Rant Thread

[NaughtyPichu]

[quote author=Cdra link=topic=206.msg7958#msg7958 date=1333082404]
[quote author=dCatharsis link=topic=206.msg7914#msg7914 date=1333062515]

Spoiler: Marriage, sex and family-related rant.

I'm fed up of people that think that I'm immature because I don't want to have children and/or marry. I'm fed up or hearing \"lol in 10 years more u will b married with lots of children\" or \"omg ur so bad u dont want ur parents to become grandparents!11\"2\".


This applies to me as well. I don't seek romantic relationships or agree to them. I don't want one at all. It's totally possible to fall in love, but unless it happens I have other things I'd rather be doing. Ugh, actually the thought doing the things couple do... It actually kind of makes me sick to imagine it. I almost feel like a kid who still believes in cooties and stuff, but hey I can't rightly change that. I honestly believe I'm asexual as well -w-

\"I wish I could be strong without the Scheiße, yeah.\" - Lady Gaga

*hugs*

Spoiler

I understand all those feels.  Though the frustrating status of my libido coupled with the fact that I neither want to have nor enjoy having sex is annoying, I am still asexual, and I think relationships have more cons than pros.  I hate it when people tell me how GREAT "love" is and how I'll find the man of my dreams one day.  No, **** you.  I love my friends.  There can be nothing more sublime than that love, unconditional, powerful, deep, and brutal.  It's so much better than your ****ing "romantic love".  I don't have an... "other half" to find.  I am me, and that's it.  And I have friends who I love and will always have.  What's wrong with any of that?

I don't want to mother children.  I don't want something to... GROW inside me.  I would be okay with fathering them, I suppose.  Unfortunate that I lack the proper equipment.

I want to marry a gay guy for the financial benefits and he and his partner can live with me and we can be best friends and I can just sort of be there :U

I'm 20, also.  So yeah.  *hugs* your feels, I know them.

[/quote]
^all this
[/quote]This applies to me as well. I don't seek romantic relationships or agree to them. I don't want one at all. It's totally possible to fall in love, but unless it happens I have other things I'd rather be doing. Ugh, actually the thought doing the things couple do... It actually kind of makes me sick to imagine it. I almost feel like a kid who still believes in cooties and stuff, but hey I can't rightly change that. I honestly believe I'm asexual as well -w-

 

[asparagus]

School staff that aren't teachers or anything

Spoiler

\"Why do you have those headphones out?\"
\"Because if i put them in my bag they'll break even more *points to tapes on ear piece* \"
\"Why isn't it in your bag?\"
\"I just told you why. They're not even plugged in to anything. Or on my head\"
\"You can't listen to music all day you know\"
\"I WASN'T TRYING TO\"
\"YES YOU WERE\"
\"WTF THEY AREN'T PLUGGED IN I SHOWED YOU AND THEY ARE AROUND MY NECK\"
\"WHY AREN'T THEY IN YOUR LOCKER?\"
\"because i never have the time to go to my locker so i don't know the number or combo ._.\"
\"Lying -female dog- *leaves\"
\" =_= screw you \"
\"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!?!\"
\" *looks at shirt* I said Obama for president\"
\"-beaver home- straight\"
\"=_=\"

ADPRHJOREKOAKWEORGKEORKHGOKEPORGK

Once I had a substitute who wouldn't let us go to the bathroom during class and made one of the parents cry.

Needless to say they never returned

 

[TheSnowSongstress]

[quote author=TheSnowSongstress link=topic=206.msg9097#msg9097 date=1333640157]
School staff that aren't teachers or anything

Spoiler

\"Why do you have those headphones out?\"
\"Because if i put them in my bag they'll break even more *points to tapes on ear piece* \"
\"Why isn't it in your bag?\"
\"I just told you why. They're not even plugged in to anything. Or on my head\"
\"You can't listen to music all day you know\"
\"I WASN'T TRYING TO\"
\"YES YOU WERE\"
\"WTF THEY AREN'T PLUGGED IN I SHOWED YOU AND THEY ARE AROUND MY NECK\"
\"WHY AREN'T THEY IN YOUR LOCKER?\"
\"because i never have the time to go to my locker so i don't know the number or combo ._.\"
\"Lying -female dog- *leaves\"
\" =_= screw you \"
\"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!?!\"
\" *looks at shirt* I said Obama for president\"
\"-beaver home- straight\"
\"=_=\"

ADPRHJOREKOAKWEORGKEORKHGOKEPORGK

[sub]I'm sorry I lol'd at this but mostly at "Obama for president"[/sub]
[/quote]lol it was silly, i was laughing in my heads
But afterwards he took my headphones D:

 

[dCatharsis]

[quote author=adriann link=topic=206.msg7994#msg7994 date=1333127404]
[quote author=Cdra link=topic=206.msg7958#msg7958 date=1333082404]
[quote author=dCatharsis link=topic=206.msg7914#msg7914 date=1333062515]

Spoiler: Marriage, sex and family-related rant.

I'm fed up of people that think that I'm immature because I don't want to have children and/or marry. I'm fed up or hearing \"lol in 10 years more u will b married with lots of children\" or \"omg ur so bad u dont want ur parents to become grandparents!11\"2\".


This applies to me as well. I don't seek romantic relationships or agree to them. I don't want one at all. It's totally possible to fall in love, but unless it happens I have other things I'd rather be doing. Ugh, actually the thought doing the things couple do... It actually kind of makes me sick to imagine it. I almost feel like a kid who still believes in cooties and stuff, but hey I can't rightly change that. I honestly believe I'm asexual as well -w-

\"I wish I could be strong without the Scheiße, yeah.\" - Lady Gaga

*hugs*

Spoiler

I understand all those feels.  Though the frustrating status of my libido coupled with the fact that I neither want to have nor enjoy having sex is annoying, I am still asexual, and I think relationships have more cons than pros.  I hate it when people tell me how GREAT "love" is and how I'll find the man of my dreams one day.  No, **** you.  I love my friends.  There can be nothing more sublime than that love, unconditional, powerful, deep, and brutal.  It's so much better than your ****ing "romantic love".  I don't have an... "other half" to find.  I am me, and that's it.  And I have friends who I love and will always have.  What's wrong with any of that?

I don't want to mother children.  I don't want something to... GROW inside me.  I would be okay with fathering them, I suppose.  Unfortunate that I lack the proper equipment.

I want to marry a gay guy for the financial benefits and he and his partner can live with me and we can be best friends and I can just sort of be there :U

I'm 20, also.  So yeah.  *hugs* your feels, I know them.

