there’s something about it that’s just disturbingly real.
like i can come here and spout whatever nonsense i want, and ya’ll will tolerate it.
twitter is like an alien world where i don’t know what’s gonna happen, if fucking ted cruz is gonna respond to me or what.
it’s nerve wracking, it’s too mainstream.
i prefer this bullcrap where no one knows anyone or what’s going on at any given time.
But do u remember that time when a writer came at you here?
that’s true, but unlike twitter, i was only tumblr shamed.
and tumblr shaming doesn’t work on me because tumblr shaming is like if a group of furries came with signs to shame a filthy otaku.
on twitter, it’s like JK Rowling is gonna slap me with some half assed white corporate feminism and have her drones of cult followers come to shit on me for speaking.
or like blake shelton is gonna @ me for making fun of his music, and all of his fans are gonna light the fire under my feet.
it’s way different, being controversial on a mainstream media site.
tumblr’s a cesspit of stupidity, but it’s an obscure and strange cesspit of stupidity.
twitter’s a little too real.
trump and obama can have a rap battle on twitter and make it a part of us history.
tumblr isn’t the same way.
we all die in obscurity on tumblr, and i prefer it.
twitter feels like im in full sight of the snipers and i cant even duck behind a clown car to avoid them
On tumblr you’re in the clown car, hurtling towards a cliff at mach 3 with a few dozen others in the same car.
See, it’s metaphors like these that you can only get on Tumblr, that perfectly describe what it’s like being on Tumblr.
I wish people on this site knew how to dislike things without turning it into a moral crusade
Y’know how you get people saying shit like “I hope this popular person turns out to be an abuser”? That’s cause y’all don’t know how to dislike things.
You can just, not like things. It doesn’t have to be cause the thing is morally wrong somehow. It can just be cause it’s not your taste in things. You can dislike things that aren’t “problematic”. You just can’t go running around demanding other people stop liking it.
Antis: “Some obscure fanfic on AO3 normalizes abuse but us bullying literally everyone doesn’t!”
Antis: “reading fanfic is retraumatizing you!! but me comparing you to your abuser and telling you to kill yourself is doing absolute wonders for your mental health”
Antis: “oh, I don’t condone those other antis who harass or abuse shippers. But have you considered that maybe if you’re shipping an abusive ship, you kind of deserve it?”
Hey everyone! So with the panic, I want to spread some positivity & tools to be proactive about a lot of the worries users have regardless of what’s coming down the absurd Tumblr pipeline.
There’s 3 great ways to save/download your content; the first will be one you can use to save online (great esp. for those who don’t have ‘spare room’ on their computer), and the latter two will save things locally:
1) save online by exporting to WordPress
saves “online” by copying your content to a WordPress blog. requires signing up there.
downloads into a ZIP folder. may include messages & inbox content too.
As wary as you might be of Tumblr (and for fair reason), they actually have a way to export your blog already. Follow the simple instructions here; really, it boils down to “go to Settings”, “choose which blog from the right”, “scroll to the bottom and click export”!
Personally, I’d use this one, especially if you want a bit more clarity in what & where you’re downloading. You can find the application & instructions here, but some of the immediately obvious perks include being able to queue download times (eg, set to download when you’re sleeping/away), the ability to throttle bandwidth (so it only takes up so much at a time, in case you need to be working online in the meantime), and options to download only a set list of URLs or only original content (so it skips reblogs/in case you only want certain things downloaded).
Hopefully this helps! I know not everyone’s been through a mass shift in fandom homing before, and even if you have, it can be an exhausting and/or daunting process. Take a deep breath, don’t panic, and look out for resources to make it easier!
what continuously amazes me about the mcelroys is that justin looks like a gay elf, and travis looks like a portland barista who takes regular business trips to narnia. they both look like weird, cool, funny guys. but then griffin looks like if you hit ‘random’ on a character generator for a game exclusively about tax accountants. he looks like he was born with a polo shirt on. he looks like both his first and last names are jeff. he looks like he organizes socks for fun, and then he opens his mouth and says something funny enough that you rupture all your internal organs laughing about it. it’s incredible.
i just want to say that the first time i saw griffin in the wwe monster factory video (i think), i was floored. i couldn’t believe my eyes. he was exactly like op says and i was not prepared for that at all and i was unable to process anything for days
some kid in gsa: i’m just a hecking smol pupper that watches thomas sanders bc he’s a gay icon! hamilton is my favorite musical and i like detroit become human too >.<!!
me a normal gay person:
@op let kids enjoy things challenge
“I am not like other gays uwu other gays are embarrassing and dare to even look at problematic things while i am normal and live up to a 100% purity culture standard and only like the wokest™ of all woke things uwu ”
hey op if you don’t want to be at the gsa you don’t need to go 🙂
being the cool gay won’t protect you from homophobes
read that sentence, and read it again.
being the cool gay won’t protect you from homophobes.
respectability politics is, and always will be, a trap.
Y’all are always so butthurt at being reminded of how embarrassing you are….have you guys considered not acting like asshats online 🤔 maybe then you won’t feel so personally attacked by joke post
are you sure it’s people doing the “smol pupper” thing who are the ones being asshats online?
are you sure it’s not the ones making fun of kids behind their backs and perpetuating cringe culture?
think about this real hard.
Exactly. OP, what the fuck do you think a GSA is there for? What do you think, that it’s some snooty fucking club where you can sit in the sidelines and make snarky fucking comments about all the people you think you’re better than with your ugly friends?
It’s a gathering place for people to go to get away from that kind of shit. You get that, right? It’s a place where lgbt+ people can be themselves in a judgment-free zone. Key words, “judgment-free.” Sounds like you’ve never needed that, and that’s super great, good for you, but a lot of lgbt+ people do. If you don’t need that space, and all you’re gonna do is sit there and make fun of everyone else anyway, why don’t you just stay home?
You know, free up that resource for someone who really needs it.
Asshole.
Just Exclusionist Things: being an asshole isn’t a replacement for an actual personality
Don’t tell them that, then they won’t have anything else left to make them “unique” and “cool”
shipping problematic and unpopular otps feels so damn good like everybody is going to hate you so what? i’m having so much fun while y’all are crying like little babies. just grow the fuck up folks!!!!
gaara acts chill but when him and lee first get together you cant get through a single conversation without him being all “oh well my boyfriend lee always says-” and “this one time lee–”
he probably brags about him too like not in an obnoxious way but you can tell hes proud of his boyfriend
gaara: lee was the first one to break through my sand shield and he did it using only taijutsu
somerandomvillagerorsmthidk: wow really?
gaara: yeah he kicked me in the head
kankuro: …why would you brag about that
gaara: why wouldnt i brag about that it was awesome
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