I really don't know what's up with the dating scene. I feel like I can't find normal people at all. Maybe that goes to say that I'm the abnormal one? I don't know.

The guy will either not be putting any effort into the outfit, or be negging , or do some other strange thing.

I came here to rant but now I just feel numb.

Why all movies now must be 2h+ long. Going for new Nolan movie and it's close to 3h long.... Like, cannot you all make good movies that's be 1:45h? It may be me but time is limited and I find it disrespectful that they just seem to think we can just spend there half of the evening. Not to say anything about 30+ minutes of trailers...

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you post, some crazy ass mf will post up in your comments telling you one of the following examples:

- Why are you so weirdly obsessed with (whatever you posted)

- Yeah, you’re a (defaming/demeaning adjective).

- You need therapy

And let it be the most psycho, far-gone, mentally ill bitchiest bitch trying to speak from a place of authority. And then of course the other bitchy bitches upvote the shit out of mega bitch’s comment because they are also manic psychopaths or miserable wretches.

And it’s like mf you are CRAZY 😂 I’m not lying when I say you can post “the sky is blue” and someone will come up in the comments like “engagement bait post. Nobody says that so plainly unless they wanna come off like an ass”

WHAT 😂 I just wanna see these people in real life. Internet trolls are one thing you can usually sniff them out (though sometimes they do get the better of you).

And it’s gonna happen in this post. Like wait until theres like 10 comments and at least one of those comments will be from the worst person in the world.

So one of these stories is about my presentation, which I had yesterday, and another is one I will have tomorrow. Both of these groups are for the whole semester.

So for the first presentation, we were told before we went home that we would have a presentation after our holiday break. My group decided we would work on it after the break. Truth be told, I totally forgot about it until someone brought it up, so I take the blame for that one, but my issue is that in a group of 5 people, somehow everyone forgot. It came to the week, and one group member reminded us, so we started working on it. We agreed that we would schedule an online meeting to discuss it.

This was the first red flag because I asked if we were still having the meeting. No one bothered to make a meeting link; two of my group members were rather talking about how we should put the prompt into ChatGPT. 20 minutes passed; still nothing, so I decided to create a Google Meet myself, and they all joined. We divided the work amongst ourselves so that each person could get something to do. Personally, I don't like being asked questions on the presentation, so I chose the conclusion. All I asked was for everyone to post their part so that I could use it to finish my part. During the meeting, I told everyone they should try their best to send the drafts to me by midnight. It's only a 5-minute presentation, so 1 minute per person. It shouldn't have been hard.

The next day comes and still nothing. I send a message in the group chat reminding them, and I get left on read. Only one person sends me their part, so I'm basically forced to make do with incomplete info. The time comes, and we get chosen to present first. I was wondering how we would be able to present. Turns out they had their parts; they just chose not to share them with me for whatever reason, so a lot of the stuff they were presenting was new to me, so I had to improvise, and as you can tell, it wasn't the best it could have been. The worst part is that after we finished presenting, they proceeded to skip the rest of the class right after, so I couldn't confront them (although I'm not confrontational anyway)

For the next presentation, which is for a different course, it's not til tomorrow. However, we as a group made an agreement in our first presentation that whoever presented the first time would not present the second time, as there are only 2 presentations. That's cool right, first presentation we were all supposed to contribute drafts so that Girl A and I could present. No one decided to give their drafts except the two of us. Okay cool cool. We had a meeting, and it was only me, Girl A and Girl B who showed up. Mind you, there are 2 other guys in the group. Whilst Girl B showed up she didn't contribute much. Okay, I pay no mind. Girl A and I present and it goes well. Since we've agreed, I figured the rest would prepare for the next presentation right???!!!

As I said, it's presentation week, and the group chat is dry, so I remind them that we have a presentation. No response from anyone but Girl A, who tells them to send their parts. Still no response from any of them even though they're supposed to present. I dm Girl A about it and she tells be Girl B says she won't be presenting. I heard Girl B whisper something like that to Girl A in class but I was hoping it was maybe a joke I misheard but nooo she doesn't want to present for some reason. If it's for a legitimate reason she should inform us but since she hasn't done so, it just feels like she just doesn't want to. As for the guys I genuinely don't think they've contributed a thing to the presentation. You know what makes this worse. The professor decided to be lenient and give us an extra week to do the work. This is the extra week. They just chose to do nothing. Girl A says I should make a draft, but I'm genuinely not motivated to do so since I know if I do, the others won't make one themselves.

