#I should just log off

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[mylittleredgirl]

that moment when you cross the point of no return with a character should be accompanied by a specific chime i think. like 🔔 congratulations! this one has been installed in the Permanent Collection and you will never stop thinking about them as long as you live

[aroace-ventplace]

…can’t believe i need to say this in 2024, but if you see a tumblr blog that’s an obvious sockpuppet, just block them. don’t give them any attention.

for those who weren’t aware, a sockpuppet is an account that someone uses to pretend to be someone they aren't, usually for the sake of accomplishing a particular goal. "asexual" sockpuppets were used extensively in tumblr's ace discourse years (which reached their peak in 2016-2019). aphobes and exclusionists made blogs where they roleplayed as exaggerated aspec caricatures, trying to paint asexuals as childish, ignorant, bigoted, etc - in a word, "cringey." crazey-acey-in-spacey was an especially notorious example of a sockpuppet that a lot of people took at face value, since their deliberately outrageous behavior (falsely) confirmed a lot of the biases tumblr users already had about aspecs. it's NEVER worth engaging with any of these accounts - don't feed the trolls, as they used to say.

ways to spot an "asexual" sockpuppet:

makes a lot of statements that are intentionally tone-deaf and offensive. especially look out for sudden mentions of race/analogies to racism ("ace genocide," "ace reparations") - a common tactic in the acecourse days was to paint asexuality as a "white" orientation, and to suggest asexuals were racist.

references other infamous sockpuppets like crazy-acey and the "warm milk aceggot" post.

makes claims about famous people being aspec, especially people who are known for bigoted beliefs. it was very common for aphobes to make asexual moodboards of people like thatcher or trump; they did this to paint aspecs as out of touch with reality and the wider queer community, and to strengthen the association between asexuality and bigotry.

use of the words "acey" or "asexy." some people do use these words in a positive sense now, but anti-aspec shit-stirrers used them a lot back in the day to imply asexuals were stupid and childish. (and if we're being honest? autistic, too. the aphobic parts of tumblr had a VERY strong undercurrent of ableism.)

this one's a bit less common, but watch out for references to christianity. one widespread aphobic talking point is calling asexuals "puritans" and suggesting that they're aligned more with conservative christianity than the rest of the queer community. aspec christians certainly exist, but given the history of this site, it's just better to double-check aspec accounts that bring up christianity out of the blue when they're engaging with other blogs.

it can be hard to tell the difference between a sockpuppet and a genuine aspec account if you don't have the exact same amount of 2016 tumblr brainrot as me, so feel free to message me and ask about anything you're not sure about - my dms are always open 👍

[quarkfancam]

one thing i really do love about the outsider characters in star trek is how much they all deal with love, especially the doctor in voyager and how much he longs for validation as a person. yes he's self-absorbed, he's rude and somewhat unpleasant, he literally considers himself the 'embodiment of modern medicine', but from the very start of the show he really cares about what people think of him.

when kes starts standing up for him, it's the first time he's not treated as just a program and he spends the rest of the series chasing that first high. in his quest to reaffirm his existence as a person he seeks the most human thing he can think of, which is love and appreciation. he gets on people's nerves trying to get them to appreciate his newest efforts in human arts and culture. he documents his moments with people he barely knows just to have that loving memory for him to look back on. he's possessive of people he's close to. etc.

he's annoying because he wants people to be proud of him. which is embarrassing for the modern-day da vinci!! so he starts grumpily putting everyone down to balance it. because he wouldn't want to be looked at as a clingy child, he's a Grown Man (that's who he's supposed to be). he's a grown man he likes classical music he likes grandiose poetry he likes shakespeare. the greatest in literature! the classics! everyone likes those. he's so good at being human. please tell him you love him. no he will not ask you outright. get back to work.

[silvermoon424]

Really getting sick and fucking tired of how much online leftists (Tumblr users are a huge demographic I'm talking about btw) engage in bad faith interpretations. Everybody is so ready and eager to assume the worst about people and have no problems with being rude as fuck for no reason.

