Of all my posts to Do The Numbers over the years I think this is one of my faves because the notes are full of two things: people tagging their friends/loved ones, which is very sweet, and people posting photos of their own cats cuddling, which means I get to see more cat photos
Please keep interacting with this post because when I come to tumblr to procrastinate, this shows up again in my notifications and guilts me into writing again
hey here's a website for downloading any video or image from any website.
works w/ youtube, soundcloud, twitch, twitter (gifs and videos), tumblr (video and audio), and most other websites you're probably lookin to download stuff off of.
for anyone wondering about privacy and whatnot, i'm happy to say that the developers are pretty committed to have 0 trackers and 0 data retention. you can read more in their "about" section, but here's the basic important stuff:
I think gatekeeping art is such a funny thing like. "Oh so this doodle I just made is art" yes next question. "So video games are art?" yes????? Bitch your essay you wrote on that book you didn't read in English class when you were 10 is art. Painting a fence is art. 2 sentence shitpost on Tumblr is art. Get on my level.
people talk about how we need to bring back "don't feed the trolls" rhetoric for modern internet ragebait and I agree but also I think the most useful thing from the Old Internet that I miss is LURKING
be a lurker. just read things and think about them without feeling the need to weigh in or call out or disseminate everything you encounter. it's so nice and so freeing and it's a good way to learn things.
I have frequently regretted getting involved in shit that didn't involve me online but you know what I've never regretted doing? Lurking. literally lurk moar
Wulian Week 2026 will run from July 5th - July 11th!
Whether you're an artist, writer, or otherwise, there should be something here to chew on!
Use this list however will bring you the most joy. Pick one of the four prompts or challenge yourself to include them all. Swap different days or pick and choose different parts. As long as you post it before 2027, you're good to go!
There are only five rules:
Use at least one prompt found here per contribution.
Include the relationship between Xie Lian and Wuming
Don't use AI to write or draw it for you.
If you post it, tag it #WulianWeek2026, and if it's on ao3 add it to the event's Collection (Wulian Week 2026 (TGCF))
Have Fun and Don't Stress! There is no hard deadline!
More information on the official Carrd: wulianweek.carrd.co
Please Signal Boost so people can prepare! Thank you!
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Wulian Week 2026 Prompts List
Use One, Some, or All. Feel Free to Mix & Match days.
if you work in a creative field...or if you do creative hobbies like writing or drawing...you need to make friends with people who don't do those things. you need to befriend normie Steve who has never written a story in his life. and this is because when you are in a creative job or hobby and spend all your time doing that thing, surrounded by very capable people, who you inevitably compare your own progress and skills to, you forget what the baseline human skill at that thing is. and it's usually zero. normie Steve has not written a story since the 3rd grade when his teacher made him do it. he's very good at other things that are not storytelling - but if you tell normie Steve that you wrote a full 300-page book from start to finish, he will think you're some kind of savant. he does not know ANYONE else who has done this. you need this perspective. because when you're constantly on Let's Write Stories dot Com then everyone on Let's Write Stories dot Com will inevitably be like "oh of course everyone on earth has written a book or several at this point!" and you canNOT let yourself think that. that is not even close to the average human experience. you are in a bubble. do not put yourself down. do not give up.
everyone needs to get weirder, yes, but also get kinder. get more supportive. get more loving. be good to your fellow fans, especially the creatives who give you art and gifs and fics and fancams and and and. treat each other well because on tunglr dot hell, we are all neighbors. and neighbors look out for each other
Etm.
(abbreviation)
A humorous Latin-style abbreviation meaning "and shit," derived from the mock-Latin phrase et merda.
Just like:
● "etc.' (et cetera—and the rest),
● "i.e.' (id est—that is), and
● "e.g.' (exempli gratia—for example),
"etm.' can be jokingly used to mean "and shit" at the end of a list for comedic or informal effect.
to be seen without performing. to be heard without screaming. to be missed without disappearing. to be enough without proving it. to be held without falling apart. to be understood without explaining. to be wanted without conditions. to be. to be.
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