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sweetlog · 5 months ago
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Echo Chambers Unplugged: The Silent Segregation of Social Media
In the labyrinth of social media, platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and others have inadvertently become architects of division, crafting niches of uniformity in the vast expanse of the internet. These echo chambers, often invisible to their inhabitants, reverberate with the sound of agreement, leaving little room for the dissonance of dissent.
The Mechanics of Echo Chambers
The mechanics of these platforms are simple yet effective. Algorithms, designed to cater to our preferences, serve us a diet of content that mirrors our beliefs, creating a feedback loop that reinforces our worldview. This digital affirmation is comforting, yet it insulates us from the diverse opinions that are essential for a balanced perspective.
The Cost of Digital Conformity
The cost of this digital conformity is high. Those who dare to question or deviate from the group’s consensus find themselves at odds with the collective. In extreme cases, they are extricated, their voices silenced by the very tools that promise free speech and open dialogue. The result is a sanitized environment where challenging the status quo becomes a social faux pas.
YouTube’s Algorithmic Amplification
YouTube’s algorithmic amplification further entrenches viewers in their echo chambers. The platform’s recommendation system, while optimizing for engagement, inadvertently narrows our exposure to a homogenized view, creating visual echo chambers that rarely intersect with opposing narratives.
The Human Propensity for Comfort
It’s a human propensity to seek comfort in the familiar, to surround ourselves with echoes rather than challenges. Social media, with its array of tools, has made it easier than ever to curate our digital environment, to exclude the uncomfortable and unfamiliar. The result is a self-imposed isolation, a segregation of thought that goes unnoticed by many.
The Current State of Social Discourse
The current state of social discourse on these platforms is a reflection of our collective choices. We have built walls around our ideologies, often unconsciously, and in doing so, we have limited the potential for growth that comes from encountering differing viewpoints. The echo chambers we reside in are as much a product of human nature as they are of technological design.
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ehj3 · 1 year ago
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DIGITAL GRAFFITI
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” —Oscar Wilde Commuters/consumers are dazzled by a sea of billboards above them in an otherwise dark cityscape, which unlike Vance Packard’s “Hidden Persuaders” or the ones in the short story and film “They Live,” these hoardings come right out and plainly state their…
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tinkerbitch69 · 5 months ago
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My favourite part of dot and bubble (besides ncuti’s performance in the last scene my god!!!) is that the episode kinda misleads you into thinking Lindy is so dismissive of the doctor and the disappearance of others because of the social media echo chamber she has isolated herself in. That she is scared to leave it and that she could be a better more empathetic person if given the chance to leave.
But then the final scene happens!
All of her actions, from putting Ricky in the firing line before her to lying about it to refusing the help of the doctor because of her thinly veiled racist beliefs, reveal that this refusal to acknowledge the reality around her to the point of putting people in danger and inevitably allowing the problem to become worse was a choice. She was not some innocent victim of media manipulation but had complete agency in her denial of the danger others were and just didn’t care about them.
The reveal is an important part of the episodes critique of social media echo chambers, I think. Their danger isn’t that they obscure information that challenges the users but that they allow people to choose not to be confronted with information that challenges their worldview or their behaviour. Which is an experience vital to developing critical thinking skills and being a compassionate, empathetic human being. But by removing the agency of people who choose not to break from their bubble, we also enable the insularity of these echo chambers!
God I love this episode so much <3_<3
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icewindandboringhorror · 2 months ago
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On average, what is the total MONTHLY amount that you spend on dining out*?
*(This doesn't only count going out to restaurants, but also stuff like picking up fast food to bring home, getting a coffee on the way to work, getting a premade sandwich from a grocery store deli during lunch, buying a quick snack from a convenience store or food cart whilst walking somewhere, ordering a pizza or any other food to be delivered to your home, etc.)
