#discourse

[prokopetz]

I think we're starting to dilute the meaning of "terminally online". Like, no, it's not terminally online to have eccentric opinions about a popular TV show – people like that existed before "online" was a thing. Unless we're talking at least an "it's homophobic for gay furries to have rat fursonas because they're depicting gay people as vermin", the onlineness falls well short of terminal.

#tumblr #blogging #social media #discourse #terminally online #homophobia mention #not a hypothetical example

[reachartwork]

just found the most fascinating anti-ai person who is only anti-ai because they make and sell the software that spambots USED to use to flood the internet with low quality SEO-bait garbage and chatgpt is putting them out of business. what a fascinating category of human to be. i had never even considered that someone had to be actually making the spambots and that they have feelings too.

#discourse #man #what the fuck

[sals-sonic]

Everytime I see that one yt short about "fixing proshippers' art" I roll my eyes.

And it's not like they are altering anything nsfw either. I've seen them censor a kid in a dress, not sexual at all mind you, by drawing pants over her knees. It's like dude... The drawing wasn't even sexual until you sexualized it...

They like to point fingers at proshippers but they are the ones seeing fetish even when it isn't there.

This is not to say fetish art is bad btw. Just pointing out how antis project more than half of the time

#literally 50s censorship and hays code vibes #posted this on aethy first #profic #proship #proship please interact #anti censorship #discourse #my post

[trashpandaart3000]

And Christ said unto them...

#jesus christ #memes #internet #politics #discourse

[weirdwonderfulworld]

on trust, being a creative, and fan support

from what i can tell, the reality is that steven, ryan, and shane make content (primarily) for themselves. they make content they want to make. they're trying to make content they're really proud of and excited for. any creator/artist can tell you that being excited for your own work and being the #1 cheerleader of your work is the main driving force that 1) gets work done and 2) makes the art good. for a creative, passion is hugely important. and it is a very good thing that the boys are compelled to want to up the quality and production of their shows, because that means there's a passion there that they're trying to nurse.

now, if the content they want to make requires more money, they're allowed to ask for more money. even though success in their line of work requires views and a certain level of fan support, they're allowed to act for themselves and their own creations. they're allowed to advocate for the art they want to make, art that maybe the fans aren't asking for. yes, it does shatter the misconception that they're doing all this exclusively for the fans. but it shouldn't be viewed as a breach of trust for them to simply ask that of their fans. and imo it shouldn't even be that surprising since that's the main reason they left buzzfeed in the first place—feeling creatively stifled, and feeling like they could make things they're really passionate about, if only they could make the space for themselves.

i think with all that in mind, i would say a lot of the common arguments against the move are essentially rendered void and misplaced. in the end, if someone really hated the move and felt betrayed, they could've just packed up shop and stopped watching; a lot of people did not do that, and i think their inability to cut ties with something they didn't like and was generally harmless was a fault of their own. BUT the only argument that might still stand is this: the bottom line is that if watcher won't listen to what the fans want, watcher won't last.

you're right! they won't. that's probably why they backtracked on the move.

but then i ask you what you truly want as a fan. the main "want" i've heard from people is for watcher to cut down on production/quality, and just focus on the real magic, that is the humor and chemistry between our watcher boys.

but what if watcher knows this and they still decide that they want something else? again, what if watcher wants to focus on creating something larger than two guys cracking jokes on a crappy handheld camera? if they only ever followed the fans' desires over their own, and all their videos from now on was just them shooting the shit on camera, maybe that would be just fine for you! maybe you'd love that content! but would you really be supporting watcher in the end, or would you just be supporting the versions of themselves they molded for you? could you really be a fan of theirs if you denied them the mere attempt at becoming the creatives they truly wanted to be? is getting exactly what you want all the time worth making life shittier and more stifling for the people giving it to you? is that what you wanted when you first followed watcher from buzzfeed?

