HOT TAKES

[vague bolt]

i guess its dif for everybody

[steep lava]

I like the flavor

I haven't had a ton of booze, but it's one of those things where I'd say it's an acquired taste

First time you'll drink you just taste the alcohol

But eventually you start tasting everything else and that's when it gets good

Same honestly for pipe smoking

Cheese as well

[boreal ermine]

the way i crave a spicy marg with extra tajin on the rim

[crimson shell]

I don’t really like ones that you only taste the alc

I mean beer is ok but I love a twisted tea or hard lemonade

Tried a buzzball and it tasted like cough syrup

man I need a func over spring break

[hidden breach]

That's a good thing. I hope you never do

[vague bolt]

i revoke my prior statement. i think i get it for margaritas and like fruity cocktails and shit

i dont understand liking beer tbh

ive had a virgin marg b4 tho and it did change my life

but it was basically a smoothie so yknow

[crimson shell]

Try a twisted tea

[boreal ermine]

Tweas are too sweet for me

Gotta drink like 10 of them to feel smth

Cutwaters are insane when u wanna get drunk fast without shots. Just 1 of those is all the pregame I need

[vague bolt]

singing i am underageeeee

[crimson shell]

Lowkey might be method

Do they taste hard or

[boreal ermine]

the margarita flavor is tasty!!!

but the calories are scary lmfao its like 400 calories for one but when i tell u its STRONG

i use them as my main pregame for coachella. i hate shots so its the most minimal amount of liquid to avoid breaking the seal and ur setttt for so many hours

[crimson shell]

fireee

[vague bolt]

oh new hot take i genuinely dont think any baby really "looks exactly like their parents" hello that infant child barely has a formed skull

"she looks just like her mom" shes 2 months old how on earth do you see that

[dusty furnace]

I agree

At the 3-5 month mark is when you really see it but before then it's a small pink blob with eyes

[rugged fern]

Drinking beer with mates is an enabler for a lot of men of a certain age to socialise and speak honestly. Without alcohol lowering inhibitions a lot of us struggle with letting things out.

[vague bolt]

thats a whole different issue i think

if you need to be under the influence to be emotionally available, i genuinely worry for you

another hot take

men need therapy

i also struggle to be open with my feelings and let things out, which is why i am in therapy

and the "therapy doesnt work for men" mindset is tiring

i get that alcohol is a cheaper alternative tho

its just also not a healthy alternative, since depending on substances to function is generally not a good thing

buttttttt i do get it

because i imagine if you just experienced a loss or something awful like that, it might be productive to sit around with your friends and drink beer or whatever

i just dont know that i agree that men need beer to tap into their emotional shit

[rugged fern]

I get that there are healthier alternative to my scenario, I’m just giving a real life reason why some people drink, as you said you didn’t understand why anyone does it.
Another scenario - my partner and I drank a nice old bottle of red wine to celebrate my birthday last weekend. It tasted great, it felt special and it enhanced our evening.

But I also respect anyone who doesn’t want to drink. My attitude is do what you want, as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else.

[vague bolt]

The bottle of wine to celebrate a birthday sounds nice

Yeah that makes sense

[steep lava]

Bottle of Wine is also a great song

[crimson shell]

Turn signals should only be amber

[vague bolt]

like color wise or

[crimson shell]

yeah

was behind a old truck that was just the brake light flashing

[vague bolt]

ohhh yeah

i agree

[boreal ermine]

when someone folds a piece of paper and slides their fingers to crease it

probably the worst sound

[crimson shell]

you dont like that?

...weird.

[steep lava]

That's not even a hot take, that's the law

[queen orbit]

Oh we're talking about weird sensory things? Uh, here's one: People dragging chairs across the floor instead of lifting it up and putting it down where you want it, especially when the distance you're scraping it across the floor is way too fucking long for it to be even remotely convenient. If you're just pushing it in briefly that's cool and I completely respect it, but when you're actively moving it ACROSS THE ROOM???

[stone egret]

I cannot stand the sound of fabric tearing or ripping apart. Genuinely makes me want to rip off my skin

[vague bolt]

I can’t do the feeling of conditioner most of the time so I keep my hair short enough that I only have to condition my hair like once a week or so

The slimy conditioner water is my nightmare

[queen orbit]

Oh yeah that's a mood ngl.

[stone egret]

My sister likes to fling globs of conditioner all over the floor without cleaning it up and it turns the shower into an ice rink. Idk what she does in there but I hate showering after her. I'm fine with slimy conditioner water but slimy slippery old conditioner that's being re-wettened is an awful texture AND EVEN WORSE ON YOUR TOES

[slate veldt]

damn

bro i go thru conditioner like crazy cause i got long ass hair😭

yk what sucks tho

when some hair falls off in the shower and gets on your hand and takes forever to get off

[stone egret]

When you rake through your hair with your fingers to untangle it a little after applying conditioner and you're just left with hair hands

The walls of my shower are like 80% hair ngl

[slate veldt]

same

and i can never tell if im losing a normal amount of hair or not cause its long

and then you manage to rinse the hair off ur hands but it gets on your legs or smthing

😭

[stone egret]

I also end up with an ungodly amount of hair tangled into my socks for some reason

Like when I wash my clothes there's just a bunch of my hair in there and somehow my socks just attract that hair

[vague bolt]

Pro tip, rub your hands together to tangle the hair into a little ball. Way easier to deal with imo

Like as if you were washing your hands

[vague bolt]

What is it with siblings and doing the weirdest shit in the shower

[boreal ermine]

Im lowk suffering from hair loss after weight loss rn yall dont wanna know how much hair im losing😭😭😭😭😭😭

I’m taking nutrafol to see if that helps

[slate veldt]

oh no😭

[vague bolt]

Girl that is so rough

I hope you can get your hair to behave

[boreal ermine]

Fr. It doesn’t actually look like I have thinned out hair bc it’s curly but it’s so jarring whenever I wash it or brush it. In a weird way it behaves/looks better bc there’s less of it

[vague bolt]

That’s kinda real

I’ve been growing out my hair for the past year or so and I forgot how hard it is to deal with when I need to brush it every day

It was like a pixie for a while

We are down to about shoulder length now

[slate veldt]

braiding it helps

especially if you can french braid

you can skip brushing ur hair sometimes

[boreal ermine]

I sleep in two braids every night

Goldilocks ahh

[slate veldt]

me too

[hidden breach]

Me too. I braid my beard every night just to feel like captain jack sparrow

[vague bolt]

lol

ive just gotten to the point i can braid my hair again but im so out of practice that the braids are so bad

[undone lake]

Eating with your hands is fine

[steep lava]

I haven't combed my hair in, 1 or 2 years

[nocturne heart]

That's probably not accurate because combing with your fingers is considered combing

Maybe you mean with a brush or comb

[steep lava]

Is it

[nocturne heart]

js

[slate comet]

@woven plinth u got competition

[woven plinth]

Nah

I already won

I don't have a hair comb in the first place

[steep lava]

I have one but have no clue where it is

[woven plinth]

So I'm on an 18 year streak

[steep lava]

Damn

I don't intend to keep it uncombed for too long

[queen orbit]

Man I don't even really know what the deal is with my hair. It's just fucking indigo and in a somewhat maintained mullet y'know? Only thing is when I have a meltdown due to sensory stuff I usually end up curled in a ball and whatnot, and by the end of it if my bangs have grown out enough they'll just be covered in mucus and tears. Genuinely hate that, especially because even after I've calmed down usually cleaning it out isn't the first thing on my mind so by the time I remember to it's already partially dried in my hair and AUGH. Horrible.

