes doing so well, and you know what, shes still hot as hell rocking that nerd look.

[yukihime242]

It's been a while since I updated anything. Some reasons were due to unmotivation, busy, and family vacation.

In the span of four months, there were some significant changes made to my gaming progress. I may or may not share in greater details in a separate post, but in this post, I will be sharing about what are the updates that has been going on in my gaming journey.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the post.

1️⃣ Genshin Impact

(Picture Source: Eurogamer thru' Google Image Search)

Genshin Impact, by far, is the most active game in my list. I guess what motivates me to constantly play Genshin was the progress I am making in my character building progress.

Moreover, patch 4.7 just dropped two days ago and there was also a huge lore drop regarding the Abyss. As I had expected, we finally meet our Abyss sibling face-to-face one more time. Well, I am not going to dive into the details because firstly, I have yet to play the story myself, just saw some clips on TikTok, and secondly, spoilers.

There are many things I want to talk about regarding this new story, but it will have to wait until I am done with the story myself to confirm my pre-hypothesis to the future of the game and such.

2️⃣ Honkai Star Rail

(Picture Source: PlayStation.blog thru' Google Image Search)

It saddens me to say that I will be quitting Honkai Star Rail. While I like the turn-based-battle style, the game itself just isn't it for me.

I like the story, I like the characters, but I just don't feel the urge to log in and play the game as frequently as I wish I would be as I did with Genshin. I don't know is it because I like Genshin more, but whenever I thought of logging into HSR, I just prefer to do other things.

I think part of the reason of not feeling motivated to log in and play the game could be because the game doesn't support open-world exploration given how it is build. I feel like this is a shame because given how beautiful the world is, we are restricted by many things, such as jumping and climbing.

Anyway, I am not here to dive into details (which I am not sure of myself) but just to give an update that I am no longer playing HSR. I guess the silver lining would be that I have yet to remove the game from my other mobile devices so possibly I may return in the future?

3️⃣ Sky Children of the Light

(Picture Source: ThatSkyGame thru' Google Image Search)

I know I said I quit the game. But the reason I keep going back is because I have this bucket list I want to fulfill in this game. And that is to accumulate 1000 candles.

In case some of you are not sure what candles I am talking about, candles are basically the in-game currency of Sky, similar to your mora in Genshin.

I shared this wish list of mine on the Facebook community, and some very kind souls started calculating for me how long it would take for me to gather 1000 candles. Surprisingly it is not that long (think within a couple of months), but the issue is I don't play it every day.

Another delay to my journey was a particular Traveling Spirit (Past seasonal spirits that will allow you to purchase their cosmetics from them) appeared. This spirit, I call him Cheese Coat, did not make any appearance for the past 3 years, according to some of the senior veterans. When Cheese Coat appeared, I decided to spend all of my candles to get my very own Cheese Coat.

I finally managed to get my candles back up, past the 100 candles threshold. But ever since then, I have yet to log in...

4️⃣ Wuthering Waves

(Picture Source: IGN thru' Google Image Search)

Wuthering Waves was released very recently and many Genshin players went over to play it. The feedback was extremely positive. I have caught wind of this game long ago and it has been on my list of games to try ever since.

I manage to download the game but I have yet to actually play it. I am excited to go play it as I have been seeing many of the popular Genshin Streamers playing the game as well.

Let's hope I have the time to juggle between Genshin and Wuthering.

5️⃣ Hogwarts Legacy

(Picture Source: TechRadar thru' Google Image Search)

I... kinda forgot about this game... So while I did play the game, it was technically only in the beginning...

I guess now I have to restart the entire game because firstly, I chose the wrong house... Secondly, I need to get use to the controls again.

Anyway, the game is extremely fun to play and I hope I would be active enough to see myself near to the end of the game before Hogwarts Legacy 2 comes out.

[will-pilled]

Yeah not adding more notes to that post

@cbktsjwti I lazily compiled some things I had gotten from a conversation with a friend. Obviously there is more you could find, but these are things I already had on hand. I could and maybe will add more at a later date.

The regret rate has also been going down due to funding of research and the social acceptance of transgender individuals increasing. The best way to minimize regret would be to better understand how such a surgery functions and how gender dysphoria works.

Other items:

The first result when searching for hospitals that preform gender transition surgery was an extremely biased article citing Libs of Tiktok as a source, which I don't think I should have to explain why that is horrible when this is the same woman mocking a transgender child being beaten and later dying (either from injuries or suicide, I'm unsure at the moment.)