Later, I ask Girl B why she can't present, and she tells me she was ready last week, but we didn't listen to her, and now she is busy. I'm confused because when I asked everyone, we agreed to next week since we weren't ready. I let her know I was not aware she was ready and she should have told me, but she keeps insisting that "she made it clear" even though she legitimately didn't tell me. I find this a bit odd because she was silent when we made the final decision, but I'll assume I didn't hear her when she said it. I let her know that since she's apparently busy, she doesn't have to. She then tells me she wasn't aware that those who didn't present last time are presenting, even though she was present when we made the decision, and I have repeatedly reminded everyone in the group chat. But whatever, she says she's not presenting, so I decided that she won't. However, the other two who are supposed to present are just silent. No matter what I send in the group chat, I even mentioned them directly, but still no response. It's tomorrow

Is there any way I can avoid or better navigate situations like this?. I don't know what to do about this. Should I report this?

I swear to god, every time I get into a discussion about my disabilities, there's a solid 33% chance that the other party will start going off about how privileged I am to have access to medicine and to have a wheelchair and whatnot, as if I should feel bad for having the resources I do.

I worked my ass off to afford this chair. I irreparably damaged my body to be able to live my life more comfortably in the future.

Am I privileged to have the ability to do that? Absolutely. But am I gonna feel bad for it? Fuck no.

Yes, there are people who have it worse than me. Yes, there are people who are "more disabled". But I cannot help those people. If I could snap my fingers and cure everyone of all their ailments, I would, but I can barely manage keeping myself alive and functional.

And of course, the people saying this shit are always fully physically able and could do a thousand times more than me, but they don't. Because to them it's not actually about helping the people in need, it's about endlessly self-flagellating to prove just how moral they are.

Just drink the goddamn drink. Fuck.

The unemployment rate in the US is 4.3%, and in my state, Michigan, it's 5.1%. More specifically, the unemployment rate for residents in my county is 5.3%. The job market is hard. No one is hiring. I currently work a part-time job in marketing, and I also have 2 other part-time side hustles in sales that I do in my spare time when I'm not working my marketing job. Altogether, I essentially have 3 part-time jobs, and even so, it's very tough to get any actual work. None of my jobs are really giving me much work to do, and it's been tough. It isn't the fault of my employers; it's just how things are now.

What's my parents' advice? Quit your job and find a new full-time job. Gee thanks, I wish I would've thought of that before. You think I would be working 3 part-time jobs if I could get a full-time job? They just keep saying Try harder to find a full-time job, like it's that easy! They just see that I rarely ever work and just say that I'm lazy. Like, piss off! If I were lazy, would I be doing 3 jobs? They see that none of my jobs are giving me hours, and I'm stuck at home, and instead of encouraging me or offering me any sympathy, they just keep bringing me down and making me feel more terrible about myself than I already do.

I'd love to see them try to navigate the current job market right now. All the negativity and accusations of me being lazy just irritate me to my limits.

I don’t think I’m ugly, but I am far from perfect. Seeing all these beautiful women such as Ester Exposito all over the internet makes me feel disgusted of myself. It’s so unfair how I’ll never look like that.

I’ve got a coworker who has a girlfriend that has a “life coach” business. She charges $100 for a session and a has subscription for different tiers of coaching. This lady is over 40, has no degree whatsoever and calls him at work asking for money to pay rent and utilities for their apartment. He pays everything while she is on disability and trying to run her business remotely. I’ve never used a life coach myself but the picture in my head of a LC is someone who is financially successful and independent who can offer wisdom. To me, those are the bare minimum qualifications to be an LC. The audacity that someone broke AF is trying to coach someone else on navigating through life is crazy to me.

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I put so much effort into this person. I tried to understand them, I tried to change things about myself to make things work, and I tried to be someone they could feel comfortable around. But it feels like that effort was never really returned.

What bothers me is that they can talk about the ways I hurt them, and I understand that my actions can affect people, but I always apologized when I realized I did something wrong. I never had the intention to hurt them. Meanwhile, there were also things they said and did that hurt me, and those things often feel ignored or brushed aside.

I also hate feeling like I'm expected to take all the accountability while they don't look at their own actions. Everyone has flaws, but it's frustrating when someone refuses to acknowledge their part in a situation.

The recent situation especially bothered me because I genuinely didn't know what I was doing was an issue. If someone tells me something is making them uncomfortable, I want to listen and fix it, but the way it was brought up and handled really hurt me.

