B!TC# IT OUT!

[Echidna]

It's a "group thing" and it's getting hard to get out of.

Ah I see.
This is unfortunate :/

When I was in school, I plain out refused to do any of the dumb things my class mates considered a must to be cool and "one of them"
(alcohol, smoking, drugs, etc) and consequently became the outsider.
I didn't mind, but it was sometimes very difficult because the hip kids decreed I couldn't be spoken to, and had to be made fun of and molested, even in class.
It was pretty ugly.
Once, they asked me when the hell I'd commit suicide at last?
I just laughed at them and said they were in for a long wait if that was what they wanted.

The funny thing is; they grew up eventually, and seemingly don't remember a thing now

[Mermaidmechanic]

Ah I see.
This is unfortunate :/

When I was in school, I plain out refused to do any of the dumb things my class mates considered a must to be cool and "one of them"
(alcohol, smoking, drugs, etc) and consequently became the outsider.
I didn't mind, but it was sometimes very difficult because the hip kids decreed I couldn't be spoken to, and had to be made fun of and molested, even in class.
It was pretty ugly.
Once, they asked me when the hell I'd commit suicide at last?
I just laughed at them and said they were in for a long wait if that was what they wanted.

The funny thing is; they grew up eventually, and seemingly don't remember a thing now

Ah, I always got in trouble at school for being a bully to the bullies. My family instilled a very strong sense of justice into me and I can't bear to watch something unjust go without punishment. I would have beat the crap out of those kids if I saw them being unkind to you (and probably would have gotten in trouble for it too). D:< So I guess my rant is I can't stand it when someone thinks it's okay to mentally and physically harass others that are either too kind, timid, or scared to protect themselves from such abuse.

[Mermaid Varshana]

Another vent, I must say: I despise the rampant demonization of the poor. It's one of the things that saddens me the most. Justifying it by using ones self as a golden measuring stick for why it's their fault or how something must be inherently inferior about a person if they're poor.

[Mermaid Allie]

Oh wow that's so mean! I kinda get it though and that's great that you rose above it all.

[Echidna]

Oh wow that's so mean! I kinda get it though and that's great that you rose above it all.

Well, I'm not sure I've "risen" above it.
I tend to expect nothing good from people until they prove to be nice, for example.
And I have little to no patience for those who are impolite, inconsiderate of others, rude, mean, and so on.
I also hate it when people- mostly girls and women- slander and gossip about others (who are generally not present),
especially if done in a malevolent fashion.
I can't stand that, no matter whether it's true or not.

@VisionaryBri;
whoa, with such a backstory, no wonder you won't let people mess with you!
I tend to just ignore stuff, and only get physical when it's impossible to ignore any longer
(when they hold on to me, lol).
I probably would have ignored a guy slapping me as well, as long as he didn't repeat it;
depending on how insolent he came across, I might have slapped his hand or something.
Or not.
And then I would have gone for days and months being angry with myself for NOT doing something

On the other hand, such things are varying a lot depending on country/culture.
I've never seen a man touch a waitress inappropriately in Europe, much less in Asia;
unthinkable!
Whereas (as seen in movies ) in the US, while not considered terribly gentleman-like, it seems to be common.

At this point, I have another thing to vent about.
I was looking for a new bathing suit yesterday, and I'm really miffed about how the models presented some of the stuff.
On a decent site like amazon, no less.
Seriously girls.
Do you HAVE to pose like that?
We want to buy the bikini, not YOU. *angryglare*

pic here (kids don't look )

[Mermaid Varshana]

....it looks like they're advertising for Vivid Entertainment.

[SeaSister]

Why does it matter, in this story your "friend" was gay?

:/

Interesting how, out of that entire post, the thing that you pay most attention to is that I specified that the person happened to be gay.

Honestly, there is no meaning to it whatsoever. I just didn't want to use names and so I identified the people in the story by they're relationship to me - the best friend and the sassy gay one. If there was another girl there, she would be identified as my girl friend, or a male friend would be my guy friend. The reason why I didn't just stick with "guy friend" for him is because he's a tranny/cross-dresser (not sure what the "preferred" term is here) and actually prefers to be referred to as a girl in most cases, like in RuPaul's Drag Race (which we like to watch a lot). I just didn't want to bother explaining all of this as well as why I'm sometimes unsure of whether to refer to him as a guy or girl, so I thought that "gay friend" would just make things simpler. If using that term comes across as offensive or homophobic, however, I'll be sure to choose my words more carefully in the future.

