neil-gaiman:

charliejaneanders:

t00thpasteface:

dovelylittlebird:

t00thpasteface:

got told at lunch “you feel like Tumblr Incarnate” and i had to tell them i’ve been here for 13 years and counting. i was here three years before dashcon happened. i saw the mishapocalypse. i survived the gigapause. i’ve been here longer than the shoelaces post. i’ve been here since it was hipsters versus fandom and i played both sides extensively by overdoing the sepia filters on everything and making my own flashing galaxy gif edits for my fandom posts. i’m every tumblr. it’s all in me

Oh ancient one what wisdom do you hold?

• 99% of callout posts are bullshit and just petty personal drama someone is escalating to get even on a grudge. do not engage with these, do not freelance as a cop
• DNIs do not work. accept this. internalize that people you don’t like will see your posts and engage with them. this is unavoidable and the sooner you make peace with it the freer your mind will be. block the freaks and don’t sweat the small stuff
• building a tight knit circle of fellow weirdos who vibe with your particular quirks and taste is infinitely more rewarding and sustainable than chasing the biggest numbers
• don’t respond to bad-faith arguments or bad takes; just block people, blacklist tags, filter post content, and move on. don’t feed the trolls (or the bigots)
• don’t hate-follow
• don’t tag your hate (ex. if you’re posting about how much you hate a ship, don’t tag it as that ship, etc.)
• don’t feel obligated to keep following someone who posts stuff that upsets/depresses/angers/bores you just because you know them really well, or because you’re mutuals, or because you used to like what they post. following is nothing personal and neither is unfollowing
• op doesn’t know you; avoid parasocial relationships
• don’t pick fights or reblog posts just to disagree/argue
• spread joy and positivity in your circles
• disable anonymous asks

This is some of the best social media advice (and advice for being a human among humans generally) I’ve ever seen.

All of this. For people asking how I’ve survived here for over 12 years…

[Wittgenstein] once greeted me with the question: ‘Why do people say that it was natural to think that the sun went round the earth rather than that the earth turned on its axis?’ I replied: ‘I suppose, because it looked as if the sun went round the earth.’ ‘Well,’ he asked, ‘what would it have looked like if it had looked as if the earth turned on its axis?’

— G.E.M. Anscombe, An Introduction to Wittgenstein’s Tractatus, 1959

nostrem:

nostrem:

Kitten Kofu tackling a screaming J has got to be one of my favourite images ever

This one

dailylooneys:

Henhouse Henery

(1949, Robert McKimson)

angry at how good this show is