[/quote]
^all this
[/quote]This applies to me as well. I don't seek romantic relationships or agree to them. I don't want one at all. It's totally possible to fall in love, but unless it happens I have other things I'd rather be doing. Ugh, actually the thought doing the things couple do... It actually kind of makes me sick to imagine it. I almost feel like a kid who still believes in cooties and stuff, but hey I can't rightly change that. I honestly believe I'm asexual as well -w-
[/quote]

Spoiler

The last time I've fell in love (last year) sometimes I got so depressed and nervous that I wanted to die and/or kill myself. Seriously. I thought he hated me, or that I was weird or wrong. Sometimes I feel like I have paranoia or something like that.
That's why I hate to fall in love. I'm way too passionate (and exagerated) with my feelings. Even with medical treatment (I had to take it due to an old depression), I have a hard time controlling them.
That was the only thing that ****ed up my last year of school, beside some dumb people from here but well, IDGAF about them xD
Fortunately I could tell him my feelings....of course he didn't feel the same as me but he didn't reacted in a bad way because we had a nice relationship as classmates.
Falling in love is nothing but a problem for me, if the other person doesn't feel something for me. :/

 

[SakisCookie]

Something I need to say, but will probably never say to her face.

Spoiler

Are you kidding me? You don't shave your legs because "it's just an American standard"?
...yeah, I'm pretty sure American women aren't the only ones that shave, kay? And you can cut the 'holier than thou' attitude anyway because, guess what? YOU'RE. AN. AMERICAN.

I don't care how many of your ancestors are from Germany/France/Europe in general. Your parents are American. Their parents are American. THEIR parents are American!
YOU ARE NOT FRENCH OR GERMAN. YOU'RE JUST NOT.

Next I suppose you'll tell me that it's also "just an American standard" for people to take showers more often than once a week. Call me a priss, if you want. I don't care. You come to school with your hair wild and oily and smelly and GROSS. IT'S. FREAKING. GROSS.

Look. I'm your friend. I tell people to shut up when they insult you. But it's getting hard to defend you when you don't brush your teeth, or shower, or shave, or put on deodorant! Jesus!
You know why else people think you're a freak? You know how, when someone walks past you, you make your eyes ridiculously wide and growl at them? Yeah. That's not normal. People don't do that. They just don't.

Point is, I can't keep defending you when you're not even going to try. I don't even understand how you have a boyfriend. He must not breathe through his nose. Seriously. =n=


And quit grabbing my boobs, dammit! They're MINE. D8<

 

[dCatharsis]

Something I need to say, but will probably never say to her face.

Spoiler

Are you kidding me? You don't shave your legs because \"it's just an American standard\"?
...yeah, I'm pretty sure American women aren't the only ones that shave, kay? And you can cut the 'holier than thou' attitude anyway because, guess what? YOU'RE. AN. AMERICAN.

I don't care how many of your ancestors are from Germany/France/Europe in general. Your parents are American. Their parents are American. THEIR parents are American!
YOU ARE NOT FRENCH OR GERMAN. YOU'RE JUST NOT.

Next I suppose you'll tell me that it's also \"just an American standard\" for people to take showers more often than once a week. Call me a priss, if you want. I don't care. You come to school with your hair wild and oily and smelly and GROSS. IT'S. FREAKING. GROSS.

Look. I'm your friend. I tell people to shut up when they insult you. But it's getting hard to defend you when you don't brush your teeth, or shower, or shave, or put on deodorant! Jesus!
You know why else people think you're a freak? You know how, when someone walks past you, you make your eyes ridiculously wide and growl at them? Yeah. That's not normal. People don't do that. They just don't.

Point is, I can't keep defending you when you're not even going to try. I don't even understand how you have a boyfriend. He must not breathe through his nose. Seriously. =n=


And quit grabbing my boobs, dammit! They're MINE. D8<

Wow, if I were you I couldn't stand somebody like that. Not even a second.

 

[cosumiku]

I love ranting so much.
Beware, controversial topic(s)!

Spoiler

Fandoms (bad side mostly). Look, I understand if you love your girly glittery magic ponies and candy corn horned trolls, but the hype is absolutely ridiculous. Every single day there is at least a few ponies on the front page of deviantart (popular deviations of the day), Homestuck, and other overrated fandoms. I'm not "hatin" on people who enjoy these shows, comics, anime, shows, etc, it just downright annoys me how far people go and how complicated they make it seem. For example, some voice actor change for some ugly pony named Derpy? Big woop. I bet a 5 year old girl that watches this show could care less and doesn't notice anyway. Then a 19 year old man has to baw over the poor little animated horse that sounds different. Does it REALLY matter? Then there's the porn, clopping, and other outrageous and silly things some people in the fandoms do. And the silly childish title of 'brony'. That nick name is so comical, why would anyone take pride in calling themselves that? I am not saying all do this, but the fact I see it a lot just rages me so much. Homestuck pairings i could care less about, yet it seems more popular than the plot itself--I have still yet to know what Homestuck really is. All I get from it from the people in the fandoms is a bunch of homosexual grey-skinned candy corn horned teenagers that type funny.

Of course, my observations may be completely false or somewhat false, but this just proves how the ridiculousness of the bad side of a  can corrupt one person's view on it as a whole. Just RELAX. ENJOY THE DAMN SHOW TO YOURSELF. Be a simple fan. Don't make it a big deal, and the world will be a much happier place.

Hope that made sense, and If I offend anyone, chill out. Sorry? That's life.

 

[moonst4r]

Spoiler

My grandma passed away today...

 

[IrisFlower]

I love ranting so much.
Beware, controversial topic(s)!

Spoiler

Fandoms (bad side mostly). Look, I understand if you love your girly glittery magic ponies and candy corn horned trolls, but the hype is absolutely ridiculous. Every single day there is at least a few ponies on the front page of deviantart (popular deviations of the day), Homestuck, and other overrated fandoms. I'm not \"hatin\" on people who enjoy these shows, comics, anime, shows, etc, it just downright annoys me how far people go and how complicated they make it seem. For example, some voice actor change for some ugly pony named Derpy? Big woop. I bet a 5 year old girl that watches this show could care less and doesn't notice anyway. Then a 19 year old man has to baw over the poor little animated horse that sounds different. Does it REALLY matter? Then there's the porn, clopping, and other outrageous and silly things some people in the fandoms do. And the silly childish title of 'brony'. That nick name is so comical, why would anyone take pride in calling themselves that? I am not saying all do this, but the fact I see it a lot just rages me so much. Homestuck pairings i could care less about, yet it seems more popular than the plot itself--I have still yet to know what Homestuck really is. All I get from it from the people in the fandoms is a bunch of homosexual grey-skinned candy corn horned teenagers that type funny.

