The Only Thing That Really Bothers Me About This Michaela Storyline Is That It Seems Theyre Going To

The only thing that really bothers me about this Michaela storyline is that it seems they’re going to use it to show that Francesca wasn’t truly in love with John… the way Violet said oh I thought love was forgetting your words and bold passion! Then she finally concluded that there are other ways to show love only for Fran to stumble over her words and have this sudden passion for Michaela? Like what was the point of my cute autistic coded couple then???

Gender discourse aside for one moment, am I the only one angered they made Francesca seem the bessoted one while meeting Michael/Michaela and not the other way around. That completely ruins her character. The entire point of the story is that Michael has been in love with Francesca for years knowing full well she would never, ever betray John, emotionally or otherwise. Ironically that's what Michael admires her for, he tells her so himself. That's what makes it tragic and beautiful.

DO NOT DO THIS!!!

If a website has a paywall, like New York Times, DO NOT use the ctrl+A shortcut then the ctrl+c shortcut as fast as you can because then you may accidentally copy the entire article before the paywall comes up. And definitely don't do ctrl+v into the next google doc or whatever you open because then you will accidentally paste the entire article into a google doc or something!!!! I repeat DO NOT do this because it is piracy which is absolutely totally wrong!!!

I don't have a tiktok account. I don't have the app. I hate that shit, like the entire concept of it. I hate life-long beautiful and rich people posturing and desperate to be different when it looks like they live in a fucking show home. I hate the sped-up awful cover versions of decent songs in the background of every video. I hate the way it's normalized filming people in public or even in private through windows so you live your entire life with the paranoia of being filmed doing something totally innocuous like dancing at a club and posted online for the world to laugh at. I hate the filters that make you feel like shit about yourself. I hate the dances as much as I hate how much I don't have the lack of shame to do them. I hate the way children are continuously exploited for views. I hate the normalization of people in authority like teachers and doctors and nurses shaming the people who literally depend on them. I hate unfunny white men going on to make fun of women for every fucking thing women do with that damn towel on their head and trying to cover their own misogyny by saying "white women" as a pass. I hate the "reaction" stitches that accompany every fucking video as if anyone gives a shit that you're nodding into your coffee. I hate the way that all of life gets turned into a fucking aesthetic trend instead of being real with an actual personality. I hate the misinformation that gets spread. I hate the pathologization of normal human behaviors into mental disorders and the way people with legitimate disorders are getting appropriated by the clout-chasing attention whores that populate the app. Basically, I hate tiktok and what it's done to social media and honestly, living in a society in general.

Taylor Swift having the balls to tell Joe Alwyn “do something, babe, say something, lose something, babe, risk something” when he’s the one speaking up about Palestine and she isn’t in fear of risking her career or whatever will never not be funny to me

the thing about the "um excuse me if you're as poor as you say you are why don't you just sell all your most treasured possessions" thing that people love to trot out as some kind of "gotcha" is that they do not acknowledge how fucking soul-crushing it is to be in a situation that is already destroying your mental health and then be forced to sell one of the few things in your life that still bring you joy