[rugged fern]

https://tenor.com/view/mullet-business-in-the-front-party-in-the-back-hair-flip-hairdo-gif-16562297

Go full mullet so that there’s nothing in the front to get messed up?

[stone egret]

Would it help to have those elastic fabric hair bands to push the bangs back? Specifically the cloth ones because you don't really feel those digging into your skull if you're curled up/lying down. Like if you have the mental capacity to put one of those on before the meltdown, it might save your bangs and the cleanup?

[queen orbit]

Honestly yeah I might try that sometime! I'm basically always wearing a denim jacket with a shit ton of pocket space so like I could very well stash that in an easily accessible place and always have it on me.

[queen orbit]

Low-key I have sort of considered it, but I'm kinda waiting until I start testosterone because I think if I stop looking like a prepubescent boy with a 9 PM bedtime I'll be able to pull it off more lol

I haven't actually grown out the back as much as I'd want it to be for similar reasons, y'know.

[vague bolt]

people shouldnt expect me to be nice when ive already communicated that something bothers me

like when people who ive told to stop asking me questions while im doing schoolwork always ask me questions they could figure out themselves, i should not have to be nice

actually i shouldnt have to be nice in general

not that im gonna be rude

just that i shouldnt have to entertain shit when it serves no purpose

if you ask a yes or no question, i should be able to say yes or no without elaborating

conversations are transactional 4 me

and my definition of nice here is what neurotypicals are used to

its too exhausting

[slate veldt]

a lot of times it isnt even really rude man like… i could be actually rude

and something to add about what neurotypicals normally expect is time

id give my mom for example, she’ll tell me to go do something, and she will expect for me to do it right away

and i thought it was just my mom being a mom until i saw a video about it how a lot of neurotypicals tend to be like that😭

like give me a moment not five seconds jesus😭

[queen orbit]

Oh god and don't even get me started on when they decide to passive aggressively gesture at the fact that they need you to do a task rather than just fucking SAYING IT DIRECTLY.

[slate veldt]

or when theyre super vague with instructions or directions to things

“can you get my iphone on the table for me over there?” AND ISNT EVEN LOOKING TOWARDS SAID TABLES AND THERE IS MULTIPLE

WHERE

WHICH TABLE

if you know where it is TELL ME

[boreal ermine]

Bro when someone’s giving me directions or pointing something out and just says “that way” or “over there” instead of “go right/left”

These belong in pet peeves but whatever

[vague bolt]

the way that makes my blood boil lmao

unless its like "theres a sign right over there" and they point to the sign

[boreal ermine]

If you say you like martinis but only if they’re “FILTHY” u don’t actually like martinis

Ur literally trying to mask it with filth

[steep lava]

I like martinis

Plus their history is cool

Became super popular during prohibition because gin was easy to make discreetly

[undone lake]

Do you like them shaken not stirred?

[steep lava]

I've only ever had them stirred

[undone lake]

Damn.

[steep lava]

Shaken is weird little quirk that Ian Fleming and a few others have

They think shaken preserves more of the flavor

[slate veldt]

hot take but im just hating extra to get an reaction (mid tier rage bait): alcohol is overrated, if its for the feeling of being buzzed and energetic then lowkey you just need to find other activities to do, also it tastes bad and shush with the ‘acquired taste’ thing that doesnt mean its good and if you like the burn you just a masochist bro

[nocturne heart]

I think it's bad too coming from a family of alcoholics

I'm ending that. If I ever have kids they won't grow up around it

[queen orbit]

Yeah no as an acid reflux and migraine haver I genuinely fear the hell I may experience when I get hungover. Even without that, I'm honestly not sure I see the appeal.

[slate veldt]

its for the buzz and social aspect, but honestly with the right people you dont even need alcohol

if you wanna feel a lil out of it too just dont sleep and be tired

[queen orbit]

Yeah that tracks ngl

[crimson shell]

might be weird but for me it’s easier to recover from drinking than it is losing sleep

[slate veldt]

no its true recovering crom sleep is hard

so why do either

stay healthy

[pallid gale]

You guys should try benzos or opiates

[dusty furnace]

Now that's a hot take

[steep lava]

I just like the flavor

[queen orbit]

Ngl my opinion of alcohol was permanently tainted by the taste of the small glass of wine / champagne I drank during the wedding ceremony of a cousin. That shit was nasty lmao

[crimson shell]

yeah i dont like stuff that tastes bad

[pallid gale]

Pills are flavorless

[steep lava]

I like it because it is complex

and I am not just saying it as a cope

like, I wouldn't enjoy everclear because that's just straight booze

but stuff like gin, or cognac I like because you have the first big WHAM of the alcohol but as you continue drinking you pick up on all the other things in it

some of it does just taste bad though

I had tequila once and to me it tasted like vomit

[slate veldt]

u just gotta start adding more seasoning to ur food

/j

[boreal ermine]

All the good songs talk about alcohol tho

Another alcohol hot take:

The glee version of “blame it” is better than the original

[steep lava]

hold on

ohhh

that's the song that was in the Polka Face medley from Weird Al

[vague bolt]

we need more lesbians in tv. im tired of the token lesbian who doesnt really have a plot. make at least one third of the cast queer

like any given show, more lesbians

[stone egret]

"but we have a gay character" and it's a white dude

[vague bolt]

and hes also lowkey either a blatant stereotype or sexists

sexist*

[stone egret]

Only times queer media ever gets shown is when it's gay men who are (mostly) white... Love Simon, Heartstopper, Heated Rivalry...

Literally Yuri on ice the JAPANESE anime HAS A WHITE RUSSIAN DUDE

[vague bolt]

i love gay men they are queer family HOWEVER a lot of gay men are just sexist and get away with it because its "queer culture" like no you just insulted women....

oooh another hot take im tired of cishet women being obsessed with mlm shows

[stone egret]

Gay men calling women bitches and saying it's cool because they're "one of the girls"

Like no dude, you still benefit from the patriarchy

[vague bolt]

i heard of some gay dude saying "thats so fish" to a woman AS A COMPLIMENT and its like a reference to the stereotype of how female genitalia smell

like dawg

genuinely i was so angry

but apparently thats a common compliment at drag shows????

like stop making sexism a part of queer culture we dont want that

it makes women feel unsafe in a community that is supposedly welcoming

[stone egret]

Drag has become a cis gay men thing instead of a space that includes everyone

[vague bolt]

ik its so sad

i love drag :((

[stone egret]

Women are literally getting pushed out of drag when drag is literally supposed to be celebrating femininity

It's so backwards

[vague bolt]

ive cried at a drag show beccause of how beautiful the performer was

[stone egret]

Also, idc who says it and how much history in drag it has, fishy is NEVER a compliment and definitely not coming from a cis man

[vague bolt]

AGREE

i would slap somebody if they said that to me

[stone egret]

Idc how much fake t!t he's wearing and how deep his d!ck is tucked, it's sexist af to say that

[vague bolt]

"serving fish" no, im serving you a five-star and youre gonna think about what you did

[stone egret]

Serving cunt I can get behind

[vague bolt]

yesss true

that is a classic

[stone egret]

Fish is just a misogynistic stereotype that's still being used to make people with vaginas feel gross and insecure about their body parts

Serving cunt is more like saying "you're doing it like a woman" while reclaiming a derogatory term that doesn't really mean anything bad (besides just being a crude way of saying vag)

[vague bolt]

but yeah overall hot take: sexism is being too welcomed in queer/drag culture and it needs to be snuffed out before it can do more damage

because its already done damage

[stone egret]

Gay men got given rights and pulled up the ladder behind them

Really putting the men in gay men

[vague bolt]

ummmm ooh another hot take that actually might not be a hot take: i like the look of tags on that bland ass concrete that is everywhere in cities

like offensive or vulgar stuff not so much but graffiti is art and it makes the city look so much more colorful

[stone egret]

My city actually got a bunch of graffiti artist to paint these boring wooden walls around some ongoing construction so it actually looks good and it (hopefully) won't get painted over by ugly and offensive shit

I love when places do stuff like that

[queen orbit]

Fun fact! They're fucking over trans people too. Yaaayyy!