Of course, my observations may be completely false or somewhat false, but this just proves how the ridiculousness of the bad side of a  can corrupt one person's view on it as a whole. Just RELAX. ENJOY THE DAMN SHOW TO YOURSELF. Be a simple fan. Don't make it a big deal, and the world will be a much happier place.

Hope that made sense, and If I offend anyone, chill out. Sorry? That's life.

Maybe I'm wrong but you probably feel this way because you're on the outside looking in, friend. As you said, you don't read Homestuck and don't know what it's about and from your rant you have probably never watched My Little Pony, either lol

Your rant could be applied to UTAU and Vocaloid too, afterall. Observe:

Spoiler

Fandoms (bad side mostly). Look, I understand if you love your singing japanese robots and cutsey anime idols, but the hype is absolutely ridiculous. Every single day there is at least a few pictures of that blue haired pigtailed girl on the front page of deviantart (popular deviations of the day), Vocaloid, and other overrated fandoms. I'm not "hatin" on people who enjoy recording their voice and putting it through some program to make it sing in a language they probably don't even know, it just downright annoys me how far people go and how complicated they make it seem. For example, someone making their character look like Miku? Big woop. I bet people do that with their utaus or whatever everyday and they don't care. Then someone who's been in the fandom for three years has to baw over a cliche copycat design. Does it REALLY matter? Then there's the porn, pairing, and other outrageous and silly things some people in the fandoms do. And the silly childish people who argue about some blonde robot singer. That is so comical, why would anyone want to waste time arguing over who a fictional character loves more, but the fact I see it a lot just rages me so much. Pairings i could care less about, yet it seems more popular than the program itself--I have still yet to know what this Lukapo thing is. All I get from the people in the fandoms is they like listening to singing computers and argue about who to pair their fan-made characters up with.

Of course, my observations may be completely false or somewhat false, but this just proves how the ridiculousness of the bad side of a  can corrupt one person's view on it as a whole. Just RELAX. ENJOY THE DAMN MUSIC TO YOURSELF. Be a simple fan. Don't make it a big deal, and the world will be a much happier place.

I admit that some of the sentence changing is ludicrous but hey...that's what it looks like to outsiders. Every fandom has it's ups and downs and if you refuse to try different fandoms out then yeah you're only going to see the bad part and wonder what the crap are people thinking? What is the appeal of this fandom? I don't effing get it!!! RAGE!!!!

I'm not saying you should take the time to sit down and read Homestuck or watch My Little Pony but think about....I'm sure there is someone out there juuuust like you looking at our fandom the exact same way lol

@moonst4r
Oh my god...I am so sorry. -forever hugs- If you need anything you can always come talk to me ;A;

 

[cosumiku]

[quote author=cosumiku link=topic=206.msg9132#msg9132 date=1333679322]
I love ranting so much.
Beware, controversial topic(s)!

Spoiler

Fandoms (bad side mostly). Look, I understand if you love your girly glittery magic ponies and candy corn horned trolls, but the hype is absolutely ridiculous. Every single day there is at least a few ponies on the front page of deviantart (popular deviations of the day), Homestuck, and other overrated fandoms. I'm not \"hatin\" on people who enjoy these shows, comics, anime, shows, etc, it just downright annoys me how far people go and how complicated they make it seem. For example, some voice actor change for some ugly pony named Derpy? Big woop. I bet a 5 year old girl that watches this show could care less and doesn't notice anyway. Then a 19 year old man has to baw over the poor little animated horse that sounds different. Does it REALLY matter? Then there's the porn, clopping, and other outrageous and silly things some people in the fandoms do. And the silly childish title of 'brony'. That nick name is so comical, why would anyone take pride in calling themselves that? I am not saying all do this, but the fact I see it a lot just rages me so much. Homestuck pairings i could care less about, yet it seems more popular than the plot itself--I have still yet to know what Homestuck really is. All I get from it from the people in the fandoms is a bunch of homosexual grey-skinned candy corn horned teenagers that type funny.

Of course, my observations may be completely false or somewhat false, but this just proves how the ridiculousness of the bad side of a  can corrupt one person's view on it as a whole. Just RELAX. ENJOY THE DAMN SHOW TO YOURSELF. Be a simple fan. Don't make it a big deal, and the world will be a much happier place.

Hope that made sense, and If I offend anyone, chill out. Sorry? That's life.

Maybe I'm wrong but you probably feel this way because you're on the outside looking in, friend. As you said, you don't read Homestuck and don't know what it's about and from your rant you have probably never watched My Little Pony, either lol

Your rant could be applied to UTAU and Vocaloid too, afterall. Observe:

Spoiler

Fandoms (bad side mostly). Look, I understand if you love your singing japanese robots and cutsey anime idols, but the hype is absolutely ridiculous. Every single day there is at least a few pictures of that blue hairde pigtailed girl on the front page of deviantart (popular deviations of the day), Vocaloid, and other overrated fandoms. I'm not "hatin" on people who enjoy recording their voice and putting it through some program to make it sing in a language they probably don't even know, it just downright annoys me how far people go and how complicated they make it seem. For example, someone making their character look like Miku? Big woop. I bet people do that with their utaus or whatever everyday and they don't care. Then someone who's been in the fandom for three years has to baw over a cliche copycat design. Does it REALLY matter? Then there's the porn, pairing, and other outrageous and silly things some people in the fandoms do. And the silly childish people who argue about some blonde robot singer. That is so comical, why would anyone want to waste time arguing over who a fictional character loves more, but the fact I see it a lot just rages me so much. Pairings i could care less about, yet it seems more popular than the program itself--I have still yet to know what this Lukapo thing is. All I get from it from the people in the fandoms is they like listening to singing computers and argue about who to pair their fan-made characters up with.

I admit that some of the sentence changing is ludicrous but hey...that's what it looks like to outsiders. Every fandom has it's ups and downs and if you refuse to try different fandoms out then yeah you're only going to see the bad part and wonder what the crap are people thinking? What is the appeal of this fandom? I don't effing get it!!! RAGE!!!!

I'm not saying you should take the time to sit down and read Homestuck or watch My Little Pony but think about....I'm sure there is someone out there juuuust like you looking at our fandom the exact same way lol

@moonst4r
Oh my god...I am so sorry. -forever hugs- If you need anything you can always come talk to me ;A;
[/quote]

Yea I know what you mean. It's hypocritical, I know, but the lengths people go that is utterly disturbing like morphing a children's television show into a porno. Even the things I enjoy I get disgusted about. How some people ruin it for onlookers.

I feel like people are going to assume I said that vocaloid/utau without reading first...

 

[SakisCookie]

Spoiler

My grandma passed away today...

