#im feeling..... too millenial...!!!
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still in a very nostalgic mood
#fanart#knd#codename kids next door#3x4#i used to rewatch that beach episode on demand tv lmao... oh no#im feeling..... too millenial...!!!
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f1 graphic designers when we make alpine graphics
#i feel like a millenial using a disney quote BUT tell me im wrong#I've seen MULTIPLE mutuals talk abt it n i do it myself too so I'm gonna be a cringe disney adult for a sec#im not a disney adult btw#kyle.txt#kinda am but kinda am not#NOT THE POINT
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me and a friend are watching nim.on.a and i know i shouldnt judge before its finished but um.
#its so tumblr millenial humour i cant HANDLE THIS he says its marvel esque#the main character is not likeable im so sorry#but this just feel like its. 8 years too late.#floyd.txt
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Was going to post Jamie’s bio as a reward for getting stuff done, buuutt, his long form backstory is like 2k words and not finished. So I’m going to have to do some editing before posting it.
#ooc#yall ready for 90s trash?#cause it's 90s trash#illuminations (the working title for the thiing he's from) is set n the 90s but he's a teenager then#so im aging him to ten years after the fact and going to keep the vaguely 90s small town aesthetic and feel#but not really heavily lean into it too much#he can just be a younger millenial/older gen z kid who fixated too much on the decade#I make zero apologes for bringing back The Boy albeit in a very modified way
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I don't know why but I'm always so anxious to sit next to someone, especially kids
#im only 15 but i feel like like one of those millenials that diss 13 year olds over eminem#like wtf am i supposed to do though#am i supposed to be a role model#like hi there fella#or like am i supposed to just remain extremely still and try to become part of the surroundings#i try to do that but i just look really weird because i forget to to breathe sometimes so its just my stupid ass gulping air#like i feel like im supposed to do something#like there's a way i should act#strangers were really nice to me as a kid which made me feel brighter#but then i became too trusting and it really was a miracle i never got snatched to be honest#bruh im still trusting like y would u hurt me its not that deep im just out here living tbh and i just dont feel like assuming bad thigns#like i dont expect you to be a fiend lmao#i keep my circle joyous and whimsy so i dont consider being double crossed
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The fact that my reaction to “I mixed up Tuesday and Thursday so I have nothing to do for 2 hours” with “ima get starbucks and read Naruto fanfiction” really says a lot about me I think.
#personal#i feel Stupid lol but also i cant go home bc class isin 2 hours so#-shrug emoji-#mostly im upset I spent money on coffee and fodd#and the train ride here and back from suburgatory#which..probably also tells you something about me#mostly that im a millenial and Jesus The Economy#nah but fr i wanna cry why ami like this lmao;A;#( i had a meeting on Thursday...that i thought was today#..yeah idk)#my parents are gonna be pissed too and thats also :x bc imma have to tell them i spent money on the train/complicated shit for nothing#and have to do it again on Thurs#...yeah imma go read now
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10 More Booktok Books I Refuse To Read
Why am I doing this again? Well, I'm a bitch and feel like I've been rating books very highly lately so I need an outlet for the hater energy. Trying to keep the blog chaotic neutral!
