"Hope for the Best,Thirst for the Worst"

Charismatic microfauna from the cold north. Has a spouse, two cats, a pharmacy degree, several diagnoses and a temper. Is nominally an adult and sometimes talks about adult things. Probably fans characters you hate; live with it.

[perksofbeingace]

what's the difference between libido and attraction

libido: body says NOW

attraction: body says THIS ONE

[therainbowgorilla]

Oh my god I’m over here thinking its this big hard to explain thing but here you are explaining it perfectly in nine words wtf

[isa-ah]

it should be illegal to take a nap and still have a headache when you wake up. like no i shut it off and back on again why are you still here

[sparrowlucero]

its kind of distressing how you can tell a lot of people see popular indie artists and writers and such as like "a Celebrity but one which i stand a half decent chance of bullying to death"

[wordcubed]

[fly-chicken]

Hi new Tumblr users

Please know this sites hashtagging system is categorical and NOT clout based

Aka if I look up the “Wendell and Wild” tag, I should find clips, media, art and posts related to Wendell and wild ONLY. Same with any other random tag searched

If I spy a selfie, a random neighborhood, or any other kind of “insta” post trying to take likes for a popular hashtag, I’m reporting you for spam. Most other long term users will too and your acct will be fast tracked as a spam blogger and blocked.

You will not ruin the last non corporate site for us, especially by trying to treat this site like influencers matter. If you get popular, it’s bc you’re a clown w a skill not bc your hot or rich or skinny, got it?

[honestlyvan]

#holy shit at people in the notes this isn't 'tyrannical' it's basic courtesy AND against the tos #the spam report button is easily accessible for this exact reason #cross tagging is absolutely reportable spam according to tos so just don't do it #it also doesn't get you any more notes it just pisses people off

[findingfeather]

Like for real guys: This is against TOS. It is not allowed. It is spam. IT is not less spam because you are not a botfarm. Don't do it.

[delicatefury]

People (me) will report you for this (I will). If you are spamming the tags, someone (again, me) will click the little report button (and I will enjoy doing it) every time they (I) see your unrelated posts clogging their (my) search.

Do not tempt me.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

I will add that nine times out of ten, it is obviously, verifiably spam. Like, links to random websites, porn, ads for shit, scams, all that jazz.

So if I see your post in the mix, I will treat it the exact same way.

[doomhamster]

Also? While AFAIK hate-tagging isn't a breach of TOS, tumblr considers it good manners to keep the straight-up tag positive. Critical discussion is one thing, but if I search #band or #show or #character, I probably don't want to see someone's post about how much they hate this thing I love.

"anti [thing]" or "[thing] critical" is for ranting about how much you hate [thing] and how you wish it had never been made.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

saw this being debated and just wanted to talk about it too.

"is it rude if I politely ask a writer if they use ai or chatgpt on their works because I'm almost certain they do?"

yes, it is rude. no matter how polite you are being when you ask them this.

you say you are almost certain. so you are not absolutely certain.

unless you are absolutely, undoubtedly certain — with actual proof — that their writing is ai generated, never ever ask an artist if their work is ai generated.

I know several writers who would stop writing and delete all of their works if they were ever accused of using ai. so it doesn't matter if you are polite when you ask them this, you are suggesting that their works are ai generated, that they didn't create the works they could have spent hours, days, weeks, months or years working on.

ai and chatgpt are trained on real humans' works, they are trained to mimic the way real humans write. so if you say a genuine writer's work "looks ai", I'm gonna have to ask you what you think ai was trained on.

a writer whose English isn't their first language may also write in a way that "looks ai" to some, if they write in English and have to rely on translator.

using em dash isn't a sign of ai. I do it all the time. my fellow writers all love em dash.

having long paragraphs with "overly described scenes" isn't a sign of ai. I do it all the time, and so do my fellow writers.

all the "ai signs" are actually just what most writers actually do. they get mistaken for "ai signs" because sometimes the way writers write or describe a scene in a fanfic or an original work is different than the way people talk or text. because they're writing a fic and describing a scene, not chatting with a friend. the way I talk is different than the way I write my fics.

if you suspect a work was ai generated, but are not 100% sure, you can always just stop reading said work without saying anything.

if someone does use ai to write, they will either a.) deny and continue using ai to write or b.) admit because they see nothing wrong with it and continue using ai to write.

if a genuine writer was wrongly accused of using ai, they may stop writing altogether.

asking a writer if they use ai or chatgpt to write will always do more harm than good. witch hunting will always do more harm than good.

you are not "fighting against ai" by throwing around such accusations. you are harming genuine writers and artists.

