r/Rants

okay im done of seeing the furry fandom being only showned in good light i have had an experiance with a pedophile and he was a furry and the girl that was also a furry and wanted to help me guess what she was also a pedophile and a lesbian somehow thats why she didnt traumatize me and basically left me there when she found out im a guy. but when yoy go saying that furries arnt all like this… guess what most of them ARE i have seen furry porn i have seen it its is amost all child porn its looks like cheldren why is nobody doing anything about this i am losing my absolute MIND am i alone in this

I (teenF) don't really have a label, but I usually date girls because boys my age aren't the slightest bit decent that I would never look their way. Yes, there are more boys and when I'm older I'll have a lot more options but it irks me that the reason I don't date boys is because they always somehow prove me right. Every single boy I've met either has hateful opinions on LGBT, POC, or lack common morality. I am so sick of seeing how desensitized boys are that they are comfortable with speaking about women in such dehumanizing ways, so many boys are addicted to porn and view women as fl\*shlights, foids, sluts, or just superficial airheads. How are we supposed to deal with this? It is so frustrating and sad to see boys age but never grow up, I am so sick of having to watch my back as soon as I step outside, walk on eggshells when I am talking to a guy, bite my tongue when I'm disrespected since he could knock me out if he didn't like my retaliation. I am so sick of living like this. It's not that hard to be a good person. Can someone tell me if this is able to be fixed? Or if it'll get better? I am so hopeless for mt future.

Somehow it’s always “too political”, “racist”, “….-phobic”, “it’s not the religion, it’s the individual”.

This particular religion regularly discriminates against other people, other religions, LGBTQ+, dogs, ignores certain aspects of science, bans music, openly discriminates against women, other diets, ex-believers, and so on.

In group settings they keep insisting on having things done a certain way to accommodate them, which isn’t a big deal if it doesn’t affect other people, but it inevitably does.

When they are the majority, they take political power and there is no separation between state and religion.

It constantly tries to take over other cultures, apply their laws and norms.

When you say anything against them, they just say you “misunderstood” their religion.

And when you say anything about it in public, you get banned for hate speech. Most subreddits just ban all of it. How is being against something considered hate speech?

Their existence threatens my safety and way of life and I’m just supposed to take it? They can’t be criticized, but they can criticize others? They are moral but I am not?

It’s not about being hateful, I am not, but we need to fight for what is good and right.

men, stop telling women to smile. these guys have a lot of nerve, ESPECIALLY the ugly ones. and i don’t care if that’s rude, why do you think you get to tell a random woman on the street what to do with their face? women are not performers, they are humans who exist & they’re not here to entertain you to make your day better. i used to do that shit when i was teenager, smiling and being polite to men on the street until many weird interactions i realized they get off on that & will take anything as a sign, no thanks. just had some fucking loser yell out at me from his car that i could smile, what the fuck is their to smile at? you? you’re tooth is missing! can’t even get my fav chips on a nice fall day without some weirdo disrupting my peace. fuck off.

Okay I started using Reddit quarantine times and Reddit for the past few years has ALWAYS been the most helpful app for advice without even admitting it, yeah it had its hijinks but it was ACTUALLY GREAT TO POST AND HAVE PEOPLE HELP YOU. But now it feels like whenever you ask a question it is like WHY?? WHY ARE YOU EVEN ASKING??? Reddit is just full of “sarcastic” hypocrites that get off on belittling you, I mean GOD FORBID you ask an even remotely “wrong” question and you will just be hit with people absolutely blasting you, I mean why are you even commenting if it’s not to help?? I get “trolls” but my point here isn’t them, it’s the people who are LITERAL ASSHOLES WITH HANDS.

TLDR I got yelled at by my oral surgeon and now I still have an infected tooth and no one will take it out because I have a heart condition.

I (23F) went to have my wisdom teeth out today. A week ago I got an infection in one of them but it was actually after I had scheduled the extraction, so annoying timing.

I called prior to tell them I had a heart condition and they said I couldn’t have general anesthesia bc of it and I said that was fine. So I get there today and surgeon arrives and asks if I want all 4 out. I say yes. He says “That’s a lot to be awake for.” Assistant chimes in to tell him I have a minor heart condition and that’s why. He says it’s up to me to choose? I say uh, I was already told it’s not safe. He says okay. I ask if he doesn’t think I need all 4 out and thats why he’s saying something. He says no, it’s fine and let’s get started.

I’m weirded out because him and the nurse are kind of flirting it seems, and at times I feel like theyre laughing at me, they’re both young, maybe in their 30s-early 40s. But I think maybe I’m overthinking it and brush it off. Assistant had mentioned I’d need 4 numbing injections per tooth and I am horribly afraid of needles. I hadn’t expected that much so I start getting anxious but I don’t say anything besides “wow, that’s a lot..”

