The pumpkin head is all in the mind

He/Him | Garbage bassist | Antique magpie

[tryvenja]

TIL that I've been mishearing/misremembering the lyrics to one of my favorite QOTSA songs, "I Sat By The Ocean".

Official lyrics:

Imagine I'd be your one and only

Instead I'm the lonely one

You, me, and a lie

How I've heard it:

If I could just be your one and only

Instead of your only one

You, me, and the night

In my head the song was about someone who felt like their partner was *too* dependent on them, like their partner had no social life outside of the relationship and it was suffocating them.

[snosassassin]

I heard it the same way, but I interpreted it as someone who desperately wants to be their partner's one true love (...be your one and only), but their partner is only with them because they haven't found anyone else (Instead of your only one). Ultimately, the relationship falls apart, hence the rest of the song.

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexy Jester/Clown Contest Final Round

Gavis Bettel (Holostars)

Hugh Morris (Tomodachi Life)

Muppet Joker (Tumblr)

Voting ended onMay 6

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexy Jester/Clown Contest Semifinals

Gavis Bettel (Holostars)

April (Monster Prom)

Voting ended onApr 29

[treecitysessions]

Trying to make birthday plans when you’re someone who really cares about your birthday is so humiliating just hitting people up like hey do you mind proving to me that I’m loved and there’s a place for me in this world for the anniversary of my birth this weekend

[byjove]

I never thought I would be siding with the pope’s involvement in politics and cheering him on. I will say that.

[byjove]

[runawaymarbles]

Hey. Look at me. Please leave yourself a note somewhere you'll see it later that says "it is going to take years if not decades to get the United States government to the level of functionality it had in November of 2024." If we elect a democrat in 2028, we are not going to be up and running by 2032.

Please make sure you have a reminder in your phone reminding you to not look at 2028/32/36 Democratic candidates and say "why are they not promising/delivering Cool Shit?" because you are going to understand that to get Cool Shit we must have competent people running a decently funded government, and we are not going to have that.

We are not getting UBI. We are not getting single payer healthcare. We are not getting free college or free preschool. We are not redistributing wealth on a large scale. We are not getting free internet. We are not getting ranked choice voting.

If we are lucky, we are going to get an IRS that can collect taxes, qualified schoolteachers, research grants, Social Security, and a government that thinks maybe it should be a priority for people around the worlds to not have AIDS, malaria or TB.

[runawaymarbles]

To be clear, I don't mean we should forget or take our eyes off the ultimate long-term goals of getting Cool Shit, but to get there, we're gonna have to support things like "half-measures" and "small steps" and "not tearing down people who won't get us all the way there" and "understanding that they are starting from the basement basically because every government institution is being decimated"

[anotherdayforchaosfay]

and Republicans will be counting on you forgetting this. It takes around four years for what one president did to really kick in. Pass this law that helps people, and it looks like the next guy made it happen.

Republicans play the long game. You need to do that as well. Be patient. We have a shitload of healing and recovery ahead of us.

[asgardian--angels]

if you're wondering how my field of work is doing rn

[piercedinhalf]

I left my fucking smokies in my date’s car so im literally going to die now & if i dont then i consent to physician assisted suicide, cause i don’t have my forever girl, my 🚬

[piercedinhalf]

Nvm i found half of one by my vcr

[snosassassin]

I definitely misread that, thinking you found one in the VCR. And some part of me just accepted that.

[snosassassin]

Just when you think you know someone, the unexpected happens. But some things really aren't that surprising, in hindsight.

The Queen

A work for the Aftershow AU by @chubs-deuce and @munchiemooz

[evergreen-femme]

im so fucking scared i'm going to throw up. its not just the court decision. read this, if you dare.

Anti-trans hate groups petitioning FDA for registry of trans women, crackdown on transition, newly revealed document shows

In the short term, this is not as dangerous as an outright ban on estrogen. If implemented and then combined with other methods of suppressi

[yet-another-heathen]

Unlike the vast majority of anti-trans legislation, hate groups are attempting to pass these restrictions without the public at large knowing they exist. This secrecy is far more insidious, and needs to be immediately addressed.

If you want to help, the two things that will make the most impact are SPREADING AWARENESS, and participating in PUBLIC COMMENT while it is still open.

‼️LINK TO FDA COMMENT PAGE‼️

Document: FDA-2025-P-7321

As of the time this article was written, ALL public comments were from hate groups in support of this registry. Every single comment in opposition will help.

Disclaimer: This article is very guilty of intersex erasure, despite the fact that intersex people of all ages would be affected by these regulations the same way trans women are. However, as this is the most comprehensive and direct article currently available, it should still be widely distributed, for the sake of trans women, nonbinary people, and intersex people who will all be affected should it pass.

