Also are those people forgetting that in the past when a genocide/war has occurred we weren’t living in an era where common people basically live half of their lives online…… saying that a “real Palestinian wouldnt have time to ebeg on tumblr” is like saying “oh a real hamas combatant wouldnt have time to make tiktoks in the middle of a war zone” like are those fake too lmao
thinking about that post of people assuming ao3 has an algorithm and also about how bonkers persistent the view is that ao3 is social media lite. like with startling regularity I get comments saying something along the lines of “it’s probably weird to comment on a fic this old–” no it isn’t!!!! this is an archive I am literally just assuming you searched for a selection of specific tags or sorted by kudos or looked back on my pseud or any other number of completely normal ways to use an archive site ?? kill the tiktok ghost in your brain and comment on old stuff it’s NOT weird
Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.
Might I add:
The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed
The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child
The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship
The adventures of a space roomba
Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)
I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head
hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):
What about the one with the princess locked in a tower learning to become a wizard? That’s lived in my mind for years and I haven’t seen it in a long time
nobody appreciates the fine art of humor anymore. it’s always “how high are you?” “umm, beep beep, somebody get batteries for this guy’s carbon monoxide detector!” “you’d better check your walls for black mold!” “HEY, I think the AMULET you got recently is having an effect on your ‘PERSONALITY,’ and we’re all 'WORRIED ABOUT YOU.’” WELL GUESS WHAT, JACKASS!?!?! guess. WHAT. I LIKE THE AMULET. IT LOOKS GOOD ON ME. i know you’re just jealous. no, SHUT UP. don’t bother denying it, SHITBAG. the amulet TOLD ME. you wanna TAKE IT from me???? you wanna STEAL IT??? IS THAT WHAT ALL THIS IS ABOUT? WELL GUESS WHAT, DIPSHIT??? ME AND MY AMULET DON’T NEED YOU. WE’RE GONNA DO JUST FUCKING FINE ON OUR OWN!!!! DON’T BOTHER APOLOGIZING NOW 'CAUSE WE’RE LEAVING ANYWAY!
nobody appreciates the fine art of humor anymore. it’s always “how high are you?” “umm, beep beep, somebody get batteries for this guy’s carbon monoxide detector!” “you’d better check your walls for black mold!” “HEY, I think the AMULET you got recently is having an effect on your ‘PERSONALITY,’ and we’re all 'WORRIED ABOUT YOU.’” WELL GUESS WHAT, JACKASS!?!?! guess. WHAT. I LIKE THE AMULET. IT LOOKS GOOD ON ME. i know you’re just jealous. no, SHUT UP. don’t bother denying it, SHITBAG. the amulet TOLD ME. you wanna TAKE IT from me???? you wanna STEAL IT??? IS THAT WHAT ALL THIS IS ABOUT? WELL GUESS WHAT, DIPSHIT??? ME AND MY AMULET DON’T NEED YOU. WE’RE GONNA DO JUST FUCKING FINE ON OUR OWN!!!! DON’T BOTHER APOLOGIZING NOW 'CAUSE WE’RE LEAVING ANYWAY!
nobody appreciates the fine art of humor anymore. it’s always “how high are you?” “umm, beep beep, somebody get batteries for this guy’s carbon monoxide detector!” “you’d better check your walls for black mold!” “HEY, I think the AMULET you got recently is having an effect on your ‘PERSONALITY,’ and we’re all 'WORRIED ABOUT YOU.’” WELL GUESS WHAT, JACKASS!?!?! guess. WHAT. I LIKE THE AMULET. IT LOOKS GOOD ON ME. i know you’re just jealous. no, SHUT UP. don’t bother denying it, SHITBAG. the amulet TOLD ME. you wanna TAKE IT from me???? you wanna STEAL IT??? IS THAT WHAT ALL THIS IS ABOUT? WELL GUESS WHAT, DIPSHIT??? ME AND MY AMULET DON’T NEED YOU. WE’RE GONNA DO JUST FUCKING FINE ON OUR OWN!!!! DON’T BOTHER APOLOGIZING NOW 'CAUSE WE’RE LEAVING ANYWAY!
nobody appreciates the fine art of humor anymore. it’s always “how high are you?” “umm, beep beep, somebody get batteries for this guy’s carbon monoxide detector!” “you’d better check your walls for black mold!” “HEY, I think the AMULET you got recently is having an effect on your ‘PERSONALITY,’ and we’re all 'WORRIED ABOUT YOU.’” WELL GUESS WHAT, JACKASS!?!?! guess. WHAT. I LIKE THE AMULET. IT LOOKS GOOD ON ME. i know you’re just jealous. no, SHUT UP. don’t bother denying it, SHITBAG. the amulet TOLD ME. you wanna TAKE IT from me???? you wanna STEAL IT??? IS THAT WHAT ALL THIS IS ABOUT? WELL GUESS WHAT, DIPSHIT??? ME AND MY AMULET DON’T NEED YOU. WE’RE GONNA DO JUST FUCKING FINE ON OUR OWN!!!! DON’T BOTHER APOLOGIZING NOW 'CAUSE WE’RE LEAVING ANYWAY!
