aetherial-boy

[aetherial-boy]

this isn’t about unreadable typing quirks btw, this is about people who speak their language but with ‘weird’ grammar, or rambling, or lots of spelling mistakes

it’s about people who type and talk with AAC

it’s about people with psychosis that affects their communication

it’s about people who are dyslexic or dyspraxic and that affects their typing

it’s about people with IDs that affect how they communicate

it is NOT about your ‘homestuck typing’ that seriously messes with screen readers and most people cannot understand without plain text anyway

people on discord be normal about people who type and talk ‘weird’ challenge (impossible edition)

[aetherial-boy]

Reminding people who have migrated from other websites that censoring words is actively unhelpful and even harmful here on Tumblr.

Some people who have come over here from other websites like Twitter or Tik Tok are familiar with an algorithm that suppresses certain words. Tumblr has no algorithm, so aside from being banned or having your posts deleted by staff, there is no suppression of posts based on what words they contain. So why is it a problem when this habit carries over to here?

Tumblr allows you to block words and phrases under "filtered post content" in the general settings (not blog settings). I have the word "suicide" blocked, so any post that contains the word "suicide" is automatically hidden and I have to press a button to reveal it. However, if someone writes "I want to unalive myself" or "I'm going to commit s*icide", I see those posts and they can be triggering. Similarly, Tumblr's tag filtering system is very specific. So if I have "#suicide tw" blocked but someone writes the tag as "#s*icide tw" that post will be visible to me.

The tag and word/phrase blocking system allows people with PTSD, phobias, photosensitivity, and a range of other conditions to use the site with a moderate amount of safety. Over-censoring doesn't help, and can in fact cause people to be accidentally exposed to triggers. There are no rules here when it comes to words besides "don't threaten or harass people". Say "fuck". Say "suicide". Say "abuse". Say what you mean and I guarantee you'll actually be keeping more people safe.

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For those who’ve migrated from TikTok: there’s no reward for harassment on Tumblr. You won’t gain a heavy amount of likes, reblogs, and followers for leading harassment campaigns; if anything, it’ll make people block you.

On Tumblr, there’s no popularity contest because many don’t care about the amount of followers, likes, and reblogs you have. A lot of users even hide their likes and who they're following. Users heavily encourage blocking people and filtering out tags. This is why online discourse is more confined to its bubble instead of being so widespread on this website: because people curate their experiences.

If you want to have an enjoyable experience on Tumblr, then you need to use the block button and filtering system. If you don't, then you're going to be extremely miserable.

EDIT: Interesting additions to the post-

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If you are posting (online) about how you suddenly have no connection to others (online where people are) and you have no way of knowing current events now (you are online) and you have no way of finding information anymore not even cooking recipes (online) amd how could you ever be expected to watch a 10 minute video to learn something! (Tf?) and it feels like the world has dissapeared (you are posting on social media) and are worrying how the world will survive "without news" now (news? Online?) And worrying about how there could be genocides going on and you will never know (do you not even have twitter?) if you're straight up displaying withdrawal behaviour because "no other app reproduces the algorithm"

Fuck me. The boomers were right. You have proven every mean joke about the youths right. Tiktok rotted your brains. Touch grass.

[aetherial-boy]

hey. Hey look at me

I know we’re happy about the ceasefire for palestine

but please please PLEASE do not move on like it’s some sort of internet trend. It’s a good thing, yes, but there are still countless people who have been devastatingly affected. The ceasefire has not brought back all the money, homes, and families destroyed.

Drink some water and keep doing what you can.

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people on discord be normal about people who type and talk ‘weird’ challenge (impossible edition)

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it’s never okay to tell someone you’d kill yourself if they were them

but if one more person says that to me i’ll say ‘i already tried, obviously it didn’t work’

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The ceasefire agreement was reached and joy is floating among the Palestinian people

[aetherial-boy]

having a freeze response to stress is so funny in the context of normal adult stressors. millions of years of evolution are trying to tell me that the email will not find me if i stay very still and do nothing

[aetherial-boy]

i put the hot in psychotic

[aetherial-boy]

fuuuuck that is my circus. are those…? yep… those are my monkeys….. goddammit.

[aetherial-boy]

just found out i should’ve had a medication review BEFORE i hit the year mark, no wonder i feel like my antidepressants don’t do shit

im gonna have to make an appointment about it, and probably bring up my psychosis again because that’s NOT being nice to me and it almost fucked up an exam for me today. i was just brushed off when it started because apparently most people hallucinate when they’re stressed? but now i can’t take a shower without seeing the water turning into blood and it’s generally making me suicidal again.

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the joke is that autistic people are stereotyped by the hand flaps and other stims, and Italian people are known for talking with their hands. I am both autistic and half Italian, so in any photo where I’m not posing there’s a 90% chance I’m doing something funny with my hands that’s part of a bigger gesture, or my hands are blurry because they don’t stay still.

honorary mention to the candid picture someone took of me and my ex where it looks like I’m about to slap her in the face, because I wish that was an actual slap and not a gesture of ‘I’m fucking done’ in hindsight.

i have candid photos from genshin prom and the Italian Autistic Hands Curse has struck again

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i have candid photos from genshin prom and the Italian Autistic Hands Curse has struck again

[aetherial-boy]

i was SO worried i wouldn’t be able to get a decent hotel room, because it’s the middle of summer, next to the convention center over con weekend, but i did and it’s gonna make my life so much easier. i horrifically overdo it every single con so being right next to the place helps so much.

i haven’t done a con on my own for a couple years so i’m SCARED, but also all my friends go to this one so i’ll be okay XD i’ve literally just gotta book my train now but it’s too far in advance to be able to 🥲

GOING TO FOUR CONS THIS YEAR FUCK YESSSSS

[aetherial-boy]

GOING TO FOUR CONS THIS YEAR FUCK YESSSSS