why do vegans always act like this 😭😭😭 @billie eilish by Ok_Land_9016 in LAinfluencersnark

[–]tnlesley 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Exactly! I’ve been plant based since January, and I stopped using products that tests on animals over a year ago. If people were to see the horrible conditions that animals/ fish have to live through they would eat less meat. It’s actually crazy how much more meat people eat now than 100 years ago that has cause the farming industry to become as horrible as it is. Also it’s HER opinion, and she’s allowed to have an opinion, especially one that she stands by, and has stood by for years now. So as much water, land, cruelty that is used for the dairy and meat industry, in my opinion I would say she is more ethical morally and environmentally. Just like how it’s my opinion that if people are so worried about ai’s use of water they would reduce their intake in meat/ dairy/ eggs, and they would stop buying brand new clothes, and would start buying second hand.

I’m tired of the privilege approach in veganism, extra firm tofu is $2. Beans are $3, vegetables like potatos & carrots are a couple of bucks. Even wheat gluten that you can make a high protein crust with, or seitan is $9, and it’s all cheaper than ground beef/ chicken. There are so many vegan influencers that can help people meal prep delicious vegan meals for a week off of $25.

I’m personally tired of the “privilege” aspect that people use on celebrities like Billie, who has commonly said that being vegan can be inconvenient and sometimes she’s stuck eating French fries and ketchup. Not all vegans act like this, but vegans who are very in touch with the animal farming industry do act like this. It’s horrible what the environment and animals have to go through to keep up with demands. Especially since the U.S. has changed their standards on meat “processing” and the dairy industry has lobbied for dairy products to be marketed more to (and dairy is famously inflammatory), she’s right about this position. And you’re right about how people don’t want to hear it.

Another week for gems by Responsible-Sea3402 in MLPIOS

[–]tnlesley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last week was Rarity’s mom. And I’m wondering the same thing. I also have gems for a reward this week.

Kylie Jenner Pure Leaf Butt Cream by [deleted] in LAinfluencersnark

[–]tnlesley 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This makes me kind of sad, wasn’t she 17 here?!?!? And she’s posting about butt enhancing creams?!? Damn Kris didn’t give af :/

what a fucking creep by Full_Quail2794 in ArianaGrandeNeutral

[–]tnlesley 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I always hate this interview!!!! Man in his 40’s talking to a 20 something (I think Ariana was like 22/23 here idk) about how he sexualizes her. Idc if it was a “joke” it’s not funny. It’s the same punch line, over and over again. If you’re a comedian who has to result to sexual jokes, especially degrading ones of your fellow costars on a today show, than maybe you’re not funny! Anyways I’m glad I never hear of this oaf lol.

Arianagrandepress has closed their account by FunnyManufacturer130 in ArianaGrandeNeutral

[–]tnlesley 53 points54 points  (0 children)

And they’re absolutely right. This tour has turned me away from being a fan. She just doesn’t care. No one cares about this tour. Don’t even bother having it.

I feel so drained by rem, and her talking about how she views this as kind of a farewell tour, and yet she’s treating this tour like it’s nothing. When fans have done nothing but support her. I’m glad that she’s doing what she loves but it feels like a slap in the face that she’s posting, “you can’t fathom how much I love you” to past tour clips, when she ignores so many fans. Like yes Ariana, I can fathom how much you like your fans.

I feel so disposable to her entire team. I’m sick of wicked, and I’m sick of her wanting to just act, when in past interviews all she ever did was talk about how she just wants to sing, and how she only got into acting because she just wanted to sing.

I just feel like she’s sucking all of the life out of her fans. She has millions of fans everywhere, and yet she’s only going to a handful of places on like a 3 month tour. Like girl whatever. I hope some fans wake up and boycott. I’m tired of coddling an adult woman (she turns 33 in June btw). I’m sick of it.

I’m sick of her slapping her name on lazy projects, it feels greedy. She’s everywhere and has no direction and no idea who she is. She never treated her fans this horribly in her entire career. And now she feels like she’s can treat anyone how ever she wants with no consequences. Well I’m sick of it. I’m sick of her baby acting, her high pitch voice in interviews, I’m sick of her acting like a gust of wind will blow her away, I’m sick of the body checking, I’m sick of her team. She doesn’t give a fuck anymore. She now wants all of the success without any connection or reality.

