I don't know if it's just me, but are they gradually dumbing down Rick's character for the sake of keeping the show popular?

I got extreme Peter Griffin vibes from this episode, and I feel like in general he's a lot less sharp and cool gritty and witty and "unconventional" the way that he was the first couple of seasons. He wasn't an easy character to "swallow" in a lot of ways so to speak, and I feel like he's gradually getting dumber, more cloudy around the edges, less sharp and more conventional and shallow with a lot of the things that he says. He feels extremely typical sometimes this season-like more of the character that people would watch because the character doesn't challenge their headspace in any kind of way, and is someone that encourages their complacent drunk dead personality.

The character used to say things that was really unpopular, or at the very least would occasionally say things that would make people uncomfortable (just things like "if you know how you're going to die because of how boring your life is then you're not even alive" and just things that challenged at the boring drunk complacent status quo that most American sitcom characters are), was an extreme breath of fresh air in terms of how sharp he was and how he wasn't afraid to challenge everything even if it was just in a TV show character kind of way, and it's one of the things that stuck out about me about him the most, especially as someone who is mentally ill and feels detached from most of American culture.

I might just be in a bad mood, but I genuinely feel like Rick feels less sharp and "unconventional"and is starting to feel increasingly more dumb, dopey and easy to swallow as a character.

I still love him and I always will, and sometimes I find it endearing, but this episode in particular felt like he was just being a dumb genuine and boring drunk (really just in terms of the scene with Beth, but considering that the episodes are only about 22 minutes, there isn't a lot of elbow room to work with, especially considering most of this episode was summer screen time).

The only reason why I care so much is because of Rick is one of the very few characters I've ever been genuinely connected with, so I'm just worried that Rick as a character is going down to gradual slippery slope of just becoming an American extremely overly dumbed it down product. The show was so gritty and real and raw and a lot of ways for the first three to four seasons and kept that touch up to season 6, but this season just feels like they're gradually going into "American Dad" type feeling territory, and I'm vaguely worried a little bit about my connection to the show. Especially as someone that does not connect to things easily or ever at all really. And partially because everything is so dumbed down and doesn't seem to have any and genuine philosophy behind it except of being another brainless thing for people to consume to pass the time.

I feel like some of you have forgotten your feelings and identities are not the end-all be-all and that other people actually Also have thoughts and feelings that have to be taken into consideration 💀

steam is removing ARS as a currency this is it friend i'm never seeing an indie game in my life again unless i pirate it lmao

The idea of my work getting scraped for AI garbage is nasty but I do have to remind myself that my work is mediocre anime shit at best that nobody in their right mind would want to recreate/copy so that's slightly comforting lmao

And Glazing the shit out of my work to poison those data sets would be quite fun too ngl

(But yeah the most frustrating part would be knowing that even if I started Glazing anything new I posted, even if I deleted all my old work, every single reblog would still exist and be out of my control)

Hey from your description I think it's a really good idea for you to seek treatment for OCD yeah. spoken as someone who thought they didn't have it and had a complete spiral less than 24 hours ago. you may be coping but you should still get treatment.

Yeah, I'm leaning towards seeking a diagnosis, it's just difficult because finding an therapist who takes my insurance, won't be weird about my various other identites, and is actually specialized in OCD is not a small challenge, even in a bigger city.

It honestly hadn't even occurred to me that some of my behaviors might not be normal until I read Maria Bamfords new book and some of her descriptions of having OCD hit way too close to home, so I'm still kind of fresh on the idea that OCD might be a thing that I have.

Thank you for your input, it is genuinely helpful to hear from someone who's experienced it that the things I'm identifying as red flags, are infact red flags, and not just me being over anxious.

redditors are so fucking weird, sometimes they don't even know what hill they're dying on all they know is that they're gonna die on it for sure

vent; cw for family death, shunning

if you were wondering if jws will stoop low enough to shun someone at their nana's funeral then the answer is yes and i hope watchtower burns and the governing body die

*cough* the funny thing about logging on reddit sometimes is that you will get people who think it's absolutely autism that a man shits on someone's cake and then the same people on a vent post of an absolutely terrible autism parent would be like, supporting eugenics.

damn i dunno what it is about this week but i keep getting kicked down over and over again

I'm gonna be real here in a way that pains me. Finally listened to the new episode of DnDaddies and it was the first time I questioned whether I want to continue or not. The one before this already left me on the meh side but this one was way too fucking much. It didn't feel authentic or even diegetic. It felt like Game of Thrones season 8 Danaerys shock factor bad.

i’m on the brink of a Thanksgiving Nap so sorry if this doesn’t make any sense but like...i’m logging on here and seeing all this byler discourse and analysis into every nook and cranny, seeing reddit people trying to disprove it and all these in-depth arguments and it’s just sad. not because people are analyzing it ofc, analyzing is fun and the people on here are really good at it

it’s just that there shouldn’t have to be all of this accumulated proof and still people doubt and deny just because. like we’ve all said before, if will (or mike) was a girl, people would have clocked byler in season 2, if not 1.

