#tumblr/conversations

[ktlsyrtis]

#inspired by a conversation with seahorsepencils #frankly i want to get them all together lol #but i'm curious #tumblr celebs #neil gaiman #wil wheaton #lynda carter #chuck tingle #diane duane

[lillhappycloud]

I have feelings about how these two are mirror opposites in reaction to monstrous trauma.

I have spicier stuff on my Patreon.

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#baldur's gate 3 #karlach #astarion #comic #art #bg3 #bg3 fanart #artists on tumblr #tiefling #dnd #I wish they had more conversations about this #karlach embraced life while astarion actively rejected it #rpg

[transarsonist]

but no yeah lets have the conversation:

"the CEO doesnt want to run that kind of website" Excuse, shouldnt have bought the 'go nuts show nuts whatever' website if thats the case. APPEAL DENIED

"we have to follow the TOS of the appstores we're hosted on" Excuse item one, no you dont, item two, you have since those days implimented infrastructure that would allow pornography and sex work on this platform Without violating TOS of any applicable app store. APPEAL DENIED

"we own the site we get to make the rules" Incorrect, this site has only ever made profit when the users willed it. we collectively own the site as a hive mind and no legal change in ownership will change that. APPEAL DENIED

"we have to keep this website safe for the children who use it" Argument based on fallacy banning pornography and sex workers does not prevent pornography and sex work from occuring on the site, it only forces aforementioned users to hide and avoid labling their content appropriately, which REDUCES the safety for children and sex workers alike instead of increasing it, this has been shown to the point that making this argument at all is tantamount to admiting fascist intent APPEAL DENIED

#politics #tumblr #tumblr staff #very well #if you will not allow me to rate this conversation as “appropriate for everyone” with the associated tags it would be best associated with #then it simply will not have those tags #this is case in point

[galleryyuhself]

Galleryyuhself - AN' yuh know we could talk!

#galleryyuhself/Ted Talk/Port of Spain #galleryyuhself/TedX #galleryyuhself/call for participants #tumblr/Ted X #tumblr/conversations #TedX #speakers #advertising #national colors #messages

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

#Also I'm saying this as someone who actually watched quite a few of Somerton's videos #And noticed those patterns and stopped watching bc I recognised them from here #and had already learned to unlearn them after being so exposed to them here #And tbh I think anyone who hasn't had the luck or made the conscious choice to seek out ppl who pushed against those narratives #Would absolutely have fallen for this man's bullshit. Like let's not kid ourselves we see takes like this every day on this hellsite #2014 me would have. For sure. #This is next to the plagiarism issue which as Harris points out is an Internet wide issue and this includes tumblr #James Somerton #hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #This brought to you by a conversation with my wife yesterday #So many ppl on here don't deserve to meme or be this self absolvingly critical of this man #The call is coming from inside the house #The man has a tumblr it would legit not surprise me if some of the things he supposedly made up himself he did actually get from somewhere #And that somewhere was a tumblr post

[fromgoy2joy]

I sat next to the protest today.

I wrote fan-fiction about two gay jewish dads raising children to the play list of the chant- "No peace on stolen land!" on an American college campus. It isn't a name brand one either, nor does it have any legitimate ties to Israel. The anger is just there- it has rotten these future doctors, nurses, teachers, and members of society.

I don't even know what to call their demonstration- it was a tizzy of a Jew hatred affair. At points, there were empathetic statements about Gazans and their suffering. Then outright support of Hamas and violent resistance against all colonizers. Then this bizarre fixation on antisemitism while explaining the globalists are behind everything.

"Antisemitism doesn't exist. Not in the modern day," A professor gloated over a microphone in front of the library. "It's a weaponized concept, that's prevents us from getting actual places- ignore anyone who tells you otherwise."

"How can we be antisemitic?" A pasty white girl wearing a red Jordanian keffiyeh gloats five minutes later. "Palestinians are the actual semites."

"there is only one solution!" The crowd of over 50 students and faculty cried, over and over.

"Been there, done that," I thought, then added a reference to a mezuza in the fourth paragraph.

Two other Jewish students passed where I was parked out, hunching and trying to be as innocuous as possible. We laughed together at my predicament, where I am willingly hearing this bullshit and feeling so amused by this.

"Am I crazy? For sitting here?" I asked them. My friends shook their heads.

"We did the same last week- it's an amazing experience, isn't it?”

We all cackled hysterically again. They left to study for finals. Two minutes later, I learned from the current speaker that “Zionism” is behind everything bad in this world.

Forty-five minutes in, a boy I recognized joined me on my lonely bench. He came from a very secular Jewish family and had joined Hillel recently to learn more about his culture. His first Seder was two nights ago.

He sat next to me, heavy like the weight of the world was on his shoulders. There was just this despondent look on his face. I couldn’t describe it anyone else, but just sheer hopelessness personified.

“They hate us. I can’t believe how much they hate us.” He said in greeting.

And for the first time all day, I had no snarky response or glib. All I could do was stare out into the crowd, and sigh.