#watcher #watcher entertainment #thoughts #discourse #i'm gonna get hate for this i've only accepted it #to shun any creative from asking for financial support is to shun them from creating the art they want to create #and as a person of free will you're allowed to do that! #but if you do that while still asking for the art... imo you're a hypocrite who's wasting everyone's time and energy #there is simply no changing my mind on that

[aropride]

i fucking hate the term "glimmer" (as in "the opposite of a trigger, a thing that makes you happy") and for a while i just assumed it's bc i'm a hater and i hate when people make up psychological terms and then act like they're real and science-based, but i realized earlier that actually my hatred is justified actually, because the concept of "glimmers" reinforces the idea that a trigger is just "a thing that makes you upset" and not "something that causes or worsens symptoms of a mental illness." there isn't an "opposite of a trigger" (other than, just, not being triggered?) and if there was it definitely wouldn't be "something that makes you kinda happy". yeah the smell of clean laundry or the light coming thru the curtains is nice but it's not "the opposite of a trigger" it's literally just something that makes you happy.

#text #discourse

[whereserpentswalk]

People will say things like "now that I'm an adult over [arbitrarily chosen age] I don't have time for things like meaningful human relationships, or consuming art that isn't schlock specifically designed to sell me things, or politics that don't endorse genocide" and actually I think the world has made you cruel and awful.

As someone whose already passed the first age (21) where people tell you you won't care about your freinds anymore, or won't want to play video games, or won't be as far left, I can personally tell you that it's all a lie and that the people who believe it just became awful.

#196 #my thougts #adulthood #aging #leftist #leftism #social issues #discourse #anticapitalism #anti capitalism #anti capitalist

[ddreamteamies]

Like this is the guy that emotionally couldn't handle his friends being nice to him, he was sitting on a stage like 🤏 this close to crying

It just shows me that absolutely none of those people ever saw him as a real human ever. Interesting how they were all saying the same thing about george, almost like they all share the same inhuman image of him in their mind right?

Its just all so heartbreaking :/

i think everyone forgets that dteam got Very famous extremely fast and they obviously don’t have pr training and aren’t given any kind of training in general on how to be famous 😭 and i think they ultimately get dehumanized for that because they’re put on a pedestal

it was like george is this guy that’s not allowed to do any wrong because he’s a big creator and has so many followers and god forbid he ever makes a mistake. like let’s try and take away his entire career over accusations from one person that were all very flawed anyways

#ask me things #anon #discourse

[dwtdog]

if youre talking about the post i think youre talking about yes that post pissed me off so much because it just proves they dont listen to dream At All 😭😭 like am i tripping or did he literally talk about why he doesnt do "easy" content in the voice notes??? how many times does dream have to say "im passionate about this project and want to invest my time into it" before it fucking clicks like jesus. this is what he likes and therefore what he will do while he has no interest in streaming and playing survival, what is so hard to understand 😭 my boy likes to innovate, hes not gonna be complacent like all these other ccs and do a generic survival smp, do they even know the guy they claim to watch and like?

HE DID. THEY NEVER LISTENNNN if u want casual content tap into a fucking sapnap stream or go find someone else to watch while dream cooks like jesusss

#cq.asks #discourse #acting like ‘people like watching fun streams’ #is a revolutionary take is sooooo reddit core

[ingravinoveritas]

irvinis replied to your post “Favorite moment of Michael and David on Graham…”

@ingravinoveritas I love how David turns to Michael to once again explain to him in person that it was a minor scratch and he was fine. It's as if Michael is constantly worrying about his every injury or slightest inconvenience (he is.)

@irvinis Oh, I love this. I definitely do think Michael is so obvious in how much he worries about David, and Michael seemingly confirmed this when he talked about being the "attack dog" who goes and speaks on his and David's behalf:

And it becomes even sweeter when you think of David calling Michael his "emotional support pet" in 2021, which shows how how much they were leaning on each other even back then, and how that's likely much more the case now:

But there are so many other ways that Michael and David have shown how much they care for/worry about each other. I'm particularly thinking of when Michael had Covid in March 2021 and was in a bad way, all while in New York filming Prodigal Son. David and Georgia were checking in on him and AL on a daily basis. I can so easily imagine David and Michael video-calling and David trying to cheer Michael up any way he could.

