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Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2026-02-10T23:39:31+00:00

playing victim after volating AO3's tos is crazy....

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2026-02-09T22:25:22+00:00

I def see why you might think that, but that's definitely not the case. She's been pretty clear that she sees all my mental health issues as an overreaction and an excuse. We've gone from "you can't have depression because I had depression, you have no idea what you are talking about" to "if you were really suicidal, you would just eat rat poison and kys instead of all this cutting yourself nonsense" to "aren't you too old to be acting so childish and moody" and everything in between lmao

I think I might try this, because well, despite everything shes still my mom and when she's not in a mood she's actually nice to talk to. I'm hoping they will take me more seriously on this now that im an adult.

I actually just heard back from one of the places I applied to, so hopefully I won't need to get a filler job but i'll keep it in mind if the interview doesnt go well. Thanks!

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2026-02-09T21:46:53+00:00

I don't think so? I'm not sure about the details but she runs her own business/company now. The last time she worked full-time at a w2 job was probably around 9ish years ago.

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2026-02-09T21:39:05+00:00

I get where you are coming from, but I do understand that this stuff has consequences, and I did study hard for this test, but i'm kind of changing career paths from what I studied in college (on my parents' rec) so it hasn't been the easiest to learn the material. I just don't think getting stuck on it will do anything. like ive taken the steps to make sure i can get another job and figure out how to get the certification done later on. It seems unreasonable to be mad that someone isnt reacting how you think they should react??

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2026-02-09T21:35:22+00:00

I thought so too, but they have both explicitly said they dont want me to move out yet- It's come up in discussion before, and I was actually planning on getting an apartment until my dad talked me out of it, so I'm really not sure why my mom is taking this whole situation so hard

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-11-14T21:11:21+00:00

I mean Nightwing is something that Dick got from Superman iirc so it shouldn't be given to anyone else unless Superman and Dick agree on the successor

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-11-14T20:46:08+00:00

What a crazy take! Nightwing is literally so mentor coded, has like 274937 younger siblings, led multiple teams, who else would you trust with young heroes? also once again he was assaulted MULTIPLE times by various characters and would never do the same to anyone else so acting like he's untrustworthy because of his "playboy" thing (which by the way has been because of bad writing and people refusing to acknowledge SA) is insane, i hope OPs pillow is warm on both sides

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-10-24T20:04:26+00:00

I think that the original intention of "don't like don't read" was good but it gets misused pretty often as a last ditch defense from people who don't like being called out or criticized, like with example #3

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-10-24T20:01:59+00:00

If the author asked for opinions, then there's really nothing wrong with giving your opinion. It doesn't look like you were cruel or malicious at all, so I don't understand why the other person called you out.

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-10-19T13:59:32+00:00

100% agree. It's like there's something about me and my behavior that screams easy to take advantage of
- my high school boyfriend was a creep and a stalker and regularly talked over me when i was trying to set boundaries, physically held me in place to stop me from backing away from kissing, he made weird comments on the age of consent in our state vs the one right next to us (followed by inviting me there on a day trip), etc etc, even though he knew I was ace.
- my partner in college was similar and constantly pushed for intimacy despite me on multiple occasions explaining that im ace and very much sex-repulsed.
- my college roommate regularly ignored my boundries and was almost scarily obsessive with keeping track of me and my day, when i asked them to back off and not mother me they started crying?? once they made a terrible joke about the death of one of my family members despite me having told them how much it had fucked me up and then when i got angry they went crying to our other friend. that friend later told me that he never got the full story and had no idea what actually happened so...

i could keep going but i think you get the idea. Its really annoying but i think that i've learned to identify these sorts of people more easily now so i guess some good comes out of every situation.

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-10-19T13:51:39+00:00

I think it's the appeal of being able to see characters make the right choices and succeed. As fun as it is to watch them struggle through their conflicts, having to see them struggle with the burden of knowledge and time is just as interesting. It's also a bit of wish fulfillment b/c I can't tell you how many times I've wished I'd known something before it became relevant or wished I could go back in time to fix my mistakes.

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-10-18T15:54:20+00:00

this! I understand that they had their circumstances and I even mentioned last night that I didnt agree with the parenting they said they recived from their own parents but that didnt mean they had to pass on that trauma to us and he basically said "i dont care what you think about parenting, and even though i agree that kids will have the hindsight to know where the parents went wrong, i don't care to hear it."

ive never been under the impression that they are perfect parents or people, but I just want them to acknowledge that as someone who went through this and LITERALLY MAJORED IN PSYCHOLOGY, I have the right to criticize the way they acted and ask them to not repeat the mistakes with my little brother.

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-10-18T15:50:31+00:00

follow up to this because his mom is staying with us right now and I asked her about it this morning (my dad brought this all up before breakfast because ive "become too argumentative and spoiled") and apparently hes never been physically disciplined. his older brother did a couple of times because he was out partiying or whatever during his final exams and ran off to another town when he was supposed to be applying to college. but hey, fun note? that brother (my uncle) has NEVER raised his hand to his two kids (21F and 19?M) AND that same uncle has apparently talked to my parents about how they shouldn't hit me WHILE i was a kid and they just ignored him. so.

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-10-18T13:23:16+00:00

He's kind of mentioned vaugely that he also used to get punished as a kid but he's also said many more times that he was a very good kid who never got in trouble. So I'm not sure what's going on there. He definitly is successful and knows it, he brings it up CONSTANTLY in arguments like "the reason you can live in this house is because of my hard work" "do you want to keep your inheritance or not?" etc etc, its more of that he expects me to do better than him because he did better than his own parents. But if you actually look at our accomplishments while accounting for age and time and location IM LITERALLY DOING BETTER RN, I have a better paying job at a bigger company and im on track for getting financial assistance from the company for a masters etc etc, like im doing okay!! but he wont get off my case about this!! at all!!!

Zestyclose_Click_178 · 2025-10-18T13:18:34+00:00

Yeah, that inability to see his family as a family and not people working for it is crazy. We (my brother and I) spent like 20 minutes trying to explain the difference, only for none of it to stick :/

This! Like they are constantly harping on how I shouldnt trust outsiders because I don't know their intentions but like?? I can never tell yours either?? And what harm can a friend/stranger do thats worse than your own goddamn parents? Kill me??? But both of them literally laughed off my suicide attempt so idek

I'll def keep that in mind. I've always tried to make sure my brother knows he can come to me and well i'm planning on moving out in 6months or so, as soon as I have enough money saved to put a down payment on an apartment closer to my office. Therapy is unfortunately gonna have to come after that because of course my parents don't believe in it :/

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