I'll devour you!

[exitwound]

[wizardpotions]

If your whole personality is being gay to the point of not being able to engage with stories about women and only scanning media for the most yaoiable white boys you are the problem.

[courtmartialme]

i know everyone is tired of hearing it from me but i'll never be free from how people think you can only ship a het ship WOKELY if the man is a pathetic useless idiot and the girl babysits and pegs him and has the personality of a door. i promise you won't get your woke card revoked if you spend five minutes of your time to consider the girl has a personality and the guy might be a competent person. and maybe she likes getting dicked down and is a little pathetic too. have you considered also liking the girl and maybe wanting her to be a spoiled baby too? also I'll Kill You

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #15,055:

There is a difference between someone who knows when a story is about friendship and that the creator always meant for the main characters to be platonic, but still wants to ship them anyway, and someone who says that there is "no platonic explanation" for the way the characters behave and that the ship is basically canon and the creator was either not allowed to show them romantically or is just in complete denial and doesn't know their own characters. One is just a person having fun in the sandbox and minding their own business, whom I, the platonic enjoyer, have no beef with, the other is obnoxiously telling everyone there's only one way to play, and who pisses me off.

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #15,149:

No shade to actual gay/trans characters, but it's so obnoxious when the queer-obsessed corner of the fandom takes any instance of character deviating from gender norms or getting along with a member of the same sex and claims this is irrefutable evidence that the character is gay/trans. Especially with how often they take a "I licked it, so it's mine now" attitude towards the character and get pissy when others don't treat their headcanon as gospel.

[shovelwareyaoi]

do you ever see someone get so far into fanon of their favorite character that they forget the core conceit of that character

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #14,937:

"TOXIC MASCULINITY IS EVERYWHERE! WHY ARE MEN AFRAID TO BE SOFT AND KIND?!"

(Soft and kind gentleman character appears in media)

"HE MUST BE TRANS OR GAY! CISHET MEN DON'T ACT THAT WAY!"

Y'all are enforcing toxic masculinity. You are telling cis men that only toxic assholes are masculine, and insisting that gender neutral traits such as being gentle and kind are feminine traits.

You created this problem.

[ikari-yoshi]

another year free from THEIR whining about "RIOT PREPARE SOMETHING FOR LGBT MONTH ITS GONNA BE CANON WATCH"

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #14,590:

When a show has such a great cast of characters and there's so much to talk about with the main squad and all their different relationships and personalities... but the fandom seems to literally only perceive the two guys of the popular (and non canon) m/m ship.

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, for hands and wrists!

X

[edsdame]

@manchatumli @rendesbohoc

[partywithponies]

Strange racists and homophobes on the internet seem to have access to an alternate way cooler version of TV than me. "every white character on TV is in an interracial relationship" "every show has a gay couple in it" "main characters keep having to secretly be bisexual and nonbinary" "every show has gratuitous full frontal nudity" like damn promise?? What channel???

[hunter-rodrigez]

[ikari-yoshi]

I literally called it… it's arcane c2, but you all continue to resist and deny it lol

[dominaexmachina]

They Said They Were Protecting Artists

There's a particular kind of movement that mistakes policing for protection.

The anti-AI art community will tell you, loudly and repeatedly, that everything they do is for artists. The harassment campaigns. The witch-hunt comment sections. The public pile-ons where a piece of art gets thousands of angry reblogs because someone decided the brushwork looked suspiciously smooth.

Let's look at what the protection actually looks like in practice.

A Japanese artist deleted their account after sustained harassment — accused of using AI based on their technique being "too clean." The accusation was false. The account is still gone. Artists have started deliberately drawing worse — safer, blander, more obviously hand-made — to avoid becoming a target. One false accusation post can hit 176k likes before anyone bothers to check the facts. The community's own moderators asking people to stop calling others scumbags were told: "It's not harassment when they deserve it."

So to recap: the movement protecting artistic expression is now determining which artistic expression is acceptable. The movement defending creative freedom is training artists to self-censor their style. The movement that exists to protect people is producing death threats.

