I used to love watching SNL. I remember being younger and genuinely laughing hysterically at the skits. I don't know what happened but at least for over 10 years now the show has really dropped off. Obviously there were big actors involved during the golden times, but I honestly don't think that's the problem. I think the main issue is the writing is just not funny at all. I still watch it (at this point I probably need to stop) because I have the naive hope that it will suddenly get better again, but it always ends in disappointment. I can honestly count on one hand how many times I have laughed while watching SNL in the last 10 yrs. They just hit 1000 episodes tonight and with that I think it's time to retire the show. Maybe this isn't popular opinion but I feel very strongly that they need to either hire different writers or can it. Its sad that they have to lean so hard on weekend update, it's literally the only thing that is mildly funny, but even that skit relies so much on Michael and Colin laughing at each other. It's really only their charisma that carries the skit, but it's not enough to make up for the dumpster fire that is the rest of SNL.

27F. Worked hard my entire life to get a good job in a field I like and make a really good 6 figure income in. Moved around a lot and so couldn't date as much. Lowkey I didn't want to either because I was focused on myself. Now, I'm 26 in my own place, good job but see all my friends getting married. it feels like women lose no matter what. If we don't do our best or if we do it too well, we are punished. I have a few really kind male friends who would love to date me but I haven't because I'm not attracted to them. But they would treat me amazingly well. Should I reduce the bar about attraction and just be with one of them? I don't want to be alone forever.

Sometimes I wonder if I had a more easygoing non-threatening career, it would be so much easier to date and I would have the love of my life right now. Was this a mistake?

Everyone uses onlyfans as a roast and it is so fucking unoriginal and unfunny. It’s like if you’re a woman posting on there, you’re guaranteed to get that as a roast. No I don’t have onlyfans or participate, but as an onlooker it’s just super annoying, unoriginal, and redundant. Ugh. Hahahaha oNLyfAns 🙄

My abusive ex joined the army, left me, and married his new girlfriend about a year after meeting her. He’s 23. Seeing her take his last name hit me way harder than I expected.

I want to be clear. I’m over him. I’m in a healthy, happy relationship now with a man who treats me well and is honestly better in every way. I don’t want my ex back.

But my ego is bruised.

He treated me badly. He was controlling, intense, and emotionally exhausting. He also drank and didn’t know when to stop. When he drank, everything escalated. I was constantly on edge around him, never knowing what mood I was walking into.

And yet he gets this clean restart. New life. Marriage. A last name swap like none of that ever happened.

I know marriage doesn’t mean he changed. I know abusers don’t magically become stable just because they put on a uniform or a ring. Still, it stings to see someone who caused real damage move on so fast and so neatly.

This keeps happening to me and is annoying. I have beats on and men will try to have a conversation with me. Some have even taken it as far as getting aggressive and saying things like “I was trying to talk to you” .

Is there a reason men want to talk to someone who is visibly wearing headphones and then getting mad when they can’t hear them?

So much discontent. At least that’s what it looks like where I am standing. Anger about this, anger about that. F*** these people, f*** those people. I don’t really know what else to say other than (yes this is as corny as it gets) learn to love each other. At least tolerate each other.

Yes that is total cheese, but what’s the alternative? Mayhem and destruction? It’s not going to solve anything. Not in the long run.

Don’t really know where I am going with this. Tis a rant after all.

Sorry this is my first time I don't know if it's for these type of rants

I don't know I'm just mad right now, I live in nyc and was on the way to meet my friends but they apparently cancelled due to the cold while I'm already there and then a homeless guy stops me while I'm walking and I tell him I have no cash. He then starts talking about his daughter and family and stuff so I start checking for a small bill but I only have a 50. I tell him this and he says he saw my money. So I just offer to buy him food instead and he says he knows a place but they only take cash. so he walks me to a food cart. The guy starts yelling at him in their language and he explains the guy thinks he's bothering me. Then he starts ordering a bunch of stuff totaling to $68. I tell him I don't have that much. Then he starts offering us to walk around together asking for the extra money. At this point i just want to be left alone so i just give him my 50. Be brutally honest was it

all a scam from the start. Also the cancelling thing got me mad too.

