I think people have truly lost any ability to be patient with storytelling.
‘I don’t understand this’ They’ll explain it if you wait.
‘I don’t like how this episode left things hanging’ There’s a continuation next week.
‘This character is flat’ Wait for them to be fleshed out.
So many of the complaints I see about shows lately are people being confused by things THAT THE SHOW WANTS YOU TO BE CONFUSED BY THATS THE FUN OF MYSTERY AND FORESHADOWING YOU ABSOLUTE GOBLINS THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONFUSED AND THEYRE GONNA DO A BIG REVEAL AND EXPLANATION LATER IF YOU WOULD JUST FUCKING WAIT
horses relaxing and sleeping on the beach basking in the sun and the sand they are enjoying their time at the beach amongst humans in peaceful harmony with both man and nature
Hey do you mind not posting about Sonic as much? I don’t want to be that guy but it’s a little bit insensitive. We’re mutuals and it’s stated pretty clearly in my carrd that Sonic the Hedgehog is a touchy subject for me, given that I miss my pet hedgehog Sonic every single day of my life. She’s not dead by the way…I’m not traumadumping in your inbox. It’s just that my bitch ex-friend stole her from me as revenge for writing a callout post about them. And like, come on, I can’t believe they expected me NOT to write a callout post after I found out they write Good Omens abortion fanfic. That’s so fucked up. Aziraphale would never be anti-choice. Anyway…please just stop posting about Sonic the Hedgehog. I’m crying just thinking about my sweet angel baby. I’m so upset. I’m gonna go write another callout post to soothe my nerves. FUCK you Hunter
i am totally going to come across as a boomer in this post but as an engineer it’s common sense to not build systems with a single point of failure. and i’m starting to realize that our usage of the smart phone is exactly that. a single point of failure. the calling/texting is the implied function of the smartphone, which is fine. that’s what it’s built for. but nowadays we don’t think to keep a physical map or atlas or gps unit in our car because our phone has google maps. we don’t keep address books anymore because it’s all stored in our contacts. i serve customers who no longer carry a wallet/physical card because it’s all on their phone. this is literally a single point of failure. if you lose or break your phone when you are in a foreign place you are fucking screwed. maybe you’re still screwed even in your home town because so many people have become accustomed to using a smart phone to take them anywhere.
You have probably heard a lot about inner child work for healing trauma, but have you ever heard about inner teen work? Lots of us were hurt as teenagers, through family, bullying, bad school experiences, toxic relationships and so on. Many of us missed experiences like experiencing with fashion and makeup and hair dye, watching cringey teen movies, listening to certain bands, using certain websites or games, social media, drawing bad art and decorating our rooms a certain way. Don’t be scared to do some of these things now, even if you are “too old” for these things now or outgrew the interests you had. When I was a teen, I wanted to dress emo and watch twilight and get a tattoo and the day I tried doing these things once, as an adult, it felt so healing and comforting. You still have time.
alternate narrative: it’s actually fine if someone found me a little weird or even off-putting. i am a little weird and it’s no big deal
supporting questions: how many genuinely delightful people who you like spending time with are, themselves, a little weird? perhaps even capable of being interpreted as off-putting? would you characterize those peoples’ weirdness as inherently bad, or something that makes you not want to be around them? or do enjoy their weirdness because that’s part of who they are? if someone came up to you and was like, “ew, that friend of yours is so weird, what’s their problem” how would you react?
