#the social

[ofkithandmckinney]

Mark McKinney with Victor Garber in the green room at The Social.

[transcendentalfloss]

The Dresden Dolls @ The Social in Orlando, Florida

[p-redux]

As promised, here are the details of Sam Heughan's appearance at the exclusive fan event held today, August 26, 2023! From a source who was at the event in person today!

These are DMs from my source who participated in the event today and gave me permission to post. I can't say where the event was held until Sam leaves; most likely he will be gone by tomorrow from the city where it was held. But here are the source's DMs with all the details!

So there you have it! So exciting for the people at this event. I'm sure more info and pics will come out in the next few days. But I wanted you guys to have the first scoop on it. I'll post anything else that I get later. 🤗

[memoriesofthingspast]

🦾🌻✨🌊

[porcelainlu]

Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCreme on The Social (CTV)

[listenmyguy]

Time for another post-concert bathroom selfie. Hobo Johnson addition.

[emonite666]

OK ORLANDO! we're back at The Beacham + The Social on 3/16 and we've got a killer lineup for this one. We're bringing Derek Sanders of Mayday Parade to party with us in The beacham, and we'll have live sets from Broadside, Capstan, and Felicity in The Social! 🍊

[bloodbending]

can’t believe tiktok is actually getting banned, twitter is infested with bots and brainworm-infested musk bootlickers, facebook is king of QAnon, instagram caught the plague from facebook and is dying a slow death in real time… and as the dust settles… only Miss Tumblr is left standing… failing upwards once again

[viktor-the-leshen]

[guiltyidealist]

new favorite YouTube comment just dropped

[climbingthefloors]

the us banning tiktok over fears of chinese influence prompting americans to flee to xiaohongshu (which translates to little red book - the same name as the famous red book of mao zedong quotations) and form instant connections with the chinese… you can't make this kind of irony up

[ofkithandmckinney]

Mark doing the rounds after his appearance on CTV's "The Social".

[humming-fly]

was thinking about that one blind professor post earlier today and how well it applied to the aptly named Team Dark

(really 'Team Dark' just sounds a lot cooler than 'Team Saves-On-Electricity')

[p-redux]

If anyone is interested in some of the pics from the Sasnak City fan event yesterday, The Social, here's a sampling.

[headspace-hotel]

Y'all

Im not on tiktok and never have been, but I downloaded RedNote just to see what is up, and I am witnessing something truly amazing

The Chinese user community is giving the American tiktok refugees an overwhelmingly warm welcome, meanwhile the American users seem to have collectively agreed that not only will they not let the app be taken over with English and they will provide Mandarin subtitles for everything, they are LEARNING MANDARIN. Ive scrolled through so many videos of Americans offering greetings in Mandarin to try to acclimate to the new environment and be respectful, and speakers of both languages are posting lots of tutorials on language basics and internet slang in Mandarin

My God, there is an AMAZING outpouring of curiosity and delight among everyone to learn about each others cultures and daily lives. People are posting videos of landscapes, cities, towns, and natural areas in USA and China, posting recipes and traditional foods, vlogs of everyday life, and reaching out to find people with similar hobbies.

And it's not just young people! There are loads of videos from middle-aged American guys who have come to post about fishing or motorcycles and are now happily chatting with Chinese users sharing the same interests using Google translate

One American guy who was like. in his 60's had a comment on one of his videos that was like "Red Neck?" and he replied "Yes!" and I just about fucking lost it

Also the Chinese users love, and I mean LOVE, Luigi Mangione. He is apparently broadly adored in China. There is SO much fanart and SO many edits.

There are many threads initiating Chinese users to ask questions of American users about the USA, and vice versa, and everyone on both sides is clearing up a lot of misconceptions. Some of the questions I saw a lot from Chinese users were: "Is it true that American parents kick you out of the house as soon as you turn 18" (not often, but sometimes) "Do you all really wear shoes in bed" (NO!!! Apparently a lot of characters in American sitcoms are shown lying in bed with shoes on which I never noticed before!) and "are there really guns everywhere" (yes).

For the most part Chinese content creators seem just overwhelmed by the sudden influx of hundreds of followers that are super enthusiastic about what they're doing. A lot of them have made posts about how initially they thought the uptick in follower count was some kind of error, or that there was some kind of joke or prank, but then they realized the interest and enthusiasm was genuine and now they're welcoming all the newcomers.

I found several posts by Chinese users saying that this felt like a really profound historical moment, where these previously separated worlds are suddenly smashing together and suddenly there is freedom to learn about each other's cultures and connect. One of them said something along the lines of "This is a 21st century Tower of Babel and even though I'm an atheist I hope God lets this tower stand." OUGH MY HEART.

The app itself works a little bit like a video-based version of Pinterest. It's not really my thing so I probably won't be on there long term but it's been amazing to see what's happening.