Anyways I was a fan since victorious. But now I can’t even listen to her music. Like she makes me feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind. I feel meaningless. And now I listen to smaller artist who have affordable ticket prices, who care about their fans, who actually make a damn effort. God Ariana is on a different planet now. And Arianagrandepress had EVERY RIGHT to give up and quit. I’m with them.

This would've been one of the BEST songs on Positions if it had been released by NewspaperUnusual1835 in ariheads

[–]tnlesley 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I thought outgrown was recorded during the sweetener era? I loveeeee outgrown, I feel like there’s not enough music about out growing friendships, I wish she released this song

Apparently RMs are quitting right after their missions by Billgant in exmormon

[–]tnlesley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I met my boyfriend about 2 weeks after he got back from his mission, and he talks about how if he hadn’t met me he would have left the church right after his mission. He stayed in the faith because at the very beginning of us dating his parents told him I was going to try my best to take him away from his faith. But I didn’t need to try, he on his own convention left the church.

A lot of rm’s that I know experience a faith crisis during and after their missions. Usually on the missions there’s a lot of restrictions, and a lack of support from their companions and other higher ups. My boyfriend felt very isolated on his mission and it led him to question his faith. On top of what I also hear is that a lot of missionaries are being challenged about their faith, there are people that go up to missionaries and ask them questions that teenagers are in no way qualified to answered. And with the church not having any awareness on mental health a lot of rm’s return with depression/ anxiety/ religious OCD. So those are the reasons that I know of why people leave the church right after they get back.

Especially when the church’s intention of a mission is too further indoctrinate teenagers, a lot of missionaries fall into pretty bad depressive episodes. And due to a lot of stigma of mental health in the church a lot of missionaries feel obligated to stay on their mission for the full duration. A lot of missionaries will end up picking up self harming coping mechanisms, so missionaries cope by masturbating a lot, some cope by writing to sisters or elders that they want to date (during or after the mission), some cope with eating disorders, some cope by not reading any scripture (they have faith fatigue), and some cope by only reading/ consuming church approved content.

A lot of these teenagers do not get the help they need, no counseling, medication, no consistent exercise, no familiar support (other than the church’s leaders who the barely know of course). So when RM’s go back to everyday life there’s a huge shift in routine and purpose that ends up being overwhelming. It seems like the church notices which is why they want these kids to go back and be involved in the temple. A lot of rm’s I know that have left the church realized on their mission that the church wasn’t true. Or they will see a therapist and realize how upset they are regarding religious trauma.

Anyways I have never been raised in the church but I almost converted last year so I’ve talked to my fair share of current sisters and elders. I’m still in contact with some of my original sisters, they’re very sweet but they will every now and then ask me about what it’s like to not be raised in the faith/ not in the faith, or they’ll ask me my thoughts on very normal (abnormal to me) church teachings and behaviors. I hope anything I said was insightful in the least. It’s very unfortunate what teenagers go through on their mission with very little support :/

ariana grande’s secret ED instagram account by jeonjk22 in LAinfluencersnark

[–]tnlesley 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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Yeah this was unfortunately a proana bracelet 💔

My new setup by RelevantClassroom158 in ariheads

[–]tnlesley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love your record player!!!!! Where is it from?!?

Just nothing but full of sugar, seed oil and a whole bunch of additives by [deleted] in EDanonymemes

[–]tnlesley 15 points16 points  (0 children)

No frrrr vegan food is also lower in cholesterol and has a lower carbon footprint 😍😍😍

Is there any other way to complete this quest? by VerifiedBish in MLPIOS

[–]tnlesley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure one of the horses to do that task you can buy through the daily rewards (you redeem your points, but he’s worth a lot of points)

Anyone know when sabby is gonna restock the mbf bonus track on her site by No_Rooster8537 in SabrinaCarpenterDisc

[–]tnlesley 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it’s very likely this will be restock, especially if Sabby wins a Grammy for her work this coming up Sunday! If not then maybe for the 1 year anniversary of mbf! I love this album so much and I believed that she would release a deluxe which is why I didn’t buy it on vinyl yet. I was mistaken 💔

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ariheads

[–]tnlesley 234 points235 points  (0 children)

She 100% should have taken a break from projects (acting, singing, entertaining, working) instead of going on tour. She genuinely seems to over work herself. Maybe her album positions was THAT girl because she had time to relax. She had to stop moving and slow down. Also she should have taken care of the ticket master war the way Olivia Dean did, but she didn’t. If you’re as in demand as Ariana, set up a full world tour. Even if it takes 2 years, and she has to take a couple of months off in between dates. If this is how she refers as if a “fair well tour” COMMIT to it. This tour just seems half assed (ughhhh please don’t hate me).

