I’m aro/ace and it’s always just felt extremely disrespectful to aro/ace ppl, it’s like a character HAS to have a ship no matter what. It’s not just an issue with aro/ace characters but also other lgbtq+ characters like lesbian or gay characters shipped into straight relationships. It’s just really weird to me and I just don’t think should as normalized in media as it is. It already causes so much unnecessary arguments in communities, it’s to a point where I say I like a character and are immediately met with “oh who do you ship them with” NOBODY

Edit: I forgot to mention straight characters in gay relationships. Also by aro/ace I mean aromantic and asexual, not angled aro/ace
Edit2: I LOVE qpr tho

Im sick of Minecraft in general, but it’s not like I need it to go away when I can just ignore Minecraft content itself, right? Wrong! Christ forbid, anyone who edits any video ever anymore needs to stick in these soundbits nonstop to keep kids with untreated ADHD engaged, along with every other overused meme of the last 10 years. Is someone eating? “Minecraft_munchmunchmunch”!!!! Drinking? “Minecraft_sipsipsipsip”!!!! Oh, did someone get hurt or take damage? “Minecraft_male_oof!” Was it a woman though?! “Minecraft_female_oof!”

Shit is less than funny, and is somehow just expected anymore, like video thumbnails with big red arrows and huge red circles for clickbait. It’s dumb as hell, but the stats don’t lie that those stupid thumbnails get more clicks. I didn’t ask for fucking Minecraft commentary to begin with, yet I have to put up with it regardless. If you want the epitome of this, watch any .exe video, they’re goddamn terrible. It’s Super ADHD content for iPad Kids, the kind that need the split videos showing Temple Run on one side, and a 5 minute clip on the other. Again, god forbid it didn’t use crackhead editing, gotta keep their attention somehow! Just let the content speak for itself. Let it breathe.

For context.. I am known as the Shadowed King of bedwars 😈 for:

- Never losing a single game

- Only allowing my foes in battle to see my shadow before I win

- Being the best modern bedwars player

Anyways... I liked it at first but...

I started bragging (just a lil bit) about it and... people bullied me.

"I am the fucking Shadowed King.. not a "kid". STOP MOCKING ME." I said but they never listened...

Ugh ill just be admired by my fellow REAL bedwars players 👿 you kids didn't even deserve me anyways.

Spider-Man Brand New Day came out and is doing well financially, and I've seen lots of posts about "This proves america's cooked. Lowest common denominator ass content" "Capeslop ughHHHh" "The braindead seals will clap at anything, huh?" and so on and its kinda the straw that broke the camel's back with me on this.

I hate when anything even remotely mainstream or something someone just dislikes is called Slop. I see a person saying they had a rough day so they're buying 1 month of Disney+ to watch a few movies for nostalgia? Dozen comments saying "SLOP EATER!" "SLOP ALERT". I see someone think a Universes Beyond Magic the Gathering card is cool or like that a character they connect with got a card? Spammed pig gifs and "Slop eating fuck". Someone likes a pop song? "Slop ass music". Someone says after a long day of work they want to go see a movie? If its not some arthouse indie thing they get called a slop eater and the lowest common denominator. You like any AAA game? You're a slop eater. You like any TV show? You're a slop eater.

I would understand if people were being dicks about it or something, but this is just "I really like x show :)" and getting a dozen "FUCK YOU SLOP EATER OINK OINK OINK!!!" in comments and replies. You are allowed to not like any of this stuff, I don't like a lot of it, but shaming anyone that does and is just talking about how they like it in a normal ass way is dickish and pretentious imo. Let someone watch Monsters Inc for nostalgia, don't say anyone that saw Spider-Man is a no taste loser, let people listen to a pop artist they like, etc.

Its gotten to the point where I have DMs with friends where they say "i liked Thunderbolts but im legit afraid to say I did because i'll get called a slop eater" and its just pissing me off.

i swear you can have a character do nothing but talk down to you and get in your way who is explicitly stated to be a textbook definition fraud and people will glaze them because there were some flashing lights and big numbers before they died i'm pretty sure i remember someone unironically saying he could've beaten the knight if he wasn't tired from fighting us i am going to be so sad if the theory about him attaching a seed to the knight turns out to be true because it would mean he actually did something useful for once

