The persistence of folly, removing all doubt

Quezon City, Philippines | Born 1980 | Support on paypal.me/nicdevera ko-fi.com/nicdevera

[nicdevera]

dj turntable

[nicdevera]

The Furious is a good action movie, but it's doing something that seemed odd. story is a trafficking syndicate snatched a kid, the dad goes on rampage to get her back. the syndicate henchmen speak tagalog, ah is this manila? not manila, not anywhere. movie starts with a card

and i thought we'd piece it together, but no it stays in that vague multilingual somewhere. background stuff, signage, always in english, no thai script or chinese or anything identifiable, that takes deliberate effort. ruritania is a genre for europe, but i don't recall anything like that for around here. wuxia can be nonspecific but you know it's not, say, indonesia, or vietnam

[nicdevera]

149K views · 1.8K reactions | The louder certain Philippine politicians sing, the further they stray from the truth. Ten years on, the so-ca

The louder certain Philippine politicians sing, the further they stray from the truth. Ten years on, the so-called South China Sea arbitrati

outrage of course, looked up the original, and yeah

[captainjonnitkessler]

It's wild how many people seem to think that winning a revolution would somehow be easier than winning an election.

This is what I'm saying!! People keep being like "we can't possibly solve things through voting! That would involve massive organizing, getting everyone on the same page, making compromises and settling for less than perfection, and it would be subject to the influence of mega-wealthy donors and an opposition-controlled media environment! We just have to have a revolution so we don't have to deal with any of those things!"

And it's like. I'd be less annoyed about what are obviously people who are hurt and frustrated lashing out if they didn't act like I was a fucking fascist for saying "I don't think massive amounts of death and violence will help this situation, actually"

[nicdevera]

"revolution" is the rapture of the tankies

[storyweavingspider]

2026 TUMBLR WHITENESS CENSUS

There are SIX questions total in reblogs, the end will be marked by large green text. If you don’t see all six, check reblogs and grab the version with the ending note.

1/6 - Do you identify as some flavor of white?

White

Non-white

Only considered white outside of imperial core

Insecure Mixed Person externalizing my family racial issues here

Remaining time: 3 days 20 hours

Answers amended from the 2025 census based on feedback. If you’re mixed, choose what feels right to you I’m not here to do phrenology or paper bag test you but don’t make it my problem either. When in doubt, ask yourself: would the whites kill you too in the race war?

This census is US-centric because so is tumblr, unfortunately. This poll is also starting with a heavy Black/racialized bias due to my personal followers. The main point of this census is to see how white-dominant the site is currently compared to prior years, as well

For the purpose of this census, Imperial Core will be defined as the following: United States, Canada, Australia, Aotearoa, basically all of Western Europe, Japan, and Israel. If you want to argue about any of these designations, too bad maybe they should stop colonizing.

Reblog from question 6/6 below!

[storyweavingspider]

2/6 So is you Black or nah?

Ye

Nah

Insecure Mixed Person externalizing my family racial issues here

Not considered Black in my country, but considered Black elsewhere

Remaining time: 3 days 20 hours

[storyweavingspider]

3/6 How about trans?

Transfemme

Transmasc

Non-binary/Genderfluid/related but TMA*

Non-binary/Genderfluid/related but TME*

Non-binary but don’t consider yourself trans

Agender

Two-Spirit

Otherwise cultural gender (please share I wanna know!!)

Other not listed

Cisgender

Remaining time: 3 days 20 hours

Note for clarification:

*For those who don’t know, TMA means transmisogyny affected (such as trans women, some non-binary people, etc.) whereas TME means transmisogyny exempt (Cis men, cis women, transmasculine individuals, etc). If you want to ask for clarification for which applies to you for the purposes of this poll, feel free to ask and I’ll try to reply, but if you try to argue or quibble about the terms themselves, I’ll block you.

[storyweavingspider]

4/6 Are you currently inside or outside the imperial core? (Defined in first post)

Imperial core

Semiperiphery

Periphery

Immigrated to imperial core from outside of it

Other/Complicated

Remaining time: 3 days 20 hours

[storyweavingspider]

5/6 How many Black people would *actually* call YOU their friend? Online counts.

I’m non-Black, 0

I’m non-Black, 1-2

I’m non-Black, 1-2 but I have <8 friends

I’m non-Black, 3-6

I’m non-Black, 7+

I’m Black, 0

I’m Black, 1-2

I’m Black, 1-2 but I have <8 friends

I’m Black, 3-6

I’m Black, 7+

I have less than 3 friends total.

Remaining time: 3 days 20 hours

[storyweavingspider]

6/6! How many TMA* (Transfemme, some non-binary, etc.) people would *actually* call YOU their friend?

I’m TME, 0

I’m TME, 1-2

I’m TME, 1-2 but I have <8 friends

I’m TME, 3-6

I’m TME, 7+

I’m TMA, 0

I’m TMA, 1-2

I’m TMA, 1-2 but I have <8 friends

I’m TMA, 3-6

I’m TMA, 7+

I have less than 3 friends total

Remaining time: 3 days 20 hours

*For those who don’t know, TMA means transmisogyny affected (such as trans women, some non-binary people, etc.) whereas TME means transmisogyny exempt (Cis men, cis women, transmasculine individuals, etc). If you want to ask for clarification for which applies to you for the purposes of this poll, feel free to ask and I’ll try to reply, but if you try to argue or quibble about the terms themselves, I’ll block you.

THIS IS THE END! Please reblog for bigger sample pool 💖🙏🏽

[nicdevera]

i've seen facebook filipinos call the manila area the "imperial core", i get the logic but dislike the encroaching tumblrspeak framing

[dogpuppy]

[nicdevera]

i remember dreading a return flight, i'm scared of flying plus i get motion sickness. a thought that helped me get through it was "at the end of my life one uncomfortable flight won't matter."

[desertedinurban]

High fashion Invader zim by Deserted In Urban

[nicdevera]

Obsession is the new Blair Witch Project. Blair Witch gave us a slew of shakycam found footage knockoffs, some good, most bad. who knows how hollywood will try to capitalize on Obsession? good version, take more chances on original low budget concepts. bad version, Obsession copycats, possessions, relationship drama

[nicdevera]

signalling to the audience that rhaenyra's hotd ending will be different from the book ending, different from what game of thrones canon said was her ending. or fakeout maybe? jumpscare twist at dragonstone? but that would feel wrong now, cheap

[unadulteratedhideouttrash]

[nicdevera]

ohhh i thought that was the same guy

[nicdevera]

[nicdevera]

Russian covert ops blown by google translate

[obsequist]

I hope I never take for granted all the technology that makes my life better. I can turn a dial and then hot water comes out for me to shower in. That’s….extremely wonderful. One of the mundane gifts I don’t always recognize as a gift

[nicdevera]

my pocket rectangle has >6000 songs, >7000 books

[nicdevera]

getting portal 2 vibes

[nicdevera]

i like that they did the scene of the fremen awed at the beach

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[distractionsfromthefood]

[argumate]

or if a president was paralysed or disabled?

[nicdevera]

remember when investigative journalists would expose corruption, and people cared enough that that could bring down presidents? good times