Raise your hand if you can see the structural problem here.

"We're protecting artists" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. It's carrying the weight of a community that has decided some artists deserve protection and some deserve to be made examples of — and the difference has nothing to do with craft, and everything to do with the tools they used on a Tuesday afternoon.

That's not protection. That's a witch trial with better fonts.

The mechanics are identical: communal accusation, no burden of proof, social execution by pile-on, and a crowd that genuinely believes it's doing good. Salem had confessions extracted by pressure. Tumblr has reblogs extracted by fear of being next.

The witch was anyone who made the community uncomfortable. The AI user is anyone who made the community uncomfortable. The historical rhyme is not subtle.

[ikari-yoshi]

it’s funny how you think this is only about the art community, when anyone on the internet gets dogpiled these days for being a "homophobe" or [insert_social_slur_here] without a shred of proof or fact checking. users never verify anything themselves, they just mindlessly follow the hive mind and spread the same bs.

"user X is problematic because… insert some personal opinion with zero evidence" and the replies are always like "omg really?? thanks for the heads up, blocking them now!"

this is exactly what the western internet is like, and you're surprised it reached the art community?

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #14,106:

A male character being sophisticated and elegant doesn't mean he's feminine or trans.

A male being shy and soft spoken doesn't mean he's feminine or trans.

A male character being attenuative and parental doesn't mean he's feminine or trans.

A male character who cooks, cleans, and tidies the home doesn't mean he's feminine or trans.

A male character having long hair and wearing flowing robes/clothes doesn't mean he's feminine or trans.

A male character being calm and tranquil doesn't mean he's feminine or trans.

I could go on and on. Reverse can easily be said about female characters.

People like to talk about breaking gender norms, but the moment they encounter a character that doesn't abide said gender norms, those same people immediately claim that they're obviously trans.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

I hate miscommunication as a trope in media. What if everyone simply had an honest conversation

[ikari-yoshi]

i know it’s a joke but for MISUNDERSTANDINGS to happen you actually need DIALOGUE. for words to be misconstrued someone has to actually say them instead of just silently doing shit. arcane s2 is a prime example of how "misunderstandings" without dialogue DON'T WORK because at the very least the audience needs to understand what's going on

[lifehacksthatwork]

Just a bunch of Useful websites - Updated for 2023

Removed/checked all links to make sure everything is working (03/03/23). Hope they help!

Sejda - Free online PDF editor.

Supercook - Have ingredients but no idea what to make? Put them in here and it’ll give you recipe ideas.

Still Tasty - Trying the above but unsure about whether that sauce in the fridge is still edible? Check here first.

Archive.ph - Paywall bypass. Like 12ft below but appears to work far better and across more sites in my testing. I’d recommend trying this one first as I had more success with it.

12ft – Hate paywalls? Try this site out.

Where Is This - Want to know where a picture was taken, this site can help.

TOS/DR - Terms of service, didn’t read. Gives you a summary of terms of service plus gives each site a privacy rating.

OneLook - Reverse dictionary for when you know the description of the word but can’t for the life of you remember the actual word.

My Abandonware - Brilliant site for free, legal games. Has games from 1978 up to present day across pc and console. You’ll be surprised by some of the games on there, some absolute gems.

Project Gutenberg – Always ends up on these type of lists and for very good reason. All works that are copyright free in one place.

Ninite – New PC? Install all of your programs in one go with no bloat or unnecessary crap.

PatchMyPC - Alternative to ninite with over 300 app options to keep upto date. Free for home users.

Unchecky – Tired of software trying to install additional unwanted programs? This will stop it completely by unchecking the necessary boxes when you install.

Sci-Hub – Research papers galore! Check here before shelling out money. And if it’s not here, try the next link in our list.

LibGen – Lots of free PDFs relate primarily to the sciences.

Zotero – A free and easy to use program to collect, organize, cite and share research.

Car Complaints – Buying a used car? Check out what other owners of the same model have to say about it first.