*(If you often dine out in groups/as a household: calculate and divide the costs so that you get a Per Person average. This is for YOU individually, NOT the total household/group costs)
(I'm sure polls similar to this have been made before (very common topic), I just haven't personally seen one that I can remember, so, I was curious to do my own! I was discussing this with a group of people today and it was very interesting to see how widely the number varied between individuals. :0c )
(Reblog for bigger sample size if you can, and feel free to explain your answer in tags if there's anything extra to add!)
#polls#tumblr polls#I'm mostly in the 0/1 - 25$ category. Maybe the rare month is a bit over $25 if there's something specific going on like birthday.#Which I'm NEVER eating in an actual restaurant (erm... covid... plus I just hate restaurant environments. i would rather pickup#the food and bring it home to a peaceful quiet environment that I control lol). But more typically like stopping by a grocery store deli#section or something. I don't have coffee that much. And I can't eat fast food much due to my health issues/diet restriction stuff#so if I'm out like coming back from an appointment and I start feeling really sick and weak. I know that a hamburger will just#blow up my system and cause nausea or something. So I try to pick the breadiest most#neutral looking turkey sandwich at the safeway deli to eat during the hour ride home or whatever lol#I actually kind of wish I could do stuff like get food more often vecause it would take the burden of cooking everything off of me#but.. alas... Money... and Health Things... T o T#I still wouldn't do it ALL the time but like... once a week instead of once a month or something.. or maybe turning into a coffee#person.. I do love drinks A LOT .. i am a drink person who will have 5 different drinks sipping on at all times#But i just have to make them all myself mostly lol#And I cant really have too much coffee since it will make me sick. so like.. teas and juice mostly#When I inevitably become a millionaire by never using social media never networking and only finishing one#sculpture every 5 months which I dont even post about or sell - then I shall... get more drinks..#I will somehow wean my body onto coffee and drink one a day solely for the ritual of it#Though even then... I would still probably just like.. buy the mateirals to make it at home or something#Like if you had a million dollars you could just buy a kitchen grade ice cream machine and other stuff to make your own milkshakes and#coffees and smoothies and bubble teas. Genuinely I think even if I were a BILLIONAIRE I would still look at playing likr $8 for a single#coffee and go .. uh.... I could just buy the equipment to make this and then save that money. PLUS. its in my house now so no need to#have to leave. I can make my own drinks in the comfort of home. .. ideal..#Like no matter how rich I ever got I would still have the lingering scroogey stinginess. like i am NOT paying for that. I will jus#make it myself. Especially if it was an Everyday thing. Anythign thats part of my routine I try to optimize and make as efficient as#possible... ANYWAY.. In an IDEAL world I would get treats. but probably not that much. as on a daily basis it would start to get#to me and I would just save up to buy kitchen machinery if I was rich lol
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abraincellandahalf · 5 months ago
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It apparently isn't entirely clear to a lot of people that the bubble in Dot and Bubble isn't your usual commentary on "social media bad" (Like yes it technically is, but not for the reasons you think).
While Russell's rushed metaphorical writing could be partly to blame, it is still fairly evident that the bubble is literally that a BUBBLE. An echo chamber of thoughts. A protective shell that the rich kids never have to come out of. It feeds them all the information they need and keeps them from thinking for themselves.
It's a commentary on how we are losing the ability to critically analyse and think things out for ourselves. And somehow, the misinterpretation of the bubble only gets the point across that much stronger.
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iolite-moodboards · 2 months ago
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do we rock with the ppg smau
(rrb next?)
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moeswriting · 22 days ago
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Pairing: dieter bravo x f!interviewer!reader, social media and interview transcripts
summary: Your internet show “A Little to the Right” is popular enough that you’ve been invited to interview a red carpet. What happens when Dieter Bravo shows up?
Warnings: mostly dialogue if you’re into that (because i needed a break from writing action; i am a dialogue whore); any pictures i use are for inspiration purposes only and do not reflect the reader’s appearance at all; takes place after the events of The Bubble; i had way too much fun making up dieter bravo fandom usernames; talking about Grey’s Anatomy including a spoiler for season 11 (dear god, that show is ridiculously long)
word count: 2.7k
a/n: this is lightly based on andrew and amelia having the most insane chemistry i’ve ever seen. like literally wtf is going on with those two? (/pos) not sure if i’ll ever do this again, but it was a fun way to tell a story that i’ve never done before. this is all just for shits and giggles and to slightly make fun of fandom because i’ve participated in it for most of my life and i think we all have humiliation kinks.
