yes :). The only time we don't do a news post with new items is for Melody items.

If its an old item that's being added to a new place (crystal shop, token shop, etc) we don't do a news post, though including it in a news post about a new item is fine.

Okay thanks :) I made a little one :)

Bear with me, y'all. I am SO tired of Subeta right now, and I just landed on Keith's shitlist (or -- I've been there already and moved up a few spaces on it today.)

Well/ You are not wrong

I know. But this place is dealing with the same old messes it's been dealing with for years.

Even the events are starting to feel stale. We're coming up on Vesnali. Y'all know what that entails: Click on the Floating Things that don't float because everyone uses custom CSS to lock them in place. Trick-or-treat Leave a flower at someone's profile in exchange for coins. Spend those coins at a special shop.

Is there anyone here who's actually excited about that, or am I letting the cabin fever get me down?

It can be both things. Boredom from lack of new stimulus here and in the real world. BAD. You need to go take a walk. And we all of us need to talk to each other more. cause that can be fun. but not right now. right now I am going to go lie on my bed and find something to nap to ;)

Go read what he wrote to you now.

I'm genuinely excited about vesnali...but mostly I think its because of my Garden Gallery and Vesnali is when I mostly get new items for that gallery.

I was actually discussing this with someone recently over smail. (By the way that person was very distressed by Kieth's "community guideline" threats enforcement issues in another thread. Glad you spoke up about it!) I'm in a place where Subeta still makes me happy. Not as joyful as it once did, but still having fun here. But to accomplish that, I've stepped back, I care a little less. I enjoy what I can when I can, trying to keep worries, annoyance and frustration to a minimum - hiding my head in the sand a lot! Not saying its the best, or even a good way, to deal with things, but its keeping me sane.

[edit] And if finally got my little back. The only thing I was genuinely worried about.

I was relieved to get my Pooh back also. It was starting to feel like they wee done with returning things. I am still missing quite a number of items from their completed list but I submitted the report for them, will see what happens. I did appreciate how easy they made it to report those items.

I am looking forward to Vesnali also. Not really sure why other than I enjoy the lighter side of things and not all the gore and darkness with so many other events. I almost never wear any of the clothing beyond (perhaps) the first part of the event. But at least they are pretty colors.

Yeah, I got everything back from the report I submitted and when I checked the list they made, I had nothing additional missing. Never lost any CWs, but then I don't have many.

Just thank god for SubetaLodge, without that checklist, I would have had no idea what was missing!

You're not alone! I haven't been excited about anything on Subeta in a very, very long time. Honestly, the only reason I'm still here is for my friends and the huge backlog of unreleased CWs I have. I'm not excited about Vesnali. I'll participate, because, well, what else am I going to do being stuck at home? But there's no joy in it, that's for sure.

Okay, I've been reading the convo between K and Osterizer and also the post that K quoted and said broke the guidelines and....uh....I reread the guidelines and still don't see how it violated them. It wasn't rude, it wasn't attacking anyone - it asked a question and asked if a prominent staff member would ask the site owner to please actually post an update somewhere easily accessible by the whole site instead of burying it in forums and like...I AM CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THERE BROKE THE RULES?

Are we no longer allowed to point out that things are a problem? Because...uh...that's a frightening thought.

And K just reiterated in the reply to O that it broke guidelines and then linked again to guidelines that say nothing about that...

Was it because someone said clusterfuck even though that's actually allowed on site??? I'm lost y'all.

Also I really don't care about Vesnali either usually. It's rarely filled with items I want for myself. I buy everything anyhow but I'm very eh about it.

: He linked to them because he told me that they "exist". Y'know, because I was obviously confused on that point. :)

As if we're completely unaware headdesk

aSIDE FROM ALL THE sUBETA DRAMA, HOW IS EVERYONE DOING? oops

yes, too lazy to correct it

, how are your mom and bro coping with the isolation? And how are you and doing re work? Mayla are you doing video teaching, too?

, are you like me and things haven't really changed much for you? , how about you guys? I hope you are getting some much needed rest and feeling healthier? What about your mom? Is she okay? , do you exist or are you just a figment f my imagination?

I exist more or less, dealing with anxiety and hypochondria, the pandemic is driving me crazy, I'm kinda losing it, not sleeping well, I'm afraid of any contact, a big mess for me right now.

And that's it I think

I'm sorry you are feeling like that. How is it in the part of the world where you are? (I can never keep up with where that is!) I feel like maybe people who are used to being out and doing STUFF are having a much harder time. Not just because of the isolation but just in general anxiety over the illness. I don't feel like it is coming to get me. Maybe I am just a more Que sera, sera person. Part of it is probably also age related. I have lived through enough that I don't feel like it is all so dramatic now.

I apologize if it sounds like I am trying to denigrate how you feel. It is more that I am trying in my screwed way to tell you that there are loads of worse things that could happen! Try to relax and enjoy the down time you have with the people you love. Take a deep breath and take a nap. ❤️

haha I live in Costa Rica now.

I can understand what you're saying in some sense, I'm scared of the illness itself, from the pain, I just want to be perfectly healthy without any problem.

And to be hypochondriac is very bad because for example, a feeling of digestion can make me go nuts and feel like I'm having something terrible inside and I need to see a doctor now, no matter much I tell myself, or the doctor tells me, that it's nothing, my brain still convince that I have something, it's endless thoughts, hourly physical checks and a lot of anxiety and depression.. so now during a pandemic it's like at the top of the tops.

It's good you recognize That it is going on in your head rather than in "reality". I imagine that is a lot of the battle. Have you ever talked to a professional about ways to cope with these feelings?

It would probably be good to have someone help you with the realities of aging BEFORE they start to affect you. I know you are young but you don't just suddenly wake up old and achy someday. NOT TO SCARE YOU! lol But I don't think any of us feel our actual age on the "inside". I asked my mom once (she was 70-something) what age she felt on the inside and she felt in her 30's. I would say that is pretty much where I would land, too. Old enough to know things, young enough to enjoy things, lol.

I saw a professional, but I felt that the only good thing was exactly what you said, that I understand that it's in my head, so I just stopped,

My only problem so far is the chin, the 30s chin, it might take a while for me to accept it, but for some weird reason I always wanted to get older, to have this crazy beard with white hair, idk, maybe it's my gay mind and I find it sexy lol like I think the ultimate beauty of a person is during the ages of 35-45.

I'm 31 and I feel like 15 lol I just can't really grow up, I like to play video games, watch cartoon and stuff.. I guess when you have a young mom (she's only 50) it's helping to see that age is irrelevant and it's what the person feels inside..

LOL yeah, life is pretty much as usual for me. I've cancelled 1 MD appt. I haven't bothered to set up my 6 month ophthalmologist appt yet - I was supposed to call last month to make my next appt for a couple of months from now, but I'm waiting on that. Its by no means urgent.

I do miss my weekly gaming, but I've been playing more computer games to make up for it.

Really pissed off with the government though. They won't let me buy more than 1 month of insulin...yes, please do make a diabetic, who is one of the most vulnerable people out here, go to the pharmacy all the fucking time! I get putting limits in, can't have hoarding after all, but 1 month? I typically get 3 months supply at a time. That's not excessive.

that sounds tough! I have allergies and at the beginning of this every cough, every throat irritation made me pause, wondering if it was just my regular allergies, or worse. It was exhausting! I'm much better now, its not so all pervasive anymore, but I'm still "checking" in with myself regularly.

I've only had a very small taste of what that must be like for you and I wish I could help in some way.