this website is schrodinger’s journal to me tbh…. if you like what i’m saying and agree with me, then i’m posting to participate in the marketplace of ideas but if what i’m saying is stupid and pisses you off then i’m just talking to myself in my diary, don’t worry about it
Good Evening, “Heated Rivalry” was a 2 month sociological study conducted by the University of Montreal. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
Every time I return to check please I’m utterly lambasted by how hugely traumatic and horrifying the back story with Jack and Kent is. What do you meeeaaaannnn your teenage soul mate attempts suicide the night before that draft where he goes first you go second so you go first he goes to rehab and then you don’t hear from him essentially ever again and you’re just sweeping in the career of a lifetime and he’s in college and can’t stand the sight or sound of you but is dating the nicer cuter trad wife version of you and they make out on the ice as he wins the Stanley cup in his rookie year and you’re still alone in Vegas!!!!!!!!!!!! What!!!!!!!!!
the thing is the concept of ur favorite nhl team watching heated rivalry is really fun for like straight fans and queer ppl new to the sport but for gay ppl who have had to put blinders on for a lot of the homophobic shit going on in the league the entire time theyve been a fan Its Just Not Fun And I Dont Want Their Reactions To The Show
it REALLY ANNOYS ME that the person i first saw articulating this was, like, a crypto techbro on twitter but i guess even a clown is right on occasion….
this person’s take [paraphrased] was that most good advice boils down to “do it with discernment”: there are very few things where the correct answer really is “always do it/ never do it” and oversimplifying like that can often become bad advice when in contact with the real world
i kinda don’t like those posts that are like “it feels so good to be a hater in private instead of bullying people” because i don’t think the only two options for negative opinions are Privacy or Bullying. being a hater in a public forum is perfectly fine, and even the most vitriolic negative opinions are not automatically bullying just because someone who might have their feelings hurt by them sees them. there’s a difference between being negatively impacted by something you see and being actually targeted by negativity.
seeing someone drop an absolute dogshit off the mark screed against something you love that is not actually harmful in any real way but nevertheless activates the enrage phase of your boss battle and then learning to either just block them or keep scrolling without it ruining your day is a valuable skill. and i think we’ve all seen what spaces that demand constant positivity end up like. developing an inconsequential bullshit tolerance is necessary to be a well balanced member of a social species.
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