What's Bothering You?

Drawdler said:
Lastly I actually greatly prefer Reddit to other social media since forums are pretty dead and Reddit is the next best thing. The current mess there is very sad, absolutely hate the admin choices there and feel like I’m leaving that site entirely soon, but the problem is idk where to go after that. Tumblr seems more fandom-oriented and I don’t know how I feel about that. It still seems better than anything else I can think of. Never touching Reddit again when they inevitably remove old.reddit.
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I haven't really kept up to date with the whole Reddit fiasco. What exactly is going on with most of the subs shutting down or whatever?
 
-Blue- said:
I haven't really kept up to date with the whole Reddit fiasco. What exactly is going on with most of the subs shutting down or whatever?
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Basically the largest thing right now is Reddit restricting API access. The official app is widely hated, and API changes have already removed some bot/comment history functionality. However, third-party apps exist and obviously require the API.

At the end of this month, Reddit will start charging for API access, but the prices are so ridiculous it just prices out all of the third-party app developers. Tons of Reddit moderators used third-party apps and are vehemently against this, so organised a “strike” where they restricted or privatised their subs. Third-party apps are going to close. There’s also a lot of talk about Reddit stocks going public this year and a lot of the changes being about that and greed, I can’t remember if that was just a rumor or speculation though.

Oh yeah. And uh now that this is happening the admins are threatening to replace mods who joined the blackout, and I think already did so on some subs (I know /r/starbucks has such drama happening, but idk if that’s isolated)

There’s a bit more I could go into, and there’s the usual dose of Reddit admins dodging actual concern and blaming the userbase. But that’s most of it.
 
Drawdler said:
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Ah I see. Thanks for clearing that up. Oh well at the end of the day, I doubt this will kill Reddit. If I have learned anything from people, they will complain but begrudgingly still use places such as this. It's why Twitter is still used despite Elon being a complete idiotic tool with buyers remorse and doing anything and everything to guarantee that his platform fails, but it's still going.

There's either rumor or real talk about Elon wanting to limit the amount of DMs someone can use on Twitter unless they pay for his Twitter blue whatever it is. Hell even NSO online is the same way. What was once free is being cherry-picked and the same and sometimes worst.
 
Croconaw said:
I wish that whichever job I have, current or in the future, lets me have my chosen name on it so I don’t need to walk around with that name tag on my chest.
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if it's any consolation, in my current job I wear a name tag (bc I'm a circ associate) and it has my preferred name as well as the pronouns I use. you should be able to put your preferred name on a nametag, I'm sure there are others who put their nickname on theirs so I don't see why you can't have a preferred name :)


my anxiety was so bad earlier today I literally almost had a panic attack. I eventually was able to pull myself out of it but good lord, I can't be dealing with this anymore. I called my psychiatrist's office and he won't even be able to get back with me until Tuesday.
I'm so tired of my anxiety getting in the way of me living a normal life. luckily most days it's manageable, if not completely gone. But times like earlier today are unbearable and honestly kinda scary to go through. luckily I don't have to deal with it totally alone but damn it's so hard to cope sometimes. 😔
 
i feel like i'm dragging myself to the finish line like an old, sick and tired race horse.. graduation couldn't come any sooner o_O
 
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-Blue- said:
Ah I see. Thanks for clearing that up. Oh well at the end of the day, I doubt this will kill Reddit. If I have learned anything from people, they will complain but begrudgingly still use places such as this. It's why Twitter is still used despite Elon being a complete idiotic tool with buyers remorse and doing anything and everything to guarantee that his platform fails, but it's still going.

There's either rumor or real talk about Elon wanting to limit the amount of DMs someone can use on Twitter unless they pay for his Twitter blue whatever it is. Hell even NSO online is the same way. What was once free is being cherry-picked and the same and sometimes worst.
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Yeah I agree, it’s always pushing the boundaries. I try at least. another reason all the online consolidation just sucks though. Not much for me to say just feel very strongly about it
 
Wonder how im gonna sleep now.. theres a raging thunderstorm outside and the civil defense sirens are going crazy. Im really scared and trying everything to ease it.
 