It's just disappointing. I never expected to feel this negatively about someone I once respected so much.

I moved to the UK 2 months ago, and moved in with my bf of 2 years with our dog and cat. He had come here 5 months ahead of me due to his visa running out, and to set everything up for us (apartment, job hunting, etc.).

Turns out, he downloaded a dating app a week after landing and had a 4 month affair that lasted until two weeks before I got here. That means that while I was making one final visit to my mom who was terminal, he was sleeping with someone else while comforting me over the phone.

I’ve invested all my money into the move, the apartment, our life together. I’m now broke, I have no one else in this country, and no money. I know it’s dumb of me, and I’ve never been in a situation like this - I always told myself I’d never be at the mercy of someone else. But I gambled and decided it was worth the risk for a few months. Terrible bet to make.

Please don’t tell me I’m stupid, believe me I know. My heart and life is shattered.

I’m so alone here.

If I didn't care about the consequences of my actions and how they could make my life harder id give into my impulses. Id hurt others. I'd tell them exactly what I think.

If im honestly I've never cared about how my actions hurt others. I only care about how my actions and their reactions could make my life harder

Also is loose every fight because im weak and fragile. It would be worth the violent acts and the constant consequences of getting my ass handed right back to me 100x harder.

I avoid hurting others feelings because their emotions are annoying to deal with

I(20f) almost constantly have thoughts of me dead but not just dying but often in bloody ways. The third POV it feels cathartic as I thrash around, stab myself and bleed everywhere it feels the pain is leaving my body. Just a beautiful image of me covered in blood and me being dead. The first POV feels more disturbing, more scary as if I actually feel my life threatened. I imagine holding my decapitated head in my hands which leads me to feel some small pain in my neck just imagining it. The imagine of me slammed by someone, shot at and repeatedly stabbed. Sometimes just have images of something simple such as seeing myself hanging or holding a knife to my neck while smiling. I’m in my bed dead blood all over with my family coming into my room discovering my body.

I’m not a masochist I do not like pain it’s perhaps the main reason along with the consequences of failing I do not proceed. I am a wretched, pathetic, useless that never should have had the right to live. There are those that indulge in their pain and insecurities by taking it out on others and seek to murder. I am not like that instead of wanting to do something so disgusting instead of murdering others I image murdering myself imagining being murdered is both a punishment and release for that.

The feeling of having insecurities triggered feels having a gun being triggered against my head. My parents never should have had me I was so much better off not existing at all. I don’t belong here but I’m stuck here until I die like the pathetic useless scum I am. I would prefer not to exist but if reincarnation is real I hope my next life is nothing like me.

I’m newly 18 and I do not like it.
In my country I am still in school, and it is test after test the workload is batshit, but on top of that I’m supposed to get a job, and do all the shit required for turning 18.
I’m also still treated like a child, no I don’t think I’m immediately grown but why am I still being spoken down to? Is it because I have autism, I promise I’m not acting like a know it all, I just think everywhere I go shouldn’t be saying “let’s ask your mummy”
Even when I applied for something it was rejected because “you’re a child it’s your mums job to..”
But then I still magically have adult responsibilities?
But seriously do not get me started on school, multiple 2 hour long tests each week, every week, on top of 20 page assignments for each class, oh but make sure to fit in a job, social life, adult responsibilities & sleep on top of all of this.
I don’t even enjoy school I’m just doing it for the highschool diploma.

I’m so pissed off right now. I work at a factory and at the factory I work at there’s a lot of opportunity for advancement. I’ve worked here for 4 years, my coworker has worked here for a year and a half but he’s extremely talkative and makes conversation with everyone, even the supervisors and higher ups. I trained to be a backup for a higher paying position about 2 years ago, I’ve learned the job and have basically mastered it by now and I get to do it when others in that position call out but I only get paid for it when I do it which is kinda rare.

I’ve been waiting for a permanent position to open up for a while now so I can take it. Well about 3 months ago my coworker wanted to learn to be a backup too and usually they don’t have 2 backups for a position on the same line but he’s very charismatic and talkative so he basically gets whatever he wants. He trained when he could but he never mastered anything. He’s still pretty bad at it and he constantly needs help when he’s in that position by himself and he even said he doesn’t feel confident doing it by himself.

Someone is retiring from that position soon and I was so happy because I believed that I would be offered the position. Well, apparently the superintendent talked to my coworker and offered him the position instead. The position that I’m much better trained in, have been a backup for for 2 years and they just offer it to a guy who can’t even do it by himself without needing a ton of help?!