CamelCamelCamel – Check the historical prices of items on Amazon and set alerts for when prices drop.

Have I Been Pawned – Still the king when it comes to checking if your online accounts have been released in a data breach. Also able to sign up for email alerts if you’ve ever a victim of a breach.

I Have No TV - A collection of documentaries for you to while away the time. Completely free.

Radio Garden – Think Google Earth but wherever you zoom, you get the radio station of that place.

Just The Recipe – Paste in the url and get just the recipe as a result. No life story or adverts.

Tineye – An Amazing reverse image search tool.

My 90s TV – Simulates 90’s TV using YouTube videos. Also has My80sTV, My70sTV, My60sTV and for the younger ones out there, My00sTV. Lose yourself in nostalgia.

Foto Forensics – Free image analysis tools.

Old Games Download – A repository of games from the 90’s and early 2000’s. Get your fix of nostalgia here.

Online OCR – Convert pictures of text into actual text and output it in the format you need.

Remove Background – An amazingly quick and accurate way to remove backgrounds from your pictures.

Twoseven – Allows you to sync videos from providers such as Netflix, Youtube, Disney+ etc and watch them with your friends. Ad free and also has the ability to do real time video and text chat.

Terms of Service, Didn’t Read – Get a quick summary of Terms of service plus a privacy rating.

Coolors – Struggling to get a good combination of colors? This site will generate color palettes for you.

This To That – Need to glue two things together? This’ll help.

Photopea – A free online alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Does everything in your browser.

BitWarden – Free open source password manager.

Just Beam It - Peer to peer file transfer. Drop the file in on one end, click create link and send to whoever. Leave your pc on that page while they download. Because of how it works there are no file limits. It’s genuinely amazing. Best file transfer system I have ever used.

Atlas Obscura – Travelling to a new place? Find out the hidden treasures you should go to with Atlas Obscura.

ID Ransomware – Ever get ransomware on your computer? Use this to see if the virus infecting your pc has been cracked yet or not. Potentially saving you money. You can also sign up for email notifications if your particular problem hasn’t been cracked yet.

Way Back Machine – The Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites and loads more.

Rome2Rio – Directions from anywhere to anywhere by bus, train, plane, car and ferry.

Splitter – Seperate different audio tracks audio. Allowing you to split out music from the words for example.

myNoise – Gives you beautiful noises to match your mood. Increase your productivity, calm down and need help sleeping? All here for you.

DeepL – Best language translation tool on the web.

Forvo – Alternatively, if you need to hear a local speaking a word, this is the site for you.

For even more useful sites, there is an expanded list that can be found here.

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #13,698:

When you draw fanart of a het ship and some ding dong feels the need to comment "sorry but X character is too gay for me to ship this". Like okay? What are you doing here then?? Go look at some slash art, I didn't make this for you!

[imsobadatnicknames2]

You could have just… not learned our language. It’s not like Americans are desperate to talk to you

See I have this condition called "having any kind of upward mobility in my country is very hard without an english proficiency level of at least B2", I wish it wasn't this way but it's an affliction that sadly affects millions of people in most non-anglo countries in the world.

I love how it flew compeltely past your thick yankee skull that learning english is not something people do for shits and giggles or because we want to come talk to y'all on yankee social media. You think I learned your language so I could come hang out with you on tumblr dot com? I learned it because in most places in the world speaking it is a requirement for the vast majority of non-dead-end jobs. But of course your people are unable to imagine any situation where someone learns a language for any reason other than for funsies. As I said, monolingual anglophones are a deeply solipsistic people.

[imsobadatnicknames2]

Anglos will say shit like "uhm you could just not learn a second language 🤷‍♀️" and think they're refuting the existence of their linguistic imperialism instead of proving how insanely sheltered they are compared to everyone else in the world.

[imsobadatnicknames2]

All public universities in my country admit and reject people based on their score on a national standardized test, which features an English module that's worth 1/5 of your final score. This makes not having at least a basic level of English proficiency a major barrier for accessing higher education but yeah, I could have "just... not learned your language" I guess, yeah.