*Disclaimer: If you like any of these books, slay! I'm happy for you! These are just my own consumer choices, and imo negative book reviews are just as helpful as positive ones!*
1. Twisted Love (& Series)
will HATE the love intrest
heard its a little incelly
too straight for my gay ass
as an Anna, I cannot condone this spelling so out of principle I will not read her books <3
2. The Fine Print (& Series)
Crusty billionaires aren't sexy
I repeat its too straight for my gay ass
I was born on December 5th which is the same day Walt Disney died and idk I just feel weird about it
eat the rich
I've had another one of Lauren Ashers books on my TBR for like a year and I keep putting off reading it (even tho its about F1 and Im obsessed with F1) so theres no hope of me reading and enjoying one about something I dont care about
3. A Little Life
I have enough mental illness without reading this book
I have enough queer trauma without reading this book
I'm not okay enough to read this book
Seriously though, this would be way too triggering for me and im chosing to prioritize my mental health over reading popular and critically acclaimed works (you all should too <3)
4. One Of Us Is Lying
I don't typically like Y/A thrillers
generally doesnt intrest me -> im getting tired of thrillers and have started leaning towards straight up horror
I HATE the cover
5. Inheritance Games
I've been burnt out of this genre/type of book since the 2000s-2010s dystopian craze
my housemate hated it and I trust his opinion
6. Lightlark
...do I really need to say anything
7. House In The Cerulean Sea
white author profiting off of indigenous trauma
mishandling of indigenous genocide (i.e the 60's scoop)
paints the residential school system as "not that bad"
I know the above books haven't been that serious but this one absolutely is and I will link information and resources in the comments. I put this one so low because I know if it was first people would just skip this whole post and potentially not look into the history of why this book is problematic.
8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
theres too much hype and i don't want to be dissapointed
9. The Love Hypothesis
galaxy leggings
I wont be able to overlook the cringy millenial humor
it will transport me back to 2016 (in a bad way...see above)
im too gay for that (I can be convinced to read bride tho👀)
10. From Blood and Ash
I have no good reasons tbh
the cover triggers my fight or flight
im not a series girlie (gender neutral) -> duologies are on thin ice
#some of these arent serious#idk which ones#you tell me#bookblr#book blog#reading#booktok#bookish#books and reading#goodreads#anti booktok#anti book club#im a hater#too gay for this#books i wont read#anti haul#i survived the dystopian craze#house in the cerulean sea controversy
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Nobody talks abt that weird gap between millenial and gen z to be born from like 1997 to 2001 where u really dont feel like u belong to either generation cause like im too old to be addicted to tiktok but too young to remember the 90s, but i remember upgrading from a flip phone to a smart phone and watching blockbuster die yknow what i mean
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HELLO and welcome to my rant about the PJO TV show
in honor of season 2 being announced, here is everything i loved and everything that needs to change.
i would like to preface this by saying that while my overall rating for the season was 7.5/10, the rating of each individual episode vary WILDLY, and there are reasons. even so, i still loved the show and cannot wait for season two.
STUFF I LOVED:
THE CASTING <3 <3 they have my whole heart all of them.
percy and sally's relationship
the little allusions to future books
episodes 1-3 *chefs kiss*
the design of the world and the monsters they looked SO GOOD
the changes to the conflicts and interactions, especially medusa and the tunnel of love
LIN MANUEL MIRANDA
the poseidon and sally scene. you know the one.
the gods speaking ancient greek YES
the fact that poseidons mom is proffessor mcgonnegal lmao
2X RICK CAMEOOOO
the dream sequences
oh golly, the roads gettin bumpy cause i got me some friends--
"i am impertinent" DIRECT BOOK QUOTE HELLO
"guess i'll lose my dessert privileges" DIRECT BOOK QUOTE PT. 2 ALSO CLARRISSE?????
the ares fight. i thought it would be cheesy but nope. massive W
the fact that this is my favorite book series <3
okay. now that that's out of the way.
the main problem was the directing.
series that use multiple directors (different ones for different episodes) are never good imo. when you're building a world u can't have clashing perspectives on what that world looks and feels like. bc of this, most of the season just felt empty. the riordanverse is set in our world, yes, but theres such a specific tone and vibe of this world in the books that was entirely absent in the show. the only time i even slightly felt it was in the first two episodes, and, what do u know, those were both directed by James Bobin, a veteran director of kid and teen shows.
on top of that, the structure was entirely too stiff. each episode was obvious: here is a monster, we know exactly who it is, this is why they're bad, and this is how we defeat them (usually with no fight scene, might i add, even tho there were multiple fights in the book). there was no SUSPENSE. every episode felt exactly the same, even though each monster is supposed to give us a different feeling. the first time i truly noticed this was in episode 5. the lotus casino felt SO flat. i was really disappointed, since that situation offers so many feeling and conflicts, and those were all ignored. AND THE BIGGEST MOMENT IN THE SEASON, the luke betrayal, THERE WAS NO BETRAYAL? percy just FIGURES IT OUT??? the fight was great, but that did not sit right with me.