Oh God. I'm sorry.
I still haven't gotten over my grandmother's death, and that was almost a year ago. It's hard to lose someone you love...

 

[Mrs.Peach]

[quote author=moonst4r link=topic=206.msg9144#msg9144 date=1333682484]

Spoiler

My grandma passed away today...

Oh God. I'm sorry.
I still haven't gotten over my grandmother's death, and that was almost a year ago. It's hard to lose someone you love...
[/quote]


I am prettified of this.

 

[Meta]

Spoiler

I don't like the UTAU community. I've been into UTAU for a year and a half out of my own enjoyment. I started when my best friend got into UTAU and I thought it was really awesome so I started too. I was kind of alone doing my own thing for a long time, not even realizing there was a huge community or so many other UTAU out there. When this did dawn on me, I was very hesitant to join. I wasn't sure what to expect.

So I a few months ago I finally made the effort. I sucked it up, I joined UO, I made an account here, I even finally made Wiki pages for my UTAU. I think the reason I was so hesitant to do any of this is because I always thought I would screw something up, people would call me a retarded newb and that'd be the only impression anyone had of me. And I'm not great, really. I ask a lot of stupid questions and people get annoyed at me for asking them, but it's because I have a hard time understanding what I have to do and I want to be able to get better.

I was afraid when I joined the community, I'd just be told straight up that my UTAU suck and I should stop trying and just give up. Well, I didn't get told that. I got told nothing, really. Upon "joining" the community... no, not joining. I feel I am an outsider looking in. A lot of people are friends, and I want to be able to make friends, but I feel like no one really wants me around. If I point out a cover I made or am particularly proud of I feel I am being annoying and trying to shove my UTAU in other people's faces. I try to be very conscious of this because I don't want anyone to be annoyed with me.

I have to say though, thinking I am getting judged drove me to improve by many large strides. Instead of just dicking around by myself I felt I had an audience to impress. it wasn't true, but I liked having the feeling because it has truly helped the quality of my work. Even if there actually is no audience. But personally I can feel happy knowing that my UTAU have gotten better... even if no one else has noticed.

There are lots of reasons no one notices me. My UTAU aren't anything special. I'm not able to be around a lot because I have a life, I go to college and I have a lot of work to do. UTAU is one of the things I can play with in the little spare time I have. I think of my UTAU as people and I want to help them reach their full potential, and just like real people I get frustrated with them to the point I wonder why I still bother. And then there are the moments of euphoria, the eureka moments where I go, "Oh! That's why I'm doing this!"

But the community itself. It has helped me improve, sure. But most of the people I've had the off-chance to talk to have been quite standoffish. Perhaps because I am not in this circle of friends. It feels a lot like the cliques in high school and I guess that's partly due to a lot of the community being teenaged girls (I'm not saying this is bad, just my thoughts on the matter). there is a lot of drama. None that I have been involved in, but drama that makes me sad it would happen in a community that claims to be supportive of one another.

In the few months I've been looking in from this window, from the outside, almost everyone seems extremely self-absorbed. of course everyone would be focused on their own UTAU. I would be a hypocrite if I said I wasn't focused on my own. But when I start a conversation revolving around UTAU, and I want to hear the other person's because I am interested in what they sound like, it is suddenly a barrage. Here listen to this cover, and this, and this, haha, so many people have complimented me on these before. Maybe they're like me an they are just so excited to have someone finally, finally want to listen to their UTAU without them bringing it up first. But I thought in a UTAU community, shouldn't everyone be interested in what hearing others' UTAU sound like, and not just trying to throw their own out there at every possible moment?

I'm a little saddened by my experience. I guess there was a good reason to hesitate to join. I try to say nice things to people and when you start to do that, they just want to hear more. I suppose it is my own fault for starting to feed it to them.

So... I it makes me wonder if I would want to stick around. If I leave, no big loss, I can go back to my little hole and the status quo has not changed.

 

[moonst4r]

Thank you much everyone ;;u;;

Another rant

Spoiler

Yes, it's about my roommate again.

I see what kind of person you are now. If you see your roommate crying her eyes out over her grandmother, a courteous thing to do would be to at least ask something like, "are you okay?" or "what's wrong?" but no you completely ignore her as if she wasn't there. What person would ignore something like that. I bet if I was having a seizure or bleeding to death, you'd ignore me too, huh. I'm sick of this. I don't want to think of the fact I have to deal with you for a few more weeks. I tried being nice and courteous, but all you've been doing is acting like a total bitch. I tried to be friends with you, I even gave you a little Christmas present because you are my roommate, but you've been making my life hell. I bought Easter treats for my friends and this time, you get nothing from me. You deprive me of my sleep and I have to wake up on early mornings. When I try to take naps, you waltz in the room and turn on and blast the TV. You even bang the doors and cabinets really loudly. You keep me up late at night with the TV and listening to music through your earbuds super loud, so loud you wouldn't need earbuds in the first place. You leave hair everywhere all over the sink and bathroom and never pick up after yourself. I'm tired of all this. I tried to respect you. I tried to be quiet when you are sleeping. I tried to always clean up after myself. You are not doing your part. Hell, I've even heard you talking ill about me when you were on the phone. Just because I have my earbuds in doesn't mean I'm deaf. It's not nice to talk about people behind their back, especially if they're in the same room.

After this school year I can say it has not been a pleasure rooming with you. Congratulations on being the worst roommate ever.

 

[Fawkesy]

Spoiler

I don't like the UTAU community. I've been into UTAU for a year and a half out of my own enjoyment. I started when my best friend got into UTAU and I thought it was really awesome so I started too. I was kind of alone doing my own thing for a long time, not even realizing there was a huge community or so many other UTAU out there. When this did dawn on me, I was very hesitant to join. I wasn't sure what to expect.

So I a few months ago I finally made the effort. I sucked it up, I joined UO, I made an account here, I even finally made Wiki pages for my UTAU. I think the reason I was so hesitant to do any of this is because I always thought I would screw something up, people would call me a retarded newb and that'd be the only impression anyone had of me. And I'm not great, really. I ask a lot of stupid questions and people get annoyed at me for asking them, but it's because I have a hard time understanding what I have to do and I want to be able to get better.

I was afraid when I joined the community, I'd just be told straight up that my UTAU suck and I should stop trying and just give up. Well, I didn't get told that. I got told nothing, really. Upon \"joining\" the community... no, not joining. I feel I am an outsider looking in. A lot of people are friends, and I want to be able to make friends, but I feel like no one really wants me around. If I point out a cover I made or am particularly proud of I feel I am being annoying and trying to shove my UTAU in other people's faces. I try to be very conscious of this because I don't want anyone to be annoyed with me.