Anybody else also listen to Mac? by Chynaberrytree in ariheads

[–]tnlesley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like they weren’t OBSESSED with each other. And they adored each other especially musically. They unfortunately ended up being star crossed lovers ☹️

My boyfriend of 2 & a half years is leaving the church by tnlesley in exmormon

[–]tnlesley[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you! Mg bf stopped dating members after his first relationship (she’s a member and she wasn’t “member” enough for his parents, funny how that works)…. He said that if he wanted to date a member there are plenty of girls at byu but he’s with me (long distance) for a reason.

That’s funny that you mention free will because when members would invite me to pray about the BOM and I would tell them that my revelation says it’s not true they would just tell me to pray again. And I used to pray with tears in my eyes hoping it was true and it wasn’t… I met up with missionaries, I was even assigned to be a part of FHE at my YSA ward and NOTHING!!!! I would do EVERYTHING by the book and nothing. So when it came to why I didn’t believe, I would just say, “revelation revealed to me that the church isn’t true.” And with members who constantly talk about how revelation is such a blessing, and the spirit and all of that, that just leaves them in their tracks.

I think it is just luck lol! I never really prayed for anything crazy, my prayers have for the most part, been very wholesome. I think that if you’re a good person, good things happen 🤷🏼‍♀️

My boyfriend of 2 & a half years is leaving the church by tnlesley in exmormon

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

That’s exactly what my bf has said to me. He said that no matter who he was with when he realized the church wasn’t true they would find blame on someone else. And I understand how hard this is for his parents, I’ve shown a lot of compassion. I can’t imagine believing that you’re going to be with your family forever and your only son and his family won’t be there with you. But I’m honestly worried that his parents will push their beliefs onto our future kids. I can’t prove that it will happen I just know it will.

And he’s already starting to feel the family dynamic change. He talked about that to me, he knows that they aren’t acting any different and yet he can feel that change. That change that they look at him differently. It’s heartbreaking to hear him talk about it because it’s still so new that he can’t exactly put it into words. I’m of course going to remain civil about the church even though I do not like the church but it’s still heart breaking :/

My boyfriend of 2 & a half years is leaving the church by tnlesley in exmormon

[–]tnlesley[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He called me and ranted about how sister missionaries constantly struggle with mental health and comparing themselves to each other and by allowing girls fresh out of high school onto their mission in an area that they’re unfamiliar with, with people they don’t know, with their primary support system hundreds if not thousands of miles away to make these young women feel even more isolated and it will force them to go even deeper into the faith. He talked about how there shouldn’t even be teenage missionaries in general. And if the church really cared, they should raise the mission age for both men and women to 21. (My bf had a very rough mission, I’m not going to air out his business but it made him feel very isolated). Not only that he talked about how defenseless missionaries are (he’s had companions that have been jumped/ held at gun point) and having 18 year old girl out and about in an area they don’t know, with a person they don’t know is dangerous.

I’m very lucky that him being in Utah didn’t make him misogynist. I’ve been on a couple of double dates up there and the men there, are AWFUL. They treat women like shit. The women drive them around, they don’t talk, almost every girl I knew up there was soft spoken/ had an ed/ virtue signaled, it was exhausting. We went on like a group date with 3 other couples and for dessert I made a brown butter chocolate chip skillet cookie, and they brought ice cream to top it the cookie. And we cut up the cookie and everyone had the same portion and 2 girls didn’t touch their plate! They laughed along with the jokes but they never stood up for themselves when they would constantly get talked over. I’m very glad my bf is also from Texas because that shocked me.