I don't wanna be all "purity culture is why Trump won the election!!" because that's an incredibly reductionist and online take, but I am actually begging people to start being fucking NICER to people who largely agree with you. 2025 is not looking good, because unfortunately the US's politics influence everyone else. I am pleading with progressives to stop ripping each other apart when there's a much bigger threat. You can educate and criticize people without acting like they're a horrible person who needs to be flogged.

I'm not better than anyone btw, I've had to check myself a lot on bad behavior. But some of you guys are just fucking mean and rude, and I think that you use your progressivism as an excuse to be mean and rude. Like I'm not even asking you to stop being rude, I'm just asking that you don't direct as much of it towards your allies. I don't think that's too much to ask.

[rebouks]

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[clattering – distant voices] [Oscar groaned, clutching his pounding head; he didn’t want to face reality just yet, but there was no way he’d get back to sleep now] Oscar: Morning, gremlins. [Oscar was met with the usual cheery good mornings from Byrd and Ava, followed by a yawn from Wren and a pensive, yet curious look from Robin that made his already uncomfortable gut twist with guilt and shame] Courtney: C’mon, school time. Robin: But-… Courtney: No buts. Byrd: Why’s the car in the hedge..?

[galacticglitterglue]

it’s so fucking annoying getting recommended blogs and I’m like “oh sweet! a new fun blog to follow that posts ST things and other cool stuff!!” and then I’m immediately hit with the “I hate Billy Hargrove and if you stan him get the fuck off my blog and stop defending him and stop shipping him and stop trying to change canon and if you post anything about him or ship him get the fuck off my blog and LEAVE!!!” bullshit

girl… if a fictional character causes you that much fucking damage I suggest perhaps maybe filtering his name or blacklisting the tags, you don’t gotta straight up throw a fucking fit about it ???

theres plenty of fandoms or ships or characters I don’t like or don’t give a fuck about, and you know what I do? I just filter that shit out and go about my life. do I ever in my life wanna see content about Hamilton or SuperWhoLock or whatever? No!! do I rage about it and tell people to fuck off?? No!! I just block the tags and let people vibe with whatever the fuck they want to. Even in the ST fandom there’s characters and ships I don’t care for, but do I give a single fuck if people post about them? Hell no!! I just block the tags or filter posts that are focused on things I don’t care for.

The features are free and easy to use, AND you don’t have to be a dick about it either!! Like did we forget this is a fictional universe full of fictional characters that is a tv show and not real life??? Did we forget that these characters have no actual impact on basically anything besides the way you choose to let your ideas of them affect you??

I know this is literally just me screaming into the void, and it really means nothing, but all I can think about when I see people get super fucking pissed off and ANTI (insert whatever here) is this:

[fangharel]

uhm yeah so uh. this is insane. this is genuinely insane and unwell behaviour. i just opened my eyes this morning to be told that two people who have nothing to do with me or durge or anyone else have received identical, anonymous asks trying to rope them into the drama and i'm just??? straight up befuddled. flabbergasted, confounded, shocked, and so on. i don't really have the words.

i'm going to continue to ignore those people as i have for weeks now, but seeing as i don't know how many outside of my circle have been sent this, i thought i'd make a post to inform any curious lurkers that you're not the only recipient of this message.

so uhm. yeah. do with that information what you will.

[ivebeenthearcher]

This is absurd and I recognize it as a me problem but just reading people vague posting about the leak is ruining my mood for tomorrow lmao

[mitskiluvr]

replaying mystic messenger is so crazy because why am i gentle parenting these grown men and teaching them how to handle their feelings

[captainjonnitkessler]

"people seem to be basically advocating for the creation of an ethnostate" YES thank you, a government that is based on blood quantum is wrong on so many levels. Even if the feds were to give tribes the national parks or forests like i see a ton of people advocating for on Tumblr (not co-management but all management like i keep seeing), it would still be telling people with the wrong ethnicity that they're incapable of protecting, or possibly even visiting, public lands because they aren't a certain color. Indigenous people are an oppressed minority, no questions about that, and they should receive reparations for their generational abuse. But creating an ethnostate is not the answer. (I would've replied on main but people got really mad at me last time I said "this is literally promoting an ethnostate" so thank you for saying it out loud)

Yeah, I just don't think there's any way to lock public power behind an ethnicity requirement that isn't extremely fucked up. And it really bothers me how many people defend it with "well it'll be fine because Indigenous people are all perfectly good with a Connection To The Land! Only a colonizer would think people with absolute authority might abuse that authority!" You can argue about whether or which land should be returned, but do it without the Noble Savage racism, y'know?

