Stuff I saw on the internet last week: "release the rest of the bats"
Happy Monday, all! I had my first massage in MANY months on the weekend, and the whole time, my massage therapist kept making concerned noises about my back muscles before finally saying, “You should probably come in here more often.” Onto internet things!
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This video is extremely soothing and satisfying.
TWEETS!
And this thread is definitely worth clicking through to read:
REDDIT!
A good AskReddit thread about petty reasons you’ve rejected someone:
His name was Phil. My name is Lil.
A sad situation with a sad ending, but also an ending that’s probably for the best:
I knew our relationship wasn't a romance for the ages or anything like that, but it was by far the best I'd had since before my son was born and I really thought we cared for and valued one another. Now I realise that all he ever wanted from me was a mother for Ben. He as good as admitted it, and in retrospect it makes complete sense.
Stop! Making! Your! Insecurities! Someone! Else’s! Problem!
I noticed on Instagram that she had liked a guy's picture that was a loose friend of mine from middle school, that she didn't know. So, I voiced that I wasn't comfortable about it since the guy is more attractive than I, and that makes me insecure about my body and makes me feel that I am not enough.
Hotel maids are not there to clean up your biohazards:
She looked shocked upon discovering that it was vomit that she had to clean up and looked up at me and said "eww, gross" and asked if I called her to clean "that". I said yes. She complained that I didn't tell her she had to clean up vomit and said she was sorry but won't come near "that". I was confused I told her she could get someone else to do it instead she replied that if she asked others to do her job for her then they'll hold it over her head. she then tried to hand me the tools to do it myself while she waits from a distance. I said absolutely not. She replied it was my wife's vomit so I shouldn't react the way I did I saw my wife looking at me. I fcking flipped out and told her it's her job that she gets paid for.
Their poor oldest daughter, who has clearly had quite the shit time and has some neglectful parents — gotta love that they haven’t even questioned WHY she doesn’t want children of her own:
She has said no, citing her PTSD and anxiety (autistic child had some rough episodes growing up when she became aggressive towards the whole family) and I admit I was remiss in not getting her therapy as a child, but I was up to my eyeballs with my high needs autistic daughter. I sympathize with the PTSD (I have it too from this experience), but I feel like we have little choice or options here. I don't feel comfortable with my disabled daughter being at the mercy of the state. She also said and I quote "I was the older sister her whole life, now it's (youngest daughters) turn to be the older sister," citing she should do it because she's younger and closer with autistic sister.
I am against this for a couple reasons, my youngest daughter can be forgetful and is not as responsible and reliable as my eldest, who despite her ptsd and anxiety never misses a deadline and is always on top of doing whatever it is she needs to do. Plus the youngest plans on becoming a mother some day, while the eldest does not want children. And I felt it would be better for eldest to be guardian because the youngest will have her hands full with her own children.
TUMBLR!
(via boredlord, thread found here.)
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TIKTOK!
I am so happy to be off dating apps.
Everyone has that one loud coworker.
“Testing the waters when I meet someone for the first time.”
The hilarious danger of ordering food from your iPhone.
Toronto recently opened up a little more from lockdown, but there are some downsides.
But we can all do our part to reinvigorate the economy.
“I need you to give me the ‘Re-enter Account Number.’”
“Conditions to love my future children.”
Aw, such a scared lil’ fluff.
ARTICLES!
The Devil Wears Prada oral history: Cast reunites to dish on making the best-dressed hit, Entertainment Weekly
Detective Fiction Has Nothing On This Victorian-Science Murder Mystery, The Atlantic
B-List Stars Love Recapping Their Old Shows, but Are Any of Their Podcasts Good?, Slate
First Comes the Pandemic Divorce, Then the “Tits Out” Summer, Vanity Fair
It Wasn’t Just Another Nightclub, The Atlantic
Why You Hate Contemporary Architecture, Current Affairs
How Lin-Manuel Miranda Went From Cool To Corny, BuzzFeed News
Why Bo Burnham, Jenna Marbles, And Shane Dawson All Logged Off, BuzzFeed News
Here’s Why More People Are Choosing To Embrace Being Single, BuzzFeed News
That’s all for me today, gorgeous! Talk to you soon.
Love,
Kat