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dieter bravo masterlist | masterlist of all masterlists🌼
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My reputation's never been worse, so
You must like me for me
Is it cool that I said all that?
Is it chill that you're in my head?
'Cause I know that it's delicate
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Transcript of the first interview:
Y - “Dieter Bravo!”
D - “Hello gorgeous, what’s your name?”
You introduce yourself to him with a shy grin.
D - “Beautiful name for a beautiful woman.”
It should be noted that at this point you are already flustered.
Y - “Oh, thank you!”
D - “You’re welcome, pretty girl.”
You brush him off with a professional smile.
Y - “So, how’s it feel to win Best Actor tonight?”
D - “It feels like the best high of my life.”
Y - “Oh, really?”
You have a smirk on your face. Everyone knows Dieter Bravo’s reputation. He rolls his eyes playfully.
D - “I’ll tell you if that’s still how I feel tomorrow after the after-party.”
Y - “Okay, you let me know.”
D - “I will, I will.”
There’s a moment of quiet where you both look each other up and down. You shake it off pretty quickly though.
Y - “So, you worked on this movie for quite a while if I’m not mistaken?”
D - “Too long, but hey, y’know what?”
Y - “What?”
D - “It all worked out, because now I get to stand here next to a beautiful woman.”
You fan yourself with a hand.
Y - *slightly sarcastically* “Oh Dieter, you’re gonna make me blush.”
D - “That’s the goal, darlin’.”
You seem to notice something off screen.
Y - “Oh, I think it’s time for you to switch.”
Dieter pulls his lips down into a dramatized frown.
D - “But I don’t wanna.”
Y - “Unfortunately, that’s the rules.”
D - “Eh, rules are stupid.”
You give him a big smile, not sarcastic or condescending, a genuine smile.
Y - “Well, you’re gonna get me in trouble, Dieter.”
D - “Oh, we wouldn’t want that.”
You shake your head.
Y - “No, we wouldn’t.”
D - “Next time, pretty girl!”
He hands you his microphone and starts to walk away. You turn over your shoulder and yell back at him.
Y - “You wish, Bravo!”
The viewer can hear Dieter’s muffled hyena-laugh as he walks away.
Comments:
dieterydoo is it just me or is the chemistry insane?
dbscontroversiallyyounggf no one talk to me
bravocanhitthis him calling her pretty girl is CRAZY for it being the first time they’ve ever met
moeswriting oh this is going to be my roman empire i fear
rightytightyleftyloosey i have never seen her go this off-track with someone before. he had her so flustered lol
daddyissuesoops THIS WAS TOO SHORT I NEED MORE
↳ alittletotheright that’s what she said 
(note: This is the only comment on this video that you responded to, nor do you bring up Dieter again after this until you see him again three months later.)
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Transcript of the second interview:
Dieter approaches you from behind you, where you can’t see him. He has a very large grin on his face.
D - “Oh my god, it’s my pretty girl!”
You turn to look at him with an equally large grin, like you’d been waiting for him.
Y - “Your pretty girl?”
D - “Yeah, sweetheart. My pretty girl.”
Y - “This is– what?– the second time we’ve ever talked to each other?”
D - “What can I say, baby? When you know, you know.”
Y - “Oh, you know, do you?”
D - “Yup. Can’t deny the tension we’ve got goin’ on. Everybody can see it.”
You willfully ignore him by changing the subject.
Y - “So, you’re up for Best Supporting Actor tonight, right?”
D - “Yes, I am. Got some good competitors, but I have high hopes.”
Y - *in a stage whisper* “Don’t tell anybody, but I’m rooting for you.”
D - *in a stage whisper* “I would never betray you by telling everyone just how obsessed you are with me, but I think they all already know.”
