Something Bothering you?/Daily Doldrums

[OCG]

Are you joking Inco?

[Adsolution]

Clearly.

[Cairnie]

Thankfully I had a nice French teacher but damn you should see how harsh the high tier in French I attempted to do for my mock exams was; you could get more than half marks but that would only land you a U for Ungraded, and I got just that and had to go for the low tier instead where you can only get a C at the most, and I got just that. This was all back in 2002/3 so I don't know if that's changed, but damn did that screw me over.

[Master]

From what I've seen, exams were far more tougher in the early 2000s, could be that we've had it easier in comparison.

[Adsolution]

far more tougher

Nice.

It's no illusion, my friend's little brother (born in 2002) is barely doing anything in school, and the official tests provided are so much more lenient in comparison. From what I know, they have been dumbing down things a lot even just within this 5-10-year difference.

[sonicbrawler182]

It's pretty much the exact opposite in Ireland. Although exams of the past had more questions, they were easier, and generally didn't require very long answers. Maths has taken the most notable spike in difficulty, since they've been trying to implement a new system called "Project Maths" (amazing name, I know), where they try to integrate more context into the questions. They usually are terribly written though, often confusing you on what the actual mathematical side of the question is. The year I did my Leaving Cert was the first year they had this new system implemented into the exams, so it was especially rough.

[OCG]

Today, I received more than 30 false copyright claims on my videos by dreaded Yam112003 Endemol.
What is ironic is that this company's website currently is in construction and they did not even claim my videos because if they did, they will respond to my disputes from earlier. But no. I am now stuck in copyright limbo and have to wait 1 month so that I automatically win dispute because they don't answer it. I would not be surprised if they don't even check email. The claims were most likely automatic by YouTube's broken system and not by Yam112003 Endemol themselves because they would respond to my dispute if that was case. YouTube NEEDS to stop autoclaiming videos. I mean why do they even do that? I think, that programming a robot to do something serious like copyright check is a mistake and only people who own content should be able to do it.
This is just annoying because recently it has been happening a lot. I have over 1200 videos and if they continue with this shit, disputing 1 by 1 and waiting 1 month for all the videos I disputed in one day will seriously damage my earnings. because during the 1 month wait, I don't earn anything from those videos no matter how much they are watched and I get more than 5000 views in one day.

[Earth Gwee]

I just found out today that a user on deviantArt has used two of my pieces as part of a mock game cover without my permission. Apparently mine are not the only ones to be ripped off. He has used other people's work to put this thing together and has only gotten permission from ONE of the artists. No one else. The two pieces he ripped off from me are both Rayman and Dark Rayman for Revenge of the Dark. After reading a conversation between him and the artist he got permission from (Brendan Corris), I also found that he had made this thing two months ago. Even Brendan was apprehensive about the guy using his art, as he should have been. I just reported the piece to deviantArt. Hopefully we'll see some progress happen soon.

[MLII]

jesus fuck gwee i hope they do something about that D: art theft is inordinately shitty

not that it's ever happened to me ahah

in other news my brother is failing his A levels and i think it's my fault x: he was getting As and stuff and he needs A/A/B for university b ut since he's started helping me with my igcses he's been doing worse unu he got a D in his last chemistry mock and i feel really bad

[Earth Gwee]

For the situation involving the theft of my art, it has been resolved. The guy got back to me and made amends, so everything's cool with him now.

[sonicbrawler182]

I was trying to start recording my first LP, but my brother started coming in just to annoy me and it threw me off and ruined my recording (since it was gonna be post commentary, I had to think of the sort of things I wanted to say and pace my gameplay accordingly). I then lost my train of thought.

I was meant to start earlier while he was out, but then he came in as soon as I was about to, and hogged the room, eating and watching stuff for a while, so I couldn't use the TV. Then when I finally get to do it, he makes things difficult for me.

Also my mother seems to have come home at least somewhat drunk and I'm not sure if it's funny or creepy.

