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So. Self-explanatory title. When you reflect on your life and see the unique ways (this may or may not be the case for you) in which life has screwed you over — mental health, debilitating losses, crippling body/self-loathing, etc., and you see how, for whatever arbitrary reason, this is not the case for a lot of people in your circle who — without realizing it — have been blessed by not having to go through what you've gone (at least to the capacity you know)...how do you not become a misanthropic, jaded, people-hating person? And is it bad — or rather, are you a bad person — for resenting people for having access to time that you, again, arbitrarily lost? You don't wish suffering upon people, but you resent your own when stacked up against others. How do you not become borderline vengeful and people-averse? Discuss from whatever angle applies to you — be it coming out (presumably) in a homophobic, conservative society and having to endure a whole roster of needless pain and suffering because of that (as compared to people who were raised in liberal and accepting societies who live with a carefree attitude you could simply never adopt), or otherwise.

I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for 3 months. Everything is going well, he's a doctor and a good person.. and recently it was my birthday and he told me that for my birthday he would give me 2 gifts. And today I received a delivery message telling me that I will be delivered in an hour and when I googled the name of the package it brought up a car website. And right now I'm taking my driving test and my boyfriend knows about it and I'm afraid he gave me a car as a gift. And that scares me because we've only been together for 3 months.... I'll find this gift too huge and expensive... and that worries me a lot because it would be weird to receive such a big gift when we has been together for a short time... I am supposed to receive the gift by delivery in 30 minutes/2hour. I hope it's not a car and I'm wrong... I'm hoping for a bouquet of flowers. But at the same time, I wonder if it's not more of a scam or a mistake because I didn't order anything.... I'm afraid. EDIT : OMG I'M ABOUT TO FAINT, The delivery message changed and it is reported for tomorrow : "estimated date of delivery 03/21/2024 from 08:00 to 13:00". I have to wait until tomorrow ? I'm working tomorrow.... I'm going to die, I swear...

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I had a very….surreal experience the last few months. I met a man online, who became the first man I ever did anything with. I was obsessed. Hoping, praying, stressing he'd come back. He'd text me out of the blue once every few weeks, and it would make my entire day. I started becoming depressed and insecure when I didn't hear from him. 2 weeks ago, he hit me up out of the blue, and I went back and hung out with him this past weekend…..and my attraction to him has suddenly completely disappeared Now: there was never going to be a future between us, but I never want to put myself through the mental torture I went through stressing over this man ever again. Some helpful advice would be needed to avoid this in the future!

While both aren't as big as they used to be once, but Paulina Rubio and Thalia are forever considered Latin music icons. But who, in your opinion, has better bops?

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I created a few threads about my issues with this guy before so some of you are already familiar with the topic To sum it up - an incredibly hot guy is a team lead within my division at work. At times I have to work with him closely and he is the boss of all of my work buddies. Very chill and relaxed guy, loves to hang out and talk with everyone but me. Often excludes me from some gatherings or any work and non-work related thing. At times it was really hard for me, so I asked him to talk about it. He said its nothing personal and how I'm overeacting. After that he did start to hang out and communicate with me. Wasn't sure if it was out of pity or not but I did not care. A year later, he has NEVER been this horrible to me. No conversation at all, makes it hard for me to work with him, doesn't even say hi back to me. I feel like something's up and I have this need to talk to him about it again. But I'm aware its gonna make me look desperate. Bothering this guy for the second time. And tbh if he were ugly I'm not sure if it would've bothered me this much, I know, very shallow of me, but I cant help it. And yes, he is super straight. What should I do?

Have you ever had an insect you're afraid of in your room? How did you handle it ? Sometimes I have some spiders and I always lost the sight of it and then i'm scared af for like 3 days until I found them and killed them or they left on their own