[thisisjustfuckingsterling]

It isnt an accusation. Its a fucking question. One that protects the very communities and artists that this post claims to defend.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

all of the fanfic writers, whom I personally know, say the same thing that they would feel discouraged and might delete all their works if they were asked this.

it’s not “hey do you like x or y” question. it’s a subtle implication that your work looks like it was written by a robot within a minute. if you personally don’t find that offensive, that’s cool. but I know a lot of writers do. and they have the rights to be discouraged by it.

also we are talking about fanfic writers who write as their hobby, getaway or safe place, writers whose works you read for free. not writers who sell their works and are making profit from what they write. fanfic writers don’t owe you anything.

[bardic-tales]

This just came across my dash. I'm going to be blunt.

Asking a writer or artist if they “use AI” is an accusation, no matter how you dress it up. It’s not neutral. It implies you think their effort, style, or voice is artificial. It implies that their human work doesn’t look human enough for you.

You don’t protect the community by policing people who are actually creating from scratch. You protect it by supporting human creators, reporting confirmed AI misuse when there’s evidence, and learning the difference between this sounds different than what I’d write and this is machine-generated.

Writers—especially fanfic authors—already pour their time, emotion, and identity into what they share for free. They don’t owe anyone proof of authenticity on top of that. And if your question makes someone want to quit writing, it’s not protecting the community. It’s shrinking it.

If you’re not 100% sure, just scroll. AI ethics don’t need to turn into public inquisition season.

[edwardcreel]

“And if your question makes someone want to quit writing, it’s not protecting the community. It’s shrinking it.”

^^^^ this

[kogarashi-art]

Repeat after me:

👏 AI 👏 witch-hunts 👏 hurt 👏 legit 👏 creators! 👏

Because the question is accusatory by nature, and the people actually using AI probably aren't going to care, or will just lie to your face about it. Also people are terrible at identifying AI writing, because it was trained on real people.

If you think someone might have used AI in their work, don't ask them if they did. Scroll away. Quietly unfollow. Leave them alone.

Seriously, so many of these AI witch-hunts read like trying to use a shotgun to take out a fruit fly. The collateral damage is so much worse than any actual victory.

[binturong-of-the-day]

The binturong of finding joy in the journey

[starridge]

who are your parasocial enemies, like mine are andrew lloyd webber and butch hartman

[mariacallous]

[the-lamplighter]

Persepolis

[sunb1eeder]

op has me blocked but this is so fucking real

[crippled-peeper]

“people won’t be friends with you if you’re mean to them” is something you have GOT to learn in adulthood if you never learned it as a shut-in internet-socialized youth. you can’t just go up and say to ppl to shut the fuck up and kill themselves all the time and then expect people to genuinely care for you.

[astercontrol]

SO TRUE.

And yeah, this doesn't just mean "be nice to the people you WANT to be friends with."

If those people see you being a jerk to lots of other people for flimsy reasons, they are going to think: "what mistakes on my part might involuntarily turn me into this person's enemy? What does this person say about me behind my back already?"

And then they won't want to be friends, probably.

[bisexualbaker]

Posts that make me kinda miss the Five Geek Social Fallacies...

[teaboot]

On of the less intuitive things about love, I've found, of any kind, is the importance of needing things.

I didn't realize it until recently, but I've always seen love as something requiring sacrifice, selflessness, patience, and generosity- to ask for nothing is to be the best person I can be, small and quiet and never in the way, always happy and helpful, self-sufficient and present when desired.

It's only as an adult, now, that I'm beginning to see the selfishness of wanting nothing.

I cut my friend's hair in my kitchen the other day. They wanted a trim and I had the skills, so I offered, and was genuinely excited when they stopped hesitating over "bothering me" and took me up on it. It was a peaceful afternoon, and we had tea and chatted for an hour or more.

My brother and I shared popcorn at the movies a while ago. When I came time to pay, I pulled my card out like a wild western sheriff and slapped it on the machine before he could fight me for it first. The satisfaction was delightful.

Someone called me crying on the phone the other day. Kept apologizing for disturbing me at work, talking about how they were bothering me on my lunch break. I was telling the truth when I told them that really, I was flattered and honored and relieved, knowing that if they were hurting I would know, that I didn't have to worry in silence. It felt good to hear them slowly come down, and to know that they knew it would be better soon, and to hear them laugh wetly on the other end. We're getting together for a visit next week.