I have to say though, thinking I am getting judged drove me to improve by many large strides. Instead of just dicking around by myself I felt I had an audience to impress. it wasn't true, but I liked having the feeling because it has truly helped the quality of my work. Even if there actually is no audience. But personally I can feel happy knowing that my UTAU have gotten better... even if no one else has noticed.

There are lots of reasons no one notices me. My UTAU aren't anything special. I'm not able to be around a lot because I have a life, I go to college and I have a lot of work to do. UTAU is one of the things I can play with in the little spare time I have. I think of my UTAU as people and I want to help them reach their full potential, and just like real people I get frustrated with them to the point I wonder why I still bother. And then there are the moments of euphoria, the eureka moments where I go, \"Oh! That's why I'm doing this!\"

But the community itself. It has helped me improve, sure. But most of the people I've had the off-chance to talk to have been quite standoffish. Perhaps because I am not in this circle of friends. It feels a lot like the cliques in high school and I guess that's partly due to a lot of the community being teenaged girls (I'm not saying this is bad, just my thoughts on the matter). there is a lot of drama. None that I have been involved in, but drama that makes me sad it would happen in a community that claims to be supportive of one another.

In the few months I've been looking in from this window, from the outside, almost everyone seems extremely self-absorbed. of course everyone would be focused on their own UTAU. I would be a hypocrite if I said I wasn't focused on my own. But when I start a conversation revolving around UTAU, and I want to hear the other person's because I am interested in what they sound like, it is suddenly a barrage. Here listen to this cover, and this, and this, haha, so many people have complimented me on these before. Maybe they're like me an they are just so excited to have someone finally, finally want to listen to their UTAU without them bringing it up first. But I thought in a UTAU community, shouldn't everyone be interested in what hearing others' UTAU sound like, and not just trying to throw their own out there at every possible moment?

I'm a little saddened by my experience. I guess there was a good reason to hesitate to join. I try to say nice things to people and when you start to do that, they just want to hear more. I suppose it is my own fault for starting to feed it to them.

So... I it makes me wonder if I would want to stick around. If I leave, no big loss, I can go back to my little hole and the status quo has not changed.

I'm with you 100% on the community having little cliques. I feel out of place when I try to talk to a group of people , like I don't belong and they don't want me there....like I'm invading their personal space or something. :c
I'd love to be friends with everyone but some people just won't let you in because they're so centered around their friends and won't even give you a chance.

 

[Cdra]

[quote author=Meta link=topic=206.msg9165#msg9165 date=1333708850]

Spoiler

I don't like the UTAU community. I've been into UTAU for a year and a half out of my own enjoyment. I started when my best friend got into UTAU and I thought it was really awesome so I started too. I was kind of alone doing my own thing for a long time, not even realizing there was a huge community or so many other UTAU out there. When this did dawn on me, I was very hesitant to join. I wasn't sure what to expect.

So I a few months ago I finally made the effort. I sucked it up, I joined UO, I made an account here, I even finally made Wiki pages for my UTAU. I think the reason I was so hesitant to do any of this is because I always thought I would screw something up, people would call me a retarded newb and that'd be the only impression anyone had of me. And I'm not great, really. I ask a lot of stupid questions and people get annoyed at me for asking them, but it's because I have a hard time understanding what I have to do and I want to be able to get better.

I was afraid when I joined the community, I'd just be told straight up that my UTAU suck and I should stop trying and just give up. Well, I didn't get told that. I got told nothing, really. Upon \"joining\" the community... no, not joining. I feel I am an outsider looking in. A lot of people are friends, and I want to be able to make friends, but I feel like no one really wants me around. If I point out a cover I made or am particularly proud of I feel I am being annoying and trying to shove my UTAU in other people's faces. I try to be very conscious of this because I don't want anyone to be annoyed with me.

I have to say though, thinking I am getting judged drove me to improve by many large strides. Instead of just dicking around by myself I felt I had an audience to impress. it wasn't true, but I liked having the feeling because it has truly helped the quality of my work. Even if there actually is no audience. But personally I can feel happy knowing that my UTAU have gotten better... even if no one else has noticed.

There are lots of reasons no one notices me. My UTAU aren't anything special. I'm not able to be around a lot because I have a life, I go to college and I have a lot of work to do. UTAU is one of the things I can play with in the little spare time I have. I think of my UTAU as people and I want to help them reach their full potential, and just like real people I get frustrated with them to the point I wonder why I still bother. And then there are the moments of euphoria, the eureka moments where I go, \"Oh! That's why I'm doing this!\"

But the community itself. It has helped me improve, sure. But most of the people I've had the off-chance to talk to have been quite standoffish. Perhaps because I am not in this circle of friends. It feels a lot like the cliques in high school and I guess that's partly due to a lot of the community being teenaged girls (I'm not saying this is bad, just my thoughts on the matter). there is a lot of drama. None that I have been involved in, but drama that makes me sad it would happen in a community that claims to be supportive of one another.

In the few months I've been looking in from this window, from the outside, almost everyone seems extremely self-absorbed. of course everyone would be focused on their own UTAU. I would be a hypocrite if I said I wasn't focused on my own. But when I start a conversation revolving around UTAU, and I want to hear the other person's because I am interested in what they sound like, it is suddenly a barrage. Here listen to this cover, and this, and this, haha, so many people have complimented me on these before. Maybe they're like me an they are just so excited to have someone finally, finally want to listen to their UTAU without them bringing it up first. But I thought in a UTAU community, shouldn't everyone be interested in what hearing others' UTAU sound like, and not just trying to throw their own out there at every possible moment?

I'm a little saddened by my experience. I guess there was a good reason to hesitate to join. I try to say nice things to people and when you start to do that, they just want to hear more. I suppose it is my own fault for starting to feed it to them.

So... I it makes me wonder if I would want to stick around. If I leave, no big loss, I can go back to my little hole and the status quo has not changed.

I'm with you 100% on the community having little cliques. I feel out of place when I try to talk to a group of people , like I don't belong and they don't want me there....like I'm invading their personal space or something. :c
I'd love to be friends with everyone but some people just won't let you in because they're so centered around their friends and won't even give you a chance.
[/quote]

Spoiler

I will say that I've never felt this way.  I'm a shy person, but once I got the courage to inject myself into a chat or something, I found everyone really cool and welcoming.  The only "cliques" I see do, indeed, drive me crazy, but so many of us are just those hunky-dory everyone's friends here types that I ignore it and they don't bother me.

