What's Your Favorite Idea? Mine is Being Creative.

Hi, this is just my normal, main, personal blog where I just mostly reblog stuff I find interesting and funny. I only get on this site to see philosophical and insightful posts from my newsfeed while also reblogging random stuff.

[luisonte]

Pero buatefack

[7thedisasterdyke]

[pascalcampion]

More notes. They are not in order by the way. There is still more stuff to say about the world building/drawing/exploring topic. I just haven't gotten to these notes yet.

This one is about lights but it's in progress as well. Feedback is welcomed

[stuckinapril]

lol i hate today’s era of absolutely zero nuance takes. a friend didn’t behave exactly as you’d wanted them to? cut them off. a guy didn’t text you back instantly bc he has his own life? he’s just giving you breadcrumbs. doing something makes you uncomfortable? don’t do it anymore. someone isn’t instantly available for you? disinterest. just absolutist statements that often don’t apply to the multilayer situations of everyday life. like. stop. literally just stop it

[dentiloquist]

No matter how much Osmosis Jones yaoi you draw it still takes place inside Bill Murray.

[broteampill-deactivated20200407]

[bacardis-leghair]

mutuals stop putting this on my dash challenge

[the-worm-man]

Every Friday. Every Friday i either see this post or live in fear of seeing it. I can’t wake up and say ‘it’s friday’ anymore without thinking of this post. I am living a nightmare and it’s your fault

[dyke-uncle]

Thank Gnome it’s Friday! Lol

[wetwareproblem]

So it seems like battle lines are bei g drawn re: the latest censorship fuckup, with people getting increasingly heated over whether this is Apple or Tumblr’s fault.

Meanwhile, other people are saying the list of banned tags makes no sense whatsoever.

Time for your favourite Infolife oracle to clear some shit up. My conclusions are speculative, but built from the info I’ve seen circulating.

1. It’s both their faults. You dumbasses.

Apple kicked back tumblr’s latest update with a porn flag and the steps to reproduce. They did not tell tumblr how to fix it, only to do so. Tumblr, in its infinite !wisdom, appears to have completely forgotten the 2018 Titty Ban and decided the best solution was to let a poorly-trained ML algo loose on the production environment without oversight. (More on that in a moment.) The key takeaway here: Everyone can stop saying “Don’t blame tumblr, this was apple’s call” or “don’t blame Apple for tumblr’s typical user hostility.” They both suck and both played a part.

2. Staff’s assurances that ‘we’re working to fix this’ don’t mean what you think.

Because here’s the thing: They could fix it instantly by turning off Censorbot-209. They are not doing so, because pleasing their userbase is strictly secondary to pleasing Apple. When they say ‘we’re working to fix this,’ what they mean is ‘we’re working to find the least permissive version that you won’t burn us at the stake for.’ They aren’t trying to fix the censorship, just find a level you won’t complain about.

3. Fighting over this is doing the enemy’s work.

Because of points 1 and 2, the people who profit most from bickering over whose fault it is are the ones who should be made least comfortable in the wake of these changes.

4. The banned tags list absolutely makes sense…

… If you understand how pornbots and tags work, and the haphazard way tumblr uses machine learning and completely ignores impact on the marginalized.

Pornbots’ primary attack vector is leeching views. An entry-point bot finds something popular and latches onto it, half a dozen more show up and join in, and all of those are then reblogged and boosted by an incestuous network of pornblogs. Anyone who runs even a mildly popular blog can attest to the patterns here, and if they still had the Labs ‘reblog chains’ feature I could show you illustrations.

Some tags, by their nature, are going to be nearly universal - the whole point of social media tags is so you can group content by subject instead of by source, after all, and communities spawn cultures. This probably isn’t new information to you - but it is to the pornbots, which are dumb automata after all.

And the pornbot nets? Utterly dwarf the follower count of your average blog.

