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[hilsonisthecure]

[arachnixe]

I swear some of you must be captioning images poorly on purpose. Either that or Tumblr's piss-poor media literacy extends so far that people genuinely believe mindlessly writing whatever details they notice at random is somehow useful to people.

As an example, I saw a thread in which someone replied with a photo of a cat as a reaction to someone else's post. It's clear from context that the cat's body language was meant to evoke a quiet thoughtfulness in response. Someone else followed up with an image description that went into excruciating detail about the cat's coloration, its markings, its fur length, its eye color, then described the color of the paint on the walls, took time to mention the random objects in the background, and *didn't* describe the cat's pose whatsoever.

Look, if you're going to try to "helpfully" caption an image, please make some effort to understand what the image is trying to communicate so that you can write a *useful* description. If someone says "wow, this is a weird looking cat" then sure, describe the markings in full detail. If someone goes "me when you take my juice box" with an angry-looking kitten, maybe talk about the cat's stance and apparent expression and skip the part where you list every title you see on the bookshelf in the background.

[arachnixe]

This is getting more traction than I actually hoped for. I'm torn on whether to lock reblogs because...while I think this is a message that folks need to hear, it'd probably be more useful to hear it in a form written to be persuasive and not just a vent post I slapped out because I was feeling grouchy.

[arachnixe]

I want to add that it's not just this, but emphasizing the wrong elements of an image can be actively misleading. Imagine an image description that goes something like:

"There is a woman standing alone in a room. Her skin is an inhuman, unnatural shade of yellow. She has huge, bulging round eyes and grins with an exaggerated overbite and no visible jawline. One hand, missing a finger, clutches a brown lump."

...and the image in question is the Marge Simpson "I just think they're neat" picture. That description sure makes you think of some sickly and deformed mutant, but it's just describing the art style of the Simpsons cartoon. And despite what the description might lead you to believe, within the context of the show there's nothing at all unusual about the character's appearance. The choice to write so much about how she looks, however, implies that those characteristics are the most important details a viewer would take from looking at the image.

I literally saw someone give an image description of a Simpsons frame like this, by the way, going as far as to make the character seem physically disabled. It was a baffling decision on the part of the transcriber, who could have just said, for example: "A screenshot from an episode of the Simpsons. Doctor Nick is waving hello to the viewer."

[canadiankazz]

Also, recently, I had a case of someone who wrote a description of an image with animals, but it was incorrect as to the species. If you’re going to write them, you should know what it is you’re looking at. There's enough misinformation as it is on this website.

[podcastwizard]

cashier: ok that'll be $20

me (visibly sweating): ah, yes, of course! a perfectly reasonable price for a grilled cheese and a small smoothie! that was exactly the price i expected you to say when i ordered a single grilled cheese and a smoothie and my vision is NOT getting blurry as we speak! i am a perfectly normal temperature and my speech patterns are natural and even because this is the countenance of an individual who expected to pay 20 american dollars for a single grilled cheese and a smoothie!

cashier: where's all that blood coming from

[podcastwizard]

YES!!

✨hugh✨

[podcastwizard]

I do not condone medical malpractice.

[skunkes]

[tlirsgender]

Weird peeve time. Calling lab grown gemstones “fake” is stupid because it’s the same shit just not formed naturally. An artificially grown diamond is the same shit as a natural diamond it is the exact same material bro it’s all fuckign carbon

[tlirsgender]

It’s carbon it’s pretty and it didn’t involve slave labor what’s not to love??? Hi I’m having geology opinions tonight apparently. And I’m right

[tlirsgender]

There is so much bullshit in the diamonds industry to be mad about tbh. It also ties into the bullshit of the wedding industry as a whole but we don’t have the time to unpack all that

[val-ritz]

not even going to lie, the day i learned i could get like 15 lab grown rubies the size of dimes for $20 is the day i spent $20 on rubies, and i have never once said to myself “man, i wish this cost $1,600 and the lives of eight children to produce”

[fuckyeahmineralogy]

We are a pro-lab-grown mineral blog here, not only is it massively cheaper but massively more ethical as well in many cases.

[thegreenpea]

another very cool lab grown gem is Moissanite. It has a 9.25 on the mohs hardness scale where diamond is a 10. Moissanote also has a 2.69 refractive index in comparison to diamond’s 2.419 and here is the difference 

and the best thing about moissanite? It is all lab grown and it costs only a fraction of what diamond costs. So fuck the diamond indsutry and buy lab grown gems which cost significantly less

[rubixpsyche]

Also it’s just cool to think of some mad scientist lookin person doing shit against the law of the universe and making pretty gems for you. Like cmon. This shouldnt be allowed probably. But humans really be like on gOD i want some shiny an just started MAKIN em

[zathechaosgod]

for years people wanted alchemy, well now we have alchemy and we’re making gemstones out of it and suddenly “it doesn’t count” anymore

[raccoon-central]

[warmlantern-deactivated20210502]

Tbh I am an extremely chill person as long as certain things go exactly the way I need and expect them to every single day

[wordfather]

i want to personally thank etc for being there for me when i don't feel like listing more things

[comradetork]

put down the chat gpt. consume too much caffeine and nicotine and write a paper that you barely understand while you approach hallucination territory from too little sleep and too much raging. engage with academia in the way god intended

[everythingfox]

૮ • ﻌ • ა

[kosmogrl]

[rainbrella]

how is the cat ‘No’ ?

he just Is

[fuckuforeverandeverwearedone-de]

me: i wanna fuck a girl

sapphic positivity blogs: …..haha……don’t u mean u want to…..braid her hair…..while u guys do green tea eucalyptus volcanic ash mud masks and watch a disney movie…….while wearing very thick flannel pajamas…..that’s what u meant right

[fuckuforeverandeverwearedone-de]

this post got me jumped on 2016 tumblr

[1-800-horrorfilms]

i think "it takes a village" shouldn't be just "to raise a child". we should understand it takes a village to do literally everything we do. all day every day. without our communities we would not have drinking water or electricity or clean streets or food or shelter or anything. we cannot do any thing alone. we just can't. and with that comes the fact that you are not alone. you already have a community, seek to be an active part of it, you will feel better. reach out and thank them, they're happy to have you too. i promise. it takes a village to live.

[angreav]

[castlead-deactivated20230405]

me when i get tagged by mutuals: oh my GOD my friend noticed me,, omg my bestie in the world wide web, my beautiful wonderful amazing fren whom i cherish dearly, JUST NOTICED ME,, I AM ABOUT TO C O M B U S T

me when tagging mutuals: oh no... i hope im not annoying you.. or anything.. if you want I'll never tag you again.. only if you want tho.. if you don't want to be tagged then that's okay.. i love you.. pls don't hate me,,,

[pbs-r]

Hierarchy of needs: goofing around with a friend , vegetables