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[jenny-holzer]

[voidandradiance]

the most disorienting thing thats ever happened to me was when a linguistics major stopped in the middle of our conversation, looked me in the eye, and said, "you have a very interesting vernacular. were you on tumblr in 2014?" and i had to just stand there and process that one for a good ten seconds

[booksandchainmail]

#i was in a car with a linguist i had never met before the car trip and like half an hour in he looked at me#after i finished describing a geology thing that was happening out the window and asked if i'd ever spent much time on tumblr#the fuckor of it all#and then we spent six more hours driving#it sure does leave linguistic markers! i'm not sure i'm good with it (tags via @thoughtsformtheuniverse)

[issela-santina]

it is one thing to be a linguist and another to be a linguist who knows enough of 2010s Tumblr to spot one of its enjoyers

[lierdumoa]

Oh! @meret118 see above comment! The use of the word "enjoyers" instead of "users" or "bloggers" -> You left a comment a while back asking, "Does this just mean vocabulary words? Other than blorbo and sweet cinnamon roll etc, I can't think of what a Tumblr accent would be." I almost never see anyone use the word "enjoyer" anywhere outside of tumblr, but I see it on tumblr fairly frequently.

Another one is the verb "perceive" i.e. "don't perceive me" "I am perceiving" "I am being percieved." That's something that feels very specific to tumblr parlance.

There's the thing where people on tumblr have an emotional reaction to something and instead of, or in addition to telling you how they feel about it using emotion words, they will narrate a fictional action in the present progressive tense. "I am gnawing at the bars of my enclosure "I am kissing you on the mouth" "you are going into the soup" "you are getting all of the awards"

I once saw someone use that response format in ... I think it was a restaurant review, or a doordash review, or something like that. It was very unexpected seeing it outside of a tumblr post.

There are a lot of other tumblr linguistic quirks I can't currently remember off the top of my head, but I'll instantly recognize them if I see/hear them outside of tumblr. It's always a bit startling to see them out of context.

[pacificnorthwhore]

[i-wear-the-cheese]

when I was in university one of my modules was about internet slang and for our grades project we had to compile and analyse a small database of 100 words used by a specific community of our choice. I chose tumblr and that's how I stumbled across Gretchen McCulloch's research and discovered that yes not only did tumblr have its own vernacular and syntax (as @lierdumoa demonstrates), it was at the time a crucible of slang and memes probably unrivalled by any other part of the internet. and it's stayed that way! even the very title is McCulloch's book because internet is an example of this specific phraseology.

sadly my project is lost due to the website being wiped from the university database after graduation and my then laptop having a major hardware failure. backup your backups people! but the crux of the entire module was that the internet is full of communities using language not only as jargon for specific purpose but also to signal membership in said community. I even wrote a bit about non capitalisation and punctuation useage as a visual cue on tumblr and how including information in the reblog body or the tags indicated different levels of importance or intimacy of thought

I am holding the side of your face and looking deep in your eyes and telling you that love is stored in the syntax, and that we are rotating words together all at once as we all nod at their new and baffling meanings. if the devils sacrament be tumblr then the devils gospel is our collective voice. thanks for coming to my tedtalk

[weirdchristmas]

I am being perceived.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[parakavka]

Today a very friendly Golden Retriever came up to me and I said "hey buddy :D" and the owner asked "do you know each other?" like his dog had a social life he didn't know about

[sacred-portal]

[zhaan-deactivated20171022]

the best lord of the rings thing ive seen is the headcanon that gimli is like Prince Tier of beauty for dwarves and is absolutely stunning and legolas is like, for an elf, absolute butt ugly like relatively and everyones always like gimli how could you marry such a shit tier ugly ass elf and gimli is like ach.. nae…i love him

[dogwise]

PRACTICE URGE SURFING

[dogwise]

[thydungeongal]

An idea that exists in the sphere of public consciousness in Finland is that Finnish people have a "unique relationship with nature," which I guess is supposed to signal the fact that We Got Trees Here and Some People Think That's Nice. Anyway, my partner's workplace recently started ordering Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (Future of the Countryside or something), a magazine that basically acts as the mouthpiece for the agriculture and forestry industries. All of the stories she has told me about having been featured in that magazine sound like they basically amount to "I fucking hate nature why is it getting in the way of my industry."