2) why is this written by millenials omfg (and the characterization was off)
dude. percy jackson saying "period" in a serious context is NOT HOW THAT WORD IS COLLOQUIALLY USED. same thing with "i think we're going to have to be detectives here 🤓". These kids are supposed to be gen z in the show. Did they not get ANY gen z readers? or even just longtime fans to approve that yes, these characters are speaking how they're supposed to? im a gen z kid, and this pained me. this leads into my bigger issue with how the characters were depicted. lets talk abt it shall we!
tell my why annabeth chase wasn't a know it all. shes supposed to be the smartest girl in the room, always trying to prove it, not just to other people but herself too, that she comes off as a bossy know it all in the first book and we love her for it. so WHY was percy the one explaining EVERY SINGLE MYTH. go back and watch it. annabeth doesn't explain a single monster, or myth, or situation, or ANYTHING. i LOVE leah sava jeffries and i know she knows what she's doing, but the writing is entirely against her. tell my why the only times i really felt like annabeth's personality was written into the scene was the candy scene, the "are we under arrest", and at waterland. every other little piece of her was offered by leah, not the writers, so THANK YOU to leah sava jeffries and nobody else.
on the flip side of that, percy knew way too much, and they somehow made him clueless about the wrong things? he explained nearly every myth and monster, but couldn't understand that other people also have a bad relationship with their godly parents. like, he was surprised by annabeth and luke when he found out that the gods didn't care, which makes zero sense since he's so angry about his own dad not being in his life? it's really supposed to be the other way around-- clueless about the myth world but sure about parental relationships. i guess i can sort of see how this character change contributes to the plot, but i don't like it.
meanwhile grover has now been diminished to a comedy relief. the only times he did anything substancial was when he tricked ares, and the conclusion of which turned out to be wrong anyways, so there wasn't even any point. (also the getting percy kicked out of school part, which i don't have any critiques of). justice for grover man.
3) why. why is percabeth like this.
okay.
i love percabeth. i think the kids nailed it. i'm loving the slowburn. but why are they changing the relationship trajectory???? again, a writing issue.
one of the biggest and most important scenes, which is even alluded to in later books, is the oreo scene in the Kindness international truck. Missing. annabeth saying "because you're my friend, seaweed brain, anymore stupid questions?" gone. the suspense of not knowing anything about each other and still choosing to protect each other? not the same at all, because annabeth tells him her entire life story in episode 4, and for what? WRITERS, WHY ARE YOU MESSING WITH PERFECTION.
on top of that, some of the other relationships were just not developed enough. i ADORED the sally and little percy flashbacks-- sally percy relationship is on point. but luke and annabeth? annabeth struggled for the whole series with her brother-like figure, who she did everything for, and the understanding that he's now evil. that's a plotline that's super important to me specifically, and we had almost zero buildup of their relationship. and again, for what? that could have been fixed in ONE scene, just one where they're alone and talking to each other (and also, that could have been where we the audience learn a little about annabeths past, instead of changing her character, who's supposed to be very guarded, so tell percy her whole life story after knowing him for like a week). and THEN, the fact that they just skipped from the betrayal to percy leaving? no emotions? no discussion with chiron?? no annabeth realizing she's lost her brother??? i don't understand it.
also, percy and grover. we didn't see enough of their bromance. i don't have specific recipts for this one, just a feeling. i missed their friendship.
anywho.
