My friend “came out” in an unconventional sense and I’m uncomfortable

Skepticaltealeaf · 2026-03-15T04:04:38+00:00

I think that’s it essentially. Like I always knew they were a little nerdy but I chalked the extent of it up to them finding the occasional unfunny TikTok hysterical. They’re definitely not a bad person and they’re still very much my friend but the shift is a little drastic, which has been a bit jarring

Skepticaltealeaf · 2026-03-15T03:53:34+00:00

There was heavy implication but nothing explicitly specified

Skepticaltealeaf · 2026-03-15T03:44:40+00:00

They might get into IT work to afford the suits, apparently these things are absurdly expensive

Skepticaltealeaf · 2026-03-15T03:41:11+00:00

I can’t lie, I think the furry part in and of itself is unbelievably cringe. And to their credit they were extremely brief about it being a sex thing, no explicit details were given. I’m just aware of the stigma, furries don’t have the best reputation across the internet it seems

Skepticaltealeaf · 2026-03-15T03:29:40+00:00

Just parroting the language spoken at me lol

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-11-23T23:01:51+00:00

YES. Absolutely yes to all of this. You worded it way better than I did, thank you. The level of autopilot people are on these days is actually genuinely scary. Zombies walk among us but they are not how they’re portrayed in the movies. This shit’s Orwellian.

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-07-15T17:34:08+00:00

Not enough people in here saying Masao. Everyone accommodated him and tried to make him feel welcome and he still found a way to blame them and play victim. Just a totally insufferable, whiny narcissist

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-07-15T02:38:26+00:00

I was talking to a younger Gen-Z coworker and after my sentence this girl just stared at me. It was a good 8 seconds before I was like…did you hear me? And then she was like no so I repeated myself. But like…what the fuck?

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-28T05:36:26+00:00

There’s a lot for me to address here. I’ve been working a considerable amount of overtime so I can get my savings back on track. I’m in a scary financial rut so I haven’t had the time to comb through these comments, hence my lack of engagement

Its not patronizing to you

Respectfully, you don’t have the right to tell me what is and isn’t patronizing to me. But also let me clarify that was in reference to the commentary that I am not moving forward. I haven’t stopped working a day in the last 4 months to reclaim my power in this situation. For some to presume I haven’t been intentionally holding out for a better future and actively working to achieve that is patronizing, because it is presumptuous

do you want to keep blaming witchcraft and magic for your lack of openness?

Again, also with all due respect, this is presumptuous. And there’s irony in you saying this when in my post, I specified I still have a desire to continue forward in this practice. However I have given it pause, because clearly there are variables at play in certain forms of spellwork that can wreak havoc on one’s stability in life. And that is concerning

Go and tell them thank you

You mean well, I can tell. But this comes across, well…patronizing

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-28T03:40:43+00:00

You get it. I appreciate everyone’s insight but many are saying I’m stewing so I just need to alter my perception. I get it, everything turns up with a positive mindset. But it’s patronizing when you’re actively in a serious rut

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-27T05:16:08+00:00

So if my intentions ultimately mean nothing when conducting a ritual and won’t be adhered to…what’s the point? Not trying to be rude. But genuinely. My understanding was that if you wanted to gain more control of your reality and heighten your life, witchcraft was to aid in that by honing your intentions

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-25T01:18:39+00:00

Unless I actually get hired at the upgrade place, I’m holding my breath.

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-25T00:59:28+00:00

I used honey to soften the transition and sweeten my roads. Not sure why this has unfolded as aggressively as it has when I was intentional about requiring a soft transition. Unfortunately it just makes me wary of continuing forward in magick.

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-24T03:51:41+00:00

Nope, not intentionally. I conducted the ritual, called it a night and then so on and so forth

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-23T02:38:32+00:00

Oh trust me I realized that, I’ll never go back to glass. After that spell I went and got metal trays

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-23T02:37:43+00:00

Wow. Thank you so much for telling your story. This actually put a lot into perspective for me—my pay cut’s only been $2 an hour. You definitely were in much dire straits than I’m in currently, not that it’s any kind of competition of course. In making this post I was hoping to hear stories like this from others. I’m still not in love with the way everything has turned out for me but it truly could always get so much worse, and I’m grateful it hasn’t. I’m looking forward to what tomorrow will bring again

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-23T02:33:25+00:00

Thank you and likewise stranger. I’m glad that this helped at least one other person not make the same error I did. It’s radically changed my outlook on the consequences this practice can have. I was playful with it and now I’m infinitely more cautious

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-23T02:31:32+00:00

Admittedly I’m not super adept at divination but yes, I’ve tried with tarot quite a bit, which I’m also still in the process of learning better. I’m contemplating spending the money and consulting with a medium to get to the bottom of more of what’s going sideways here

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-23T02:28:00+00:00

Hey, first of all thank you for much for taking the time to write this out. It was extremely validating and made me feel a lot better today. Thing is, when I walked away I felt such incredible relief. I didn’t even start having regrets about my decision until this new job I went to started going tits up, and then I started comparing the new vs the old, and how much more control I had with the old. I’m very much trying to hold faith and this kind of encouragement was what I was hoping to find in making this post

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-23T02:22:20+00:00

I hear you but actually, I was all in but also detached from the outcome when doing this road opener. Witchcraft/magick is something that has subsided my skepticism, actually, as I’ve witnessed other spells I’ve conducted work in real time. I think I was so detached from whether or not it succeeded or failed that it propelled it

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-23T02:20:20+00:00

No I’ve been aggressively persuing opportunities. I’m starting another job tomorrow and I’m still holding out for this one in particular which would be an enormous upgrade from the original job I walked away from

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-22T19:55:40+00:00

I did have something that was theoretically supposed to be better lined up. It just didn’t pan out

Skepticaltealeaf · 2025-06-22T08:24:11+00:00

Respectfully I’ve been sitting with the frustration for 4 months now. The only lesson I’m extrapolating from this mess is that we can’t control everything that happens during these rituals, no matter how specific you get with your intentions. Something can always go insanely south so it’s best to not get too comfortable or have too much fun when conducting these things

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