#hellsite doing its thing

[gophergal]

SubScorp Week 2023 - Day 4: That Hit The Spot

I can’t even say anything about this. It speaks for itself, I think.

@subscorp-week

(full version under the cut just in case. Slightly spicy)

Hanzo looks fucking miserable but I promise he just wasn’t expecting his snowman to be an insatiable beast

[hellsite-detective]

I'm looking for a post that should be pretty easy to find but I can't seem to do it for the life of me and then I remembered "hey! There's a person for this!!! :D" So here I am

The post is a picture of a surveillance camera pointing at a sign that says "this area is under constant surveillance"

a rather easy one here. i went down to the Search Bar to ask Google for any post that had this exact quote mentioned, and they handed me a screenshot of what i was lookin' for. from there, i asked for posts from the last blog in the chain that included the quote they said in the post, and i got the link rather quickly, no questions asked. so, i filed it away.

here you are! a simple one here for you! have a great day!

Post Case: Closed

[metaforth]

Can we just fucking cut it with the anti-therapy shit here? Its not only deeply ignorant, but it's dangerous. Discouraging people from trying things to improve their mental health is a great way to prevent their mental health from improving. If you've been considering trying therapy I would greatly encourage you to give it a chance. Whether it's online, in person, or even over text which I've heard is an option now which is great for people who struggle with face to face communication of any kind.

The response to people claiming everybody needs therapy and therapy will cure all of your problems isn't a hard pivot in the other direction. Therapy works for certain people, because everyone is different. Truth is problems like depression are a vague set of commonly associated behaviors, what's actually going on in different people's brains isn't nearly as easy to map. I personally know people who consider their therapist to have saved their life, and I myself tried therapy multiple times and it's had no effect. I don't blame my therapist, I didn't work for me because it just wasn't for me and that isn't anyone's fault.

And fucking especially don't be actively antagonistic toward your therapist. I hate stories like "my therapist told me to draw what I feel and I decided to just start eating the notebook to see how he'd react and he didn't know what to do lol." If you aren't cooperating then therapy won't fucking work. They aren't wizards who cast magical mental health engoodening spells, they're specialists who's job is to help you figure out what's going on in your head and figure out ways to improve your mental state. They aren't psychics. They can't read your mind. You need to be transparent.

If you can't figure out what to draw, or how to put your feelings into words, or whatever they're asking, just fucking tell them that. The entire point of therapy is having someone to communicate with, many people become licensed therapists because they themselves went through these problems and want to help others find a way through them. I'm sick and tired of Tumblr insisting all therapists are bad because they had a bad experience with therapy 10 years ago and think all therapists act like the paid actors in better help commercials.

Also, just to end, did you go to a mental health professional who specializes in the conditions you're suffering from, or did you type therapy into Google and call the first number you saw? I promise you finding the right therapist may actually make a difference. It might not. As I said, therapy just didn't work for me after I went to multiple different therapists, but I didn't write off the practice. Just like I don't write off anti-depressants, or mediation, or aroma therapy, ECT, the human brain is a complicated puzzle and we all must find a solution that works for us.

The last thing we need to be doing is telling someone not to look where they may find a missing piece.

[capybarable]

man i hate that i genuinely can't use the modern internet at all without having to download a god forsaken app

[thenamesblurrito]

Considering the Invasion on Tumblr desktop, does Cybertron have any clowns besides Starscream?

gofdadslfjdhgsldjsfg i've been avoiding going to the dash because of this, i'm only skulking around my own blog pages and haven't seen the cursed thing yet

yknow i'm not actually sure? the concept of entertainer, of fool, of silly over the top performers is there, actually probably more of a Thing on Velocitron, Eukaris, and Lunas 1 and 2 than most Cybertronian cultures, more in regards to rodeo clowns than circus clowns. facepaint is a thing, silly outfits could be replaced by silly kibble and temporary paint jobs. in general i don't think there's much of a cultural phenomenon of a freak show or circus that popularizes clowns? if there is a "silly clumsy stupid" archetype in performance, in today's culture it's most likely to be a junker stereotype that teaches a debateably humorous lesson about the perils of not living in line with the rules. may also end up leaning into the creepy clown aesthetic to demonize junkers a bit...

used to be the position of parody or a jester-kind of performance was more acceptable (depending on the current govt tho, there's absolutely been tyrannical regimes prior to functionism that also did not take kindly to these) but that's not the same as a clown. Micronus Prime is something of the patron god of pranks and lessons hard-learned this way, so you might say he's the deity of clowns? and Airachnid i sort of designed with a circus performer aesthetic in mind so uh. if you'd like to get stabbed, maybe call her a clown?

[hirazuki]

Okay, see, the thing about your story ending on a negative/dystopian/'despite everything that's happened nothing has changed in society' note and doing so successfully? It needs to have been set up for that in the first place, and it needs to be done in an intentional manner.

I have nothing against works that reinforce how cruel/meaningless/pointless/etc. the world is -- I enjoy a fair few! -- but the works themselves need to be some sort of commentary about it; the plot might be demonstrative of the futility of everything, but the story never should. It should take that and build on it and use it to make a statement, underscore a point, etc. to its readers. Having everything carry on business-as-usual without acknowledging it, especially in a genre that's generally meant to conclude on optimistic, uplifting, and hopeful notes, comes off as callous and in direct opposition with the values it extols.

Plus, the story itself should never be futile because, then, well, it never mattered as a work and it makes no difference if you've read it or not. Which... that's just a badly written story lmao.

[talkfastcal]

update i talked about the mutuals in therapy again tonight

[autisticlee]

hi! I hope you’re doing okay, I found your account via the autism tag and we seem to share some similar problems. I just wanted to let you know that someone is rooting for you :]

Kind of new to tumblr so sorry if I’m misusing this “ask me anything” feature ! :”]

thank you for the kind message 🥺

more people leave a message than they ask a question, so don't worry, you're using it right!

