This would have had me crucified on tumblr 10 years ago but maybe we are ready for this conversation now:
If you are a socially anxious person, you have to socialize. Your panic/anxiety attacks will only get worse and trigger more frequently if you constantly avoid contact with The Public. Not saying that you need to be a social butterfly- but there is a genuine problem with not being able to order your own meal at a restaurant. And it cannot be solved by always having someone else do it for you.
This is a PSA to about 3/4s of the Portland Youth populace
everyone who reblogs this and is like “I ordered my own tea this week” or “I only barfed once when I had to give a presentation’- you are doing amazing sweetie. Have patience with yourself, you are relearning a skill so difficult that people get 4 year degrees to do it professionally.
mysterious pink haired girl I’m playing games with at a friend’s birthday party: I thought you’d be better at this when they hyped you up as such a good player. I’m not losing by that much
me, trying to find out what button combination leads to me licking her face in their bathroom: I’m not using my full power because I’m still analyzing your movements. you know, like Goku
Goku doesn’t do that.
Goku deliberately goes easy on people to analyze their fighting style in like 10 fights minimum
list them in order
chapter 92
chapter 103
chapter 129
chapter 183
chapter 309 (kind of)
chapter 403 gohan acknowledges this is a thing goku does
and then there’s the Vegeta fight in Buu saga which was him holding back but for entirely different reasons
Knuckles’ “character flaws” are like. He’s too trusting he’s too sincere he’s too devoted he’s too kind. And sonics character flaws are like well he’s really annoying
You’re selling your sexy AI chatbot on Timmy Turner’s mom from Fairly OddParents? You went “I need to get the most degenerate losers imaginable to whale for my AI chatbot and you were like I know what’ll appeal to them, Timmy Turner’s mother from Fairly OddParents.”