[lament bloom]

Hot Take: Poe has better off topic channels

[stone egret]

In case it wasn't clear: I absolutely meant trans people were also getting fucked by cis gay men deciding they were the only ones who needed rights

[dusty furnace]

Hot Take: If you watch that Fruit Love Island AI-Slop I hate you and have always hated you and think little to nothing of your intellect

[boreal ermine]

Ppl born after 2010 are not real

[nocturne heart]

I tried that once when I was like 17 with some friends and I guess we didn't know what it was for and it made me puke immediately after swallowing it

It was like a big swig

[steep lava]

Ooof

[nocturne heart]

All my memories of teenage drinking are bad 😭. It helped me be more outgoing the first few times but after that I would just always feel down on myself, like "what are you doing with your life" kind of self talk or horribly hungover, throwing up, etc. and I'm glad because the negative experiences are the main thing that's kept me away from it

[crimson shell]

2023 best picture

Watched that movie last night it’s still so good

[crimson shell]

We have so many murals in my city it’s so nice

[hidden breach]

How do y'all have such strong opinions about everything? At some point you just have to run out of fucks to give

[boreal ermine]

My fucks are endless

https://tenor.com/view/oprah-car-giveaway-gif-24479674

You get a fuck! You get a fuck!

But yes that’s honestly a valid hot take🤣🤣

[crimson shell]

heres a chiller one:

i dont like fd3 rockets

[boreal ermine]

I got the off topic awards🤑🤑🤑

[vague bolt]

unfortunately i think i am obligated to have an opinion about everything

hot take (actually ice cold but whatever) people who talk shit about different kinds of pets (amphibians, reptiles, birds, rodents, etc) have no personality

like get a hobby why do you feel the need to comment on other people's pets

i have a friend who has a tarantula and when we were in hs, people would freak out when they found out and then threaten to k!ll the tarantula like

thats somebody's pet who they love

oh also hot take cantelope is the worst fruit

F tier fruit

honeydew is peak

[lament bloom]

Rigged

[rare oasis]

phew barely made the cut

i agree

[pallid gale]

Ur pfp is just a selfie from a few days ago

[torpid heart]

same, every single time

[torpid heart]

same i can only get behind super flavorful cocktails that actually cover the taste of alcohol but in this case its better to just get mocktails

[rapid basin]

Bounty is a good chocolate

[rare oasis]

agreed

[winged walrus]

disagree

[boreal ermine]

Yummy paper towels

[nocturne heart]

I thought of the paper towel brand too

Never heard of bounty chocolate

[steep lava]

Nor have I

[undone lake]

Mmmmm paper towels

[boreal ermine]

Chocolate chip cookies taste better with like max 2 chocolate chips per cookie

I cannot stand the ones that are LOADED with chocolate

At that point ur just eating chocolate not a cookie

[nocturne heart]

Bruh that is like serial killer talk

Only 2 chips per cookie

I like them with like probably 8 or something. My family makes really good ones for Thanksgiving and Christmas and they are like the perfect mix and a little bit salty

I think I have a pic of leftovers I got last year actually

[boreal ermine]

I love me a thin but not THIN chewy brown butter chocolate chip cookie

Those do look amazing tho

They’d be even more amazing with 2 chocolate chips per cookie

[vague bolt]

i lowk agree but also i think choc chip cookies are better with chopped nuts

[dusty furnace]

ouh those look good

[slate veldt]

LOWKEY REAL

LIKE I WANNA TASTE THE COOKIE NOT SO MUCH CHOCOLATE

the cookie part is always the best part

[undone lake]

You are crazy i dont think you should be here anymore /j

[boreal ermine]

Ppl who cut an avocado in their hand are just pick mes

[slate veldt]

or hispanic parents

[boreal ermine]

my hispanic mama told me to never do that

lay that bitch on the cutting board

cutting other things in your hands are different

like cucumbers or fruits

[slate veldt]

not all hispanic parents are built the same

but my dad lowkey just deals with an avocado in his hand easy pz

[boreal ermine]

one day that hand might be toast

and youll think of me

farrah from discord

[slate veldt]

he already cut his finger before

so would it happen again? probably not

[boreal ermine]

so ur basically saying

im right

[slate veldt]

yk the real danger?

[boreal ermine]

HAHA

[slate veldt]

cutting bread with a bread knife

long ass knife

[boreal ermine]

😮 but bread knifes arent that sharp

[slate veldt]

hard crust

if you skip you kinda cooked

slip*

[boreal ermine]

theyre literally serated or however u spell it

[slate veldt]

still sharp

[boreal ermine]

nah nothing is worse than the mandolin

[slate veldt]

bro just use a guard protector

[slate veldt]

i never said it wasnt dangerous

[boreal ermine]

im still right

[slate veldt]

debatable

will i debate it tho?

[boreal ermine]

no its literally true the right police told me

[slate veldt]

no im tired

[slate veldt]

the what

[boreal ermine]

girl ru taking this convo fr or

[slate veldt]

i gave up a few sentences

ago

[boreal ermine]

LMAO

[slate veldt]

my addy wore off im sleepy

[dusty furnace]

Or we have hand eye coordination

I don't want to wash a whole ass cutting board 😩

[boreal ermine]

how dirty does ur cutting board get from avos wth

[stone egret]

Bold of you to assume my knives are sharp enough to cut myself with

[boreal ermine]

also i jus do it on a paper towel

[boreal ermine]

fun fact dull knives are actually more dangerous ;O

[stone egret]

Bold of you to assume I have any strength at all to use on my knife

[slate veldt]

bold of you to assume i use a knife at all

i use a vegetable peeler actually

🤓

[rare oasis]

i cut avocados in my hand

i'm sorry everyone

[slate veldt]

IN???

your hand must be infectwd to hell

[crimson shell]

What does Oscar’s hand have in common with playboi Carti?

||whole lotta red||

[pallid gale]

This dude was 7 when self titled came out

[boreal ermine]

oscar was 10 years old during covid

new take if you dont return the shopping cart ur a BAD PERSON

[nocturne heart]

I was a cart pusher for walmart when I was a kid so I know the pain

[pallid gale]

Lazy Bones need to get cart narced

[nocturne heart]

idk why people are so lazy and some of them just leave it right in the middle of parking spot like its fine there or something

This is the kind of man I strive to be

But if it was me I probably would have just waited inside the store for the storm to die down lmao

[boreal ermine]

Insane video LMAOA

The trunk being open

[vague bolt]

Hot take spaghetti is the worst pasta shape

Gives the vibe of a child who gets sauce all over themselves and the table

[boreal ermine]

U know what I think is HIGHK WORSE

PENNE

literally the most watery pasta shape I can’t explain it

Rigatoni on top always

Esp the short ones

[crimson shell]

Gnocchi is the best

[vague bolt]

you are 100% correct

rigatoni on top fr

spiral shapes just hold sauce better its a fact

somehow i respect bowtie but in a millenial way like yeah i know several 35 year olds in my family who default to bowtie pasta salad and i will give it to them that shit is bomb

bowtie in any other circumstance is not okay

[boreal ermine]

Bow tie is THE pasta salad

[boreal ermine]

potty humor just is never funny

if you find farts burps slurps to be peak comedy just say ur iq is 2

[simple mason]