I know that some people are this self-centered or friend-centered, but on the other hand, I know that most of the folks in the chats will ask you what your UTAU sounds like after talking to you for like ten minutes.  And then every time you post something, they'll listen and usually just be like "oh this sounds nice!" or occasionally "your mixing needs work" or very rarely "Hey this is off key D:".  They give feedback, and if they don't, well, to be frank, they probably don't have anything good to say.  That or they didn't listen because they were busy.  We're all busy folks here... ahahaha.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, the it's not like what you say applies to everyone here.  And besides, doing UTAU because you love it is the point.  I produce one cover a week at my absolute fastest, so I mean... most of us are actually pretty slow and inactive.

Whoever it is that's just throwing their UTAU at you every possible moment is doing it wrong.  I don't know who you've talked to that's done that, but I've only had that experience a few times, and usually the people doing it are pretty humble about it.  They just want to show off when given a good opportunity.

I've only been perphrially involved in any drama and I have to say that's mostly restricted to certain cliquey circles... no one I care to have anything to do with, nor anyone I usually run into in the fandom.  There's drama everywhere, though.  Life is kind of dramatic, especially when you put a bunch of artsy-ish types in a tiny fandom together.

I don't want to be mean or anything, but the fact that so many people think things like this bothers me.  I've made amazing friends in this fandom just by hanging around, and we support each other.  There are a few friends I have who I kind of stay at their neck, but hey, that's just a personality thing.  My point is, I don't think the fandom's like what you've said.  I thought it was once, but then I learned that it's really not just by chatting with some people here and especially on UO.

tl;dr: I disagree with you >:U I think the cliques are the minority of the community by far, and most of us are actually pretty friendly types.  And I'm honesty more bothered at how many people think the community is so standoffish than anything.  Because we're chill bros here, mostly. :3

 

[IrisFlower]

[quote author=Fawkesy link=topic=206.msg9176#msg9176 date=1333726377]
[quote author=Meta link=topic=206.msg9165#msg9165 date=1333708850]

Spoiler

I don't like the UTAU community. I've been into UTAU for a year and a half out of my own enjoyment. I started when my best friend got into UTAU and I thought it was really awesome so I started too. I was kind of alone doing my own thing for a long time, not even realizing there was a huge community or so many other UTAU out there. When this did dawn on me, I was very hesitant to join. I wasn't sure what to expect.

So I a few months ago I finally made the effort. I sucked it up, I joined UO, I made an account here, I even finally made Wiki pages for my UTAU. I think the reason I was so hesitant to do any of this is because I always thought I would screw something up, people would call me a retarded newb and that'd be the only impression anyone had of me. And I'm not great, really. I ask a lot of stupid questions and people get annoyed at me for asking them, but it's because I have a hard time understanding what I have to do and I want to be able to get better.

I was afraid when I joined the community, I'd just be told straight up that my UTAU suck and I should stop trying and just give up. Well, I didn't get told that. I got told nothing, really. Upon \"joining\" the community... no, not joining. I feel I am an outsider looking in. A lot of people are friends, and I want to be able to make friends, but I feel like no one really wants me around. If I point out a cover I made or am particularly proud of I feel I am being annoying and trying to shove my UTAU in other people's faces. I try to be very conscious of this because I don't want anyone to be annoyed with me.

I have to say though, thinking I am getting judged drove me to improve by many large strides. Instead of just dicking around by myself I felt I had an audience to impress. it wasn't true, but I liked having the feeling because it has truly helped the quality of my work. Even if there actually is no audience. But personally I can feel happy knowing that my UTAU have gotten better... even if no one else has noticed.

There are lots of reasons no one notices me. My UTAU aren't anything special. I'm not able to be around a lot because I have a life, I go to college and I have a lot of work to do. UTAU is one of the things I can play with in the little spare time I have. I think of my UTAU as people and I want to help them reach their full potential, and just like real people I get frustrated with them to the point I wonder why I still bother. And then there are the moments of euphoria, the eureka moments where I go, \"Oh! That's why I'm doing this!\"

But the community itself. It has helped me improve, sure. But most of the people I've had the off-chance to talk to have been quite standoffish. Perhaps because I am not in this circle of friends. It feels a lot like the cliques in high school and I guess that's partly due to a lot of the community being teenaged girls (I'm not saying this is bad, just my thoughts on the matter). there is a lot of drama. None that I have been involved in, but drama that makes me sad it would happen in a community that claims to be supportive of one another.

In the few months I've been looking in from this window, from the outside, almost everyone seems extremely self-absorbed. of course everyone would be focused on their own UTAU. I would be a hypocrite if I said I wasn't focused on my own. But when I start a conversation revolving around UTAU, and I want to hear the other person's because I am interested in what they sound like, it is suddenly a barrage. Here listen to this cover, and this, and this, haha, so many people have complimented me on these before. Maybe they're like me an they are just so excited to have someone finally, finally want to listen to their UTAU without them bringing it up first. But I thought in a UTAU community, shouldn't everyone be interested in what hearing others' UTAU sound like, and not just trying to throw their own out there at every possible moment?

I'm a little saddened by my experience. I guess there was a good reason to hesitate to join. I try to say nice things to people and when you start to do that, they just want to hear more. I suppose it is my own fault for starting to feed it to them.

So... I it makes me wonder if I would want to stick around. If I leave, no big loss, I can go back to my little hole and the status quo has not changed.

I'm with you 100% on the community having little cliques. I feel out of place when I try to talk to a group of people , like I don't belong and they don't want me there....like I'm invading their personal space or something. :c
I'd love to be friends with everyone but some people just won't let you in because they're so centered around their friends and won't even give you a chance.
[/quote]

Spoiler

I will say that I've never felt this way.  I'm a shy person, but once I got the courage to inject myself into a chat or something, I found everyone really cool and welcoming.  The only "cliques" I see do, indeed, drive me crazy, but so many of us are just those hunky-dory everyone's friends here types that I ignore it and they don't bother me.

I know that some people are this self-centered or friend-centered, but on the other hand, I know that most of the folks in the chats will ask you what your UTAU sounds like after talking to you for like ten minutes.  And then every time you post something, they'll listen and usually just be like "oh this sounds nice!" or occasionally "your mixing needs work" or very rarely "Hey this is off key D:".  They give feedback, and if they don't, well, to be frank, they probably don't have anything good to say.  That or they didn't listen because they were busy.  We're all busy folks here... ahahaha.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, the it's not like what you say applies to everyone here.  And besides, doing UTAU because you love it is the point.  I produce one cover a week at my absolute fastest, so I mean... most of us are actually pretty slow and inactive.

Whoever it is that's just throwing their UTAU at you every possible moment is doing it wrong.  I don't know who you've talked to that's done that, but I've only had that experience a few times, and usually the people doing it are pretty humble about it.  They just want to show off when given a good opportunity.