#fromgoy2joy thoughts #jumblr #jewish #jewish convert #jewish tumblr #jewish conversion #jewblr #tw antisemtism #antisemitism #am israel chai #am yisroel chai #am yisrael chai #Jewish on campus #jewishness #judaism #antisemitism mention #leftist antisemitism #goyim don't touch

[lizormianillustration]

how sad, how lovely - connie converse

#illustration #illustrators on tumblr #connie converse #music #music illustration #design #art #comic #artists on tumblr #drawing #digital art #digital illustration #procreate #cornwall #falmouth #kynance cove

[thatsbelievable]

#Conversations I Have Had With Edgar Allan Poe #Edgar Allan Poe #literature #books #poem #poems #writers #writing #writer #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #authors #author #vampire #vampires #Bram Stoker #Dracula #yes this is the plot of the movie FRIGHT NIGHT #Jerry Dandridge #Peter Vincent #Charlie Brewster #Amy Peterson #Evil Ed #Oh Edgar #PSA don’t drive a stake in anyone’s heart #unreality

[catmask]

i know everyone said 'replies from sideblogs could go bad' though personally i was excited for them (for topic specific sideblog running purposes) but i do think we should be able to send asks from sideblogs too tbh. it could also get exceptionally ugly very fast but i think that for all the topic-specific blogs like ask blogs, for systems who have headmates with diff sideblogs, and for people who want to make friends in smaller communities focused on niche topics unrelated to their main i feel like it would be worth it

#besides its not like IMPOSSIBLE to find someones main blog from their side #it typically just takes some sleuthing #and like you can block sideblogs anyway . if im not mistaken blocking a sideblog also blocks the main acct...? #so if someone wanted to make like multiple burners to harrass someone i dont even think taht would work #theyd have to make entirely new tumblr accts with brand new gmails #im open to conversation though there might be something im not thinking about #txt #scratchpost

[sighcomics]

#i've given them fingers........ #kinda love it its strange as heck #my art #my comic #conversations #artists on tumblr #indie comic #original comic #comic strip #comix #illustration #original art #art of the day #webcomic #cute art #comic art #cartoon #doodle #sighcomics #connection

[zombiesama]

[ID: the "Neil banging out the tunes meme". It is an image of a naked rat next to a colorful toy piano. It is captioned "Neil banging out the tunes April 13, 2006". End ID]

tomorrow is Neil banging out the tunes day

#rice rambles #neil banging out the tunes #this got brought up in casual conversation and i was like 'i think that's coming up' and I was RIGHT #it's literally tomorrow I HATE that my sense of time is reliant on tumblr memes

[eternalgirlscout]

i know there are people who complain that quintonreviews doesn't do interesting media analysis, but to me his videos aren't for making a well-constructed argument. there are a lot of video essayists who do that and do it well. the absurdly long nickelodeon videos are for indulging in one of my favorite pastimes: listening to someone explain the bizarre plot of a tv show I'll never watch in excruciating detail while getting incandescently, hilariously angry for reasons that take more time to explain than the run time of the source material.

#''give a secondhand plot synopsis of something you know a lot about and wish weren't hot garbage'' is 70% of my friendship with rith #the nsu miniseries is an emulation of a funny conversation i would have with a friend that i can absorb #without having to expend the energy to contribute #quinton reviews #winning tumblr roulette

[sea-of-eden]

i had to get this out of my system

#oppenheimer #i’m so sorry #someone buy him brown contacts pls #oppenheimer spoilers #THE DUDE WASNT EVEN BLINKING IN THE MOST TRIVIAL CONVERSATION #cillian murphy #digital art #artists on tumblr #digital artist #csp

[enii]

How about we stop worrying today? 🦆💕🦆

#illustration #artists on tumblr #cute #artoftheday #digital illustration #wholesome #duck #wholesome ducks #duck of the day #cute duck illustration #procreate #let's dance for today #let's stop worrying for today #we are not alone #cute duck #procreate art #procreate illustration #sweet art #art #cute conversation #cute illustration #with you #i will stay here with you #thank you for being my safe space #thank you for your existence #not alone #artist #artist on tumblr #artist of tumblr

[writing-for-whoever-listens]

Random Prompts 13:

"I hate you." "Aw, that's sweet. You can't even lie to my face."

"Why would you ever do this?" "Why? Why not?"

"Are you really that pissed off? It's just a little love bite." "I have stitches."

"Can we circle back to you two killing each other with blades later? We're under attack!"

"What just happened? Doesn't matter, it doesn't change us." "Oh, sure, my tongue in your mouth does nothing for our relationship, got it." "Keep talking and you won't have that tongue."

"If you ever hurt me, you're gonna regret it." "Maybe I should hurt you, just to test your bluff."

"Fuck me." "Agreed, this shit sucks-" "Fuck. Me."

"I shouldn't be worried. Why the hell am I worried?" "Because you like them?" "Like hell I do."

"Did you two..." "Kiss? Depends on what you call a kiss. Personally, being body-slammed into a wall then violently made out with isn't a kiss."

"Get the fuck out, right now!" "What? You invited me!"

#enemies to lovers #rivals to lovers #rough start to lovers #otp prompt #otp prompts #writers on tumblr #writing prompts #writing #my prompts #prompt list #prompts #conversation prompts #sentence prompts #dialouge prompts #random prompts #random prompt

[pond-eringstuff]

The fact that nobody made a old man colin provolone design even after the adventuring party was a crime

#dimension 20 #the ravening war #colin provolone #dont let my design fool you he is still socially embarrassing #i saw posts about ruby meeting an older colin but imagine if liam met him #the worst conversation in calorum #a crown of candy #artists on tumblr #pebble