Reality is Boring

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[byjove]

I keep getting tourism ads revolving around the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and I think there is this thought that this will be like the bicentennial in 1976 and all these businesses will profit from patriotic merch sales and tourism to historical sites and it’s so out of touch it’s insane. Nobody is proud to be an American. I’ve never been patriotic but I’m not even in the mood to be like “FUCK King George! FUCK British colonial rule.” Just reading the Declaration of Independence hurts because that shit is so ironic.

[byjove]

reading the “…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.” passage of the Declaration of Independence and putting my head in my hands

[donniehaspronouns]

this might piss some people off but I don’t think some of you actually ever tried to unlearn your hatefulness. you just came out as queer and decided your new targets really truly deserve it this time.

[donniehaspronouns]

you. you get it.

[aqua-cultured]

ok was rewatching the apothecary diaries again and noticed something crazy i haven't seen anyone talking about yet

so in the episode "the new pure consort" (s1ep14) loulan is introduced right, and the colors are really muted, like so:

in contrast, here's what a similar shot looks like in regular color

and here's what that same shot looks like when put through a red/green colorblind filter:

in fact, the only red and green we get during loulan's introduction are her eyes and accessories

anyway really cool detail i noticed and wanted to share cause i was losing my shit but my friends had never seen the show so i couldn't say anything lol

[nudityandnerdery]

"[Y]our Harry Potter games are Cybertrucks" is such a good way to put it.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

Wattpad: pay me monthly 🤩 and we will remove ads for you. also free offline stories I guess as long as you keep paying me. but we have censorship so keep your kinks to yourself. what we don’t have is tagging systems, so good luck trying to find what you want or avoiding what you don’t want to read lol

meanwhile AO3: so everything is free in our house. read whatever you want offline. also no ads. no capitalism. no censorship. be as wild as you want with your fics. also we have tagging systems so you can search or avoid any specific tags, pairings, relationships or characters. whatever you want.

I’m sorry but if you’re still complaining, you don’t realize how good you have it with AO3, one of the last platforms on the internet that is free of capitalism and censorship. just artists and writers creating and sharing their works with the community for free and for fun. just authentic love between artists, their works, characters, stories and audiences.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

getting mad at ao3 for being against censorship and allowing all kinds of dark and fucked up fics to be on their platform is like getting mad at a library for not banning books

[depsidase]

[ifyoucanreadmymindthenimsorry]

Am I the only one who was expecting the grass to move in bad bunny’s halftime show

I saw them setting up, I know there were people in there 😭

[coldgoldlazarus]

The explicitly pornographic ads paired with porn bans to appeal to advertisers is really aggravating, but I also want to take a moment to complain about really disgusting ads. Cartoon person with disturbingly photorealistic boils and shit, getting giant worms pulled out of their bodies, body horror shit like that. What the fuck is this supposed to be advertising? Why would you show this? Why can't I block it? It always pops up when I'm trying to eat, too. Why is this allowed? Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you FUCK YOU

[noknowshame]

I know we’re all like lawless nonconformists but you really can’t be texting and driving. that’s one of the ones you’ve gotta listen to for real

[redstonedust]

never understood when people say they stopped being into a piece of media because the fandom sucks. like you dont need to talk to those guys at all. you can just enjoy a thing in the peace of your own home. there are things ive liked since i was 12 years old that i basically never talk about. you can stay in your bubble #my bubble

[wakingfromthewater]

Tumblrites, the hour has come for us to practice one of our most sacred rituals.

Likes to charge, reblogs to cast.

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[buddie-romance]

thank you ao3 for being an archive and not an algorithm. thank you for letting me like things without consequences, thank you for being free with no ads, thank you for having lawyers to defend our freedom of speech. thank you tag wranglers. thank you to all authors and thank you ao3

[enki2]

[tlirsgender]

We need to explain to the mouse in a jean jacket community that "my feelings are everyone else's problem to manage" is Not Good and should not be acceptable past the age of like. Six

[tlirsgender]

Like be kind to each other absolutely but that includes You learning how to self regulate for the sake of both your own wellbeing and Other People. Even -- nay, Especially -- if you're Diagnosed With Something about it

[tlirsgender]

"I am god's specialest little boy and if anyone ever says no to me I will cry and throw up until I get what I want" type behavior is extremely manipulative and we need to stop tolerating it in #neurodivergent communities. I'M neurodivergent but I got the type of autism that makes me a Cunt so it doesn't work on me. And this is my message to the world. Be more of a bitch to these people they are not helpless children they are using you

[cheshireinthemiddle]

Oh, this definitely belongs on Tumblr.