everything is ephemeral

prim @out-of-the-cloudburst | minor | she/her | title is a quote by Marcus Aurelius

[chrisweedpiano]

one of my favorite posts of all time

[not-avril]

The trope I appreciate very much

[ikibli]

look, even if hypothetically I was willing to scan my face and give a video of me to a social media company's shady unnamed third party data processor to do [God] knows what with in order to prove my adulthood...

chances are I can't. my body is that of a disabled Asian woman.

the facial markers of childhood on a white person- prominent monolid eyes, round faces without prominent cheekbones, clear, smooth skin devoid of wrinkles, lack of facial hair- are traits that many adults of Asian descent, many in their fifties and sixties even, have to an extent that several of my (adult, mind you) relatives and friends have been declared to be in their teens, or even to be preteens or 8-year-olds, by an algorithm that associated those features with childhood rather than ethnicity and lineage.

I can usually figure out how to look directly at a camera, if I try hard enough. but from what I've seen of Roblox's face verification process, it also needs you to move your eyes slowly from left to right so it can determine you're using live footage of a real person.

simple, right? wrong. I can't do that. I can kind of move my eyes a short distance(and it always hurts like hell, especially when I do it consciously), and I can change what part of my vision I'm paying attention to, but otherwise my only way to change what I'm looking at is to turn my entire head. and it clearly doesn't accept head-turning as "looking from left to right".

I don't have any other facial differences that might mess with the algorithm recognizing my face as a face- and that's a related problem that's already been documented by numerous people and organizations like Face Equality International.

I just can't follow the instructions, because it wants me to do something I can't do and expects that all adult humans can move their eyes consciously, because ha ha who couldn't do that if they're using a computer in the first place? it's not like disabled people might ever have friends or want to be on social media!

[were--ralph]

Idk man the one thing that makes me dislike this site is the way people will sniff for mistakes like a shark for blood just to be all haughty and snooty

Like idk man people make mistakes

[were--ralph]

Like some weeks back a white coworker called a raccoon a "coon" and instead of jumping to racist conclusions I was just like "oh you can't say that it's an old slur for us" and we was like genuinely sorry. Like. People make mistakes. Not everyone on the internet is going to be like. Evil.

[sawed-on-shotgun]

i think my favorite type of fandoms are the ones where people like collectively hallucinate a guy to go crazy over

[sailorscorpiovenus]

ghost_artistry_ on ig

[cyberglittter]

bahasi by ayo

[batmantaking-hobbits2gallifrey]

Actually the worst thing in the world is alphabetical lists that put titles begining with "The" under the "T" section

[absolutebl]

PREACH

[i-survived-that]

ID: A youtube comment with 11 likes by Niceone, it says "I've lived 46 years without knowing this. How nice of life to save some of the best bites for later." End ID.

Normally, people tend to get frustrated, even jokingly, if they miss out on something. This comment was on a song from 1974 and it made me smile quite much. Simply appreciative. Like a dessert after dinner.

[phinarei]

It is genuinely mind blowing to me just how many Tumblr posts have changed my life for the better and taught me to be happier. Not all of the thoughts originate on Tumblr, but the way people collect and frame them has literally changed my brain chemistry.

[papyrussuggestions-archive]

DON'T ASK YOURSELF "AM I A GOOD PERSON?" ASK YOURSELF "IS WHAT I AM DOING GOOD?" OR EVEN! "WHAT'S A GOOD THING I CAN DO RIGHT NOW?"

DON'T WORRY ABOUT JUDGING AND SORTING YOURSELF! JUST MAKE YOUR BEST CHOICES!!

[tinkerbitch69]

Ok but pls actually do this people. There is no such thing as a good person. Stop trying to be one and starting trying to do good instead

[free-my-girl-tourney]

Fandom Misogyny Victim Tournament

Round Two, Bracket 8

Shiori Takatsuki (Revolutionary Girl Utena) vs. Mary Watson (BBC Sherlock)

Shiori Takatsuki

Mary Watson

Remaining time: 5 days 12 minutes

Propaganda below the cut:

Shiori Takatsuki:

You would think in a fanbase for a show about patriarchal violence there would be more sympathy for a tormented lesbian character. But surprisingly, people are cruel to her and fail to offer her sympathy. She is a victim of misogyny and homophobia, both internalized and externally, and while she does bad things (that frankly read as self harm) the fact remains that I have actively seen people say that the literal rapist pedophile character is more sympathetic to them than Shiori and I am not joking. She also gets thrown into the "toxic yuri" box aka people say that for brownie points and have nothing to say about her otherwise. She's not as hated as some other characters and its gotten better but the fact remains I have spent years defending her and encouraging people to be more sympathetic to her and youtube comments talking about how evil she is pop up all the time. Ugh.

Shiori is a complicated but compelling character. She does mean things, but its so easy to see it comes from fear and self loathing. Her relationship with Juri has both sides doing wrong, but Shiori's side is harder to understand, so people dont think about how dehumanizing it can be to be idealized or for Juri to be upset with her when Shiori is just as tormented by her own internalized homophobia.

Mary Watson:

She got in the way of Johnlock, and was therefore the devil incarnate

[sapphosweirdkid]

my hair is SOFT my passion is BACK i am having BURGERS for DINNER i am planning to spend time with my FRIENDS my life is PERFECT

[seven-oh-four]

really good character name: mx. tape

[mushroominawaterbottle]

there is the line between bisexual and aroace and i am using it as a jump rope

[denisglillie]

You know how they have a badge for mutual and following? They should also make one for follower because I can't tell whether this blog is a stranger, someone who shows up very infrequently in my notes, or a treasured follower that decided to change their entire blog scheme. And I would like to know. because I am curious

[escapefromcamazotz]

my ghost notification is gone 🎊😁💖🥳

[the-future-is-chrome]

yall its 2026 can we stop calling it “women’s healthcare”. there are people who exist that need uterus, vulva, vagina, and breast related healthcare and aren’t women. PLEASE stop forgetting about trans people and intersex people for the love of fucking god