putting them back in the test tube

posts of or about mcyt and mcyt-related things that gained traction in non-mcyt tumblr communities

[containmentbreaches]

[lectern-fullcauldron]

I know we talk a lot about keep jumping on boxes, but I'm honestly so grateful for Joe hills' knife theory; a variation on spoon theory that says once you're out of spoons, you can choose to take knives instead in the knowledge that it will hurt later. and the number of times I've told myself 'ok let's take the knives' is so high that I've found it really helps to acknowledge it. Thanks, Joe

[bogwitchgirl]

I think there is a message here that a lot of people don’t get: there is a cost when you do not have the spoons for something and some force compels you to do it regardless

this is the first I’ve ever heard of “knives” in the context of disability, but I’m disabled and retired entirely because I took more knives than I can even begin to count at my old job, and was never given a chance to recover from all the stabs and slices

so i feel like “knives” could do for being more widespread, so that people better understand the choice they’re making and the toll it can take if they do things that they don’t have the spoons for

[ofermod]

Hold on--Are we talking "Jack of All Blades" Joe Hills? That's not a name I was expecting to see in the wild today, but I'm admittedly out of touch with the cool kids these days.

[lectern-fullcauldron]

yes! this one is about jack of all blades Joe hills! If you're out of touch with what he's been up to, he's now the tumblr elected minecraft youtube sexyman. He was also on the imp and skizz podcast yesterday doing an interview about his streaming history and general ethos (i can recommend it!)

[desolationcleo]

Acting like there needs to be a single unified fandom consensus on imagery and fanmade lore and symbolism and things left ambiguous in canon and the like with no deviation will kill the patient she needs a ton of different interpretations that all contradict each other to live

[yb-cringe]

im aware this is an insane thing to say but i fucking. love characters that are just cockroaches. and i dont mean like. gross i mean they just do not fucking die. they can survive anything. they will outlive EVERYONE because they just will not die no matter what be it because they have a reason or because they literally cannot stop surviving the odds i love it i love it

[yb-cringe]

yesss bitch use your inability to stay dead against your enemiessss... make people afraid of the fact that you somehow keep getting up despite the entire onslaught of horrors i am leaning forward in my seat clapping my hands whooping and cheering

[astronomodome]

HELLO?????

[appystruda]

every picture i see of him makes me cry

[astronomodome]

How does a post like this even break containment

[bigfan1811]

[b1odeuwed]

people who like gem: i want her to kill everyone

people who like pearl: i want her to kill everyone

[b1odeuwed]

ah. containment breach in my house

[lakevida]

was about to post "would it be easier for the fandom types to learn geography if the countries were anime boys they could ship" and then i remembered

[lakevida]

lotta tags to skim on this post if you want to feel really really really tired

[coughloop]

Who the fuck is mojo-chojo

[lakevida]

[elcucurucho]

ok um did you know that goldfish only have a three second memory (it’s not true) (it’s for the joke though) (fish have a longer memory but we have to ignore that for the joke) and so what if a fish was in a bowl (don’t put fish in bowls) (you shouldn’t do that but the joke needs to have the fish in a bowl) (it’s not good for the fish) and so uh there’s a fish. so there’s a fish and it only has three seconds of memory. and it’s swimming in a bowl (round bowl) and. no it’s okay I can start over so did you know a fact about goldfish (not a real fact) is they only have a three second memory-

[aroaceacacia]

the only occupants of ohio (us state) are minecraft youtubers

[aroaceacacia]

i could throw a stone in ohio and hit a minecraft youtuber

[the-haiku-bot]

i could throw a stone

in ohio and hit a

minecraft youtuber

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[yb-cringe]

you gotta let shipnames be stupid bc what is there to lose. “people wont respect us” “they’ll laugh at us cause its stupid” youre shipping minecraft blocks lower your standards

[liselke]

[the-system-of-dumb]

[soopgroop]

[foxtriestobiteandmaimandkilland]

My perfect america

[transfemzedaph]

okay which hermits do yall think r the most system coded. (they dont actually have to be system coded i just wanna know ppls sys hcs)

[nuketism]

probably the pagurus

[nuketism]

oh this is not about hermit crabs i just checked other peoples responses

[hundredsofsmallbirds]

attention joann's shoppers. there is a freak in the yarn aisle buildinf a nest

[hundredsofsmallbirds]

the only characters tagged on this that i agree with are ren and grian btw

[redstonedust]

love characters who are like "this is how the world works. this is how it has to be (because if i'm wrong i have to face what i've done // if i'm wrong i have to face whats been done to me) "

[tlbodine]

This trait is much more endearing in fiction than in my mother.

[atthebell-moved]

i think many of you really truly do not understand how difficult and time consuming translation is, and that it's absolutely a labor of love amongst fans and NOT something you are entitled to.

[atthebell-moved]

i mean labor quite literally here as well. translation is a very real job that takes a lot of dedication and care as well as style-- translators, even fan translators who do it for fun and for love of the fandom, have to make constant choices about how to translate things, which cultural elements to maintain, how to get metaphors and references across without losing feeling while still making the meaning clear to people from other cultural contexts. even a couple minutes of a clip takes a long time to translate & transcribe well and accurately, never mind the levels of translation going on in this fandom when it comes to books of info, stream recaps, lore documents, etc.

translation is not easy, it takes a lot of time and consideration, and the levels of entitlement that come from folks in this fandom, primarily monolingual english speakers, is honestly exhausting.