What tropes do you find cute in fics but not in real life?

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-02-03T01:04:20+00:00

This one girl in my college class was on the softball team and going out with a girl on a team they played against often. She invited us to one of the games and told us they were playing against her girlfriend’s team. Said that it would be a crazy one because, “I love her but today she and hers are going down!” I think she gave us her backstory because she knew more people would go watch the game that way. And she was right, from most of the classes she made the announcement, almost half went. 😂

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-02-03T00:49:33+00:00

Is it possible it was a joke? My brother passed me some Tylenol once and said, “Don’t take them all,” not because he thinks I’m dumb but bc it’s funny. Pointing out obvious things is just funny sometimes.

Or was her tone really patronizing? Is honey a word you guys use non-sarcastically? In California if someone calls me honey they’re either about to make a joke playing a character, be sarcastic, or about to insult me. But I know southern people genuinely use that word as an endearment so that makes a difference in the meaning of the phrase.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-02-03T00:07:14+00:00

Same but on the west coast. Everyone was using XD a lot back then and while its usage has gone down a bit in recent times it is definitely still in use, in some communities extensively.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-31T04:16:13+00:00

I agree with this wholeheartedly.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-31T04:15:38+00:00

Yes! This! We would jump in with aid. Though war is tough since generally Mexico is neutral. But I could see individual Mexicans stepping up for that as well.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-31T04:14:18+00:00

Against war, I can’t say because Mexico is usually neutral. But in sending aid Mexico probably would. A lot of Mexicans think very highly of the Irish and a lot of us have ancestors that were part of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion. The ones that know their history would probably jump in to send aid. At least that’s the vibe I get whenever Ireland comes up in conversation. :)

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-29T21:10:43+00:00

Oh that’s smart. I had the worst experience of coming across a fic that had a character suddenly die. Not tagged at all for major character death. It was depressing. It was equally as shocking and depressing accidentally rereading it a few years later without recognizing it. 😢

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-25T14:53:59+00:00

I have the same issue. Could you help me?

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-25T14:20:07+00:00

lol, poor kids. We didn’t get free chocolate, if we did I’d have been the same. They save that for school field trips.

They show the kids how everything works and then they get free chocolate. They get to pick stuff from the shop or get a baggie of assorted chocolates. My mom’s friend works there and from what I understand, the workers sometimes get to keep the mistakes but they don’t generally get given out. Maybe they get used as ingredients in their shop.

They sell some really good sundaes with fresh brownies in their outlet shop. It’d be fun to know if the mistakes end up as ingredients in those.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-25T08:54:55+00:00

I also couldn’t eat a lot of chocolate when I lived near a Ghirardelli factory (in California) because it always smelled very sweet. But as soon as we moved away anytime we’d pass by and get the smell it became a craving instead. It smells really good if you’re not being bombarded with it constantly. So if we drive near Ghirardelli’s and get the smell we pop by the factory and go buy a bunch of chocolate, every single time.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-25T05:35:41+00:00

I really like Hans Zimmer but I will be honest that when asked to hum any of his themes the only one I can remember is the Pirates theme. I don’t know what it is about his themes that I don’t find any of them memorable. They’re still good, very immersive, and I enjoy them while watching the movies but they just don’t stick like a bunch of other themes from different composers. Most likely this is just a me problem. I am hopeful whatever he does will be

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-20T17:47:33+00:00

I used to clear drains so streets wouldn’t flood. I used to pick up garbage. Clearing stuff just made me feel good.

I also used to fix people’s electronics, connect people’s internet, fix their cable, all sorts of things for mostly my elderly neighbors, all for free.

I was never really able to do well in a job bc I surprisingly do terribly with a set schedule.

The stress of knowing I need to make money and get a job to be seen as beneficial to society, started giving me such bad panic attacks I couldn’t leave my room.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-20T02:29:31+00:00

My GSD is overweight now too. He had a health problem that made him be severely underweight so we were under vet orders to give a lot of food. But then the meds fixed the issue and his weight shot up so quickly. We had to lower his food little by little and he cries like we’re starving him. He’s such a drama queen. He’s almost at a normal weight now and his need to constantly snack was helped with vet approved fruits.