Hi ATRL, So I've taken a midday cocktail to celebrate and I'm a lil tipsy, but I have something to share with you all. I love this website in all its messiness, there is so much music I've discovered on here, so many kiis I've had reading things, so many interesting corners of music and pop culture I've discovered thanks to ATRL. And I find it to be a really fun, positive community that is also very LGBT friendly (I'm ghey, obviously). And while I've been posting I've also been carrying a secret... I am a user of this website, but now there is a chance I will one day get a thread made about my new music I've been a songwriter for the indie pop scene in Vancouver BC for a while (I moved here from Peru when I was 18), and recently through an insane series of events I ended up getting an offer for a record deal from a local label. This label is 604 Records, owned by Chad Kroeger of Nickelback. This is the label that put together "Call Me Maybe". There are literally Diamond plaques on the wall of the label with Carly's face on it, it's surreal. They're distributed by Warner. They have COIN. Like I was shook the first time they invited me to their building, there's all these multi-Platinum plaques for Nickelback, Carly, Marianas Trench (Canadian icons for those who know), Coleman Hell and others. People talking about meeting Justin Bieber and Harry Styles like it's the most casual thing in the world So that happened. I had to get an (expensive ass) lawyer. It was a whole thing. I was so nervous it would fall through multiple times, like the tension was unbearable; this was all in my mind though because they couldn't have been lovelier and more supportive, it's more me being such a pessimist and not believing this could be happening to me. Like, I was struggling and hustling in the music scene for years. Doing songwriting workshops, singing back up, getting absolutely nowhere. So it was insane and surreal that they loved my self-produced demos so much that they wanted to fund a whole album and give a full record deal without ever having released music of my own And tonight the first single from my first album has finally been released. We put out a dark take on a Christmas song that they asked me to do late last year, but now they've finally confirmed the whole album is a go and this is the first single It's the most exciting day of my life in a way. I feel like Mariah in her memoir when she gets signed and can finally breathe a sigh of relief because her musical life is about to begin. As a proud and openly gay man the one thing I really would like with my music career, if I'm going to be given a platform and support and all that being signed to a big indie label means, is that I want to connect with my LGBT community. I want to get played in the clubs. I would honestly die happy if I ever see a drag queen or drag king do one of my songs. And I'm going to be pushing for gay acceptance/rights in my videos and music HARD. I'm going to use that record label coin to make some subversive gay art. The next video will be a gay themed video for a bop that's coming. I'm going to truly try to be the gay pop star that I never had growing up. This community that is my home means the world to me. So I'd rather start nowhere else than here, the internet's queer capital of pop music to start spreading the word about my music. So without further ado I would like to share my first (proper) single with you: "Great Escape" - a synth-pop bop about yearning to get out no matter what. I hope you like it. And I hope you will come with me on this journey EDIT: thank you so much for all the lovely messages and support!! This is the very beginning for me and it's so cool to see a whole thread of people talking about the song. I have a ton more music coming soon including another single next month and an EP early summer, I typically announce stuff on my Instagram first so feel free to give me a follow if you'd like to be the first to know, I'll also try some way of announcing it on here

I just kinda want to get through this week... I'm already so tired. Wbu?

Ever since I was younger, I've always been obsessed with flags. From their bold and vibrant colours to their unique designs, flags have always been a symbol of identity and national pride. Here are some of my faves Brazil (adopted in 1889, she's aged well I fear!) Albania Mexico Belize (also the only national flag to have feet ) Reply with some cute flags you like!

This girl replied to a TikTok of some local bakery about their outrageous price for a basic ass cake and then got harassed by the owner and all of her friends. People have now gone after the bakery and they have deleted their Instagram. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZIJn4Aqgr/

Some of the best TV i've ever seen. Who are your favorite characters on both shows?

What are some iconic threads from ATRL do you remember? 1. HDD - ARTPOP thread 2. Will Roar and Applause sound like Brave 3. Rihanna vs Ciara - Twitter feud thread 4. Not a thread but it was a comment in a thread "boiled as in turned into gas"?

Granted I know a loottt of people on here don't really like him, I DO KNOW that he has a huge fanbase and a lot of people that DO like him! He had one of the biggest peaks in Pop Music history, that ended up leading him to have some of the biggest songs ever in music and break countless touring records for multiple years straight. Even though now he's "flopping" in comparison to his previous eras, he was still a Pop Music phenomenon. So despite all of that, do y'all miss him??? And if so why??? And if you don't, why not???

i feel like i’ve seen this thread a couple times, but i can’t find it. so i’ll just start a new one. hey fitness gays, girls and they i’ve lowkey been obsessed with working out. i started in march, going 5 days a week. then last month I started going 6 days a week once I started seeing some slight progress. since the beginning i’ve been making protein shakes, and as of today i started creatine. if you’ve taken it before, how much more did you progress?

Guess what flop? You traveled to an alternate reality where you are MARRIED! (if you are already married irl then congrats but you still get teleported) Your newly found partner is attractive, smart, considerate, etc. You actually kinda like it. But... one day, this new partner hears your loud ass phone playing your favorite artist. They immediately shut it down and ream at you for playing them and prohibits you to EVER play a song from them, for the rest of your life. What's the move? Divorce? Or do you accept their terms?

The Good Doctor TV show just brutally and unceremoniously killed off gay character Dr. Asher Wolke (played by Noah Galvin) and fans of the show aren't happy. Doctor Wolke has been a part of the show from seasons 4 through 7 and was one of the main characters. Thoughts?

This one triggers me every time.

Who is your worstie?

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny failed to cover its costs at the box office according to financial statements released on Friday which show that Disney spent $134.2m more on making the movie than it is understood to have received in ticket sales. The film, features a digitally de-aged Ford. It came at a cost as the filings reveal that $79 million was spent on post-production work. Data from industry analyst Box Office Mojo shows that Dial of Destiny grossed $384 million, just 49% of the takings of its prequel, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Disney shot itself through the foot somewhat by launching the Disney+ streaming platform. Not only has it replaced the need to buy a DVD or Blu Ray, but Disney+ subscribers don't pay per movie. Instead they are billed monthly or annually and get access to a studio's entire library, along with any new content released during their subscription period. This means it isn't possible to attribute subscriber fees to specific productions, such as Dial of Destiny, and in turn that increases the need for pictures to succeed at the box office. The dismal performance of Dial of Destiny piles pressure on Disney's embattled chief executive Bob Iger who spearheaded the acquisition of Lucasfilm and the development of the movies which have yet to cover the cost of it. Combined with losses generated by Disney+ this has led to Disney's share price falling by around 40% since its peak of $201.91 in March 2021. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2024/03/31/indiana-jones-whips-up-130-million-loss-for-disney/

What are some crazy conspiracies that make you question reality? For me these made question reality.

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