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“this is just facebook poking but with paws” okay AND???? get booped idiot

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A quick summary of the last 16 months

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“in March I’ll be rested, caught up and human.”

— Sylvia Plath, The Letters of Sylvia Plath vol 1: 1940-1956

#here's hoping

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your dash has been blessed by HAPPY RAT! you will now have a HAPPY DAY!!!

#rats #are so cute #heart full of rats

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"Take responsibility!"

#glinmuin #kluh'taq #my art #my chars #based on a joke my friend made #glinmuin demands kluh'taq take responsibility seeing as he had no interest in sex before him #kluh'taq is happy to comply hahaha #forgot to post it last week

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This European Eagle Owl’s tippy taps

Source

#owls #birds #sound on #i love it

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#oh my god #hilarity #laugh rule #i burst out laughing when i saw the disparity #sorry rey sweetie you had so much potential #too bad they ruined the other movies

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#yesss #snail tie #good job tumblr hive mind

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this is so so important to me and mine, and I'm asking you to Do Something so I'll respect your time and keep it brief

in the UK, if 100k sign a a government petition it will be brought to Parliament and debated. y'all know this country is suffering from some 80s-style bigotry right now, and this is one symptom: almost 200k fuckholes have come together to force the government to discuss whether it is 'appropriate' to tell children that queer people exist. this is a big symbolic victory for them. and i am burning with fury.

please, if you're from the UK, sign this counter-petition so they can at least see how much of a minority they are. simply put, the attempt to put these bastards in their place isn't gathering enough steam. there are barely 2000 more signatures now than there were this morning (27th January 2023), and that isn't enough. i refuse to let these people feel even a moment of victory or satisfaction. please help.

#go counter petition go! #uk followers #uk politics #removing content from curriculum just means they're uninformed #not that they're less lgbt themselves #why put kids through stress and trauma and othering of themselves #when in fact they can learn that oh snap #there's actually loads of folks who don't conform to disney prince princess happy ever after two point five kids and a dog

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"I don't understand how I'm losing," Reigen said, his hands flying over his keyboard. It was so late now—too late, maybe—if only he'd used the same technique as with the Player Killer from the beginning, he might have stood a chance, but he hadn't seriously thought he'd lose—

"Shishou," Mob said, "why is this so important? You already have second place from Twitter."

Reigen laughed, not at all nervously, and splayed a hand across his forehead. "You don't understand, Mob. The publicity from something like this, even a rematch, would do wonders for Spirits and Such. This is about business."

(He would never admit to his pride being on the line.)

"And anyway, who is this guy? A radio host? I've been on TV, you know."

Mob carefully did not bring up what had actually happened when Reigen made his television debut.

Ritsu had no such qualms. "When they exposed you as a fraud? That was publicity too, right?"

"Hey—!"

Serizawa leaned over Reigen's shoulder to see the computer screen, careful not to spill the tea he placed on the desk. "Oh, Cecil from Welcome to Night Vale? It's been a while since I listened to that, maybe I should catch up."

Reigen stared at him. "You? What? Serizawa?"

"Ah... yeah." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Back when I was... well, when I didn't leave my room much, the podcast was popular. I guess it gave a sense of... community? Feeling less alone, even when you are." He shrugged. "Plus, hearing another gay man in a show like that was comforting."

"He's gay? Canonically?" Why can't I be gay canonically?

"Sure, he got married in episode 100. It was very emotional."

"I nearly died in our chapter 100—"

-- -- -- -- --

Well, listeners, there's still a few hours left on the poll, but I'm now leading at 56%! I must say, I did not expect this, especially after Twitter users so clearly forgot—or perhaps never knew—about my Tumblr Sexyman Origins.

But, that's neither here nor there. I certainly am grateful, if a bit bemused, about all of this, but let us not forget that this is all a friendly competition. Unlike the annual War On Christmas—and let us all take a moment to remember our fallen allies against that terrible holiday foe—this is a battle of kindness. Love, even. The love we feel for Tumblr, for our favorite sexy men, for pressing a button on a meaningless internet poll. The love we feel, listeners, for each other.