[MLII]

okay so this is a bit specific and i'm sorry but there's nowhere else i can vent about this so it's going to have to go here

so i may have entered a small competition known as homestuck shipping world cup 2014 and i may have been assigned team captain

it is going really badly

for starters one of our team has gone completely awol and is refusing to answer my emails or my messages on the site itself. HEY GUYS WHERE'S OMOLY?? ANSWER WE DON'T FUCKING KNOW BECAUSE SHE'S NOT ANSWERING HER DAMN EMAILS AND THE FIRST ROUND STARTED TODAY

whoa that's a lot of bbcode

another of our team members who's an obnoxious fuck anyway ngl is also refusing to get a skype for some reason (like,, she shares an email w her parents but.......not a laptop? yeah idk either) which means out of our team of six i only have contact with three other teammates which is hardly fair

one of said teammates never logs into her skype either and the other one is refusing to talk to me for some reason??? like i nominated her for vice captain because she was the only one i knew at the time but she doesn't know how the site works and this other girl does so i nominated her instead and???? she got really pissy for some reason even though i explained n all

so basically it's me and this other chick trying to coordinate and babysit everyone else and work on our entry at the same time and it's all going a little bit tits up laughs

cries

cries loudly

EDIT: did i mention that for hswc you need a team of five to qualify? so if omoly awols for good then we only have 5 members which isn't exactly a positive team doing stuff enviroment

[Indy]

I have nothing really much to vent, but I'm bothered by the fact that some unaware people praise Grumpy Cat because she's funny for having a misshaped lower jaw, while they seem to scared to be around mentally challenged people.

My father has been taking his anger out on my mother for no reason, and acts like as if the world is coming to an end. Especially over dinner that it's going to be some minutes late for some reason. The way he reacted towards my mother today, makes me want to buy a shock-collar, and put it around his neck. And activate it whenever he is overreacting over silly things. He has been acting like that since the past week, and there was little chance that he comes home in a neutral mood after work. If he acted like this in MY house, then I'll have him kicked out right away. Because I do not tolerate people throwing tantrums over stupid things, whether they have a good reason to or not, I do not accept such behaviour. Swearing would be okay, but taking your anger out on someone for no apparant reason and almost cause a fight? GET THE FUCK OUT. I AINT HAVING ANY OF THAT SHIT
Fighting and arguing IS a common thing for couples and parents, but I find it unneccesary and silly when it comes to food to be prepared 10-20 minutes later.

[Snagglebee]

Ah that sucks. There won't be any good solutions if people don't take compromises.
My father's childish behaviour bothers me and espacially my mom. He just does whatever he feels like to do without thinking of any consequences and to be honest I never really felt he was like a real father to me. The only man that I felt like he was like my true father is my uncle and he sits in the hospital and is about to die

[Indy]

Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear about your uncle...

[Dart]

Damn, I really don't know where to start, but this stuff all needs to be said, whether someone reads it or not, this will ease some of the pain.

I guess I should start off by saying I'm not a particularly social person IRL. I've never felt comfortable around my peers, either because they really lack common sense and morals, or that they treat me differently based on my slightly disfigured appearance. Despite this I do have a close friend, but lately our friendship has been the cause of me questioning my sexuality, which is a hard enough thing for me to think about without knowing almost all my family doesn't recognize homosexual people as even being human.
At my moms home for whatever reason I can't be trusted with wireless access but my 11-year old sister and 9-year old brother are allowed completely unblocked wifi and can access anything they want. on top of this I pretty much have to start jumping up and down their if I want anyone to recognize me, and I don't feel like I'm treated seriously when they do start talking to me. At my dad's home all I ever hear is my Dad argue with my step-mom, or when my brothers at the place with me, his negative words of how retarded I am and how I'm not worth shit.

I honestly don't know what to do, I wake up feeling weaker and more depressed as time goes on. It has caused my grades to slip and for all the creative ideas I usually get to come out dark and depressing. I guess I'm just scared that whoever it is I decide to be in the end won't be accepted by my family and that I'll be alone my entire life. Methinks I'll stop this depressing post now and get some rest soon, but I doubt that my body will be ready in the morning.

[Adsolution]

I have nothing really much to vent, but I'm bothered by the fact that some unaware people praise Grumpy Cat because she's funny for having a misshaped lower jaw, while they seem to scared to be around mentally challenged people.

