ridicule is nothing to be scared of

selkie / 24 / mirror pronouns / #1 swedenP / minors beware before following

[gay-otlc]

It's really fucking annoying shipping an mlm ship and everyone in the goddamn universe is like "the bigger stronger one is a dominant cis man who tops and the smaller weaker one is a submissive trans man who bottoms :)"

[gay-otlc]

Like, you as an individual can headcanon whoever you want as a trans man and write whatever the hell you want, I'm not gonna stop you. But it's frustrating to see such a pattern of fandom spaces constantly viewing trans men as small weak submissive bottoms. It says something about the way yall view real life trans men and that makes me really fucking uncomfortable.

[renthony]

Hot take but rigid divisions between queer identities and heavily-policed labels that are treated like diagnoses are really, really bad.

Trans men have shared histories with lesbians who have shared histories with bisexual women who have shared histories with ace people who have shared histories with aro people have shared histories with gay men who have shared histories with trans women who have shared histories with nonbinary people who have shared histories with etc etc etc etc etc.

Labels are important for people who want them, but we need to stop treating sexuality and gender as rigid boxes and checklists.

[iamhavingsomuchfun]

[pyroselkie]

I've been getting SO sick of the M-A meta, so seeing Wolfe's team here is super refreshing and that last round was awesome to watch. I ALWAYS root for interesting teams and by god Wolfe delivers so consistently

[worlds-fluffiest-detective]

reverse ouran. haruhi breaks the vase and the hosts are like thank god we hated that thing. Here's eight million yen

[grimeclown]

I don't know which of you needs to hear this but "narc" is not short for "narcissist" when someone calls you a "narc" for snitching they are calling you a "narcotics officer"

[gaesnek]

[monkey-mulch]

technically narc isnt even short for narcotics officer its just cant for Cop, I believe Roma in origin

[red-mercer]

I read years ago in a book that it was derived from nakk, Romani for nose, as in someone who always has their nose in other people's business

[grimeclown]

ITS DERIVED FROM "NARCO" AS IN "NARCOTICS" WHAT FUCKING BOOK

[grimeclown]

Okay you know what pulling back on my derision because i can see how this mistake would be made but narc and nark are etymologically unrelated

[headspace-hotel]

Etymology is always doing some shit like this

[bogleech]

Convergent evolution.

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

Linguistic crab

[backofthebookshelf]

Two entire linguistic traditions have merged to remind you not to be a fuckin narc

[starship--phoenix]

no, it's fine, I just... I didn't think the snugstones would be qifrey's eye color

[peachfromcmbyn]

Okay I know the quote tweet is supposed to be ridiculous but that is how people talk. I have seen people talk exactly like that. That is not even a ridiculous exaggeration of how certain lefty types talk.

[stjohnstarling]

In light of recent events, I have begun submitting bug reports when I see mature content labels applied inappropriately to posts, especially if an appeal has been rejected.

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

Extremely good idea - how are you doing it? Through the contact us option?

[stjohnstarling]

Yeah it’s one of the options on the Contact Support form:

[sharas-bae]

for what it's worth: after a few months of submitting help tickets as 'feedback' when i saw a post inappropriately flagged as mature, i tried following this suggestion instead. today i got my first-ever response from tumblr support on this issue, letting me know that a post i'd submitted a ticket before has had its mature content flag removed.

[stjohnstarling]

Hey it worked! Maybe if enough of us make a stink they’ll fix the fucking system.

[stjohnstarling]

Useful info. Thank you @kyriosblaze!

Here is a post with useful tips for formatting bug reports.

[gaytanic-panic]

[i-am-snowils-admiral]

Reading the WHA manga is a fun experience because when you get into it a bit, you turn your head and there's Chekhov hanging a gun on the wall. And that's fine - expected, even. You have to let Chekhov hang a gun on the wall every now and then so he can take them down and shoot them later. For enrichment. But then you get a few more chapters in, and there's Chekhov again with another gun, and then another one a few chapters after that. And eventually, the number of guns on the wall has really started to get concerning, and you start to wonder what great firing squad will be required to handle all of them, or if Chekhov intends on setting them all off one by one by himself. And the few guns that have been set off were all so sudden and painful that you're really starting to worry about where all of this is going. And then you run out of chapters to read.

[clementine-kesh]

not all character interpretations are valid some of you are sexist

[clementine-kesh]

not all character interpretations are valid some of you are racist

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital drawing of Teor Pridesire and Kattigan Vale from Critical Role. They're standing together holding beer cans, Kattigan with his chin resting on Teor's shoulder and a hand on Teor's waist. They're both looking off to the right with unimpressed expressions as Kattigan asks "Do you know what the fuck they're all talking about?" and Teor responds "No." End description.]

They're gonna go check the perimeter

[xitty]

Eden event! Jun finally going to America

[flowercrownimpala]

i wonder if actors ever get their scripts and are like

well this is fucking stupid

[daenerys-targaryen-moved]

[plavoptice]

[image description: photos of the cast of Game of Thrones at the season 8 table read, in various stages of grief]

[woomylord-deactivated20240930]

posts that are made funnier by the image description

[messengerofmechs]

Hey everyone. There's a new youtube feature that rolled out just yesterday that's raising some privacy concerns.

Expanding ways to share on YouTube

People in the U.S., U.K., Brazil, and Singapore can now share videos and chat with friends directly within the YouTube app. The update bring

This post talks about a new DM feature in youtube. What it fails to mention is that as part of this new feature is that when you send someone a link to a video, and they open it in the youtube app, they will see who sent them the link. Specifically, your channel name.

If your google account name is your real name, so is your channel name by default.

This means the new default behavior is that everyone you send a youtube link to will see your full name if they open it in the mobile app.

To turn this off:

Go to your youtube app settings

Go to Privacy

Turn off "Channel visibility for shared links"

Trimming the source id (the stuff after the '?' in links) will also prevent this from happening.

[kaioty-summer]

Hey, did y'all see this?

I saw this when running newpipe. But wait, it gets deeper. I clicked on the details buttons and it said as of today, we have 83 days left until Google rolls out this new requirement for apps inside and outside of the google play store. If any developer disagrees with their new terms and fees, they will be blocked!

I'll share some of the info below:

Looks like they're trying to nuke the remaining privacy and freedoms we have left on the internet.

What to do?

-Get your developer friends to not comply to their new guides

- Sign the open letter on the site and take action by checking out the full resources list on their website as well!

To summarize, this is all daunting especially when you feel all alone with unfair and inhumane regulations comming out faster than improvements but we got this working together!

Share the link with your friends, family and anyone who will listen!

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

[yellowmagicalgirl]

If you're in the US, I created a petition to make it easier to contact senators and congressmen.

Google Wants To Control Our Phones

Join 1 people. Google is trying to make people hand over government id in order to make an Android app. If they don't, then that app can't b

If you're not in the US, see if your country is listed here for whom to contact.