#is imploding

[zee-the2nd]

The neurodivergent thought to delete eveything ive made and just start over from scratch because i feel like i have no controll over anything feel like im going no where in life

[practicalsolutions]

I swear a lot of this boils down to TV vs internet. Seriously.

Used to be that everyone got their info from cable news. As businesses, these news stations need revenue. They get it from ads. The more people watch, the more valuable the ad slots are. The more sensational the news, the more people watch. Almost every major station is classed as entertainment instead of news to avoid defamation suits. Fox news even sued to be able to lie. Unfortunately for us, the most lucrative export is paranoia, rage, and fear.

But the internet was growing. Now you could meet and talk to people all over the without needing to leave your house. User-created content on sites like youtube took off. Freelance or civilian journalism and commentary could have reach without needing to be rich or well connected. People were slowly tuning out of mainstream television news. Who needed them? Why sit and watch when you could interact with a living, breathing digital world.

Cable news tried to adapt to the internet, establishing and growing their websites and hosting more content. Creating paywalls and subscriptions. Hell, now it was the NEWS buying the ads on the internet, hoping to attract traffic. Conversely, user generated content started being smothered by corporate things. Youtube was no longer a place to broadcast yourself. Social media algorithms that fuel addition so you keep giving them clicks and they can keep selling your metadata. You are not the customer. You are the product. You are in a digital human farm. You are in the matrix. Again, the drive for influence and greed transformed the internet into a place to sell you things at great risk to your well-being. The news turned into the internet and the internet turned into TV. It is an all out war for influence, to have the final say, and the noise is driving people mad.

I’m obviously biased in favor of the internet. I tuned out years ago, and genuinely think that people would be much happier if they did too, or at least know when to look away for a bit and ground themselves. Easier said than done, I know. The internet has become predatory, and I have not figured out how to recognize when to step away. I miss the old internet. I’m hoping that people get tired of the emotional manipulation and reject the conventions of the corporate sanitized web. I can hope but I am not holding my breath. Maybe it’s doomed. Maybe it’s just our nature. Every good thing created by the human race will eventually be used to harm it.

[heritageposts]

Translation: What a shitshow. This years Eurovision has gone to hell. And it's first and foremost the EBU's fault.

Also, excerpt from the same article:

Throughout the course of the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU has acted as if they live in a parallel universe. Eurovision is one thing, the world outside something else. The EBU has stuck its head in the sand. Shoved the problem under the rug. Held their hands over their ears and shouted LALALALALA. They appear to have done everything they can to pretend it's possible to hold an apolitical event in a world that's on fire. We have come together to be "united by music", they say, but the sharpshooters on Malmö's rooftops have nothing to do with us! In its struggle to remain apolitical, the EBU has become like a small fascist state in itself, where the artists' space for expression and action has been reduced as much as the undergarments of the Spanish dancers. It is reprehensible.

Reminder again to BOYCOTT EUROVISION 🇵🇸

Don't watch, don't vote.

[secondbeatsongs]

source

[egophiliac]

you know, I've been thinking about it, and there is actually one single scenario in which I would be okay with not getting a big ol' "Silver Vanrouge" out of Lilia.

(just kidding, I still need some "call me Silver, Mr. Vanrouge is my father" in my life, please don't let me down on this one Twst)

[umblrspectrum]

so like is it specifically planets the solver craves or can it get by with just eating dirt off the ground

[kyri45]

What would happen if MK started to unconsciously start chirping like a monkey around macaque or wukong 🙃

And what if I cried drawing this? (They have such heart eyes I just can’t-)

Pls listen to this page OST while reading

I’m gonna miss Baby MK, I only had you for a day and half but u know the rest. Too bad the monkies can’t make a baby of their own (or can they??!👀👀👀👀👀)

Shadowpeach Bio Parent AU (PREV / FIRST / NEXT )

thank you @delightfulcupquakequeen for the amazing ask and the AMAZING fic rec!!! Holy shit!

[fratboycipher]

obligatory welcome guide for redditors

A lot of the guides I've seen don't actually seem to understand how reddit works in comparison to tumblr so

your blog is basically your own small subreddit. some people curate this heavily to fit a theme, like a sub, most people don't

reblogs are culturally equivilant to upvotes but functionally equvilant to crossposting

there is an algorithm. it sucks and nobody uses it. turn it off in settings. everything is generally chronological

likes are functionally equivilant to saving a post

you've probably already seen this but change your icon and put something in your bio or people WILL assume you're a bot. personal info not required

generally, anything you would put as a comment on a thread should go in the tags or the replies of a post. only add comments in reblogs if you want it to become part of the base post

tags are mostly equivilant to flairs, used for organization and commentary

your dashboard is an aggregation of everyone you follow

there is an r/all equivilant(trending page) but it sucks and nobody uses it

our search also sucks. your best bet is using tumblr.com/tagged/[TAG] and not /search

there are no mods

by extension, reporting something doesn't put it in front of the mods, it sends it to staff, who may or may not do anything(usually they don't)

there is no karma, there are no karma limits. anyone can reblog anything, comment/reply to anything, or post in any tag

"reposting"(reblogging) old content doesn't matter. people can and will reblog the same post multiple times, including in a row

CAVEAT. reposting someones art(NOT reblogging, making a new post) is a dick move. i know this is commonplace on fandom subs but its not necessary here. everything you post should be [OC] unless you are reblogging. or posting shitty memes

we have our own sitelore, you'll pick it up

(though im not opposed to bringing some over from reddit)

our app also sucks. we do not have third party apps and any that claim to be are scams. sorry

for desktop, most people use the XKit Rewritten extension for QoL improvements and to revert shitty aesthetic updates, much like old.reddit

we have no idea where the porn rules are at either. add a mature content flag to anything you'd get fired for looking at at work, that's about it

finally, from the bottom of my heart, fuck u/spez

[sutexii]

Resurrection // prints X

[orisretr0]

Oh hey look it’s that one guy

tbh I just wanted to draw that fluffy pink fur scarf thing that he sometimes wears lol

also, HAND PRACTICE !!!! 10/10 very useful muse, highly recommend will do again

[starrblossom12]

Have you ever heard of that myth about lemmings? Yeah... so... it's not a really a myth with this team...

[gdn7-dollopole]

What gets me is that Arthur’s gesture is so delicate.

I know he wasn’t supposed to make any noise, but still. Arthur doesn’t press his hand on Merlin’s mouth, he just lays it there.

You can see that Arthur didn’t push his palm, and he also takes it off in the same gentle way, oh my god.

[soimse]

Uncle Shane getting a makeover!!💜💙

ft. Tumblr curb stomping the quality

Not my proudest work?? But I thought it was worth posting anyways

[cyphyra]

Happy Pride [2024 Remaster]

[mielplante]

happy and soft hualian <3

[the-phantom-peach]

can you show us all your link designs you have? Like for each game? (Only if you want to of course) if not, I wanted to ask if you would ever do a Links meet type of au with your link designs? Just curious 👀

Here’s most of the links I have so far! Their designs aren’t incredibly unique or anything, but I I like adding my own spin on pre/post game designs.

Will I ever do a links meet au? Probably not lol. I mean in little scenarios, maybe, but I could never do a full fledged comic or anything. All the works I’ve seen from other artists are so so good but I can never have that kind of commitment so I commend them “OTL Plus my designs aren’t very timeline accurate soooo ^^’