hey there fellas, its mod ryan making a not so triumphant return. depression and anxiety have been kicking my ass lately and i just somewhat now kicked its ass right back, so im gonna try and be here more often!
but, i do return with a new kin horror story. here's the lowdown:
i joined vent, and its about as dumpster-fire esque as you can get. i havent really run into much trouble except for the occasional weird troll (theres a lot of those and theyre honestly really unpleasant) but last night definitely was my first reintroduction into a toxic environment.
friend of mine (leaving his name out) made a post saying that one of his mutuals was factkin with the serial killer ted bundy (tldr on him: fucking disgusting). this was probably the first ever time something like this made me physically ill to the point of tremors and nausea. i checked and confirmed, and i learned a little later on that the person had been confronted about it. they immediately changed their tune and said it was a joke.
now, a decent human being should know that a joke like that is beyond disrespectful on so many levels, no matter how much you know about bundy. i read the interaction and the person that confronted him said "oh well if its really a joke then youre fine." wrong. so me and my friend got to work and thus led to the most twilight zone esque argument ive ever had.
upon me saying something after people really started finding out, the person started acting very High And Mighty, saying over and over how he didnt care when i would bring up how the victims families and the survivors would feel about something like this, as in the people who live with that tragedy every day of their lives.
he made jokes about the killings, saying how other killers have done worse or that he would be a "fun guy to be around." obviously they werent taking it serious at all. they constantly insulted the victims and made fun of the whole thing and i dont think ive ever been more drained after an argument. finally id had enough and, for my own mental stability, ended the conversation. upon doing that, the person changed their icon to a picture of bundy.
so yeah, that was my night