Do not just live- fly.

Just a person trying to find their wings... Hello Tumblr. This is me. Note: I sound taller on the internet. [30|they/them]

[abductsanxiety]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!

[the-chosen-half-of-one]

Achievement unlocked: discovered piece of media at exact right time in your life to experience maximum peak emotional impact and infatuation

[pasteboard]

hey netizens! i'm not sure how many people are aware, but youtube's been slowly rolling out a new anti-adblock policy that can't be bypassed with the usual software like uBlock Origin and Pi-Hole out of the gate

BUT, if you're a uBlock Origin user (or use an adblocker with a similar cosmetics modifier), you can add these commands in the uBlock dashboard to get rid of it!

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0) youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, []) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

reblog to help keep the internet less annoying and to tell corporations that try shit like this to go fuck themselves <3

[pigcatapult]

Where do I copy-paste these to? "My filters"? "My Rules"?

[gaphic]

'my filters'! if you look closely you'll notice the format is different between the two pages. the (website)(##)(additional text) format goes in filters

[virgoprivilege]

billionaires on their £200,000 submarine ride to the titanic wreck when the guy moves his xbox controller the wrong way and a window cracks

[stirdrawsandreblaws]

[image ID: a 3D model of a pink human head rotating and crumpling like it's had the air sucked out of it. end ID.]

everything about this is a shitshow, to the point that I can't even feel bad for the people involved.

the sub used nonstandard construction and safety procedures because ~innovation can't wait for a regulatory entity~

literally the techbros responsible for this cited spacex as a comparable project (yknow, the company that makes the exploding rockets?)

one of these "features" is that the sub is sealed by 17 deadbolts secured from the outside so they literally cannot escape even if it surfaces

honestly it's barely a sub. it's a 20ft long windowless capsule piloted via a modified third-party video game controller

lots of the other on-board equipment is improvised shit the founder got at camper supply or elsewhere

it also used musk's starlink satellites for communication, which may be related to the failure

the sole safeguard they had outside of "very strong hull" was about 3-4 days of extra oxygen

tickets to get on board this deathtrap ran $250k.

one of the billionaire passengers aboard was quoted as saying these are some of the worst weather conditions for a trip like this in 40 years, but they thought there was a decent window to try a dive anyway

again. these dudes paid $250k to ride in a 20ft long, windowless capsule, bolted shut from the outside, amid terrible weather conditions...come on

the founder of the company that made this deathtrap is also aboard it

literally the kindest thing that could happen to them is that they had a breach and compressed instantly

multiple days in a windowless capsule slowly asphyxiating is a horrific way to go

the chances they'll be found are almost nil. given that it takes 4 hours to reach the titanic going straight down, and contact was lost within 2, they could have been swept away to literally anywhere. search teams have to check hundreds of miles of open ocean surface AND depths exceeding 13,000ft for this 20ft long hunk of jank.

[charlesoberonn]

[papayajuan2019]

you guys literally are all so brave. even through the screen i can tell. keep going

[likeadevils]

u can pry my Special Capitalizations and random periods for like. dramatic effect away from my cold dead hands

[escuerzoresucitado]

[forfuckssakejim]

Yeah quiet quitting is great and all but have you tried chaotic working?

Like. I remember back in my grocery store cashier days I did so much crazy shit.

When WIC (Women, infants, and children voucher program to help low income mothers/families with children) people were in my line I would pretty much know who they were. Before the cards they had to tell us upfront they were WIC and show us their vouchers for what they were allowed to get (it was awful some times. Like. 2 gallons of milk. $4 worth of vegetables etc etc). They’d always have items hanging back, waiting to see what the total was and if they would have to take it off the belt.

I began to place the fruits/vegetables a certain way on the register scale so that like 1/2lbs of grapes read as like .28lbs or something. Then act shocked when I said that they still had X amount of lbs left. They got all their fruit and vegetables.

