#internet bullshit

[tomorrowusa]

The pet eating disinformation being spread by Trump, Vance, and other loony Republicans had its roots with folks which Weird Donald once described as "very fine people".

The issue in Springfield, about 45 miles from Columbus in southwest Ohio, involves thousands of Haitian immigrants who have settled in the city in recent years, many of them there legally under federal programs after having fled violence and political turmoil. Residents and political leaders, including Vance, have for months raised economic and public safety concerns, asserting that an influx of as many as 20,000 immigrants to a city that in 2020 counted a population of 59,000 has strained resources. Claims about pets being abducted, slaughtered and eaten are more recent. Blood Tribe, a national neo-Nazi group, was among the early purveyors of the rumor in August, posting about it on Gab and Telegram, social networks popular with extremists. While the group’s leader has taken credit for Trump’s indulgence of the claims, Blood Tribe’s reach is unknown; its accounts on those sites have fewer than 1,000 followers. Some Blood Tribe members also planned a couple of events in the real world, like a small Aug. 10 march in Springfield protesting Haitian immigration and an appearance at a city commission meeting later that month. The rumor soon crossed over to mainstream social media, like Facebook and X. NewsGuard, a firm that monitors misinformation, traced the origins to an undated post from a private Facebook group that was shared in a screenshot posted to X on Sept. 5.  “Remember when my hometown of Springfield Ohio was all over National news for the Haitians?” the user wrote. “I said all the ducks were disappearing from our parks? Well, now it’s your pets.”

A "savvy genius" is not somebody easily taken in by racist internet spam. The United States is not well served by a POTUS whose decisions are easily influenced by obvious bullshit.

Around that time, other social media posts about the rumor sprouted and went viral, some of them based in part on residents’ comments at public hearings. On Sept. 6, there were 1,100 posts on X mentioning Haitians, migrants or immigrants eating pets, cats, dogs and geese, according to PeakMetrics, a research company. The next day there were 9,100 — a 720% increase. The number of posts spiked again Monday, to 47,000, when Vance advanced the rumor on X.

[i-am-trans-gwender]

Teacher: If you post something online it's up there forever!

Person who's into lost media: Umm actually....

[thegoodthebadandthequeer]

Forever infuriated that jokingly hornyposting “my body his choice” got co-opted by far right “pick-me” women for lack of a better term. We can’t have shit on the internet >:/

[iamonlyhereforthefood]

"Christmas is a Christian holiday and can't be celebrated secularly because... because..., well because it has Christ in it" *smug face, argument won*

Funny how the entire concept of any languages other than English existing and maybe having different words for it is lost on people here.

[ultimate-marysue]

Hi hello, Ace-Aro person here: please stop talking over us and infantilizing us.

If I see one more take about how you need to keep fandom clean because "we need to protect the asexuals" I'll riot. Here's the thing, some ace people are uncomfortable with nsfw. So are some alosexual people. That's why it's important to tag things accordingly so other people can manage their experience. That has nothing to do with being ace though.

I think people conflate asexual with sex repulsed and then further conflate lack of sex with being a child. I'm 26, even if sex made me uncomfortable I can voice it myself as a grown woman. You don't need to "protect me".

The protection narrative is very puritanical christian culture. I can keep myself safe, thank you very much, you don't need to wage holy war on boobs in my name. In fact, I am fighting the crusade on the side of the boobs.

A lot of ace people are very pro sex so long as it doesn't involve us. Some actually do have sex, lack of attraction doesn't mean lack of libido.

When you see ace people, survivors of sa, neurodivergent people or even minors as "poor sweet things that need to be protected" instead of actual people, that's when you drink the purity culture Kool aid. If you're old enough to be on social media you're old enough to use the tools at your disposal to filter the content you see. We don't need anyone harassing others in our name.

We should teach people how to use these tools instead of forcing everyone to act PG 13 (which is what the advertisers want you to do btw). Also, consider how it makes us feel when you speak over us saying that ace/ND/sa survivors are uncomfortable with sex when a lot os us aren't. Hell, purity culture has been proven to be very damaging for the minors it was meant to protect (lack of sex Ed, repression and feelings of guilt make you easier to groom too). Kiddifying the internet is harmful even for the minors.

So please, next time you read about how we need to make fandom "safer for ace people" I want you to remember that statistically speaking a lot of the nsfw artists you're harassing are ace. Tag things, block words, keep yourself safe and let others live.

But, most of all: stop making generalizations about communities (even if you're in them) to justify your censorship.