Heresy! Penne is the best

I hate gnocchi though

[crimson shell]

https://tenor.com/view/king-von-edit-meme-pertuancilicio-gerbantipartacio-gif-11135176717511381838

[rare oasis]

i was conscious tho, i remember getting it like a week after it got announced and the horrible tests in your nose

[rapid basin]

i was twelve

[pallid gale]

Having to preface it by saying that you were concious is crazy

[steep lava]

Serrated

[dusty furnace]

imagine being 10 during covid omg

I was 13

[boreal ermine]

Parallel parking is literally not hard

Also if you still tie your shoes using the bunny ears method it’s time to evolve

[vague bolt]

parallel parking is only hard when other people dont know how to parallel park lowk

like if the parking is already fucked then its hard but otherwise its just steps

[hidden breach]

What!?!
https://youtu.be/Ll4qUM-IO00?feature=shared

[nocturne heart]

Never

[paper crane]

Goalie fights are the best thing in sports

[still niche]

who was making the poe poop jokes

[boreal ermine]

Lowk exception trolls r great

[undone lake]

Goddamn it I was gonna mention that

[boreal ermine]

wearing the american flag as an american shouldnt be controversial

i got in a debate with my friend over my mf ralph lauren sweater

[slate veldt]

i cba

😔

[slate veldt]

bro the american flag is also just lowkey appealing fashion wise

red white and blue…

with demin

its just a good outfit

[boreal ermine]

fr 4th of july fits ALWAYS go hard

[slate veldt]

ONG

also ralph lauren is 🔥

which sweater was it

[boreal ermine]

the navy one with the american flag

[slate veldt]

ohh ok i know that one

[fossil osprey]

😭

[dusty furnace]

It is

But I would argue Bangladesh 🇧🇩 is better

Green sweater with red undershirt 🔥

[slate veldt]

that got fall vibes

american flag is more summer vibes

[crimson shell]

I need more red clothes

[dusty furnace]

I need less red clothes

And not just for the sake of being contrarian

I'm really into the color green now

[stone egret]

Wearing a flag outside of any (international!) sporting events or national holidays should be controversial

[crimson shell]

Why

[dusty furnace]

I finally get to be 🤓

[stone egret]

Because it's a weird degree of patriotism to the point where it sounds very cult-ish

[dusty furnace]

According to the United States flag code, it is not to be worn as apparel, bedding, or drapery

Of course I have yet to find anyone who gives a single fuck about the flag code

[lament bloom]

RAAAAAA 🦅 🦅🦅 🍔

[stone egret]

Wearing your country's colors during like the olympics or another event (like how everyone dresses in orange during kingsday in the netherlands) is totally fine, but weaing your flag as apparel outside of any special days of nationalism is fucking weird

[crimson shell]

It’s friccen tuff tho

[stone egret]

Yeah I was a teenager in 2012-2014, to me the american flag on clothing is just giving 2010's instagram girlie who wears vans and a flower crown...

[dusty furnace]

I won't wear the American flag as clothing because I'm not a huge fan of the government /understatement

But I usually wear all black anyway so 🤷🏾

[boreal ermine]

Ok but ur not American so ofc that’s what u associate it with😭😭🤣

[stone egret]

I used to have a shirt with an American flag on it but I was also 14 and I'm not American so back in those days it was just a cool design and not a representation of an insane government

[stone egret]

Well I also associate it with so many more things to do with y'alls government that I won't get into rn

But those are even worse and even less "friccen tuff" than flower crowns

[crimson shell]

The flag doesn’t 100% correlate to the government tho

[boreal ermine]

Imma keep wearing my RL sweater it’s cute and I paid good $ for it

[stone egret]

Also, "but you're not American" is often used as an argument against non-Americans discussing American politica. But your politics affect the whole world, and none of us have any influence over that since we can't vote. I am watching my country becoming way more hostile against different minority groups in what's basically a light copy/paste version of American politics, and it's fucking scary

[crimson shell]

I feel like non-Americans see it that way more than Americans

It’s about the us in general

The people

[boreal ermine]

Wym u literally said what u associated with it I was making a joke about that

Holy shit🤣🤣🤣🤣

[dusty furnace]

I need that.

I love snoopy

[slate veldt]

but what if its just for fashion man 😔

[stone egret]

Country flags are weird for fashion ngl... Like if you wanna rep a country, you can wear something cultural that's usually way cooler

[slate veldt]

idk its just a pattern or whatever its called

people be wearing graphic tees of random ass shit all the time anyway lmao

i love this one

lowkey makes me chuckle

but if the entire shirt is a flag then its different imo

[stone egret]

I think in the case of the US flag it's kind of too political to be random, even if the intention of the person who's wearing it is not, yknow what I mean...

Though if it's like a joke shirt with an American flag it's different

Like one of those bald eagle memes

But I'm thinking something like this

Which is just weird imo

[crimson shell]

This looks good tho

[slate veldt]

i dont know that much? i guess it depends because like with farrah it was ralph lauren and rl has some sweaters and shirts with an american flag and the americana is part of the brand a bit

[slate veldt]

yeah like that

[slate veldt]

yeah like if its the ENTIRE shirt then its weird

[stone egret]

Also, I think it's weird how Americans will call red white and blue their colors when like that's the colors of like 70% of flags

[slate veldt]

i dont see many americans actually say that?

i think if they do its a joke

[crimson shell]

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-gif-5581811196247542206

I only saw the first part wtf

Dangers of using a gif outside your favorites

[slate veldt]

idk people are also jokingly patriotic a lot

like me B)

[crimson shell]

Ironically and unironically

[slate veldt]

omplyics got me fr patrotic tho

[stone egret]

Yes but it's hard to tell sometimes on the internet without tone indicators, going extremely over the top, and with so many insane people actually being serious with their patriotism

[slate veldt]

yeah

thats why you cant rlly use the internet as an example lmao

[crimson shell]

Wait for the World Cup

[slate veldt]

bouta get destoryed

[crimson shell]

Gonna be crazy then we’re out first knockout round

[slate veldt]

when world cup happen i route for central and southern american teams

heh B)

[stone egret]

I was gonna say, Americans don't even like foot football

[slate veldt]

ong

our womens football team is good tho

[stone egret]

But turns out you meant this in a "lmao we're gonna suck" way lol

[stone egret]

Ohhh true

[slate veldt]

yeah

[crimson shell]

I’m so hyped for curacao

[slate veldt]

nah they only pay attention to the england vs america game

[stone egret]

They beat the Dutch team when the Dutch womens team was also doing really well

[slate veldt]

any central american team im mostly gonna route for

[stone egret]

And ngl, I wasn't even that mad about it because they played really well (and I hate the US and I hate football)

[slate veldt]

my roots ong✊

[crimson shell]

We’re not even that bad like I expect us to make it out the groups but we either wont play well or we’ll get drawn against some powerhouse

[stone egret]

I always want the Dutch men to do shit because Dutch men are annoying in public when we do well, and I also think they need to be humbled

[stone egret]

Fucking Germany or Brazil

[crimson shell]

Yeah good luck with weghorst or depay at striker

[stone egret]

I know one of those names

Mostly because Dutch men are insane about football and everything I learned about it was against my will

My mom's ex used to force us to watch the Dutch team play whenever it was a world or euro cup... And ofc those years were the ones we did well in... Hated every fucking minute

[vague bolt]

Impressive………

Anyways I was gonna say being patriotic is actually really important for progressive work

What you think of as patriotism is American nationalism, not patriotism

I love my country, and thus I expect better than what is happening

[stone egret]

Okay I'll expand on my hatred of patriotism: Blind patriotism without any criticism of your country is stupid. If you love your country, you want to make it better

[vague bolt]

That’s what patriotism is

Nationalism is what you’re saying is blind patriotism

[stone egret]

Like, I will say the Netherlands sucks all the time, but holy shit do I love my small frog country (Dutchies will get it)

[vague bolt]

Patriotism without striving for better is just nationalism

[stone egret]

I think that's like lowkey a saying in Dutch... I've seen it on tiktok a bunch. It's like a shit country, but our shit country

[vague bolt]

Yeye that’s kinda what I’m saying

Patriotism doesn’t really exist without constructive criticism

[stone egret]

Yeah I get what you're saying, I think it's pretty clear that we're talking about the same things but I just got the terms confused...

