Just Personal

You may be wondering how I got into this situation. That's good. Keep wondering. If you pay close attention to the rest of this movie and employ your critical thinking skills, you may find that the answer unfolds as it goes along. Sometimes it's good not to know yet, and to wonder. Sometimes that's the entire point.

You should never, ever, EVER use your real, legal name online for anything other than job hunting sites (i.e. Linked In). Because people can and will find your fanfics and fanarts. And even if it's the most vanilla thing online, regular, every-day people don't understand fandom. They stereotype all fannish people as weirdos living in their parents' basement. They see the worst sides of fanfiction and fanart and believe it's all horrible.

They're not controlling you. They can't stop you from writing or drawing fan fics and art, and they're not trying to. What they are doing is deciding they don't want to be associated with people who have those hobbies. Which, as private businesses, which a university is, they have every right to do. This person was lucky the uni just asked him to remove most of his fanfics and still accepted him. They could have rejected him completely.

No one is obligated to hire you.

We are obliged to [admonish the sinner] in the following circumstances: First. When his fault is a mortal sin. Second. When we have some authority or influence over him. Third. When there is reason to believe that our warning will make him better instead of worse.

Jesus wept. You saying the King of kings, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, is acting like a woman (derogatory)? He in His humanity is our ideal as a species, He as Christ is YOUR (men’s) ideal as a husband, and you say this behavior He exhibited is beneath the male ideal?

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The post this stems from is even worse.

Walsh should tell that to the American soldiers who broke down and wept upon hearing the news of the Japanese surrender in 1945 as they were preparing to board the planes for the invasion. They cried because they realized that they were going to be allowed to live the rest of their lives instead of bring torn to shreds by gunfire as they planned.

How dare somebody get emotional after a robbery when they have a moment to take in what happened. He's thinking about how his entire life could have just been taken. His future wife, future kids who he'd never know because they would never exist, all of his future experiences for the next half century were in the hands of a senseless, violent maniac.

Yeah, yeah, we can pull out the whole Jesus wept thing. He cried for Lazarus, and He cried for Jerusalem. But He is hardly the only man who has cried. Jeremiah earned himself the moniker "the weeping prophet." David was moved to tears when brought face to face with his sin. Elijah cried about his situation. The Bible does not shame men for their tears. There is no verse that says women must remain the sex to cry while men must remain stoic, with the exceptions of birth and death. There is no verse.

The Bible does not promote the idea that you must have it all together. In fact, it speaks to being honest, sharing burdens with people of the church. While there is something to be said for men and women groups in a church, the Bible very clearly does not say burdens must not be shared with a spouse. By refusing to cry in front of your wife, you are not upholding a picture of Godly masculinity, but rather are using masculinity as an excuse to be proud.

You don't want to look weak or vulnerable in front of the one you are one with? Like seriously, your wife, your husband, is one with you. The Bible clearly states that. And that is the person you will not be vulnerable in front of? Whatever for? It boils down to pride. Matt Walsh is promoting and endorsing prideful behavior, when as Christians, we are not supposed to.

"We can't look weak to the women"- your Savior was beaten, stripped, and hung on a cross for a criminal's death for all to see, and you know which disciples sat and watched? Who did not lose respect? Who did not lose love? The women. The women were right there, watching Jesus at His weakest and most vulnerable moment. And Matt would have men remain stoic around their wives. So they don't look weak.

Have some humility.

There are times when tears must be held back. There are times when it goes from emotional overflow to just being whiny. That is true regardless of gender. That does not mean men should not cry in front of their wives. Yes, some men are naturally more stoic, and there's nothing wrong with that. But for heaven's sake, that is not some arbitrary standard for all men.

and in the one hand, did i enjoy spending hours researching housing regulations in my state? not especially. drafting this email was stressful. but on the other hand, did i learn a lot by doing that research? yeah, i did. i’m more prepared for my current and future leases. i used some of that info to make decisions about a new renter’s insurance policy. i already told three different people about things i learned that are relevant to their leases that they didn’t know yet. (pro tip: see if you’re supposed to be getting annual interest payments on your security deposit! also look up what specific appliances your landlords must legally provide as of 2026.) i also got to reconnect with my cousin for a bit because her job gave her specific insight on part of the situation, and i’d much rather do that than have a chatbot make shit up for me.

also, i drafted that email with the power of friendship (friends angry on our behalf) and spite (from landlords telling me not to do my research). chatgpt could never.

I luv them 💖🌌✨

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Saint Emily de Vialar

1797-1856

Feast Day: June 17

Patronage: single women

Saint Emily de Vialar was born in France, to the physician of Louis XVIII. She cared for the children and sick of the town, trying to repair the harm done by the French Revolution, while also caring for her widowed father. In 1835, St. Emily and 26 women took religious vows, calling themselves the sisters of St. Joseph “of the Apparition.” (referring to The angel Gabriels’ telling St. Joseph to flee to Egypt) By the time St. Emily died, 42 foundations were established all over the world. Four years after her death her body was found incorrupt.

the minute you say a number your readers can check your math and you cannot do math better than your most autistic critic. i guarantee. don't let your readers do any math. when did something happen? awhile ago. how many bullets can that gun fire? trick question, it shoots lasers, and it shoots em HARD.