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rebornofstars · 5 months ago

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sometimes i scroll thru my tumblr dash & think to myself with a bit of awe how lucky i am to be surrounded by a world full of beautiful ppl doing beautiful things. & yeah no there's no punchline to this one actually. i just love u

#i hate the internet a lot of the time but honestly it's quite breathtaking that i can find with a few clicks people who are passionate about #the same things as me! and people proudly being passionate about things i never knew existed!#people creating things and people making jokes and people talking and people loving what they love with their entire heart & soul #its just. its good to see. it makes me feel better.#this post is brought to u by all the talented artists i follow and my online friends #sometimes joy is made of tiny interactions with people u will never meet. someone shows me their art and i say it's beautiful. it changed #my life. and then we go on living #hope #🐝

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front-facing-pokemon · 9 months ago

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#fuecoco #i gotta say i didn't really care for this thing at first. it was one of my least favorite starters right next to grookey when it was first #revealed. and normally i'm a big fan of fire starters. but this guy didn't do it for me #and this design still doesn't‚ but i do appreciate skeledirge. it's very cool‚ i love the fire hat and the día de los muertos design #it really feels like tpc have been going all out on making pokémon that Fit The Region since gen 8 #which is pretty cool. i like it. and i definitely think paldea has some very fun vibes. but i dunno if i'd say it's one of my favorite #regions pokémon-wise or layout-wise. it was their first shot at open world‚ and i think it shows #the older regions with more limitations definitely shone more because they worked better in those limitations #paldea just feels like a big open empty sandbox at times. which is fun to explore‚ but doesn't feel too civilized compared to something #like… unova. where there's a city on every fuckin route corner and they're all so full of life and personality #like i could not remember any of the paldea town themes for the life of me. i can remember their names for the most part #but that's basically just because the facilities that get used a lot are spread out between them. for example: i remember medali #specifically because it's where i go to change a pokémon's tera type. i remember mesagoza because it's the main hub city #i remember levincia because of the posters. i remember montenevera because i think the hyper training guy is there #but not because like. i remember driftveil because YAAAAAAAAAAAAA #y'know. even galar had a better region design than paldea #that's not to say i think paldea is BAD. like i'm not a scarlet/violet hater like every other pokémon “fan” on the internet #i've put like 200+ hours into that fuckin game. i still LIKE it. but my heart still holds a soft spot for kalos and the like

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deangril · 4 months ago

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Hello, Dean

#THIS. THIS ACTUALLY TOOK ME WAY MORE THAN IT SHOULD HAVE PLEASE WATCH THIS #I migh or might not have also edited a bit the ending because fuck my life I can't see that tiktok-cut scene it just kills me. also fuck all #that yellow #i have mo regrets but please watch it #i tried my best it's now 4 am i have again. been possesed by the Destiel of November 5th #basically. basically 4 years ago i figured out that castiel always says Hello Dean #and . and just Once. Just once Goodbye Dean #honestly. i wish i could. eat god #anyway. i jave yes indeed edited the ending too because OT WAS ALREADY TWO AM WHAT SHOULD I HAVE DOEN??? STOPPED THEREEEE??? WHAT FOR????#so yeha. whatever fuck me fuck you fuck the cw and fuck everything we deserved at least a GOO d edited ending.#at least that #fuck fuck fuck #no but really you know #i understand everything and it's okay #but at least if you have to spit on my face one last time. at least make it count. make it worth it. make me FEEL LIKE YOU CARED #we deserved better. at least a good editing. at least that #but yeah happy nov 5h #nov 5th #nov 5 2024 #spn #supernatural #destiel #dean winchester #castiel #deancas #:(#the internet is so lucky I'm not unemployed anymore. so. lucky #also it's so sad that Cas doesn't say Hello dean after season 11(12 if u wanna be precise) and all the others are just fake cas trying to #trick dean :((( i miss you cas i miss youuu

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vynnyal · 1 month ago

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It's super late, but I wanted to do a quick "art vs artist" / summary of 2024 :] mostly long form animation and slugcat sketches this year, but I snuck in a few good ones.

#Idk how to tag this #art summary #Sure #Most of my art has been on mobile since I've been so sick #But when I actually pull myself up to draw on pc it makes me happy #Some of the art here I never even posted to this blog lol #I have that secondary blog I just shove all my more personal stuff into. It's fantastic. Wish I made it sooner #It's been a while since I did a life update... Hmm~. This is a blogging website after all #Well besides the aforementioned sickness that is getting very irritatingly bad #I've been tending to my even sicker family for a few months now. And it's... going. It's going. Exhausting but it's going #I've dropped a lot of responsibilities out of stress. I'll miss being a leader in my little miscellaneous internet cubbies #But life continues on with or without me 😺#My buds have been wonderful cheerleaders. I've even been reconnecting with some of my older friends #Still playing rw... albeit not competitively rn #I don't have the energy to chase those leaderboards 😓 and the community has left me a bit sour #But it's gotten a lot better. Acquaintances of mine gradually infiltrated the staff and made the place much livelier #It was a lot of fun to watch hahaha #Maybe I'll return to the scene sometime after the dlc drops... Maybe.#Or maybe I'll move on. Time will tell~#Till next time!