I think I've mentioned this before but it's still really bothering me so I have to mention it again. the more time goes on, the more I lose patience with our cats. don't get me wrong, I do care a lot about them. but I've gone through a lot of changes and priority shifts in my life over the last few months, and I don't have the time or energy to dedicate to them anymore (or, at least, not as much as they need). they're just making me feel incredibly frustrated. I'm tired of constantly having to pick up after them and clean their messes, which of course there is plenty of because there are six cats. they're also expensive to take care of and they honestly deserve a lot more care than what we've been able to give. it's not fair to them to be forced into complacency, and it's not fair to us to have to deal with the constant cleaning and bills that come with caring for this many cats.

idk what to do about it. cause we have 3 cats who are over 5 years old (one of them is actually 10 years old) so I would feel really bad trying to find them new homes. we have 3 younger kiddos but one of them is really close to my mom, because he reminds her of our cat Xander whom we suddenly lost last year. I also would strongly prefer that they go straight to a good and safe forever home. I don't want to send them to the rescue I worked at, I know the cats in there are taken care of but quite a few of our cats have anxiety issues and they likely would not handle being there well at all.

plus the overwhelming sense of guilt, having taken care of these cats whom I have a close emotional attachment to, and just sending them to a new home. it would probably be a relief but I know I would feel bad about it, animals tend to not handle stress very well and I know they would be in shock if they suddenly went to a new home. but these cats desperately deserve better than what we're able to give them. and I'm losing my patience having to pick up after them literally all the time.


idk I guess I'll talk to my folks about it.
 
My parents got into another argument and my dad is now throwing things around and slamming doors. Great.

Tomorrow's my last exam, and I'm feeling stressed. It's for math but I'm not finished my memory aid. Plus, all my missing science assignments are also due tomorrow. I should just try to power through today so I can get tomorrow over with...
 
We just called my grandpa for Father’s Day, and yeesh, he’s not doing good. He’s been battling Alzheimers for a couple years now and he’s such a shell of his former self. He doesn’t know who my mom is anymore (he forgot who I am like a year ago). It’s just really sad knowing that when I go up north for my grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary, it could very well be the last time I see him alive.

Also completely unrelated but I feel like such an invisible eyesore lately. Invisible until my someone needs me for something, and an eyesore for wanting human interaction/having needs beyond the basics. What the heck is wrong with people?

Last thing I promise, but I wish my family wouldn’t talk **** about me behind my back. They basically said I didn’t do anything for Father’s Day because I didn’t pick out the presents, and they thought I couldn’t hear when I was in the next room. I hate it here.
 
Just another day where I wish that I could spend more time asleep than awake. At least Mom didn't interrupt my nap. She must've known that I was upset.
 
Just having headaches. Really tired of the cold. No chillblains yet this year so I hope that’s a better sign.
 
my friend said something pretty insensitive about Juneteenth, and I won't even lie I really don't feel like talking to her today.

she says lots of stupid **** bc her boyfriend's grandpa is a pretty radical conservative and it rubs off on her, so I get tired of hearing her rant abt politics anyways. but saying what she said about Juneteenth? I gotta draw the line somewhere.
 
xSuperMario64x said:
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Regardless of what the rants are it seems like she’s doing it a lot. In that case, I might reconsider the friendship if it’s just a whole bunch of her ranting. Seems a little one sided. Idk, I can kind of understand? I know that sometimes the people you hang out with can affect your way of thinking, especially if they are family. You just have to learn to think for yourself…
 
I went by the eye doctor day and while I am pleased to say that they found nothing wrong with my eyes I still got them dilated and its been like 7 hours and my sensitivity to light has gotten so bad. I had to wear sunglassess all day. Before anyone asks yes I do wear Glassess in real life and I had vision problems since 2012.
 
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