[ilajue]

smoking that shit that makes you cry about the horrors of car-centric infrastructure

[ilajue]

hey yeah i get it but youre harshing the vibe rn nobody wants to hear about the irreversible damage that cars have done to North America and the whole world by proxy

[ilajue]

showing your girl pictures of nasty ugly parking garages at the function

[ilajue]

i misspelled hindrance real bad, guys

[ilajue]

this is not a joke or exaggeration but a cry for help btw I've been watching 3 hour youtube videos about concrete like I'm somebody's autistic dad

[ilajue]

pov i turn to you in between sets

[ilajue]

yeah no sorry I can't go out tonight I have to read the rest of the 2023 Ford corporate sustainability report no not for a class I'm just nosey

[ilajue]

no babe I thought it was hot that you got into and won a debate with my dad about the viability of high speed rail in north america

[ilajue]

listen I'm sorry that your dad went home, researched highspeed rail, and started the argument with you again when I wasn't there umm no I'm not going to apologize no I actually umm yeah I've been brushing up on my talking points sorry but bob doesn't stand a fucking chance he can meet me in the market place of ideas

[ilajue]

pov you are my captive audience

[isopost-headquarters]

how is this not astronomically popular

[snosassassin]

Evil takes many forms. That's what makes it so powerful. And sometimes, it takes the form you least expect. Or the opposite.

The Face of Evil Eats Quinoa

A work for the Aftershow AU, by @chubs-deuce and @munchiemooz, with the design for Evil Jax by @strawberriesandstarsart

[poison-p1nk]

the matryoshka. 🪆

[fallout-lou-begas]

it's finally that time of the year again for the clinically depressed newscaster describing february with disco elysium music

[fallout-lou-begas]

what is the single best line in this video

it's a month that doesn't hold up life any better than it really is

something great happened here but it's over with and that's the way february is

like the desperate flinging off of something that's not true anymore

the expedition is getting desperate. people are throwing things aside

this looks like a place where people who are being punished are sent

nobody is tap dancing or breaking into a rogers and hammerstein song

theyre just barely able to get across the street and hunker over a bowl of chili

most of the birds who can afford it have flown to florida

it's as if there's some awful truth out there in the trees

something that's been bothering you for a long time is out there. what is it?

to hide the bleakness of feb., man invented valentine's day. also mardi gras.

what other month can host a holiday designed to remind us we're all gonna die?

Voting ended onFeb 11

character limit forced me to paraphrase

[maniakmonkey]

Lenval Brown did a voiceover of this!

[raccoonmilf]

Chat we’ve gotta figure out how to make people off of tumblr aware of the critically endangered pygmy raccoon. We gotta get the news involved. Chat how do we get the news involved

Look at it look at how fuckin cute it is there are less than 120 in the whole world

[raccoonmilf]

Yes I’m fully serious chat if anyone has any contacts in News please have them hit me up. Idk how that fuckass “raccoon domestication” study got so much press yet nobody knows about the pygmy raccoon

[poll-position]

Will you spread the word about the plight of this poor critter by reblogging either this poll or the original post?

Yes! Yes I will!

See answer above

Voting ended onFeb 15

[kindly-whisper-norbury]

I have very little reach, but I am going to give little shout-outs to @dduane, @wilwheaton, @sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog, @have-you-seen-this-animal, @massachusetts-official, @strange-aeons, @critter-creature-or-beast, @uncharismatic-fauna, and @actordougjones!

[shit-hdb-would-say]

something something Harry du Bois sleeping in a dumpster anyway look at this creature

[chubs-deuce]

since I'm getting more and more of these lately...

Y'all, if you receive a comment that reads something along the lines of "hey I have something important to tell you (about your account), but I can't message you idk whyy??"

... DO NOT DM THEM.

THIS IS A PHISHING TACTIC - they will most likely tell you that they accidentally reported your account or something and that you have to get it resolved with tumblr and then give you an email screenshot or something that tells you to contact a "tumblr staff" on discord - THIS IS FAKE.

THEY ARE TRYING TO GET YOUR LOGIN INFORMATION, TO USE YOUR ACCOUNT TO TRICK OTHERS INTO THE SAME TRAP.

likewise...

... DO NOT DM ACCOUNTS THAT SAY THEY "WANT TO COMMISSION YOU" AND TELL YOU TO DM THEM. <- <- <- THESE ARE PHISHING/SCAM BOTS TOO.

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If you're unsure:

bots tend to comment almost immediately after a post went up

bots never compliment anything specific about your post so that it's easier to copy/paste automatically

unless you have this setting different, by default anyone should be able to dm you and a commenter acting like you have to do the first step to initiate a DM convo is a red flag

tumblr HAS ways to contact them about issues through their help center. Tumblr does NOT handle these things through DISCORD

[charlesoberonn]

"Oh you had a plague? Come back to us when you had a World War, brand new unconventional weapons, and a new international order."

[charlesoberonn]

I apologize.

[noroquian]

[demareth]

insert that YOU chihuahua post where theyre being pinned down i cant for the life of me find it

[charlesoberonn]

This one?

[schwazombie]

[ruffboi-mags]

Oh, Charles. The hubris. Honey. You had to know this was a possibility. Why would you tempt Apollo like that.

[dzamie]

I love how we don't even need Apollo to be captioned, it's just "he's holding a dodgeball and looks Greek statue, of COURSE it's Apollo delivering the gift of prophecy unto unsuspecting tumblr users"

[nebulous-nebuli]

[sour-charity]

[blueelectivire]

Absolute fucking trainwreck of a post

[seven-very-hot-fish]

Oh gee I wonder why this is going around again

[zack-creeper]

Art

[the-doctor-and-the-asshole]

How. Interesting

[rainbow-dash-the-ultimate]

Absolute bog standard post

[oli-bird]

@charlesoberonn

How about now?

[charlesoberonn]

Still not as bad as 1910s and 1940s but definitely getting there

[demareth]

[sleepywillowo0o]

Bringing this gem back