all of this argument and analysis and denial is just because it’s two boys. people can’t comprehend the possibility that, on a show that has two canon gay characters on it already, that a main gay ship could happen.

if byler were a straight ship--or jancy or jopper or lumax had as much proof as byler has, even before they got together--no one would doubt it, no questions asked.

since you asked, here are some inordinary thoughts in no particular order:

💐those genius/pitchfork interview things just. ellie doing a tiny little bit of press and talking to joel (who is behind the camera. not a single person in the crew can belive The joel miller is just. there. giving moral support)

💐outsider povs in general!!! i feel like people would be absolutely obsessed with their dynamic (similar to how people are (healthily) obsessed with pedro and bella)

💐the absolute nightmare that it must be to be admitted to a hospital as a celebrity. think the infamous taylor swift/harry styles car crash. just the nerves of the person being alright mixed with the anxiety of it not getting out to tabloids.

💐and finally the unbelievably awkward concept of writing, recording and producing a sex song with your father figure

obviously you don't have to use any of these!!! they've just been rattling around my head a little bit gndndkdj ily sandy 💗💗💗💗

YES TO ALL OF THIS

love joel just being there, just a constant support for interviews and when anyone asks him absolutely anything "no comment". oh I think the hospital point would work quite nicely with the last ask....

QUITE NICELY INDEED

Ngl it is mad funny seeing some people get so mad about G/B seemingly solely as a spite reaction to it being popular... it's a relationship with obvious chemistry, a significant impact to both character's arcs, and wide support so thats egg on you, but also it's a 30 year old TV show. Not only is it not worth getting mad about there are plenty of other fan communities you can go to that don't focus on it.

Gosh, I know the drama about Lea Michele and Glee and then the drama surrounding Funny Girl revival which is such a hot mess. Beanie Feldstein shouldn't have gotten the job but nepo baby everyone!!!! Everyone raging over eventual Lea Michele casting is also woww especially because the Glee behind the scene problem was still quite fresh on public's minds.

After watching POTO then I also know Ramin is the male lead. Man, I keep gasping and wtf-ing watching the recap of the drama (as in the drama surrounding not the musical itself) on youtube videos and then reading through comments and threads on reddit. I feel slightly bad that people especially on reddit were gossiping everything about Funny Girl and they open every Ramin's cards there including the Rierra thingy which I honestly wanna know more and now I sort of know more but at what cost (sigh). I still have so many questions though but I don't know who to ask or even to talk about Rierra. Ugh, Amber Ardolino for fucks sake, I know she's an influencer but of all pics she could use as her pfp it's gotta be when she watched Harmony...haaa ofc. No wonder he took the Italy job, good for him. He looked so knackered.

I'm glad at least now it's over by the time I arrive to the fandom. He got booked af too, maybe thanks to this(?). Also, this is why you don't ship real person (but I already did anyway, several times hehe).

Rierra...ugh, I give up. I need someone to talk to. Please!!! What the hell is going on??? This is beyond the "shippers are crazy and things got blown out of proportion" problem because I've been in situation where I am the crazy shipper (and later realize it), I've also seen people crack shipping real people to disturbing level, I've shipped RP and saw it crumbling before my eyes too, and then I also in the position where I feel vindicated that my RP ship is real and going stronger and stronger whether it's right in my face or through something cryptical or easy to miss unless you look deeper. This is something different.

i thought reddit were more down to earth, no!, this is not being down to earth, they are just rude...just rude!/jerks!, it-was-only-supposed-to-be a text saying that the pak mei form should have on Nintendo switch.........i have a fucking fuss/fighting magnet for some fuckin reason on this shit💢🔥 anything I say on this shit site appears a bunch of motherfuckers to disagree or complain about something, trying to be the known at alls, don't mess with me, that i don't mess with you, if you gonna bite/come to me with bad heart shitty comments, i will bite you too(and i will bite HARD), don't try me, i not in my best state of spirit🔥💢, you so coward and dumbass that you need a bunch dumbass homies like you to defend your shitty behaviour/comments so you feel right/in power, whata hell, i just do/write things on my own little way if don't like/don't have patient to read it, FUCK YOU!, so you not the person to read this, it makes me feel sad how such a cool game like sifu attract such motherfuckers(come on ana i already know/notice that since the moment that the game released (february 2022), don't get so surprised, gamers/fight game community is shitty), stop, stop, stop with this, i used to thought the same thing with lis2 on 2020/weird diazcest and extremist anti phase, i shouldn't take this things from heart, shitty people will always exist on things that you like(it's not the things fault, don't blame them, Ana)

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