[Echidna]

I need to vent!!
I hate it soo much when people take the things of others and then are not careful with them!!

Just returned from my usual swim exercise, there was lots of traffic in the roped off area,
where the coast guard were training their swimmers.
I had my monofin and a weight belt, and was swimming laps.
Since I spent so much time under water, the coastguard trainer comes over and starts being all nosy.
What did I train (freediving ), where did I learn to dive that long, etcetc
(he was horribly garrulous and obviously had never seen a decent swimmer before ).

After my usual 3 hours were up, I came out of the water, and he was there, extends his hand and says:
"Can I see the monofin please?"
I didn't want to hand it over, so I kept a hand on it, and he took offense
("I'm not going to break it"), so I let go reluctantly, and (what else)
he starts bending it lengthwise like crazy.

I could have screamed.
Turns out he doesn't know &%$ about monofins, but thinks he's supersmart because he's the coastguard trainer.
I snatched it back and left, but I was fuming all the way back, and I found a small scratch on the fin's underside
that wasn't there before the manhandling.

I am so furious!!

[Mermaid Tula]

Omg Catluna! I would have been furious! I wouldn't have stood there quietly while he bent my monofin. I probably would have gotten super bitchy "Excuse me, Will not you do that? If you knew anything, monofins shouldn't be bent that severely at all." kind of moment. Plus I probably would have demanded an answer from him in the first place about why he wanted to see my monofin. Then again, I've become really touchy about certain things and my monofin is one of them. (I've had a lot of stuff that even friends have broken because they were mishandling it.) I would go back when he was there and demand to see something of his and manhandle it.

[Mermaid Tula]

My turn to vent.

So I love my daughter unconditionally. But she's pushing buttons like crazy lately.
Yesterday, I had a plate full of cookies in the fridge that were supposed to last the week. (snacks and lunch treats)
So I dozed for about an hour, thinking my daughter was dozing next to me. Apparently, she got up while I was out. She snuck into the kitchen, got into the fridge, and ate all but about 8 cookies. Now there was probably about 3 dozen cookies.
So I was pretty steamed about that. But here's the icing on the cake.
She had the gal to ask if she could have a cookie.... Like I wouldn't notice that almost all of the cookies were gone.
Of course, she was wired the rest of the day. We went to the store, she got to push one of the mini carts at least until she crashed it into a display. So after that incident, she was put in the cart so she couldn't wreak more havoc. We went out for dinner, I'm surprised she didn't knock anything over.
About 9pm, I was wishing for a a treadmill attached to a generator so that we could run her and power our house for a week!
So after picking up the hubby at 10pm, we got home, sent her to bed and thankfully she crashed.

So yeah. Kids. Some days I wish I could just ship her off to a reform school or something. I love my little monster, but damn it! She at all my cookies!

[deepblue]

Yikes... that's a lot of cookies....

After my usual 3 hours were up, I came out of the water, and he was there, extends his hand and says:
"Can I see the monofin please?"
I didn't want to hand it over, so I kept a hand on it, and he took offense
("I'm not going to break it"), so I let go reluctantly, and (what else)
he starts bending it lengthwise like crazy.

I could have screamed.
Turns out he doesn't know &%$ about monofins, but thinks he's supersmart because he's the coastguard trainer.
I snatched it back and left, but I was fuming all the way back, and I found a small scratch on the fin's underside
that wasn't there before the manhandling.

I am so furious!!

Holy criminy- I'd make a complaint to his superiors, I really would. CG is military, and he had no right to behave that way- his superior officer needs at least to be told, "Look, your guy approached me and I don't know why, but then he bent my property." He had no reason to talk to you in the first place- sounds like a way to talk to an attractive gal- or to handle your monofin. A complaint might not do you any good, but if someone talks to him and about that behaiour, it could save the next gal from his approach. What a jerk!


I'm just peeved. Why do people offer help if they're not going to give it- especially if you don't even ask for help! They offer, and offer, and you say okay, and then nothing. I think they want to help, and then really, they don't or can't... but people, helping is not helping if you get someone's hopes up and then don't come through. GAH.