MY FINAL STATS FOR PJO SEASON 1:
Episode 1: 9.5/10 (would be 10, but gabe wasn't right)
Episode 2 AND 3: 10/10
Episode 4: 6/10
Episode 5: 8/10
Episode 6: 4/10
Episode 7: 7/10
Episode 8: 9/10
writing this was exhausting. if you're still here, tysm, love u
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Helloooo!!! I was looking for inspo for my own visual novel a little while back, it's set in a ballroom so eventually the keywords lead me to discovering save the last dance (and itch.io in general im a total noob to this lmao) i dont know what it was but it just like took a vice grip around me INSTANTLYY.
So I downloaded the main game today and I am actually silently cursing you because I got nothing done all day I was just like transfixed. The artstyle grew on me alot, and oh godd the character designs... God I love the designs, espcially Genzhou's. There's just so much love (even in every gruesome death scene lol) put into this it's almost difficult not to get obssesed...
Also sidenote I found it kind of encouraging almost to see that you're (self-proclaimed) older, I found that really inspirational lol. There's something that just makes me want to create and actually sit down and learn when I play your games. I guess I've always had this feeling of having all the time in the world but recently I've been feeling almost like it's too late to learn new skills (which is kind if ridicolius since I'm like smack dab in the middle of gen z). Regardless I guess your work made me realize the artistry in visual novels, I could keep going but I tend to ramble lol
ahhhhhhhh this is so sweet!! i got very weepy reading this, especially as i'm already feeling quite soft today as it was a bit of an anxious one... 😭💕
that's fascinating that you found StLD first searching for ballroom stuff!! i am always curious how people first find out about any of my games. i'm happy you enjoyed it, especially enough to go play the main game sob. i'm incredibly touched
and i'm even more touched that you've been enjoying the main game so much 😭💕💕💕 especially all the kind words about the art!! i've grown more confident in my art more recently but especially in the beginning stages of the game i was incredibly self-conscious and worried about it because it was rather odd-looking and didn't match any other typical VN styles. so that's really sweet of you to say. this game certainly has had a lot of love put into it (and blood, sweat, tears, my entire life... etc.). it is very much a big passion project and my eyes were perhaps too big when i got started, but because it dug itself so deep into my psyche and i also made some good decisions like releasing in parts, etc., i've been able to keep working on it until the end despite it taking me like 2.5+ years so far. i'm not even sure i can put into words what this game and chars have done for me and my life and the many journeys and discoveries i've made along the way
dkjfalsdkf yes... i am a millenial, i will say that much. though i don't often feel like one. except for the fact that i often have no idea what people are talking about or referencing and tend to be awkward and confused most of the time LOL this is also why my characters are all older, as well. i sometimes feel a bit strange since i feel much older than many of the others in the VN dev sphere (well, perhaps in age only, not really in mental maturity maybe LKDJAFLKDS). if this can give inspiration to others that are also a bit older though, then i am glad 🤣 i have spent much of my life going from thing to thing and never really knowing exactly what i want to do. case in point my current job has nothing to do with my master's degree. though the one constant has always been creation of some kind, whether it's drawing or writing (and now with games, doing both of those on top of scripting and coding and a bajillion other things lol). i don't think you should ever feel "too old" to do something. or to get started doing something. or to feel like you "haven't done enough" etc. i say this so strongly because i also try to reassure myself sometimes perhaps LOL it's also ok if you don't know what you want to do so you're just trying out different ideas that you're passionate about. so many of us just wanna find something that makes us feel fulfilled and passionate, that makes our hearts ache, that fills us with joy and motivation. so if you can find something that does that for you, no matter how old you are, grab it and don't ever let go lkdajfalskd
at any rate, i'm glad i could also help you discover more about VNs in general. i hope it will be helpful as you work on your own games!!! 💕
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to the known cod writer tumblr accs out there that r calling you out r bullshit. You can't stop minors from getting horny. The mdni is shit and the "blocking ageless blogs" are real dogshit. I dont see the point of it tbh
We all feel horny in alot of ways even if were minors. Idfc if im reading smut whilst im underage because THATS WHAT SATISFY MY NEEDS. at this point those adults are just being stupid and too sensitive. ugh millenials smh 🙄😮💨
honestly, i understand where they're coming from. like yeah, they'd want minors to stay away from nsfw stuff, obviously. i get that most of these ppl are trying to 'protect' me and are worried about me, but if the best you can do is getting mad at me and spreading hate, then maybe you should stop trying to help. ykwim?