[vague bolt]

Yeye

All good lolol

In the us we have a flag code that nobody follows unless they’re in the military but a lot of American nationalists break the flag code in such dramatic ways

Like having their truck beds have American flag sail things

Fun fact burning the flag is an important part of flag code

You have to burn a flag if it touches the ground

It’s a whole thing

[stone egret]

I mean there's also people who hang ballsacks off their trucks so people can tell it's a boy truck...

[vague bolt]

Ah yes my boy truck

[stone egret]

Speaking of America and trucks. Those insanely big vehicles are so fucked up and dumb like those things kill people because you can't see the 3 meters in front of you and instead of going over the car when you hit someone, they go underneath and die... And that trend is also slowly going into other countries and I hate hate hate hate it

[stone egret]

Tbf technically it's a trans truck that got gender reassignment surgery...

So these people are actually allies with their trans trucks

[slate veldt]

yeah no one likes them

only people with trucks do

[dusty furnace]

I have a very similar one

[dusty furnace]

Ok /genq
How much of your view of us do you get from like. TV and movies lmfao

[stone egret]

When my view of the US was still mostly TV and movies, I had a better opinion of y'all ngl

Right now it's mostly the internet

[dusty furnace]

Equally as bad

[stone egret]

And whatever tourists I come across

[dusty furnace]

Even worse

[stone egret]

I still get so weirded out when I think about when I was at model united nations and we shared a bus with a group of American kids and we were all singing random songs back and forth and they suddenly busted out the national anthem

[dusty furnace]

Ok I'll establish this now
We are not the ball-on-truck, flag-toting nationalist chuds you encountered on some reddit thread somewhere

Many of us are normal

[stone egret]

I know

But some people are

I know most aren't, but y'alls vocal minority is so much more annoying that the Dutch vocal minority...

And that's who I compare them to

[pallid gale]

Was it the bear sweater

I love my bear sweater

No hate allowed for bear sweaters

[boreal ermine]

YASS I have this in navy

And whatever my country isn’t perfect which is why I always want it to be better but I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. being patriotic in that way shouldn’t be looked down upon anyways

Beyond the fashion statement

[nocturne heart]

Reddit is the complete opposite of that lmao, all they talk about is how much they hate trump and blah blah. It's insufferable

Redditors would be the ones burning the American flag on tv or walking around with one from Mexico or something like that

[vague bolt]

??

[pallid gale]

If you have bad penmanship I’m gonna assume you’re dumb

[steep lava]

My handwriting sucks but I don't think I'm done

[vague bolt]

Booooooo

[dusty furnace]

based

[boreal ermine]

Why the actual fuck would anyone want a touch screen laptop

I adjust the screen and it fucks up the whole thing

Apple just has superior laptops fr

[vague bolt]

Also it just gets the screen all greasy and the fingerprints piss me off so bad

MacBooks on top fr

[crimson shell]

50% more than a MacBook Pro

[pallid gale]

Farty% more than a fartbook pro

[crimson shell]

https://tenor.com/view/red-red-emoji-angry-emoji-raised-fist-fist-gif-4695612956741787895

[slate veldt]

what do u consider bad penmanship

[quiet sun]

If I saw a doctor with good penmanship I would question their medical credentials

[pallid gale]

Yall be scribbling with your fist

[dusty furnace]

ok here's a hot one
K-Pop Demon Hunters was not that good. Like it was good don't get me wrong but it wasn't THAT good

People treat it like it's the Godfather

[vague bolt]

🙁

that is technically a hot take

compared to 90% of the movies being made these days, it is the godfather

and the music is so good

and the story is beautiful

to each their own i guess lol

[dusty furnace]

your mistake is watching movies being made these days

[vague bolt]

hmm

i disagree

i watch movies from a while back

in fact i watch very few new movies these days, but i did watch kpdh and i thought it was better than a lot of what im seeing

of course nothing can hold up to the 90s + early 2000s era of movies but the people are starving for new media

and compared to what else there is for kids these days (since also, kpdh is definitely focused more on kids) its miles better

the godfather is not for kids

and idk how comparable an animated kids movie is to the freaking godfather

[dusty furnace]

it was. hyperbole

[vague bolt]

ohhh lowkey thats my bad

the "taking things literally" trait strikes again lol

[crimson shell]

Nostalgia bias

[dusty furnace]

proudly

[crimson shell]

Цен фь ш ензштп шт кгыышфт цеа

Pro tip: make a watchlist based off the Oscar’s

Forgot i had a russian keyboard i used it once dont even speak it

[dusty furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-cat-confused-whuh-gif-10204381671363361516

[crimson shell]

Bruh I literally translated it

[dusty furnace]

oh yeah mb it's just been awhile since I've heard the name Price f sh enzshtp pcs kgyyshft tsea
That was my great grandfather's name 🥹

[crimson shell]

https://tenor.com/view/chicken-scream-tree-rooster-screaming-gif-14660175817695268947

[slate veldt]

honestly itd be more of a hot take if you said it was bad😭

[steep lava]

Here's a fun hot take

I think the argument people make for medieval or historical movies being drab because the real stuff looks silly is the dumbest argument

This argument got revived when the Christopher Nolan version of the Odyssey got announced

[stone egret]

Oh I have a hot take that's kind of related: If you add SA in your historical movie or tv show for 'realism' but then at the same time all the women are completely hairless, you don't actually give a shit about realism and just wanted to add an SA scene because you're a creep

[steep lava]

I guess so

Only historical movie I've seen that has that and isn't cut away was The Last Duel

Which other than the general story beats only had one notable historical accuracy

His fuckass haircut

The armor, the wardrobe everything else is just awful

[stone egret]

I say historical movies but a good example of this is game of thrones, which actually is fantasy, but it's medieval based fantasy. People always defend the (frankly, unnecessary amount of) SA scenes by saying "well those times were dark and moody, this is just realistic" but the dragons and shit aren't realistic, so why can't this be an SA-less world???

