seeker of knowledge

a blog dedicated to keeping track of tumblr posts also other random information looking for a post? send me an ask i'll try to find it for you! she/her, very queer asks are open be kind and keep everything sfw

[hellsite-archivist]

Greetings All! I am the self proclaimed hellsite archivist. Looking for a post, or any of the other services the archive offers? You can find me at my ask box desk, and I shall do my best to help you in your quest!

Inspired by the lovely @hellsite-detective

Contents of the Archive:

Tumblr Heritage Posts

Folklore of Tumblr

Tumblr's favorite hobby/life resources

The same five jokes, every day

Gallery of Random Hyperfixations

Miscellaneous wisdom of questionable quality

The Archivist's post finding services

The Archivist's vast collecting of fiber arts related knowledge (just for funsies)

??? [Who knows? Ask, seeker of knowledge, and I shall do my best] ???

Terms and conditions:

I'll do my best to track down any post you may be looking for, but i am human and fallible and also quite busy. No guarantees on timeliness or accuracy of answers.

PLEASE take anything said with a grain of salt. There's a lot I don't know. Also any resources I share are in no way verified, or personally endorsed. Just me passing along things that look vaguely interesting/helpful, or that I've seen other people recommend.

I will NOT engage with any of the following topics:

Anything NSFW

Giving advice on interpersonal struggles.

Anything medical in nature

Homework

[s4mm4n]

God I miss the days when you could show up to a stranger’s farm and he’d say “What’s your name, boy?” and you’d take off your hat and hold it to your chest to better let him see your face and reply “Why I ain’t got none, sir, on account of my mammy passed on before she could give me one” and he’d tell you he’s real damn sorry to hear that and ask what he can do you for and you’d tell him that you can’t read nor even write neither but you’re mighty good with horses and can mend them fallen fence posts what you saw on your way in and won’t ask for nothing much more than a hot meal and a warm barn to sleep in and he’d keep his wife and daughters inside but send his boy who ain’t got married yet even though his mama tells him he needs a woman out with a lantern and some stew at night and the two of you’d get to talkin and he’d throw you his flask to take a swig from and watch you drinkin from it while he leant against the door frame and when he finally got called back on up to the house again he’d take a sip from it too real slow-like like it weren’t the whiskey what he were tryna savour

[argumate]

you see you don’t get posts like this on twitter

[lastweekseyeliner]

every day at least once while on a walk i think to myself “it weren’t the whiskey what he were tryna savour” and sometimes if i am alone i say it out loud

[yaldabaothadeez]

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a slapping,

As of some one gently flapping, flapping at my chamber door.

“’Tis some fairy,” I muttered, “slapping at my chamber door—

            Only this and nothing more.”

[wintersoldierfell]

Quoth the walrus, "Are you sure?"

[its-your-mind]

Took this as a challenge and queued this for two years from now

[hongjoongpresent]

ID: tags from livingnotetonote that reads: in 2 years this will be incomprehensible. End ID

[avidreaderffn]

do you know what this is talking about

yes, i was there gandalf

yes, i wasnt here for it but i've heard about it

.....no?

Voting ended onMar 18

[hellsite-archivist]

Dear archivist, I am looking for a video, probably a tiktok or insta reel that was circulating on tumblr, where OP Is in some sort of costume and is replying to a comment that asks why they are always silent, and the person mimes that they hope the audience can listen to the words in the voice of someone beloved to them. Do you know what I'm talking about?

Hi Anon! Sorry for the delay. I do know what you're talking about, I am so sure I've seen that video before. Unfortunately my preliminary search hasn't turned up anything. I'll keep looking, but I'll go ahead and toss this to the rest of tumblr and see if they can come up with anything.

[hellsite-archivist]

Hi sorry if you've been asked this before im v. tired and don't have much time I just cant stop thinking of that one post with spiral and its like a poem with all the past ages and it said about living with everyone you used to be or something like that. It's very vague in my mind but if anyone knows what I'm talking about pls help

Thank you thank you thank you and goodnights

Hi Anon, sorry for the delay! Rummaged through the stacks and found this, is it the post you're looking for? If not please feel free to send another ask and I'll continue the search. https://captain-smartypanties.tumblr.com/post/694204896339279872/the-past-isnt-behind-you-it-coils-inside-your

[hellsite-archivist]

I’m looking for a post that was talking about how we mourn dinosaurs and we made plushies of them so we could hug them. The hugging plushies part is in the post in similar words if not the exact words. Thank you so much for taking the time to look for this, I’ve been on a dinosaur thought train for a while and my brain remembered(ish) this post and would not let it go.

So sorry for the delay, life got busy and I abandoned this blog for awhile, but I'm back now, hopefully to stay.

Went shuffling through some files and turned this up, is this what you're looking for? If not let me know and I'll continue the search.

