One mans Trash

feel free to ask/ message me. call me oro // 23 // Australia //young dumb and full of you know ;) (fear)

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[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

There are lots of reasons why fandom is "quieter" now than it used to be. Some theories are more compelling to me than others, and they all have a different scale of impact. We'll never know for sure, of course, but I like to think about it. Thus, this poll.

Of the list below, which reason do you find most compelling or do you think had the biggest impact?

New entrants to fandom don't know the old ways

fandom olds didn't teach the newcomers how to fandom

covid/surge in fandom due to quarantine and lockdowns

"antis" and other harassment campaigns against creators

creators posting complaints about comments (people worry about commenting wrong)

rise of discord popularity - fandom is walled off from each other

tumblr porn ban and other reasons people left the site

capitalism turning fandom into a passive "view and move on" commodity

rules from social media impacting fan culture (eg. don't comment on old posts)

general state of the world / burnout

social anxieties in an increasingly complex online culture

"surveillance state" worries and not wanting to be perceived

Voting ended onJun 17

This is an incomplete list, so if your most compelling reason isn't listed, feel free to add it in the notes.

[dickmaster]

Cunty little thing isnt it

[adonischildsupportcase]

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dragon sketch dump. do i draw him enough?

[orb0]

let's do what the boss says!

[orb0]

What did you learn from the story of Icarus?

yapping about the monkey d. family below the cut if you want to read

i've posted before that for dragon, garp being the object of his disillusionment probably a lot to do with his desire to distance himself from luffy beyond the obvious reasons. and I have been a little bit obsessed with garp as daedelus; as someone trapped in his own construct (marines) and building the devices of his own tragedy. and i mean he did kind of kill his nephew.

the idea of this thing and trauma being built for you by your father, and you recognize it being your own downfall, but also wanting to tear it down with everything else he has built, suits them pretty well.

i think dragon being like icarus works because in a way it takes a hell of a lot of ego and stubbornness to want to change the whole world. but because of his previous failures and self-sacrificial nature he would not take flight for something selfish like being with his son when he is sure it will endanger luffy and the revs and he wont be strong enough to protect them (gv). even with all the damage that did to luffy and him developing a incredibly deep fear of loneliness. es un trauma generacional :(

garp also kept trying to build another set of wings for luffy so he can be strong enough and take flight himself. even if the path he designed was also doomed. luffy being the sun is pretty corny for obvious reasons lol.

oda please bring my family back together!!

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[evilnicegirl]

i was abandoned as a baby & raised by a wild pack of cigarettes

[orb0]

that's it. no more machines made by people who didn't want to fuck them even a little bit.

[hotcrossedfangs]

[levil0vesyou]

[one-piece-corner]

Your clean conscience.

[orb0]

If opla s3 does put dragon at Alabasta im going to throw up. I'm going to pace around my house like a caged animal and throw up.

They filmed and cut more dragon scenes in s1....

[wosp-reactivated]

I can smell the poison in my goblet but I lowkey don't even care anymore

[vincentbriggs]

Friend was getting frustrated at hand sewing because the polyester thread was twisting a lot, so I gave him some cotton thread and he went wow this is so much better. now I'm wondering if perhaps a lot of the people who hate hand sewing have never tried it with a well behaved thread. If you've only ever hand sewn with polyester thread try cotton or silk, or linen with some beeswax! (And read this blog post with more advice.)

[dollsahoy]

I have given similar advice in regard to machine sewing--cheap polyester thread creates varying levels of frustration that nicer polyester thread does not, and I wonder how many people who have problems with machine sewing are actually dealing with uncooperative thread.

(I discovered this on accident, when I switched from my usual Saba or Gutermann thread to a no-name 2/$1 store brand thread that once was my main thread, thinking it was nothing more than a silly act of nostalgia, but, no. All of the issues I used to have sewing knits immediately reappeared. I switched to a better thread--in a worse color match--and the problems vanished. And I'd thought the problems with sewing knits had gone away because my sewing skills had improved! Nope! It was spending more money on thread!)

[smallerplaces]

This is giving me flashbacks to the time in the 2010s when I thought I'd save time and money by picking up some cheap off-brand thread at the convenient SAS Fabrics (a discount mill-end store). I went from having no trouble sewing a nice seam to have endless and varied problems.

That also reminds me that at some point, I'll need to side-eye the current thread stash, as all but two spools are from my mother's stash, so they are a minimum of six years old, probably much older. Here, therefore, is a link on how to test if your thread is too old. (It's one thing I don't buy at estate sales!)

Is my sewing thread too old to use?

Even though you may think that buying a large box of vintage thread on sale sounds like a like your saving money, it may turn out to be quit

[vincentbriggs]

I like old thread, but I do always pull on it to make sure it's strong enough! I figure if it can last for decades in a garment there's no reason a properly stored thread can't last just as well on the spool. And the weaker stuff is great for hand basting, so I keep it too, as long as it's a decently smooth cotton. (At my first tailoring job I learned that you can actually buy specially made hand basting thread that's designed to break easily so it's easier to pull out.)

But oogh, yeah not the cheap fuzzy stuff. If a bunch of secondhand thread comes with any of those thin cheaply made spools that have that very visible fuzziness they get tossed immediately. Serger thread is the only stuff that's allowed to look like that!

[guiltfactory-moved]

the "my favorite character did nothing wrong" mindset is completely unappealing to me because i love thinking about all the things my favorite characters did wrong