Everything has been okay. Right now stressing about the holidays, and of course this year has been stressful in general (especially last month which got me down pretty bad for numerous reasons), but as a whole I'm doing alright. Trying to be more positive and keep my spirits up for the new year.
I'll be honest, I unfortunately did fall for the smear campaign. I'm not a fan of Blake Lively, I don't care for her acting and she's done things in the past that made me side-eye her, so that's probably why the campaign most likely worked. However, I admit that I was wrong to believe in that (and I do feel foolish in taking what I had initially read at face value) since I know that just because I don't like her doesn't mean she deserves this smear campaign against her in this manner. The things that made me side-eye her pale in comparison to what this Justin guy and his PR team have done. We've been seeing this pop up over the years, smear campaigns and hate campaigns in general, and it's quite disconcerting. This is a very common problem in the age of social media where things can be stated or claimed and people will automatically believe it without checking the legitimacy of these claims.
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Date: 2024-12-25 01:12 am (UTC)Everything has been okay. Right now stressing about the holidays, and of course this year has been stressful in general (especially last month which got me down pretty bad for numerous reasons), but as a whole I'm doing alright. Trying to be more positive and keep my spirits up for the new year.
I'll be honest, I unfortunately did fall for the smear campaign. I'm not a fan of Blake Lively, I don't care for her acting and she's done things in the past that made me side-eye her, so that's probably why the campaign most likely worked. However, I admit that I was wrong to believe in that (and I do feel foolish in taking what I had initially read at face value) since I know that just because I don't like her doesn't mean she deserves this smear campaign against her in this manner. The things that made me side-eye her pale in comparison to what this Justin guy and his PR team have done. We've been seeing this pop up over the years, smear campaigns and hate campaigns in general, and it's quite disconcerting. This is a very common problem in the age of social media where things can be stated or claimed and people will automatically believe it without checking the legitimacy of these claims.