Regardless this is a beautiful wonderful spectacular post, thank you for prompting me to find it

Post by @lo-andbehold

💬 103  🔁 59171  ❤️ 74407 · I’m so emotional about dinosaur stuffed animals,,, there are these creatures, extinct long before any of us were

[hellsite-archivist]

oh here's an extended version! https://mckitterick.tumblr.com/post/748962150017548288

[echoofwinter]

That is it!!!! That is exactly the post I was trying to find! Thank you so so so much!!!!

[hellsite-archivist]

YAY glad I could be helpful :D DINOSAURS FOR THE WIN

[hellsite-archivist]

I’m looking for a post that was talking about how we mourn dinosaurs and we made plushies of them so we could hug them. The hugging plushies part is in the post in similar words if not the exact words. Thank you so much for taking the time to look for this, I’ve been on a dinosaur thought train for a while and my brain remembered(ish) this post and would not let it go.

So sorry for the delay, life got busy and I abandoned this blog for awhile, but I'm back now, hopefully to stay.

Went shuffling through some files and turned this up, is this what you're looking for? If not let me know and I'll continue the search.

Regardless this is a beautiful wonderful spectacular post, thank you for prompting me to find it

Post by @lo-andbehold

💬 103  🔁 59171  ❤️ 74407 · I’m so emotional about dinosaur stuffed animals,,, there are these creatures, extinct long before any of us were

[hellsite-archivist]

oh here's an extended version! https://mckitterick.tumblr.com/post/748962150017548288

[hellsite-archivist]

I’m looking for a post that was talking about how we mourn dinosaurs and we made plushies of them so we could hug them. The hugging plushies part is in the post in similar words if not the exact words. Thank you so much for taking the time to look for this, I’ve been on a dinosaur thought train for a while and my brain remembered(ish) this post and would not let it go.

So sorry for the delay, life got busy and I abandoned this blog for awhile, but I'm back now, hopefully to stay.

Went shuffling through some files and turned this up, is this what you're looking for? If not let me know and I'll continue the search.

Regardless this is a beautiful wonderful spectacular post, thank you for prompting me to find it

Post by @lo-andbehold

💬 103  🔁 59171  ❤️ 74407 · I’m so emotional about dinosaur stuffed animals,,, there are these creatures, extinct long before any of us were

[hellsite-archivist]

hello all powerful archivist, thank you for your service of trying to keep track of posts for all of us. You are amazing and mad respect for doing this. Listen i have the single most important question ive ever asked anyone on tungle, and if you cannot locate it for me, i understand whole heartedly and will be at peace. I have been in search for a video that i saw almost a year ago and somehow it eludes me. All i know from it, is its a longer video, like a minute - minute and a half, and i remember mostly the word wiener. The way the man says wiener is ludicrous, and he says it over and over again. "Now we are going to place the wiener..." And you hear him say it so much you don't even focus on what the video is about. It was fairly popular but somehow its just invisible to the human eye. If you could somehow locate this video for me, i will literally send you 10$ because it haunts me this video. I quote it everyday and ive been looking for it for months. but of course, no big deal at all if that's not something you do or if you cant find it. I am sending you all the best and appreciation and love your way and godspeed

Sincerest apologies for the delay, kinda abandoned this account for a bit unfortunately, but I am back now and on the job! Preliminary search didn't turn up anything, but I haven't given up yet. Some clarifying questions, if you don't know the answers it's ok but I want to exhaust every possible method of research. Any memory of what platform it was on? Tumblr, or something else? Time frame? You said almost a year ago, was it new/newly viral when you saw it? Any other recollections, beyond someone saying weiner? Was the camera on their face, or something else?

Hopefully between the two of us we can track it down!

[hellsite-archivist]

sorry for creating this account and then dipping for a few months, should have known that the instant i started something new life would get Crazy. nothing bad, thankfully, just very busy. but i'm hoping to get on top of this a bit better, thank you to everyone who sent asks i will do my best to get to those soon! so sorry about the delay.

[max1461]

I'm gonna reblog with some videos of people speaking various American Indian/indigenous American languages, because I think most people don't even know what they sound like. Not to be judgement of that—just, you know, I think people who want to be informed should know what they sound like!

[max1461]

Former president of the Navajo Nation, Joe Shirley, giving an address in Navajo.

[max1461]

Nora Marks Dauenhauer telling a story, "Raven and Deer", in Tlingit.

[max1461]

Albert White Hat, a well known Lakota teacher, translator, and activist, speaking Lakota.

[max1461]

This YouTube user, Grahm Wiley-Camacho, has uploaded a bunch of videos in Colville Okanagan Salish, but I'm not sure who all the speakers are.

[max1461]

Multiple people speaking Cherokee and talking about revitalization of the language.

[max1461]

This guy speaking Yucatec Maya (guest starring: adorable small child).

[max1461]

There's a ton of material in Greenlandic on YouTube, but it's hard for me to find, because the titles and other metadata are also in Greenlandic! Of course, this represents a huge win for the language, since this is a biproduct of being in vibrant use by a community of speakers. Greenlandic has been an official language of the territory of Greenland since 1979, and the sole official language since 2009.

Here are some proceedings of the Greenlandic parliament, the Inatsisartut, which are conducted in Greenlandic.

Here is a radio show in Greenlandic, from Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa.

And here is a video of Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam, Greenlandic MP in the Danish parliament (Folketing), causing some upset by speaking in Greenlandic instead of Danish.

[max1461]

Conversation between Loran Thompson and Francis Boots in Mohawk.

[max1461]

Interview with Yup'ik elder Raphael Jimmy about qaneryaraq "words of wisdom/right living".

[mortimermcmirestinks]

always remember, friend,

now go in peace

This meme was inspired by the piece "Lucky 10,000" by Randall Monroe.

[cipher-fresh]

[ID: “One man’s [“Yeah, the Time Knife, we’ve all seen it” meme] is another man’s [“Was anyone going to tell me?” meme] /End ID]

[ceekari]

internet heiroglyphics

[maykitz]

can anyone tell me the watch order for every movie ever so i can understand all references and homages

[caucasianbuttslut]

@dionrevel PLEASE share the link.

[dionrevel]

Lol sure!!

For movies, here is the beginner's list:

Modern Civilization Essentials

Beginner's guide for getting in the loop.

And the more advanced list:

Full In the Loop

Advanced guide to getting in the loop. Supplementary to "Civilization Essentials." If a movie is on this list, then it has one of these: -Po

Not all these movies are necessarily good, but the ones that gave me small pop culture epiphanies. It made me realize that 30%-40% of the jokes from modern sitcoms are references/parodies- and these movies are their source material.

^^ This is also true for socializing. So many people I thought were naturally funny were just doing movie bits.

[I actually do have a job, I am just a big fan of lists and graphs and flow charts etc.]

[felixer-of-life]

Oh I adore this. As someone who missed a bunch of stuff by way of chaos and poverty. This is a nice tool.

[drakensberg-blog]

The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor.

[poupon]

how dare you say we piss on the poor

[zootycoon-archive]

i got these knockoff boots online and instead of the brand name on the tag they have the name of an apparently nonexistent martin scorsese movie??? what the fuck

[loseremo]

[pnkrathian]

i feel like the knowledge that there are some medical databases with free-to-use 3D scans of various human organs available for 3D printing would have drastically reduced tumblrs amount of bone stealing scandals. plus you can make ones that glow in the dark.

look at my glow in the dark humerus boy

[pnkrathian]

hey. if anyone wants em:

NIH 3D Library (Free)

Embodi3D (Free and Paid)

MorphoSource (Free, database of fossils)

Scans can also be found by searching on general-purpose 3D sites like Thingiverse, Cults3D, MakerWorld, Sketchfab

The glow in the dark filament I used

If you don’t have a 3D printer, check the website of your local library to see if they do! If you’re in college, your university’s libraries could have one too! They’ll likely have info on how to submit a print to their services and how/where you could find them.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

hey can we. can we rewind to the part where tumblr has a regular problem with bone stealing scandals

[that-aster]

[queer-here-and-in-fear]

shorthands for dumbassery that i have grown to love deeply

"how dare you say we piss on the poor" in response to someone misinterpreting your post

"_ isnt gonna fuck you" for suck up behavior

"woah. should we tell everyone? should we throw a party?" for who the fuck cares

"and what if the world was made of pudding" for when would this ever matter.

"and sharks are smooth both ways" for a group of people heatedly arguing with 1 guy who is fucking with them all

".. but its about a witch in the alps finding her lost cat" for someone trying to sanitize something to the point of absurdity

[queer-here-and-in-fear]

this is prime proof that this ENTIRE WEBSITE is autistic because nowhere else would a no tags post that's just an informative list about slang get this much traction.

[queer-here-and-in-fear]

anyway more addittions

“30-50 wild hogs” for someone making ABSURD excuses for violence.

“what were YOU doing at the devils sacrament” for how do you know that without being a part of it.

“anyone in this thread smoke weed” for the shit you people are saying is so off topic this might as well be a general discussion forum

“dogs are boys and cats are girls” for ooh ur mindset did not grow past 4th grade, huh

“color theory in a childrens hospital” for bending over backwards to not agree that YEA, that thing Came Off Weird

“you are a tar pit” for someone finding any reason to respond with outrage.

“is the __ in the room with us right now?” for I Don’t Think That’s Real.

“bean soup? im allergic to beans!” for ik this doesn’t work for you, but that’s not a flaw. not everything can be for you.

“people irl: hey man hows it going” for this will Never Matter irl