#dammit ambien!

[autogynocrat]

most reddit aita stories are not real. the more outlandish they are the less likely that are to be real. if they have a throwaway account it's probably not real.

you gotta understand 1) nothing is true on the internet except for the down with cis bus and 2) their ecosystem had been fundamentally changed by tumblrinas flooding boards with /r/ambien. mind you we must remember fabrication of ridiculous stories is a time honored tradition. u think someone would go on the internet and tell lies?

well yes! nowadays you can't say you were sold into slavery by one direction for clout. we're all too old for that now it aint gonna work. but reddit, reddit is exotic in all the worst ways. it's a foreign country with foreign customs. the public opinion of the redditor is not a positive one, and there is an abundance stereotypes about the typical redditor.

what is a redditor? well most people have a certain image of that type of user. white. male. gamer. not particularly pleasant to be aground poor hygiene. might be misogynistic.

now i wont deny that this is probably a demographic that exists in a significant enough sample that one might feel justified in holding these stereotypes. but you might also realized these traits are almost like stock characters in aita stories by accounts that are created just for that post. theres often a cartoonishly cruel lack of both empathy and self awareness to these characters that almost seems like they were designed to make you hate them.

hey reddit, am i (36M) the assole for telling my pregnant wife(18F) that the couch is for my gaming time? she refuses to feed me snacks or clean the house because she claims she is so tired from working full time to pay the bills but dammit I'm a full time twitch streamer! she never thinks of MY NEEDS! aita?

im just saying before you get too mad at this guy try to understand he is most likely as real a person as the oppa homeless style guy

[sword-feline]

I hate how sometimes I go on tumblr but I’m genuinely not fully aware of what I’m doing and I reblog random shit only to later realize I don’t want that on my blog and don’t even agree with it and so then I try to go back and delete it but can’t find it

#ugh #actuallymentallyill #actuallybipolar #i hate the idea that people are judging me for stuff i did while manic #if making yourself a tasty bowl of beaked beans and soap while on ambien #doesn't define you #then this shouldn't either #but nothing dies on the internet #dammit manic me stop trying to blog when you don't know what you're doing #it's been months since the posts in question but alas i only realize too late #purrsonal

[cblgblog]

Sorry I’m advance but one of my other favorite accounts just reblogged a Tony scene and people are talking about Civil War and how it made them Stan Tony, and how when they watch that movie they hate team cap👀 Then someone was all about how he was sleep deprived and how much pressure he was under and couldn’t understand how people didn’t like Tony because. Someone literally said that when someone says they don’t like Tony in Civil War they say “did you watch the same movie as me.” I’m baffled. Oddly enough someone else said, “he just wants to help everyone.” Sorry for the rant but I think people forget about what the accords are and what it would mean for people. Side note, I hope you’re having a great day/night 😀

No sorry needed!

I feel you man, I do. Honestly, I’ve unfollowed people based on similar posts when I was in especially Done moods, so.

Look on the one hand, the movie would’ve been a narrative failure if everyone was in favor of one side or the other, right? The whole point of the damn thing—besides giving the Mouse overlords more money—was to spark discussion, debate. Which, yeah, we’ll call that the tame description for what actually happened. But just, the thing was meant to split the fanbase so in that regard…winning? Thanks, I guess?

Film is also very obviously subjective, different strokes for different folks, so yeah, ten people can watch a movie and none of them are gonna see the exact same film. Let’s try to remember that this is, in theory anyway, a good thing. I just read a professional film review yesterday where I had the same reaction. What film were you watching, dude? Incidentally his reviewing partner said the same thing.

So honestly, no, they weren’t watching the same film as you or I or anyone else, because everyone brings their own biases and experiences and knowledge and interests into a thing, and that’s always going to flavor how it’s viewed. Again, let’s try to remember that this is good. In theory. Heavy on the theory.

That out of the way? Let’s get into Tony specifically so his uber stans can find this and scream at me on anon as though I just shot RDJ with a nuke.

Oh yeah, he was stressed. Oh, he was sleep deprived. Yeah, I’ve heard that. And that it’s Pepper’s fault, if she hadn’t left the poor baby, if she was there to rein him in, he’d be fine dammit, leave the baby alone!

