the user base of tumblr is a specific demographic of people who were ‘the smart kid’ growing up but didn’t do as well academically as they got older due to mental health struggles, were probably bullied in school and were quite lonely & introverted so they took solace in reading but now rarely pick up a book, grew up on tumblr but continued using it into adulthood unlike most of their peers who stopped using it after it lost popularity
David Shrigley, This huge cat (2022)
okay, so here's a new info post from the top.
the problem: tumblr is extremely extremely in debt. the current model is not profitable. this is why they are trying to turn the site into a shit clone of every other social media site, so they can attract new users and their money.
solution: not a ton of people can afford a long-term subscriptions like ad-free. however, many of us CAN afford $3 to inflict crabs on another unsuspecting user. (and those that can't, can still enjoy crabs everywhere)
the idea: in the grand traditions of mishapocalypses and goncharovs and tumblr users' obsession with [random inconsequential thing] Days, we create a fund drive/holiday on July 29th, dubbed Crab Day. buy your friends crabs. buy your enemies crabs. blaze posts. post memes. change ur icon. whatever. actually put your money where your mouth is and show @staff that there actually IS profit motive to listen to the current users about what we want this site to look like. (and yes, that means accessibility features too. we currently have zero leverage to demand these features. let's change that.)
i don't know if this will actually go anywhere. worst case scenario, a few of us have fun, tumblr gets a small amount of money, and nothing changes. best case though, we actually provide incentive to keep our stupid hellsite unique.
when ur mutual hasn't opted in yet
I keep thinking about that tweet asking what would sp be like if one of the other dead men mentored Valkyrie and I can’t stop imagining the chaos that would have been Val and Saracen. Instead of the romantically inept straight™️ phase 1 val we could’ve had smooth talking lesbian/bisexual Val (whichever you’re preference) from the start
Just imagine how the Caelan situation would’ve played out:
Valkyrie: so there’s this vampire...
Saracen: ah, we’ve all been there Valkyrie. My best advice is to just sleep with him and get it out of your system.
Valkyrie: you’ve slept with a vampire?
Saracen: Valkyrie at this point there’s not much I haven’t slept with... except maybe the sea hag, but that’s purely because I can never seem to find her.
Valkyrie (looking horrified): what about the children of the spider?
Saracen:
Saracen: Anyway, moving on...
mappa once again showing they love these characters as much as us
Let’s pour one out for Pussy Salad Latvians that deserved so much better and definitely got screwed over by the juries 💀
David Shrigley - I've Never Seen You (2021)
Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season - 12
I would like to present you with this monstrosity that someone put on a discord server I'm in
I just found this in my camera roll and it’s from like 3am and I couldn’t tell you what I was trying to do with this