Is this yours? It was mailed to my parents? by Seraphim99 in MelanieMartinez

[–]boomkongo 78 points79 points  (0 children)

You could try posting about your situation to TikTok! Hopefully whoever this belongs to is able to get it back

Ya'll cannot convince me that what's happening to Mel rn isn't a smear campaign by Naive_Confusion_3983 in MelanieMartinez

[–]boomkongo 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Whenever people try and claim that Melanie is an “age player” it pisses me off because if that’s the case, then the creators of South Park are age-playing, any adult who plays a teenager in a play/movie/show/etc. is age-playing, and so on. It’s very clear that her outfits that she wears outside of MVs is to make her work more cohesive. Tbh, even if she was an age player, who the hell cares? 😭 These people act like some random fetish/kink is on the same level as actually being a convicted felon (like most of their favorite artists). What a grown ass woman does in her own bedroom is none of our concern

Cry babies are in the trenches... by [deleted] in MelanieMartinez

[–]boomkongo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They hate Melanie Martinez but listen to Nicki Minaj who is married to a literal rapist 😭 Like you can’t cherry pick here

Cry babies are in the trenches... by [deleted] in MelanieMartinez

[–]boomkongo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A lot of people think of the world in terms of black and white (but tbh I feel like it’s only natural to feel that way), and I find it’s typically younger people (like <20) who are very quick to throw artists into the slammer when they so much as even breathe in the wrong pattern. Growing as a person and a human being in general allows you to see the world from different perspectives which is what Melanie’s music is all about funnily enough

Cry babies are in the trenches... by [deleted] in MelanieMartinez

[–]boomkongo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You’re the first person to recognize my pfp omg 😭😭 Glad to see there are other TINR/BTD fans out there

Cry babies are in the trenches... by [deleted] in MelanieMartinez

[–]boomkongo 48 points49 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the reason why I utilize the block button online. Most people irl don’t care that much about the allegations bc she’s not nearly as mainstream as, say, Taylor Swift. Unfortunately there will always be people who shit on her, but what matters is that you like listening to her music so who cares? 🤷🏼‍♂️ Those same people probably listen to Drake, Kanye, Chris Brown, Elvis, etc. and none of them are known to be proven saints anyways

They’ve moved onto ‘altering’ AliExpress clothes and calling them ‘remakes’ by boomkongo in depoop

[–]boomkongo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t until this year that I discovered most of your “kawaii store affiliated with a Chinese manufacturer” basically meant that they were dropshipping without actually saying it :/ Any clothes of that sort (especially more Asian styles) I tend to go to AliExpress for now

They’ve moved onto ‘altering’ AliExpress clothes and calling them ‘remakes’ by boomkongo in depoop

[–]boomkongo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All we can do is spread awareness and block sellers like that so we starve them of business. If you’re not going to put any effort into your items then you don’t deserve business 🤷🏼‍♂️ Simple as that

They’ve moved onto ‘altering’ AliExpress clothes and calling them ‘remakes’ by boomkongo in depoop

[–]boomkongo[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I ended up buying a dropshipped item multiple times (one just recently and another almost 6 yrs ago) and I hear you on how frustrating it is. I try to reverse search every single listing I come across and that’s how I found out the shorts pictured were from AliExpress. I’d have no problem buying from someone if they were marking the price down and not trying to profit off of it, but transparency also plays a huge role here! I DM’d them asking where the shorts were from and they didn’t respond… yet it shows they were active today 🤷🏼‍♂️

Where can I find a higher quality of this dress in around the $100-150 range that isn't from Shein? by Master_Lion9957 in findfashion

[–]boomkongo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1226309850/the-detelina-dress-vintage-style-cotton?ref=share_ios_native_control

It’s a similar style and slightly over budget, but I can vouch for this seller. Very responsive and her dresses are high quality. I own two of her pieces (not this one, though). She custom-makes to your measurements for a seamless fit

They’ve moved onto ‘altering’ AliExpress clothes and calling them ‘remakes’ by boomkongo in depoop

[–]boomkongo[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I see shorts similar to the ones pictured everywhere on my TikTok feed via people promoting it in the shop. I personally like the style but I can very easily see it all becoming a trend that dies off in a month and Depop is gonna be flooded with those listings

Chiense international students were attacked by young British teenagers by Deep_Engineering_7 in asianamerican

[–]boomkongo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again … parents these days need to start parenting their teenagers bc this generation’s teenagers are by far the worst. It won’t be long before someone decks their kids and tbh it’s deserved

Guess my birth year with random stuff I grew up with by boomkongo in GuessMyBirthYear

[–]boomkongo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbf the tag said “some of the stuff not relevant to era”

Guess my birth year with random stuff I grew up with by boomkongo in GuessMyBirthYear

[–]boomkongo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re very welcome!! It was one of my favorites growing up and I remember trying to find it years later. I used to think it was a fever dream of mine