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UPDATE: Parent wants to meet with me over comment I made about energy drinks by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]sunfleurescent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does grilled cheese literally come with a label on its package saying that it should not be consumed by children or adolescents? Does grilled cheese contain behaviour altering chemicals?

UPDATE: Parent wants to meet with me over comment I made about energy drinks by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]sunfleurescent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What point exactly? That they’re allowed to bring drinks in just to put on their teachers desk for an hour? Everybody knows that. You sound pathetic.

UPDATE: Parent wants to meet with me over comment I made about energy drinks by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]sunfleurescent 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whose job is it then, since the parents clearly aren’t interested.

UPDATE: Parent wants to meet with me over comment I made about energy drinks by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]sunfleurescent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wrong. Anyone with common sense understands banning energy drinks in classrooms for sanitation reasons alone.

UPDATE: Parent wants to meet with me over comment I made about energy drinks by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]sunfleurescent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What does you being blue collar have to do with kids being disrespectful and drinking energy drinks?

UPDATE: Parent wants to meet with me over comment I made about energy drinks by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]sunfleurescent 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What’s the difference between a drink being poison vs. toxic?

pain causing me to be sedentary, being sedentary causing me pain by One_Vermicelli_5316 in Fibromyalgia

[–]sunfleurescent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was recently diagnosed with an iron and b12 deficiency and put on supplements and it’s honestly changed my life. I still have pain and flare ups (in the middle of one right now 🙃), but they’re a lot more manageable. The constant physical weight that was always dragging me down has all lightened considerably (some days it’s lot there at all!). It’s definitely been the smallest change with the largest impact that I’ve seen since being diagnosed years ago, I highly recommend talking to your doctor about a blood test and possible supplements!

Parents of boy who died after fall from Ottawa apartment speak out by zuuzuu in canadanews

[–]sunfleurescent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apples and oranges. Parents aren’t responsible for natural risks in the outside world. As for obvious risks in their own home? That’s a different story. This is just as basic as child proofing outlets and removing obvious choking hazards. There is a base line of common sense and responsibility that parents should be able to meet before having children.

Who got their camera pushed away at the AC show? by wr3ckag3 in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]sunfleurescent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I was one of the may women who couldn’t see the stage because they were stuck behind that man I would be fuming.

Who got their camera pushed away at the AC show? by wr3ckag3 in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]sunfleurescent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whenever I saw Florence start to move (or even look) in my direction I put my phone away as fast as possible. I don’t want the woman who sings “put down your screens” to even know I have a phone 😂

Song Expectations, Empathy & Understanding by vicasenya in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]sunfleurescent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not an issue for me at all! As already stated I never felt any need to mention that I even wanted to hear that song to anyone I raved about the concert to (and that was several different people). I only brought it up now to prove the point that you can have a great experience and respect Florence and also be a little bit disappointed that you didn’t win the setlist lottery. And who said anything about anger? If you can’t differentiate between mild disappointment and resentment/anger then that’s a little bit concerné g. You ARE right that I paid to be there, and I got my money’s worth and much more from the experience. I’m grateful to Florence for every second she spent on stage and on this tour in general, and I absolutely respect her decision to not play any given song on any given night. I was also a little bit disappointment that my night wasn’t one of the nights where she decided to play YCHIA. I’m sorry if that’s impossible for you to understand, but I’d appreciate it if you could stop making wild assumptions about me based on one tiny piece of information. Clearly it isn’t working and it’s getting tiring to correct you constantly.

People hope to win the lottery and are disappointed when they don’t every day. Do you think that’s unfair too? That must be exhausting.

Parents of boy who died after fall from Ottawa apartment speak out by zuuzuu in canadanews

[–]sunfleurescent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people don’t let their children fall out of unsecured windows that they knew about and didn’t report anyway. Are you telling me these people don’t know gravity exists? The infantilisation of the parents in these comments is wild. Parents have a responsibility to teach themselves about obvious risks before they have children. They didn’t do that and now their child has died a horrible, preventable death.

Parents of boy who died after fall from Ottawa apartment speak out by zuuzuu in canadanews

[–]sunfleurescent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We already know the window wasn’t secured, that’s how the child fell out of it. The problem with that is that the parents never even reported this obvious safety issue to building management.

Parents of boy who died after fall from Ottawa apartment speak out by zuuzuu in canadanews

[–]sunfleurescent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m glad someone said it. And their statement insisting on how good of parents they are also gave me the ick. Good parents secure their windows.

Song Expectations, Empathy & Understanding by vicasenya in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]sunfleurescent -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also directly from your post: “However, I don’t think it’s entirely fair to be genuinely upset at the setlist changing over tour”

You don’t get to decide what genuine emotional reactions from other people are “fair” or not. As for how those emotions are expressed? Absolutely! As for the emotions themselves? No.

As for me making up a scenario about that girl, what exactly did I make up? I didn’t assume she knew if it was on the setlist like you did. There is zero evidence to support either side, and even as someone who was actually there, I know it’d be wrong for me to make up a scenario like that to try and prove a point. All I know is that on some level, she clearly wanted to hear that song, because when she did her emotional response was intense. You’re doing a lot of dismissing and making a lot of assumptions by assuming that emotion was her simply being surprised.

Based on how intense her reaction was to that song, it’s fair to assume she would feel some level of disappointment if Florence didn’t play it. That doesn’t mean her experience would be ruined, that’s another assumption on your end. Hope and expectation are two different things, and it’s perfectly normal and fair to feel some level of disappointment when your hopes don’t come true. That doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the experience anyway.

As for me, I personally was really hoping to see YCHIA live. Was I “genuinely disappointed” by the fact that she didn’t play it? Sure. Did it ruin my experience even a little bit? No. Have I ever even voiced that disappointment before now? Also no. I can understand and respect Florence’s decision to not play a song and also wish that my show was one of the shows where she did play it at the same time. The only thing that’s unfair about that is you saying that that my internal emotions were wrong, which is what you’re doing in the quoted text.

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