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Tumblr Inquisition

When did freedom of expression suddenly become an online crime? When did an attack on a specific subset of any group ever work to the benefit of any institution?

In this bloggers humble opinion, Tumblr’s December 17th forced genocide of Adult Content blogs is just another example of how our society is slipping backwards in its level of tolerance towards anything that is different, preferring to have this type of content hidden away, and marked with a scarlet letter of intolerance and shame.

Are there issues revolving around certain types of blogs Yes. Child pornography and other unacceptably content is abhorrent to all. Is Tumblr going after those specific types of blogs? No. Are they setting up a system that blocks minors from accessing adult content blogs? No. They are preferring to follow a simplistic “nuke it all” approach rather than address the overall problem. Taking a M.A.D (mutually assured destruction) approach, can only end in one way, for without adult content, Tumblr will die off.

So my friends and followers(93k amazing individuals), I challenge you to reblog this note, and challenge Tumblr’s decision. Perhaps, if enough of us stand up and protest some good will come of it. Resist, and fight the good, and honourable, fight.

But how is it possible? Almost three months ago, we were all so excited because of another Isak season. Our desperation for Bel!Even was cosmic though we still didn't know him, so it wasn't him specifically, but the wish for another character to adore.

Y'all, we were so not ready.

Remember waking up to that clip notification? I do. I do remember that Zaterdag morning vividly, how, after two weeks of absolutely nothing else than losing our fucking crackhead minds, we saw a boy with his back at us, leaning down in front of a kitchen counter. We saw him for the first time alongside Robbe.

Bleached blond hair. Sparkling green eyes. A light t-shirt above a long sleeved one. Leather jacket.

Jack Frost in the flesh.

We were so not ready, I'm telling you. With so many characters behind us, who we loved and cherished, what was one more? I remember people saying that Bel!Even would have to be one hell of a perfect guy to become even slightly iconic. I remember people saying that they would watch this season but weren't expecting too much, that they already had their face, that they would for sure love Bel!Even because he was an Even, duh, just because of that.

Sander shut all of out mouths. He looked at Robbe, made his Booking.com joke, sang Rebel Rebel to him and then Under Pressure while feeding him croques — we were gone to never return. We trended for the first time that day. All it took for Sander to make us love him was the first fucking day he had screentime.

We doubted him, yes. We got mad at him and ravished his name. In the end, though, we knew he was already too deep in our hearts. We didn't expect him to, maybe we didn't even want him to, but he did so anyways. It was inevitable. All he had to do was to throw his one-liners, his smirks and his extra personality in our way, and we fell in love. We still are. We will never not be.

Again, how is it possible? Thank Willem De Schryver. Willem DS. Nintendo DS. Willem Nintendo. Nintendo Willem. Call him whatever you want to, just — thank him. An 18-year-old brilliant actor, the youngest of them all, who managed to make room for himself in a one already so crowded, and is going to stay there forever. Give him a fucking Oscar nomination. Dare yourself to say that, in such short amount of time, he has become the most beloved character in the entire Skamverse for a lot of the fans. It's just how it is, how it was supposed to be, I guess.

We didn't expect him, but we needed him. We didn't know what he would mean to us, but now that we do, we only can carry him in our memories and wait for his return.

Sander Driesen, King of One-liners, Best Croque Maker ever, Bleached Blond Art Hoe, Jack Frost fakka, Bowie-lover. We love you. Thank you.

(Here he warned us, see? Oh man, we just didn't know).

Today it is beginning....

I stand with Ukraine!🇺🇦

Still trending at #3 y’all

Fill me up, baby....

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Kiss From a Stranger Saves a Suicidal Man

In Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, a sixteen-year-old boy was standing on a bridge, threatening to jump off and end his life. Hundreds of onlookers watched in horror as he refused to cross back onto the safe side of the guardrail. Police had arrived and were talking to the boy, but no one could get through to him. Just then, Liu Wenxiu, a nineteen-year-old hotel waitress, was walking home from work when she saw the boy and knew that she had to do something to help him. Wenxiu had once been suicidal herself, so she knew how the boy felt. Telling police that she was his girlfriend, the girl managed to get close enough to talk to the boy. She shared her own sad and difficult life story, listened to his, and showed him the scar on her wrist from where she had tried to commit suicide herself. “He said he’s hopeless, ‘so don’t waste your time to save me’. But I told him, ‘I’m not saving your life, I just want you to realize how silly you are being. Look at me, I’ve been there and I’m now here,’” Wenxiu said. Finally, the girl was able to lean in and give him a hug, and then she unexpectedly gave him a kiss, as well. Police were then able to take the knife that the boy was holding and lead him back over to the safe side of the bridge.