ilove people who work at front desks of things. i can walk into a building and go to the desk and i ask how do i do this thing. and then they just fucking tell me !!!!
i walked into my college found the first desk and asked hey where do i pay my student fees. did that. ok where i do find the academic advisor? got the general direction, went up to the first desk i saw, asked where to go to drop a class .awesome. went to the bookstore, walked up to the desk, asked how to find out what textbooks i need. and AGAIN they had answers for me. this is so cool thank you desk people
no this is so real actually !! it always feels like you’ll be expected to know everything when you do Adult Things but you don’t, actually, you just need to know who to ask
“I like this character a lot I’ve seen them all over tiktok, no i haven’t watched the source material and I don’t know what this character is like outside of the tiktoks and fanart/fics I’ve seen/read about them, but I don’t need the source material at all I’m basically the expert about this character” you’re so wrong and ignorant I think reading a book would kill you in an instant
shout out to my aesthetic blog for the world that has lived in my mind for years now. @katamarii-damacii
machines larger than a human can comprehend have been rotting into the earth, immovable after they ran out of fuel long ago.
borders have fallen apart as city-states reign supreme. old governmental bodies still exist but largely serve as a symbolic gesture. they don’t have power any more- corporations rule over the city-states with strict laws.
these laws are instated to protect trade agreements and people stay inside for protection from the roaming broken battle droids. armies replaced with plastic and rubber continue to function, even long after they stopped receiving commands. their order? shoot on sight.
a constant war, fought between autonomous robots with no regard for humanity.
as such, autonomous robots are heavily stigmatized against, even though they are still largely required in order to be able to transport goods across the live-roads, keep vital systems running, and protect from the plastic armymen.
invasive plant species cover and choke the environment. natural disasters are common occurrences due to climate change, and the mass industrial complex has crawled to a halt as global networks shut down and the population drops.
humanity is now in a waiting game- who will die first? the robots or people?
anyways feel free 2 send me asks about it ! I have like 2 ocs in this world but I don’t have any official drawings of them yet.
So what if like, instead of THAT, we like…GAVE FOOD for free to people who like, need it? What if like, that food was just free to have?
“But that would be unfair to poor people. Giving them unaesthetic unappealing food is classiest.” Liberals
Well, gee: maybe we could bring people who don’t have enough food into the food distribution cycle earlier, like before the food gets all “unaesthetic.” Too radical??
This is in the fields when harvested actually.
Out of a total 15 Metric Tonnes (MT) of food waste, 3 MT or roughly 20% of food waste occurs even before it leaves the farm’s gate.
I know this isn’t politically related, but food insecurity is a real problem so:
There’s an ‘ugly fruit’ and ‘ugly vegetable’ subscription box called Hungry Harvest that ‘rescues’ unattractive fruits and vegetables and mails them to your door. They only deliver in a few states (pa, md, va, fl, dc, mi, nc) and in certain areas, but they are growing. They take SNAP and have a price reduced model for people paying with snap and they donate to food banks. If you’re in an area they’re located in, you should sign up for a box, and if you can, buy a subscription for your local food bank or shelter.
There’s also one called Imperfect Produce that seems to run off a similar model (including reduced price SNAP plan) but which I haven’t tried and can’t vouch for. edit: here’s a criticism of imperfect produce that the company refutes if you’d like to read more
Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.
Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).
Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.
So what is changing?
Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.
Why are we doing this?
It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.
Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.
So what’s next?
Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.
Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.
Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.
Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.
If a trans girl tells you that she wants to start dressing more femme and your response is “but you’re conforming to gender stereotypes” then she is entitled to punch you in the face as hard as she wants
Also, if a trans girl says she wants to go on hormones and your response is “but you’re still valid if you don’t get hrt” then she is also entitled to punch your face as hard as she wants
A cute white rat enjoying the beautiful fall colors of a backyard dogwood tree! After so many cats from me, it was time for a rat! Autumn is drawing to a close but the leaves have been so beautiful, really giving me morale.
hey if something about your environment or body is bothering you right now & if you’re able to, please take a moment to adjust that thing. turn off the lights if theyre hurting your eyes, grab a pair of socks if you’re cold, move into a better position if you’re in an uncomfortable one.
it’s easy to get stuck in a “this isn’t good but I’ll survive” mindset, especially with executive dysfunction, but you deserve to feel more okay in the spaces & body you’re in.
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