#its not my job but i WILL complain

[tame-a-messenger]

so i have a question, in what ways do you think the social team sucks? (I agree btw, it always feel like they try to connect with fandom but just can't, like instead of posting the things that would excited their audience, the fandom spaces they post what excites them if that makes sense? and what's exciting for them it's not what we are really interested in)

(also don't know if you know watcher but their social media team is the best out of the youtubers world in my opinion. they actually hired a person that was a big fan of their content, that was part of these spaces already. and she always nails what we want to see. she also really aknowledge tumblr and knows how popular they are here. I feel like a lot of the others socials teams tend to forget about here when it can be such a huge asset)

I always try to give the benefit of the doubt to people, while also playing devils advocate. I feel it makes for a more sound opinion on things. Having grace for others is ALWAYS a good thing.

I fully agree with what you said! you put it so perfectly!

"like they try to connect with fandom but just can't"

It feels like this too me too, especially as of recent. They ALWAYS push the jokes they (the people on set/work at Smosh) find funny. Which isn't a bad thing! there should be space for people to find what they find funny and push for it.

It just becomes an issue when they try to sell merch for things the community doesn't even know about/care about as deeply. (lmk if I'm wrong, but when the "you're my favorite pizza place" joke became a 'thing' the video hadn't even come out yet? I remember having no clue what anyone was talking about, I think the videos come out out of order? and all the sudden we had merch?)

I do like a lot of Smosh merch though! but there's just so much wasted potential of other things that would sell better.

A lot of Smosh fans are I believe Gen Z(?) but I feel like they try to make content for millennials/Gen A so we get a lot of floundering between demographics. I'm also very aware most of the cast/crew at Smosh is more in the millennial demo, which could be a large reason why we get more of that geared content.

Maybe at the end of the day they can't connect on purpose, maybe because they don't want to get into any drama/legal trouble they stay away from interacting with the community too much?

Getting away from those thoughts- they also have a HORRIBLE track record with letting us know about delays, just look at what they did with Sword AF S2. They totally dropped the ball. I'm still very upset about it. I really can't find a reason why they couldn't let us know sooner than DAY OF.

You'd think with them being so proud with their 'scheduling' (which I also HATE.) they would have dealt with these things better.

I've talked before about how I don't really like how much they do on 'shoot weeks'. It drains them loads and seems really hard to stay upbeat, and it WILL wear them down. (I'm wondering if that's why we haven't gotten Damien in too many videos as of recent. He doesn't want to do the shitty ass schedule)

At the end of it all, Anthony and Ian have all the say in what happens at Smosh so I'll just trust they will continue to do what they think is best <3 (even if I hate it) (their livelihood not mine y'know?)

"they actually hired a person that was a big fan of their content, that was part of these spaces already."

THIS^ (I do believe they have a lot of Smosh fans working there rn though) NOBODY DOES A JOB LIKE THIS BETTER THAN A PERSON OBSESSED... NOBODY!

I don't watch a lot of Watcher content but every now and again I'll check in and watch some of their stuff, they're a great lot!

I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HIRED A FAN!! THATS SO AWESOME!! They really know what they're doing! Whos gonna push content better than someone who full-heartedly enjoys it like a fan! (That's were I see the Smosh team falter a lot. It feels like they treat it like they're apart of the team to much? like they obviously ARE but I feel like if you want the job done the best you have to look at it with a fans eyes to know what would be the best content to push y'know?)

[lemongogo]

[moonshynecybin]

See, i get it if someone on the family or very close to the family practiced extreme sports too, i think it is one of the reasons(besides being so expensive) so many riders/drivers have family that were either drivers/ riders or worked on the paddock. But for people that have no relation to any deathsport it can't be easy and it's not often considered in conversations about how much nepotism there (besides the humongous money elephant in the room) is in motorsports,and it is a shame because as an outsider i find it fascinating.

And abot the answer and it being a cultural thing.I am spanish, and i think motogp gives an skewed perspective about how truly extended and accepted motorcycling is as an extracurricular.Might be a regional thing(maybe even local like i imagine places close to Cervera or Tavullia becoming hotspots), but in general parents aren't keen on getting their children in motorsports. I knew kids that raced as minors but they didn't exactly have permision.