[steep lava]

I haven't seen Game of Thrones but SA is a very strong thing you can use in storytelling

[stone egret]

There are many hardships characters can go through that they then get trauma from or have to work through to get stronger, but for female characters, a lot of writers just take the 'easy' route of giving them an SA plotline which is just so fucked

[steep lava]

But gratuitous use of it is weird

[stone egret]

Like I get that in some cases it can work and be really powerful, but we don't need this much of it yknow

[steep lava]

And always be best used when it's cut away

[steep lava]

I say it's fucked as well but usually because it's used poorly by generally newer writers

[stone egret]

Like in Maleficent, SPOILER ALERT when ||her wings get cut off, and it's basically an allegory for SA. They don't show the act itself but they show the aftermath and her reaction, and Angelina Jolie has said that she acted it out as if it was actual SA|| and I think that scene is so powerful because of it

[steep lava]

You see it a lot in like peak creepy pasta years when a story os written by someone young who is new to writing

They know something is dark so they use it, not understanding all the intricacies

[stone egret]

But a lot of creators are throwing it around like it's an easy plot device and it's not

Even if it happens to so many people, it doesn't mean it should be so prevalent and overused in stories yknow

[steep lava]

That's why you'll read a story called Poopyface Jack about a dude who kills people then shits on them but in their origin part of the story they randomly throw in childhood abuse

It's a pitfall

[steep lava]

Good example

I always say let stuff like SA, more specifically the action itself happen off screen, and don't use it as an easy out

[stone egret]

Definitely

[steep lava]

It's an easy subject to use as a motivation

But stupid hard to implement well

[stone egret]

You can also tell when a director is creepy about it because they'll shoot it basically the exact same way as an actual sex scene, except the woman is crying

[stone egret]

Imo, if it's used as motivation, I think it would be a lot more powerful if the audience doesn't know about it until way later. A lot of people don't tell anyone that it happened to them, so why should we as the audience get to know so soon. (ofc doesn't apply in all cases, but it would be a way more interesting way to approach the subject yknow)

[steep lava]

True

[stone egret]

Like in the Hunger Games SPOILERS FOR ENTIRE ORIGINAL TRILOGY ||when you first meet Finnick and he has that whole sexy playboy persona and as you get to know him, you learn that it's all an act for the Capitol. But it isn't until Mockingjay that you learn he was being pimped out by president Snow (as a teenager!) when you realise the depth of that persona he plays||

[steep lava]

Huh

[slate veldt]

they should add how unhygienic people are in historical shows

[steep lava]

Dude they rely too much on that

They make medieval people look like barely above a caveman in terms of cleanliness

[steep lava]

I didn't realize it even went that deep

[stone egret]

THG is extremely deep for a series marketed towards teens/young adults

[slate veldt]

i feel like they should add nore historical accurate foods actually

like the pastries in historical shows

[stone egret]

It's a simple premise but has so many layers (which is why the genre got so popular and every other "for fans of the Hunger Games" book/movie was so shit because it lacked that depth)

[steep lava]

I read the first Hunger Games book and just didn't get into it

[stone egret]

Lmao I always point out that tomatoes and potatoes should not exist yet in the specific part of the world a movie or show is set in

[slate veldt]

i rmb reading the hunger games book then i watched the movie and saw how the movie changed how katniss got the pin

they changed so much😭

[stone egret]

The book to movie changes in the first movie are still somewhat okay imo. The second is worse. What do you mean Cashmere and Gloss got to do their interview together in the second movie???? That's not how those interviews work! Ceasar literally makes a joke about that when Peeta does the whole "because she came here with me" reveal in the first one!!!

Also the trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping (haven't read the book yet) has one of the tributes drop their little poncho thiny on the floor when they're still waiting on their platforms after getting to the arena and that motherfucker better blow up when I watch that movie or else I'm gonna RIOT

Also speaking of Catching Fire changing book stuff. Gale getting whipped because he punched the head peacekeeper in the face after he hit a woman instead of like it went in the book where he showed up at the head peacekeeper's house with a turkey he just killed

I have a bit of a "I liked it before it was cool" complex about the Hunger Games because I was made fun of for using the first book for a book report when I was 12 and then the movies blew up and everyone who made fun of me was watching them and acting like they discovered them themselves

[steep lava]

Modern example

The god awful Napoleon movie from Ridley Scott

They actually made the costumes look really good

Colorful and exactly how they'd have looked

Then they put the stupid blue filter over everything

[stone egret]

I think the blue filter should be banned. Twilight owns it. It's the Twilight filter

[steep lava]

Here's a behind the scenes photo of the British

Amazing, colorful uniforms that differentiate units

[stone egret]

Wym that was deemed too colorful???

[steep lava]

Here they are as they appear in the movie

[stone egret]

Okay but...

Spot the differences

[steep lava]

Here is the costume for Napoleon behind the scene

Here's in the movie

https://tenor.com/view/looking-around-napoleon-bonaparte-joaquin-phoenix-napoleon-what's-that-gif-8187404593495048656

There's a scene set during the battle of Austerlitz

You can barely tell the Russians and Austrians apart by color

[stone egret]

Why does this have the Mexican filter?

[steep lava]

In Egypt

Austrians

[stone egret]

Seems like homeboy is on his way to get a heatstroke tf is he wearing that for in Egypt???

[steep lava]

Austrians in camera

Notice the guys in blue, how their uniform looks black in the picture from the actual movie

The Russians also look black despite having green uniforms

[stone egret]

Homie all I see is blue

[steep lava]

Made worse by the fact Ridley Scott abandons all cohesion they'd have

[steep lava]

First photo

The guys on the right

In blue

[stone egret]

I was making a joke about the filter lmao

[steep lava]

Oh yeah

Duh

A blue filter so aggressive it made blue look black

[steep lava]

Also to answer this

I believe his outfit for the Egyptian campaign was made from a tropical weight wool or cotton

[stone egret]

Still looks like an uncomfortable amount of layers

[steep lava]

He also wore a cloak inspired by berbers

[stone egret]

I still think that just looks like Twilight ngl

[steep lava]

It does

And that's the issue

It was a period when every single uniform was colorful

[stone egret]

Someone teach this man about dance belts

[steep lava]

Specifically for ease of reading the field

Waterloo from 1970 does Napoleonic warfare better

Like, perfectly

https://tenor.com/view/waterloo-french-empire-napoleon-gif-26577331

Even uses the regimental flags

Unlike the Ridley Scott movie

Which is annoying because the costumes are accurate in his movie

It has cool historically informed things

Like one scene where it actually shows the signalmen doing their thing

Same goes for Kingdom of Heaven

Even if some of the gear is a century too early

https://tenor.com/view/crusaders-ave-maria-templars-deus-vult-gif-14798873

The filter on that movie is less egregious

But still there

[steep lava]

Also I missed this, layering is a good way to keep cool

Only works if wearing natural fabrics though

That's how you see people in Africa and the Middle East wear so much layered clothing despite being in the desert

Layered cotton or light weight wool, sometimes together

[stone egret]

I want to take my skin off in summer... Wearing more than one layer feels like it would kill me ngl

[steep lava]

You're likely also wearing polyester

That shit keeps ALL the heat

any moral of the stroy

watch Waterloo (1970)

https://tenor.com/view/napoleon-waterloo-french-empire-grande-armee-gif-26577332

[nocturne heart]

The end fight scene of that movie was really good

[azure tulip]

That looks ancient

[steep lava]

Well it's a movie from 1970 set in 1815

[azure tulip]

And the movie is good?

[pallid gale]

Any movie before 2000 is bad

Graphics effects and actors aren’t even as good n

[steep lava]

I enjoyed it

https://tenor.com/view/waterloo-napoleon-napoleon-bonaparte-gif-25480084

[boreal ermine]

If u use the same dirty damp towel to dry your face after washing it…..

Side eye

This stems from the days I had acne but using wash cloths r peak. Wash after every use>>>

I have like 15-20 little towels for my rotation

[nocturne heart]

I use same towel idc I'm clean after a shower so therefore the towel is clean

[boreal ermine]

If ur an adult and don’t have auto caps turned on your phone ur childish

[slate veldt]

aw shucks

[azure tulip]

What's auto caps

[boreal ermine]

Like when your start typing on your phone if it automatically capitalizes the first word of the sentence

Back in the day it was cool to manually turn it off to look more chill

But now we’re uncs and it is NOT cool anymore I fear

[azure tulip]

Aha, I thought you were talking about keyboard

[azure tulip]

Real

[crimson shell]

we?

