#it happens with interacting with people online too

[thimbleb3rries]

Scrolling through my drafted posts is so funny because most of them are just tiny text posts that I don't end up actually posting because I've convinced myself that no one wants to see them???

I'm literally so dumb like

It's my blog and I don't have to use it to serve an imaginary audience????

I don't have to be funny or impressive all of the time I can literally just post whatevers on my mind and I'll be fine

It's Tumblr 😭 of all places I'm allowed to have a wacky digital footprint here or be as myself as I want to be

I really need to get out of my own head sometimes

[oh-meow-swirls]

i think this was funnier in my head.

[ninjautizm]

Sam!- i didn’t know you had tumblr 2! :O

I DO!!! Hello!! I also have a bluesky! Since people were moving over there from twitter, I made one in case twitter actually started crashing down and everyone was removing themselves from twitter!

I mainly shitpost about Ninjago on twitter, which I use to do on here as well but then I eventually got lazy 😭

[mbirnsings-71]

Hey gang- Who knew my first art post to get to 100+ notes would be my parkciv doodles?? Cause I didn't- and as of posting this my shadowgast drawing from 2022 (Which I still really love tbh) just got to 100 notes so like,,, that's wild- So I really have to say thank you to the people who have been reblogging it and liking it!! Also to the people who have been here liking and reblogging my art for a hot minute- You all are very appreciated and I hope you guys have fun with my posts!!

The posts in question I'm referring to for this:

parkciv one

Shadowgast one

[j-esbian]

i lost the post but i saw someone talking about how some of y’all act like being weird is a choice and like. YEAHHHHHHH.

that’s fine, it might be for you. but i just live like this and don’t know any other way. like yeah i’ve worked customer service, i can do innocuous small talk, but anything beyond that, i don’t understand what i’m missing. and it’s frustrating to see the tonal disconnect especially from people who are like “uwu embrace weirdness!!” where they’re like. dressing quirky and talking about bugs and listening to obscure music and eschewing small talk to ask Deep Questions on the first date and unlearning their tendency to not infodump. and generally have an idea of what Weirdness is supposed to look like. idk man some of us wake up and get out of bed and can’t figure out why the rest of their coworkers chitchat with each other but when they join the conversation it dies.

weirdness is value neutral. let’s stop trying to turn it into a badge because quite frankly, it’s not a choice for everyone. it’s fucking exhausting to never be on the same wavelength as other people and they’re going to react the way they do and label you the way they will without any conscious actions on your end. it’s difficult to talk about this without feeling like you’ll be dismissed as immature, a teenager whining “no one understands me” but the thing is. sometimes you don’t grow out of feeling alone and different, and there’s no good way to talk about it without feeling like people will think you’re just fishing for pity.

[animalsandskyyy]

I will forever stand by the thought that simply “being online” and consuming or even posting content, takes a completely different amount of energy than messaging or interacting with others online does.

but that’s something I had to train myself to acknowledge and learn. because it used to hurt and make me overthink when i’d message someone and they wouldn’t respond, but would still be active or posting. like I wouldn’t say that to them, but it overtook my thoughts.

then somehow I just stopped and realized- maybe they’re just tired. or maybe they’re scrolling on the phone in their 5 minutes of free time. maybe they’re in the middle of 3 conversations and are trying their best. maybe they’re in the middle of making a post and didn’t see your message. maybe they’re deep into searching a topic and can’t be distracted. or maybe they just don’t want to talk to you rn, and that’s perfectly okay and valid.

all that to say- it can still hurt sometimes, but giving people grace and thinking the best of them and their intentions, and sincerely hoping they do the same for you, makes life so much more enjoyable, and I highly recommend ♡

[first-blight]

. . . i'm too aro for this

[electricpurrs]

i dont know i made a post about this earlier today and then deleted it but yknow. im often up to getting defensive of being "chronically online" because i am by all means chronically online for reasons way beyond my control. i dont have any real life friends and i dont know any other queer people irl. all for reasons beyond my control and very much against my will. but man i think im still like. a normal person. as in not an unpleasant rude online discourse obsessed weirdo. like i think theres a way to be online a lot and be an okay person i think whatever those people have is something even worse

[vse-kar-vem]

weekly breakdown post 😁 none of you hate me right !

[deathxproof]

hm, out of all of the things I was expecting when I slowly started putting myself back in fandom spaces, “unresolved trauma from being an autistic kid/teen who was always perceived as Too Much” wasn’t on the list, to be quite honest.

[tasmanianstripes]

Sometimes I remember absolutely batshit insane discourse topics I saw when I was a teen and I am just. Amazed

Also, the fact that adults also said this just adds to the insanity tbh

[occidentaltourist]

The way Taylor Swift's online superfans are constantly infantilizing her, as though she isn't grown ass woman running a billion dollar empire with an excellent family support system and every resource at her fingertips; and inserting themselves into her relationship like he needs internet advice on how to be her boyfriend:

And all the petty infighting about Who's a More Correct and Better Fan and whose parasocial speculation about her innermost thoughts and feelings is the most correct interpretation and 200% true actually:

[drownedchimera]

sometimes i think about how often people forget im present in a situation and how easy it is for me to leave them just because nobody notices i left at all

[scholarhect]

i will never outgrow responding to people in confusing ways but it will be ok because people are patient :)

[eggmeralda]

can you get burnout from doing nothing

[blueslight]

Man