#why is the internet like this

[anti-spop]

"ppl who hate said character don't understand how a redemption arc works" maybe the redemption was simply written like dogshit

#i post #not rlly written with catra in mind #but y'know #i'm so sick of this argument lmao #there are so many amazing redemption arcs out there #that ppl praise #just bc we don't like this ONE redemption doesn't mean we HATE all redemption arcs lol #why is the internet like this #anti stans

[no-see-um-incorrect]



I thought I escaped this when I got off Amino

#why is the internet like this #i am a minor #wtf is going on #it’s to early for this

[notbronwyn]

how come whenever i try and find other transfemmes on the internet its always:

complaining about life and self-hatred

porn using every tag possible to boost engagement

transfemmes fetishizing themselves

can people just be normal for once??

#this is REALLY annoying #why is the internet like this #i just want to talk to other people #trans #transgender #transfem

[quoththemaiden]

I think this is the most intensely modern anime I've seen.

#oshi no ko #why IS the internet like this

[sweetface-the-dollbaby]

me: *draws a fat man happily enjoying his life* the internet:

#artist meme #hhhhhhhhhh #why is the internet like this

[the-metropolis-marvel]

Me rn

#what the fuck #I just thought goon meant henchmen #why is the Internet like this

[fun-on-uh-bun]

I’m watching The Lorax for the first time in 2023 fully aware that The Oncler is a tumblr sexyman and…are you fucking serious? Andy Bernard??

The NARD. DOG. 😡🤔

#the onceler #the lorax #andy bernard #why is the internet like this #ed helms

[attonitos-gloria]

I have to say this, you're going a long way to justify an abuser... I get that you like him but to say he is not a villain... got it

but i am not justifying it. i did not say it wasn't morally reprehensible. i did not say it was not horrible. i said it didn't automatically turn a character into a villain; if that's your premise, there are only villains in asoiaf - that was my point.

(and since we are mixing fiction and real life, isn't that how it is in real life? people who commit rape are not completely ruined unredeemable villains. they're not strange men in dark alleys. they're people. they'll be at my table at christmas. they're part of our circle of friends, of family. they're part of ours. i even love one of them.)

but because i am tired of this, let's be real and clear: yes, i like the bad fictional man. he is my favorite character ever. if it makes you so upset to see people liking tyrion, don't follow this account. it is that simple.

and i am trying not to be rude here. i am sorry for what happened to you, whatever it was. you're a real person behind this gray anon icon and your life will always be more important than fictional people. so i am sorry. truly.

and i understand that you cannot hold tyrion accountable because he is not real; so you're holding me accountable, the real person who likes him.

but. the thing is. random people on god's internet who like fictional characters - regardless of the character, yes, even undisputable villains - are not, in fact, abusing me. no real harm is done to me by these people. i know my abuser. he is the only person responsible for what happened. there are a dozen characters in literature and media that are just like him, and the people around here who like these characters - it's all they are doing; reading things, enjoying them. they are not out to get me. they are not enabling my abuse or covering for my abuser or silencing me or hurting me in any meaningful way. they don't know me any more than i know them. they are not secretly telling me my trauma doesn't matter, they are not implying my pain is unimportant. i can't live in a world in which every person is a potential mirror of my trauma. part of healing is breaking the mirrors and seeing things as they are, opaque and all. does that make sense to you? i can feel like people are reflecting my pain back at me, but they are just existing. and i can't blame them for existing. they literally have no idea. it's how life works. and it's hard, and i am sorry for this too.

so. my suggestion is: hold your actual abuser accountable. leave people liking their fiction out of it. and if you're halfway there, if you just have to hate the fictional bad man to cope: by all means, anon, hate tyrion.

but i am not your abuser. and i am, again, sorry for what happened, it shouldn't have happened, and i am sorry, i am sorry. but i am a real person too, with my share of real problems and traumas, and i spend my days dealing with people in pain projecting their issues on me because they are in pain? and these are real problems. these, i'll bear gladly because it's my job. but liking fictional characters is not a real problem. i don't know what you want me to do here. i've said all i had to say about this, and i think i can't really help you.

this is the last ask i'm answering about this. i am turning off anon again, forever this time, alright? you please take care, be well. <3

#ask me stuff #tw rape #tw abuse #why is the internet like this

[konigstigerr]

"oh fuck i pulled my chest, how do i stretch this"

google: you have a heart attack

google: call 911

google: you waited too long might as well be dead

google: fuck you dead asshole.