It's hard to need things, if you've trained yourself not to. It's hard to want things, when you don't know how to want anymore. Trusting people is difficult, and so is relying on them, but I don't know where I'd be without the people who rely on me.

I've heard a lot of people say, "Nobody will love you unless you love yourself". I've had a lot of thoughts about it. It's not right, but it's not wrong, either, I think.

"Nobody will love you unless you love yourself"... I've always taken that to mean, "You will not be lovable until you develop a positive view of yourself as a person".

Now, I think it's sort of inside-out.

"Nobody will love you unless you love yourself"... because nobody can show their love to you in a way that you can accept until you treat yourself kindly, and learn what you need, and what you want, and how to ask for it, and then give that vulnerability away.

Love, for me, is someone I ask for a ride to the airport. Whether they end up doing this or not is irrelevant.

It's not needy, or selfish, or taking up energy. It's giving the gift of being wanted, and needed, and thought of. It's giving someone the security of being part of someone's life.

[penny-anna]

they should have made another search engine called Ask Wooster where it gives you the wrong answer every time

[elodieunderglass]

We’re not exactly the wrong answer, just a jaunty, hopeful and well-intentioned answer that offers a pleasant journey but takes you in the wrong direction

[doomhamster]

Isn't that just ChatGPT?

[rederiswrites]

Look, it's simple. If a person has to actively work to make money, they're not "the rich" and they're not the problem. A surgeon making $200k a year still stops making money if they stop showing up to do surgery, because they're still selling their labor. The radical discrepancies in how we value different skills are certainly a problem, but the guy who makes money when he doesn't even get out of bed is the one making money on the value of other people's labor.

[monsieurenjlolras]

Time for my favorite chart!

[your-naked-magic-oh-dear-lord]

Notice billions ain't even on there. Outliers something something.

[sugoiney-weaver]

Hey scroll back up. The second column is LIQUID ASSETS. That's essentially money that you can spend today. This isn't even talking about salary or net worth.

I thought I was Level 3. I have a savings account that does get a little interest. Not much but it's a start.

No. It turns out I'm not Level 3. I'm level 0.

[nerathul]

I've said it before; a athlete who gets millions for playing a game season is a worker, their money comes from having a highly desired skill.

But out there, there's plenty of small time landlords, who do absolutely nothing at all, they just collect enough rent to live modestly, those have far more in common with the billionaire capitalist class.

[hazel2468]

There are many, MANY reasons why I don't trust people who peddle around "Eat the Rich" stuff anymore- namely because, given the recent shift in social politics. I think I know exactly who a lot of these folks assume the rich are (Jew hate makes you stupid).

But this is the other reason. Because a lot of people don't understand who the rich even fucking ARE. Or how they get that rich. Or what STAYING that rich entails.

[ich-bin-jude]

Leftist Antisemites: "America only supports Israel because they bribe Congress through the AIPAC lobby--"

a) Cool, name one country that doesn't bribe Congress through lobbying, including over a dozen Arab countries. Israel ain't special.

This brief takes a deep, unprecedented dive into a newly available tranche of data tracking foreign influence in the U.S. political process,

b) Cool, look up how many BILLIONS Qatar has donated to American universities over the last two decades.

Qatar and China Are Pouring Billions Into Elite American Universities

Foreign countries such as China and Qatar have poured $29 billion into campuses over the past few years. ‘Hostile powers are buying influenc

c) Look up where most Hamas leaders are staying.

Luxury life of Hamas billionaires in mansions while Gazans live in poverty

Despite worsening conditions in Gaza, top Hamas leaders live in luxury abroad, amassing billions, while civilians face famine, poverty, and

d) Which American demographic supports Hamas the most--oh, you'll never guess! University students, and college age kids.

60% of Gen Z in US support Hamas over Israel: Survey

...

Hamas lives in Qatar, Qatar bribes universities, university-aged kids support Hamas.

"Tell me what you accuse the Jews of, I'll tell you what you're guilty of."

[i-can-kazoo]

your daily reminder that kafka was a jew watching in real-time as jews became society's ungeziefers and were relegated to ghettos. Your daily reminder that ungeziefer is not just a bug, but vermin.

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

"Clearly I wasn't talking about disabled people-" yeah part of the problem is that the existence of disabled people just isn't considered in your worldview like that's the problem we're criticizing not a get out of jail free card