YAH man i dont think its a coinkidink that the majority of the riders are from specific regions within spain or italy like even more niche type sports DO get embroiled in local culture, especially when the icons of the sport are from those places... you get enough catalan athletes winning titles and eventually at least oneeeee lil catalan kid wants be like them so kinda thing is def a factor... im thinkin baby bez w his vale minibike... wahhh... also LOL as you said in the previous ask the money is such a factor good lord

[yael-art-den]

Im throwing rocks at my own roof here, but unfortunately I'd wish that Ifan's characterization was more consistent in-game. Like yeah I'll play and pretend he's a bad boy for ship reasons but 99% of in-game interactions are him being good-hearted and a kind person.

AND DON'T GET ME WRONG there is nothing I love more than a kind rough man, but that leaves scenes in which the narrator has to verbally remind you that that man is a mercenary, or him casually dropping that he kills people. Sure we see OTHER Lone Wolfs do bad shit; but any in-game violence is either something that the party started; or that they are okay with. So when you get into a romance scene and the narrator reminds you that he is a "dangerous man", it falls a bit flat imo

[catmug329]

On Friday I will work my last day at my male-dominated job where although I am the manager I am constantly belittled and not taken seriously by people both above and below me. And on Monday I will start my new job where the administration is all female and most of my coworkers are women and I have never been more concretely sure that something will make my daily life better

[moe-broey]

Back to what I do best (bare minimum Putting My Guys In Situations shitposts) 😌

Inspo under cut!!!

[puppppppppy]

Ever since I was a little girl I always knew I wanted a butch twice my size to call me a good boy

[milk-crafting]

Closing commissions for a hiatus and stepping away from tumblr for a little bit. The past day has involved me getting a lot of very aggressive asks, messages on discord, and emails. Most of them have been people complaining in a very evangelical way, talking about praying for me while also saying they hope I get correctively raped (???), some are just complaining about me, but one doxxed my old apartment's address in it so my suspicion given the content of the messages (some of them things I've said only in like 2 servers on discord, and my email being something a past commissioner could see and my old address being on my paypal [idk if this is visible on the customer side of things]) *is that it's someone who has me added on either a wotr server I'm in (unlikely) or a horror art server I'm in. Its kind of been an issue for like a week but yesterday it was kind of overwhelming and it's something I wanted to just ignore initially but sending me an email with my old address happened earlier today and honestly thats kind of the final straw for me. I don't know what I did wrong but fuck me I guess lol. I don't think it has anything to do with what I post here even I don't do anything controversial, I just think it's probably people that have too much time on their hands. I just need to take a breather, change some things, and see if I can figure out safer ways to do commissions going forward. Charity commissions will open again once I get things settled and I'm less anxious about this.

[chiimeramanticore]

i have been condemned to work on christmas fucking eve despite working an office job and literally none of our clients being here can u guys send asks so i can be distracted out of seething about it all day

[perilegs]

shoutout to people working their dream jobs doing something mundane

[sheepcreature]

> scroll through the transformers animated tag

> see user complaining about blitzbee shippers

> look inside post

> it's the fuckass "bee is a minor !!!!!", argument

ITS 2025. WHY ARE SOME OF YOU STILL DISCUSSING THIS

[katsettee]

I totally get people talking about rottmnt and not being into because of the cartoony madness and exaggeration. I get it, it’s grating for some

But that acceptance goes OUT the window as soon as the same person vehemently swears up and down 2012 is the best tmnt rendition 💀💀

The incest one??? With the horrible writing? THAT one?

[dirt-str1der]

Theres no season 4 because theyre too scared to animate the canon gay couple. They know its going to change the dr stone mrm ecosystem forever

[lifemod17]

Those 2 ladies that interviewed me were like good cop-bad cop except they were lowkey both bad cops 😭

[hideyseek]

i miss being in stage management .... at least there people had the proper awe of what it meant to do that kind of management ... there was a proper sense that stage managers were some kind of mystical being ....... product managers for some reason ........ nobody is understanding the intricacies and importance of their role ...

[magnusedom]

i hate old men and the way they think that just because you're young and woman you'll keep quiet when they're being condescending and straight up mean to you like i'll kill you before fate does idgaffff