Furry artists also tend to be really, really possessive, from what I've seen in the past 20 years. I've even seen more possessive ones try to bully cooler ones into being copyright trolls/"OMG DUN STEEL" types.
That is quite obvious and doesn't need to be stated
So what difference does it make if I take that away to make the post look cleaner?
Attribution is important. The caption is there, and so is the blog link, as in the link that goes to the artist's blog.
If you delete the caption, you're also deleting that link. And if someone shares around your version, they're not crediting the artist either. There's a source link in every reblog chain now, but this wasn't always the case.
A similar thing happens in Instagram, in that people get mad if you take screenshots of other peoples' photos but don't source or attribute.
Suffering a slight mess is I feel a small price to pay to ensure proper attribution.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
The source link is there so that you don't have to have ugly captions just for attribution, no?
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Yes, but it wasn't always there. And besides, I feel it's disrespectful. Lots of artists want to keep in mind what they want to say with the pictures, and so it's probably easier to just not remove captions at all.
If you wanted a gallery of your own to curate as you please, I'd suggest using an imagebooru.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Not gonna lie, I'd be more inclined to reblog that post about vaginal hygiene if the author hadn't done that thing of using "people with vaginas" instead of "women" throughout
Not gonna lie, I'd be more inclined to reblog that post about vaginal hygiene if the author hadn't done that thing of using "people with vaginas" instead of "women" throughout
ngl Centy I don't understand your many objections to specificities of language that some people use.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
ngl Centy I don't understand your many objections to specificities of language that some people use.
I just don't like it when people insist on terminology that would alienate "normal" people
Because I want transgenderism and genderqueerness to gain mainstream acceptance and we're never gonna do that if we insist on not talking the way normal people do
ngl Centy I don't understand your many objections to specificities of language that some people use.
I just don't like it when people insist on terminology that would alienate "normal" people
Because I want transgenderism and genderqueerness to gain mainstream acceptance and we're never gonna do that if we insist on not talking the way normal people do
First of all, you don't gain mainstream acceptance by just bowing to popular opinion. If you did, respectability politics would work, and they don't.
Secondly, some people with vaginas consider themselves men
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
It seems roughly equivalent, to me, to saying something to the effect of "people aren't deaf enjoy music" instead of just "most people enjoy music".
That is, if you speak in general terms, it's understood that there are exceptions. The only reason to specifically hedge around those exceptions is to draw attention to them.
eh, i can't imagine that being more than a minor hiccup for anybody. also it's on tumblr and probably meant for tumblrers, such as everybody who would see your reblog.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I dunno, am I off base here? I just want people to talk like normal people instead of trying to bring social justice issues into fucking everything.
it's just that it's barely a "social justice" thing. the substitution is legitimate even if it's read by nazis - it's perfectly obvious that people who would need to know vaginal hygeine operations to perform on themselves are people with vaginas. it's not like they're using jargon.
yeah if you're a non-tumblr person 'people with vaginas' is going to sound like, at worst, a cutesy dysphemism
something about using language that you know to be exclusionary just to avoid looking weird to presumed 'normal people' strikes me as really wrong though
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
something about using language that you know to be exclusionary just to avoid looking weird to presumed 'normal people' strikes me as really wrong though
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Everything is a social justice issue. Everything is a political issue. The mere fact that we speak English is a political statistic, proof of something. One thing affects everything.
But that's not what this is about. My guess is, this is about you wanting to stop fighting for once. You want relief from it all, I feel.
something about using language that you know to be exclusionary just to avoid looking weird to presumed 'normal people' strikes me as really wrong though
It does?
Well not like you're a bad person if you say 'woman' when you mean 'person with a vagina', but yeah, it does.
When you use inclusive language, you're acknowledging that there are people whose identities are systematically marginalized or erased in cishet-normative discourse.