[vague bolt]

I specifically appreciate that it capitalizes I for me so I don’t have to

I’m not even unc im like infant

Okay sometimes it doesn’t do it

[boreal ermine]

Sybau

ADULTS WE

[azure tulip]

Wait are y'all uncs🫪

[vague bolt]

Hashtag adulting

[crimson shell]

YOU guys are uncs

I am young and free

[vague bolt]

I’m 19

[azure tulip]

How young and free

[azure tulip]

That's not really unc

[crimson shell]

18 in July

[vague bolt]

See I said I wasn’t unc

[azure tulip]

Damn

[vague bolt]

But I am an adult so it is what it is

[crimson shell]

Young and free

[vague bolt]

The shackles increase every year

[crimson shell]

Yeah I almost had to do taxes the other day

Did the whole TurboTax thing

[boreal ermine]

I’m 23 my right knee is starting to hurt but I’m thriving

[crimson shell]

They said I had to pay like $70 bc I got tipped

[azure tulip]

I'm so glad I'm not paying taxes yet

[boreal ermine]

Do NOT be my age with auto caps off

[crimson shell]

Then looked it up and I made $50 under the minimum to pay taxes

[crimson shell]

https://tenor.com/view/jurassic-park-raptor-gif-5691782781214544578

[vague bolt]

I’m 19 going on 80 I think

[azure tulip]

Holy unc

[vague bolt]

Knee pain back pain shoulder pain migraine bad eyes bad ears

[boreal ermine]

🥀🥀enuff

[crimson shell]

I didn’t know you knew those emojis

[boreal ermine]

My knee hurts my body is in a constant state of soreness

[vague bolt]

Fr

[boreal ermine]

U don’t read my messages enough

[azure tulip]

I was about to say the same thing

[rare oasis]

anyone older than me is unc

sorry guys

[azure tulip]

And how old is that

[crimson shell]

10

[rare oasis]

close enough

[pallid gale]

These dudes are one grade apart arguing about unc

[crimson shell]

oscars european so the dont do grades they actually do like zones or some shi

[azure tulip]

I'm also European and we do in fact have grades

I think Britain has a similar grade system to America

[rare oasis]

yeah

done with 9th grade soon

[nocturne heart]

Bad genes or unhealthy. im late 20s and my back only hurts sometimes if I work too hard and thats about it

I try to stretch if I have a really hard physical day to help with muscle soreness and etc

[nocturne heart]

Hot take Facebook is like cancer and really bad for your mental health. Basically the only point of it is to brag about your life and create a fake image of yourself for others and for likes. Who is actually happy being caught in the keeping up with the jones' mentality

So many people are caught in this fake system and probably actually unhappy and stressed with tons of debt

[crimson shell]

Facebook is for uncs anyway ✌️

[azure tulip]

Grass is green Ahh statement

[azure tulip]

That's Instagram and tiktok nowadays

[pallid gale]

Yall be saying generally accepted things as hot takes

[boreal ermine]

Yea whos using Facebook anymore

Instagram is almost dead too

[azure tulip]

Instagram is better than tiktok tho

the average mf on tiktok is corny ash

[vague bolt]

As it should be imo

[nocturne heart]

I guess that was more of a rant than a hot take

[nocturne heart]

I use it for marketplace pretty much exclusively but every once in a while I will see stuff on my feed

[vague bolt]

I was kinda exaggerating but also the bad genes one lol

[steep lava]

23? Did you know ötzi?

[boreal ermine]

Good old friend of mine

Haven’t heard that name in years🚬

[steep lava]

Old ass woman (I'm 22)

[rapid basin]

https://tenor.com/view/running-dinosaur-gif-1286402445092502788

[steep lava]

https://tenor.com/view/the-endless-halo-infinite-anomalocaris-cambrian-the-harbinger-gif-24828977

[boreal ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/hide-the-pain-harold-tongue-out-old-man-meme-gif-17779122

[rapid basin]

Yes unc

[hidden breach]

Almost half way to 30

[boreal ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-accepting-fate-tiktok-at-peace-gif-567488341419321713

U know who else is almost 30

HALEY BECK

Have yall been hearing about this story?!!! It’s Noah becks sister who is all up in the news rn for grooming her student

[steep lava]

Who is Noah Beck

[azure tulip]

Lucky ass student

[azure tulip]

Idk him either

[slate veldt]

🤨

[boreal ermine]

I will whoop ur ass if ur mama won’t

He’s a whole ass victim

[slate veldt]

instant side eye

[azure tulip]

Wdym, who hasn't dreamed about being with their teacher

[boreal ermine]

But if u read the texts he’s DEF not a pushover 😭 this teacher was so desperate it’s actually sad. Like if I had read the texts and they were both two consenting adults I would think she’s so pathetic already and the additional circumstances just make it’s 10x worse

[slate veldt]

not me thats fs

🤨

[boreal ermine]

Yea DEF not me

That’s weird as fuck

[azure tulip]

Well if it was actually grooming then that's messed up BUT media often just calls it grooming even though sometimes the "victim" wanted it too

[steep lava]

I've thought a teacher was pretty but never wanted to be with one

[slate veldt]

if you dream with being with ur teacher… you MAY have some stuff that needs to be checked up

^

[slate veldt]

???

[steep lava]

Brother, a child can't legally consent

[boreal ermine]

But the victim can’t even consent to wanting to. They’re a minor. Thats the tea

[azure tulip]

Nahh, it's more common than u think

[steep lava]

WHAT

[slate veldt]

a minor does not always know what they want

im only 18, but even shit i did 2 yrs ago cringes me out

and thags TWO years ago

[boreal ermine]

I’m sure minors are up to some stupid and weird shit but it’s like on the adult to NOT engage

[azure tulip]

Like I didn't actually wanna be a couple with a teacher but like some yk? They're fine asf

[slate veldt]

when you are young even a year of life passing makes such a big difference

[slate veldt]

yeah and not all students actually want to a couple with a teacher they thought was fine

[azure tulip]

Imma read these msgs in 2 years and see if I have a different opinion

[slate veldt]

you will

trust me

[boreal ermine]

There was like a 10 year age gap. She was 25 and he was 15 when they met😭😭😭

[azure tulip]

Wild

[slate veldt]

dawg 16 me thought 15 me was cringe like

[steep lava]

I wasn't expecting the south park bit from this dude but genuine

[slate veldt]

thats how yk bro hasnt grown up yet😭

[boreal ermine]

That “relationship” continued for like 3 years. Yall read the texts tho the kid is so funny😭😭

She told him “$5 per compliment” and he gave her like the shittiest low hanging fruit compliments and jus said “cough it up” like😭😭🤣

[azure tulip]

It's cool, I'm still a minor too so it isn't like illegal what I'm saying

[slate veldt]

yeah but its wrong

[azure tulip]

Ofc it is

[slate veldt]

why’d you even say it then😭

[steep lava]

https://tenor.com/view/nice-south-park-gif-13267690

[boreal ermine]

The whole class knew and one time during class she asked the student to talk with her outside and they fought for an hour while the other students waited😭😭😭

[azure tulip]

I'm js saying that I've had some fine teachers before so the kid is lucky in some way

[steep lava]

Wth

[azure tulip]

What kind of school was this

[slate veldt]

learn to keep thoughts to yourself

[azure tulip]

Balright

[steep lava]

I don't care if the teacher looks like Sofia Vergara the kid is NOT LUCKY

[boreal ermine]

I’m sorry but she’s so chopped😭😭😭. Def has a case of “wasn’t popular in high school” so now’s she’s getting off to the fact that she can exert power on the quarterback who didn’t even like her so she could “redo” her high school experience.

