#they're online friends just like us

[smoozie]

Do people actually think ccs call each other by their real names off camera/irl? Unless they knew each other irl first (ie Impulse and Skizz) these guys are 100% calling each other by their gamertags. If you guys met ur online friends irl would u start calling them their real names??

[averlym]

pleaaase may i have 28 and 29 aramour angst ✨ i crave it

28: “Move out of my way before I make you.” // 29: “You deserve better.” (prompt list here)

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[quasi-normalcy]

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[imperial-agent]

i realize how little i have in common with my peers simply because im not constantly on tik tok/instagram/facebook 👴

[horsemage]

I think we should bring back basic etiquette lessons such as shutting the fuck up when you’re watching a movie in a group that is not exclusively your friend group 🙂

[whoviandoodler]

you ever go into a tag for a show or whatever and find several painstakingly created gif sets from interviews with the actors where they're just like. fully mocking fans? talking about them like they're the most despicable thing on this earth kind of bitter mocking. and on the one hand you're like, okay, i get it, fans can really be shit and get overly parasocial and think you owe them something beyond the work you created but on the other it's like. bro this makes me not want to engage with anything you do at all. ever. you don't have to sing your fans praises but you can do them the basic courtesy of professionalism and not ridiculing the entirety of everyone who both engages with your creative work and whose interest ultimately results in your paycheck.

[eclaire-went-bam]

hiii:33!! friendly reminder that someone can enjoy a character that has done heinous things and not support said heinous things

usually when a character does Bad Things in a narrative (espec if they're not the protagonist) it is Portrayed As Bad so people who enjoy the character Likely Know They Are Bad

& either way harassing people over enjoying a fictional character is just really childish

if you don't like the character, that is perfectly valid. but there's never any reason to characterise everyone who likes said character as Evil, and/or imply they condone the character's negative actions.

also sometimes i look at internet discourse and it's like people want morally grey characters but then turn around when "morally grey" is not always "i have my own rules but i still make all the right choices !!" some of y'all just need to admit you just like good characters that's fine not everyone is into the spice it's ok to like that good protagonist energy

;;;not saying every character i'm referring to fits in that "morally grey" category, some are just evil villains, but even then i'm sorry 90% of ur stories wouldn't exist without them. they drive the plot.

[mockturtletale]

"#also jesus christ who was going to tell me taylor hall is a blackhawk now" He's a WHAT NOW?? 😂😅 that was a surprise

right???? i peaced out of hockey fandom like ... 8 years ago, now? and that fandom was a massively formative one for me, so a ton of my friends are friends i made there and while most of them have moved on too, a few still post hockey crumbs every now and then but no one thought to tell me that taylor hall is a chicago blackhawk now!!!!!!!!!!!

before this ask, i would have been completely willing and able to convince myself that finding that out last night had been a dream. like in WHAT UNIVERSE.

several of the rosters i glanced through yesterday did serious psychological damage to me, honestly.

the NHL is like the most unhinged scripted drama i've ever even very very sparingly been aware of.

[sealovinq]

i need friends /gen (slight rant in tags)

[blue-jester]

I feel sick

[mysunshine-youremoonlight]

it still feels odd to look at my friends profiles...

[bewby]

the urge to be seen so badly but also terrified of being perceived because you're always on edge because you are so convinced everyone will turn around to reject you anyway ALL The time because you're inherently annoying and unlikable 👍🏻👍🏻 i hate living like this i hate being so afraid of being judged for everything i hate knowing people see me but i also want to be seen so badly because i want friends and i want to be happy and not lonely. my brain is aboutto fucking explode oh my God

[icewindandboringhorror]

everyday I miss miitomo .. aaa

[bunnyboy-juice]

i hope all my friends who i don't talk to as much as i wish i did know they're constantly in my thoughts

[bogunicorn]

i have like 5 posts in my drafts about that therapy-speak article, but they distill down to "half of it was legit, half of it was obnoxious whining, you are not owed anyone's attention, especially if you aren't at a certain level of emotional intimacy with them to begin with, why do y'all want exit interviews with people who clearly dislike you so goddamn much".

anyway ghosting is like... fine, actually. most people don't ghost out of nowhere, and frankly the desire to have someone DM you and explain all the shit wrong with you instead of just peacing out and making their issues with you Not Your Problem is a little screwy to me.

but also i'm convinced that at least half of the people who are like "at least tell me why you don't like me" actually mean "i would rather you feel obligated to sit there and take it while i tell you what a shitbag you are for not wanting to be my friend", but they know it makes them sound like an asshole.

[spushii]

something frustrating that happens a lot with communities that are openly leftist is when cops or nazis etc inevitably worm their way into those spaces and people are genuinely confused as to how or why because they're so openly detested. because you'd think at some point people would learn that not even open hostility is going to drive all of those people away and the only way to truly deal with them is to stamp them out as they come.