Y - “I’m not obsessed with you. I just think that you’re a good actor.”
D - “Okay, pretty girl, you keep telling yourself that.”
You jokingly go to snatch his microphone out of his hand with a giggle, but he dodges out of the way with a “HA!” He runs slightly away from you, but still in the camera’s line of sight.
D - *gasps* What are you doing?”
Y - *yelling over the cacophony* “Taking away your ability to speak to me.”
D - *yelling over the cacophony* “I don’t need a microphone to speak to you.”
Y - *yelling over the cacophony* “You do on a red carpet, Dieter.”
He walks back over to you and screws his face up like he’s about to cry, but it’s obvious he’s just being dramatic.
D - *pretend sobbing* “She hates me.”
Y - “Oh, I do not.”
D - *pretend sobbing* “Audience, she hates me. I thought she loved me.”
Y - “Well, I don’t love you either.”
Dieter’s mouth drops into an O and he makes a dramatic show of pretending to stab himself in the chest.
D - “I’ve been stabbed! A direct hit to the heart and the ego!”
You stare the camera dead in the lens like you’re on The Office.
Y - “This has been me interviewing Dieter Bravo. He’s going to give me his microphone and he’s going to walk away now.”
D - “AH!” *pretends to stab himself again*
You hold a hand out for the microphone and he reluctantly drops it in your hand.
Y - “Goodbye, Dieter.”
Now it’s Dieter staring down the lens of the camera. He leans down to talk into your microphone that you still have propped up to your lips.
D - “Never trust a woman with your heart. She’ll stomp it to pieces.”
You push him away from your microphone with a hand pressed to the side of his head and a big goofy grin stretching your cheeks.
Y - *through a barely-contained giggle* “Goodbye, Dieter.”
This interaction can barely be heard as Dieter walks away.
D - “Next time, pretty girl.”
Y - “You wish, Bravo.”
Comments:
youwishbravo i need 8 to 10 business days to recover from this
rightytightyleftyloosey i’m going to stick them in a room until they kiss
↳ dbscontroversiallyyounggf knowing dieter, that would take approximately one second
alittletotheleftbravo you know she comes prepared with actual questions to ask dieter and he doesn’t even give her the chance to pick up the notecard
↳ imalittletothewacky which sucks because her questions usually are actually kinda fun ↳ alittletotheleftbravo but you can’t deny that this is a cute interaction ↳ imalittletothewacky oh no one can deny that, i just wonder what she would ask him given the chance ↳ alittletotheright fun fact: i do, in fact, have many questions prepared to ask dieter and he does, in fact, never give me the chance to ask them. maybe someday.
moeswriting get dieter bravo on a little to the right RIGHT NOW
bravodieter i swear i’m not usually a crybaby, but this woman just does things to me
↳ alittletotheright oh, don’t deny being a crybaby, emotionally available men are hot ↳ bravocanhitthis EXCUSE ME?????
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Transcript of the interview:
Y - “Hello.”
D - “Hi.”
Pause. Heavy staring ensues.
D - “You’re really gonna just sit there and stare at me. Isn’t it like your whole job to talk to me?”
Y - “Yes. It is.”
D - “Then say something, weirdo.”
Y - “No. You say something.”
D - “Okay, fine, I will say something!”
Y - “Okay, then say something!”
Pause. Dieter points accusingly at you.
D - “I’ve been begging her to date me.”
Y - “Yes, you have and it’s mildly disturbing.”
D - “Wha– Me!? Mildly disturbing?!”
Y - “Yes, Dieter, you. Mildly disturbing.”
D - “That’s rude. I should just leave.”
Y - “Are you going to?”
Pause. Dieter gives you an unserious scowl.
D - “No. Obviously not.”
Y - “Good for you.”
D - “Ask your questions.”
Y - “Hm.”
D - “Don’t ‘hm’ me. Ask your questions.”
Y - “What’s your favorite thing to hate-watch?”
D - “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Y - “Seriously?”
D - “Seriously.”
