uh... lil rant post ig about something that people get mad about from the POV of a small biz owner

[Yanderemenhera]

so as many of you know, I sell jewlery irl (not all of it is Kandi btw) and I do some pride flags as a color pallete for my jewelry. now, I feel like something that might upset people is i don't have their flag like for example, for gender identedys I have non-binary and trans and that's usually it. reason being isn't because I have some beef with xenogenders or like gender-fluid or bi-gender or lybra-gender or other micro labial's there is that I'm not mentioning in that small list, it's because it's not as common or well-known, especially in my region. i'd be better off using my resources to produce other flag combos instead because it's a very small audience for it. i'd make stuff like this custom for someone if they wanted me to^^^

and i've see people get mad at brands and such for only going up to a size 4XL, like a bigger person might make a call-out video on some local bridail shop about how they only have sizes up to a 4XL and that's too small but the shop offers to make a custom dress for them and they explain that the size they need is less common and actually uses more resources so they only go up to that size but are more than happy to do a custom dress for them but they are mad and don't want that so they leave. as someone who does basically run a business I understand why some brands don't carry every size or color or whatever (small businesses in particular). it might make me sound like i'm lacking sympathy but especially with pride merch it's hard to make everything since there's so many pride flags out there, like probobly millions of them out there. I might do a small project like a star or something since it doesn't use too much beads but something like a large project like a tie or ruffle cuff I won't do unless it's a commision for it and that's not me tryna be mean or hateful, like the clothing size example I used it's something that comes with running a business. but yeah, idk, if you have requests for pride flags just know I might only do a star, the set list I usually have for like, most things I sell is: rainbow, gay, lesbian, asexual, bisexual, pansexual, non-binary and trans
I also sell IRL and in a rural area where those are the most well-known flags, if I tried to sell anything else, even the most online pansexual teen would have no idea what they were looking at and i'd find it impossible to sell
idk, hope everyone understands this, I have seen people get mad at stores/businesses/artists for not having anything above a 4XL or sometimes 6XL or not having every pride flag out there and I feel like that's unreasonable especially when it's like thrift shops or small businesses and they offer custom stuff.
so uh yeah, plz no hate me ( ꈨຶ ˙̫̮ ꈨຶ )

[_Izzy_]

bruh i feel like/would hope this is common sense

[Yanderemenhera]

@_Izzy_ you'd be surprised...

[vessel]

imo ppl who are super overweight should not be mad that ppl cannot acomate( i hope thats the correct word also i spelled it incorrct) for their size. like if someones 4xl and a place makes them pay extra & said plussize person g3ts angry, its not the places fault lolz (does this sound correct? srry if it doesn't)

[_Izzy_]

@vessel this may sound messed up but being that big just isnt natural, common or healthy and if your that big then you just gotta deal with it or try to loose wait (sucks for the ppl with actual medical conditions that may contribute to their size tho)

America has a issue, most countries dont have alot of overweight ppl like we do, its so sad, you dont need to be rich or even eat really heathy to stay in decent shape, i wish more people took the time to take care of themselves and make better decisions for their health, even then its not entirely their fault, for some reason junk foods are way more accessible here then normal just less-bad food or actual fresh foods

like me and my mom went to walmart in new Jersey, and she said i can pick out a snack, but i was in the mood for fruit bc im tryna eat less sugar, and the whole walmart wasnt selling any fresh fruits!! we were so shocked and kinda disgusted bc there were so many sugary foods and snacks everywhere

[Yanderemenhera]

@_Izzy_ from my experience, you can eat things like candy, soda, and chips and lose weight or maintain a good weight but portion sizes matter. I drink zero sugar soda exclusively for example, might not taste like the normal kind, but it has significantly less things like calories that'd cause weight gain, I see a lot of women in my state that are significatly larger, like, 30% of women I see whenever I am in public are quite big, to the point they struggle with mobility and need to use motorized scooters and it is sad to watch. in my area I think it has more to do with our culture of over-eating than access to decent food. i do make larger jewelry to try to acomedate to larger people but it's not just like, plus size georgia women I make it for, i had a larger bracelet with a clasp on it that a boy (prolly between 17-20 years old) bought, he was by no means over weight or unhealthy, he was ripped. like, very muscular, (but not in an unnatural-looking way like he used stuff) his arms and hands were too big for most of the jewerly I had. I think i'll make some more larger jewelry or at the very least stuff that has clasps on it but I will have like, a smaller stock of that and not a ton of it since it's not a large number of people that need thing like bracelets to be super big

[Yanderemenhera]

by exclusively I mean like, when ever I go to get soda. not I only drink soda 🥀