#but also: finally found some (former) Tumblr user in the wild. yay!

[chiakery]

I just had my first irl situation where someone tried to explain to me the concept of shipping and OH BOY WAS IT WEIRD.

Them: So... Back when I used to be on Tumblr, there was this thing where you tagged two people who were friends with tags made of their combined names and... (They continue to babble while I bluescreen for a second)

Me, baffled and slightly offended for being seen as someone who's not a shipper through and through: Dude, I spend half of my day on this hellsite. You don't have to give me a heterosexual explanation, I've got you.