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moomeecore · 4 months ago

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im actually really good at admitting when i dont know things its just that people keep talking to me about things that i know a lot about and am objectively correct on

#this is a cartoony exaduration of a very real sentiment #whoch is that im often told that i come off like i 'need to be right about everything'#but i have achived a place in my life where i recognize when i dont have all the info or perspective nessesary need to Listen #and that i dont have to have a strong opinon abt everything #and that admitting that i lack knowledge or opinion rather than masking that with false confidence is better in the long run #bc it dosent put you on defense - makes you more receptive to new information + perspectives + corrections #its just that people will try to tell me their opinions about lawn mowers and im not going to pretend like i dont know more than them #when i do. which happens to be all the time #never met a person whos done as much reaserch on lawns + lawn care industry and related issues such as sore machines #(small off road engines)#i know theyre out there but the chances of me finding them is small and i have yet to do so #and then people try and give me their opinions abt this subject and if THEY dont shut up and listen i go rabid #like i know when its my turn to shut up and listen but sometimes im right and OTHER people need to be shutting up and listening #but also even outside of that i tend to come off as harsh/agressive/judgmental even when relaying info that im not obsessive abt like lawns #its the autism. i just word things blunt and talk with flat affect and dont know how to soften the blow well when correcting people #or even just adding my own perspective + ideas to convo without intent of 'correcting' anyone #such is life i suppose #just so long as nobody tries to tell me lawns are ethical ill be fine #<- remembers when i made a post that accidently got attention abt this subject and melted down #bc the strangers on the internet dont understand that this is my WHOLE THINF #if you knew me in real life youd understand. its my passion #text #im putting this is the lawn tag actually #lawn posting

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sciderman · 1 year ago

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How do you feel about the increase in really weird NSFW ads on here (advertising panels that look like sexual encounters, and AI art apps that pride themselves on porn) but will take down NSFW posts from their users, even if it isn't technically sexual.

i hate all social media and it's consistent prioritising the advertisers over the users and the internet simply was a better place before capitalism sunk its hooks into it

#i could write essays about how capitalism ruined the internet.#i was actually talking to someone earlier today about how youtube was kind of effectively ruined by monetisation.#and they were raised in the soviet union and we had a bit of a talk about how art was better because it wasn't for profit.#the people who made art made it because they wanted to do it and because they loved it.#she said that communism was terrible for every aspect of life for her. people's lives under communism wasn't pretty.#but the art was better. and i feel like it's true for the internet – it was better when it was a free-for-all.#the companies didn't know how to exploit it yet and turn it into a neverending profit-driven hellscape.#people created content because they wanted to. because they wanted to make something silly to make people laugh.#not for profit. not for gain. not for numbers. not to further their career.#i miss the days of newgrounds and youtube before monetisation.#capitalism has soiled everything that's joyful and good in this world.#people should be able to share whatever they want.#people should be able to tell any story they want without the fear of being silenced by advertisers.#that's what made the internet so beautiful before. anyone could do anything and we all had equal footing.#but now we're victims of the algorithm. and it makes me sick.#i'm quitting my job in social media. i'm quitting it. it makes me too depressed. i have an existential crisis every freaking day.#every day i wake up and say "ah. this is the fucking hell we live in #i'm so sorry i feel so passionate about this.#social media is a black hole and it is actively destroying humanity. forget ai. social media is what's doing it.#i miss how beautiful the internet used to be. it should've been a tool for good. but it's corrupt and evil now.#sci speaks

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jeezypetes · 16 days ago

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Everybody thinks my vegetarianism is a political statement (it’s just a personal choice) but no one thinks the fact that i don’t have a car is a political statement (it wasn’t at first but now i think cars should be abolished)

#some people feel bad about eating meat and like project that onto vegetarians like oooh you think you’re better than me… which like whatever #i want more people to feel bad about owning cars. i know people on the internet will crawl out of wherever to explain why they personally #need a car which like. yeah obviously some people need cars & some people need to eat meat & that doesn’t bother me #I’m just saying when i tell people in real life I’ve never owned a car they’re like ok freak. when they should be like woww i could never #not own a car… i just love driving around in my car even though i know its bad for me + the environment #do u understand what I’m saying. i want ambient anti-car sentiment that makes people feel vaguely guilty. i think it would help

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burinazar · 2 months ago

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tomorrow i will go to an event and, i think, pretend not to know the friend who is also going, who will also be pretending not to know me, for Reasons. i have no acting skills whatsoever so hopefully we don't actually run into each other, or if we do (my luck is such that we will), i am able to immediately walk in the other direction

#this is a funny thing and not a bad thing #we are friends!!#it would just be uncomfortable for the other party to explain to family with them and i don’t want to be a burden #'mother. this is my friend who i know from the internet through Normal Ways'#'and definitely didnt sent me 2k words of fic of our mutual fave getting [redacted] to within an inch of his life'#so i'm trying to be considerate and not create that situation. something something honne and tatemae #but. i'm also trying to get better at not assuming what people want. so i have asked! to make sure that is the plan. i think it is though

