#new home insurance

[cloudabserk]

i hate my boss i hate my boss i hate my boss

[frogaroundandfindout]

You remember when dick was in space (for the first time with the new teen titans) because komand’r took Kory back and they needed to save her? And you remember how he understood it was a war they were fighting and that they needed to do what they had to in order to survive it? And how when Gar told him he needed to control Kory, dick wondered if he even should try to stop her from killing her sister? And how he literally killed to save her (there’s some deniability but he’s literally hitting them with lasers described as deadly right in the head)? I do.

[sarcastic-clapping]

iwtv au where louis' brother says the gay island scenario to louis before he walks off the roof

ahdjaka sorry i never responded to this but i need you to know (because it’s very funny to me) that i was planning on using canva for evil, aka a poorly edited meme of the post, but was interrupted by a century old tree in my yard getting struck by lightning and splitting in half, destroying both my yard and a neighbor’s. so i guess god said no on this one

[asleepinawell]

i cancelled my subscription to ad free tumblr due to the absurd price hike. i'd originally subscribed because i grew up in a time before the proliferation of advertising-driven websites (we had sketchy porn ad banners that gave you malware but that was about it) and i just. fucking. hate. seeing ads. and everything they stand for in terms of privacy and capitalism. before i was using a combo of pcap and personalDNS to zap the ads in the app which mostly worked but required constant maintenence. i just don't have the energy for it so when my subscription runs out next month i'll probably be switching to the very buggy and slow mobile browser which ultimately means using tumblr less

i don't think driving people off the app is what the decision makers at tumblr expected to happen with the price hike, but here we are. having been an early adopter both because i hate ads and because i believe a site beholden to its users' money rather than advertisers' is a better site (we are currently the product and not the customer), the additional fee feels slimey. tumblr said that they hadn't gotten enough subscribers to make a difference. i'm unclear how trying to squeeze more money from the people who do subscribe will change this (the "features" it's adding are not one i need or want and as of today 01/26 there aren't multiple tiers available)

unfortunately due to the low adoption of the ad free subscribers we don't have much leverage (since people on this site look for the worst interpretation of every sentence let me state that this is not an admonishment of those who didn't subscribe. okay? okay. moving on), but companies tend to cry and scream at even small profit losses these days, and, more accurately, at a failure to endlessly increase profits, an unrealistic and severally damaging goal

so basically what I'm saying is cancel that shit. don't buy shit on their store. and then tell them why in feedback (i have already done this and will again soon). we have very little leverage, but we should use every bit of it

tumblr has been a great community for fandom (due to the users, not the owners), and, as I've frequently stated, one of the best posting formats for it. both the fandom and the online queer community I've found here have been lifesaving at times, no exaggeration. certain other social media companies we all know are currently embracing a fascist government here in the US and i wouldn't be shocked if automattic follows suit (see: the ongoing mistreatment of trans women here). even if it doesn't, the general decline in community in favor of "content" consumption and AI bullshit (yes this includes char ai. stop that shit. i faced wildfire evacuations recently due to the global warming the ai servers are accelerating. i have fucking had it with you selfish assholes. you are actively endangering people with this bullshit no matter how you try to justify it) has hurt everyone and made posting things less appealing (there at other factors here, like censorship culture, but i digress)

basically there are a lot of reasons for me to use this platform less now. which sucks. I'm not going to vanish or stop posting completely, but my motivation to use this platform is at an all time low. being forced to see ads on top of all the other shit is just the latest enraging bullshit and i'm putting my money (or withholding thereof) where my typing finger is

[so-much-for-subtlety]

I just made a will and healthcare proxy thing online, I just need to get witnesses and a notary to sign.

[13eyond13]

the funniest thing about having to report fraud on my credit card today was the girl on the phone listing all my transactions to me to see if i recognized them and literally 100% of them were all media purchases liiiiike wow I really have 1 hobby and 1 hobby only don't I

[pollen]

!!

[crimeronan]

just burst into tears in a post office and immediately the entire world opened up to me. easy criers must have the best lives what the fuck. i should stop taking my prozac Immediately.

[honey-and-hibiscus-kingdom]

Starting the year off strong I see

[supercantaloupe]

made a new patient appointment at a new dentist in the city all by myself. please clap

[authorwithissues]

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[kasper-k]

How the fuck is a single visit to the doctor, where they didnt even do shit, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DOLLARS.

[deus-ex-mona]

a n y w a y s listen to nagisa’s new song it’ll change your life