[Echidna]

I wouldn't have stood there quietly while he bent my monofin.

I didn't.
I yelled "do NOT bend it that much!!" and he gave me that disbelieving "geez, hysterical girl, sheesh"-look.
Some people just lack any kind of sensitivity.

I had a friend once who ruined my laptop's keyboard by hammering the keys like he wanted them to come off despite my entreaties to press them like a normal person.
He just said, "what's the problem? just buy another keyboard, geez. No need to fuss about an object lol!"
(note: we're no longer friends )

So...I'm kinda touchy when others mishandle my stuff. grrr....

[Mermaid Tula]

Oh geeze and he kept bending it. How rude! I agree with Deep on finding out who is superior is to have him get a talking to. It's not much, but maybe it'll help some.

[Echidna]

Why do people offer help if they're not going to give it- especially if you don't even ask for help! They offer, and offer, and you say okay, and then nothing. I think they want to help, and then really, they don't or can't... but people, helping is not helping if you get someone's hopes up and then don't come through. GAH.

Oh yeah, that's another annoying thing.
It's common with people who like to pretend they're oh-so-generous and helpful, but only as long as they know you won't take them up on their offer.
And as soon as you give in to their incessant, "well, we've TOLD you you can at any time...blabla..your own fault if you don't partake of the offer", and ask them to actually do what they offered...dead silence.
And sometimes their "better half" is sent to speak on their behalf, and berate you for "demanding" something all of a sudden.
Yep.

[deepblue]

I just got back from the beach... yesterday was a big beach day here, great weather and a Sunday. The beach has an unbelievable amount of trash on it. Plastic everywhere. If people don't care, I wish they'd stay off the beach. It's horrid.

[AniaR]

Today I hate self entitlement.

[Mermaid Varshana]

Today I hate self entitlement.

W3rd.

[Mermaid Margarete]

I know it's old news and I haven't been on the forums in FOREVER but I've been inactive because I am SO upset about not having my fishbutts tail by now. I ordered it back in october and I have been avoiding the forums cause its just reminds me how upset I am that I don't have it yet. I can't even stand to see their updates on facebook... *sigh* Tails aren't cheap and it's really shoty of Fishbutts to note even let their customers know how many other orders in front of them so they can even get SOMEWHAT of an idea... instead they offer only silence and will send you an update ONLY when your tail is ALL DONE T_T

I just want my tail...

[Mermaid Kalliope]

*warning... foul language*



I fucking hate it when my roommate turns into a sorry pathetic little shit. Now, I get she has health problems, and I am understanding of them, but constantly using them as an EXCUSE not to do things is just fucking stupid. She does it ALL the time. It wouldn't be so bad if ahe actually TRIED to make things better, but she doesn't. You can practically fucking hand her a magic pill to fix her problems and she would find some reason why it wouldn't work.

I am getting so fucking sick of pulling her dead weight around. I can see why her mom is done paying for shit for her. Also, she doesn't even make any comment that she's upset and then later gets ALL pissy that she felt left out or whatever when she barely made an effort to speak up or participate. Instead she rests her head against the couch and finds excuses. Then later she gets all "I was in a bad mood... blah blah blah" How the fuck am I suppoaed to know that when you don't say a fucking word?! Now, her solution is to sleep. Which she will deny that she's sleeping. Oh! And she slept pretty much all day already. So, she was only up and about for maybe an hour?

And! She complains about being sick all the time, but when peoole tell her ways to get better (eat healthy, lose weight, exercise) she just gets pissy and repeats "I KNOW." Until you shut up.

UGH I'm just fucking DONE.

[Mermaid Stark]

**I'm sorry if this hurts anyone, I just need to get it off my chest.**

I absolutely hate it when people don't use proper punctuation. What gets me fired up even more is when they don't use punctuation at all! Yeah, okay, a few mistakes are fine, everyone makes them, but not using punctuation at all? Seriously?
Punctuation was designed to be used so that people could read something and understand it, not so that you could just toss it to the side! It makes it easier for the reader, too.

What also gets me annoyed is when people use punctuation in the wrong way. Like sometimes, people will use an ellipsis for every single sentence. You are not restricted from using other punctuation.

Once again, I'm sorry if this offended someone. It was just annoying me and I needed to say it.