I've only been perphrially involved in any drama and I have to say that's mostly restricted to certain cliquey circles... no one I care to have anything to do with, nor anyone I usually run into in the fandom.  There's drama everywhere, though.  Life is kind of dramatic, especially when you put a bunch of artsy-ish types in a tiny fandom together.

I don't want to be mean or anything, but the fact that so many people think things like this bothers me.  I've made amazing friends in this fandom just by hanging around, and we support each other.  There are a few friends I have who I kind of stay at their neck, but hey, that's just a personality thing.  My point is, I don't think the fandom's like what you've said.  I thought it was once, but then I learned that it's really not just by chatting with some people here and especially on UO.

tl;dr: I disagree with you >:U I think the cliques are the minority of the community by far, and most of us are actually pretty friendly types.  And I'm honesty more bothered at how many people think the community is so standoffish than anything.  Because we're chill bros here, mostly. :3

[/quote]

Spoiler

Basically what Cdra said. I don't know who it is you've been talking to Meta but uh...they clearly aren't the very best the fandom has to offer. There are so many people here on the forums and on UO AND on dA who would love to get to know you and be friends. I understand being shy but most everyone I've come in contact with has been totally nice to me and pretty friendly.

I think it's time a few people on this thread open the proverbial window and let themselves in whether these oh-so-terrible-fandoms like it or not.

 

[SkyStrawberryLollipop]

[quote author=Cdra link=topic=206.msg9183#msg9183 date=1333735014]
[quote author=Fawkesy link=topic=206.msg9176#msg9176 date=1333726377]
[quote author=Meta link=topic=206.msg9165#msg9165 date=1333708850]

Spoiler

I don't like the UTAU community. I've been into UTAU for a year and a half out of my own enjoyment. I started when my best friend got into UTAU and I thought it was really awesome so I started too. I was kind of alone doing my own thing for a long time, not even realizing there was a huge community or so many other UTAU out there. When this did dawn on me, I was very hesitant to join. I wasn't sure what to expect.

So I a few months ago I finally made the effort. I sucked it up, I joined UO, I made an account here, I even finally made Wiki pages for my UTAU. I think the reason I was so hesitant to do any of this is because I always thought I would screw something up, people would call me a retarded newb and that'd be the only impression anyone had of me. And I'm not great, really. I ask a lot of stupid questions and people get annoyed at me for asking them, but it's because I have a hard time understanding what I have to do and I want to be able to get better.

I was afraid when I joined the community, I'd just be told straight up that my UTAU suck and I should stop trying and just give up. Well, I didn't get told that. I got told nothing, really. Upon \"joining\" the community... no, not joining. I feel I am an outsider looking in. A lot of people are friends, and I want to be able to make friends, but I feel like no one really wants me around. If I point out a cover I made or am particularly proud of I feel I am being annoying and trying to shove my UTAU in other people's faces. I try to be very conscious of this because I don't want anyone to be annoyed with me.

I have to say though, thinking I am getting judged drove me to improve by many large strides. Instead of just dicking around by myself I felt I had an audience to impress. it wasn't true, but I liked having the feeling because it has truly helped the quality of my work. Even if there actually is no audience. But personally I can feel happy knowing that my UTAU have gotten better... even if no one else has noticed.

There are lots of reasons no one notices me. My UTAU aren't anything special. I'm not able to be around a lot because I have a life, I go to college and I have a lot of work to do. UTAU is one of the things I can play with in the little spare time I have. I think of my UTAU as people and I want to help them reach their full potential, and just like real people I get frustrated with them to the point I wonder why I still bother. And then there are the moments of euphoria, the eureka moments where I go, \"Oh! That's why I'm doing this!\"

But the community itself. It has helped me improve, sure. But most of the people I've had the off-chance to talk to have been quite standoffish. Perhaps because I am not in this circle of friends. It feels a lot like the cliques in high school and I guess that's partly due to a lot of the community being teenaged girls (I'm not saying this is bad, just my thoughts on the matter). there is a lot of drama. None that I have been involved in, but drama that makes me sad it would happen in a community that claims to be supportive of one another.

In the few months I've been looking in from this window, from the outside, almost everyone seems extremely self-absorbed. of course everyone would be focused on their own UTAU. I would be a hypocrite if I said I wasn't focused on my own. But when I start a conversation revolving around UTAU, and I want to hear the other person's because I am interested in what they sound like, it is suddenly a barrage. Here listen to this cover, and this, and this, haha, so many people have complimented me on these before. Maybe they're like me an they are just so excited to have someone finally, finally want to listen to their UTAU without them bringing it up first. But I thought in a UTAU community, shouldn't everyone be interested in what hearing others' UTAU sound like, and not just trying to throw their own out there at every possible moment?

I'm a little saddened by my experience. I guess there was a good reason to hesitate to join. I try to say nice things to people and when you start to do that, they just want to hear more. I suppose it is my own fault for starting to feed it to them.

So... I it makes me wonder if I would want to stick around. If I leave, no big loss, I can go back to my little hole and the status quo has not changed.

I'm with you 100% on the community having little cliques. I feel out of place when I try to talk to a group of people , like I don't belong and they don't want me there....like I'm invading their personal space or something. :c
I'd love to be friends with everyone but some people just won't let you in because they're so centered around their friends and won't even give you a chance.
[/quote]

Spoiler

I will say that I've never felt this way.  I'm a shy person, but once I got the courage to inject myself into a chat or something, I found everyone really cool and welcoming.  The only "cliques" I see do, indeed, drive me crazy, but so many of us are just those hunky-dory everyone's friends here types that I ignore it and they don't bother me.

I know that some people are this self-centered or friend-centered, but on the other hand, I know that most of the folks in the chats will ask you what your UTAU sounds like after talking to you for like ten minutes.  And then every time you post something, they'll listen and usually just be like "oh this sounds nice!" or occasionally "your mixing needs work" or very rarely "Hey this is off key D:".  They give feedback, and if they don't, well, to be frank, they probably don't have anything good to say.  That or they didn't listen because they were busy.  We're all busy folks here... ahahaha.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, the it's not like what you say applies to everyone here.  And besides, doing UTAU because you love it is the point.  I produce one cover a week at my absolute fastest, so I mean... most of us are actually pretty slow and inactive.

Whoever it is that's just throwing their UTAU at you every possible moment is doing it wrong.  I don't know who you've talked to that's done that, but I've only had that experience a few times, and usually the people doing it are pretty humble about it.  They just want to show off when given a good opportunity.

I've only been perphrially involved in any drama and I have to say that's mostly restricted to certain cliquey circles... no one I care to have anything to do with, nor anyone I usually run into in the fandom.  There's drama everywhere, though.  Life is kind of dramatic, especially when you put a bunch of artsy-ish types in a tiny fandom together.

