#devs thoughts

[sir-crocodile-slut]

Unpopular opinion but if you’re someone who constantly goes on and on about how lonely you are and that people always abandon and leave you… and that’s your main personality trait… you’re probably the problem.

[sir-crocodile-slut]

So I see this argument all over tiktok and I just gotta say something.

There’s multiple trends going around talking about other cultures and their food or customs etc, some criticisms are in good fun and some are straight rude and everything inbetween.

Tiktok always says “don’t yuck someone else’s yum” and “it’s their culture, why is xyz bad when you guys do abc? Hush and educate yourself” etc.

What I’m not getting is why are we quick to immediately defend whatever culture is the main subject and not allow any type of criticism or differentiating ideas especially if it could be helpful or necessary?

I understand I could be talking out of my ass here, I’m white. I’m American. I get that. But why cant people just not like certain food? Or societal rules? Gender roles? Religious customs? Why can’t people point out issues or anything without being deemed self-centered or racist or any other negative descriptor?

Now I’m not saying everyone should go around shitting on entire cultures and demographics, that’s horrible and idiotic. But why can’t parallel concerns or issues be brought up that are shown as looked down upon in one culture for good reason but not in another all in the name of tradition?

Idk it doesn’t make sense.

[sir-crocodile-slut]

Is it weird/stupid that my “dream” of a successful life isn’t a super successful career or a big house or a fancy car… I just want to be in love and have someone by my side.

Idk that’s all I want 🥺 I don’t care if I have the shittiest job with a broken down car and living in a shack… if it means I’m with the one I love.. then I couldn’t ask for a better life.

[sir-crocodile-slut]

Devs horny thoughts of the day:

Doflamingo using his devil fruit to control my body and make me helpless to his will and strength. Or him using his strings to tie me to his bed while he invites his family or workers to watch him fuck me stupid. Doflamingo has servants, butlers, maids, and fuck toys and I’d happily be hired as a toy for him. Must always be ready to entertain the king of dressrosa. Always eager to please the young master.

[nogenderblender9358]

This is so fucking stupid but I just thought of like a kid or I guess a teenager being asked how old they are and answering

“ I’m in my tens”

Like how people say that their in their 20’s, 30’s, 40’s.

You know like 10-13 can be the early 10’s

14-16 is the mid tens

And 17-19 is the late tens

[devsthoughts]

the villa - rachel hawkins

3.5/5

i have a lot of thoughts

Overall, I really enjoyed The Villa. I found it very captivating and listened to the audiobook in one day because I simply couldn’t get enough of all the characters. I loved how the book switched from Mari’s POV in the past, to present day with Emily. 

(spoilers below)

There is one plot point that I can’t fully wrap my head around: Emily believing Chess. 

Correct me if I am mistaken, but in the first part of the book when the girls first arrived in Italy, Emily was telling Chess about how she had watched the Lilith Rising movie at a sleepover in elementary school during a classmates birthday party. Chess claimed she was never invited to said party, and then mere moments later reminded Emily about how she (Emily) climbed into her (Chess’) sleeping bag because the film scared Emily. Emily didn’t push Chess on the lie she very clearly caught her in. 

This brief interaction between the girls stayed with me the entire time, why would Chess lie about something so pointless? It shaped how I viewed Chess - as a liar. 

When Emily (finally) clues in that Chess had slept with her husband Matt, she is so willing to believe that Chess only slept with that loser once, and that Chess stayed in regular contact with him so that he would eventually leave Emily. 

Chess convinces Emily that she was sick because of Matt, and that the only reason she had gotten ill on the trip was because she had called Matt and her body was triggered by him. While I totally believe that, that is something that happens…I do not believe it happened to Emily. Emily only called Matt because Chess convinced her to! Chess also prepared some weird drink for Emily which honestly I think was poisoned! I think Emily was right in her original guess that Matt had been poisoning her. I think Chess was sleeping with Matt the entire time, and knew what poison concoction he had been giving Emily, so she spiked the drink as a way to con Emily into believing that “the body knows” bullshit she was peddling on about. 

While I was listening to the book, I couldn't help but think that Chess originally brought Emily out to Italy for ulterior motives. Part of me thinks Chess invited Emily to join her, so she could confess to Emily about the on-going affair with Matt, or if we are feeling especially sinister...Chess was going to kill Emily in Italy as a way to finally be with Matt, guilt free.

I think Chess changed her mind last minute when she snooped through Emily's laptop and found the draft of The Villa. Chess realized it was a gold mine, and knew she could manipulate Emily.

While Emily clearly has a blindspot for Chess, she at least has some brains and was able to find Mari's secret hiding spots for her journal entries.

Mari's POV was very interesting, I felt for Mari as she was so young when Pierce ran away with her and Lara. I didn't have too many thoughts/questions about any part of the book that covered Mari's POV. If anything, I was the most immersed in the book during the past storyline.

At the end, when we find out Mari did not kill Pierce and that it was Jonnie, I was disappointed that we did not learn what caused the argument between the two men. Honestly, I can't stop thinking about how much Chess pissed me off as a character to even say anything more about the other storyline.

[sir-crocodile-slut]

Ok guys real question

Is it better to get a more expensive degree from a more well known and more highly regarded university or get a less expensive degree from a place that’s average. Help😭

[sir-crocodile-slut]

Dear me,

I hope we are okay in the end.

Will you show me a sign? Show me that it’s all worth it? Please.

Until then, I’ll be waiting.

-Me