I think it started to kinda? Catch on to the women? Because I would have the same moms in my line month after month. And even after they switched to the cards (they worked like food stamp cards?) I’d still do the same thing. They were able to get more produce for whatever shitty max amount Indiana gave them.

Anyways. Be chaotic. It’s more fun that way.

[bshmatthews]

[jellybeanium124]

reblog if you make gay little "oh!" sounds whenever you remember something

[catchymemes]

[agoddamnedrayofsunshine]

No but it really can be this simple sometimes.

The "enrichment in the enclosure" meme has a lot of truth to it. We need to shake things up a bit to keep happy. It doesn't have to be big, but if you ever feel stagnant or a little bluh try going on a walk on a route you haven't been in or something. It really does help.

[lunasguard]

[likeadevils]

so i have a mildly popular “reblog and put in in the tags” post going around and its. very clear how many people don’t know how to interact with a tumblr post

so, first of all, tumblr’s culture has changed a lot in the past couple years. there’s a genuine community effort to not start any drama, and ironically a lot of the current hostility is an effort to keep things calm. there’s also a change in how people interact with posts, so if you haven’t been here in a while please skip down to the tags/replies/reblog with text section.

for newcomers: you should be reblogging posts about as liberally as you would like something on twitter. if you only like stuff, people will think you are rude/a bot. you’ve probably heard people talk about “cultivating your dash,” and thats because this platform is 100% centered around your dashboard. trending matters less, unfollowing and blocking in order to shape your dash into it’s best form is widely accepted, the majority of the content you’ll find and interact with will be because of your dash, and the only way to put things on your dash is to reblog them. tumblr users are deeply distrustful of algorithms and have largely turned off the “see posts your friends have liked” function (i recommend you also turn of the various algorithms in settings → general settings → dashboard preferences).

so, once you’ve reblogged a post, there’s three ways to add content to it. the tags, replies, and reblogging with text. all of them have different connotations

the tags: an inside voice. originally they were meant for organizing your blog (and they’re still used for this), but they’ve also morphed into a way to share thoughts that aren’t funny/insightful enough for non-followers to be interested in. when in doubt, put your comment in the tags

replies: basically talking to your friends in class. your followers have no way of finding your replies (they don’t pop up on the dash, nobody gets notified except for the original poster) so chances are, only the person who made the post is gonna see your comment. it’s for quick one-offs that you’re okay with other people overhearing, but really is only made for one person. they’re like a public dm

reblog with text: an outside voice. you’re getting up on a stage in town square and entertaining people. make sure it’s funny or insightful— bottom line, add something new to the conversation. you should use this the least

general rules of thumb: 

when in doubt, reblog. people will judge you if your blog is only personal posts and you only interact with other content by liking it.  

the only things people will judge you for reblogging are personal vent posts. leave a like to give a little virtual hug

if a post is asking about your personality/opinions (i.e: tell me what’s the last tv show you watched, that kind of thing) put it in the tags 

also if you see a nice edit, gifset, or art, reblog and say something nice in the tags! it’s that nice sweet spot of common enough that no one will notice but uncommon enough to make the artist’s day

[dovewithscales]

Finally real advice for new users. This is a solid guide for how to make the transition from Twitter to Tumblr.

In particular, artists need you to reblog. A reblog helps them get seen. A like doesn’t help them at all.

[constance-mcentee-deactivated20]

And I would like to add image descriptions and audio/video transcriptions can really help increase reblogs. Please remember to make your posts as accessible as possible.

[copepods]

the demons. they’re coming for me (fic ideas that i will never write but theyre soso good i promise)

[vash-the-trans-catboy]

What month were you born in?

December/January

February/March

April/May

June/July

August/September

October/November

Voting ended onMar 7, 2023

Pls reblog if u vote :)

[caustic-light]

Well i don't know what I expected the results to be...

[thepoisonroom]

patiently waiting for someone to fall in love with me. i refuse 2 date. i refuse 2 flirt or make a move. how could this go wrong.

[donotjustlive-fly]

still alive but like, at what cost