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tbh nothing has helped me unfuck my brain wrt social relationships quite as much as thinking "you are a member of a social species, you have a responsibility to try and behave in a way that fosters healthy social connections." kind of instantly cuts through a good chunk of isolationist & maladaptive bullshit I'm prone to

#narrates #nic tag #still working on it obv but it helps a lot when I don't think of things in terms of moral judgement

parkchanwoohoo

There's an attitude I've been seeing more and more of where having any kind of artistic opinion that isn't praise is seen as some kind of faux pas designed to yuck people's yum or whatever, and while I understand the kneejerk response behind it I do have to wonder like. How sustainable do you think it is to foster an environment where even the most casual criticism is met with hoards of defensive with Whoa Mama Mia Cunt Let People Enjoy Things style comments

smiley-asylum

OK so yes feedback is necessary specifically in art but I have seen people just be full on mean or unnecessarily harsh. There's creative criticism and then there's just being a dick for the sake of it.

parkchanwoohoo

Okay. And I'm saying people are allowed to, when they want to, on their blogs, be a dick about things for the sake of it if they feel like doing it. I'm wildly skeptical of the idea that constructive critique is the only kind of feedback one is "allowed" to make in their own siloed corner of the internet, or that insistence on this will somehow create a healthier space for expressing opinions.

Once again. I can understand the kneejerk impulse here, I do. It sucks to imagine, say, a creator scrolling online coming across some needlessly vitriolic post about something they worked on. But anyone is allowed to go "That's dickish" and move on, or people can engage with "I think this is oversimplified blah blah" if they want to but at the end of the day it isn't some kind of crime against the hobby or a fandom or even a singular person if someone just shoots off "This sucked I wasted my night" in their own accounts.

Like. A lot of people are trending towards thinking I'm talking about the importance of constructive criticism and like, sure, I think that is probably a more interesting avenue of analyzing something's flaws, but once again if you're not like, addressing an artist or interested in doing a deep dive that doesn't mean you're Not Allowed to be flippant or quick to judge. It's kind of startling how many times I've seen someone be like, "I can't stand this album" on their blogs, untagged, had that shit shared, only for it to come across someone's feed and for them to respond with "Why? What's wrong with it? People are allowed to like it, why are you being so negative, why are you tearing people down for no reason, this isn't even real critique," as though the intention in the first place ever was or ought to have been substantive critique in the first place.

It's difficult to articulate my feelings on this, but I do increasingly feel that the insistence upon there being a correct form of disliking something that precludes the possibility of making anyone feel insecure or hurt because they like it is significantly more stultifying than an atmosphere where people can shoot off "Fuck this" and be blocked or ignored for it

#literally it's ok to be a bitch and a hater in your own space. you should not have to justify that to anyone

the golden rule is that a very entangled relationship is more interesting if there's genuinely no sex or romance involved. the silver rule is that if you Must involve sexual and/or romantic feelings somehow the presence of those feelings has to make literally everything so, so, so much worse

#narrates #i want things to be weird and to only get weirder!!#this post brought to you by Aromanticism #also preferably both versions should be deeply psychologically weird.

subaru-copilot

it gets to a point that is just weirder if they didn't fuck

subaru-copilot

you did all this and it was not even because you wanted to bang him? weirdo

#im always saying this

tsarina-anadyomene

i think maybe "sapphic yearning" is a kind of false consciousness that justifies one's own continued immiseration

tsarina-anadyomene

i was once a yearner but at a certain point you have to grow up and let your private, overwrought fantasies confront real love in the real world and put yourself at the mercy of honest dealing with people

metanarrates

coming to the awful conclusion that joseph smith (founder of mormonism) would absolutely be a redditor if he was alive today

metanarrates

"it's too late i have already depicted myself as the special boy beloved by god and you as the unbeliever decapitated by my holy sword"

#narrates

coming to the awful conclusion that joseph smith (founder of mormonism) would absolutely be a redditor if he was alive today

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pristineblades

i think a lot of the people who say that warning posts are useless drama-starters that only exist to further harass marginalized/vulnerable people would have more plausible deniability if those type of posts didnt spring up literally every single time a black user pointed out that a white user is racist

pristineblades

and also if the Black user didn't proceed to get racist harassment from the white users followers for pointing out said racism

pristineblades

Black tumblr user: this user is racist, here is proof, and i would prefer it if those who willingly interact with this person after knowing this to keep their distance from me

dashboard for the next 4 days: when you make a callout post for someone you have murdered them. it is the same thing. it is the exact same thing as taking a life. you have killed them forever and you have blood on your hands.

pristineblades

a small reminder with all the "trans womens blogs getting deleted is Literally social murder" going on that white trans women harassed and mass reported a Black trans womans blog that she used for fundraising to the point of termination all because the Black trans woman said she didn't rock with pedophiles and racists.

everyone hates me for my ability to create and play ytps in the mind palace

#narrates #jpeg tag

jpeg came across a voice clip of kinzo from umineko going BEATRIIIIIICHE and now every time i front he plays that audio effect in the back of our head and it's getting sort of annoying

#narrates #beatrice tag #every 3-6 days jpeg finds new audios to say and bugs everyone with them

shovelwareyaoi

I feel like you can't go into the notes of any post about fandom ship dynamics without finding at least one person whos really into woobie harry potter nazi shipping

#narrates #quote taken with permission from my bestie

iphigeniacomplex

as a feminist and fujoshi for heterosexuality, it is my belief that the greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing a generation that the most interesting fictional m/f dynamic (and maybe even the one which is most respectful to women) is one where an interesting woman is fucking a boring and skittish baby man who is obsessed with her as a concept. and they’ll say she’s pegging him but what they mean is that she orders for him in restaurants and maybe, like, wears winged eyeliner. you aren’t even actually letting this fictional woman dominate this fictional man you’re just gesturing at the idea because you have misogynistic ideas around “active” vs “passive” sexual roles and what they say about a person’s moral behavior. how are we meant to get out of this patriarchy if you can’t even envision that woman from your shows having fulfilling sex with someone she is attracted to.

gaudebo

like are they engaging in the themes or are they drawing white guys kissing

absolutely disgusting feeling to get out of a cold shower after scrubbing yourself clean only to be slimy with sweat again half an hour later. HATE the summer heat all my homies HATE 90 degree weather

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