I understand what you're getting at, but I think the comparison is somewhat profound. A dwarf animal is still something you care for as you would another animal, you love them unconditionally, and they will still return that, it's relatively simple. Being around a human with a mental disability isn't always, because you want to treat them like you would any other person, but inter-personal communication is much more complicated than that of a person to an animal. You don't know how they might respond or at what level they might function, you might do say something that could offend them for no apparent reason, you could say something and they might not even understand what you're saying, or severely misinterpret it. It's directly similar to the concept of the Uncanny Valley, and one of the reasons why being around people with a mental disability can be unnerving or even cause extreme stress and then depression; they're human, so you want to see them act as such and on your level, but when you see an adult act like a child, or a person of any age act almost act on the level of a human but not quite, you know you have to work with them differently, but you don't know how. In a sense it's being afraid of the unknown, but you have an effect on the unknown as well, which in turn affects you again. It isn't easy, and I don't think you should give someone a hard time because they care to openly admit this, regardless of how ignorant their phrasing may seem.

I do not tolerate people throwing tantrums over stupid things, whether they have a good reason to or not, I do not accept such behaviour.

I can guarantee that you wouldn't - nor would anyone - be able sustain a relationship for more than a few months if this is your philosophy. Emotional rifts in a relationship occur, people can get irritable and say/do stupid things. To disregard any good reason they might have would be showing them that you value your own ego more than you do your love or what your love/relationship has brought you. To me, it's somewhat hypocritical when you're able to say this at the end of your post:

Fighting and arguing IS a common thing for couples and parents,

- Unless, with the second quote in this post, you were referring solely to these situations:

but I find it unneccesary and silly when it comes to food to be prepared 10-20 minutes later.

Of course, I don't know the situation, but perhaps the food isn't the only culprit, and there's some other, broader cause for irritation? Rarely is it the case where there isn't a reason for this sort of thing to begin happening.

Despite this I do have a close friend, but lately our friendship has been the cause of me questioning my sexuality, which is a hard enough thing for me to think about without knowing almost all my family doesn't recognize homosexual people as even being human.

I always find these sorts of things hard to deal with, especially at that age, because there are so many questions, and the only real answers come from how you feel personally. Forget about your parent's thoughts on the subject if they have no intention to provide constructive advice, as difficult as that may be (it might not be depending on your situation); you don't even need to say anything to them. I myself was never comfortable talking to my parents about anything, so it wasn't hard for me to block out their thoughts and opinions. Just remember that now isn't a vital time to make up your mind, you have ages to do that, and I'm pretty sure within a couple of years things will begin to make a lot more sense. I'm just so glad that we get to grow up in the age of the Internet, where we're able to talk about and research it online, whether or not it's more helpful than speaking to someone about it in real life.

I honestly don't know what to do, I wake up feeling weaker and more depressed as time goes on. It has caused my grades to slip and for all the creative ideas I usually get to come out dark and depressing. I guess I'm just scared that whoever it is I decide to be in the end won't be accepted by my family and that I'll be alone my entire life. Methinks I'll stop this depressing post now and get some rest soon, but I doubt that my body will be ready in the morning.

People often say that family is the thing that will stick with and support you until the end, but it's relative to who it is that you really value in your life. Not that I'm assuming they're all bad people, but there are billions of people in this world, the majority of which (that's over 3.5 billion people) at this point likely won't blink an eye at whatever you choose to be.

[sonicbrawler182]

I legitimately hate my mother now. This is the first time I have truly hated someone. But she's managed to make me crack. Just fuck her. She's hopeless.

[Adsolution]

Well, do go on if you'd like, I'm most interested.

[sonicbrawler182]

I don't really want to go on about it anymore than I have since I already talked to a friend, but I went through a suicidal phase of my life that seriously developed in 2011, but I overcame it last year (this was before I ever even knew about this site though, so nobody need worry about this place factoring in at all). My brother and I had an argument with my mother that managed to have my suicidal time brought into it, and my mother remarked "What were ya suicidal over, Sonic wouldn't talk to ya?", and she said it in the most condescending tone possible.

Of course there was a lot going on in the argument before that and both my brother and myself have a lot to be pissed off about, but that was the part that just made me lose every ounce of respect I had for her.

She can't pull the heat of the moment excuse either - she said it calmly, and it's not the first time she has disregarded that part of my life like that. She actively refused to accept that I could be suicidal until near the end of that time of my life. So I'm not forgiving her this time, she had her chance. You should never say something like that to anyone, let alone your own offspring. Really hypocritical since she likes to go on about how family should have special forgiveness rights.