#terminally online bullshit

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

i think ppl can and should project onto fictional characters. that's kind of what they're for a lot of the time. even if in the story they dont have the exact same experiences the audience can still find similarities with them and it's empowering to headcanon that, because of these similarities, the character has a similar identity to you. a lot of writers purposely give their characters experiences similar to marginalized groups to make those groups feel seen.

that being said, if you project your own experiences onto your blorbos you HAVE to be able to tell when the story is purposely making the character a metaphor for your experiences and when the story is. not doing that. just because you personally relate to a character doesn't mean the character literally is your marginalized identity. and it definitely doesn't mean that the writers hate your marginalized identity, specifically, if they don't do what you want them to do with that character.

#shut up pandora #this is about a post i say talking about how belos owlhouse has traits that if you squint could be seen as him having schizophrenia #and bc op thinks the show fumbled his character #specifically bc hes a Bad Guy who Does Bad Things and Is Bad #the shows creator is literally ableist and is a fake ally for otherwise depicting other instances of neurodivergence positively #the evidence btw is: #belos seeing hallucinations of the golden guards to represent his repressed guilt which is a trope that everyone on this green earth uses #and the fact that papa titan refers to belos as having 'delusions' #which in this context isn't being used medically but colloquially bc guess what! words can have different meanings depending on the context #and in this context he isnt talking about a medical delusion hes talking about belos's denial of his mistakes #which isnt a mental illness thing its an asshole thing which he is. thats the appeal of his character #the show has problems in general and belos character definitely has problems but this aint it chief #methinks someone was looking for a reason to hate on the queer show hmm i wonder why #even if they werent trying to do that op projected too hard on a character who the writers didnt expect them to project onto so hard #that they forgot that not everything isnt about them so when they didnt like where they went with belos's character #they decided that dana terrace just hated ppl like them specifically #terminally online bullshit #anyway moral of the story is not everything is about you #also dont try to look for this post or anything i dont want ppl to shit talk op to their face #im vagueing for a reason im not trying to start stuff #but anyway even if you talk about how the hallucination trope is universally harmful which i dont think it is depending on how you use it #and even if you think the word delusional shouldnt be used colloquially due to its association with a mental illness #there are so many other pieces of media that use that trope #and there are so many other instances where that word is used and all of its so much more offensive than fucking owl house #youre standing naked in a river in winter and complaining that your soup is lukewarm #oh how i wish that cartoon fans can get as angry about shit like south park as they do about shit like the owl house

[gnometa233]

what the fuck is a straight lesbian

#lgbt+ #lgbt #lesbian #terminally online bullshit #guys im serious we need to start killing people

[chronicbitchsyndrome]

it's annoying as hell to have my disability blog blocked by like 75% of radical disability tumblr because i don't believe in the anti-scientific concept of mind-body dualism, specifically because my specific disability outright disproves it entirely as my "mental" and "physical" symptoms are one and the same (and make me almost entirely incapable of existing in public, and therefore broadly unable to build friendships and support networks offline). good job building community for isolated housebound disabled people who need it, y'all. 10/10.

#cripplepunk #cripple punk #dyspunktional #madpunk #tagging this because i'm feeling really bitchy and feel like people need to be confronted with the reality of what their like #bullshit terminally online gatekeeping projects actually and for real do to mentally disabled cripples unable to leave the house #good job are u proud of the environment y'all have created? #do you really actually think i am CHOOSING to be housebound and do not have physical access issues? #if i could go out and make friends i Fucking Would you dipshits but i physically cannot enter most public spaces lmao?

[crimeronan]

probably i SHOULDN'T migrate elsewhere if tumblr goes belly-up. i just scrolled thru my dash for 20 minutes and in that short span i could feel myself transform from a mildly tired 27-year-old butch into an active serial killer.