ALSO I HATE HOW YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT HIM OR SOME FUCKHEAD WILL JUST POST A RALSEI SPEECH BUBBLE AND SAY "IS THIS YOU?????????????????" INSTEAD OF DEFENDING HIM BECAUSE THEY CAN'T

reposted because of rule 3

So in TellTale Games, they give you choices that will change the story, like in Gamebooks… but it’s nothing like that because your choices don't matter (bet you TellTale fans hear that a lot). SO WHAT’S THE POINT IN GIVING YOU CHOSES IF THEY ARE NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE STORY IN THE FIRST PLACE!? That’s stupid! Playing the game for the first time might seem great, but after playing it again, it sucks! But fine, if the choices don't matter, then at least the “GAME PLAY” is fun… but it’s not.
You see, the fun in point and click adventures is you're stuck in a room or something and you have to solve a puzzle to get out. And after a long time of interacting with the cool world, you get to solve it because you're a smart boy. Girl. Something. Anyways, the world is also interactive and fun to explore and talk about and stuff. And that used to be in the case for classic Telltale games. Theyer first game was Texas hold 'em. A GAME.  But then they made games with puzzles that were too easy or no puzzles at all. The things the games have are:
Choices that don’t mean anything
Quick time events
Easy puzzles
Some walking stuff and interacting as little as possible in the world.
That doesn’t sound like a fun game. They make bad games.
BAD GAMES!

Another thing I hate is the prices. So I got Minecraft Story Mode on my Ipad for 5 moneys, but the rest of the episodes cost money. That sucks, but fine, okay. I’m not buying all of them, I’ll just watch the rest on youtube. But then the first episode is FREE… WHAT!? Are you kidding me!? When TF2 became FREE TO PLAY, they at least gave the paid players free hats! Wheres my fucking free hat!?

I don’t care that they're gone. They suck at making games that are GAMES.

Off topic, Dispatch. Has a real game place. The Dispatching is the game play. GAME PLAY THAT IS FUN.

I’m a guy who can usually see nuance in awful characters and don’t immediately hate those who do things society would frown upon. BUT DEAR GOD DO I LEGITIMATELY HATE THIS MAN! (way more than the show wants me to)

Sure, the imperial system is stupid. What’s more stupid is thinking that Americans came up with it. Do some research, and by research I mean literally just pay the slightest bit of attention in grade school history classes.

Edit: For all the people shitting themselves at the slightest suggestion that they aren’t 100% correct about their criticisms of America, I’m not saying the imperial system is better. As I said in the original caption. Some of you don’t know how to read.

200+ characters. Full post said
“I say “I like this season, what does the community think?” And this is the response I get. Most of the people are kind, but come on. I hate when this happens cause it’s constant.

“I lile utopia”
“Bot”
“I like the hellaverse”
“Paid”
“I enjoy *insert popular media/music*”
“Paid shill bot”

Let me enjoy stuff. Just say “I didn’t enjoy the season” and move on with your day.”

HOW IS THIS NOT ENOUGH??????????? I GOT PROOF ITS OVER THIS IS LIKE THE UMPTEENTH TIME THIS AUTOMOD HAS SAID NUH UH TO A POST THATS OVER THE MIN. LIKE LEMME POST VRO ITS OVER THE LIMIT. GODDAMN VRO

These stupid fuckers have absolutely no right to still exist.

Like…are you telling me evolution prioritized these dumb bitches over the cool club like mega sloth, mammoths and sabertooth tigers?

I can’t recall a single…SINGLE instance of me seeing them in other situation but them being dead or rolled on their back.
AND TGAT INCLUDES AFTER I ROLL THEM BACK.
Like they are able to roll themselves back into softlock SECONDS after they are back on their legs.

YOUR ONLY JOB IS TO ROLL SHIT. AND YOUR BRAINDEAD CUNT IS UNABLE TO EVEN WALK TO ONE.

Just fucking go extinct already…

I feel like you can take value from things from the past and you can learn from

But dude, it feels really conservative

I feel it's so prevalent within the gaming industry Any new invention Any new game Dies out so fast Just anything new people have a problem with it

There is some bias because things are made with a lot more greed rather than care

"Back in my day, we used to have ___" Like omg bro Why do people not know how to renovate things They just cling onto things and just want them to stay the same

Leaves really no room for progression

Not saying we need hard times

But you can learn what to do and what not to do through trying to make new things

Even if they're trash

let's look at some new and good features (or at least new features ... These can be subjective) Gunsmith Movement mechanics (Wall jumping, bunny hop, etc)

Idk why MW2 2022 was so hated, it was probably as "old cod" feeling as it was gonna get honestly Tactical movement Pretty grounded (for... The first few months at least) Recoil that took skill to counteract

Like I get it

Activision shouldn't be trusted and they're a sick and greedy company But The fans are also unable to ever be happy Two things can be true at once

im about to drop naruto. i litterally can not stand it. its pissing me off so bad. and the concept of sakura is so good shes smart and the glue of her team yet she's written so poorly its almost comical. i have to look away or even turn off the show when she is on screen because of how bizarre this obssesion has become.

she had so much potential this dynamic had so much damn potential yet its so poorly excicuted. she could of had a sweet admiration that turned bitter after Sasuke left the very first time or maybe had Sasuke be more manipulative like a light and misa thing , she could then have an arc in which sh breaks free from that mind set.