Y - “That show is good.”
D - “No. It used to be good.”
Y - “Oh? You wanna elaborate?”
D - “As soon as Derek dies, it’s unwatchable.”
Y - “Spoilers!”
D - “Oh my god, it’s been almost ten years since that episode came out.”
Y - “Still!”
D - “Get over yourself, babe.”
It should be noted at this point that you won’t stop giggling, even though arguably Dieter isn’t saying anything funny.
Y - “Why do you still watch it?”
D - “Because it’s nice to know that my life could be a lot worse.”
Y - “That’s horribly morbid.”
D - “I also just like the drama of it all.”
Y - “Well, of course. You’re you.”
D - “Well, obviously.”
Y - “Who’s your favorite character?”
D - “Derek or Meredith.”
Y - *sarcastically* “Woah, that’s a really controversial choice. I can’t believe you just said that.”
D - “Hey! I like Meredith’s dark and twisty and I like Derek ‘cause he’s hot. I thought this was a judgment-free zone.”
Y - “Who the fuck said that?”
D - “Well, no one, I guess I just assumed.”
Y - “Well, you know what they said about assuming.”
D - *sarcastically* “Haha, very funny.”
All you do is flash a large grin at him in response.
D - “Well, who’s your favorite character?!”
Y - “Christina.”
D - “Now, I wouldn’t really call that very original either.”
Y - “I didn’t say it was original. I’m just stating the fact that Christina Yang is the best Grey’s character.”
D - “Oh, whatever.”
Y - “Well, who’s your least favorite character?”
D - “Sloan. No question.”
Y - “Well, that’s horribly ironic.”
D - “How so?”
Y - “Are you– are you being serious?”
D - “Yes?”
Y - “If I picked one Grey’s Anatomy character that you were most like, I would say Mark Sloan.”
D - *gasps* “No fucking way. Now, that’s just mean.”
You put your hands up in defense.
Y - “Sorry, sweetie. Face the facts. You are a Mark-Sloan-man-whore.”
Dieter doesn’t respond. He looks you up and down slowly.
D - “You’re ridiculously attractive, did you know that?”
Y - “Did you know that you’re a pain in my ass?”
D - “Yes. I did.”
Y - “If I made you sing karaoke right now, what song would you sing?”
D - “None. I’d burst your eardrums, baby. I can’t sing for shit.”
Y - “Okayyyy, but if you could sing, what would it be?”
Pause. Dieter is pretending to think dramatically with a finger tapping his lips.
D - “Blank Space.”
Y - “Good choice.” D - “Thank you. And what about you?”
Y - “Hmm. Depends on my mood.”
D - “Okay, what song would you sing based on your mood right this very second?”
Y - “Hmmm. You & I by One Direction.”
D - “You’re in a love song kind of mood?”
Y - “No. I just like One Direction.”
Dieter has a very large smirk on his face.
D - “Mhm. Everybody does.”
You have an equally large smirk on your face.
Y - “Bravo.”
D - “Yes?”
Y - “Stop looking at me like that.”
D - “Like what, baby?”
Y - “Like you’re gonna jump my bones.”
D - “And would that be a bad thing?”
Y - “I mean, there are cameras filming us, so probably.”
D - “Don’t wanna make a porno with me?”
You are shifting in your seat, with your hands wringing together on the desk.
Y - “Not particularly.”
D - “Are you sure about that?”
Y - “Yes, I am.”
D - “Okay, pretty girl.”
Y - “Okay.”
D - “Ask me another question.”
Y - “Okay.”
You shift around in your seat again and click your nails on the desk.
Y - “Give me a random fact about anything.”
D - “Hm.”
Dieter looks up as he thinks.
D - “Did you know there’s a room full of penises in the Vatican?”
You raise your eyebrows in question.
Y - “Excuse me?”
D - “The Vatican had a whole campaign in 1563 where they chopped off the penises of statues from the Romans and Greeks because they thought nudity was immoral. But! Because they thought the statues were so beautiful, they couldn’t get themselves to get rid of the penises so they stuffed the bronze and marble dicks in a bunch of vases and stuffed them in a room.”
