oh i’m not back, i’m leaving on a hiatus or possibly forever…lol
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this also has to do with the way episode advertises, so it’s not your friends’ faults for assuming that (and they’re not wrong lmao)
just look through snapchat, instagram, or even the tumblr account dedicated to all the cringey episode ads and you’ll see how overly-sexual and laughable the advertisers make episode out to be. (they’re really dumb, but gosh they’re too funny.)
but seriously, i feel like people aren’t playing to read the actual stories, but only so can get a good laugh by reading the sexual ones, or the ones with really bad grammar and coding. i used to take the app seriously a long time ago, but i recently re-downloaded the app on a date with my girlfriend just because she said she wanted to laugh at all the weird stories that she saw on the ads.
we laughed at every story that showed up…and it was enjoyable, but i kinda felt bad for treating an app i used to write for as a joke.
anyways, this video pretty much summarizes episode ads
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Oh yeah, I’m aware. I’ve cringed through almost all of them. It’s a shame though, there’s more to the app but it looks like people want to stick to the same dang plotlines. Plus, I really hope they start advertising something else other than horny stories 
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i doubt that honestly… the over-the-top and plain silly stories is what gets them more attention.
that’s what gets people making tumblr and instagram accounts so they can post screencaps from weird n’ obscure stories. episode has a rep for being the outrageous sexual app, and that’s what makes people curious. sex sells!
and i don’t blame them all that much, the stories are super funny and entertaining to joke around with. whoever’s in marketing is doing a pretty good job at catching the attention of horny people and twelve year olds with the word titties for a sense of humour
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LOL. Well, I gotta admit it can be funny sometimes. Just the other day my little cousins wanted to start reading Episode and my aunts lost it when they saw the ads. I was laughing my ass off with my older cousins 
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sigh
So I mentioned this on the Life Thread, but now I’m ranting about it. My Neighbor is taking legal action because of our cats. Like . . . first off okay, we aren’t the greatest neighbors because we like to be alone and isolated, but our neighbors legit prepped for this by bringing up they are destroying our furniture and how he can’t go to work because of being allergic and they are killing our birds. (We also suspect he took one of our cats who vanished shortly after this started). Knowing that he was going for legal action at some point in the future, we told him. We can give our cats shock collars, and give you the buzzer. He doesn’t want to do that. We told him he can chase our cats away, and spray them with water. He doesn’t want to do that. He wants us to keep them locked up inside.
I think like Monday, he said if we don’t keep the cats inside, he’ll call the cops (911, we have a cat trespassing on our property, oh the horror!) So now, the cats run around the house crying and trying to escape because my dad refuses to let them outside. It’s quite stressful because none of us have slept in days, and the cats keep going to the bathroom everywhere because they aren’t use to litter boxes.
I asked my dad if we can finally let them outside, but he said no - and they are going to be inside for months, if not forever.
I don’t know if I should start looking for homes for them, because they are being tortured by being forced to stay inside.
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im sorry about your cats, that sounds super awful and i hope you and your neighbors can compromise on a better solution. keeping them locked up inside is unfair to you, your home, and your cats!
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Hopefully you and your neighbor can somehow work this out. Until then maybe you could let them out once in a while, but just watch them?
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That sucks to hear… I hope you come back to the forums from time to time. We need more people like you on here lol
i hate when people say “i’m always there for you” or “if you ever need to talk i’m here for you” but when you ask them for advice/try to talk about a situation they just enlighten it or ignore it. like “almost everyone has this situation, it’s not a big deal”.
i understand if you are uncomfortable with that situation and don’t want to talk about it but like… at least say so instead of making me feel really shitty about it !!
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That sounds awful! Both for you guys and your cats! I’m very sorry that’s happening.
I don’t know if this would work, but I know a lot of people have some kind of rope extended over their backyards, on which they put their pets’ leashes so they can roam around the yard freely but don’t walk away, maybe you could try doing something similar? (I’m terrible at explaining things, sorry). Or maybe you can build them a “catio” or something similar?
