acoustic boogaloo

pick a muffin. before i die. aah.

[intensesuggestion]

why get a boyfriend when you can get a pack of really nice pens

[queer-as-city-folk]

Women want one thing and it's quite obvious, A large affordable interconnected North American Rail Network

[obi-quiet-deactivated20170627]

Car sex just got a helluva lot easier.

[therenaissanceratchet]

or homelessness

[fonzworthcutlass]

two kinds of people.

[primesinister]

you could put a dead body there and put a blanket on it and people would think they were just sleeping and it would be a great way to transport dead bodies inconspicuously. 

[happybirthdaykiddo]

* three kinds of people.

[fandomsdevouredmysoul]

[punished-lincolnshire-poacher]

HOW CAN YOU EVEN HAVE A GIF THAT’S THAT SPECIFIC?

[jessica-the-tank-deactivated202]

I agree, it is highly unnatural…

[ninja-pyro]

You might even say it’s ….. “Supernatural”

[uppityamy]

I haven’t seen a supernatural reaction pic exchange since the dark ages

[ninjathrowingstork]

This post has the same energy as 2012 Tumblr, and while it brings back ancient, strange memories, it also feels reassuring that some things will never change.

[zennistrad]

Good god, what year is it?

[simonalkenmayer]

April

[calypsolemon]

me a year ago when “queer is a slur” discourse started going around: “oh well I guess I can understand why that could hurt maybe some people of older generations who were called queer as an insult guess I’ll just tag it”

me after seeing how “queer is a slur” discourse is just being used by terfs and exclusionists to push ace, bi, trans, and anyone who doesn’t fit into the narrow “lgbt” label from the community: “Queer community, queer rights, queer identities, I’m QUEER, respect our history and fuck you.”

[silviaelric]

#the older generation started the Take Back the Word Queer movement#and the point was to take the power AWAY from the word#meaning anyone could use it not just queer people#because by embracing the term we were transforming it#and taking all the power away from people who tried to use it as a slur#never believe that the older generation have problems with the word queer#we wanted it to be a word of positive power#we wanted the bullies to feel powerless because we refused to be hurt by that word (via @aphony-cree)

[thesadghostclub]

[thesadghostclub]

Intrusive thoughts can be tough to manage, we really likeintrusivethoughts.organd all their info and resources on the matter!

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[tooquirkytolose]

My 26 yr old sister still says things out loud like ‘ermagerd’ and ’___ ALL the things!’ Like…is that what’s gonna happen to me?am I going to be 30 still saying stupid shit like O shit waddup! Are all the youngins gonna be embarrassed by my use of outdated memes….how long until I myself am not Hip With It….how long until I am no longer a trendy memer…

[setheverman]

my greatest fear honestly

[naamahdarling]

Listen, I am 40.  I was around for the early internet of webrings and hamsterdance. Homestarrunner.  Those little cats in the boat singing to Immigrant Song.  Longcat.  Ceiling cat.  Radiskull.  Powerthirst.

So to me anything that is funny on the internet is, and always will be, cutting-edge and hilarious.  If it’s funny the first time, it’s funny the eleven thousandth time.  No exceptions.

I accumulate memes. Social media sites form actual strata in my soul, revealing my geological age in layers: Geocities, Myspace, Livejournal, Tumblr.  Memes encrust me, like jewels, just layer on layer of reaction gifs and shitposts, some of which I barely understand, but I refuse to let go of.  I cling to them, they are ever-relevant, undying.

You callow youths, who think in your innocence that that memes come and go, you are tepid fools who still smell of milk.

I am where memes go to die. I am where memes go to live eternal. Someday, if you are lucky, you will join me.  Bring your breadsticks meme, your Spiders Georg, your Bode, your big mood, your Supernatural gifs, your oh worm.  Come with me and rejoice in pointless in-jokes and long-forgotten references.  Embrace your encyclopedic knowledge of comedy sites ca 2006 and come share the knowledge with us. Come with me and lik the bred.  

You gotta.

[reallystellacadente]

“You callow youths, who think in your innocence that that memes come and go, you are tepid fools who still smell of milk.”

Put this on my headstone, underneath a picture of Ceiling Cat.