#starts typing posts like 'i hate you people so fucking much' and then pauses like #this is how every terminally online post i've raised my eyebrows at for Weeks has started. #girl if you put all your thought into the computer eventually your world will shrink to the size of it. #this site really does make me feel like shit. i need to follow more photography blogs and people who don't post stupid fucking bullshit. #hey if you post a lot of photography or POSITIVE fandom stuff WITHOUT a shitload of untagged politics. #hit me up. i've unfollowed 80% of active blogs i used to follow for 'annoying me' crimes and my dash is both dead and profoundly irritating #i need to breathe some new life into this account. or what am i logging on for. #by positive fandom stuff i mean you're not typing a bunch of nasty hot takes i'll hate or bitching constantly about varying properties. #and you don't hate polyamory. and you don't hate ace people. and you don't hate queerplatonic relationships. #SHOULDN'T BE A HUGE ASK!!!!! AND YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND FUCKING YET!!!!!!!!!11SHIFTONE!1ELEVEN!!1! #i'm tired of tumblr not making me happy. i should be able to see my blorbos and feel joy here. #negative #i suppose

[dougielombax]

It’s amazing how often you’d come across somebody whose opinions on things like justice, human rights and other such matters are perfectly rational.

Then you ask them about something like international affairs or vaccines and disabilities and it turns out that they’re completely fucking insane and deranged.

Babbling all the usual conspiratorial drivel about how “tHa JeWz” are controlling everything and that their shitty internet connection is all the fault of the “ZOG”.

(What even is that?!)

Before going on the spout the usual drivel about vaccines causing autism. Which btw they don’t.

The cognitive dissonance on display is astounding.

They’re so close to seeing bullshit for what it is, and then they sell their brains to 4Chan or kiwifarms or wherever and embrace fucking bigotry!

It seems to be something of a pattern.

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #vent post #oddly specific #don’t ask #fucking morons #neurotypicals #brainrot in action #bigotry #idiots #antisemitism #tw antisemitism mention #political crap #terminally online #4chan #tw 4chan #kiwifarms #i feel sick #bullshit #fucking hell #fuck’s sake

[nordfjording]

it's very impressive to still maintain in media that the negative reactions you're receiving are due to norwegian people's racism while simultaneously posting to instagram that children's bad behaviour can be fixed with a simple exorcism and that suicidality is cured by just thinking happy thoughts :)

#the latter posted two days after the 4 year anniversary of your fiance's ex/stepkids' dad's suicide #sorry sorry but this guy's such a total fucking hack and i very. very rarely call something dangerous content but some of this bullshit... #add to the stuff from his book about cancer being caused by deep down wanting to die #and listen: do i think him entering the royal family drew out every single terminally online racist in this country? yeah #but that :)) is not the same :)) #our leading doctors and psychiatrists stepping up to say this is extremely damaging and dangerous isnt internet randos trolling you sir

[22degreehalo]

I'll say it as many times as it needs to be said. There is absolutely miniscule actual harm that comes from engaging with Harry Potter in 2024. JK Rowling does not need money. Anything sent her way is less than a rounding error. And the book series was literally EVERYWHERE in the 90s and 2000s. Like it or not, it DID impact a whole generation of people - pretending that never happened is completely absurd, if not outright irresponsible. It happened. It's just a fact. Harry Potter is mainstream. There is nothing that can be done to 'promote' it. It's already there.

What all this obsession with HP on tumblr is about? An easy way to smugly define Good People from Bad People. Because if you *really* cared about trans people enough, you'd hate everything associated with Harry Potter. Regardless of how much you adored it when you were 8 and went to Harry Potter parties with your family all dressed up quoting book lines at one another in your most precious childhood memories because for once your special interest actually aligned with the people closest to you. No, all those positive associations should have been deleted instantly. If you *cared enough*, it would just *happen*.

Which is why a whole slew of people who previously had earnestly reblogged posts about Moral OCD and how bad tumblr can be about it were suddenly cackling about how buying Hogwarts Legacy was comparable to *refusing to throw The One Ring into Mordor, starting a war that would kill millions.* And how donating to a pro-trans charity (an act that would have VASTLY more impact than aforementioned rounding error) is comparable to 'donating to a pro-elf charity' in the wake of that.