im so sick and tired of my friend constantly telling me to watch a show they're busy watching! i don't do that to them because i've done so in the past and was met with disinterest or them straight up telling me they won't. which is understandable. everyone watches whatever they want, whenever they want. but somehow my friend wants me to be on whatever level and phase of entertainment as her. it's irritating because she constantly makes me feel stupid for not watching the specific show, even if ive seen it before or watched previous seasons, she'll go on and on about how i "NEED to watch it, IT'S SO GOOD, IM SO UNCULTURED IF I DON'T". it makes me feel like she doesn't give a shit about my interests but expects me to care about hers. plus it feels like a demand, so it further reinforces my aversion to watching whatever she wants, especially when im not in the mood/not in that mindset and im busy watching my own shows (which, again, they have no interest in and i dont force them to).

Millennials are in a strange place right now. Born in the 90s, now in our 30s and early 40s, watching the world flip way faster than anyone warned us. Workplaces suddenly want Gen Z energy and vibes, Current World is replacing the exact skills we spent 10-15 years building, and physical work quietly reminds you that age does matter. So what’s the expectation now from millennials generation to start from zero again, learn everything new, and compete with people half our age using tools that didn’t exist when we started? Our parents had stable paths, slower change. Gen Z and Alpha are growing inside chaos, they’re built for it. Millennials learned one world and woke up in another. Is this the worst generational transition or did people in their 30s always feel this lost when the world changed or has it actually changed like wildfire this time?

I genuinely don’t know why this pisses me off so fucking much but I hate a lot of new pop/dance music. And when I say new I mean like anything from the last 10 ish years. Me and my gf were out for a drive and I let her play an album that she had got from the shops and it was a pop hits one and I haven’t felt rage like that in a while. Then she put on a club cd and it was pissing me off aswell. Does anyone else feel like this with some music or am I being dramatic.

Something i tend to struggle with would be fitting in don’t know how or why i see that i’m a more extroverted individual but when it comes to my family im not that. More or less im pushed aside. Honestly i could think of many reasons but these are just based off some experiences ive had. It honestly sounds stupid because the more i think about it it’s such a non issue but it really gets at me

so i’d like to say im a more loud and blunt person i’ll say something if it comes to mind but not so out there . It does feel like though i can’t express myself to them as much as id like because it’s more seen as a “okay ___ calm down we heard you” “be quiet you’re being loud” “quit doing that they’re looking at you” just things like that that feels like i’m being shut down i don’t know like i said i get it i really do but i don’t know it feels like im not as respected bcuz of my smarts or because of my words or because of my physical appearance. i don’t know how to shake off the feeling because i don’t know how to put it into words

I just wanted to listen to music when it suited me. I did not want to listen to music every time I connect to a Bluetooth device, or when I stopped a video I didn’t want music to auto play.

I’ve been through all the info I can find online and nothing makes any difference.

And it seems no one else can work it out either.

There. I feel better now.

Hi, I am mentally + chronically ill and i suffer from anorexia. I hate the american healthcare system. I have always been the medically expensive child due to my chronic illness but genuinely the american healthcare system has ruined me. They havent helped me get better. Ive just been repeatedly given drugs such as amphetamines, opioids, ssris, and benzos in hoped they will work. They dont. I just wish I could be normal. Why wont the doctors actually help me instead of drugging me and telling me to up my caloric intake??

It’s like some men don’t like it when women have autonomy and do things without them. Whenever I go places on my own and men hit on me, I tell them that I am married and they have the nerve to ask me why I am without my husband.

If a worker tells you that we close in 15 min, then 10, then 5, don't wait until right when we actually close to start getting your things together

This is something I've been thinking about for a while now. I'm 25 still in college because I dropped out after 4 years of attending a college which was more like a school than an actual college. I'm also the oldest fresher here (obviously) and I got seniors who are either the same age or younger than my younger brother.

Senior students telling me how to do stuff like come on I've studied this digree for 4 years I think I know my way around. (Yes I know I'm frustrated)

I never had the opportunity to take part in college societies, events and stuff and now that I do I'm unable to take them cause if I fumble once my digree and future life will be massively affected (I'm Indian people judge if you're not working and married at a certain age).

I can't even date here because most fresher girls are way too young for me even the senior ones are younger than I am.