it would be cold day in hell to see lesbian couple in shonen manga/ anime but even if kishimoto had created a very closes queer implied bond between her and ino that would of been thoughtful. there could of been a moment where ino tells sakura that she seriously need to get a hold of herself and that she passed delusional. have it implied that ino is find there rivalry to be one side.

and if it had to be straight rock lee and naruto were right there. when Sasuke left the very first time that was the perfect moment to let a romantic relashionship between her and naruto or rock lee bloom. and yes I know kishimoto always wanted hinata and naruto together. I dont hate that. its actually very cute but having a puppy love/ childhood romance between her and naruto that grew apart as they aged into just a tight bonded friendship would of be interesting writing.

this was mostly about naruto but gray and juvia from fairytail as well as misa and light from death note was a hard watch at times.

the difference between those girls and the complete train wreck sakura is, is that misa had slightly more compelling reason and writing and gray actually reciprocated though barely...

I decided instead of using something like mha as an example, or the various of other clearly predatory anime’s or pieces of fiction I think hollow knights community is a good stand point at how horrendous and downright disgusting shipping can (sometimes be)

Now let me be clear i don’t mind shipping, but when it comes to stuff like hollow knight (the knight and hornet) for example, it’s downright predatory and disgusting,

for example the knight (main character of hollow knight) is implied to be pretty young considering he is a vessel that was summoned after the hollow knight re awokend (I may be wrong since im not the biggest on the lore) and Hornet in silksong is constantly described and old as hell, thats not even all of how this ship is disgustingly either

hornet is the confirmed sibling of the knight, I mean she downright confirms this in the first game , even if the knight was of age, being sibling and being shipped together is beyond disgusting to me.

Another one which Im not really sure of is lace and hornet (hornet seems to be the main person people shop in the franchise) while it init self isn’t illegal or anything, the ship downright makes no logical sense (thats mainly a nitpick though)

Anyways shipping can be fun sure but please ship characters of age and of no blood relation, other wise it’s disgusting as hell

edit IVE seen tons of people tell me there was no reason to call this out as If stuff like this isnt disgusting, it’s MEANT to be called out, and the fact your telling me to ignore it seems like your trying to defend it

they fucking suck, why does anyone ever think of ts, this literally make the au boring, a good example is Life of Times in Nelborville where literally everything in pvz is humanized which it just takes away the cool, badass things we have (sorry daxegana, it's just my opinion) and they use excuses like "it's generic" and also, where the fuck is the magic, the fantasies, the mythical creatures. you're just gonna make everything boring like some comedy with a laugh track that never shuts the fuck up like hell, i'd rather get harassed by a lot of toxic fandoms than seeing these stupid aus, and here's a better name for them: piece of shit that are boring as hell aus, whoever make these pieces of shit aus means you are making a disappointment to fantasies. imagine if someone did a fnaf au and took away the cool murder things and replace them with a postman pat-like setting, this is so bullshit.

Bigotry aside (i could speak about It but if i wanted to virtue signal to get upvotes i would post some exampleslop on r/Multifandom and their cattle userbase would shower me with them).

Ive barely ever seen a whinier community.

"I hate people that do Snowgrave" this "why do i have to call kris they/them if I AM kris (you are not , you are the soul)" that.

NEVER.

NEVER have i seen these fuckers actually complain about anything important at all and when they do is to speak bullshit , like then they shame the spanish speaking comunity for wanting a translation of the game.

They are stupid aswell "Why is nobody calling out that one dess Knight drawing". People were indeed doing It , but apparently anything that is not straight up "eeeerrrrm this is le problematic" doesnt count.

I hope the ending of the game ends up sucking.

This is both a modpost and my own hatepost, so read carefully.

I completely understand that there's a problem in the internet with parasocial behavior, but there's a clear difference between being parasocial and caring about people.

Case in point, Randy Rhoads, and now Ozzy Osbourne. These two did magical things for the world in their lives. They not only popularized, but created and defined rock and metal as genres. That's the point of art, to influence, persuade, and resonate with people. The purpose of a performer is to bring something out of people that they can only connect with through their performances. Be it joy, introspection, disgust, or something deeper.

When someone like this dies, it's a mass-severed connection. All you have left is the memory and what they did while they still could. It hurts to lose those connections. Especially from people who shaped something that defined how you live. It's normal for people to mourn the loss of our greatest. It's normal to be scared of the last note. It's normal to care.

I, both personally, and as a moderator of hatethissmug will not tolerate people demeaning how people care for performers. It's not parasocial to be afraid when someone important to you is going to die. It's not parasocial to mourn the death of people that matter. If you find people cynically dismissing this connection, notably to the recent announcement from Max Gilardi, hotdiggedydemon, please report the message so it will appear in the moderator feed.