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twilight-good-yall-dumb · 3 months ago

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sometimes I really do think we hit peak technology like twenty years ago and we're just doing stupid shit now. Like bro, we fit entire movies and albums onto a plastic disc that our tv or music player just like eats and then we can listen or watch at home as many times as we want? Awesome. That's lit. Literally perfect. But now shit is just like being beamed to us through the air but we still have to pay for it for some reason? and then sometimes even when we do pay for it we don't get to even keep it? and the quality sometimes sucks ass? and also like ai and the internet are lowkey evil? yeah no thanks. I'll take the plastic discs. Those were pretty awesome.

#sleep deprived rant once again #i just need media to be physical #it makes life better i think #like in all regards #i miss blockbuster and rewatcing my favorite movies on vhs a million times as a kid #I miss when I was little and would put a cd in my little black cd player in my room with the purple flowers on the wall #like that type of technology was actually awesome #we've gone too far to a point that it's no longer even appreciated or interesting we're just mindlessly using this technology #remember how it felt to put a dvd in? or a vhs? to watch it taken in and hear the gears start to move?#that feeling of excitement you'd get when the blue screen went away and sound and video filled your screen?#that's the beauty of technology #ugh i wish I could just live analog and not be forced to live in this digital fucking world all the time #im sick of it #I miss being a kid #do i still listen to physical music and use physical media all the time? yes duh #but i fall victim to the internet all the same #man I miss the feeling of old tvs #would lit do anything for an old box tv with the static screens #i miss it

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moomeecore · 1 year ago

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ppl reviewing anti lawn books on goodreads and going "this is preachy" yeah its about a political movement what do you want. are they supposed to NOT advocate for their beliefs

#im getring nervous bc im writing the longest ever video essay that is a persuasive essay for the anti lawn movement #and i already overexplain shit sm #and in real life ppl r ususlaly receptive to my evangelicalizing of these beleifs #but on the internet ppl are mean. i dont want ppl to be mean to me. i just have strong opinions #also ok. american green is a great book and i find it annoying how its a Centrist Take That Acknowledges Both Perspectives on the basis that #sometimes it is jusy sooooo Obnoxiously Centrist #but it IS good to have both perspectives #but then at the end hes like ' and the ppl who wrote the landscaping revolution are CRAZY bc they think this is a moral issue '#and its like YOU DONT???? YOU RECOUNTED ALL THAT INFO AND YOU DONT. THINK THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE #HWAT???#the qhole book makes it Very Clear that anti lawn is the way to go just from Objective Facts #and then hes like 'and both sides suck!!! im better than them because im Neutral' and its like. did you read your own book man?

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akaluan · 1 month ago

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This isn't about you at all but every time I've let a moot know they've said or posted something problematic or from the wrong person, they get so upset omg

That's definitely a trend I've seen growing over the years, yeah. Part of it is the way purity culture has been creeping in to affect everything: to be Wrong is to be Morally Impure, which is the same as being a Terrible Person. So therefore we cannot, MUST NOT, ever be wrong about anything, because we are not bad people, are we? And to be wrong is to be bad.

Part of it, also, is the way OTHER people react to someone realizing they've been wrong and trying to change. When callouts take time to dig up posts and opinions from a decade or more ago, and tout those as Proof of the person's evilness, then... Why bother changing or acknowledging being wrong?

There is precious little space for forgiveness - of self AND of others - left in how we treat people online. We need more of that space, and we need to allow people to grow past their previous beliefs.

I've been corrected before, mostly in relatively private situations, and I'd like to think I've taken the corrections (mostly) with grace.

One of the things I've figured out about myself is that I do not like to be told unqualified "Don't" statements, unless they're followed by a way to fact check it myself. Give me the keyword I need to look for. Link me an article or something similar.

Proof of a user being shitty is different, obviously, but like.. man, just tell me what bit of the text is an Obvious Dogwhistle so I can go look up the meaning. I know a handful of them but I'm very certain there are a ton I don't know about and will therefore miss.

I am tired and I am jaded but I promise I will do the research myself. I LIKE research, and learning things, even when it's kinda uncomfortable.

(I do not, however, like to be linked to unwarned, uncensored major blood/gore/similar. That is one of my hard limits and I ask that people respect it. Critically it is the UNWARNED nature that I truly despise, because I need to properly prepare myself to handle some things. Just tell me a quick TW list so I can get in the right headspace before I read.)

#there's a reason i mostly stick to fandom content on here #also i know that virtue signaling these days requires a fuckton of public comments about everything going on in the world #but i refuse to participate in that for the most part #i don't know enough about almost every situation outside of my direct sphere of influence #therefore i will not be chiming in #i do actual things in my real life to attempt to make the world better i do not need strangers on the internet to judge my actions

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livelikealucid · 9 days ago

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