hate to tell some people this but fyi. once tumblr added alt text, a lot of old images got bugged to have the ID show (despite op not putting it there) as just saying "image". this isn't op trying to be a dick and screw with people, it is a known and common issue. you can tell it's a bug and not intentional because ive seen it happen on blogs that haven't posted in a decade, long before alt text was added. getting mad and sending anon hate about blogs "adding alt text that just says 'image' to mess with people" isn't something you should be doing. it is a bug. not something done by malicious actors. stop being aggro towards users who found out their old stuff had this happen, they aren't the one doing it.
I understand why Mav can never slow down. I understand it on such a personal level. I went around 800 km/hr (553 mph) yesterday in the L-39 (for reference you break the sound barrier at 1,234 km/hr (767 mph), which is Mach 1) and I can literally only think about what paths I can take to go even faster. The thrill is insane and I knew I'd be hooked but to actually feel it and experience the G forces and weightlessness doing manoeuvres like that. It is such a unique and all encompassing feeling. I want to feel that again, so desperately. My dreams and goals just got bigger and more ambitious!
just a lil weekend reminder that…it’s okay to do nothing.
it’s okay to simply exist and take time for yourself—shut your brain off, scroll mindlessly, read, have a lil sweet treat, binge-watch a show you’ve been putting off for way too long.
your worth is not determined by what you can get done in your spare time.
I miss my dog I miss my grandpa I miss the way my family used to be and more than anything I wish time could just stop moving until I was ready for things to keep going again
interesting that, of all the AI topics you could get mad at (deepfakes and revengeporn, people intentionally going out of their way to ignore wishes of artists who ask people not to use their art in it, whatever), tumblr users choose to instead become enraged over AI-generated cats and meme art.
straycatj is not personally ruining the lives of every artist alive by posting an AI made image (that she made for fun) one (1) time. it is not stealing from artists if you generate gay sex cats memes instead of paying someone irl to make it for you. AI discourse went from reasonable concerns to "if you ever generate an AI image, it is akin to letting artists starve in the street, and you are evil" really quick, and ignores, like, every previous "acceptable" AI trend on tumblr (since people now looooove to pretend that "early" AI generation wasn't popular, i fuckin guess).
sorry, because i know i made a post before like "i swear lesbophobes and people who are weird about sapphics will say a wlw ship isn't canon/is bait unless you show them getting married on screen", but some of you are really proving it with calling characters who are canonically in love with one another "bait" because they don't say "we are lesbians btw".
“on the wall, the doors to all of the Wiggles’ bedrooms can be seen — an iconic set to those familiar with Wiggles lore.” Defunctland is having a fuckin laugh writing the script for this one
No, that's not a typo. I FLEW a fighter jet! The pilot gave me controls half way through and let me perform some barrel rolls as well as a full loop and then let me fly her steady for a while! I thought it had just been wishful thinking that I'd be able to actually fly it but then during the paperwork portion at the start, they said I'd be given the controls and I just about lost my mind.
I was told we would pull at least 4 Gs but we ended up clocking 5.5 Gs and I handled it like it was nothing! My ears popped a few times but that was it! The pilot was apparently pretty impressed with me haha
Some people asked for pictures to live vicariously through me, so here's a few of what we got!
(Photos courtesy of me, my brother and my dad)
For anyone curious, it was an L-39 Albatros!
I was supposed to have recorded footage of me in the cockpit, but the gopro malfunctioned, so it didn't record anything. I'm not super mad tho, cause I still got some cool pics and a crazy experience!
I also got a hat, a shirt, and a P-51 Mustang patch! (They ran out of L-39s so I grabbed the next best one!)
Absolutely fucking insane to say that the first aircraft I've ever flown happens to be a fighter jet.
Anyways I'm having an adrenaline crash so I'm gonna go hibernate! You'll definitely hear more about this later, feel free to send me asks if you have any questions!
now that I know I'm audhd I'm pretty gentle with myself, like I can just go meh whatever and shrug off most of the weird shit I do, but one thing that still makes me want to sink into the floor every time is when I get so excited to see a visibly queer person in a mundane environment that I forget you're not supposed to stare and bc I'm not super expressive by the time I snap back to reality this poor person has been stonefaced stared down by a random schlub (me) for long enough that they're now worried about getting hatecrimed in the Lowes parking lot. Why Am I Like This