#go outside and touch grass

[demibats]

halsey has been making music for 12 years and has always made time for fans and let us know how important we are to her . the hate and disdain i’ve seen directed at them is disgusting and inhuman . they were sick and actively going through treatment . she’s shared this with her fanbase as well as the hardships she’s gone through and people don’t have an ounce of empathy toward her ? don’t call yourself a fan if you’re actively berating and sending hateful things to them . she’s a person , not a fucking fictional character . i know this isn’t the kind of stuff i usually post about , but h is the one artist that i connected with on such a personal level that i wont stand for people lacking empathy and being hateful toward her .

[noperopesaredope]

You know, I'm autistic, so I get very passionate about certain stuff. But I swear to god, sometimes I'll be in a fandom and there will be people that make me go:

Like, ya'll, it's not that serious. Please, I'm begging you. Touch some grass. Go to the grocery store. Calm down.

[lokisasylum]

Reminder: Jimin is there FOR WORK, this is NOT a concert, NOT a fanmeeting or one of your Y/N ffs. So CHILE with your bullshit entitlement & crying parties.

No because some armchairs are crying in TL about how they waited hours and hours and didn't get to see him. Or that "he didn't greet everyone" and "oh he would never do this to his fans" or "He always treats American fans differently---"

Babe, he's there as the Global Brand Ambassador from S. Korea invited to a SPECIAL EVENT (and again he was being rushed in by his managers 'cause it was late).

He did bowed and greeted those near him, but some are acting like they expected him to run around the block all the way down to Central Park high-fiving everyone.

Just say you want an excuse to talk shit & hate him, Karen.

[whizpill]

All things considered… Oppenheimer is a very depressing movie about the consequences of capitalist technological pursuit and I personally can’t help but think about the parallels with the Barbie movie being a satirical critique of consumerism while… Having us indulge in all the branded merch. The irony is not lost on me.

For the record if you watch Barbie first and wash it down with Oppenheimer you’re a sociopath.

Claim your seat at the table love, we know what you are.

[virtu4l-di4ry]

i need to walk among the trees again lay in the cool grass. remind myself that to feel unloved is wrong because the earth loves me. she feeds me and creates beautiful spots for me to soak in and grows from my love.

[uncertainty5]

My thoughts on the Watcher drama youtube controversy

lol. lmao

[musicismylife120191]

There’s a huge difference between being uncomfortable with an age gap between adults and comparing that to child brides and shit. You can talk about the potential issues with age gap relationships without acting like the younger person is a child and not a grown adult.

Comparing a potentially problematic relationship between ADULTS to pedophilia is a fucked up thing to do and absolutely does harm to actual instances of it.

[lightdancer1]

Just gonna say it:

Social media promoting delusions of grandeur and illusions of control is where its real damage to society lies. I can assure you that an A-list celebrity doesn't care what you do and they don't know you from Adam. A war in another godforsaken worthless stretch of desert will not see a single bullet fail to leave the gun and a single shell fail to leave the cannon because of that.

You are not a revolutionary, you're a poseur who thinks that slacktivism is effective change. Unless you're actually Palestinian or Israeli you have no say at all and they have very little on what Netanyahu and the IDF high command do and what the 101st Chairborne of Hamas are doing in Qatar.

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

“👁️👄👁️” This is so 2020 what are u 10? (Omg she’s so crazyyy i love her 😝

Do you feel good when you make fun of others because you’re so insecure about who you are as a person that you can’t stand when someone is comfortable with themselves and having fun?

I’m literally just vibing on my own blog lol

[melikes-reads]

How to save an AO3 fic in the Wayback Machine

This one author you love has deleted all their works, deactivated their tumblr, disappeared off the face of the (virtual) Earth.

You realise that, for some reason, you never saved their fanfictions. What now?

The Wayback Machine is your friend!

Well, only if some kind soul has saved the fic in the right way. You can be the kind soul, if you like. Just follow these steps:

1) Go to the story page. If multi-chapter, click on “Entire Work”. The URL will look like this:

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4436639?view_full_work=true

2) If the story is rated G or T, go ahead and paste that URL here https://web.archive.org/ in the “Save Page Now” box at the bottom right, and click on "save page".

3) If the story is rated Mature, Explicit or Not Rated (M, E, NR), ADD THIS BIT TO THE URL: ?view_adult=true. The URL will look like this:

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4436639?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true

4) Go ahead and paste this URL in the “Save Page Now” box of the Web Archive. It needs to have this bit, in this exact order

?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true

immediately after the story serial number. Of course, omit the &view_full_work=true if the story has only one chapter. Now click on "save page".

What happens if the URL doesn’t have the ?view_adult=true bit in it? The story won’t show in the Wayback Machine. You’ll get the AO3 content warning:

“This work could have adult content. If you proceed you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.” You will NOT get to the story.

Please note that this method does NOT work with restricted fics. Whatever you try, the Internet Archive will only save the AO3 login wall for those. As it should.

Alternatively: save that fic you like NOW. Even if it’s a WIP. Even if it's abandoned. Yes, even then. SAVE THAT FIC.

But for the love of all that you hold dear, DO NOT REPOST IT.

DO NOT PLAGIARISE IT.

DO NOT FEED IT TO AI.

The end.

[cannabisexual]

how can people walk around their little corner of this planet, perceiving the world around them in their own unique ways, and not think "damn, this is something worth fighting for and protecting"? i looked up at the sky yesterday, just stopped whatever i was doing for a minute, and truly looked. the clouds rolling by, the smell of fresh cut grass and firewood, the sounds of birds and squirrels and dogs, and the cool, soft breeze kissing my face.

and then i'm reminded of just how fragile it all is. how easily and quickly it could be taken away from us.

[ambelle]

Pro Tip

Shipping characters is great. Shipping characters and then deciding to stalk and harass the actors real life significant others is deranged, invasive, and pathetic.

Hope that helps… but I know it won’t because people feel entitled to actors personal lives and bodies.

[thestrangestthlng]

The whole point of filters is to customize the output of said archive to give you want you want to consume. There’s no algorithm. The fact that anyone would say it’s “cultural erasure” to filter out languages you literally cannot read is one of the biggest examples of chronic online-ism I’ve ever seen in my life.

Hypothetical scenario: someone is on Ao3, looking for fanfiction to read. This person only speaks/reads English, and they set the language filter to only show fics written in English.

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[emoagumon]

It’s just pretty colors and love month. Fuck all of you 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👩‍❤️‍👩👨‍❤️‍👨

[librarian-of-babbel]

Y'all just needs to go outside.

[sk3l3t0n444]

holy fuck i touched grass, found a bird criminal hideout, helped a baby squirrel, told a robin to fuck off (robins are just bird karens istfg), talked to some neighbors, flipped off a cop, found a mysterious thing stuck to the sidewalk (bird? mushroom? paper? leaves? the hopes and dreams of every child that became jaded and cynical before the age of 13?) it was wild :)