#tumblr lore

[insomniac-arrest]

Not gonna lie guys, at this rate we’re never going to become the new PDF

[emporium]

Who is Coppy?

In 2015, Coppy, a quirky animated copy machine office assistant, made its debut on Tumblr as an April Fool's Day prank, playfully mocking Microsoft Office's mascot, Clippy. Tumblr users embraced the character with open arms, generating a wave of Coppy-inspired fan art and expressing disappointment when it vanished from the platform the very next day.

In honor of one of our most beloved character we created this vinyl YouTooz character. You can learn more about it below.

[therogueduchess]

Dear Penthouse I never thought it would happen to me— No

No shit, there I was. My very first ever Pride, in Providence Rhode Island. It was overwhelm in all the best ways. Sunny, music I could feel in my belly, people people people people people

Eventually, after wandering the stalls, seeing so many things, smelling so many smells, reveling in so many of our people all in one place, I got some pricey but really delicious chicken tenders and sat with my companion by the river. We talked about all sorts of things, and I took great joy in unfettered compliments to folks who walked by. Ears, wings, dresses, tiaras, skulls, glitter, tattoos—

And then someone walked by with, roughly, this shirt

I have only ever seen this referenced on tumblr. And the person was wearing sneakers with colorful ties, and as they came level in front of me, I took a chance.

“Hey!” I called out, “I like your shoelaces!”

It took a moment before the person looked over at me from their phone, said thanks, and kept walking. My companion was chuckling, and I figured, ah well, I tried—

The person sitting on the low wall on the other side of the walkway was staring at me with the most singular expression. I pointed a finger, delighted. “YOU. YOU KNOW!”

That person was giggling now, and the person beside them turned to make a shame gesture with their fingers.

“Oh no,” I crowed, “you know too, which means you can’t shame me!”

Then we were all laughing. Like, tilted my head back, mouth wide open like the animated guy from the reach toothbrush flip top head commercial (if you understand that reference right away we are brain-buddies now) and laughed so hard my belly aches

And then the first person, the shirt and shoelaces person, was in front of me again, confessing. “I had a visceral reaction!” they said, they’d frozen. “…I stole them from the President.”

I l threw up both hands, fists triumphant. “YEEESSSSSS!!!!!”

After all - it is law.

[bicokun]

Shoelace Georg, I steal 10,000 presidential shoelaces a day adn should not be counted.

[uzworm]

Ancient tumblr lore

[genderpink]

[crown-prince-zuko]

Ok can I be fr.

If I see one more person being like “ew tiktok is trying to copy US with this ZEPOTHA thing how ANNOYING”

…

Both Goncharov and Zepotha are fake asf movies made for people to have fun with. It’s not that deep. Plus it’s the internet. Tumblr is not some supreme website above every other social media site. We are legit known as the site with the most weird controversies and lore. Let people have fun.

[balkanradfem]

List of Youtube Documentaries and Video Essays on Tumblr Lore, for anyone wanting to learn or re-live it:

Meta

The Story of Dash Con

Tumblr Etiquette Manual

The Tumblr Calendar Explained

Tumblr Gimmick Blog Iceberg

Tumblr Live Explained

The Bizarre Story of Cole Sprouse's Tumblr Experiment

Cursed Tumblr History (heritage posts)

Aesthetics of the Tumblr Past

Life and Story of the Tumblr's CEO

The Story of JustGirlyThings

The Evolution of the Tumblr Girl

Evolution of the Hipster Trend

Fandoms

Sherlock: The Story of TJLC (The JohnLock Conspiracy)

The Supernatural Finale (Destiel Becomes Canon-ish)

Destiel Is Canon

Harry Potter: The Story of Snape Wives

The Onceler Fandom

Hamilton: The Insane Scandal of Hivliving

The Tumblr SexyMan Iceberg

The Lies of Tumblr

Alexandria's Genesis: The Internet's Fakest "Disease"

Hey Peebrain, You Teleport? Tumblr's Dark Mystery

Oppa Homeless Style

Tumblr's Infamous Fake Stories

Tumblr Fake Stories Part 2

Fake Tumblr Posts

That Time Tumblr Invented A New Greek Goddess

The Unreality Blogs

Clown Husbandry

Goncharov (1973)

Drama&Cores

The Tumblr Controvery Iceberg

Color Theory

The Rise And Fall Of 'Common White Girl'

Sonic for Real Justice (strange aeons)

The Bizarre Tumblr Saga of Sonic For Real Justice (izzzyzzz)

This Tumblr Blogger had a Child Slave

Iceberg of Infamous Tumblr Blogs

Tumblr Adds

Heterosexual Pride on Tumblr

Rabies Pride

Goblin Core

The Tumblr Needle Cookie Story

Scams:

The Story of 'All or Nothing'

The "Woke" Tumblr RPG that Scammed Thousands of Dollars

Tumblr's 80,000 dollar animation scam (Miss Officer and Mr Truffels)

[morgangalaxy43]

Tumblr holidays and Tumblr lore are really awesome because they feel like really weird inside jokes between a bunch of people

[1989nihil]

If I recall correclty, someone had written a sequel to @sadoeuphemist God of Arepo, no?

Also, aside from God of Arepo, The Night Gentleman is my favourite story

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

[correctopinionhaver]

"And the link offered very cheap Ray Ban sunglasses, but if you were stupid enough to click on it your blog then start sending out Ray Ban sales links itself..."

[silvermoon424]

Dashcon was 10 years ago. 10 fucking years ago. I remember it so vividly. I was there in the trenches making fun of the ballpit. I was reblogging all the memes.

I don't like being reminded of the relentless passage of time, let alone when it's brought on by Tumblr lore lmao.

[bitspieces]

It is the morning of the Ides of March, you are getting ready for a day in the senate. Someone knocks at your door. You are Caesar.

[i-am-trans-gwender]

For the longest time I was under the assumption Dashcon was a failed Rainbow Dash convention. I thought the blue part of the ball pit represented her body and the balls represented her hair. I'm not even a brony.

[nobodysdaydreams]

Coming to tumblr late in life is kinda like jumping into a tv series midway through the tenth season and letting your friends fill you in on the lore. What do you mean you used to be able to edit other people’s posts?