[thydungeongal]

Deer: exist

Finnish farmers with a unique relationship to nature: I WANT YOU TO FUCKING DIE

[thydungeongal]

Finnish politicians: We need to listen to farmers' and foresters' legitimate concerns so we can keep the countryside healthy and vibeant

Finnish farmers and foresters: Have we considered nuclear weapons against the wolves

[punalippulaiva]

Also, 90% of the trees are some variety of tree farm to feed the paper industry, with just a single type of tree growing on a dried swamp, and they will all be cut down at the same time because that's cheapest.

[pupunu]

Kiinnostuneille kuuntelusuositus:

Metsäwihasta avohakkuisiin – suomalaisen ristiriitaisen metsäsuhteen historia | Elävä historia

Kuva suomalaisista romanttisina tapion tarhojen vaalijoina elää myyttisenä ja vahvana. Kuitenkin on myös viitteitä menneiden suomalaisten vä

[milanesa42]

“The employees need a larger salary” “hmmmm large celery”

[terramosh]

[parasocialanxiety]

I see a child run out in front of this car and I throw a black lace shawl over their shoulders, saving their life

[dogpuppy]

[advanced-passenger-train]

[dickmaster]

Cunty little thing isnt it

[phantomsofyourformerself]

girl who finally is going back to reading by finishing one book: now i'm going to read all the books in the world.

[snail-that-games]

This point and click visual novel is insane... The visual style, setting, story, vibes... oh my its prefect.

Panthalassa is set in an underwater alien world. You play as an Artificial Intelligence trying to uncover the memories of their body's previous owner, who was made by an mysterious, advanced civilization

Experience the world through different user interfaces, where the physical and digital worlds collide. You as "MAG" an autonomous exploratory submarine will find new Aquatic Specimens, catalog them, solve puzzles and organically discover hidden information by searching every nook and cranny of this bizarre digital world.

And the trailer is insane. Its so well done. If you like the retro 90s early 2000s aesthetic please watch it, its just 1 min long.

This is now one of my most awaited games on my wish list. I love the ocean, I love the early 2000s, I love weirdly creepy point and click games and puzzles. This game is everything I have ever wished for, and just based on the demo I know I will LOVE the game.

[everythingfox]

Took a risk and it paid off

[patheticperipatetic]

This is the face of someone who knows this doesn't always work.

[ahmadwaleedfamily]

Gaza is not okay and never has been

Every day here feels heavier than the one before

Hunger is growing, illness is spreading, and fear never leaves

We are living in conditions no human should endure

Insects, rats, disease, and no real way to protect ourselves

My father is still very sick

He urgently needs treatment, but in a place like this, even basic medicine is out of reach

I try every day to keep my family going, but this is bigger than what we can handle alone

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[memecucker]

Chuck Jones is the best counterexample to “the curtains are just blue” because you would not believe the amount of thought and art theory he put into his silly little cartoons

[memecucker]

I need to dig out my Chuck Jones books but one time he was talking about the Wile E Coyote gag where he runs off a cliff and continues running for a little bit before noticing there’s no ground underneath him and then turns to the camera and holds up a sign saying “Help!” before plummeting and Jones said the reason Coyote does that instead of immediately trying to get back to the cliff edge is bc Coyote embodies anxiety and in that particular moment represents the fear and worry about the judgement of others over and above the desire for self-preservation.

Like, if someone was told that interpretation without knowing any better they’d think it came from some pretentious academic or whatever but nope! It’s literally the creator like those are the thoughts he had in his head when he was creating the cartoons

[candyspider-deactivated20230731]

the Nine Rules of the Roadrunner cartoons always sticks with me. Rule 3 especially

[party-gilmore]