What's Bothering You?

[Reginald Fairfield]

These rich skanks have NO idea how to treat the college housekeeping faculty. I come into the library, and there's all this sticky goo covering the door handle, window, and the carpet. Like, what the absolute ****? Are you ****ing ****tin' me? At least clean it up? What the absolute ****...

I chose the wrong ****ing college. Too much debt, and almost all these students are ****ing clicky and do NOT know how to treat faculty members with respect... from what I've seen. And, they're a bunch of ****ing scaredy-cats. Rich pricks.

College isn't designed to be affordable anymore. Something about the loan rates. Within the past 10 years they changed something.

 

[ali.di.magix]

Spoiler: just some covid rants

I'm tired of trying to convince people to get the vaccine, or hearing about people who don't want it. My flatmates won't get it. My mum, dad and brother won't get it. This virus is going nowhere. We're not going to contain this outbreak with lockdowns. The elimination approach has gone out the window. It's only a matter of time before the whole of NZ has cases. Just get it done ffs.

on another note, I hate this whole North Island vs South Island thing. Some south islanders want to separate the country and keep north islanders out since that's where the cases are. It makes me upset if that ever happens because I literally won't be able to see my friends or family for ages. Some of us didn't move to the north island by choice, I only moved here for my job otherwise I'd still be in the south I feel like it's just making the country more divided than it already is

 

[daringred_]

frustrated with myself for being too scared/anxious to go to the doctor. my depression/anxiety are never going to get better (which i don't think they ever will anyway, frankly) unless i go, but i ironically can't/won't go because of them. might as well just say peace out and have done with it at this point.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

Thanks, but I still feel like an outcast. Everyone else can draw humans perfectly, yet my art look like it was done in 5 minutes. I might I as well just stop drawing at all. I really want to become an author, but I'm never going to achieve that because my art is so bad. So I'll probably just leave after shrouded in mystery is finished and sell all my collectibles to someone else since I can't even be here with my terrible art

Everyone starts out somewhere. I used to be pretty bad at drawing, and I would upload it to a website domain that I'm pretty sure no longer exists, and I had a couple mean comments about my stuff. But you know what, I kept at it, and now I like to think I am good at it.
I love to share this image of bob ross, it's very true:

Spoiler: Bob Ross Motivational Quote

You should do art because you enjoy it! You will improve along the way, just keep at it. And you know what, Bob Ross was famous for his landscape paintings, not for drawing humans. Painting people was not his specialty, and it showed, but it didn't matter, because he was all about the landscapes. You do not have to draw people if you don't want, you're still an artist all the same. Every artist has their thing, their niche, and it's not always realistic portraits.
Also, TBT is an Animal Crossing forum, not an art forum. Though that should not discourage you from sharing your art in the Museum section Just keep at it!

 

[Beanz]

im so tired rn i want to go back home and go to sleep

 

[Alienfish]

group works with grown up people are the worst like :^^^)

 

[oak]

I forgot to take my endometriosis medication for one night so I took it right when I woke up but it was already too late, my uterus has been unleashed. Even just a 10 hour delay on my meds and my monster uterus tries to come back to life and aches so badly. My uterus needs to be ripped out and thrown into the garbage. I imagine a doctor throwing it into the trash like a basketball.

 

[Dawnpiplup]

... Was feeling good today, but just now, my mood fluctuated. At least I can identity the cause of it. I was running an errand, buying pet food at Walmart, and some of the stuff there were just so expensive. This is Walmart, for crying out loud. But, that's what started my depressed state. Then, just thinking about how I'm attending this filthy rich college, and how I don't like it here. I know college is expensive in general, but just to give you an idea: almost all the damn cars here in the parking lot are brand spankin' new, with Mercades and even a ****ing Alta. And, earlier in class, I was talking with a classmate of mine about the upcoming Fall Break -- asking if he's going home for it, whatever. I say that I live in Oklahoma (out of state from here), and that I don't have a car. Maybe he was just joking, because he seems like a nice guy and all, but he said: "Just buy one." I didn't think too much of it at the time, but maybe that's the general consensus of the students here: just go and buy stuff.

... I was calculating some stuff yesterday, and if I did it correctly, I will be dead broke after paying off this semester's bill. I mean hitting the zero on my bank statement, man. These folks have it easy.

 

[Croconaw]

Spoiler: Possible tw, scary situation

So coming back from work last night after catching the bus (my dad was at work and I worked later than usual), there was something weird. There was a clear garbage bag filled with used clothes centered in the driveway leading up to my apartment. My first thought was that it was placed as a distraction for predators to get young females, unsuspecting people, or people who don’t know what to do in that situation. My first thought was to ignore it completely. I didn’t run. Instead, I pretended it wasn’t there. Running draws attention and signals fear, so I ignored it and pretended it didn’t exist. Good decision and I may have avoided some horrible situation. For context, it was 11:30PM at night.

 

[Sin]

i really want Chief but nobody responding on nookazon despite being ONLINE argh

 

[DarkDesertFox]

Tired of people using a full team of legendaries online for Pokemon Sword matches. People who know what they are doing too competitively which makes it all the harder to win. Normally I hate when people disconnect on me, but I do it to these people because I'm tired of their crap. Just going to start turning down these battles going forward if I see their team is legendaries.

 

[Dunquixote]

Spoiler: personal

Feeling a bit insecure about something simple and small that I want to do.