Y - “Is that true?”
D - “That’s the rumor.”
Y - “Of course, the first fun fact you can think of is about penises.”
D - “It’s a fact about the destruction of art committed by the Catholic Church that also just happens to be about penises.”
Y - “I petition we stop talking about penises, Dieter.”
He holds his hands up like he’s being held at gunpoint.
D - “Whatever you want.”
Y - “That is what I want.”
D - “Am I allowed to ask you questions?”
Y - “Um, I guess. But I highly doubt it would make the cut, so it’d be kind of a waste of time.”
D - “Not to me. Not if I get to learn about you.”
You pause, obviously flustered.
Y - “Go ahead.”
D - “What’s your ideal first date?”
You glare at him.
D - “You said I could ask a question!”
Y - “I feel like it was implied that it shouldn’t be a question like that.”
D - “Okay, what kind of question did you want?”
Y - “I don’t know, like something about my life. You’re the one who wanted to ask me a question!”
D - “And how was my first question not about your life?”
Y - “Not about my love life!”
D - “Okay, okay. Umm, give me one reason you won’t date me.”
Y - “That’s about my love life.”
D - “Oh, do you consider me to be a part of your love life?”
This transcript writer is pretty sure that if looks could kill, Dieter would be dead by now.
Y - “I won’t date you because I don’t need drama in my life.”
D - “You interview celebrities for a living. You are surrounded by drama. Give me a real reason.”
Y - “Because I don’t want to.”
D - “Why not?”
Y - “Because I like you too much.”
D - “Huh.”
Y - “I don’t want you to disappoint me.”
D - “And how would I do that?”
Y - “By being an ass.”
D - “What if I promised not to be an ass?”
Y - “Are you even capable of that?”
D - “I could be, especially for you.”
Pause. You just stare at Dieter with a dopey smile on your face.
Y - “What’s the most normal, every-day, human thing that you’ve never done?”
D - *in a sing-songy voice* “Changing the subject…”
Y - *in a sing-songy voice* “Shut up and answer the question.”
Dieter takes a second to think before he gives you his answer.
D - “I’ve never done the dishes.”
Y - “What?!”
D - “Not once in my whole life.”
Y - “How?”
D - “I’m a nepobaby, pretty girl.”
Y - “I don’t know how that’s possible.”
D - “It’s very possible.”
Y - “Okay, well now I feel morally obligated to make you learn how to do the dishes.”
D - “You wanna teach me?”
Y - “I think I have to.”
D - “I have a proposal.”
Y - “Oh?”
D - “Let me make you dinner and then you can teach me how to do the dishes.”
Y - “Are you serious?”
D - “Extremely.”
There’s a long pause where Dieter grins at you while you stare at him with a small smile.
Y - “Okay.”
Dieter is gobsmacked.
D - “What?”
Y - “I said ‘okay’.”
D - “Wh- why?”
Y - “Well, someone has to make you do the dishes, Mr. Nepobaby.”
Dieter stares at you with a disbelieving smile.
D - “Okay.”
Y - “Okay.”
The interview ends with a photo of Dieter doing the dishes with a dramatic frown on his face in your tiny kitchen, pink plastic gloves on and an apron that says “Kiss My Ass” tied around his waist.
Comments:
bravocanhitthis literally what the fuck
bravocanhitthis my dreams have come true
daddyissuesoops her calling dieter a manwhore… real
dbscontroversiallyyounggf why am i blushing? i wasn’t even a part of this conversation
dietersvaticanpeens i don’t think we’re acknowledging dieter’s fun fact enough… like what do you mean there’s a room full of penis vases in the vatican?
alittletotheleftbravo she is a much stronger person than i am, i would’ve jumped across the table as soon as he suggested making a porno
moeswriting i have never rooted for a celebrity couple more in my whole life
rightytightyleftyloosey “because i like you too much” excuse me??? why aren’t more people talking about this???
bravodieter next time, pretty girl
↳ alittletotheright you wish, bravo ↳ dieterydoo get a room???