Surgeon rolls up to administer the numbing and sees my eyes watering. Immediately flies off the handle? He starts asking the nurse how old am I, what’s my problem, what’s wrong with me, and then tells me I should just go get it done at the hospital?? I’m like what hospitals do that bc I don’t know of any, most will send you back to a surgeon or dentist. But I don’t say that, just shake my head and open my mouth for him to continue.

He gets really unsettled and starts rapid firing questions again, asking me if I’m sure I want this, and then starts saying he doesn’t think I’m ready for this. Before I can respond he throws the syringe down onto the tray, huffs and storms out while shaking his head. I didn’t get a chance to tell him I really need at least the infected tooth out as I’ve already been on antibiotics for a week.

Assistant sits in silence for a sec before asking if I want her to go bring him back. I say no, he’s acting really aggressive, and she nods and walks me to the front. She repeats that I should consider a hospital and bids me farewell.

I cried for six hours (We drove 4 hours to reach this surgeon because I have limited options with my insurance). The whole way home ans then some. And in between FIFTEEN (LITERALLY 15) calls to different surgeons and dentists. Every single one turned me away. One said they’d do it with approval from a cardiologist. (They wouldn’t even do local.) I told them to send the forms over to them and I called to ask them to fill it out. But a hospital won’t take me either. So if they can’t pull this tooth in the next couple of days I’m actually FUCKED because I have a compromised immune system and the infection will spread, but also I have terrible immune responses to antibiotics and they make me deathly ill for months after. I got another round to hold me over until just hopefully SOMEONE will take out my fucking teeth. Feeling so lost and ashamed and confused.

I recently moved from NYC to Syracuse and its a stark difference between NYC and here. Its to be expected it will be different, but my God!

There's nothing to do out here!

About 15% of the countries, 30 or so, and I've seen a lot.

The world is a miserable place.

Filled with lovely and loving people.

And ruled by horrible and horrific policies.

Everywhere.

hi! i'm 17, and the title says it all.

i'm a really social person and i love talking to people but i guess i'm not pretty enough for guys my age.

today i was on the bus and i was helping this older guy with the buses and he told me stories and asked what i was doing in school.

somewhere in the conversation he mentioned he's from BC and told me i should go to BC to model. i laughed and said thank you.

it was obviously a friendly joke, and i took it as such. but i always get comments from older guys like that.

i swear i'm not a pick me and i don't dress or act in any seductive way, i do initiate friendly conversations though, so call me a slut, i guess.

i really don't mind the comments, sometimes they're creepy but i always try to give people the benefit of the doubt.

now this whole post just sound like i'm looking for attention, and i am, but i'm only getting it from older guys.

i hate this whole non chalant thing that people do and how everyone thinks everything is so cringe and embarrassing and they're too cool for small talk or don't wanna lose aura.

fuck off.

Yes Rowling is an awful person.
Yes she got popular thanks to it but its not like the books themselves are some, big thing about her ideology and everything!!!
The worst in the books themselves is the handling of Tonks... which honestly can just feel more like shitty writing. The true sin is these books being godawful when you look at them twice.
Should we spread awareness that Rowling is a bad person? For sure!
Liking the books remotely isn't some sin though and i have no idea why everyone is treating it like that!? It changes nothing! It feels more like virtue posting than anyone else! Of course there are some worse that like the series but that goes for... literally everything.
Most of these people are just, trend hoppers, or have fond memories of the book and wish to show it in some way. They're books, popular books! I'm sure many were inspired to go off and see much better stories after reading the HP series, or, it was what helped spin up their creativity!
They have nothing to do about Rowling's hateful nature!!!
They're just, partaking in some art, separate art from the artist, all that???
Like we delightfully harp on Lovecraft for being an ass but who's going after everyone who takes inspo from his stories!? That'd be dumbassery and I the only diff i see here is that Rowling is alive...
So use that hate and go against her!!! Support the causes she hates, volunteer!!!
Your morals towards the pixels on the screen don't make a single difference!!! Other than gaining your internet points!
Ppl going "its too bad i had to block so many artists for..."
NO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO!
they're just. normal people! people who support love instead of hate and just want to like a book or a trend regardless of the author!
WHY DO YOU ALL CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE LIKE!
I get telling everyone about how shitty Rowling is but this is 10 steps too far!?

I'm tired...
I'm trans and look I just
I don't care. I don't care for what fan art people make of x, and i don't care what authors do while im just trying to enjoy their damn book.
I really don't see why so many do to THIS point.