Here’s the thing. You know who gets a pass on their shit behavior when they’re upset or tired? Actual babies. Actual babies and toddlers, and children, up to a point. Because they actually cannot always help themselves. Their bodies and brains are different, they have not learned better.

When you’re a 50-year-old man who’s supposedly the world’s bestest superhero, who wants, wants to be in charge of protecting the whole world? You need a little more self-control than that. The sleep deprived excuse works if you snap at someone before you’ve had your coffee, not for this. Roseanne Barr didn’t get to blame Ambien for her racism, Tony doesn’t get to handwave CW away because oops, I was tired.

Really? You’re a superhero, dude. Most of your teammates are tired too, that’s part of the gig. If you crash and burn this badly without your afternoon nap, fucking hang up the armor and go back to your billionaire playboy lifestyle.

Speaking of that, sure, right. It’s Pepper’s fault because she left him. Put aside the argument on whether that was justified or not (cough, it was and she should’ve stayed away even though they are adorable together). It’s not Pepper’s job to keep Tony sane. It’s not any partner’s job to do that for anyone. If she wants out, she has a right to that, without Tony going off the rails and blaming it on her. Seriously, he says part of the reason he backed the Accords was to “split the difference” with Pepper.

Dude. You were an asshole and you lost your girl. You destroyed all your suits, turned an emotional and mental corner in IM 3…and then relapsed 4 minutes later I guess because Whedon. Either way, Tony admits himself that he does not want to stop. So instead of doing that, or finding another partner who can accept that, you back an unjust international law that pits you against your team, your supposed friends? Go to therapy, have a pint of ice cream, cry into your pillow, send her more of those strawberries you sent her in IM 2 that she’s allergic to. You don’t go trying to change international law in ways that could ultimately affect millions of people because your girl left you.

Honestly—and thank God they didn’t do this but—the only way the Pepper excuse works in excusing his behavior in any way is if she’d died. Or been severely injured like Happy in IM 3. Still wouldn’t be okay, but, like Quill messing up their chance to stop Thanos because Gamora died, it would’ve been more understandable. Understandable, not excusable, and the way the MCU treats their women as manpain fodder, we’re probably legit lucky we didn’t get this.

As for him wanting to help everyone. He does in fact want that, I think. The problem is that his need to feel like he’s doing that is stronger than his rational mind, or his want to actually help in a constructive way.

Tony is too smart. He’s dumb as hell in many instances, mostly involving people and relationships, but he’s also too smart, and he’s been told for too long that he’s smart, and he’s bought into it. Ultron. Suit of armor around the world, protects the world, no more alien threats. It’s a simple concept on paper that fails in execution. So there are people with dangerous powers. Okay, we’ll make a set of laws to keep them from being dangerous, problem solved. But again, it isn’t.

Tony is not used to problems he cannot solve. He’s a genius, right? He can fix anything. He should be able to fix anything. That’s how he feels. But not everything is zeros and ones and circuits, things that can be fixed mechanically like his armors can. The people he wants to protect are not built that way. But he needs to feel like he’s doing something, because he’s terrified of what happens to the world if he doesn’t. So he creates these simple solutions to complex problems. The suit of armor, the Accords. They sound good in theory, but the problems they’re trying to solve are bigger than they are. And Tony, way back in IM 1, he sat back for years, clueless that his weapons were being used for bad things. He says it to Cap in CW. When he found out what his weapons were being used for, he went in and stopped it. Whether or not he should’ve known that already is a separate issue here. The point here is that when he found out, too late or not, he went in and did something about it.

Tony needs to do something about it. Again, go back to Cap in AoU, Tony’s nightmare sequence. Steve asks Tony why he didn’t save them. Tony’s ultimate nightmare is that he sits back and does nothing, and his inaction causes everyone to die. Which is where you get Ultron. Something he came up with because of what he saw in space in Avengers 1, then doubled down on in AoU. It’s where you get the Accords. Oops, he caused someone to die, he killed Charles Spencer. Must do something about that right now so it doesn’t happen again, and he won’t have to feel this guilt. He should be collaborating with others to come up with solutions (no Bruce in AoU doesn’t count because Bruce was dumb there), or at the very least, taking more time to think through the repercussions of the things he puts out there. But he doesn’t, because he’s got his savior complex that tells him that he alone can and must fix this, and because he’s too dumb to realize how not-smart he is in certain areas.