It's like, some people are privileged readers. They're used to being the only people who posts are written for, since nobody acknowledges that what they're saying also applies to other people as well. And i suppose they might feel alienated by inclusive language, but the inclusive language isn't inclusive for their benefit, it's inclusive of people who are systematically alienated by cishet-normative language every day. When you use inclusive language you're not excluding cishet readers, you're just acknowledging that other readers exist. Any cishet readers who feel alienated by that need to get over themselves.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
something about using language that you know to be exclusionary just to avoid looking weird to presumed 'normal people' strikes me as really wrong though
It does?
Well not like you're a bad person if you say 'woman' when you mean 'person with a vagina', but yeah, it does.
When you use inclusive language, you're acknowledging that there are people whose identities are systematically marginalized or erased in cishet-normative discourse.
It's like, some people are privileged readers. They're used to being the only people who posts are written for, since nobody acknowledges that what they're saying also applies to other people as well. And i suppose they might feel alienated by inclusive language, but the inclusive language isn't inclusive for their benefit, it's inclusive of people who are systematically alienated by cishet-normative language every day. When you use inclusive language you're not excluding cishet readers, you're just acknowledging that other readers exist. Any cishet readers who feel alienated by that need to get over themselves.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
the spongebob discourse is basically 99.9% memery.
the universality with which pre-first-movie SpongeBob seems to be revered is kind of weird to me somehow
I mean I loved the show when it was new (and I mean when it was new - I saw the "sneak preview" after the Kids Choice Awards in 1999) but now not so much
the spongebob discourse is basically 99.9% memery.
the universality with which pre-first-movie SpongeBob seems to be revered is kind of weird to me somehow
I mean I loved the show when it was new (and I mean when it was new - I saw the "sneak preview" after the Kids Choice Awards in 1999) but now not so much
It probably just seems that way because no one's going to reblog "you know, Spongebob was okay, I don't remember watching it as a child and clips of it as an adult left no strong impressions either."
Unless Neutral Planet Guy from Futurama becomes a meme, I guess.
I don't think the new episodes are as bad as people make them out to be.
I mean, it's not later Fairly Odd Parents
The difference is that Spongebob once had heart.
It's seeing something creator driven and heart-filled go to seed, rather than something that's always been exploitive dig further and further into its grave
the spongebob discourse is basically 99.9% memery.
the universality with which pre-first-movie SpongeBob seems to be revered is kind of weird to me somehow
I mean I loved the show when it was new (and I mean when it was new - I saw the "sneak preview" after the Kids Choice Awards in 1999) but now not so much
It probably just seems that way because no one's going to reblog "you know, Spongebob was okay, I don't remember watching it as a child and clips of it as an adult left no strong impressions either."
Unless Neutral Planet Guy from Futurama becomes a meme, I guess.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
On one hand, when I see people who have an "ask to follow" or a "don't follow if..." page, I want to follow them out of spite.
On the other hand, they tend to be exactly the kind of blogs I don't want on my dash.
Not care? The spite-following would get stale very quickly, I feel.
I at least forget they even exist until I see them, reminding me, before quickly forgetting as I look at all the cute Pearl and cool architecture on my blog.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I dunno, am I not allowed to get a liiiittle annoyed when someone reblogs one of my post but has an entire page detailing reasons I'm not "allowed" to follow them?
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Kind of annoying, but whatever.
Because I want transgenderism and genderqueerness to gain mainstream acceptance and we're never gonna do that if we insist on not talking the way normal people do
something about using language that you know to be exclusionary just to avoid looking weird to presumed 'normal people' strikes me as really wrong though
Well not like you're a bad person if you say 'woman' when you mean 'person with a vagina', but yeah, it does.
When you use inclusive language, you're acknowledging that there are people whose identities are systematically marginalized or erased in cishet-normative discourse.
It's like, some people are privileged readers. They're used to being the only people who posts are written for, since nobody acknowledges that what they're saying also applies to other people as well. And i suppose they might feel alienated by inclusive language, but the inclusive language isn't inclusive for their benefit, it's inclusive of people who are systematically alienated by cishet-normative language every day. When you use inclusive language you're not excluding cishet readers, you're just acknowledging that other readers exist. Any cishet readers who feel alienated by that need to get over themselves.
Unless Neutral Planet Guy from Futurama becomes a meme, I guess.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
weird