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I feel the need to say this based on some reblogs i've been getting on my poll
One thing i've seen alot is that people are unhappy with how marauders fans have "changed the characters"
And if you genuinely don't know what fandom and fanfic and fanart means then i really urge you to look it up. While you're at it look up the meaning of headcanon.
The purpose of the poll was to see how marauders fans consider themselves in relation to the source material (assuming they have read or watched it, which they dont have to have!!)
When people get mad about the characterisations because "IT'S NOT CANON!!" it reall hits me as pointless whining, because why waste your breathe hating something or someone when you could find stuff you like.
And honestly if you can't find it because "THE OOC ONE IS EVERYWHERE", boohoo man. Can't help when somethings popular okay? Or maybee..just mayyybee, you could fix your algorithm. just a thought.
I won't say my personal opinion on the individual vs subset thing for datas sake but i will say this in regards to the rbs im getting.
tw for opinions (scary ikr) /sar
Now one of the main differences at least I noticed in the fan culture of HP and Marauders is the queer and POC representation
As a queer POC myself i found more representation in the marauders fandom than I found in the main fandom
A lot of times when people talk about "what we've done to the characters" they are directly or indirectly talking about the queer representation and the POC characterisation characters are given.
People will whine about Sirius being queer, about Regulus being trans (if they are not whining about Regulus being included at all becuz dont get me started on that) or James skin "being too dark becuz Harry was white in the books grrr!!!"
I'm sorry (im not) but when ever I see shit like that I imagine an angry white millenial with JKR portrait on their wall and a Universal Studios wand in their hand crying because "THIS GENERATION RUINS EVERYTHING."
shut up <3
If you're gonna hate the marauders fandom becuz ur a rascist and/or transphobe/homophobe just say it :/
and if you hate it because they are not portraying the character how i like then shut up and fix ur algorithm
'tis the age of technology my friends, one must not see what they'd rather not.
anyways thats just my thoughts :)
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talk more about little mermaid 2023
bad movie! but since when is that news to anyone
here is a short list of things I liked:
-shockingly, the actors playing prince eric and ariel had pretty decent chemistry! i thought their scenes together were somewhat cute. they were certainly the only actors in it who seemed like they were trying to give their all, except for maybe a few minor largely unnamed side characters. nothing special, but in a soulless CGI cash grab poorly disguised as a "live-action" work, having a handful of vaguely pleasant scenes was better than nothing.
-also shockingly, I did somewhat like most of the scenes the movie added from the original. rather than being a straight-up adaptation, they added a number of scenes to either flesh out eric's character, flesh out the romance, or to further explore ariel's experience on land. they weren't all great scenes, and were basically the equivalent of polishing up plastic, but some of them worked fine at a mechanical level, and at least it shows that a little bit of effort was made? although a number of creative choices were clearly to Ward Off Discourse. we will discuss this.
-uh. i thought the costumes were okay. there was an attempt
ok that's it for good shit the movie did. here's the stuff i did not enjoy:
-BAD cgi. like APPALLINGLY bad. I'm by no means a visual effects expert but the way the actors were integrated into underwater environments was horrible. they didn't look like they belonged there, their movements were too floaty even for underwater, and the way their hair was animated to float looked distracting and unnatural. additionally, the "camera" was set up frequently in action scenes to not capture a lot of the action, seemingly because the movements were difficult to capture well in CGI. a lot of the time in the CGI environments, the lighting would be distractingly weird and make the whole environment look even more fake than usual. the color palettes didn't feel like they always had a lot of thought into them, which also led to weird lighting and visual problems, and it never felt like the CGI animals had much weight. speaking of which...
