Gay Cartoons and Old Memes

Tori/30s/f Procrastinating writer, awkward artsy queer, and future owner of ten thousand dogs and cats, probably. AO3: torikabori

[star-trekster]

[depsidase]

[cryptotheism]

I'm fascinated by how the formatting of different social media sites affect how text is read.

For instance, a line break on Tumblr indicates a new idea.

[cryptotheism]

But a reblog break indicates that time has passed.

[cryptotheism]

[neosatsuma]

[doomdaysdecays-deactivated20251]

if i had to explain what tumblr is like i’d only show this

[moon-grub]

No one seems to be acknowledging the far funnier element of this, which is, that when you go to the commenter’s account, you find out they are actually fucking roleplaying as a sexually repressed skeleton and jjst really committed to the bit while everyone in the reblogs is talking about how much they hate minors or whatever. thank you kharak the skeleton servant of the almighty lich king

[nerdragons-hoard]

if i had to explain what tumblr is like i’d only show this

[trashcangimmick]

[cowboyjimkirk]

James T. Kirk + “insults”

[countesspetofi]

Me, slowly scrolling, murmuring, “please, please, please let ‘double dumbass on you’ be on this list”

[realmofthefirebird]

reminiscing

[sophie-frm-mars]

Have I considered ozempic? Idk have you considered my huge ass? What kind of cop brained loser would I have to be to become a beautiful woman with huge naturals and then take the get skinny fast but only while you keep taking it injection? Sad

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

i tried to be her star pawn...but she treated me like property, brother

[enchantingruinscandy]

Putting powdered sugar on the post below

[thirdpunch]

[wonderhecko]

reeeeelax, its a tasty salsa but it wont make me cum

[edgebug]

happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!

though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!

thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!

@joe-spookyy Ben and Socrates

@gooseontheinternet Chamomile and Beefy

@runawayy-rat Bartholomäus and Emo

@theunholystromboli Macrogryphosaurus, Xenoceratops, and Graciliraptor

@techlecticwtch Solas and Dorian

@merlyn-bane Roslyn and Rizzoli

@logictoinsanity Luna and Buttercup

@hagsthehag Orphie, Psyche, Calypso, Ariadne, and Eury

my sweet ladies Bonnie, Mira, An, and Tula

and of course, the irreplaceable

Neil,

who banged out the tunes

[holdoncallfailed]

ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to deny location sharing and turn off personalized ads and reject all non-essential cookies and not set up siri and face ID

[crossroadsbishounen]

[shikiimisaki]

[finnegeanscake]

Knightposting this princessposting that WHO IS TILLING THE FIELDS

[dionysiaproductions]

You don't hear from the field workers because they aren't "posting"

They're serfing the internet

[trans-girl-nausicaa]

there are no serfposts because they were almost exclusively illiterate

[sonbr]

that doesn’t stop most tumblr users

[aethersea]

how dare you say we surf on the poor

[raineofthedragons]

The entire population of tumblr to Julius Caesar every year: