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
This is a really cute idea but you couldn't keep it very long 'cause you'd definitely wanna take the stuff out of there before the pumpkin starts to rot...
i get why you're saying it, but man, there's something a little uncomfortable about splitting that way
That's... understandable really. Thanks for bringing it up.
Really it's mostly that I really, really don't see many transwomen on Tumblr. I follow a lot of people and the full spectrum of trans identities is represented save for that one conspicuous absence.
It sounds like my experience on Tumblr has been more like Naney's when it comes to this stuff, though I do not doubt what you said about your experience. I do not remember encountering anyone who identified as a transman there, but did see a bunch of people who identified as transwomen. That may have something to do with the demographics associated with the stuff I like, since my experience on Twitter and the forums I frequent has been pretty similar.
internet arguments seem to incline towards extremes and absolutes
idk why, nobody wants to be seen as backing down or insufficiently on side, i guess
If I remember right, there is some research out there suggesting that media fragmentation, including the rise of blogs, has helped increase polarization through the echo chamber effect caused by many people seeking out communities and news sources made up of and/or run by like-minded people. I am not totally sure what impact that has on internet arguments, but I feel like if someone develops and solidifies their beliefs in polarized communities, he/she is probably going to be less likely to back down when presented with an opposing viewpoint in an online debate.
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 always found it bizarre when people draw a hard divide between trans women and trans men and actively argue over which group is more oppressed.
It's not a problem specific to Tumblr, but it's definitely pretty pervasive there.
It's like...do you not get that this is not how activism works? First off, trans women and trans men experience different forms of prejudice, but that doesn't mean that one is objectively "worse" than the other. Secondly, we can't afford to be fighting amongst ourselves like this. We need to band together to fight transphobia in all forms!
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 fact that The Discourse has determined that the terms "male/female bodied" are offensive isn't a huge deal to me but it makes it really difficult to explain how Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days indisputably contains a trans narrative.
BUT WAIT that could also be offensive because even if you know they were at some point presenting female before reappearing presenting male you DON'T KNOW their GENITAL STATUS
tumblr discourse eventually settles on mutilated taoism in which all words are problematic. not "bad", since that's a slur on hermaphrodites
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
You know the people whose response to the Zamii thing is "it's not ok to bully people, but that doesn't mean problematic artists should never be called out"?
I'm choosing to believe the people saying that are unaware of the actual nature of the crap that was directed at Zamii.
Because the alternative is that they consider "Stop drawing Pearl with a small nose because I think she's Jewish" as important enough to be worth demanding the right to say it regardless of the potential to do harm...and misanthropic as I am, I'm not ready to assume the worst of people to that level.
You know the people whose response to the Zamii thing is "it's not ok to bully people, but that doesn't mean problematic artists should never be called out"?
I'm choosing to believe the people saying that are unaware of the actual nature of the crap that was directed at Zamii.
Because the alternative is that they consider "Stop drawing Pearl with a small nose because I think she's Jewish" as important enough to be worth demanding the right to say it regardless of the potential to do harm...and misanthropic as I am, I'm not ready to assume the worst of people to that level.
I know this is everyone's least favorite topic but
You know, a lot of the jokes about John Green /are/ funny, in much the same way jokes about Banksy are funny, albeit with a less worthy topic
At this point people are essentially just trolling him and I'd be (to an extent) okay with that if people would just fucking cop to that, and admit it's always been about making fun of a guy who writes books teenage girls like and stop pretending they actually think he's a child molester or whatever
It's not okay to bully people, and Problematic (TM) artists have a right as any other to be called out (although callout culture in itself is, well, that's a subject unto itself); but harassment campaigns are a no-go in my book. That is my very controversial and sure to stir the pot viewpoint.
people decided it was creepy that he was a grown man writing reassuring things for teen girls, so they decided they had a duty to 'warn' people that he was, therefore, probably a child molester
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Look, here's all you need to know. Some dumb kid made an untagged post, that post was reblogged by her followers because hey relatable, spread around to other people, who started @mentioning him, and then now we have a wave of harassment, which clickbait writers started to write about because hey, clicks, our bread-and-butter-and-rice, and that's how we have this mess.
This isn't even like "tag your hate" or whatever, the kid legit did not tag the thing.
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Our ritual scapegoating him isn't about this.
It's our perceived perception that he's a crybaby who cried to staff-mommy when people started to edit his posts for fun. And hey, sometimes people do things because they're pushed to by outside forces, like celebrities or whatever.
man I know the "leave a post untagged so it won't get notes then some fucking idiot reblogs it and everything goes to shit" thing well
that's why whenever I get a new follower I check their blog quick to see if they would be the sort of person to do that and then I block them if they are
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Like I said, I can't troll someone if they're not there. The fish won't bite if they jumped streams and decided to go holiday in the ocean. It's almost ritual now, blaming someone who isn't around anymore for your problems.
Like yeah, it did happen, but I still don't like the guy or his work, am I allowed to say so in a place he won't see, like here?
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
We can't even get people to understand that maybe everything is made of chemicals, and thus maybe chemicals are harmful depending on the type and the quantity, why's this somehow special?
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then again, maybe mine isnt either
maybe most people on tumblr are cis white girls who love lates, inspirational quotes and harry potter
it got worse
* a photoset of sailor jupiter doing bruce lee poses
* an old japanese cycling magazine
* a cute skinhead from gaysoldierguys
* russian street fashion
* alvin and the chipmunks slowed down to sound like sludge metal
* a topless man with a louis vuiton necklace
* neferpitou
* drawing of an anime lady rocking a camel overcoat and some vans
* a video of a skinhead with "RESPECT" written on the back of his head walking through a field towards a wind farm whilst a Burial track plays
* a lady wearing oversized blue jeans
* a black and white photo of a cathedral
* a techno track
* a faceless store mannequin
I know they're not ALL nazis but, like, the implication is always there
This was a very Kexruct statement.
i mean i already see the reasoning, but: wut
tumblr discourse eventually settles on mutilated taoism in which all words are problematic. not "bad", since that's a slur on hermaphrodites
Which I'm fairly certain is your point
that let me to read about gramsci and that was one of many moments forming my dislike of marxism
You know, a lot of the jokes about John Green /are/ funny, in much the same way jokes about Banksy are funny, albeit with a less worthy topic
At this point people are essentially just trolling him and I'd be (to an extent) okay with that if people would just fucking cop to that, and admit it's always been about making fun of a guy who writes books teenage girls like and stop pretending they actually think he's a child molester or whatever
they hurt him, there are things you don't joke about
These John Green jokes would be funny to me if they weren’t about a person who was actively harassed off of Tumblr.
I don't know all the details
people decided it was creepy that he was a grown man writing reassuring things for teen girls, so they decided they had a duty to 'warn' people that he was, therefore, probably a child molester
that's why whenever I get a new follower I check their blog quick to see if they would be the sort of person to do that and then I block them if they are
the consequences were a malicious rumour that drove someone off the site
that happened, you can't just carry on cracking jokes about him and trolling him like it never happened, that's shitty
but Green wasn't even the first person to get annoyed at the post editing thing
i distinctly remember Andrew Hussie complaining about it