I'd also like to point out my own exp. and how I spent YEARS (13+) doing literally every single other thing except transitioning and ONLY transitioning helped me. I'm not some case of "oh I saw it on TikTok and decided I was trans within a month." I spent YEARS convincing myself I wasn't and doing everything in the book to avoid it. Not to mention several friends with different transition stories, faster and slower and in the middle, who all had the same outcome.

Also don't judge the tabs open lol, most of them are sources/research and then mistakenly clicking on an ad or looking for specific shit. They're from weeks ago LOL.

Anyone can correct any bad sources for me and please do so respectfully and don't be a jerk.

[techpedo]

Google Working to Fix Gemini AI as CEO Sundar Pichai Calls Some Responses 'Unacceptable'

Google is working to fix its Gemini AI tool, CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in a note on Tuesday, saying some of the text and image responses generated by the model were "biased" and "completely unacceptable".The company had last week paused the use of its tool that creates images of people following inaccuracies in some historical depictions generated by it.Pichai told employees that some of the tool's responses offended its users and had shown bias."Our teams have been working around the clock to address these issues. We're already seeing a substantial improvement on a wide range of prompts... And we'll review what happened and make sure we fix it at scale," he said.The company now plans to relaunch Gemini AI in the next few weeks. News website Semafor first reported the news, which was later confirmed by a Google spokesperson.Since the launch of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022, Alphabet-owned Google has been racing to create a rival AI software.It released the generative AI chatbot Bard a year ago. Earlier this month Google renamed it Gemini and rolled out paid subscription plans, which users could choose for better reasoning capabilities from the AI model.Last week, social media platform Reddit struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's artificial intelligence models.The contract with Alphabet-owned Google is worth about $60 million (roughly Rs. 497 crore) per year, according to a source familiar with the matter.The deal underscores how Reddit, which is preparing for a high-profile stock market launch, is seeking to generate new revenue amid fierce competition for advertising dollars from the likes of TikTok and Meta Platform's Facebook.© Thomson Reuters 2024Google I/O 2023 saw the search giant repeatedly tell us that it cares about AI, alongside the launch of its first foldable phone and Pixel-branded tablet. This year, the company is going to supercharge its apps, services, and Android operating system with AI technology. We discuss this and more on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts. Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details.For details of the latest launches and news from Samsung, Xiaomi, Realme, OnePlus, Oppo and other companies at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, visit our MWC 2024 hub. Read the full article

[missnobodymadness]

I need some help here... So, on my first research, I deduced that Suguru Geto was 19 when he massacred the village and started his cult, however, somehow, after a TikTok video I saw, who claimed him to be 17 at the time, I decided to do research again and...why the fuck every single site told me he was 19 the first time and now all of them say he was 17?!

So now I am here wondering what I should do...the scene I talked about a while ago, between my OC and him, has lots of meaning to me and a big impact on her story and I really don't want to change it but now I am feeling a bit worried about being judged for it because it contains sexual intercourse that is very important for that scene in question and I'd hate to change it, it would take away all the meaning of it.

You see, both characters are the same age, Jiyu is just a few months younger than Suguru, HOWEVER, I am a 31 years old human and I know how *certain people* feel about this shit, so I am afraid for my own safety, even though I never really intended to write the sexual intercourse part, I only mention they spend that night together (I don't really write explicit things, I am not here for that LMAO).

I am wondering if anyone from the JJK fandom has a source to the official timeline? I can only find wiki pages and reddit posts but none have sources, I really want to confirm this as I've also seen some people debating that he was 18-19 instead, I mean, Suguru was totally changed in that scene, he looked way older than his 16 years old scenes.

Here is an example...

Is Suguru's age actually official? Do we have the official date of the massacre? *screams*

I feel like I am too old to worry about this shit but I am fucking afraid of these little insects. :'D

[asakurahaos]

I saw that a song from my country was on the daily viral songs on spotify and its been there for days so today i finally checked it out, really liked it and its been in my head since.. later i went on tiktok (no related reason) and one of the first videos used that song so i was like, oh now it makes sense, thats why its trending!