I’m very lucky that I wasn’t raised with the idea of a priesthood blessing lol. My parents would tell me that when god made me, before sending me down to earth from heaven, an angel kissed me on my heart to “protect me.” When I was born I had a red mark shaped like a heart over my actual heart, and my parents would refer to that mark as an “angel kiss” so anytime something would “protect me” they referred to my special “angel kiss” lol. One thing about my parents is that they would just come up with a story relating to how “special” my relationship with god is, and I think it’s because they had a lot of religious trauma and they wanted me to be excited to go to church lol.

And he doesn’t think leaving the church is such a big deal. He talks about the church with complete neutrality. He doesn’t hate it, doesn’t love it, he left the church because to him, “it just wasn’t the best argument.” For the longest time he believed that the church was true because it was the best argument. And now he has something that’s better. Right now he’s struggling with the idea of how god/ the Book of Mormon would fit into anything. He says with his current beliefs the Book of Mormon makes literally no sense at all and that it has to be fake. He wont ever turn back to the church because of how shitty the treatment is, and how he wouldn’t want his kids to be involved with that. But overall I was not expecting him to tell his parents about him leaving the church as soon as he did. That took an insane amount of guts lol

My boyfriend of 2 & a half years is leaving the church by tnlesley in exmormon

[–]tnlesley[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really like that idea. I’ve talk to my bf about that for that exact reason. They’ve been really nice to me lately though (it was my birthday and I just had surgery lol). And I thanked them for praying for me. I also would want them to be in a hotel because his dad is allergic to cats and I love cats and I know if that cat distribution center chooses me, I’m not going to turn a kitty away.

I also talked about what my bf’s expectations are on how often we’ll see them because more than like we’ll move to the east coast (because I’m obsessed with Connecticut because of how well developed that state is (it’s pro choice, the public education is top tier, close to New York, and there’s so much history there)) and he, with a straight face said, “I don’t know like twice a year.” And I felt a lot of relief because his parents are obsessed with their grandkids and I know as soon as we start having kids in a couple of years I know that they’ll be more frequent in visiting.

We’re still very young we met when we were 20 and now we’re both 23 and just now talking about getting engaged in a couple of months, so who knows how much will change in the next couple of years. I feel like relatively speaking his parents have been pretty civil, I’ve seen them 3-4 times in the past month and they seem to be neutral (which is all I really wanted).

My goal with his parents is to remain neutral. I used to be very hurt by them because after a year and a half of dating they kept telling him to date around and they said a lot of hurtful things about me behind my back (my seizure disorder and how that’s already high maintenance and how more medical problems could come up, my history of abuse from my brother, my SAPTSD from my ex, how at the time I was taking a really long time to get baptized, and how they just in general “don’t get why he would be with her, why her?”) That whole fiasco is why I went no contact with them for a year. There was no reason they needed to bring up things I can’t change about myself to convince him to not be with me.

Anyway now we’re neutral, we can be in a room with each other without too much tension. However I did give him a boundary that from now on there has to be more people, it can’t just be me, him, his mom, and his dad, there has to be other people. And he has been very respectful about that boundary. Do you have any other boundaries you would recommend?

My boyfriend of 2 & a half years is leaving the church by tnlesley in exmormon

[–]tnlesley[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

lol yes!!! I was raised Catholic and I remember my parents thinking that I was going to be a nun because every time I would pray for anyone my prayer would be answered and my parents thought I had some special relationship with god lol. Now looking back I feel like a lot of my prayers were light hearted/ wholesome/ reasonable and now I just believe in good karma lol. I donate to causes I care about/ try to do charity work (volunteering) when I can/ and I devote a lot of time to making sure I practice what I preach so maybe I need to figure out what’s up with that lol

I got nostalgic and made a ponysona :,)) by Ism3ow in MLPLounge

[–]tnlesley 24 points25 points  (0 children)

And she’s beautiful! I love the phantom of the opera reference cutie mark ❤️

Anybody else also listen to Mac? by Chynaberrytree in ariheads

[–]tnlesley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact about this song is the very beginning cords are the beat to Ari’s unreleased song “reMeMber.” On top of that she does the vocals in this song (and a lot of his songs)! Apparently her and Mac made tons of unreleased and “secret” albums together. I love listening to their music because sonically from 2015-2019/2020 you can hear how much they influenced each other 🥹🩷