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nutmeggery · 5 months ago
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there was no true "phone bad message"
the people live in their own personal bubble, choosing who to interact with, who listen to, they refuse to look outside their bubble, they take directions from their personal bubble, even their city is in a bubble! a 'pure' society. It's about the racism, the colonialism, the indoctrination of the new generation to uphold the beliefs of their society.
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edwardshundredyearoldspunk · 6 months ago
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me reaching for my phone and opening tumblr.com/dashboard as soon as I wake up: wow, I can't believe lindy opens her bubble as soon as she wakes up. talk about chronically online
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rqsser · 7 months ago
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social media (semi-famous) au that was talked about like twice in the mota discord with @trashbag-baby666 …
gale’s account is private and he only has one!! his pfp is either scenery or just the ‘no pfp’ grey dude
john posts about his bf & calls him buck, gale comments on his posts so everyone knows that gale is buck
explaining the one above, gale’s username is probably smth like ‘buckclvn’ but his bio is friends-only so that says gale
basically they got a large following because john posted a video of curt doing something stupid and they also just post random things that gain attention
gale is faceless but his voice can be heard in some of john’s videos (he doesn’t want to take away from his bf’s fame)
curt will post the most random and controversial thing and just dip from the conversation (ken and crosby have to clean up his messes)
being spotted in public would be awkward especially if it’s john while he’s with gale because the fan would like keep glancing at gale like “who…” and then have that look of realization
to which later the fan would post smth like “i saw john’s bf and he is GORGEOUS” and john would repost or quote it
ken and curt take pics of their double dates and are always sure to block out gale’s face
curt probably treats anyone who recognizes him like a friend or someone who’s chasing him
brady is a fashion designer and hambone is his model (ty theo for this)
rosie and bubbles are also a part of this but we fr have no idea where…
um this is such a random post but i hope u guys like this!!
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thef155 · 9 months ago
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Excerpts from a lovely article in The Athletic by The New York Times: “Ferrari’s prestige lured Lewis Hamilton – and cost Carlos Sainz his seat”
Part 2/2: “The Next Chapter”
In F1, consistency is critical. Sainz brings that to the table; a zero-point weekend is rare. The two-time grand prix winner is more than capable of racing for a top team and is one of the most complete drivers. He shows flashes of wise moves like what fans saw in Singapore. Remember the dummy move in Australia that truly showed his nickname, ‘Smooth Operator?’ And he’s calm under pressure, like when he secured pole position at Monza.
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With what’s expected to be a hot drivers market looming for 2025, options are open but are they appealing, particularly given Sainz’s caliber?
A slew of teams are believed to have slots opening, like Sauber (which will become Audi in 2026), Alpine (who he drove for when it was known as Renault), Red Bull (though Daniel Ricciardo is in the picture) and Williams, to name a few. Mercedes could engage in a seat swap — Andrea Kimi Antonelli is rising through the junior ranks, but it would be a big ask to slide an 18-year-old into Hamilton’s spot.
Yes, there are more questions than answers on what’s next for Sainz, but he will be a prime player on the market given his track record. He thrives off of stability, so he’ll likely seek a multi-year contract. This never was a matter of a lack of talent.
See Part 1: “A ‘Smooth Operator’”
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kikitulips · 5 months ago
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seaweedstarshine · 5 months ago
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Late to the game as I’ve kinda been kinda non-here for a minute but I scrolled through the Dot and Bubble tag, and thought I wanted to write this post into existence.
There's this part in Doctor Who Unleashed where RTD says this:
“What we can’t tell is how many people will have worked that out before the ending. Because they’ve seen white person after white person after white person, and television these days is very diverse. I wonder, will you be ten minutes into it, will you be fifteen, will you be twenty, before you start to think, everyone in this community is white. And if you don’t think that — why didn’t you? So, that’s gonna be interesting. I hope it’s one of those pieces of television you see, and always remember.”