That also makes me think of right now, with Michael being out from Nye for several performances this week due to being sick. Only this time, he's in London, which means David could be there checking in on him in person. Maybe making him a cup of tea, or holding Michael in his arms just to help him get to sleep/calm his mind down. (It could also explain why we haven't really heard/seen anything from David since the Oliviers, but that's entirely speculation, of course.)

I just love how there are so many of these little instances of Michael and David quietly caring and worrying about each other, both in and out of the public eye, and how even the public moments are not there for visibility or to sell something, but because Michael and David just genuinely love each other. How much I wish we could all find someone who cares about us like that...

#irvinis #reply post #michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #i also love that we know Michael worries about David and vice versa because It's just...there #and not because it's being pushed in our faces #nothing moments that add up to something #we should all be so lucky to find our Other Person #i love them and i love that they love each other #platonic or romantic #does it really matter which one #they are perfect together your honor #ineffable lovers #discourse #gifs by me

[carpedzem]

you can tell from her last one that she thought she ate

yes just like that one time when she made a steam about george and then immediately chopped on a valo game with punz women support women!

#like i have no words you had every opportunity to remove yourself from the situation but you choose hypocrisy instead #nonny #discourse

[sals-sonic]

“This ship propagates abuse so I'll harass you until you stop shipping it!”

1. No, I will not stop shipping it.

2. Even if I did, abuse would still exist. Just look at what antis do despite them consuming only the "right" media.

3. Fuck you and your hypocritical ass. Incredible how antis are blind to their own faults to the point they don't realize that they are the ones normalizing bullying over literal fiction.

4. Your discomfort isn't my problem. If it's tagged, you can block the content out. If it isn't, then block the user. You can't expect everyone to conform to your triggers, especially if you don't respect anyone else's to begin with. Also, you are a literal stranger coming into my house. I don't know you or owe you anything. Gtfo.

#proship #proship please interact #anti harassment #profic #pro ship #pro fic #discourse #my post

[snaxle]

be fucking serious right now.......

#og #discourse

[conarcoin]

me when i'm in a not sexually harassing people contest and my competition is twitch chat

#discourse

[cryptile]

We shouldd replace wednesday with tuesday 2. It'd be more memorable that way

#julian posting #discourse #??? #week #? #this one will be a hit in the passage of time fandom #tumblr polls

[kuchipatch1]

yall have got to be more normal about Southern people and I'm not kidding. enough of the Sweet Home Alabama incest jokes, enough of the idea that all Southerners are bigots and rednecks, and enough of the idea that the South has bad food. shut up about "trailer trash" and our accents and our hobbies!

do yall know how fucking nauseating it is to hear people only bring up my state to make jokes about people in poverty and incestuous relationships? how much shame I feel that I wasn't born up north like the Good Queers and Good Leftists with all the Civilised Folk with actual houses instead of small cramped trailers that have paper thin walls that I know won't protect me in a bad enough storm?

do yall know how frustrating it is to be trans in a place that wants to kill you and whenever you bring it up to people they say "well just move out" instead of sympathizing with you or offering help?

do yall understand how alienating it is to see huge masterposts of queer and mental health resources but none of them are in your state because theyre all up north? and nobody seems to want to fix this glaring issue because "they're all hicks anyways"

Southern people deserve better. we deserve to be taken seriously and given a voice in the queer community and the mental health space and leftist talks in general.

#this is kind of a vent honestly but ive been thinking abt it a lot #ask to tag #ok to reblog #southerners #queer #lgbt #neurodivergent #alabama #georgia #tennessee #texas #discourse #? #poverty #southern queer