Be More Trash CAN, Not Trash Can’t @trashmancer - Tumblr Blog

(Yoinked this from LinkedIn, genuinely interested in seeing how responses align with demographics) (so far it’s those of us over 35 being indignant but I wanna see how those fully plays out) (it’s cultural and technological history/memory, bruh)

bellisima-writes

I am an old bitch - 20/20.

#used to? past tense? i STILL use typewriters and film cameras and listen to vinyl lmao what #also i am old so i am 20/20 on this easy the bar is low (for my old ass to step over)

agoodjake54-deactivated20150429

Jinkies

Jeepers!

Zoinks!

Ruh roh!

paperandpencilsandskips

FUCK

pirateprincessjess

My favorite part of this post is that it implies Fred is the one saying “FUCK” because we know who typically says the other 4 things

notaplaceofhonour

which makes sense as he’s the one who actually legally owns it

#beautiful #scooby doo

thevaultoftheatomicspaceage

#I yearn for the return of this aesthetic #pulp art my beloved #(in the mean time I’m doing my part!)

cybermanes-deactivated20251227

Your man looks like he drops common loot when defeated

#good just how I like em

sg1

Stargate SG-1 | S04E06 Window of Opportunity

#my favorite episode lmao #stargate sg1 #jack o'neill #teal'c

sunderwight

We need to put out periodic reminders in fandom that trying to argue in favor of the divine right of kings or defending wartime atrocities or rich people's entitlement to the deference of indentured servants or whatever is, in fact, way less compelling and far stupider than just going well, that character is hot and this is fiction so I've decided it's all good.

Wanting to fuck the evil demon king because he's gorgeous and tormented is far more respectable than trying to defend his actual policies. If someone accuses you of only liking him because you want to fuck him, you can just say yeah that's true, and then what? Either they kinkshame you or they leave. Checkmate.

#it is true and you should say it

skulandcrossbones

it's so wild to me that you absolutely cannot force a hyperfixation to happen. like you'll watch the most perfectly tailor-made-for-you content that everyone says you'll love and feel absolutely nothing, and then the thing you watch on a whim to fill time will reach through the screen and put its damn fingers in your brain and start rearranging the neurons right in front of you and every single time you're like THIS??? THIS??????? and this happens like every 6-12 months forever

#this is the truest thing tho #i mean i also do love things i do not hyperfixate on #i absolutely do #but i cannot explain the things i do hyperfixate on at all half the time they frustrate the piss out of me and maybe that's part of it #i need the frustration lmao #the yearn to FIX

the-quasar-hero

You can tell a lot about a person by entering their mind palace and encountering their greatest fears and darkest hopes in a labyrinth reflective of their subconscious thoughts.

#the good stuff

ivan-fyodorovich-k

I know this sounds like the deranged ramblings of a senile old man but I swear it used to be possible to look up information on the internet

#seriously

chaotic-neutral-knitter

the thing about fandom blowhards is that sometimes they're generally right about things, but so obnoxious that people get mad at them and disagree with them on principle.

so if you try to be a good internet citizen and just block and ignore them, at some point you will miss the memo on why everyone is really annoyed by specific headcanons. or even worse, you're a new fan of the thing and you don't know anyone's history.

like (to completely make up an example bc I don't want this to be about anything specific) maybe I like to headcanon a character as bisexual, bc as someone who is bisexual I think it's fun and sexy to be bi. and because I blocked them two years ago I don't know that Fandom Blowhard has been running around telling people they MUST headcanon character X as bisexual and anything else is WRONG because "one time she dated a man and now she dates women so she must be bisexual, it's like you didn't even watch the show oh my god people are so biphobic." and when people politely tried to tell this person why that's a shitty reason to insist a character is bisexual (comphet exists!), Fandom Blowhard wrote thousands of words doubling down and accusing everyone of having secret biphobic motives, hating character X, and being bullies.

and then either A) an old fan with a curated blocklist who has been kept blissfully unaware of sexuality discourse or B) a new fan pipes up to say "yeah I like to think of character X as bisexual!" and a bunch of people get really suspicious of them, or take what they're saying in bad faith, or outright get mad at them. which is! baffling and upsetting!

and A might be able to check in with fandom friends to figure out what the hell is going on, or just throw up their hands and leave the fandom. which is a huge shame because ideally polarization would not completely ruin the ability to talk about anything. but B is probably going to be approached by Fandom Blowhard who tells them "yeah this fandom has a HUGE biphobia problem, don't trust anyone" and then experience what is essentially a radicalization pipeline but about bi headcanons.

unfortunately as far as I know there are no effective solutions to this because it's an emergent behavior of large groups of people. there will always be Fandom Blowhards and people annoyed by fandom blowhards. the rest of us might just be stuck in the middle.

but it is why I try to approach people in good faith, personally. or avoid them if I don't think I can approach in good faith. and it's why I block/mute as much as I do, because seeing too much stuff that annoys you can fry your brain and make you lash out at people who don't deserve it.

#this is why I don’t let fandom blowhards ruin things for me on either side of the equation #I approach fandom interpretations in good faith #and I don’t let blowhards taint any interpretations or ships or whatever I might happen to share with them because nope

anextrapart

I love Tom Loftis so much this man has been living in a horror movie and is fully aware he’s in a horror movie and yet he categorically REFUSES to be in a horror movie

#the plot of the first three episodes of the season are this exactly lmao #tom loftis #widow’s bay

alexielmovienights

Okay, okay, I admit it. Maybe I’m way too nerdy and seeing things that weren’t even intentional… But the Widow’s Bay finale really gave me LOST vibes 💀

#NO BUT SAME #I told my husband ‘this is Dharma Initiative vibes’#I was the biggest LOST fan back in the day this takes me back in the most delightful way #this show has so many homages I believe it was intentional too #widow's bay #lost #widow’s bay spoilers

ddesole

WIDOW'S BAY 1.10 “We Hope You Enjoyed Your Time!”

#my face was tom there like wdym Ruth explain #I love this show lmao #widow's bay #widow’s bay spoilers

microwavethief

"average small seaside town has 3 curses on it" factoid actualy just statistical error. average small seaside town has 0 curses on it. Widows Bay, Located in New England & who’s residents experience the horrors everyday of the week, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

#lmao #widow’s bay