Because tumblr doesn't actually give a shit about autistics or OCD sufferers. When we complain about stuff that they also dislike, they proudly reblog that and rage in the notes about how selfish and cruel and Individualist those other people on tumblr are!!! But the *second* they get to paint themselves as the ones with '''''good thoughts and feelings'''''' they take it, and make up posts about how HP likers 'believe they're the main character and everything should revolve around them.'

Is it actually about whether something causes harm? Or is it about dividing the world into Inherently Good People and Inherently Bad People? Is it actually about doing real good for the community and making the world a better place? Or is it about shaming people with the Wrong Emotions until they fucking hate themselves and spend hours upon hours ruminating on end trying to change themselves because their inability to let go of positive Harry Potter feelings is OBVIOUSLY evidence of a truly inescapably evil and cruel and wretched identity that the world would be better off without?

Which is it, actually? When it actually feels a little bit good to feel like you're on the Right Side of all of this, for once?

#cant fucking believe im doing this to myself on the day before his birthday #im gonna have to stay up til 12:30 tonight #if im STILL obsessing over this shit then Im gonna start demanding recompense #dont donate to ocd charities (do they even exist lmfao) just give $20 to someone w ocd every time you make a Stern Post abt hp '''promoters #.. #hp for ts #god no fucking offence but this all is the ACTUALLY terminally online bullshit #do you know the library I work at has Harry Potter posters/displays etc. up??? #stocks plenty of 'wizarding world crochet' books and the like??? #99.999% of the world barely knows what jkr is doing #and the rest just think 'wow she's awful' (or whatever else) and dont connect that to hp at all #its only on certain internet spaces that this 'engage with HP = immediate and inescapable corruption by the devil' mentality exists #hell even the idea that anyone with something HP related is trying to signal terfism or whatever #i dont doubt that some ppl TRY that but. it doesnt work lmfao. #not once has my aunt thought 'oh I better remove my Hermione keychain or someone will think I hate trans people' #that is literally terminally online brainrot!!! real people do not think that way!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lylahammar]

every once in a while I get the absolutely irrational urge to post a Take on here and then I just barely manage to stop myself and have to have a sit down while my life flashes before my eyes

#I have so many Takes about online culture and shit but I also don't wanna fucking deal with that #don't wanna field some bullshit terminally online nonsense #lyla's talking again

[alilaro]

not to go all boomer mode but I genuinely think tiktok should be taken down

#* #as someone that was terminally online at 11 yrs/o on places like deviantart #it freaks me out so much kids that age and younger are getting manipulated into bullshit by adult influencers on the site #cause I kind of come from that background too and its so easy to be manipulated and think this shit is normal as a kid #also like the idea of a child ''''celebrity''' is so fucking scary #like hollywood already proved how fucked it is and it still clearly is #but at the bare minimum they have some laws for that #and when your a kid you say some fucking CRAZY shit online and the way the internet works now isn't like it used to be #like once you go 'viral' it can deeply affect your irl life #and kids are innocent and naive so they'll just say shit like their full names and date of birth their addresses #i don't mean this in a 'satanic panic' kind of bullshit agenda way #its not the kids way moreso the adults that they watch; they blur lines with adult/child 'friendship' aka parasocial fuckery at best #tldr; this isn't even a tiktok thing im mostly just scared for kids being mislead/manipulated/groomed by adults online #it happened to me and its scary seeing it on such a large scale that people consider 'nonrmal' #also there a whole other arguement about capitalism/companies stealing data and collecting information/facial tracking etc

[andsheoverthinks]

the number one take that irritates me on tumblr is (millenial) people using tiktok people as representative of gen z people irl. everytime something stupid like buccal fat removal or botox or bbl goes viral on tiktok, everyone on here acts like it's some kind of actual, real-life trend, instead of the usual echo chamber of 100 people max. you guys really believe all women below the age of 25 have a 50-step skincare routine, wear 10 pounds of makeup every day, get permanent makeup tattooed and eyelash extensions every month, wear fetish wear to college, have an only fans, and never repeat an outfit.

nO hOPe FoR wOMen! wE'RE noT gETtinG oUt oF tHE pAtriARchy! wE're DoOmEd!