#why is the internet like this

[miksykat]

had to turn off the "based on your likes" thing because i keep getting posts like "i hope johnny depp fucking dies lmao" and like.. how is that in any way related to my likes???? and on another note, what the actual fuck?? why are we wishing death on this guy?? i dont want or need to be involved in wishing death upon someone i know literally absolutely nothing about, thanks

#every time i start warming back up to tumblr some new bullshit rounds the corner and makes me feel physically ill #why is the internet like this

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

#yes i want things to be free like ??? that is not a weird desire #'but but it costs money to keep up' ok and? how is that my problem #the government has plenty of murder dollars they could reallocate a few to make internet services universal if they wanted #also these companies were perfectly capable of supporting themselves before the internet got drowned with ads so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #edit: muting notifs on this post bc new additions have kind of petered out #so no one feel bad about adding something someone else has said‚ it is not bothering me im just trying to keep my #notifs page cleanish lol #also since i saw some people are being redirected to read my tags: firstly hiiiiii this is a special secret message for you:3 #secondly i have learned since making this that the reason they were able to support themselves previously was because #of investors bankrolling everything #and theyre now finally realizing that theyre never going to actually make a profit and arent as willing to invest #however thats just a minor correction and doesnt change my overall point #once again. so many murder dollars #so thats why im just adding it here in the tags rather than making an actual correction #anyways . love yall 💕 #origibberish #bigger gibbers

[kiwi]

everybodys gotta get back into the practice of using pseudonyms online... i remember the time of screen names where u never ever told anyone ur real name and that was just understood as basic internet safety. plus having a screen name is fun because sometimes it sticks so well that it becomes part of ur identity that u can use in whatever facet of ur life you choose. it rocks to pick your own name

#im living proof! i wasnt always called kiwi but now i am and it rocks #but mostly im just worried about all these kids wayyy oversharing personal info online #not to be like aaaggghh kids these days. but. #um people are sharing their full names and schools and deepest secrets with their FACE ATTACHED #i surely dont need to explain why thats scary #tiktok trends where u share stuff you would Never tell people irl.... WITH!!! YOUR FACE!!!!! IN FULL VIEW!! #WHHH.... WHY........... #Get Scared of Internet Strangers Again Please!

[werewolf-transgenderism]

keep seeing undergrads on social media saying “oh if a prof has a strict no-AI academic integrity policy that’s a red flag for me because that means they don’t know how to design assignments” like sorry girl but that just sounds like you’ve got a case of sour grapes about not being allowed to cheat with the plagiarism machine that doesn’t know how to evaluate sources and kills the environment! I have a strict no-AI policy because if you use AI to write your essays for a writing course it’s literally plagiarism because you didn’t write it and you’re not learning any of the things the course teaches if you just plug a prompt into the plagiarism generator that kills the environment, hope this helps!

#so many people on the internet like ‘why do I have to write my work myself why can’t I just plug it into the cheating machine’ #‘why is it plagiarism to not write my own work and instead use the plagiarism machine built from scraping others’ work without consent?’ #like. it is because you are not learning anything if you do not actually do the work assigned to you. hope this helps #I personally have not had AI issues because of how I structure my assignments #but it was a HUGE problem in my department last year. so we all have no-AI to write your classwork policies

[batshaped]

the continued adventures of an internet user who was frozen in 2004 and defrosted in 2021: some things are just the way you left them

previous 2004 internet user comics are here: one, two, three, four, five; or just in my 2004 tag

#2004 #art #comic #comics #internet #nostalgia #neopets #aisha #february 2024 art #2024 art #02132024 #did i... forget to upload this one on tumblr in february lol #too distracted by mewtwo's birthday i guess #i have been playing neopets since elementary school #we're talking barely sentient #and i still play every day #it's not really my intention to make a low effort Relatable Comic here #but to capture a specific feeling i have when i feed my neopets #pet sims are unlike anything else to me #they just have this feeling about them that is more intimate than other games even when it's basic text and images #i guess that's why my comic is like #Pet Sim But Sad #lmao

[originalartblog]

Apparently much-needed reminder that reposting artists' art (by saving the images or screenshotting them and reuploading them yourself) on other platforms without the artists' expressed permission and without credit is theft and an insult to their passion and craft. You are profiting (in views, in attention, in feedback) from someone else's work and ideas, who do not get that feedback for sharing their creation.

If you are an art reposter, you are a thief and I have no respect for you.

#learn basic internet etiquette i am begging but also holding a knife. yes i'm mad. more about others than myself. #do you know how many artists i have seen leave social media because their art started being reposted all over? #tip: way too fucking many #i've had many people tell me about people reposting my art on tiktok #no one ever asked to repost my art on tiktok. ever. they just save super fried bad crunchy jpegs of my art and repost them #they get 20k likes and don't even bother naming me #also a reason i started signing my name more legibly and why my blog web address is always there but apparently no one can even read that #a few people got an ok for translations on other platforms though #i'm going to be annoying with this post and reblog it a few times to try to catch the people who apparently need to be told #tiny skk adventures #nawy's comics #nawy's doodles #apparently those are reposters' favourites so here look at this

[napping-sapphic]

*gives you a gay little kiss that feels like home*

#wlw #wlw mood #sapphic #lesbian #sometimes you may see a post from me and go: #why the fuck would she post that?? #and wonder if i regret it #the answer is no <3 #all my posts are bangers😤 #esp this one #and that is NOT the exhaustion and lack of sleep talking #maybe it’s late and i have to be up #in five hours #and i came to the realization that ALL my kisses count as gay little kisses #and had to share that with the internet #okay and it’s a GOOD post😤😤😤😤 #im not gonna see this at a time when im more sane and be like wtf #i’ll see it be like: wow that’s a great post #@ future me: u can fight me on this im right okay #god im so tired