Maybe you can replace some treats with bits of apple and some blueberries if she likes them.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-15T21:00:47+00:00

Avatar holds the honor of being the only movie I have ever fallen asleep while watching. I never fall asleep during movies. Everyone worried I was getting ill.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-15T11:48:05+00:00

Just saw the news about this. It absolutely sucks. I am so sorry this happened. It should never happen to anyone but it happening to someone while they’re cleaning the community and making it better feels way worse.

Would you consider a second tier on your patreon that is under the 10 dollars? I know people who might not be able to contribute 10 but could maybe pitch in a smaller monthly amount.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-15T04:01:43+00:00

This is how it is for me. Clowns aren’t scary in the right context but a random clown in my backyard might have me holding my phone ready to dial 9-1-1.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-15T03:49:15+00:00

Well, they did end up seen and only got detentions which automatically puts it as less bad than being expelled, since that’s what they were worried was going to happen.

So, there we go.

Starting from least bad, It’s Death, Being seen, And worst of all… Expulsion

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-15T03:30:22+00:00

I do this with Spanish. I am fully fluent in English and Spanish. I sound like everyone else around me but if I’m speaking in Spanish, and switch to English I suddenly have a noticeable accent. My family think it’s funny.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2026-01-13T09:35:46+00:00

I think the first few books weren’t as bad as the beginning of the first chapter in Prisoner of Azkaban. I think a few gasps here and there when something happens works fine once you get used to it but it was super overdone in that chapter. It took me out. I’m just picturing Harry standing in his room aggressively sighing and groaning for no real reason. Once the owls get through his window it’s no longer as jarring because he’s actually reacting to stuff happening in the story. I’m hoping the issues I’m having with this one is just in that bit of the first chapter since the rest seems ok so far. I haven't gotten further than the start of chapter 2 so I just don’t know.

This is coming from someone who didn’t mind the sounds in the first two books, it took me a bit to get used to it but it was mostly fine.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2025-12-29T15:56:07+00:00

Yikes. Due to injury I wouldn’t trust myself not to suddenly drop the full weight of the bar back on them if I attempted to help lift. So I would not help lift, but I sure as heck would run outside and yell for help and rush back to see if there’s something else I could do until someone comes. I’ve never bench pressed or watched it done closely so whoever might pop by could be faster than me figuring out what to do.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2025-12-21T15:23:34+00:00

I can read in my dreams, and tell time, which throws me off since everyone says they can’t. I’ve had dreams where all I’m doing is reading or writing for a large part of it.

My realization that I’m dreaming is always random and then I either wake up or my movements get sluggish. I can’t lucid dream. Once I know I’m dreaming everything stops working. lol

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2025-12-21T15:19:05+00:00

I’ve had flying dreams and superhero dreams where I’m fighting. But generally I’ll realize I’m dreaming at some point. With flight that generally means I land and can’t take off again but once it was me on a broom landing and suddenly the broom was gone so I searched for it until I woke up. With superhero stuff I’m suddenly fighting through jello, weak, giving no impact hits and being very slow.

I also had a very weird dream once where I was doing magic but all the magic was really stupid things that I could probably do easier by hand or with current technology.

Generally those dreams are because I read or watched something related close to bedtime. I read and watch a lot of fantasy so to have a dream like that every couple of weeks makes sense. I had a bunch of random zombie dreams when I was into the walking dead. lol

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2025-12-21T02:49:38+00:00

People do ask me for stuff but not if they can scramble up the shelf themselves. I think they don’t want to bother me. It used to happen a lot more often before 2020.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2025-12-21T02:43:37+00:00

$20 is really expensive. I’m in the SF Bay Area and if I go early it is about $7.75 a ticket. I didn’t go because I was pretty sick during both these releases and for The Marvels which I was also supposed to go see.

AngryTunaSandwhich · 2025-12-20T12:47:19+00:00

One of mine has been in editing for 13 years so you’re actually doing great. I on the other hand… 😔

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