u/Lucky-Guidance1650

When S4 came out I spent wayyy too much time thinking about this show. Like a truly concerning amount of time. But eventually I dropped it because I realized that these are reality TV characters who I don't know so maybe I should touch grass, watch the World Cup, pay attention to the literal PhD I'm starting. But now the World Cup is over and I've made absolutely no research progress in months and somehow these people are so stupid and selfish and annoying that I just can't look away. So I'm back and I need to rant all my thoughts from the past few months. Thank you for indulging me.

1. The definition of cheating: Cheating is when someone in an exclusive relationship is emotionally or physically intimate with a third party without their partner's consent. Hooking up while in a non-exclusive relationship is not cheating. Hooking up while not together is not cheating. Swinging is not cheating. I have absolutely had it up to here with the "no one was innocent/what did you expect to happen" ridiculousness, it's just deflecting responsibility and blaming the victim. Taylor and Brayden (?) cheated, Miranda and Tate didn't. Get it through your fckn head Liann!!
2. Privacy: I think a lot of the issues with internet privacy nowadays come down to the fact that some people don't mind sharing all their details publicly; in fact they enjoy the attention. They don't understand that other people consider it horribly invasive to share their private intimate details, or even the mundane parts of their lives, with the world. Also, people who like attention are overrepresented online, especially on visual platforms like TikTok and Instagram, so their privacy norms become the default on the internet. This creates several problems:
   1. Kids on the internet: It's been said a million times but still: no one but Layla understands that their kids might turn out to want privacy someday. I know you all don't mind sharing your lives, you're influencers, but maybe your kids will grow up to be more private and will find it super weird that strangers saw their young lives. As someone who works in an AI-related space: please please please stop posting your kids.
   2. Swinging reveal: Can we all acknowledge how selfish and horrible it was for Taylor to throw everyone under the bus for perfectly consensual swinging, and how she obviously did it to distract from her own cheating? Miranda et al are completely right to want that to be private, because why the fuck is that the whole internet's business?? They did nothing wrong!!
   3. Photos: What fucking monster shares intimate photos of someone without their consent. IDGAF if they're on reality TV. IDGAF if they're influencers. What the fuck is wrong with you.
3. Miranda you're a fucking saint: I really hope you read this because holy shit girl, it boils my blood that you had to apologize to Taylor for denying swinging after she violated your privacy and trust so horribly, which got celebrated for being "so real and vulnerable". And then having to divorce your garbage ex-husband. Good on you for cashing out. I know you had to play the game but I hope you know you did nothing wrong. You deserve friends who treat you decently.