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That’s a terrible thing to do, no one should judge what you’re feeling or going through. I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with this
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Confessions Of A Person With Severe Anxiety
- Always worried about the incoming
- Never taking even a moment’s rest to simplify the situation
- Xcess of criticism by some inner voice inside the head
- Internally wore down by a lot of insecurity
- Emotionally detached to nearly everyone/everything
- Talking to everyone by using a new ‘normal’ emotional and mental identity
- Yielding against the force of negativity
|~•Dedicated to every person who is surviving or has survived anxiety•~|
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truth
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I know, thanks for the support 
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I feel like my story is dragging like on I love it it don’t get me wrong and I have so much planned for it but today has been a very slow process I don’t like reading unfinished stories so I don’t want to leave my story unfinished but I just can’t be bothered with this particular chapter does anyone else feel me
Mini rant/more like me just complaining: I hate having an infatuation to please everyone
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TheOther51
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Yes! That’s what I was talking about! Thanks! I just didn’t know the name haha (I don’t even know the name in Spanish and that’s my native language)
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Parents should really learn that their children are their own people instead of a puppet of them. My father does the same and I know it’s awful. No one should ever treat you like that, I’m sorry.
You know what has worked out for me? Giving him my conditions. I know it can be hard and scary, but I feel like talking to your mother about it can help a lot. Tell her your side of things and don’t let her interrupt you until you’re done. Ask her to listen, maybe she won’t understand, tell her that she doesn’t have to understand. Ask for her respect, and for her to let you be. If you can’t do this through talking, you can always do it through writing her a letter or something similar. I hope it helps somehow
Eleanor
I have a… difficult… temper so I know where you’re coming from. And I’m honestly getting irritated at the woman simply by reading your rant. Sure, the kid had the right to use the ship, but you guys did the right thing and moved for him to play, and I doubt she didn’t see that.
The woman was acting irrationally, it’s almost as if she wanted to pick a fight with you guys, I don’t see why she did that when you already were leaving, so I understand your frustration, and calling people names is a really low for her to do.
I’m impressed at your maturity and how willing you are to admit you were in the wrong, that’s something admirable, so congrats for that. I’m not going to say that what you did was right, but I’m going to say that making mistakes is human, we all make mistakes, we all relapse, we all go back to things we thought we had left behind. That’s fine, there is no problem in that, you are admitting what you did and willing to fix things, that’s what matters, you are showing your growth and that you are a better person than that side you thought you had left behind. If you do find the woman, then it would be a really noble gesture to apologise. But I think you could also have a civil conversation with her to lead her to realising her mistakes.
I too hope no photos were taken, but even if that happened, I think you may be able to find a way out. I wish you the best in this situation.
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mmmm well i make sure to at least check in once a week, but i just don’t really have the time for the forums anymore, even if i am on summer break now.
i love chatting with everyone and being here and helping people out, but the forums can’t help me be productive, they just distract me.
i ended sophomore year on a weak note. i barely was able to get an A in chemistry and while the rest of my subjects were fairly easy, i was always on edge about my grades and i experienced a lot of self-loathing every time i procrastinated or fell asleep instead of studied. i wish i can say i worked very hard this year, but i really didn’t. the only reason i have good grades is all due to pure luck.
i had a nice, easy chem teacher. my trigonometry class was fifth period, so i could study throughout periods 1-4 (which wasn’t a good idea in the long run—i only ended up getting behind in my other classes)
also, i was going through a huge art block; i couldn’t find the motivation or the time to draw, and i was frustrated with everything i created. i had goals to open up a tumblr and an instagram to make art and eventually take commissions and sell stuff on redbubble and whatnot, but that still hasn’t happened yet.
and that’s not all. i write articles every week for a website called weheartit, but i haven’t done that in three whole weeks!
i don’t think i’ll be so lucky again next year; i’m putting a lot on my plate. i’m going from taking zero AP classes to three, difficult AP classes. junior year is very important, especially since i have SATs and AP tests to do well on. i really want to work toward not half-assing things and being as stress-free as possible by managing my time.
it’s really hard for me to balance leisure, my chores, and my ambitions all at once, and sometimes i have to make some sacrifices or cut down spending time on certain things so i can focus on self-healing, working towards my goals, and remembering to eat more than just applesauce everyday
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respect is mutual! yes! i wish i could just print that sentence out on paper seven billion times and hand it out to everyone living on earth.
as i grow up, i find the phrase “respect adults” annoying and tired now. i’m not saying that just to be an edgy teen, but because i’ve seen too many adults act more immature than actual second graders…
i’m not sure how i can respect or listen to an art teacher that uses ableist slurs to describe students or interrupts them instead of giving them a chance to speak. i can’t take any adult seriously who finds going on lgbt+ safe spaces and trolling everyone any kind of fun.
i don’t glorify adults as much as i did when i was five. it’s sad to say but i can’t give them the same amount of ‘blind’ trust anymore.
this doesn’t mean i’m going to go ahead and yell at any adult i don’t like, but this just means i can acknowledge that adults aren’t perfect, and that just because they’re older than me doesn’t mean they can treat like trash on the side of the road.
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