[alagaisia]

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

[alagaisia]

It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!

[alagaisia]

It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.

[watermelon-converse]

Hey. Hey. Tumblr. Ides of March ppl. We can do this

[emi--rose]

Hell yeah moon holiday

[hello-delicious-tea]

Ooh coming up we should celebrate

[ariaste]

PITCH: We call it Moon Day, and then every 7 years when it falls on a Monday, that's an even BIGGER deal and we call that Moon Day Monday and go absolutely apeshit about it (the next Moon Day Monday is in 2026 so we have a couple trial runs first)

[sarostheghostcat]

MOON DAY MOON DAY MOON DAY

[wafflebloggies]

moon day is 20th July!!!

[silly-jellyghoty]

Scheduling this a day earlier to remind you all and myself about the Moon Day tomorow!

[sashaforthewin]

Happy moon day to all who celebrate

[kitsuneofthemist]

This is your reminder to prep for Moon Day on July 20th.

[inkyrainstorms]

MOON DAY MONDAY THIS MONTH NOT A DRILL!!!!!

[fishpondfish]

not everything is getting worse. at least you don't hear high hopes by panic at the disco every day anymore

[synonym-roles]

can't believe gay people don't exist anymore :(

[synonym-roles]

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

IT FINALLY HAPPENED!!!

his little flower i cant its so cute

[synonym-roles]

hoping pru's phone is still on and they track it

[nonaferatu]

people hate it when i say "black people getting cancer is racist" but im literally fucking right because systemic racism has led to chemical dumping being acceptable in black/brown neighborhoods and black people have higher rates of cancer as a result

[uncertainlys]

MY FINGERS BARELY EVEN TOUCHED YOUR STUPID FUCKING AD STOP REDIRECTING ME TO THE APP STORE

[synonym-roles]

please i'm literally just trying to scroll

[synonym-roles]

Fastpassers are our strongest soldiers. How did I not see a single spoiler for this new episode

[womanguy]

you should get a second evening for reading fan fiction. And you should get an extra day in the week to do arts and crafts.

[hotvampireadjacent]

Halal movie night follow up

[enbaluka-tokyo-drift]

[kitkat-the-muffin]

RED ALERT!!! RED ALERT!!! RED ALERT!!!

DEACON IS A CANDIDATE FOR THIS YEAR’S TUMBLR SEXYMAN COMPETITION

LIKE, ACTUALLY. HE GOT IN. WE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING HIM IN. OH MY GOSH

WE NEED TO TURN UP ALL THE PROPAGANDA. POLLS START JUNE 1st

WE ARE A SMALL FANDOM, BUT WE ARE MIGHTY!!! LET’S TRY AND AT LEAST GET HIM TO THE SECOND ROUND!!!

[animentality]

there are people who don't like lord of the rings?

[cinderscienceboy]

wanna be featured in a CB STEM zine?

but just what is this?! well, we're a high-schooler and a pre-med college student working on the science behind cinderella boy, a magazine project surrounding...you guessed it, ✨ the science behind cinderella boy ✨! it's our dedicated project to generate interest about STEM concepts through our beloved webtoon, because science is super cool.

so, how do you get featured? here's a list of things we need!

ARTICLES (MORE TO BE ADDED!)

the psychology behind violet's behavior

wave's behavior

gem science

fun fish facts

the placebo effect (as demonstrated in mister mischief)

the beauty of forensic science

how to best ask your crush out (with scientific backings)

ARTICLE AESTHETICS

y2k

pastels

spacey kinda themed?

scrapbook

frutiger aero

if y'all are interested and have the time, please DM and tag this account under any art! additionally, DM the word "SCIENCE" to our account to join our discord. there is absolutely no pressure to help, we're extremely appreciative of any help! we can get!

we're so excited for part 2 of this project to commence, and our VERY SOFT deadline is around october-november, so there's plenty of time! :3

[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.

[atinymekanie]

I literally heard someone say blorbos out loud in a group of people I was with, and immediately turned around and mentioned their shoelaces. Yes, they did steal them from the president.

[hiveswap]

I'm starting a collection. Idk what the aesthetic is. Blorbocore

[synonym-roles]

in need of recs for books/fics/shows with pathetic men 🥺

[liberalsarecool]

Vote for progressives. #DSA #ZohranMamdani

[myrandomstuffpage]

Democrats, are you taking notes? This is how you get shit done.