Something upset me earlier but I think I will be able to work through it after talking to a few people about it. I wish the same was possible with something else but the best I can do is try my best to not make myself feel any worse than it already has.

Still honestly salty about streamily and their terms. People make mistakes just as their systems did when they didn’t get my emails, so as long as we email them before the prints are sent to the VAs, we should be allowed one edit to our special instructions. I guess I can always get another print from both vas and have them do what i wanted on the duo limited one but won’t be the same :/. still embarrassed about what happened too.

Still have no energy to draw or do anything really.

 

[DinosaurDumpster]

the one time i leave school for a few days, i have testing in all of my classes. plus my teachers put in grades as missing for assignments i couldn't even do while i was out so that's really annoying since they aren't even allowed to do that :/
also im really nervous that im gonna fail this dance test i have, it looks trash when i see myself dancing it in the mirror

 

[daringred_]

want to buy brain training for the switch, but i'm having that "it's a waste of money" issue again, so now it's just sitting in my basket

 

[Neb]

Whenever I get close to someone romantically I become extremely depressed when they’re sad. It’s like my brain wants to feel more pain than them. Even with my (usually) effective meds I still struggle. Feeling empathy is a good thing, but this is just unhealthy.

 

[_Rainy_]

It’s my birthday and I’m working all day tomorrow

 

[S.J.]

Thanks, but I still feel like an outcast. Everyone else can draw humans perfectly, yet my art look like it was done in 5 minutes. I might I as well just stop drawing at all. I really want to become an author, but I'm never going to achieve that because my art is so bad. So I'll probably just leave after shrouded in mystery is finished and sell all my collectibles to someone else since I can't even be here with my terrible art

I am so late to seeing this, but I needed to agree with our friends here and say your art does not look like it was done in five minutes!

It is clear you put so much effort into your stories and art. Your art is great and you will only continue to improve the more you practice. As for wanting to be an author, you are such a talented story-teller! The stories behind your art are always so creative, and I honestly have no idea how you do it! You are so creative, and that’s such a strong skill to have in your art and stories.

Don’t be discouraged Koopa, keep up your amazing work.

 

[Aminata]

I keep waking up 3am everyday idk why
maybe i'm haunted or something like that?
I'm starting to get scared.
on my country people say 3am it's the witching hour that's no good

 

[Xara]

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[daringred_]

Spoiler: euthanizing a cat

i may have to put my cat to sleep. her health is so poor, and i don’t see that changing. she can barely walk, she can’t jump, there’s something wrong with her vertebrae, she has a heart murmur, bladder stones, she’s severely overweight and her breathing issues have returned. she is having nasty coughing fits frequently. she’s supposed to have surgery on her knees within the next 2-3 weeks, but i don’t see her surviving it. and even if it did, what would it matter? all of her other issues will still be there. the surgery may not even help her.

she’s in my room right now, and i panic every time she so much as moves her head, terrified that she’s going to start coughing. terrified that she won’t be able to breathe. she wants to be with me, and i will never deny her that, but i am so ****ing scared. and my parents keep leaving me home alone with her, knowing that if something were to happen while they’re out, i would not be able to help her.

i want to run from this so badly; hide myself in another room so that i don’t hear her coughing and gagging; pretend that it doesn’t exist. but i won’t, because i refuse to act like the coward i am — she deserves more than to be abandoned.

i don’t want to let her go. i don’t know if i can. the thought of her no longer existing leaves me hyperventilating and in tears, but i don’t want her to hurt. i just... i’m not ready for this. i just want more time.

Spoiler

hey, just want to say i understand what you're going through, and i'm here if you need to talk. i just lost two of my cats within slightly over a month of each other earlier this year, and it was horrible. one of them abruptly disappeared (we presume he was hit by a car), but the other had to be scheduled for euthanasia due to endstage kidney failure and (potentially) cancer. it broke my heart, because she was my best-friend (and always will be). we'd had her since i was 7, and she lived to the ripe age of 14, so we literally grew up together. like you, i struggled to let her go -- i desperately hoped maybe the kidney diet and some constipation meds would buy her time, but she barely lasted a week. still, it was better than nothing, and it gave me some time to say goodbye to her. i'm not going to sit here and tell you the loss gets easier because i'm literally crying writing this, but for me, the "build-up" is always the worst part because you know what's coming, and you feel powerless to stop it, but sometimes we have to suffer so that they don't. just know that it's the kindest thing you can do for her if you think she's in pain. don't wait until all or most of her days are bad ones. some owners wait until they have no choice, and while i can't begrudge them for it, it's better to let your pet go while they still have some good days left in them, otherwise their last memories will only be pain and misery.

my only regret is not being able to be with nana at the very end. we weren't allowed in with her due to pandemic restrictions, and we didn't want to have her euthanized outside with us where everyone else could see. the memory of her being taken away in her carrier, meowing, to die surrounded by strangers still haunts me sometimes, even though i know they would've taken very good care of her. i really recommend, if your vet allows you to, that you be there with her at the end -- or that at least someone in your family does. i know it's hard and horrible and emotional, but your cat deserves to spend her last moments with someone she knows and loves if they let you. (and if they don't, try not to feel too badly about it. you wanted to be there, and you did everything else you could for her. that's what counts.) if you want to talk further, my DMs are always open <3