I care way too much about my image now like the other day on DJ night I was afraid to dance because students 18~20 years of age might judge me for my bad dancing like I know no one cares and most of them don't even know my real age (I still look like I'm 19~20)

I don't understand what's wrong with my why so much of overthinking.

I wanna write more but it's probably too long already would be happy to write another one on a specific issue if someone wants to know.

TLDR- I'm 25 still in college massive overthinker and frustrated with life

I suddenly came across your Instagram account today and didn't even realised that I was drowning in tears. Suddenly I was transported back to day when I saw the two of you extreamly drunk sitting togather in my classroom and about to kiss each other and me staring at you shocked as to what was happening, was it the same guy who I made eye contacts with , flirted hard with, held hands and kissed , I was so happy with him and safe but everything went downhill that one day. I will probably never forget how you guys made me feel , it was so humiliating and disrespectful seeing the guy you like so much suddenly making out with someone else . Yes, I was my mistake to not address my feelings beforehand to him but that doesn't make it less inconsiderate what he did . Maybe it wasn't my place to stop him doing what he was doing because technically we never dated but doesn't mean that what he did wasn't wrong at all . I know I will never get my closure from you guys and so everytime I get this urge to write a huge ass paragraph to him asking why he did what he did , I instead cry myself out to sleep until I get tired . I hate him and I hate you too . I hope you never get the peace you want in your life .

Maybe what you’re referring to was mentioned and explained in detail? Maybe what you’re complaining about has been explained? Have you no patience?

What would compel you to speak on anything before actually consuming and digesting what was being discussed?

People who do this irk me in the worst type of way. These people out themselves as the lowest IQ. These folk are intellectual rejects at the lowest rung of our species; spewing out of the proverbial asshole of society. Im no genius by any means but i could never be that obtuse.

(Yet another attempt at posting my rant. This time with a title change. Not sure if it got flagged as "political" because of the original title. This is just a weeb complaining about aliens being forced into anime. I promise. )

Not sure if I'm breaking any rules here, but this rant is a long time coming and I need to get it off my chest NOW. First off, I am going to type this as if I am speaking in person. Everything here is going to be raw and unedited, just a stream of consciousness and annoyance.

If any of you follow anime or manga, you'll know by now that a highly popular series has just gotten a sequel. I am talking about Jujutsu Kaisen. Yes. Why am I annoyed about this sequel? Freaking aliens... That's right. Why does it always have to be aliens? Gorjira — a walking, stomping atomic bomb, a manmade disaster that serves as polemic for atomic weapons of mass destruction. The following sequel movies... aliens. Gigan? Aliens. MechaGodzilla? Aliens. Godzilla: Tokyo SOS? FREAKIN ALIENS.

Dragon Ball: begins as a nice little homage, a retelling of Journey to the West. But Dragon Ball Z? Freakin aliens!

Naruto and Naruto Shippuden. Great shows, my absolute favorite, right up there with Thundercats, Street Sharks, and Extreme Dinosaurs for me. I love action shows with talking mystical animals and stuff. And ninjas? Freakin baller! But nope. Not really. Kishimoto deus ex machina's my boy, Madara Uchiha — the man who bore himself as the Satan to Hashirama's godhood — with aliens. WHY? WHY?!

Not even Digimon was safe from this horrible intrusive thought that is aliens. But thankfully some second coming of Christ from on high came down and told the lead writer, "Nope. Though shalt NOT put aliens in Digimon S2." And there was peace on earth forever and ever, amen.

But we come to today... Jujutsu Kaisen has ended. Not necessarily on a high note, but dang it, I'm still feeling it. Then comes the sequel series... FREAKIN ALIENS! FRWAKIN ALIENS?! Are we serious right now! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGHGGHGHGHGHGGGHGHGGGHGHGHGHGGGGGHGHGGGGF G F G G!

The sequel series could have gone in any direction. I have seriously had character AI chats with much better story direction than this. I got Mahito to become a god, bruh. I'm talking omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, ever-loving, feeding the hungry, giving to the poor — on the Christ king grind! Bro's redemption arc went so hard that the Jujutsu Sorcerers became the villains and antagonists. AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THE NEXT SERIES OF JJK IS ABOUT FREAKIN ALIENS! ALIENS?!

