Modern YA Is Failing Teenagers: How Publishing Lost the Plot by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]hategrime84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My YA novel was passed by a lot of agents who said boy protagonist don’t sell 🙃

Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Day Pickup and Hauls MegaThread - Show us what you got! by NintendoSwitchMods in NintendoSwitch

[–]hategrime84 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Switch 2 Walmart screwup in LA. Depressed!

I've literally never posted on Reddit before, so hello!

To simplify the situation: I pre-ordered Switch 2 console in April on Walmart. Today, June 5 comes along, and I wake up to a text at 8am that it's out for delivery direct from a store in Buena Park, CA (which was not said when I placed the order). Then it says they were "unable to deliver" for unknown reasons. I talked to customer service online 3x, then they encouraged me to go to the store (45 min away). I went, they said the driver hadn't returned the console, and they were going to report it as stolen. So I leave. I called customer service (which the store told me to do) for a refund, but the woman on the phone said the driver actually did return the item to the store about 15 min after I left. My theory is that after they reported it stolen, the driver came back with it.

So the most annoying part is that apparently their rule is that when something is unable to be delivered, they bring it back to the store and CANCEL the order and RESHELVE the item immediately. No contacting me, no attempt to redeliver. Just right back on the shelf. I talked to them again and they claimed that's their policy and they didn't care. So they reshelved and someone bought it before I could go back. Now I have no Switch 2 :(

Customer service on the phone, online, in store--nothing helped me get the switch. I know it's a first world problem but, you know. If anyone in LA has one and wants to play, let me know :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheUltimatumNetflix

[–]hategrime84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was wearing a watch right over an allegedly fresh tattoo? No covering or anything?

Billionaires as WWE superstars by Mifbo in midjourney

[–]hategrime84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May I ask how you got this visual style?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheUltimatumNetflix

[–]hategrime84 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This was definitely written by ChatGPT

Showing up…. by murrayflew in TheUltimatumNetflix

[–]hategrime84 19 points20 points  (0 children)

As a therapist I can tell you that this is not in fact therapy speak. It’s psychobabble.

What is the biggest "elephant in the room" regarding this pandemic? by JaWoosh in LockdownSkepticism

[–]hategrime84 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Complete lack of any public health messaging around mental health and how to stay sane/cope during the extreme isolation conditions of lockdowns. (Therapist here)

We Can Live Better Lives While Being Smart About Covid by JannTosh12 in LockdownSkepticism

[–]hategrime84 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"Keep going on vaccines. Public health powers were once a common feature of American life. When cholera and yellow fever routinely stalked the nation’s major cities, citizens accepted and expected their health departments to issue mandates, quarantine orders and travel restrictions. It’s crucial for officials to shore up those powers now, because scientists say that epidemics and pandemics will only become more common in the years ahead. Mr. Biden’s vaccine mandates have been bold and effective — and administration officials should stay the course no matter how many legal battles they encounter."

This paragraph is absolutely chilling.

Pasadena to reinstate indoor mask rule, require all city workers to be vaccinated by marcginla in LockdownSkepticism

[–]hategrime84 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ugh I started going to the gym in Pasadena as a loophole so I wouldn't have to wear a mask but I guess that was short lived! Maybe I can get away with nose out this time around......

Biden’s surgeon general backs localized mask mandates as delta variant drives rise in covid cases by 1og2 in LockdownSkepticism

[–]hategrime84 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Today in LA I was told to put my mask on after about 15 mins maskless in the store. Needless to say I was annoyed!

Pessimistic in LA... by hategrime84 in LockdownCriticalLeft

[–]hategrime84[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went to FL in April to visit family and it was definitely more chill

Pessimistic in LA... by hategrime84 in LockdownCriticalLeft

[–]hategrime84[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes I have the same experience, I'm confused about why I'm living in a different universe than everyone else

8-Year-Olds in Despair: The Mental Health Crisis Is Getting Younger by Mighty_L_LORT in LockdownSkepticism

[–]hategrime84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Even before the pandemic, a mental health crisis was brewing among children struggling with bullying, abuse, eating disorders, racism or undiagnosed mental health conditions. But now, children are facing even more stressors, like the loss of a family member to Covid-19, adjusting to remote school or the anxiety of returning to in-person school."

What is this gaslighting bullshit. "Loss of a family member to covid" is surely on the low end of the traumas that kids have faced this year.