[tehjai]

all your base are belong to us

[nightguardmod]

It’s almost like nobody expects nearly 50 year old memes

[silver-tongues-blog]

listen, memes never die, they just start getting called quotes and references

[haiku-robot]

listen memes never die they just start getting called quotes and references

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[digitaldiscipline]

all your memes are belong to us

[thatsthat24]

So Elusive 👜

[de-activated-offical]

Young man

There is nothing to fear

Young man

I will always be near

[meepmonstare]

Young man

I am a deer

And

ㅤㅤYou

ㅤㅤㅤㅤShould

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤLet

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤMe

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤEat

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤYour

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤFlow-

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤErs

[infiltrate-it]

i didn’t get a laugh or response so i have to post it on tumblr for validation

[muffinly]

I have a whole disorder of it!

[wifegideonnav]

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

[muffinly]

That face when your kid reblogs this post, despite side-eyeing the shit out of you for saying these things

[captainjonnitkessler]

It's so fucking baffling to me that hospitals went back to not masking. Like good news, we have lots of empirical evidence that masking prevents infections! Now to go back to walking around this absolute petri dish of a building filled with extremely vulnerable people unmasked

[pangur-and-grim]

@creekfiend was very kind in sharing some writing resources with me, and I thought I'd pass along the kindness by listing them down below.

N.K. Jemisin's article 'Describing characters of color in writing'

Mary Anne Mohanraj's article on approaching characters of colour

Renee Harleston's article How to 'Write Characters of Color Without Using Stereotypes'

Working with Colour, a resource site for writers

the book Writing the Other by by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward, which had a description that cut deep, because I've definitely fallen into this trap out of fear:

and then a video recommended by @sheprd (thank you!) about pitfalls in descriptive language

if anyone else has more resources to add, feel free to reblog with them! this is something I want to learn more about.

[pangur-and-grim]

I was talking yesterday about how I should probably change the skin colour of a character in a not-yet-written book, because that character is a large, aggressive dragon-shifter and I was worried about her being read with unintentional and offensive subtext.

I haven't gotten my hands on Writing the Other yet (it's still in the mail!) but from reading my way through these articles and watching the Princess Weekes video, I now understand that 'white-ifying' a character you're worried about is a lazy and cowardly solution. so, if I do ever finish the book Eres loses Everything, I'll keep her as is, do my best to be thoughtful, and hire a sensitivity reader to pick out any blind spots.

thank you to everyone who passed on resources, I really appreciate it!

[pangur-and-grim]

here are a few more resources I've found, if anyone’s interested:

Writing Diversely FAQ

Writing With Colour blog

A conversation between many writers on writing diverse characters

Four Tips to Help You Incorporate Diversity and Inclusion in Your Writing

A Medium Article: "Yes, You Should Be Afraid to Write “Diverse” Characters"

[lizardsfromspace]

In the early 70s Sesame Street was created with an eye towards educating poor, inner-city children for free, and became a massive hit with all children. In 2016, faced with going off the air forever after facing conservative efforts to destroy public broadcasting since basically its beginning, new episodes became a timed exclusive for premium cable network HBO. In 2022 HBO Max, newly merged with and taken over by reality TV channel Discovery, removed Sesame Street episodes and spin-offs from streaming as a tax write-off and scheme to avoid paying residuals.

[saintofpride201]

Sesame Street's official YouTube channel is uploading the episodes for free, btw. A lot of creators are rebelling against this bullshit.

[amy-vic]

Sesame Street on PBS KIDS. Play games with Elmo, Big Bird, Abby and all of your Sesame Street friends. Watch videos and print coloring pages

As always, America, PBS has you and your kids' backs.

[scifigrl47]

I also want to put in a plug for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, spearheaded by GBH in Boston to preserve and make available public funded programming from around the country.  More than 7000 public television and radio programs are available to stream through the website, with more than 40000 hours of programming archived and available to researchers and educators through the Library of Congress and GBH itself.

https://americanarchive.org/

[theonion]

Insisting that she hoped the spike in oil costs was only the beginning of a long upward trend, MAGA voter Kaitlyn Leonardi told reporters Tuesday that she loved high gas prices. “I don’t care if the prices rise—heck, I prefer them that way,” said Leonardi, who crossed her arms in defiance as she lauded gasoline as “a great product” that had been “too cheap for too long.”

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[muffinly]

If the Republicans run Trump for a 3rd term in 2028, the Democrats better run Obama for his own 3rd term. Either Obama will crush him, or the GOP will very quickly decide that 3rd terms are illegal.

[stupidestasshole]

the puirpose of a spider is what it does

[hyenaswine]

it spides

[psychearrows]

“are you gonna cry??? do you want your mommy???” yea. always

[fefe-the-cat]

Of course I want my mommy. She gives good hugs and lets me yap at her

[friendly-neighborhood-asexual]

@muffinly

[muffinly]

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