relax. i'm old crusty end of Gen Z and only know one person on tiktok (childhood friend). i don't know anyone who's gotten botox, bbl, or buccal fat removal. i don't know any women who wear heels regularly or instagram-level makeup regularly. most women don't wear dresses on the regular! there's usually, like, 1 in 100 women who looks like a tiktok girl!

i see girls on campus with buzz cuts and wearing PJs and sweats to class. i consider myself gender-conforming and even i purchase and wear men's jackets, sweaters, etc because i have massive shoulders and you can get better quality for cheaper. i only buy makeup in the black friday sale because shit's expensive and it lasts me all year. some stuff i haven't replaced in literal years because i haven't used it all. and i think i wear a lot of makeup compared to most women i know. i don't wear eye makeup right now even because the suction from my lab goggles will make it all smeary and gross.

hate to be the one to say this, but TOUCH GRASS and stop acting like the unhinged tiktok echo chamber is representative of everyone in Gen Z. stop doomscrolling on the music note app ffs. the disdain is getting really annoying. if you want to see normal Gen Z people, walk around a college campus for a day or something. then make your stupid posts.

#tiktok #gen z #millenials #generational gap #doomscrolling #consumerism discourse #can u guys not see you're doing to gen z exactly what boomers did to millenials with the avocado toast bullshit? #terminally online #chronically online #that's what you people are #touch grass

[once-was-muses]

[ hewwo I am Big Tired so imagine this is a much more profound string of words but fnfjjdkdf I Don't Know what those nonnies were expecting, I feel like canon subversion is a fairly common thing for my portrayals? And- when it comes to major personal details like sexuality/gender/culture- always with a big reason. It's an ever-vital Internet Enjoyer skill to be able to just Not Interact if you don't agree with something ultimately harmless. I want to make it excruciatingly clear that I think everyone is entitled to their personal interpretations, and even if I vehemently disagree I'll still respect it. We're just exercising writing skills and playing with imaginary dolls here It's Not That Deep 💙 ]

#They Pull the Strings : OOC #[ I am. so used to a variety of terminally online bullshit that it doesn't phase me anymore ] #[ but it's important to know this behavior is Not Kosher ] #[ also vague hate asks accomplish Nothing objectively you're wasting time and energy on diddly squat ] #[ something something burning braincells on hate ]

[senseiwu]

Shout out to those of us who feel horribly freaking betrayed by the very same woman who gave us an escape from hell as children, who now can't even think of that same media without feeling horribly sick

I know others like me must exist

Her views don't reflect who you are just because something she wrote gave you hope as a kid.

#yes this is about harry potter #i haven't been able to touch the books or movies in years and yet i cant get rid of the box set of books i bought when i was like 17 with #my first tax return #someone i once looked up to now makes me feel so freaking sick #the damn thing keeps coming up in my family. theres no escape #my stepsister was obsessed with the movies recently and named her orange cat weasley #theyve got some hp stuff going on at coles and dad asked me if i knew who the chibi characters were #felt sick that i did #and then he goes on about my aunt or someone wanting to go to a themed trivia nigjt and that id be an 'asset to the team' #i couldnt say ANYTHING because my dad is one of Those terminally online middle aged men #yknow. disney is propaganda and woke and social engineering bullshit #thank god he didnt say anything when he noticed id donated a lot of my old merch #now that im an adult i have unrestrained access to escape media #but as a nine year old i did not #and its also like. a bunch of fond memories with friends have been tainted #ignore me #vent #i guess

[mariemariemaria]

I hate that people associate any sort of worry about kids on the internet or safeguarding suggestions as "wont somebody think of the children!!!" conservative rhetoric yall are truly fucking brain dead "progressives" when you dont even give a fuck about children and also have some fucked up opinions about elderly people

#like. forgetting about the internet how are you not horrified about what children and old people go through? #i always think about how lucky i am that i had a good childhood and also how prevalent child abuse is #but how the attitude amongst a surprising amount of adults is that kids are dramatic and just lie for the kicks #also the idea that all old people are awful/privileged/oppressors what kind of bullshit. i know im just seeing these takes from terminally #online freaks cause idk anyone irl who actually thinks like this. #children and old people (esp those in care homes) are so vulnerable and ur out here equating anyone who cares about them to conservatives #its a truly fucked up (western etc) take on generations #i have soooo many more thoughts about this

[rassilon-imprimatur]

I'm in such a weird place with Who atm. More in love with the classic show than I've been in years, still ride-or-kill-a-man over my several dozen books/audios/comics, but so disconnected and burnt from RTD and Moffat, just taking the announcements with a "Oh, nifty." I'm excited about Ncuti Gatwa, but everything else about RTD's return so far, I dunno, I don't really care? Tennant and Tate, like, okay? Meh? And my most recent rewatch through Smith and Capaldi, outside of the handful of highlights I still very much adore, left me a little upsettingly cold?

(I also just kind've wish there was a little more grace regarding Whitaker's era fizzling clearly being the BBC shooting in the foot amidst a global pandemic?)

#and I grant you I was stupidly terminally online in fandom spaces up to Covid and watching all of that crumble into toxic bullshit was... #sobering

[bumblingbabooshka]

Women of Voyager: Mad Max Lonely Road & Immaterial Girl

Noss: Tu-vok! I kill a big rat for you, ok? Tuvok: ...Ok?? Maryana: I don’t think that’s true. I think you’re being a b*tch. Tuvok: Fascinating. 100% Correct.

#I love them both truly dearly with all my heart #Noss is cute and 'Marayna' is just terminally online - serving lighthouse keeper going mad realness with a tech angle #I couldnt find a good ref for Noss's outfit sooo you know #I just improvised...it was vaguely like that #Anyway I truly think its so character building that Tuvok /did/ have a certain real affection for Noss but not Marayna #and maybe its bc he thought she was a computer but you know what? I think its because she's presenting too femme - too Perfect Woman #He sees Marayna and nothing in him is attracted to her at all - at the very most they'd be friends #but Noss is over here in the desert fighting bandits and clubbing rats and Tuvok's like 'ugh. she's cute :/' #he'd never DO anything about it but c'mon...who could deny the appeal of Noss? Her name's fucking Noss for crying out loud #That last moment between the two of them was so sweet...both of them honestly. Tuvok's a sweet guy and I hope these sweet gals find love #star trek Noss #star trek Marayna #st voyager #st voyager art #I /will/ fall in love with one-off characters #the scene where tuvok talks to maryana and she's like 'I see right through your Vulcanese bullshit. You don't wanna be here #and you want everyone to know it don't you?' and Tuvok doesn't even deny it he's just immediately like: #'Wow no one's ever called me out like that before! We've GOTTA play kal-toh together NOW.' #bea art tag #Noss art #Marayna art #I wish we got more of T'Pel's personality in canon v_v I /know/ that woman is weird I just /know/ something's strange about her #Tuvok likes short haired girls confirmed (by me in my own mind)

[dougielombax]

“And for my next trick I’m going to nitpick the shit out of every last tiny detail in this film under the pretence of a so-called analysis which will actually be a six-hour long video where I bitch about the film and explain its plot badly, using my petty issues with it as an excuse to bitch about women, minorities, and anyone who’s different, along with a ton of self-promoting ego-stroking wankery and brainrot induced contrarianism. But I’m calling it a critique so I can’t possibly be wrong. Right?”

(That’s what they’d usually say if they were self aware)

Let’s be real. This is what a lot of so-called video essays turn out to be.

Nitpicking. Rage bait. Bullshit.

Not all of them.

Just some of them.

But a good number of them regardless.

End it!

Starting yesterday!

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #vent post #youtube #nitpicking #bullshit #video essays #media literacy #or lack thereof #media illiteracy #fucking morons #fandom #fandom hell #fandom horror stories #fandom menace #shitting hell #brainrot #brainrot in action #fuck’s sake #fucking hell #youtubers #ultracrepidarian #star wars #and other things #content #terminally online #oddly specific #what #fans