And in the spirit of that love and friendliness, I figured I'd get to know my opponent a little better! A bit of googling, which of course you know means searching via every search engine but Google, what with the Town Council imposing the Google Search Tax and getting all Night Vale IP addresses shadowbanned, has led me to... oh my, listeners. I do not know who made this, but Reigen Arataka has the single most beautiful professional web page I have ever encountered. It's... words do not do it justice. I am tearing up. This... I could not make anything better myself.

A-hem. Listeners, now that I've wiped away the tears such beauty inspired in me, I can now see that Reigen's website advertises his business, one Spirits and Such Consulting. Well! We may be rivals in this moment, but I am overjoyed to learn that Reigen runs such an innovative and important business! I am nearly ashamed that, while my opponent works to make the world a better place, I, a mere community radio host, am winning the sexyman contest.

Nevertheless, we must respect the polls. Not respecting polls could get us in hot water with the Town Council, or with the demigods of numbers who lurk in the sharp edges of percentages. So since I can't hand my victory over to him, I think I'll do what I can as a community radio host, and promote Reigen Arataka's important business!

So if you're a spirit in need of counseling, a ghost in need of therapy, or an eldritch beast in need of a shoulder to cry on, head on over to Seasoning City and pay our good friend Reigen a visit! I'm sure he'll be pleased as anything to see you.

#bahahahahaha #hilarity #oh tumblr #hellsite (affectionate) #reigen vs cecil #(which is already over but it's still very funny that once again poor reigen is second place)

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Goodnight, Reigen. Goodnight.

#i just love the idea of reigen constantly placing second #i love him #the best pitiful meow meow of a man #who is also actually quite awesome all joking aside

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I looked up "roundest bird" and i dont know what i expected but im crying.

Look at it. Its called a bearded reedling

Look at them. Theyre so spherical. So round. Why is your face in the middle of your body sir. I cannot believe this bird is real.

I imagine i could bounce one like a basketball and it would be perfectly fine.

This bird is perfect. This is my new favourite bird

#borb #it is indeed #the Roundest of Birds

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When I was a kid and the only computer I could use was the desktop in the office, I used to always watch this video as the last thing I did before logging off, because of the sense of calm it instilled in me

#sgt frog #keroro gunsou #had some fuckin bangers for songs for sure #summer festival song style is so good #pekopon invasion ondo

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Okay, now I'm feeling vindictive

This is worse, in its way, than the pornbots.

Here's something that turned up in my ask box just now.

...So. You've all seen these. Some of them are genuine. Lots aren't.

Here's where their message leads:

...Okay. The first warning sign: this account is about 3 days old.

But the second: searching on the details of the plea for help via Google, what do we find but...

...Poor Macaroni has repeatedly been hit by cars, and has repeatedly suffered busted femurs, since 2015.

"This," as the saying goes, "starts to look like carelessness." :/

Taking advantage of the kindness of strangers this way is vile... and plainly there's no shortage of people willing to indulge.

So: yeah, I'll be delighted to help the OP get some more traction on this! You betcha. By:

Blocking. Reporting. Reporting to PayPal as well. And dropping @staff a note, when I have a moment. Because allowing this stuff to prosper here just invites more people to try it on. :/

...Pass the news around, friends. ("And call it Macaroni.")

#oh that's just fucking horrible #and preying on people's love of pets is indeed fucking vile #there's really no better word for it #just absolutely vile

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#the wettest saddest beast!! #i love their little faces #d'awwwww

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The bots have apparently realized they were too obvious and now don't add a description or title to their blogs at all so reminder to any new users to have Something there or you'll end up blocked and reported by mistake

#yup #this #i almost left some of em alone #but i was like i'm not nearly popular enough for a blank blog follower to not be suspicious lol #at least have a post saying you're a lurker or what you're into or somethin