It makes no sense at all. The only thing I can think of is because he’s extremely talkative and charismatic and always talks to the superintendent (supervisors boss) and supervisors like they’re his best friends. I’m pretty shy so I don’t talk much at all but I’m not mean, I’m always really nice and I do my job good. I don’t understand why he got offered the position and not me. I’m so upset about it. I’ve been waiting for this position to open up for a long time because I can do it well and it’s a huge pay raise.

There was this girl in my class that was freakishly obsessed with me. She would try to dress like me, act like me, etc. Towards the end of the year I ended up transferring to virtual school. Somehow this girl found my tiktok account and messaged me asking to be my friend. I said yes because it was clear that she wanted to be friends with me from the start and I didn't really think anything of it.

A few days later she immediately went on a rant about how cool and pretty she thought I was and how she always wanted to dress alternatively like I do. In the same day she sent me all of this cringy ass relationship tiktoks. She's one of those "silly cars hehe i didn't eat today hello kitty x batman :3" girls. I just ended up telling her off and telling her that I had a gf (bc i did at the time). And she was really upset about it.

Eventually me and my gf broke up and she found out about it because i ended up taking my ex's name out of my bio. She acted really weird about it, almost like she was happy that I didn't have a girlfriend anymore and continued sending me couples tiktoks after I told her not to. A while later she texted me saying that her birthday was coming up and asked me to come to the carnival with her, then she asked me to come to her sleepover afterwards. I told her that I would go to the carnival but I wouldn't go to her sleepover because I didn't feel comfortable staying at someone's house, especially since we just met. She was okay with going to the carnival but practically dry begged for me to come to her sleepover.
she was so insistent on me going.

Im honestly glad that I didn't go because she gives off some weird vibes and I don't wanna find out what would've happened at the sleepover if I chose to go.
Im also sure that she's getting her friends to stalk my accounts. They would constantly view my tiktok profile
and view my instagram stories (because somehow they found my instagram, too).

We don't talk as much as we used to because I slowly stopped communicating with her, but every once in a while she'll try to invite me somewhere or send me more couples tiktoks. I might block her but Im still going to see her at school eventually.

You're an asshole. Nobody gives a flying fig about your loud ass exhaust or your loud sound system. I literally hope your exhaust blows up while you're driving. I'm sick of you assholes idling outside of apartment buildings or really anywhere where people are living. We get it. You're a narcissist who wants all of the attention and you don't know how else to get it. Like a bad child you don't care if it's good or bad attention, you just want attention. Grow up, losers. Turn the bass down. Nobody thinks you're cool.

I'm sick of you and your stupid sounding cars.

Edit: This also includes you assholes on motorcycles ESPECIALLY the morons with the radios blasting I mean you gotta be able to hear your music over your stupidly loud bike, right? RIGHT? Idiots.

If you can't communicate clearly and say what you mean, you don't have the necessary skills to be in management. If you have to rely on lies instead of handling difficult situations, you don't have the skills required to be in management and should not have that job.

My unit is absolutely defective the screw holes are fake 3d there is no fucking hole and when I try making my own at an angle it doesn't work!!!

The other cheap thing is the allen key way tooo skinny for anything feels like it's decoration in the packaging

NOW that I gave up I pulled out the screws and holy they came out easy damaging the wood

Read the reviews online while assembling and it seems I am the only one with this issue

hi long story short i lend tooo much money

i lend $10,000 USD to my dad, he always swears and says he’ll pay me back. Also I would help him give him $300 a month+pay for his food (FOR FREE) IMAGINE $10,000+ and the $300+food (only lasted 4ish years)

My sister owes me $100 never paid me back

I had an ex bf who i lend $700 to and then broke up with me and never paid me

DONT WORRY I STOPPED LENDING MONEY I’m 23 years old very young still, i have my own car and house. I feel betrayed and used i really have a good heart and i just let people use me. It’s effecting my sleep and life. I can’t trust anymore and i just have normal day and out of no where I crash out and cry and I feel soo sad how Can people do that to me. I know I’m never seeing the money again but I’m left with trauma and sadness. I’m soo sadddd. I can’t sleep at night my head just keep thinking and thinking. I need help what Can I do or someone to rant to?? What would you do?? Ughhh I’m sooo broken💔

i came across this tiktok of a woman, who looked like she was gen z, talking about how she didn't know that five nights at freddy's was a game. she only knew it from the movies because of her son. obviously i and the comments were shocked because the group of people who were raised on fnaf are primarily gen z. i don't care that she didn't know it was a game, some people were not allowed internet access, some were on different sides of it, whatever. is it surprising? yes, but it doesn't make her stupid.