-WHY DID THEY MAKE THE FUNNY ANIMALS WHO SING AND DANCE LOOK LIKE REGULAR CRABS AND FISH AND WHATNOT
-NO SERIOUSLY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PAINT-BY-NUMBERS RECAPTURE THE WHIMSY IN THE ORIGINAL? GOING FOR "REALISM" IN ANIMALS THAT DON'T PARTICULARLY EMOTE IS A HORRIBLE CHOICE
-halle bailey seems to be a perfectly fine actress, based on what i've seen of her. it didn't seem like the director wanted her to facially emote hardly at all ever. she mainly goes for the wide-eyed vaguely pleasant disney princess expression the whole film, and it makes her performance feel horribly strained. im not expecting a disney film to have stellar acting - its a movie targeted to kids and millenials with nostalgia - but it kind of sucked to watch because there were a few moments where she DID emote more and it felt like she was doing pretty well in those moments! it felt to me like, rather than a lack of ability, she was simply hamstrung by those directing her :(
-awkwafina rap written by lin-manuel miranda.
-on that note, none of the new songs were very good. they also changed under the sea to not be an ensemble piece? look, im not the biggest fan of the original film, but having the fun colorful song where lots of fish and whatever sing all together change into a sebastian solo act with ariel support is... a weird choice. it does kind of feel like the whimsy has, in general, been sucked out of this film at times.
-outside of a few side characters, nobody seemed like they wanted to be there besides the leads. the deliveries were awkward and strained. king triton ESPECAILLY seemed like he did not want to be there. sir was there a gun held to your head here
-perhaps the biggest sin of all, but ursula did NOT serve cunt. half the fun of watching the original movie is how over-the-top she is as a performer, and here the actress is just Not giving it. her vocalization sounds really oddly strained at times? ma'am is there also a gun held to your head
there's a certain structural ethos applied to this movie. I alluded to it earlier with the comment about warding off discourse, but probably a better way to word it would be "trying to retroactively defend the original film, and try to make parts of it more 'up-to-date' when thet's not possible." a sort of repolishing and image-update of the Little Mermaid brand, if you will.
obviously, remakes have frequently done this in the past. I would argue that is often the point of a remake: a way to make the IP still viable in the modern day as a source of income to the company. but it felt very transparent here. the little mermaid has often been criticized for being an insta-romance where ariel's only dream is to marry a random guy? here's several more scenes with eric and ariel to establish their chemistry. people have discussed some of ursula's lines in "poor unfortunate souls" as being objectifying? we're cutting them. and hey, let's just show everyone that the little mermaid is now a diverse story that values women. let's cast a black lead actress and have several side characters be woc, including a new character who is eric's mother.
to be clear, I don't think these changes are bad, in and of themself. it's nice that these actresses of color were cast! the changes made to the plot were kind of fun! but all of these changes are only in service of trying to squeeze even more money out of an existing cash cow. it's very obviously an image and marketing thing, rather than people feeling passionate about retelling an existing story. and really, there's only so far you can go with a story originally only showing white people and written in 1989. all you can do is polish. there are no broader, structural changes you can make to it, because all that would do is turn it into a different story. and of course disney is never GONNA tell a different story, made by and about black women, because there's not a cash cow in that. in the hands of a megacorporation, diversity is only going to be a token gesture to accumulate more profit.
it's a disney remake. at the end of the day, there's not too much point in thinking too hard about it. I watched it for a laugh with my good friend, basically. but I'm still interested in it as a gateway into the decision-making process of the disney board of directors and stakeholders. i've seen some of the other disney remakes, since my mom and younger siblings do like watching them and this one in particular strikes me for how little care was put into it. I'm wondering how well it did at the box office, because this really does feel like we're reaching the final possible end for these remakes. they're not making very many cultural waves. it seems like nobody likes them. but clearly, the disney board is hoping for them to be a perfectly marketable recapturing of whatever the existing IP had. who knows how many remakes the studio has left in them?