I don't want to be mean or anything, but the fact that so many people think things like this bothers me.  I've made amazing friends in this fandom just by hanging around, and we support each other.  There are a few friends I have who I kind of stay at their neck, but hey, that's just a personality thing.  My point is, I don't think the fandom's like what you've said.  I thought it was once, but then I learned that it's really not just by chatting with some people here and especially on UO.

tl;dr: I disagree with you >:U I think the cliques are the minority of the community by far, and most of us are actually pretty friendly types.  And I'm honesty more bothered at how many people think the community is so standoffish than anything.  Because we're chill bros here, mostly. :3

[/quote]

Spoiler

Basically what Cdra said. I don't know who it is you've been talking to Meta but uh...they clearly aren't the very best the fandom has to offer. There are so many people here on the forums and on UO AND on dA who would love to get to know you and be friends. I understand being shy but most everyone I've come in contact with has been totally nice to me and pretty friendly.

I think it's time a few people on this thread open the proverbial window and let themselves in whether these oh-so-terrible-fandoms like it or not.

[/quote]

Spoiler

I'm not on either side here, I see both sides. Meta, It really does sound like you haven't talked to the right people, and for that, I'm sorry. Cdra su has a good point here, but so do you and Fawksey. I just want to give you both hugs and tell you it's all okay ;A; I can be your friend if you like :3 If not, that's cool too x3 There aren't many people who really argue with eachother much that I've seen, So maybe you should explore so chat boxes? You can find the right people, They usually don't find you if you don't make an entrance. I would like to be friends with everyone, but not everyone wants to be my friend. And that's okay too. It's their decision. So, I guess what I'm trying to say in my ramblings is:


You need to find people, people don't usually find you.
Also, There are cliques, and I really hate that. I wish we could all just be one huge clique, one that didn't split into tinier ones.   

x3

 

[dCatharsis]

Spoiler

My grandma passed away today...

I'm sorry.

Spoiler

I don't like the UTAU community. I've been into UTAU for a year and a half out of my own enjoyment. I started when my best friend got into UTAU and I thought it was really awesome so I started too. I was kind of alone doing my own thing for a long time, not even realizing there was a huge community or so many other UTAU out there. When this did dawn on me, I was very hesitant to join. I wasn't sure what to expect.

So I a few months ago I finally made the effort. I sucked it up, I joined UO, I made an account here, I even finally made Wiki pages for my UTAU. I think the reason I was so hesitant to do any of this is because I always thought I would screw something up, people would call me a retarded newb and that'd be the only impression anyone had of me. And I'm not great, really. I ask a lot of stupid questions and people get annoyed at me for asking them, but it's because I have a hard time understanding what I have to do and I want to be able to get better.

I was afraid when I joined the community, I'd just be told straight up that my UTAU suck and I should stop trying and just give up. Well, I didn't get told that. I got told nothing, really. Upon \"joining\" the community... no, not joining. I feel I am an outsider looking in. A lot of people are friends, and I want to be able to make friends, but I feel like no one really wants me around. If I point out a cover I made or am particularly proud of I feel I am being annoying and trying to shove my UTAU in other people's faces. I try to be very conscious of this because I don't want anyone to be annoyed with me.

I have to say though, thinking I am getting judged drove me to improve by many large strides. Instead of just dicking around by myself I felt I had an audience to impress. it wasn't true, but I liked having the feeling because it has truly helped the quality of my work. Even if there actually is no audience. But personally I can feel happy knowing that my UTAU have gotten better... even if no one else has noticed.

There are lots of reasons no one notices me. My UTAU aren't anything special. I'm not able to be around a lot because I have a life, I go to college and I have a lot of work to do. UTAU is one of the things I can play with in the little spare time I have. I think of my UTAU as people and I want to help them reach their full potential, and just like real people I get frustrated with them to the point I wonder why I still bother. And then there are the moments of euphoria, the eureka moments where I go, \"Oh! That's why I'm doing this!\"

But the community itself. It has helped me improve, sure. But most of the people I've had the off-chance to talk to have been quite standoffish. Perhaps because I am not in this circle of friends. It feels a lot like the cliques in high school and I guess that's partly due to a lot of the community being teenaged girls (I'm not saying this is bad, just my thoughts on the matter). there is a lot of drama. None that I have been involved in, but drama that makes me sad it would happen in a community that claims to be supportive of one another.

In the few months I've been looking in from this window, from the outside, almost everyone seems extremely self-absorbed. of course everyone would be focused on their own UTAU. I would be a hypocrite if I said I wasn't focused on my own. But when I start a conversation revolving around UTAU, and I want to hear the other person's because I am interested in what they sound like, it is suddenly a barrage. Here listen to this cover, and this, and this, haha, so many people have complimented me on these before. Maybe they're like me an they are just so excited to have someone finally, finally want to listen to their UTAU without them bringing it up first. But I thought in a UTAU community, shouldn't everyone be interested in what hearing others' UTAU sound like, and not just trying to throw their own out there at every possible moment?

I'm a little saddened by my experience. I guess there was a good reason to hesitate to join. I try to say nice things to people and when you start to do that, they just want to hear more. I suppose it is my own fault for starting to feed it to them.

So... I it makes me wonder if I would want to stick around. If I leave, no big loss, I can go back to my little hole and the status quo has not changed.

I know that feel bro.
I'm in this fandom since 2009 and I feel like I haven't made any good friend yet. I mean, yes, I've met many good people that could be a friend of mine, but not like OMG AN ONLINE FRIEND!! ...so yeah, I know how you feel. :C

 

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Ah, well, I figured people would pick apart my rant and tell me I'm wrong but I wanted to rant about it so I did. =/ I go in the chat box on UO when I can but I don't know if it's that I'm shy, but people are usually talking about stuff and I don't want to interrupt so I wait for something to come up that I might be able to join the conversation. And when I do I feel I'm intruding, or I'm ignored, or... yeah.

I don't know if part of it is that I'm not able to be on as much as a lot of other people. I can't make constant contact because I'm often busy. I didn't want anyone to take this personally. You may be upset when people think of the community this way, but it's due to personal experience I suppose. It's ok to disagree with me. Sorry to bother you.

I'd like to be friends with everyone but everyone probably just thinks I'm an ass now. Yay. First time anyone notices me and it's because I'm complaining.

I also broke the mirror off my car today by hitting someone else. Unrelated, but this is a rant thread. There was construction up ahead and I was merging into the other lane, into a gap, when this butt comes up and knocks my mirror off. Could've been worse. But I wish people would ****ing pay attention. God damn I must be invisible.