[bearslikedilfs]

what is it with everything geting incredibly worse recently. specfically websites/internet. discords new idiotic name change. reddit most recently. twitter in general. tumblr live (ew). netflix canceling every show after a season and stopping password sharing. grammarly using ai and therefore being much worse at grammar checking. why are they actively making their products worse I Dont Get It. not just a rhetorical question if anyone has ideas i am curious although im sure the reason is depressing

[spineless-lobster]

I’ve noticed this thing (mainly on google and spotify) where if you try to screenshot a page a“share” page will pop up, and although it doesn’t interfere with the screenshot itself (thank god) it’s SUPER annoying

Like no!!!! Stop trying to get clicks!!!! It’s like how you can’t screenshot streaming services, I’m TRYING to share information by screenshotting a section instead of letting someone scroll through a disgusting amount of ads and useless padded out paragraphs. It’s so horrible I hate this I hate this stupid fucking society we live in whyyyyyyyyyy

[chaotictempleknight]

I love how DA is now rubbing it in our faces that the top ExCluSivEs artist is LITERALLY SH_TTING OUT AI SLOP TO SELL TO THEIR PEANUT GALLERY. Might as well call the website "DeviantAI" or "AI Art" at this point.

Christ on a bicycle... It's kind of bizarre given that AI Art is a legal minefield right now. I am not vehemently opposed to the technology, but even I have to draw a line in the sand and say this is going too far.

Side note: I am not concerned about the "AI lawsuit" because it either fizzled out or will be settled behind closed doors. If those people are still pursuing it, they now have to contend with Google (is "working" on an image generator), Microsoft (has Bing Create), and all the other major tech companies adopting AI tech. And all I can say to that is good F___ing luck trying to take on Google. Worst case scenario (I'd imagine) for DA is that the lawsuit goes through and Wix panic sells them to someone else. Kind of hoping it would be Elon Musk because that would be utterly hysterical (insert maniacal laugh here)...

Despite some of the dumb and braindead decisions Tumblr has made in the past, I will give them credit for not going in all guns blazing on AI like DA did. I'm actually starting to be happy that I resurrected my Tumblr blogs now.

[seven-oomen]

I just found this in the chronically ill tag and I just-

...

Like some of these are not like the others (proshipper for one), but how the hell do you not believe in narcissistic abuse?????? And believe that believing in it is akin to the other things on this list????

What the hell is wrong with you????

Needless to say, blocked, but what the actual fuck?

[fipindustries]

so now we live in the timeline where brianna wu piped in a panel to defend destiny who was getting grilled by another progressive for talking with nazis

[unrealdeen]

why are there so many internet-whore accounts following me like who’s downbad enough to try to find someone to fuck on fucking tumblr dude

[honestlytrulymaybe]

Sigh.

Several people have pointed some of these out in the tags already, but:

“The customer is always right…” - CITATION NEEDED - I failed to find a source for the purported “full quote” other than the tweet in the screenshot above. (Maybe the tweet author read this blog post and got confused?) Furthermore, several sources note that Selfridge was one of multiple people who may have coined the phrase, others being John Wanamaker and Marshall Field.

“Jack of all trades…” - FALSE - various sources show that the original phrase was the judgement-neutral “Jack of all trades,” and the “master of none” bit was added later; the “ofttimes better than a master of one” part is likely a modern addition.

“The blood of the covenant…” - FALSE - the original phrase is “Blood is thicker than water.” The modern authors who claim the second line is the original meaning fail to cite any sources.

“The love of money is the root of all evil” - TRUE - 1 Timothy 6:10 in the Christian Bible.

[rosechan01]

I'm currently losing a being obsessed with my boyfriend contest to some random guy on the Internet who makes ai art, it's kinda funny honestly

[angry-teacher-says-fuck]

My toxic trait is that I'm incredibly likely to take it personally if your clickbait title focusing on hidden details in any piece of media accuses me of having missed them.

Title: 5 Hidden References in (insert my current hyper fixation here) That You Totally Missed!

Me: ::scoffs:: You don't fuckin know me! Now I'm not watching it!

[zr-art-world]

....Is it really THAT fucking hard for people not to be fucking weirdos and make/say weird shit!!!!!!!!! I unfollowed some artists because they said some weird shit.....

[javaelemental]

Don't believe anything you see on TikTok. Those guys are lying about everything for views.

every once in a while i learn some wild new piece of information that explains years of behavior and reminds me that i will never truly understand everything about my ridiculous adhd brain