whatever. the late-stage capitalist megacorporation media landscape continues to be a depressing slog. I'd recommend going and finding something actually good to watch lmao
#narrates#ok since the people were asking here's my full thoughts on this frankensteinian nightmare of an IP recapture#it almost feels like this isn't worth criticism? like this is just a low effort ad pooped out by a megacorp that has obviously given up#certainly not worth any discourse. lol#but there's some revealing stuff in it about the disney decision making process and I did want to discuss that#in the future though I'm probably not gonna like... ever watch a disney movie unless I'm dragged to it by my younger siblings lol
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you know what i make fun of tiktok a lot, bc most of the time it deserves it, but i think that a lot of people on tumblr could use some time on tiktok. a little bit of exposure.
the majority of tumblr users have been here a while and i know we all said that we wouldnt do the whole millenial vs gen z vs whatever comes next thing, but theres a whole lot of people on here taking things from tiktok out of context and going 'oh no look at the next generation, look how terrible' and then saying how awful tiktok is. and tiktok is awful. but its awful bc it harvests data, and is super addictive, and is fucking up the music and publishing industries, and not, i repeat not, bc the younger generation are just so terrible
yeah the whole goncharov rip off was boring and inauthentic and we all made fun of it, but the whole girl dinner and girl math thing. No.
girl dinner isnt promoting eating disorders. are there people with eating disorders that are using the girl dinner trend, yeah, but idk if you know this but any food related trend is going to have people with eating disorders jump on in there, and whilst there are definitely things we can do to mitigate the success of them spreading their gross diets and whatever the next fad laxative is, we shouldnt stop having fun with food just bc any food trend online can be done by people with eating disorders too.
girl dinner isnt some evil trad wife trend, its the exact opposite. women arent using the 'girl' in girl dinner to say la lala la laa look at me, im a little girly who only likes pink and not thinking, la dee da
they use it to say there are certain expectations that we have been taught women have to be beholden to, the idea of the perfect woman who can do it all, raise the kids, do the housework, have the full time job as well, but the kids and housework are full time jobs, and this is exhausting, and heres what i make for dinner when im too tired to cook a full meal, when living up to all the expectations is hard, bc im human, im not perfect, and if its not what a perfect adult woman would do then i guess im not, so heres me eating my girl dinner and i wont be ashamed of that, bc the patriarchy feeds on our shame, and if we arent ashamed of being the perfect woman under patriarchy, then at least in that way, it does not control us, if patriarchy is the panopticon then if we dont fear the watchman, we will never become our own watchman
ill admit, i know less about girl math, bc its popped up less for me (i think its a trend fewer people do, but it could just be the algorithm), but from what i can tell its basically just social/behavioural economics. it illustrates things like the sunk cost fallacy, eg. if ive already put money on an app to pay for my coffee then that coffee is 'free'. the people making those videos dont literally think their coffee it free, they're just saying it feels like its free, which it does, because of the sunk cost fallacy. thats not women being stupid, thats an actual theory in behavioral economics. i've also seen people talk about 'its cheaper to buy something else and get free shipping than to pay less but not get free shipping'. they don't literally think that, and its kind of insulting the amount of people there are seeing women make that joke and immediately assuming that they are too stupid to be joking.
#tiktok#girl dinner#girl math#you are not above looking down on the next generation#and youre not above assuming women are stupid bc they present something in pink and choose to have fun with it#get your heads out of your asses and get over your not like other girls shit#yeah some women feel the need to do make up and fashion bc patriarchy says so#others want to bc they were taught to by the patriarchy and now theyve decided they enjoy it#and they shouldnt have to abandon the things they enjoy just bc other people assume that liking feminine things makes you stupid#also there are an awful lot of people on here assuming that everyone just HAS a preexisting knowledge of a whole lot of stuff#and if you do thats great#but not everyone is in the same boat so leave that poor girl alone#you know the one#the one who walks around in pink and uses traditionally feminine things to explain concepts a lot of people have never been taught#or have been told not to bother with bc for example theyre women#bc that couldnt be useful to anyone at all could it#certainly not when there are tons of women who have been specifically taught that there are some things they should learn#and some things they shouldnt learn#and using someones preexisting knowledge to help them understand new concepts is a terrible idea
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why is the world of crafts so... gentrified. is that even the right word. i dont think it is lol
everytime i try to find craft ideas and tutorials online theyre always so... millenial who likes minimalism and has too much time on their hands-ish. pinterestcore, even.
