u/Kind_Golf3185

These players give themselves names like "Random Newb" on alt accounts to pretend they don't know how to play. Be aware of this player.

This account spent most of the match standing still and feeding the enemy team. A genuine new player usually tries to play—they run into fights, ignore cooldowns, make positioning mistakes, or don't understand team composition. They don't typically spend the match intentionally doing nothing.

This player also fired occasional shots, suggesting they knew enough about the game to avoid being flagged as completely inactive. In my opinion, this wasn't a new player learning the game—it looked more like someone deliberately trolling and wasting everyone else's time.

This is only one example of many sexually inappropriate messages from a longtime friend. Looking back, I think our entire friend group fell into the trap of saying "that's just how he is" instead of addressing increasingly uncomfortable behavior. I'm curious whether people see this as social awkwardness, boundary issues, entitlement, or something else.

Edit: A point of clarification about the message I shared:

That screenshot was not the first concerning message, nor was it the last. It was simply one example from a pattern of behavior that occurred over many years. One of the people referenced in that message was actually my own sister, which is part of why it remained memorable.

This was a friend group that started in high school, and many of us remained friends for well over a decade. I'm not claiming every interaction was bad. There were plenty of normal conversations, shared interests, inside jokes, and moments of genuine support. If there hadn't been, the friendships wouldn't have lasted as long as they did.

What I've learned through therapy and experience is that unhealthy relationships are rarely unhealthy all the time. Problematic behavior often gets minimized, excused, or treated as just part of someone's personality.

Looking back, one realization sticks with me. Before introducing a newer female friend to the group, I found myself warning her that he might stare at her chest or make comments that could make her uncomfortable. Her significant other was coming too, which made me even more concerned.

That realization hit me hard.

Why was I warning another woman before she even walked into the room?

Why was I managing around the behavior instead of questioning why I was accepting it?

The fact that I could predict it should have told me something.

These concerns didn't exist in a vacuum. There were warnings over the years. There were professional consequences. There were apologies. Yet I never walked away feeling that the underlying issue had truly changed.

Even after that, I continued giving him opportunities because I wanted to believe people could improve. What I noticed, however, was a recurring pattern: comments about women's bodies, frustration over rejection, and an underlying sense that other people weren't responding the way he felt they should.

Years later, when the friendship finally fractured, I found myself looking back at that larger pattern. What struck me was the expectation that I needed to change immediately in order to remain acceptable to him, despite years of other people quietly navigating behaviors that made them uncomfortable.

The older I get, the more I realize that healthy relationships don't work that way. People aren't obligated to be attracted to us. Friends aren't obligated to stay forever. Other people aren't responsible for managing our disappointment when reality doesn't match our expectations.

The question I eventually had to ask myself was whether these were truly healthy friendships or simply familiar ones.

For a long time, I confused history with health. Just because someone has been in your life for a decade doesn't mean the relationship is healthy. Sometimes it just means you've become accustomed to navigating around problems that should have been addressed years ago.

Started experimenting with custom Bitty Pops ✨

Nothing too extreme yet—mostly glitter accents and color shifts. Ariel and Merida got dress treatments, and Moana has a light pearl dusting on the ceremonial headdress and outfit and glitter gradient on headdress.

I want to experiment with more styles next: • black & white deco • black light / UV reactive • chrome statue finishes • sepia / vintage looks • maybe Five Nights at Freddy’s in black light

Do you prefer subtle customs that still feel “official,” or full reinterpretations?

Started out as my fault ended in him confirming he has a item nkt meant for him but leading me along and never sending it back on my dime.

Amoral is amoral is amoral.

He knew there was a duplicate label issue for another customers order because I told him to expect and refuse a 2nd item.. He did not refuse the 2nd item or take it to post office as soon as he realized it wasnt for him. Did you know, USPS will send an item with a used shipping label... I didnt. It does matter if this shouldn't happen, it did. So, when I first figured out where it was going and what had gone wrong, I contacted him to try and find a solution. He took a while, but did act like he would help. He perceived I was short with him at some point and suddenly hes saying "duck you" and "I'm not helping you bro" (kinda annoying cuz I'm not I'm a dude, but kay) then when I let him know next steps I'm taking, suddenly he says he's sending it, buttt [insert excuse]. I emailed him the label for the other customer and decided to just eat the adjustment cots later. When I follow up I get nothing, I wait and get nothing, so I got kind rude and now he keeps going back and forth on if he will send the persons item or not and various excuses as to why about a week after our first contact he is still not sent it. The other customer still really wanted the item. Usps, ebay and the incorrect recipient have all been no help. I get in made a mistake but amoral is amoral. Last resort small claims or police report. He acknowledges he has it and that it isn't his. Like I said my fault, but even when you try to make it right someone has to make it too hard. If we cant make a simple mistake then why even try at all.

Im disabled this is all I got and people like this cant be trusted to do the right thing. And to the haters jabbing on about take the loss, next tike someone commits a crime against you, I hope you just let it go or youre hypocrite.

Do not do business

Billy Woodrig

Helwo_69

Only trouble I've had in the 8 months ive been at it. It started out as my fault but it ended in two customers being affected and one amoral jerk.