[ SECRET POST #3266 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3266 ⌋

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Comments

Rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

In case someone else needs one too! Mine below.

TL;DR-ish

[(Anonymous)]

I have this friend who's always pushing their Patreon and complaining how people are not willing to pay for their content, to the point that I'm slowly starting to feel like a shitty friend because I don't give them money. Like, I'm on a pretty moderate budget too, and I can't afford to donate to their Patreon for stuff that I'm not really interested in, only because they're my friend. It's not even art or anything, it's pop culture opinion pieces (which are nice, but nothing special, like mostly your average blog post honestly), and short stories (which are also nice, but not omg must have to me), and I'm not gonna pay monthly for that, I'm sorry. But they're always whining about how little money they have, and how hard it is to get people to pay for their content and support them, and it sometimes feels a little…entitled? I mean, I respect it when people try to make money with their writing and I have no problems with Patreon either, but you can't MAKE people chomp at the bit for your stuff, they either do or they don't. In my experience, it's really hard to consistently get paid for writing even if you have long experience and an established reader base.

To be fair, they are also actively looking for work so it's not as if they rely on it, but I still feel their expectations for the whole thing are maybe a little high. And the constant reminders of how much it sucks that not more of their friends are supporting them are honestly kinda grating. And yeah, I know I'm not obligated to give them money, and yeah, their financial problems are probably worse than me being annoyed at some posts, but still.

Idk, things like Gofundme and Patreon etc. might be great at times, but I feel like they've also opened up a whole lot of new avenues to guilt your online friends. I feel mean, and I'm not gonna say anything, but yeah.

Re: TL;DR-ish

[(Anonymous)]

Tell them people will pay what they think the product is worth, if people are paying jack shit then tell them to make the connection. If they still want to create after that, then tell them they are doing it for the art of it since the market has spoken. Capitalism, that is how it works.

Re: TL;DR-ish

[(Anonymous)]

Do you think they're passive-aggressively doing it to you on purpose, or is it you feeling that way on your own?

Re: TL;DR-ish

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, you can't really expect a handful of your friends to pay you a wage for writing a blog. Making a living off of writing and art usually requires a big audience with excess disposable income, and the economics are such that only a small fraction of society can really do it. :/

(Says someone who never even launched her Patreon because she didn't feel up to making bonus content for people.)

Re: TL;DR-ish

[(Anonymous)]

People like that are their own worst enemy, because even if I liked an artist's work and had the disposable income, I wouldn't want to spend it on someone who sounded that entitled.

Re: TL;DR-ish

[diet_poison]

Yeah...the remarks about their friends not supporting them...that IS entitled, no matter how you slice it, and it sounds like they're trying to guilt people, which is obnoxious.

Re: TL;DR-ish

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. :( It's one of the reasons why I dislike the whole Patreon and GoFundMe stuff, it's a new way for people to guilt you into giving to them.

I have a friend who opened up writing commissions, and I made the mistake of telling them flippantly that 'maybe' I'd consider commissioning them. Cue a few weeks later when they exploded on me about how I 'promised' that I'd commission them and then demanding why I hadn't yet. It just ugh, made me feel so bad. (But not to the point where I gave in, I'm not soft like that.)

Re: TL;DR-ish

[(Anonymous)]

as a friend you should emotionally support them, you're not obligated to support them financially.

Re: TL;DR-ish

[caerbannog]

Yeah I've got a couple of friends who go all pushy salesmarketer on things. I just wish them good luck and that I'll promo it. That's it.

You're not obligated to support them financially whether you like the work or not

Re: Rant thread

[badass_tiger]

I have lots of scientific reasons to not like psychometric tests enough as it is, but it annoys me so much when 1. people take those tests out of context and put so much faith into them they insist on telling the world about their identity in them (*cough*MBTI*cough*) and 2. people make up those super lame quizzes like 'what does your favourite flower say about you?? xD :333' and so on, especially when people start taking them seriously.

I know it doesn't actually harm anyone when people do this for the most part and it's all for fun but it's such a pet peeve of mine. And Tumblr is a huge offender of both kinds.

Re: Rant thread

[quirkytizzy]

I like to point out that the Meyers Briggs test was developed by a bored housewife and has no backing from the APA. But I'm an asshole like that.

Re: Rant thread

[diet_poison]

I love taking those kinds of tests...but only for fun. It's silly to use the results to make big decisions about your life IMO

Re: Rant thread

[dratinis]

Someone I knew once mentioned that MBTI descriptions reminded them of astrological signs, and I'm inclined to agree. The fact that some of my mutuals are REALLY into both further enforces the MBTI/astrology connection in my mind.

Re: Rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

I literally can not find a single character tag of my favorites on tumblr that doesn't include several people insisting that x character is actually trans, followed by people insisting x character is not actually trans, followed by wank because the cishets are being transphobic again.

I just. tumblr used to have a block button, didn't they? I just want to enjoy my fandom favs without needing to scroll past endless drama, christ.

Re: Rant thread

[dratinis]

I wish that there was a bigger focus on more casual lolita outfits rather than the over-the-top stuff that seems to have taken over the community. As beautiful as some OTT outfits can be, they tend to look more like gorgeous costumes than an actual outfit. I personally have a hard time understanding other people's frustrations about normal folks confusing their loli coordinates for a costume when they look like this.

They all look great, and very well put together at least.

Re: Rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

I think I'm depressed. Well, I'm definitely having suicidal thoughts anyway.

My wedding is coming up and everyone is expecting me to be happy and excited and I feel like I'm doing something wrong when I'm just not.

Re: Rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

I want everyone to just stop existing for a little bit. I wouldn't have to deal with anyone and I wouldn't be afraid to leave my room. I don't want anyone to look at me right now and it's terrible. I know I'm distracting myself vie internet too.

Ughhh why am I so anxious today.

Re: Rant thread

[feotakahari]

My boss's boss doesn't live in the area we work in, and she doesn't seem to get that there are economic factors in why the store isn't doing so well. The higher the cost of living gets, the more of our customer base moves out of town. But Newark is beating last year's sales by twelve thousand dollars so far this month, and if we're not like Newark, well, we must be screwing something up! Her latest idea is that the store always makes more sales when my boss is present, so now she has him on a hellish schedule to try to improve our numbers. I have no idea what will happen to the shop when he quits after Christmas, but I'm updating my resume just in case.

Re: Rant thread

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Can't chill this weekend. How do I get chill?

Unscheduled absence from work for Mom care might nix the second half of my scheduled winter break.

Why do I still look at tumblr, whyyyyyy.....

Re: Rant thread

[philstar22]

I'm starting to feel the pressure of being back in the closet again. It was nice being able to be out when I was living on my own. I found myself talking about being bisexual with my gay hairdresser the other day, and my mother nearly overheard.

Re: Rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

A few days before my period, I get really bad cramps whenever I orgasm. I also get really horny right before my period, so now I'm sexually frustrated and trying to decided whether or not masturbating will be worth the pain. why, body

Re: Rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

I have a dentist appointment to get a tooth removed in a few days. They didn't give me any pre-appointment instructions. I looked online, and apparently I should fast for at least 8-12 hours beforehand?

I'm not so much nervous about the healing (I had my wisdom teeth removed and it was bloody but fine), but I'll be awake during the procedure. The last time I had nitrous it didn't do much to calm me at all. :(

Re: Rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

I'm hating myself so much right now. I works so hard this semester for college but I still feel like it's all wasted because I'm still terrible and awful, shit.

Re: Rant thread

[caerbannog]

Some lady behind me just put the music on her phone on without a headset. I didn't bring my headset. I don't want to hear her shitty music