Then i went to the sound to check the videos using the song, found why its gone viral outside my country and now i kinda want to erase it all from my brain

Didnt wanna put this in the main part bc its heavy

So, a month ago a kid came to school and shot a guard, his classmates and teacher and some of them died. The kid had it all planned out and thought he wouldnt be punished by law as hes 13(14?) and at that age he cant be held accountable, apparently. Hes locked up in an institution tho, idk where thats gonna lead but i hope he end up getting judged as an adult bc of the way he planned it, bc of all the things they found during bacground check and bc, if the sources are right, hes hyperintelligent. Even if that last bit is wrong, this kid knew exactly what he was doing, and should be judged for that imo

That inspired another dude to go on a killing spree of his own and he hopped town to town and shot whoever pissed him off

All of this hurt us deeply, as nothing like this had ever happened here before, and ppl have been peacefully protesting against.. well, a bunch of stuff rly, but i dont wanna make this too long. The protests are massive though (and out gvmnt is switching between making fun of them, calling them 'angry mobs' and saying that the nr of people is wildly overestimated)

Anyways, back to the song

Its apparently been used on a lot of tiktoks (and maybe other places) in relation to the first crime and quite a few ppl from my country associate it w the killings and dont like the song being used by foreigners

So now im bummed out by the song itself (its a sad song + was probably popular w the kids who died so thats why it was used), by the memories of seeing news of both killings, by the knowledge that one of my cousins' friends was killed, the protests and the politicians reactions to all of it

Also. While the initial protest wasnt as large, the gvmnt claimed it had 'what, a thousandish people?' but it was far more than that. Its estimated that the latest protest had 50-60k people attending. The gvmnt is still trying to convince us they werent as large and that the anti gvmnt media is lying.

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Armie Hammer Documentary Series Shares House of Hammer Shocking Family Secrets

President Ronald Reagan points to Armand Hammer, while Soviet leader Michael Gorbachev looks at him with a smile. Much of the context is provided by Armie’s aunt, Casey Hammer, 62, who also serves as a consultant on the series. Her self-published memoirs in 2015 Survive my acquired It caught the attention of filmmakers Elie Hakami and Julian B. Hobbs after it went viral on TikTok. “I felt like the universe was giving me a platform with Armie’s inner blast,” Hammer says. the age And the Sydney Morning Herald. “I knew I could give the press an audio clip, which they wanted, or I could tell the story right. “In the end, I wanted to be an advocate for the victims.” The alleged victims are the most shocking moment in hammer house, no more than Hammer’s ex-girlfriend Courtney Voskovitch; She remembers once asking to “break my rib and roast and eat it”. However, it is impossible to ignore that Evie, the poster behind the Instagram account who is arguably the notorious Hammer victim, refused to get involved, telling Los Angeles Times The chain was “exploitative”. “Everyone who wanted to participate was invited, and if you don’t want to, that’s fine too; I don’t know what Evie is going through,” Hammer says. “It’s hard for social media to be public about this, haters end up deciding your fate, so I understand Evie’s reluctance to continue sharing.” Hammer’s participation was motivated by a desire to highlight her family’s checkered history which includes a history of control, excess and cover-up. Casey Hammer (top right) with the Hammer family including Armie (center). We were the perfect family on the outside, rich and successful; it was perfect, but beneath the surface, it was a nightmare, like Succession But it says worse. “In my family, men were important and women were not. They were disposable, and based on experience of how men treat women in my family, I am not surprised by the allegations against ARMY.” Across the three episodes, there are examples of Armie Hammer’s supposed appetite for control. At one point he is alleged to have carved his initials into one of his victims to see what it would look like. And this is the kind of twisted experience that Casey Hammer says she suffered at the hands of her father, Julian. “I was 11 and had to hold a phone book while my dad shot it to see if the bullet would go through,” Hammer says. “That was my nature.” Armie’s aunt became estranged from the Hammer family after being mostly ignored in her grandfather’s multi-million dollar will in 1990, which was said to be worth about $800 million ($A1.25 billion). Despite being close to the young star growing up, she hadn’t seen ARMY in quite some time. The last time I saw ARMY was 15 years ago when my mother passed away. She was the glue, and up until that point, we’d all been in touch. Armie’s aunt Casey Hammer sheds light on her family’s long history of abuse at House of Hammer. Casey also served as a consultant on the series. ARMY also brought Elizabeth Chalmers, who was his fiancée at the time. The couple separated in mid-2020, six months before the first allegations surfaced. Chalmers has since admitted watching hammer housedescribing it as “heartbreaking on many levels and deeply distressing.” “I’m sorry Elizabeth has to go through this; it’s very hard being around in this family,” Hammer says. The current one is the best Armie Hammer can hope for right now, with social network The star is said to be selling his timeshare system in the Cayman Islands to make ends meet. Despite the seriousness of the allegations against her nephew, Hammer hopes he can rehabilitate. “I hope ARMY can recover,” she says. “But he needs to be held accountable, acknowledge what he did and take steps to compensate with the people who have harmed them.” hammer house It is now streaming on Binge. Source link Originally published at Melbourne News Vine

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