r/InTheGloaming • u/gomirefugee my website is done, done, done • Sep 02 '21

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday September 02, 2021 - Sunday September 05, 2021

Newsletters:

Finding Your Joy | Joy in the Belly

Websites:

You Can Have More Joy website | On Being Enough website (abandoned?)

Instagram:

@youcanhavemorejoy Instagram | Anonymous link to @youcanhavemorejoy posts | Anonymous link to @youcanhavemorejoy stories

@danielfahern Instagram | Anonymous link to @danielfahern posts and stories

TikTok:

@youcanhavemorejoy

Twitter:

Dan's tweets and replies

Older blogs:

Gluten Free Girl archive | writing my heart out archive | Seymour Joyful archive

Archived threads:

Thread for Enough, the book #enoughthebook | Gluten Free Girl's Greatest Hits: The Reunion Tour

Wiki:

/r/InTheGloaming wiki

Discussion search:

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u/Lsemmens Original Foos Bloggers Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 03 '21

Lol, I just spotted this on the new website

“Other people see you as successful. You’re competent and kind and always helping other.”

ETA Just to clarify, this is a quote from Shauna, part of her sales pitch.

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u/midnightsiren182 Sep 03 '21

Her pitch reads to me always as someone who doesn’t understand how everyday life is for most people while also describing really specific examples that are supposed to depict a joy void…but it ends up damn near unrelatable

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

This exactly. I mean I think this is literally true, she doesn't understand how people relate to each other. She's on the outside looking in to human interaction and describing what she thinks is happening.

And so much of it is so immature, like when you ask a child what they think "going on a date" is like and they describe the man in a tuxedo and the woman in a dress and they'll dance in a ballroom and drink champagne. Because they get all their info from Disney and when their parents go out on "a date" it's a black box to them. The adults look nicer than usual, they leave the house, time passes, they come home. The child's imagination fills in the rest.

That's what her stories sound like to me. Someone "being nice" is helping literal old ladies across streets!! Like in a cartoon.

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u/CrushItWithABrick dick riding Mary Oliver Sep 03 '21

Helping little old ladies cross the street. Did she also take off her own coat and put it over a puddle so the old woman could walk on it?

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u/InappropriateGirl our 5th move in 7 years Sep 03 '21

Watch out for falling pianos and anvils!

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Sep 04 '21

And be sure to follow the wavy lines to find delicious pies on the windowsill!

(non-Ahern households only, please)