Putting all this together, what (it appears) is happening is something like this:

Legit user: *posts a selfie* #me

Pornbot: Hmm. There seem to be a lot of impressions under #me. Time to steal some. Better keep that popular tag, too. *reblogs it* #me

Other pornbots: *pass it around endlessly* #me #me #me #me #me

CB-209: Pornography detected. *weapons cocking*

Legit user: *posts another selfie* #me

CB-209: Please put down the pornography. You have 20 seconds to comply.

It’s stupid as hell, absolutely avoidable if you have even a single competent sentient being involved in the implementation, actively user-hostile… And also exactly what I’d expect to see here.

Expect to see a lot more of it on the corporate internet as time goes on. Users are a commodity, not a clientèle; as such, your needs do not, will not, and cannot matter in the face of lost revenue.

[bogleech]

Okay there’s notes on this implying it’s like “interesting if it’s true”….this isn’t a hypothesis, this is a literal description of how it works, and this same problem has been coming up for almost as long as the internet has existed. It can never be stopped because the bots learn to act more human at the same rate any software can hope to identify which is which. This is the same reason why we have to Pick Which Images Have Trucks in them to log into anything now.

[hustlerose]

who the fuck draws things like gangsta spongebob and godfather bugs bunny. a human being created those pieces of art. why? what compelled them?

[academicssay]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Yo, people with acne

These are hydrocolloid bandages. They work wonders at pulling fluid through skin and absorbing all that gunk. 

You can cut them down to size, wear them on your face at night, and in the morning you’ll see a noticeable difference plus the bandage visibly absorbs the goo and it’s gross but weirdly satisfying.

They’re cheaper than most acne products, they work, and 1 pack lasts for ages. They’re sold in the band-aid section of most pharmacies; try them if you can.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

it’s the same stuff they use to make those new acne spot patches, but

medical grade material, absorbs more fluid

much cheaper 

comes in a large size you can trim down. some people use hole punchers to cut out circles to wear during the day. i trim large rectangles to use on problem spots at night

[awheckery]

These are also absolutely game-changing for anybody with a skin-picking problem. This is a judgment-free zone, I’ve Been There, and there are plenty of times I still find myself unable to leave something alone, whether it be a bug bite or a pimple or whathaveyou, because it’s There and I can’t ignore it long enough for it to properly heal.

Hydrocolloids basically act as a scab over the thing you can’t stop bothering, and as Gaud mentions above, they absorb gunk, which makes them bubble up like a little artificial blister. It’s so satisfying, you have something to pokepokepoke at, without actually hecking up the thing healing under the bubble.

These are, hands down, the fastest way to get problem spots under control; you can leave them on for multiple days at a time (up to a week, actually), based on the size, location and severity of your picky spot, so you can slap a hydrocolloid on something minor before it becomes a problem, and four days later or so you peel it off and there is no more problem, just smooth new skin. (They minimize scarring too, in case that’s something anybody else has psychological issues with.)

Basically, these are magical and they’re worth every. single. cent.

[awisekrakens]

well hot damn

have you noticed if they help with old scarring? my picky areas are kind of my entire upper arms, back of neck, and various shoulder regions.

[awheckery]

Yannow what? I have no idea? My instincts say probably not, hydrocolloids help speed up a natural bodily healing process called debridement (DON’T LOOK UP PHOTOS THEY’RE HORRIFYING), so once your body’s finished bombing an area with white blood cells and scar tissue’s formed, I want to say a hydrocolloid won’t do anything.

That being said, there’s another option in the ‘stick a gooey bandage on it and ignore it for a while’ field of treatment, and they’re called “silicone scar sheets.” They’ve been used as a treatment for scarring, both new and old, since the 90’s, and while I can’t personally vouch for their efficacy, apparently they do actually work?

I see ‘em at the pharmacy all the time, and I’ve been too put off by the price to have actually noticed that apparently they’re reusable???

