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[Bauglir]

Ah, there's the ol' jealousy again. Blargh. It was nice when I thought I was past it.

[TheBiggerFish]

So, I think our... *cough* new and better internet's arrived. Except the download speed is identical. The only difference is that the upload speed is now 1 megabit per second instead of 0.1 megabits.

Well, that is better.  Technically.

*applies (platonic) righteous apathy*

[WillowLuman]

Feeling ill. I just can't seem to get enough water, and the thought of eating anything makes me queasy.

[miauw62]

Cheer up. Parties before university suck anyway.

most people seem to enjoy it. And that doesn't make me feel any less lonely for being the only person not to go


even if everything is going to magically get better at uni, it's still a really fucking long way off

[Cptn Kaladin Anrizlokum]

Well, my mom is a very religious person. She is Mormon.

She got banned from visiting the temple because she doesn't agree I'm an "abomination unto Nuggan" or whatever.
And so now she is sad, and my grandparents (who work in the temple) are sad, and my father is angry...

[Orange Wizard]

She's standing up for you, which is cool.

[IcyTea31]

The ostracism spreading to your family is a very bad omen. Something nasty might happen soon. There's not much I can do from where I am, but I hope for you to stay safe and your situation to improve with all my heart.

[Cptn Kaladin Anrizlokum]

The ostracism spreading to your family is a very bad omen. Something nasty might happen soon. There's not much I can do from where I am, but I hope for you to stay safe and your situation to improve with all my heart.

Spoiler: The Mormon Church is hardly the nicest place to begin with. (click to show/hide)

My dad has already had people told not to speak with him, I had my ex told to break up with me because I would drag her down to hell, one of my aunts was excommunicated for divorcing her abusive husband (he was friends with a higher-up), I've had friends threatened for not agreeing fully with the church, children of gay couples aren't allowed into the church without first denouncing their parents' marriage, Transgender people are an abomination or don't exist depending on who you ask, etc.

I don't think it'll get much better inside the church. I stopped going a while ago, but my mother and siblings haven't.
Hopefully things work out soon, but it means lots of tension in my family currently.

[Orange Wizard]

Ew, that's not a healthy place to be. I suppose at this point I'm also morally obligated to try to convert you to Reformed Christianity, but vov.

[Bauglir]

jesus christ i've got it bad

unable to sleep due to intense feelings of jealousy? fuck!

well. it's either that or the usual tendency of getting drunk before sleeping to interrupt my sleep, but i suspect that it's a synergistic effect where the latter woke me up and the former is keeping me that way. still, i had a fun night beforehand - it was not a drinking alone, or to distract, situation

[Helgoland]

I suppose at this point I'm also morally obligated to try to convert you to Reformed Christianity, but vov.

Naah, become Catholic. The whole point of having a unified Church is that excesses like the ones in the Mormon church can be reigned in effectively when they occur.

[Amperzand]

Alternatively, glorious scientific agnosticism.

[penguinofhonor]

Mormonism is pretty unified already. You can't really excommunicate people from a non-unified denomination. Some people might say the point of having a unified church is that "excesses" like Kal's family can be dealt with effectively.

[Helgoland]

Eh, but a splinter being unified doesn't make it any less of a splinter. The argument only works on large scales - else it would apply to every totalitarian sect ever.

[penguinofhonor]

Okay, I know it's not Catholicism, but 15 million people is still a large scale. That's almost one Netherlands.