“We need to be put in check. Whatever form that takes, I’m game.”

Isn’t that what he says in CW, or something very close to it? Whatever form that takes. That’s the issue, right there, whatever form that takes. Realistically, yes, there should be laws regarding people with powers, the same way there are special laws pertaining to people who carry guns, or people who are licensed to fly planes. You have a thing/can do a thing that not everyone else does, so there are regulations pertaining to that thing. Laws change with the times, they always have. Some new technology comes up, eventually there will be laws that regulate it. As there should be, honestly. The issue with the Accords, Steve’s issue with the Accords, was not the basic idea. He says as much. He says that it could work, but there would have to be safeguards. Safeguards that are not in the Accords that Tony wants him to sign.

It's not a matter of oh, fuck the law, there should be no law governing these people, they’re above it. The problem is that the law as it’s presented here is unjust. There’s what, a month between Lagos and Ross coming by to tell them about the Accords? A month is not enough time to properly analyze such a big issue, Especially when you’re reacting out of fear, which is what happened with Lagos. People died because of an Enhanced person, an Avenger, in this case. Lawmakers don’t want that to happen again, they especially don’t want the political shit storm that comes with it. Damn, we look like we were asleep at the switch here, not having anything to throw at this problem earlier. Quick, let’s throw together this thing so no one can say we’re not addressing the problem.

Patriot Act of 2001, anyone? 9/11 happened, the public were rightfully terrified, the US said oh man, these are unprecedented circumstances, we’ve never had this before. Don’t worry though, we’re on this, we’re protecting you. The reality being that that bill simply gave the government too much power, most of it being used against people who were not actually threats, and it’s debatable, to say the very least, whether or not that law helped more than it hurt.

No law is perfect. No law ever will be. It’s not possible. We still have to strive for perfection though, have to aim there so that the laws we get are as close to fair as possible. Tony’s a big deal. If not for his “whatever form that takes” attitude, he might’ve been able to use his influence to pressure lawmakers into coming up with a fairer bill. Hey, I’m me, the public loves me, I will endorse this bill publicly and work on getting the rest of the team to sign, but you need to change this and this and this first, or no deal. Instead, he took the easy way out, the quickest, easiest way for him to feel like he’s atoned for his sins without actually doing anything. Whatever form that takes.

Tony’s not wrong because he backs the creation of a law that addresses these things. He’s wrong because he says himself that he does not care what that law does, specifically, so long as it exists. He’s wrong because he violates said law upteen times during the movie, while preaching to team Cap about what assholes they are for not backing it. He’s wrong because he cares more about feeling as though he’s tackled a problem than he does about taking the time to make sure that the thing he’s proposing is actually a good idea. He’s wrong because of what he does with Bucky, though that’s honestly a separate issue, for the purposes of this discussion.

Anyway, that was longer than I ever wanted it to be. Damn. Next time you see a comment about CW being the reason people stan Tony, just remember there are other people out there who stopped stanning Tony because of that movie. Everyone’s entitled to see a piece of media however they see it, and although the Tony stans are often the loudest, there are plenty of like-minded people out there who share your take on events. Block who you need to, unfollow who you need to, blacklist what you need to, and don’t let them get you down.

Hang in there, and have an awesome day :)

#pro steve rogers #pro team cap #anti tony stark #anti tony stans #anti iron man #anti team iron man

[inkstaineddaughter]

“Is that semen on my Kylo Ren shirt?”

An autobiography by me.

#personal #kylo ren #dammit ambien! #it needed to be washed anyway #spin cycle!!!!

[loniface]

Is old age catching up with you? Only in the physical sense that I’m riddled with grey hairs and I can’t sit on my legs without my knees screaming lately.

Would you rather be hot or cold? I haaate the cold and I have a high tolerance to heat.  I wear pants all year.

Can you sleep through thunderstorms? The power of Ambien compels me.

What does it take to get you out of bed early (before 9 am)? I mean, my alarm, right?  I’ve no reason to get up early unless I wanna pick my momma up on her lunch break to play Pokemon Go.

