*trumpet noises of despair* @goldfishwithablowtorch - Tumblr Blog

No more pinned post you guys have had it too good for too long

If you want information about me you can either scroll back the last 3 years of tumblring and follow the breadcrumb trail in the notes of other peoples posts, or complete the assigned fetch quests.

Fetch quests can be located in the askbox and will differ on a case-by case basis

Good luck, I call as I retreat to my dark throne. I am an unknowable entity who can only be found out by gathering the assigned titbits of internet media or... reading this post before I changed it I guess. Dang.

#intro post

lethalwizard

hate being australian on the internet americans will be like “happy wet fuck wednesday!!” and i will look at the clock and it is 4:37pm on a thursday. i have missed wet fuck wednesday yet again

chewieandfuckface

soundoftheirwings

Gotta tell you guys something wild in the Chinese fan sphere

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

And that is how this charity received over 1 million in donations in three days lol. Oh btw the “freedom of expression” side won by a landslide (960k to 40k)

tlbodine

From now on this is how all petty fandom disputes should be settled.

flagellant

ahumanbeena

Did you know that after they switched to blind auditions, major symphony orchestras hired women between 30% to 55% more? Before bringing in “blind auditions” with a screen to conceal the the candidate, women in the top 5 major orchestras made up less than 5% of the musicians performing.

shwetanarayan-deactivated202504

so I believe it was actually more complicated than that, in interesting ways. Because at first, when they did blind auditions, they were STILL hiring more men.

…Then they put down a carpet, so that high heels didn’t clack on the floor, and BOOM women were suddenly getting hired.

The testers didn’t even know that’s what they were picking up on, which just goes to show how tiny of a cue it takes for misogyny to kick in.

isaacsapphire

The case of blind auditions for orchestras and how it dramatically changed the gender makeup of orchestras is a very illuminating example of gender bias, and an interesting possible way of countering it.

small-witch-big-hat

You can be sexist without knowing it. You can be racist without knowing it. This is not a moral failing; it is a moral imperative to remember that you are fallible, and take steps to limit the damage your squishy ape brain’s foibles can cause.

mindfulwrath

The final chapter in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink (2005) describes this in detail.

What you don’t usually hear about when discussing this blind audition process is that after the blind auditions were implemented, when women had gotten many positions in the orchestra, men no longer saw being a member as prestigious and the salaries for the entire orchestra dropped.

depsidase

nonaferatu

people hate it when i say "black people getting cancer is racist" but im literally fucking right because systemic racism has led to chemical dumping being acceptable in black/brown neighborhoods and black people have higher rates of cancer as a result

bunny222

Here's the animatic thing I made to the song Everybody's Worried About Owen

#oooh #i dont even go here but this is cool

jasper-ghoust

*me whenever my hands are thw slightly bit dry*

My skin is dry and cracked now I should really moisturize

thedarkmoonside

Listening to Car seat headrest, June henry and everybody's worried about owen is the easiest way to regain a will to live

viewfindercomics

I tell the rats to show hole 🐀🔥🎸 @everybodysworriedaboutowen

everybodysworriedaboutowen

Breaking news: Famous artist Entropy Em and niche internet micro celebrity Everybody’s Worried About Owen have dropped the cuntiest Halloween Costumes known to man

everybodysworriedaboutowen

I’m obsessed with all of your music, I was wondering if any of your albums or even just songs have any overarching plot that you were imagining while writing them? I always imagined that the Nunemakers Parable story bled over into the other songs on Nunemakers Swingset

Ur 100% correct! Nunemaker’s swingset is all loosely one story. More a collection of stories held together by a theme but that’s nitpicking

everybodysworriedaboutowen

Remembering Gut Punch! This was the first video I ever recorded of this song. Still one of my favorites I’ve ever written. Short and sweet! - Everybody’s Worried About Owen (Me)

likean0leander

Alexandria burning

This amicicide

You have met your potential, countrymen

In cowardly panic, and cast them aside

mawce-thylacyanide

Recently realized I've been using the wrong pronouns for one of my favorite music artists (Everybody's Worried About Owen) for YEARS... they use they/them but I only recently saw that on their socials so for years i've been using he/him HELP i hate myself

#i did the same #truly ashamed of myself