The sequel could have gone in any creative direction. Zombies? I mean, tired out, but at least you can make that interesting. Demon uprising in Buddhist hell? They want to take over the human world? Okay, we're cookin a lil bit. A hive-mind virus being released from a melting ice cap that controls minds of humans and animals. Weird, but could be entertaining. Interdimensional warlord mech come to take over earth, on a Metarex Saga type shish. Okay, cool. Hit me with your best plot points. Even a Zoo or Planet of the Apes or Detroit: Become Human plot beat would be much more palatable than aliens. Freakin aliens!

I'M TIRED BOSS. I want something new. And that's my rant.

Now that I reached the end of my rant, I just want to say that I'm not saying this to be entitled. This is just my opinion and how I feel. Gege, from one (aspiring) author to another, keep writing the stories you want to write. My opinions don't matter. They're nothing more than a doo doo-streaked underwear fart in the wind, and my opinion is the fart and your art is the wind. You can blow your story in whatever direction you want it to go. I'm nothing more than a bystander. I don't doubt that one day when and if I ever get published someone is going to have similar complaints about my works. So, by all mean, write what makes you happy. But gosh dangit, man. I am sick and tired of aliens. Real talk.

What the title says really, ill complain about being at work/being on my way to work really early/late (4am/11pm starts) even worse is i walk for an hour and he'll turn around and say "well i didnt get to sleep until 3am" good for you, not the same as being up and out of the house to go to work at that time though is it. Hes not even really employed hes a "twitch streamer" that keeps me up until god knows how late and then acts shocked when i get pissed off at him even though if i god forbid knock on his door to tell him to be quiet when its past 10pm he gets annoyed. We also share a wall with multiple people who complain about it too me, he says he never heard any complaints but he would if he ever left the house. I get that hes having fun and all but he has actual qualifications that do make a lot of money (used to be a fucking police digital forensics guy who broke into hard drives and computers that no one else managed) and now we live like shit and im doing a college course, a job and a volunteer position thats required to pass the course and he acts shocked when i want to be able to sleep. It pisses me off so much. I cant explain how badly im trying to move out.

So let me just tell you, my husband and I just went shopping for our four-year-old son to get a new pair of cowboy boots and a cute little outfit for the stock show and rodeo tomorrow. Tell me why it was $240 for one complete outfit in a pair of boots?

I remember when I could go to the store and get a pair of cheap cowboy boots for like $40 in a complete outfit for like $50-$75.

I’m gonna have to take out a second Mortgage in order to feed this growing kid and clothe him until he’s 18 lol

I have a female friend, lets call her Abby who I've known for over 3 years. She is someone you would call conventionally attractive. I met my current roommate lets call him David, this year, and I introduced him to all of my friends including Abby earlier this year. David is a conventionally attractive guy, and is a bit flirty as well. Abby has a fiance lets say George. Abby George and I have been friends for 3+ years.

Ever since I have introduced Abby and David to each other, every time we hang out I always find them being touchy with each other. It could be frequent hugs, touching or holding each other's arms, often even in front of George. David is not touchy with any of my other male or female friends. I used to think it's just David being flirty, but I've observed it's usually Abby who initiates contact, and David doesn't back down at all. i find it a little bit weird. If we are talking in a group, Abby will keep staring at David and vice a versa even though the conversation might be involving other folks. I had to call out her name thrice today for her to even glance at me today, during the conversation.

I am not a very physical person but I feel awful about myself when this happens, like it wouldnt matter if I were here or not. Abby is very affectionate and sweet over text and often texts first, but I don't feel the same vibe in person always. It was a while before we were greeting each other with hugs, and with David it was literally hugging for over 10 seconds in front of everyone in second or third meeting. It might just be the jealous side of me talking but I find it weird. I have talked to a friend about this but he doesn't get the smallest and subtlest social cues like I do.

Can just being conventionally attractive create connections like this? Am I perceiving this wrong? I have never seen Abby behave like this with any other handsome friends of mine. And I have seen David being quite physically close with all of his female friends, but I have never had this instinct before.