Ever spent the night in a tent? Yes.  Do not recommend.

Is it ever okay for a woman to ask out a man? I don’t see why not. 

Do people confide in you? A lot of times, yes.  I’m pretty good with being a listener and not blabbing about it to someone else.

Ever been around someone who makes you feel stupid? Yes, but I keep that kinda negativity out of my life now.

How often do you use instant messenger? Very rarely.

What do you call your grandparents? Maternal, MawMaw and PawPaw.  Paternal, MawMaw Bobby.  (My grandfather passed away when I was three months old so I never got to have a name for him.) 

What do you do when you have trouble falling asleep? Toss and turn, stare at the clock, and wish for death.

Have you ever cried while reading a book? Not yet.

How many college degrees do you want? I have no student debt in my life right now, and no amount of degrees is gonna change that.

Where do you call home? Louisiana.

Would you ever attend a �black tie� formal event? I don’t think I ever have a reason to.  What would I wear?  I don’t think they allow jeans to such events...

Do you like animals? You’re a fool if you say no.

Have you ever written anything longer than 10 pages? I’ve had a Sniper/Scout story on the backburner for about five years now that’s surpassed twenty chapters, one chapter being about ten pages alone, so yeah.  I’M GONNA FINISH IT EVENTUALLY.

What do you wear to sleep? Underpants, pajama pants, and a sleeveless shirt.

What do you look forward to most in the next 2 months? Getting a home hopefully.

How important is it for a significant other to be good with kids? As long as they don’t hiss at the mere presence of kids, I don’t really care.

Do you have anyone who is a surrogate parent/sibling to you? @cloudsfall and her family be my family.  I love my extra mom and four siblings.

Ever fallen asleep sitting up? I barely fall asleep lying down.

Can you snap your fingers? Better with my left hand than my right.

Can you wink? Probably all awkward as hell.

Do you wear a belt? Nope, dunno why I stopped.

Any jewelry in the room you’re in? Yeah, got some earrings and my engagement ring next to me.

What song explains how you feel about love? I don’t feel like answering this.

Do you know how to play pool? What about foosball? Yes and no but not very good at the former.

Have you ever finished reading an entire book in a day? Almost.  I was a few chapters shy on reading Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in one sitting but the swing was hurting my back and mosquitoes were tearing at my flesh.

Ever known anyone who was a tomboy? Myself included.

What is something that begins with Z? Zombie.

What kind of person do you hope to be when you�re 35 years old? I...am 35?  I’ve come a long way in the past ten years with a lot of trial-and-error of medications, so I guess I’m slowly becoming who I am wanting to be even if I still don’t know who that is sometimes.

How many keys do you carry with you? Three---car, house, and post office keys.

Have you ever been IN a wedding? My elder sister’s first wedding.  T’was the maid of honor.  I wore a dress that looked like a table cloth.

Does hardship make a person stronger? It can but it shouldn’t have to be the reason someone is strong.

What comes to mind when you think of pregnancy? Ewww, morning sickness.  (Emetophobic as all hell.)

Have you ever attended a professional sporting event? Went to a WCW (is that still a thing?) event as a teenager.

What is your favorite brand of clothing? I am biased to Levi’s.

Which do you value more, intellect or work ethic? Both have equal footing in my book.

Have you ever been covered in mud? Yes.  I was a kid once.

What U.S. cities have you not visited that you would like to visit? I can’t really think of any off the top of my head, but I’d like to see more western states in general like California and Washington.

Which do you watch more, ESPN or MTV? Neither, bleh.

How well do you know the people you live with? It’s just me and the parentals, and I know them pretty well though my dad can be an enigma sometimes.

Do you have any heroes? My momma for sure.  Woman pulls through shit with a smile.

Ever been to a cabin on a mountain? No.

Do you want to be married and have a family of your own later in life? Considering I’m engaged, yes to marriage, no to human children if I can help it---pets are fine.  Though, marriage would automatically turn me into a step-mom and though that sounds weird, I’m okay with it.

How hard is it for you to stay on task? It depends on what I’m doing honestly.  If I’m being paid for my time, I am on it like dammit.

Ever lost your voice? Don’t think so.