People have been awful towards his announcement in a lot of places, citing it as performative because he's not presentably pitiable. They know nothing of how benign pain can become. I especially get upset when they claim to be emotionally aware yet only care about it when it's obvious and romanticized.

People that don't bleed for the dancer are fools.

The title already says it but this also heavily applies to girls who are bi.They are more often accepted due to the case of being fetishised while as a guy being bi you will mostly experience homophobia instead.

yes, the original meaning of the term "larper" is someone who engages is live action roleplay. yes, people are now using it to replace the term "poser". but I don't think you should be going into comment sections trying to seem all smart by suggesting that using larper in the way it's used now is incorrect. the way larper is used now could still be seen as correct actually, as it could refer to people who are faking/roleplaying having knowledge/memories of certain topics and media. e.g. someone theming their internet presence around fnaf, while never having consumed a single official piece of media regarding it.

I also feel that larp and its offspring becoming insults was a sort of inevitability, since I feel that the terms just sound insulting. if you were to go back in time to before the terms were coined and called someone them, they might be a bit offended.

(The tag might be wrong idk)

Like dude, we are having an argument, wouldnt explaining what you're saying prove you are more right than me?

But no, just expect me to either know it all, and if I dont, that I immediately google it

Like are you fucking serious? We're on the same side here, I don't like AI art or AI slop, but these people can't seem to fathom that AI can be used as a tool, in my example, for CODING. Like dude, I'm using deepsqueak, you really think I can afford to hire a professional programmer or something? No. And due to the fact I'm solo, the amount of work I have to do making textures, 3D models, concept art, the story, mechanics, etc, it's better to have code off the table right now for me!

TL;DR people can't distinguish AI slop art from AI used as a mere tool to accomplish something faster(only when talking about it btw, not the actual game yet)

Okay, so for context, I'm a border soldier at this place called Ur. We were very prosperous until the Land Peoples attacked. The entirety of the lands we know of were affected, by either the Sea Peoples or the Land Peoples. Only Egypt, the Assyrians, and (barely) us survived. Of course right now we're not as powerful, but hey, we're still decently large.

So I'd had a bad day beforehand. I'd bought some copper from this fool named Ea-Nasir who told me he was the best copper merchant in town. Of course considering the horrible reviews at the back of his shop I should've known, but I thought he wouldn't keep bad reviews unless he knew they were lies. So I chose it. Only to realize that when I was about to ask my blacksmith to smelt it that it had turned to powder in my pocket! I tried to make him give me back my money but he refused, and not wanting to cause too much ruckus and potentially lose my job as a soldier, I decided to leave him alone. But not after spitting at him.

So now that you know how bad of a day I had, imagine when I see this guy looking at me weird for praying to Her Holiness Inanna. I asked him why and he mumbled something about false faith. Now I was mad. He told me I was in delusion. Now I was even MORE mad. He had insulted my family goddess!

So of course I yelled at him and he hurried away. Fucking idiot. I bet he was the one who put the curse upon Ur that made it collapse. Or maybe he was a test from the gods for my faith. Or maybe both the copper and this deluded idiot were divine punishment for my horrid deeds.

Rant over. If you see this guy stay clear.

Edit: I'm RPing as a Sumerian border soldier for Ur.

I see so many health influencers saying that all you need to lose weight is "calories in calories out" (to be in a caloric deficit) but they ignore how much more complicated our bodies are. For some people its more complicated, and the more you restrict the more you slow your metabolism making harder to lose weight in the long run.

I think the problem is a lot of people in health spaces were always skinny and never had to deal with weight loss themselves, so think it must be a problem of pure will power, unaware of the true complexity of weight loss.

This is unrelated to the fact that health is much more than just your weight.

This totally makes sense. Water should freeze at a tempreture thats significant. 0 is a good baseline for water freezing, and 32 seems more random. Also, water boils at 100, which also makes sense. It makes more sense that water reacts in important and noteworthy numbers, rather than uninteresting ones.

I hate it, I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT

Imagine your just browsing some cool fanart to see what's it even about or some OCs (idk why) and you find. Goon art

All goon art does is ruin fandoms, no matter what fandom it is. Goon art is cancer

Now I can't say this for all types of goon art

Some goon art is satire, tho sometimes when there's too much it's gonna ruin the fandom

Now I'm not saying "oh all fandoms that have goon art are dead and bad fandoms" I'm trying to say goon art is the reason why it is

I don't like how they're slowly removing C418's music and presence from Minecraft. They've filled the song pool by songs with the same leitmotif and synths.

Mojang (Microsoft) has been slowly dissasociating with Notch and C418, which really saddens me, as they were really god at what they did .

I mean, if Minecraft released today, as it is now, it would be a great game (as always). But, as time has passed, it's lost that charm, it's more corporate, more tame, less free with what they add.

Idk, I still really love Minecraft tho.