[azure tulip]

I don't even know who that is plus if the kid is FORCED into it then it's like really messed up for the kid. However if the kid liked it, then atleast it isn't traumatized but the teacher should still get in trouble since it's illegal

[azure tulip]

Poor kid fr

[steep lava]

She looks like she'd be a music teacher for middle schoolers

[boreal ermine]

I think the key distinction tho is that KIDS can’t consent to whether they like it or not. The threshold for fucked up shouldn’t be traumatizing level

Fucked up is like, why are we engaging with minors in the first place

[steep lava]

I know your young, but when he's older he'll have at least some sort of trauma, evem if it's just an icky feeling

[boreal ermine]

Blame is 100% on the adult

[steep lava]

He was taken advantage of

[azure tulip]

Damn that's not good

I'll just retract my statement

[vague bolt]

He couldn’t consent

[azure tulip]

From a legal point of view no, but like if I verbally agree and I'm fine with Smth, that also has some weight

But yes that whole thing is absolutely wrong

[vague bolt]

Adults who prey on children have a way of convincing the kid it’s what they want to

Too*

That’s why it’s grooming

He’s a kid, he doesn’t know what he wants

[azure tulip]

Fair

[azure tulip]

Lies

[vague bolt]

No fr his brain is not developed

[azure tulip]

Idk why adults act like a teenager doesn't know what he wants

Gng we're not stupid

[vague bolt]

Teenagers are inherently dumb

It’s a part of being an adolescent

[azure tulip]

Some are

[pallid gale]

As a relative to your adult self they all are

[azure tulip]

I retracted that statement

[pallid gale]

Your brain isn’t fully developed

[vague bolt]

Yep

[azure tulip]

Fair but that doesn't make us dumb

[pallid gale]

I understand being frustrated with people not letting you make your own decision

[vague bolt]

Dumb with making decisions

[pallid gale]

Yes it is when I said relative

[vague bolt]

Not necessarily dumb intellectually

[pallid gale]

So you are dumber than your adult self

[azure tulip]

Yeah

Okay I get what u mean

[vague bolt]

Because your prefrontal cortex is only partially developed, you’re making decisions mostly with your amygdala (lizard brain)

[pallid gale]

Ya the adult version of you would’ve understood immediately

[azure tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/jimmy-butler-jimmy-butler-paper-confused-gif-14478007832172093541

[pallid gale]

Haha

embed failure haha

[low kettle]

https://klipy.com/gifs/epic-embed-fail-ryan-gosling

[vague bolt]

I gotta go to class but yeah I hope that kid gets support and I hope that teacher goes to hell

[azure tulip]

When am I like a proper adult, not at 18 right?

[pallid gale]

https://tenor.com/view/jesus-ballin-mars-bars-gif-19910027

[ornate quiver]

https://klipy.com/gifs/cat-fall-8

[vague bolt]

Somewhere between 23-27

[azure tulip]

Damn

[vague bolt]

Depends on the person

[pallid gale]

Ya you can feel changes in mindset compared to your younger self

It’s good for that to happen it allows for growth

[azure tulip]

Damn that's actually Interesting

Why didn't we learn about this stuff in school

[pallid gale]

And your parents or other authority figures understand that so most likely they are looking out for you

I can understand the frustration that comes with it though

[boreal ermine]

When I was a teen I thought I wanted to be a tom boy who skated and listened to MCR🧍🏻‍♀️

Oh how the turns tables have turned tabled

[vague bolt]

lol

When I was 15 I thought I would be depressed forever

[azure tulip]

It's lowk unfair. I work as much as adults do but I earn less and have less freedom

[azure tulip]

Damn

[pallid gale]

No you don’t

[azure tulip]

?

[vague bolt]

Unless you got a 9-5 you really don’t

[pallid gale]

You just simply don’t have as many responsibility

[vague bolt]

Your main responsibility as a teen is to go to school and learn

[azure tulip]

Idk what a 9-5 is. I'm a apprentice, becoming a car body mechanic. I work 9h a day

[azure tulip]

Fair

[pallid gale]

Ya 9h is pretty normal hours

[azure tulip]

That's why I was saying I work as much as adults do

[boreal ermine]

When I was 16 I jokingly dmed a famous social media comedian guy my phone number and bro actually responded. He asked me for nudes, sent d pics, asked me to meet up with him in LA.

At 16 I thought that he was creepy but I didn’t fully process JUST how creepy he was. Am I traumatized? No. But was it still wild and I have ss that could end his career? Yes ;O

[azure tulip]

Holy shit

[ornate quiver]

end it

[pallid gale]

Fake story clout chaser

Liar liar pants on fire

[azure tulip]

bdap is wilding

[low kettle]

bdap coming in here like a ref

[ornate quiver]

end his career, i meant

[azure tulip]

Ts sounded different 💔

[boreal ermine]

I actually could but I don’t want my name tied to that

I jus checked he has millions of followers

[rare oasis]

cant you remain anonymous?

[azure tulip]

Hello oscar

[boreal ermine]

Who would I reach out to

[pallid gale]

Fungal phallus

[azure tulip]

Feds

FBI mainly

[rare oasis]

chris hansen

[pallid gale]

TMZ

[boreal ermine]

LMAO

[rare oasis]

hi redstonerat

[winged walrus]

don't be scared. drop the name

[pallid gale]

Be careful of defamation

Not that he shouldn’t be told on

[rapid basin]

Boy hell no

[rare oasis]

got the whole server in this thread

[rapid basin]

Nah you gotta wait until he's like super famous

Then drop it

[boreal ermine]

That’s bc I make the best off topics

[rare oasis]

true

[winged walrus]

facts

[boreal ermine]

;O 🫶🏻

[rapid basin]

We should kill all hazbin hotel fans

That's my hot take

[crimson shell]

Ice cold take

[crimson shell]

*send

[pallid gale]

if you’re a fan of anything you need to get a grip

grown people calling themselves fans

[vague bolt]

Guy who is allergic to fun and whimsy

[rare oasis]

fandom is worse

[vague bolt]

I got bullied in middle school for being a twenty one pilots fan but it didn’t change anything because now im a fan of that plus many other cringe things

I do not fear my whimsy

[pallid gale]

nah get a grip

[crimson shell]

What about sports team fans

[pallid gale]

definitely get a grip

wearing other people’s names on your back you must have no pride in your self

[ornate quiver]

what if i'm married to aaron judge? i can't support my husband?

[pallid gale]

that’s your name then idiot

average sports fan IQ

[boreal ermine]

I’m a fan of mukbangs

[pallid gale]

https://tenor.com/view/btweers-treyreloaded-gif-9828766681290374907

[boreal ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/mukbang-gif-24416947

Fun fact he got skinny again^

But best believe if I see nikocado avocado i WILL be asking for a pic

[nocturne heart]

Bro has mental health issues

Got fat on purpose and then when he got skinny had a bunch of flab so he got surgery and now likes making videos where he walks around in thong showing off his botched skin

I think it's gross

Nobody wants to see that

[vague bolt]

Good thing you’re not obligated to watch him

[vague bolt]

And if I said I like asmr in general (not that freaky shit tho those people need therapy)

Especially the cranial nerve exam ones that’s the shit

[boreal ermine]

what i love asmr

[vague bolt]

One twinning!!!

Omg*

I hate autocorrect so much

[azure tulip]

Nah asmr is kinda weird ngl

[boreal ermine]

Cheese does not belong on salads

Anyone that says that they like arugula is lying

Who likes bitter

[nocturne heart]

I like ASMR it's relaxing

[azure tulip]

Music is more relaxing

[azure tulip]

People do that?

[boreal ermine]

yes

feta, goat cheese, parm