And I'm like. Yeah. But the reason this works even as well as it does is largely thanks to the work of the previous showrunner with the previous creative team, which was notably the first era to have any writers of color (amongst other firsts in terms of inclusivity in directors, composer, actors). While Chibnall fumbled whenever he tried to write about race himself, he did have the self-awareness to have Black and South Asian writers writing the episodes where race is the focus (and a female writer for the episode where sexism is a focus; my point is, he seemed to know his shortcomings).
I wonder what the current creative team looks like? (not really, but I wasn't 100% sure for all of them)
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To quote RTD:
“...before you start to think, everyone in this community is white.”
This is pretty non-self-aware, right? It's pretty “It is said, and I understand this, there was a history of racism with the original Toymaker, the Celestial Toymaker, who had ‘celestial,’ and I did not know this, but ‘celestial’ can mean of Chinese origin, but in a derogatory way,” right? (from The Giggle Unleashed) It's pretty “and I had problems with that, and a lot of us on the production team had problems with that: associating disability with evil,” right? (from Destination Skaro Unleashed)
—none of which are issues that should be overlooked, but think how much exponentially better they might’ve been addressed if he’d consulted with Chinese writers and wheelchair-using writers before going straight to giving the Toymaker weird fake accents and making Davros walk?
How many Black or non-white people do we think saw the Dot and Bubble script before it landed in Ncuti’s hands?
And this just keeps happening.
And like, from some of the shocked responses I've seen from white viewers to the ending of Dot and Bubble, maybe the episode's unsubtlety was needed? From the way RTD talks about it in Unleashed, the episode was written with a white audience in mind, Baby's First Microaggressions (where of course the microaggressions come from people who are pretty self-admittedly white supremacists). Ricky September, a more seemingly normal depiction of someone in the racist bubble of Finetime, seemed like an interesting element, up until the way he died.
The ending worked for me, because I do think the Doctor's reaction is true to how the Doctor would react. I just keep thinking of how much better the core themes could've been handled by someone with actual lived experience on the subject matter.
#dot and bubble#fifteenth doctor#rtd critical#anti rtd#ricky september#lindy pepper bean#dw negativity#racism#antiblackness#words by seaweed#not to be anti rtd. im just very critical. Anti RTD is just a tag which people use or block#every showrunner has their flaws but RTD is the only one self-righteously virtu signling over NOTHING. which is why im more critical.#plus the on-set sxual hrassment and what happened with Chris Eccleston etc. it vindicates me. idk. not tryna be a hater#ALSO dot and bubble is leaps and bounds better than any racism commentary I expected from Russell T Davies. so theres that.#can you tell I'm shy abt making long posts that someone is likely gonna be not happy about-#I usually search tumblr for posts to rb and talk in tags. but I couldnt find any posts about this this morning! tho I think ppl have since#etc its fine to critically appreciate imperfect media etc I do it all the time (as a Black fan) (who also thinks Rosa has Flaws) etc#I did see someone on twitter pointing out the hypocrisy of all white writers but twitter does not have space to talk about things#also love that The Church on Ruby Road has Mark Tonderai who became the first black director w The Ghost Monument. I love his directing#but that's the Christmas special. it is not part of this season. and honestly fr it's not close to enough#love the inclusivity in front of the camera. lets get some of that in the writing team NOW. it's hurting for it.#bring back Charlene James. can you hear me? was the best episode of Season 12.#the ep felt like a commentary on the “RIP Doctor Who” ppl under every official Doctor Who post? hence social media?#it does work best that way!! it just felt a little off of that way in rtd talking#idk im rambling. I did enjoy it tho. I just wish. but well.
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everlusts · 1 month ago
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not being here for anything other than saurondriel is a direct threat to the lorebros and a portion of the show fans themselves. not sure how honoured i am about that but yeah
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trashbag-baby666 · 8 months ago
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More Instagram au posts!!!! They’re literally making me roll all over laughing! Drop any requests for them!!!! Likes and reblogs high appreciated (:!!!!
MOTA Masterlist!
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