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alex, ace lesbian, she/her, adult, UK sideblogs: @wellbelesbian | carry on @burner-of-ships | classics

[userarmand]

“That's the most contact I've had from him in a while.” [via tvinsider]

[rudjedet]

I very genuinely need tumblr to understand that museums are as diverse as historians, egyptologists, archaeologists, and what have you in general. Like from the way people are talking you'd think that only straight white Western men are ever involved in these concepts, because the internet at large just loves to be able to get on their little high horsie about how they are sooo much more morally correcter than the Evil Other

Which is absolutely not a concerning attitude to have, not at all no sir

[rudjedet]

forgot I'm on the piss on the poor website so I'll spell it out: Western straight white men aren't per definition the Evil Other either

You know where the real danger is? Anti-intellectualism, the concept of moral purity, and opening your damn trap when you don't know shit about fuck

[veliseraptor]

#also our job market is a hellscape and a lot of us aren't wealthy either and neither are our workplaces #many museums especially have SUCH a hard time affording anything rn #the days of museums as institutions and the humanities being a realm of wealth and prestige are well and truly over #this is a field that is being devalued constantly in a world that would love to believe everything important is digital #or about making money #and that's a fucking problem bc the whole thing of museums is that they offer easily accessible education #HOW is the “go to your local library” website so indifferent or even hostile towards museums#academia (via @veilchenjaeger)

[cricketcat9]

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[ghoulodont]

(stumbling out of the document covered in blood) ok i wrote 100 words

[politijohn]

Source

Happy Pride Month!

[virtualgirladvance]

BE LOUD

MAKE THEM KNOW YOU'LL RIOT IF YOU HAVE TO

[twirld]

Augustus of Prima Porta (Augustus -Octavian- was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14)

[carouselcometh]

Devastating! Art museum gift shop doesn’t sell prints of specific and unpopular painting that struck a cord with you!

[willgrahamscock]

some of you need to realize that your faves would be having unsafe bdsm sex because they don’t actually know what bdsm sex is, they just want to fuck and also kill each other. you must understand this.

[willgrahamscock]

you don’t have to write safe practices and contract agreements. your audience knows not to apply any of this in their real lives, sasuke doesn’t know what a safe word is im begging you please write the toxic yaoi

[athelind]

The Most Tumblr Punchline

I've noted before that my favorite punchline on Tumblr is "hang on, gotta look something up/okay that's funny."

Let me explain why:

It is a way to say "I don't get it" without blaming the joke or the teller.

It is a tacit admission of ignorance without shame or judgement.

It assumes responsibility for acquiring the knowledge the respondent doesn't already have.

It cues other people who Don't Get It to do the look-up themselves, allowing them to get that full impact of Getting It without derailing the post with explanations.

It gives subsequent readers, whether or not THEY got the joke, a little frisson of good feelings when they realize that someone else is now In On The Joke.

It not only makes the original joke funnier, it gets funnier the more often it's used.

[prismatic-bell]

I've actually used it when I already knew, but also knew the subject at hand was absurdly niche and wanted to encourage people to look it up.

[jmtorres]

i also enjoy the variant "hang on i gotta look something up"/"hey what the fuck" because sometimes history is just. like that

[my-castles-crumbling]

Happy pride, everyone! Remember to blame even the slightest inconvenience on the homophones this month, it’s your god-given right 🏳️‍🌈

[kateammann]

Happy Pride Month to all of my fellow aces!! 🖤🩶🤍💜

[monsterpotion]

"You can now sort your likes from oldest to newest on web and iOS. Do you remember what your first liked post was?"

oh dear

[monsterpotion]

oh its bad back there.

[boarfan82]

I wish I could have warm fur. Like her.

[limesquares]

i couldnt resist her Enchanting Shape

[bedupolker]

Opposable thumbs are handy

[nausikaaa]

this video of my tiny noisy baby did really well on instagram so i'm sharing it here as well

[avatarmerida]

Happy pride month to the tiny cowboy and tiny Trojan man from Night at the Museum

[futurakid]

[leg-stealing-bee]

[closetedguyy]

[knitordeath]

This hands down the best comment in the notes, I will not be taking criticism.

[song-of-sea-and-sky]

happy pride month 2021 I ain’t quittin’ you…

[msue0027]

[maxstarfall]

[gengaritez]

[pumpkin--rabbit]

[minyicho]

[nausikaaa]

also reminder that the Romans claimed to be descended from the Trojans so they wouldn't have minded the comparison! read the Aeneid!

[nausikaaa]

is the UK government actually fucking stupid?

they keep doing transphobic shit directly before pride month. like, i know plenty of us would protest and organise anyway, but they've basically timed it so we can do it at the pride events we were already planning to attend.

my friend and i made these signs for last year's pride because of the ban on puberty blockers, and a month ago i was like "hmm, maybe i should make a new one for this year?" and then the government went "nah, you're good."

obviously i'd prefer they don't do transphobic shit at all but hey, at least it makes protesting a little easier.

[userfish]

this pride month we’re all going to be radically pro transgender. or else.

[userfish]

hey so this means radically pro ALL transgender. don’t put limitations on this. all trans people are radically accepted here.