#hi.rambles

[hi-iamaj]

I've been listening a lot of tma the past month or so and now the voice inside my head is starting to sound like Jonathan Sims, from the voice down to the intonation

[hi-iamaj]

After being hooked by wtnv, I've decided to start The Magnus Archives and boy is it a very different vibes from wtnv. Anyway, TMA is very captivating and putting me on edge

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Tumblr Etiquettes

Hey everyone, if you are new to Tumblr, don't worry, we got many posts to help you navigate your way in this hellsite. Hope you enjoy your journey with us and I hope you come back again :D

Anyway, Tumblr etiquettes:

1. Old posts

We on Tumblr doesn't care if you scroll until our oldest posts ever (yes even posts from almost 2 decades ago), it just shows us that YOU enjoy our contents. Think of it as a mutual relationship where you get to tell others the type of content you like (and get new friends who also like that content) and the person you reblog from get happiness

2. DNIs

DNI (do not interact for those who don't know) are sacred here. If a blog have a DNI, please read it and follows the DNI. If you are not sure if you fit the DNI, you can ask about it (s long as you are respectful, most blog will explain the DNI further)

3. Blocking someone

Blocking isn't some taboo thing here. You don't like someone or their content, block them. You hate their pfp, block. Ugly username, b l o c k. You can literally use any reason to block someone and they won't even care about it

3a) Discourse, cancel culture, hates and others

In Tumblr we curate our own contents. What that means is, if you dislike something, you don't send hate or make a discourse or cancel them or other things, you just don't interact with them and block that content or the blog. Trust me, doing that in this site, you will get ridiculed and we will laugh at you and make jokes about it

3b) Tagging

Tags are quite important in here. It is how your posts gets around as people will search what they are interested in using tags (It is also a whole other etiquettes). But in this post, I'm going to talk about how blocking and tags works together. In Tumblr you can block tags (you can do this in the settings). Blocking tags are used to hide the contents you dislike or triggering posts so please tag your posts properly (for example, if your posts have abuse, tag it with abuse (I will show it in this post tag too)). Also don't cross tag as it is annoying and might lead to you getting block by others

4. Bots

Bots are annoying creatures that lurks in this site (if you stay long enough, you will get at least one bot follower). If you have met one, just block, report and move on. Also, if you are new, change your blog so we don't mistake you as bots. If you are not sure if your blog is considered to be a bot, here's my posts on how to NOT be mistaken as a bot

5. Reblogs vs Likes

Tumblr doesn't really have an algorithm. How posts travel in this site is by reblogging posts that you like. We love getting reblogs as it shows that you like our contents and wants to share it to other people too (we see how good a post is doing by their reblogs, the more reblogs it gets, the better). This applies doubles for artists. If you want to support your favourite Tumblr art blogs and don't have money to commission them or just want to let other people know, reblog their posts as it will get around to others (I'm saw a post on the reblogging web line of posts a few months back, I will link it if I can find it again).

If anyone have any other suggestion on Tumblr etiquettes, fell free to add yours in

[hi-iamaj]

As a chindo who have strong Indonesian features compared to Chinese features (although I am genetically more Chinese than Indonesian), it is always amusing to see which country other people think I am from. It is even funnier when they know I'm not from Malaysia and they somehow still guess I'm Malaysian.

I made a list (sort of) of what country people assume I'm from just because I find it funny how no one guessed correctly (yet)

Which country someone assume I am from according to the people who first met me (plus the language they assume I speak):

1. Malaysian by 75% of my classmates at uni and rarely, some store clerks (mostly mandarin, but some also assume I only speak English)

2. Philippines by my groupmate (English) (this actually happen 2 days ago)

3. Chinese by store clerks (mandarin)

4. Taiwanese/Chinese by the old ladies on public transport (mandarin)

5. Malaysian again, but this time indigenous Malaysian (not Chinese Malaysian) by 20% of my uni class mates (bahasa melayu and Chinese)

6. Singaporean by 1% of my uni classmates (mandarin + English)

7. Confused as to where I am from by the last 4% of my uni classmates and just straight up asked (English)

[hi-iamaj]

How to NOT be mistaken as a bot

1. Add a description to your blog

It can be anything, from what we can call you, your pronouns, what type of content you like etc (please still be safe, it is the internet after all). It doesn't have to be long but make sure it is distinct enough from bots

2. Change you pfp from the default (or what some Tumblr peeps call the generic white girl selfie)

Most bots use these type of pfp and we all by now have started to have automatic response to block those pfp

3. Don't use generic usernames

Mostly the same as number 2. Bots usually use normal names plus numbers at the end (example regina381) and besides this is Tumblr. Most of us has unhinged URLs because, [tumblr]

4. Post something on you blog

This show others that you are not bots and more inclined not to block you. You can post anything, from your interest to just a random word

5. Reblog other people post

Tumblr thrive in reblogging posts. Not only it shows that you are not a bot, it also share what you are interested in

[hi-iamaj]

I finally finished watching semantic error (yes both the series and the movie) and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. From the actors acting all to the tiny detail the director put when shooting, it left me wanting to watch more. While it does feel like a complete series, I hope they do make a season 2 cause that was not enough.

Also, their OST is great (props to the song writers and anyone else who prepared them). I cannot get the song 'Romantic Devil' out of my brain. It's such a catchy song. The intro song, 'Semantic Error' is also the kind of song I like and I am playing it on repeat

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Just bought my first ever ace ring 💜

[hi-iamaj]

Don't mind me. I'm (always) in desert duo brain rot