I just learned this in the last thirty minutes, so I’m here like “?????” but more critically, scientists are also like “?????” because despite having been in effective use for thirty-some years, they don’t know how or why silicone gel treatments work. This is honestly hilarious to me and has piqued my contrarian nature, so TELL YA WHAT:

I will run a field test for you! If one box of silicone gel sheets actually is the two-month supply it advertises itself to be, they’re cheaper than an equal volume of hydrocolloids, especially if there’s an equivalent store brand. I’ve got a couple largeish, unlovely surgical scars I wouldn’t mind being rid of, so. Yeah.

I’ll pick up some scar sheets this week and try ‘em out, then update you on how that goes. Call me weird, but I won’t recommend something to somebody else unless I have firsthand experience with something, and I have intense opinions about bandaid-type products.

LET’S SEE HOW IT GOES

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

in my experience, silicone sheets are quite helpful for scars!

i’ve seen studies mention that they probably work by keeping the area continually moist (love that awful word. MOIST.) but no one’s really sure

i’ve noticed the most improvement when using them on new scars for 2 or 3 weeks, but you can still get long-term improvement for months afterwards

the one annoyance i’ve had is some brands don’t stick very well, so you may have to tape over them or try another brand. they also make silicone gel, which is applied like a liquid bandage. there’s less research on the effectiveness of gel, so if you use it, i recommend applying a normal silicone sheet over it (buy the sheet + gel pack if you can).

but yeah, silicone will be especially helpful for newer scars, so apply it sooner rather than later. that said, it should improve the appearance of old scar if worn long enough.

note: silicone sheets are more expensive but can be worn for much longer than hydrocolloid bandages. they don’t absorb gunk and can be wiped off, so there’s nothing preventing you from wearing them for weeks at a time. like hydrocolloid bandages, there are plenty of generic options.

[oddlyaquaria]

[just-shower-thoughts]

Among Us just proves that eyewitness testimony is not reliable. The pressure during the heat of the moment causes us to see things incorrectly. Sometimes they can’t decide the correct color they saw, yet alone details.

[a-titty-ninja]

[lordsky4ever]

Before every boss fight

[imabrickshithouse]

That was like 26 buffs.

[steviepsyclone]

LOL

[lvl99catpriest]

Me getting ready for sex

[drawingden]

Neck Anatomy by Anatomy for Sculptors 

[eijiroukiriot]

this is the funniest tweet i’ve seen in months bye

[bigratbastard]

[fxr-yxur-amusement]

[chaos-storm]

[aaawunder]

[nomuru2d]

these are all the geek equivalents of Lovecraft’s Cat’s Name

[official-lucifers-child]

his cats name couldn’t be that bad!!!! it’s a cat, what’s the worst name?

[official-lucifers-child]

i am wrong, what the fuck

[helperhoopoe]

remember to cry for help without guilt-tripping. i know it feels like you’ve been abandoned and betrayed, but it’s probably not true, and it’s not okay to accuse the people around you of something they might not have done.

“i guess none of you like me” could be better phrased as “i feel unloved right now”

“but nobody cares anyway” could be better phrased as “i feel insignificant and i need reassurance”

rather than assuming others’ feelings, give them time to explain them. you’ll usually get a much better answer.

[randomslasher]

This is really important for future predictions, too. “You’re eventually going to leave me” is impossible for someone else to disprove without just sticking around forever, but no one wants to stick around when they’re being constantly accused of future abandonment. Giving someone no choice but to either stay with you forever in order to prove you wrong or leave you and prove you right is incredibly emotionally manipulative, whether you mean it to be or not.

“I get scared sometimes because I’m afraid of being alone again” is easier to address and doesn’t leave your partner(s)/friend(s) feeling as though they’re being preemptively accused of something.  

[greeds]

strong stoic man with sad past: *adopts child*

me every single time:

[westiec]

It’s about choosing to break the cycle of abuse and doing your best to ensure the next generation doesn’t have to endure what you did. And that’s fucking heroic work.

[greeds]

and it is also about learning to heal 🥺😭

[tamamita]