Brainrot Central

adult • she/her • writer • vegan • ace • proship/profic • minors dni ao3 • pillowfort

[lantaniel]

how do you do, fellow Creatives™

[acti-veg]

I know anti vegan sentiment, even in progressive spaces, isn't anything new, but do you think there's been a noticeable uptick in it the past maybe 5 or so years, particularly online? Because there have been a surprising number of times when I search the page of some extremely anti vegan tumblr blogger and they'll have posts from around 2019 or earlier that are generally positive or at least ambivalent to veganism even if they themselves aren't vegan and I sort of wonder what exactly changed

I think that wider societal attitudes on veganism have actually improved, especially on the left. But being on Tumblr specifically can easily skew your view on this, so it is not a good indicator of how the general public feel. Attitudes towards vegetarianism and veganism in progressive spaces has absolutely become much more positive over the last ten years, but Tumblr is not a progressive space when it comes to animals. People are generally deeply (and often weirdly) conservative about animal rights here.

The majority of people on tumblr are progressive on every issue except animal rights, it is a microsm where the knee-jerk defensiveness of 2015 has survived and morphed into this widespread pretence that veganism is not only unnecessary but actually Bad. This has gotten worse here over time because it is such an echo chamber of mutual back-patting and everyone making each other feel about being complicit in widespread environmental destruction, exploitation and slaughter.

Everywhere else, left wingers have wised up a bit and figured out that veganism is very obviously a natural extension of progressive values, and that being anti-vegan is really just a bit embarrassing at this point. The last holdouts of aggressively anti-vegan rhetoric now are just largely right wing spaces on Facebook, Reddit, 4chan, conservative Youtube etc. and oddly, on "left wing" Tumblr.

[didy414]

thunder in my heart

[theeerealpunkin]

He's so cute in this movie, I can't deal with it. I wanna pick him up & shake him around

[ristay]

Sorry if it’s a little cramped- had to make this all fit in ten photos. Hope you guys like it….. and again…. sorry Andrew

Follow me on Webtoons

[ruby-white-rabbit]

The window visual did me in I’m wheezing

[floralpopie]

NO

[greatmountainfloofsquatch]

WELP

[doctor-seamonster]

I haven’t seen this in years and yet it is burned into my memory forever.

[anotherdayforchaosfay]

This is on the short list of Eternal Reblog because it’s fucking legendary.

[magrowette]

An honourable candidate for the @hellsite-hall-of-fame

[peekaboo6293]

i just know they would have insufferable pda💔

[rychtygluigi]

Just Bowuigi... That's all. 😅

[flyingturtlepei]

I thought this part was really cute ajksdkjskj

[beezlemuses]

—pops out of my hole—

—draaaags all my Mario Galaxy Bowser gifs with my teeth—

—returns to my hole—

[starburstbarnes]

I love working on fanfic in public. like nobody here knows I’m writing slow burn enemies to lovers about top gun maverick

[peekaboo6293]

some papa bowuigis (ft. junior) I made recently :3 still havent watched galaxy but nevertheless they’ve taken over my brain and im back here. again

[didy414]

bad bitches at the casino

[kamydrawstuffs]

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie- A Little Alternate Ending

He gave Junior an Anti-Hero comic btw. Also, Bowser returned to normal after a few weeks eating red mushrooms.

[gustygardns]

some doodles bc they were so silly in the movie

[mira-prays-to-the-moon]

primal/land before time crossover my beloved 🥺

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[wiltking]

it makes me sad beginner artists these days dont have a big art-focused site like deviantart to get started with anymore. you can imagine the edgy manga-inspired pencil on paper ocs i was drawing and posting on dA 15 years ago and i still got comments and encouragement and nice words from fellow artists and art enjoyers alike that i still think about sometimes. now its all corporate social media. now i can post to my 15k instagram account that i've been using for years and get zero comments. and what do the beginners get? stricter guidelines? intrusive numbers/impressions/insights? the only way to get eyes on your art is to post reels? or hop onto the latest fanart trend as fast as possible lest you be left behind? get real