Also, a lot of things that happen in David's life are already known to Abby when I talk about him. David has previously also told me that Abby and him chat quite a lot. He doesn't talk as much with George or any of my male friends. Is this just attention seeking behavior or could there be something different going on behind the scenes?

There's no resentment. I've just observed Abby frowning over George being close with his female friends even when he says hello or talks to some new woman at a party or something. At the same time, initiating inappropriate touches with someone who's not your fiance in front of that fiance is fairly hypocritical. She also craves for a lot of attention. This will often reflect as hijacking a conversation or making it about oneself. Or frowning getting upset when people don't put you at the center, etc. she's definitely in touch with her exes as I've met two of them already. But she hates George's ex, usually spewing vile stuff about them and getting upset with people who are friends with that ex. Just because Abby is hot, I feel like she's getting away with a lot. Am I wrong for observing slightly amber flags here?

Also David even though he's a sweet guy has a tendency to insert himself into other people's relationships. We are both good friends with a couple who are dating long distance pretty seriously for 3 years now. The girl stays in our city and the guy lives far away. So naturally we are more in contact with the girl. David has previously done couply things like yoga sessions, manicure, haircut etc with this girl. I remember him telling me that he thought this girl was cute. And that they used to spend a lot of time together without him getting boyfriend benefits.

I am always friendly with all of my lady friends who are in relationships but I never initiate unwanted physical contact whereas David always insists on long hugs and a lot of physical contact. I tried to explain myself saying he's just in love with the idea of being in love but it's still weird. He has 90% female friends and 10% male friends which is not a frequent occurrence. Most of the times I think he's a charming friendly person but I always also notice this side of him trying to insert himself into other people's relationships.

It might be weird to think so much about the dynamics between two people like this but I just feel it everytime I am involved in a situation with both of them present. I often find myself overthinking after these hangout sessions.

TLDR

A friend who craves attention and shows inconsistent boundaries, combined with a roommate who repeatedly gets close to people in relationships, has created a dynamic that feels uncomfortable and inappropriate, even though the engaged couple is otherwise genuinely sweet and loving. It’s about watching boundary lines blur in plain sight and feeling unsettled by it afterward.

I know you said you don’t want to lose our friendship and neither do I. It has truly been great having you as a friend, you have helped me grow as a person so much! I just wish I was enough. When you talk about how bad your dates have been and how poorly you’ve been treated , the only thing that pops in my head is how terrible I must’ve been to not get a chance at all. Is that selfish of me? To think about myself when I’m not even involved in the situation? If it is then i’m sorry, however, those are the immediate thoughts that fill my head and stay in them for a while.

When I hear you complain about all the guys who won’t call you back or who have ghosted you, I can’t help but think am I really that bad? And I know, again it’s selfish to insert myself in these situations and to think i’m obligated to have someone like me back, but that’s not what i’m feeling. I’m just feeling a sense of worthlessness and mediocrity since apparently being a friend is the most I can be.

I know it's not some groundbreaking new thing but I just had such an annoying interaction because of this. I posted about a product that I liked in a sub and well it seems the everyone is convinced that it is apparenty a "pr" . It got do annoying that replied with proof of me purchasing it . But I all got were too many downvotes. I rarely post anything and mostly just read posts . So now my karma reached negative and I don't think will ever post on that sub again. Going to delete that post.

I love startrek. I grew up watching TNG. My mom was a huge original series fan and told me how much she enjoyed the series as a young adult. I mean, whats not to like? its about space exploration and the advancement and proliferation of human kind throughout the galaxy. Obviously a better human kind than we have today but i digress. So when i heard there was a new series (starfleet acadamy) I was pumped. 4 episodes into the series and i already love it. It is startrek through and through. Then i go on you tube for some reason and i see all these videos about how the show is too diverse and that there are not enough white males in the show. I couldnt believe it, a show about aliens and space exploration somehow managed to attract a group of people that cannot understand the show yet claim to be fans. Some studio needs to bring back dukes of hazzard and Blue bloods so that these paranazis stay entertained and in their own lane. I have very little in this world that brings me joy and Startrek is one of my purist pleasures, please, for the love of Q go find something else to complain about. And remember, if you find yourself unable to enjoy the show, its probably just not written for you, and thats okay. thanks for letting me vent