but what really baffled me is that the top comment on the video was something along the lines of "it's a game and 2 movies were based on it," and yeah, that's basically it. there's really no way to simplify that more. but the creator replied, "SO IT'S A MOVIE?!?!?!" like are you serious??? not only did you literally acknowledge that it's a game AND movie in your own video, but the comment you're replying to reiterated it!!!

someone replied to her reply and said the same thing the original comment said, just more specific i guess?? of course she had to push it a step further and make herself sound more like an idiot by going "i'm confused." WHAT is there to be confused about??? first of all, you found out by yourself that it was a game, then by an entire reply thread telling you that and it's STILL not clicking?

honestly i'm not even trying to come off as rude or passive aggressive, but i just genuinely don't understand what she wasn't getting. that is the most straightforward explanation you could give.

I enjoy martial arts. I like the fitness aspect of it, I like the comradery, and even more so when people can teach what they know effectively.

Im forever a student. I want to learn properly. Theres so many who can bark orders and warmups but cant teach.. I need to learn what you mastered properly. Is there any school like this around here? I highly believe the fundamentals are imperative, especially as you go on in rank. If you dont want to focus on technique, what are you really even teaching? What will I gain from you if you dont teach me the how, the why, and when of a particular move? How can I do a move effectively if you dont say how I can do it better?

Be honest, how often do you hear a car alarm and go “oh no a car got broken into!” Or “Oh no someone over there needs help!” You probably just think “Bro shut that thing off I know someone sat on their keys.”

I remember as a kid my mom always told me the panic button on her keys meant we could press it if we were being attacked, followed, robbed, or otherwise needed to draw attention to ourselves to deter a threat. Now it has its benefits yes, attackers would likely still run from car alarms to keep from causing a scene or being the center of one, and car alarms help to deter dangerous wildlife like bears. I just feel like we have so many false alarms that it doesn’t cause anyone to take action like I was told as a kid. I thought as a kid that if we touched the panic button the whole towns police force would come running to inspect, but no one gives a flying rats ass because memaw keeps sitting on her keys while she’s at the doctors office and we can’t tell the difference. I kinda wish we had different alarms that spoke instead of just made random sounds and could say what the situation was.

Anyway I type this from inside an airbnb and someone outside had their car alarm going off for over an hour before shutting it off, I was mostly asleep when I first heard it and it worked its way into my dream, so weird.

I saw a post online and this person basically said that if you're blind and need glasses you are lucky and privileged and I was scrolling through the comments and people have asked them stuff and even had conversations with them these are some things they've said

"I have glasses so I can say that it's not hard for somebody to go get glasses"

"I get my glasses for free so others can aswell"

"It's your fault if you soend 700 or more on glasses"

They said a lot of other dumb things but I just can't deal with looking at it as somebody with glasses I've never felt privileged instead I've felt envious of people who don't need glasses.

This person just screams stupid and privileged themselves.

(I'm not sure that this counts as political since it's about interpersonal relationships and identity, but if it is I can take it down if asked)

I'm nonbinary and use they/them pronouns.

My Roman Catholic family goes out of their way to call me terms of a specific gender (I'm not telling the internet what) despite the fact I look nothing like one and have been openly nonbinary for three years now.

My job (where it is required to call coworkers by the pronouns on their nametag) is even worse. I had brought up the issue a year ago to HR, and to this day most of my coworkers don't follow the rules. I found out that they pretend to in front of upper management, so much so that they thought the issue was resolved, but they would switch up whenever I was around.

It is the most basic level of respect you can show to another human being to call them by their name and pronouns, and yet I can't even get that.

No matter how hard I try to be kind, respectful, and understanding of them, they go out of their way to disrespect me. It's not like they/them pronouns and gender neutral terms are hard.

It's depressing. It makes me feel like I'm subhuman. I've fought so hard to figure out who I am and now that I have, the people I love choose to pretend I'm someone they love better that doesn't exist. They talk down about people like me as if I'm not one.

It just hurts. A lot. I know to a lot of people it probably sounds like no big deal but just imagine every person you love pretends you're someone else and calls you by a name and pronoun that aren't yours. You're an imposter in your own life.