Do you take your time when making an important decision? Yes, so I have time to think and overthink every detail.  Very rare for me to say ‘fuck it’ and jump.

Could you handle being away from home for weeks at a time for your job? If I had a job, sure, gets me out of the house.

Are you a cautious person? Refer to the question before last.

Do you chew gum? Nope, it’ll get stuck in my retainer and that’s no fun for anyone.

Do you own any jerseys? Nah.

Do you have a song stuck in your head? ‘Imagine’ because I just watched a performance at my niece's high school band concert earlier tonight.

Is there anything worrying you right now? Waiting to hear back on the prospect of a home loan...

[ladyshinga]

The Ambien bit was so fucking absurd we all kind of glossed over another part of Roseanne's "apology" in which she mentioned that it was Memorial Day because I have FURTHER QUESTIONS THERE. Is there something about Memorial Day that makes her more racist on Twitter? Is that a thing? Dammit the Ambien stole the whole show here and I WANTED TO KNOW MORE

[deducemydivision]

Insomnia

is a weird fuckin thing for me

Like, I try to sleep and I can’t no matter what, and I wind up pissed off for it

I take two Ambien and STILL can’t sleep, but now I’m a little confused by the things I’m seeing. Not quite dissociation, but not subject in reality, either

Also still pissed off because I went to bed at a reasonable hour yet here I am two hours later, like tomorrow morning will suck regardless because it’s the mORNING but now it’ll be significantly worse because my sleepy meds aren’t giving me the sleepies dammit

#personal #insomnia #i have the anger #but i want the sleep #but i can’t sleep #so anger #i think i need a medication adjustment

[meowkittybiscuit]

Hasnt today started out fabulous. Was at the doctor bright & early at 8 before work. My stomach is killing now. And I have to start back on birth control asap but im terrified cuz how sick it made me last time. But I got my ambien back again I dont even know if we're together or not anymore. Havent talked at all since yesterday after 1 text. Im so fucking sick of this. Not going what's going on makes my anxiety so bad. I cant even explain. I hope he tries to text me & make things better & tries to hangout tonight. But that would require someone to care to do that. So i would be surprised if he did. But im fucking done always trying to make things better. Im also not just gonna not know anything & just not ever talk again? I just have no idea what's going on or what to do. Besides hoping he wants to make things better & soon dammit I guess we'll just see. Ugh

#me

[boiledleather]

‘The Path’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 4: Role Reversals

“Making sense” appears to be low on the show’s list of priorities at the moment. Take Eddie’s storyline, which finds him in the hospital recuperating from…well, it’s not entirely clear what. Alcohol poisoning? Alcohol allergies? Getting coldcocked? Having some kind of PTSD episode? All of the above? Whatever’s ailing him, it somehow nets him a room of his own and an overnight stay instead of a few hours of tedium and half-assed care behind a curtain in an overcrowded ER. It also lands him a hospital doctor who takes off his restraints the moment she’s asked — I guess no one’s pressing charges over the fight he instigated with casino security? — and who has plenty of time to spare talking Eddie through the reentry process after leaving a cult. She also rains prescriptions down on him like she’s Drake throwing money on stage at King of Diamonds, which makes it official: It’s easier for an ex-cult victim hospitalized for drunken violence to get an Ambien scrip than it is for me, dammit.

What’s more, he has the doting attention of not one but two comically beautiful women who literally leave their children someplace to take care of him instead: Sarah, his ex, and Chloe, his current girlfriend. Sarah begs Eddie to return to Meyerism to be with his family and get the only treatment she feels can help him. Chloe stays at his bedside and then takes him home, instructing him on how to take his pills like she’s his mom. All this despite the fact that Eddie’s vocabulary has basically been reduced to variations on “Yeah, I, uh, um, I just don’t/can’t…” Eddie theorizes that Chloe is trying to save him because she couldn’t save his brother, which is as good an explanation for her devotion as any; god knows she’s not getting any romance or affection in return, any more than Sarah’s getting a decent partner and father.

The Path is in serious trouble. I reviewed this week’s episode for Decider.

#the path #jessica goldberg #aaron paul #hugh dancy #michelle monaghan #eddie lane #sarah lane #cal roberts #sean t. collins #decider