It's also the exact line of defense Israel is using to justify its actions in Palestine and Lebanon. "It used to be ours, it's culturally significant, it's a sacred site, we were forced out so we have the right to take it back and to maintain our majority through an apartheid state". It's a really fucking dangerous line of thinking! Ethnostates are fucking bad, and when you say "this ethnicity should be placed in power", I think it's reasonable to be a little concerned about the implications of that!

And frankly the idea that indigenous people are better at environmentalism or have some sort of inherent connection to the land that nobody else does seems like an abdication of responsibility. I think it's true that many indigenous cultures prioritize environmentalism in a way that mainstream American culture doesn't, but that's not because they have magic fucking blood. You, too, can form a connection to the land! You can become an environmentalist! If enough of us do it, mainstream American culture will start to prioritize environmentalism as well! But that might involve educating yourself on local issues, contacting your representatives, voting in every election, or getting involved in a local environmentalist group, and y'know, that's a lot harder than posting online about how we should pass that responsibility onto someone else who's "naturally better at it".

[starleska]

ah, i love waking up to hate mail making fun of my art 😶 but you know, i think it speaks a lot to the emotional illiteracy of some folks that they think such a thing will get a lasting rise. who knows why they do it? is it for a cheap laugh? are they projecting because they dislike their own art? are they so personally miserable that they just want to tear other people down to fill that gaping void in their real lives?

[mercymaker]

trying to make bg3 work for me today got me like

[rohirric-hunter]

I also want to make a post appreciating the culling in Umbar. It's an extremely big, extremely ambitious city, and although it is kinda laggy, it functions really well. While playing normally I've had moments where I would whip my camera around fast enough to just barely see something load in, so I knew they were doing a lot of culling to make it work, but it wasn't until I saw the city from above that I realized just how extensive it is and how well the illusion works. I wish I had taken some screenshots to show just how much of the city is not loaded in at any given time to demonstrate it. But it's overall really effective use of the tool to build the illusion of a really big city.

[rainbowangel110]

Guys I am so sorry for dropping off the face of the earth, it will happen again

[bunny-extract]

bestie I had things to do today. now I'm just thinking of feeding those big mfs with the full intention of bulking them up. with my cooking/baking skills it would not take long. (Source: friends with strongman types and do this for them willingly)

GOD them coming to you after their workout still dripping in sweat and telling you how good the place smells. Sitting together at the table and demolishing the whole spread you put out, moaning around their forks and lavishing you with praise. Watching them sink back into their seats with clean plates and hands resting over distended stomachs, wide smiles on their sleepy faces.

It's flattering how much they love your cooking. The praise, the adoration, the way they get a little sheepish asking if there's enough for second. The answer is always yes, you take good care to make enough to feed your personal army, but desert comes before seconds. It's tradition, and the cheesecake you'd made is sitting pretty in the fridge just for them.

Second tradition is that they help you clean, which is all the motivation you need to keep up this labor of love (as if the love wasn't enough). And it's not that your kitchen is the size of a broom closet or anything, but with all of them crammed in that space you're better off sitting back and admiring them work. Washing the dishes, wiping the counters, sweeping the floor. They brush and bump against each other the whole time, the ensuing and inevitable shoving match usually leading them to your couch, where they once again make the place look like a doll house.

They spread out on it like oversized dogs, leaving just enough room for you to squeeze in between. Everyone shuffles around until you're perfectly surrounded, keeping at least one hand on you at all times. Rubbing your feet, massaging your hand, stroking over your back until the combination of the heat, your full stomach and the soothing touches puts you to sleep. The hum of their quiet talking mistaken for the TV nobody bothered to turn on.