and like, theres nothing wrong with these, and theres still a lot of ideas in them i like
but most of it is not my vibe and i feel like im very clearly not the target audience lol
#my post#i dont even know how to describe what i *want* to find instead#im only looking at craft stuff cause im bored and want to do things with my hands and im still having art block#i like doing crafts but they often take materials i just. dont have#or. again. literally why im making this post
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Why your boss needs to know? Seems kinda too personal. Isn't there a law forbiding this?
ahh its so complicated [this is the summary of my year so far]
i work in germany and almost all of it is going through my union
im not a student OR an employee per se im a "dual student" so i have an apprenticeship and full time university, but that also mean that i have a contract
i also work at a huge fuckoff car corporation. like HUGE huge
the contract specifies that i HAVE to finish uni in the 3.5 years/7 semesters and that our boss, "ausbilder", which is more like a trainer or mentor to a degree, has to know our exam situation. also if my place of work decides my grades are ass they CAN fire me
i am. very non-functional and depressed and i have a host of other problems and i failed literally more than half of my exams and i had to explain it to my boss
germany has a different attitude towards labor than america, especially the way apprentices are approached -> were worth a lot of money to them so they try to keep us as hard as they can
so i did what my union actually advised me, and i told my boss that i have health issues, and i had a breakdown in front of him by accident, and he asked me like. if im going to a psychiatrist and i was honest "hey yeah theres no way i can make finish uni in 7 semesters"
so he suggested getting an extension on my contract, for an extra semester, but id have to go to the psychiatrist for it since a qualified opinion and diagnosis AND treatment is necessary for them to allow the extension
so uh. the next time he called to check up on me (hes really quite nice, also he told me his son was dealing with it too), i lied and said "ofc im in therapy and im doing great :D" i was doing neither and i just pulled a psychiatrist outta my ass. all that because i am the #stereotypical millenial that gets an panic attack when calling on the phone
i lived in awful stress of the lie, the mounting uni work that i DID NOT STUDY FOR AT ALL and the fact that i havent organized some work meetings i was supposed to have after the semester ended, which is like. uber important
and like. its so embarrassing but it genuinely made my life hell. ive been self harming a lot and like. talking to people and i genuinley feel like im falling apart
i also havent really cleaned my room or my kitchen the past few months and ive been subsisting mainly on junk food and like. alcohol (also i slipped into my old ed AND i tried to kill myself. also i have a problem with alcohol recently). so like. NOT GOOD LMAO
so when he told me "hey! whats up, can we talk about how ur doing?" i KNEW i couldnt keep the lie going, like. there was nowhere to go. i couldnt get an extension on the contract since im not really in therapy and i cant get a place at such short notice, and my uni exams are in a week and i havent studied for them
so i just. told him the truth. i told him about the lie and how embarrassing it was for me to not be able to call, and i told him i cant keep the uni going and i just want to have at least a finished ausbildung. and jesus christ is he a nice man, my boss
so now im officially switching from "duales studium" to "ausbildung" meaning i wont have a degree but i will have a qualified job title which for an IT guy is worth almost as much
so uh. i guess crisis averted or i lucked out with my employer fr
anyway this is gonna feel like nothing in a few years, and i wont even remember it, but GOD this was the worst 6 months of my lfie
#god#update#sorry to spring it on you anon#but i the summary is as much for you as its for me#ill need to reread that in a few months#text#ask#anon#tw depression#tw suicide#tw self harm#tw ed#this is just to be sure#uhhhhhhh#vent#man idk#im gonna go get drunk now
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