[like-butterflies-and-glitter]

i really need to stop going into the notes of serious posts because the we should piss on the poor reading comprehension mixed with the confidence to argue passionately about something you know nothing about and the absolute fucking audacity on this website is killing my braincells and i have only three they need protection

[aroaceofthesea]

Ive had my phone in english for a while but i changed it back to catalan today and apparently i have tumblr in default language but tumblr doesnt have catalan and damn this is a mess

[sheep-sorbet]

hey just as a heads up tumblr is fucking me over and shadowbanned my main blog + for a while i could not even access my dashboard. so if this blog disappears, you know why!

[mvvocaloidgifs]

Can you do Neapolitan by Apols and EmpathP ft Yohioloid?

Yep, it's in the queue now. There's one more post for "Becoming Pigs Yeah Yeah" and then your request will post Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday

Also, not your fault anon, I forgot to update my description, but requests are closed rn :( Unfortunately the new photo editor is a fucking nightmare so I won't be working on gif posts until they either fix it or bring back the old version

[nexttothelamp]

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[robinsnest2111]

all photos and videos are edited and in the process of being transferred to my laptop!!!

[gimmick-blog-bracket]

Now for the final round!

@hellsitegenetics

I love them

I didn't know I needed to know that the weed-smoking girlfriends post was genetically a wolf, but I did, and I do. Also puts great stuff on my dash.

it’s so fun to be scrolling unhinged posts and then boom. an organism!

so many moths‼ also, unexpected comedy with some of the matches

perfect blend of silly and informative, and makes for an excellent punchline at the end of a long post. puts creatures on my dash. literally what more could you ask for

It's a really unique blog concept and a lot of times the results are pretty funny. It's great when the sequence matches the post content too!

Creatures 👍

Finds beautiful creatures out of the mess of the hellsite

Offers finality AND gives us a creechur.

I love them. English speakers talk like moths

If this blog wins, they could run the text of the winning announcement, and determine the post's genus and species!

They're also very good about tagging the type of creature depicted in the results, so as long as you mute tags of creatures you don't want to see, it's a very fun time seeing iconic legacy posts (and new submissions) being reduced down to a string of letters and assigned a random species of fish or moth or something!

uhh it’s cool

BLAST

There are so many weird bugs in the world

Yippee!!

If, as Haldane said, God has an inordinate fondness for beetles, then surely this blog proves that Tumblr has an inordinate fondness for moths.

Top tier blog as a geneticist, I love seeing obscure organisms and MOTH

Admin got rate limited after trying to blast the bee movie

the knowledge of biology to pull this off (i have taken one biology class in my life) and also the work to find all the strings honestly deserves quite a bit of praise

This gimmick blog has it all: science, pictures of animals, interaction with the text of other peoples' posts, interesting information, and a unique and fun premise. As a biologist, I'm rooting for hellsitegenetics to reach the end and take the tournament, because it is truly a standout among gimmick blogs.

If they win, perhaps this blog too shall become a cool organism :3

@hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

What's more happy holiday cheer than cheering on the destruction of a giant straw goat?

The birds may have won 2023, but I believe in humanity's capability for arson for 2024 <3

a vote for me is a vote for arson! This message was approved by hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

gavle is SUCH a public service and holiday feature

what's more tumblr than comical destruction and holidays?

sometimes you just gotta vote with your matchsticks

Bringing a cultural staple to tumblr since 2021

Arson is so much more fun

It would be really funny and ironic if it survives the tournament

you have no idea how much joy watching the chronicling of the gavlebocken brings me every year

hasgavlebockenburneddownyet provides an essential public service

always love seeing a bit of Swedish history on my dash 'Swedish bamboo season'

the goat account is peak gimmick blog

If I don't get to beat the goat then nobody does. -pointless-achievements

Never ask Tumblr to choose between lies and arson! The winner threatens by nature to rip apart the very fabric of our DNA!

goat statues made out of straw are exciting and interesting

I wanna see things burn

the goat is an essential part of tumblr culture and the goat blog is a sacred keeper of the tumblr high holidays

watching to see if the big straw goat has burned down each year is a true delight, something I never knew existed until tumblr and the blog dedicated to it

the incredibly focused nature of @/hasgavlebockenburneddownyet is what makes their gimmick superior.

Please guys bite gavlebocken

Look, I'm Danish. I was put on this earth to annoy the Swedes and vice versa, but even I voted for @/hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

gavlebocken is also such a fun name and this blog informed be about its existence, so for that I am grateful

hasgavlebockenburneddownyet is providing a vital service! Every year, people rely on their updates regarding the fate of our most beloved Yule Goat! How could they NOT deserve the win!?

sacred anti-corporate arson

a vote for gävlebocken is a vote for anarchy!

pls vote for them they're the funniest gimmick keeping track on the funniest phenomena in recent human history, like when i look at their acc i think to myself this is what tumblr was created for

the goat is the GOAT

HASGAVLEBOCKENBURNEDDOWNYET DESERVES TO WIN, I have them on post alert for a REASON

the holiday season wouldn't be the same without them

they do important reporting. Do you look at the news and be like 'the reporters aren't doing work they're just telling you whats happening.' Have some respect for the goat news

let the weird burnt sacrificial ritual of it all appeal to you

nothing makes my December more interesting, arson should win

doesn't barge in on other peoples posts which is always a good thing in my books. not a fan when obnoxious gimmick blogs turn a decent post into a garbled mess

[steampunk-ghostxx]

Yoooo I think i upset someone with my tags about premium xD