#BASICALLY NO ONE IS ONLINE

[flamedoesart]

I feel like people tend to forget that the reason children are on websites they really shouldn't be on, like Twitter for example, is because there are no spaces on the internet anymore specifically designed for children, unless it's for babies or toddlers.

The death of Flash also meant the death of thousands of games and websites specifically designed for the 9-13 demographic. Now granted, several games died long before Flash did (like the Holy Disney MMO trio - Pixie Hollow, ToonTown and Club Penguin) but there were other websites designed around what kids would enjoy. Sites like Kongregate, Sploder, GirlsGoGames and others were designed with kids in mind.

These sites were special in the sense that it gave fun games for children to play without even really needing to interact with other people directly. They could play the games and have fun. If they wanted to make friends they could, and oftentimes these sites had moderation to prevent kids from having full control over what they could say so as to prevent bullying and potential cyberstalking.

But now Flash is dead, and there's barely any hangout spots for that demographic anymore. I think the last remaining game you can play that doesn't require Flash that was a major part of the 2010s game nostalgia was Wizard101, but that game comes with the flaw of membership programs, similar to all the other MMOs that existed at the time.

Needless to say, the next time we ask in annoyance why there's so many 12 year olds on Twitter and Tik Tok, remember that it's because there's literally no online spaces anymore solely for them and only them, that majority of adults wouldn't step foot into anymore.

#flame talks #internet culture #flash games #Edit : wtf how did this get so many likes and rbs #okay so maybe I should clarify a bit here that yes I am aware that there are still kids spaces online #but basically all the ones that exist now have a membership program #hell even roblox does and a membership isn’t required to play those games #yes ads are annoying af on games but that’s not the point #also yes I am aware that kids will walk into adult spaces online but #that would be less of a problem if there were actual sites designed for kids at all anymore #now all we have is tik tok and that site is more for teens and adults than for kids #literally kids can’t exist anywhere without being preyed upon by algorithms and shit

[cctinsleybaxter]

Artists who admit to not knowing small details about their characters and worldbuilding have inadvertently given better advice than any character design post on social media tbh. as fun as it is to come up with what your guys would order from a restaurant or the contents of their backpack or their favorite color I've run into very few people who can leave that stuff in a story (or even leave it offscreen as paratext) without it being distracting and poorly written because it's rarely in service of the narrative. a lot of that is def just down to personal taste, but it feels more like designing characters for a TTRPG

#this goes for books comics screenplays whatever #basically anything except roleplay which demands that kind of fine detail bc maybe you ARE ordering from restaurants #as always you can run into the opposite problem too where your characters are empty vessels #but being online and having tried my own hand at a story as a teenager this feels like the more common roadblock #lighthouse is actually a great example of my ideal balance- the characters are deeply human; it feels like the finer details exist somewher #but they're not text- it's clear no one was thinking about their first memory or favorite dog breed #the focus is on structure and image #you can have it all! #books #films

[inamagicalhallucination]

kunikida runs a down low secret teaching ring

ppl, ada, civilians, pm, etc, will come to him in secret becuz they didn't get an education and he'll give them ways to test into or out of or whatever they want while also giving them specialized study books that they give him back to get graded

its down low and secret becuz his clients can be anyone and also because he keeps illegally copied and printed copies of several textbooks for ppl who really cant afford to get their own or have trouble borrowing them from libraries

#he sadly cant give lectures but #still he's doing his best #he just finished teaching atsushi basic stuff and is now helping him sign up for online classes that r flexible enough for him #he also just finished teaching q multiplication and is now theyre gonna start learning division #he's also helping chuuya discreetly sign up for online classes where no one else will know him and also gave him textbooks that cover #a little bit of everything so he can organize his lack of proper education and stuff he does actually know #hmm #and more #bungou stray dogs atsushi #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #kunikida doppo #bsd #bungou stray dogs kunikida #the ada #pm

[mgjiyu]

I cannot keep my mouth shut so here are the three main things I’d like to remind everyone after the Australian GP

1. You can dislike a driver, even hate him, without insulting him or being disrespectful. I swear it’s possible. And it might surprise you but you are totally allowed to wish for a driver to dnf as long as you don’t wish him any harm or a very nasty crash. Let me tell you, I manifest for Verstappen’s engine to fail on every race but I’ll never wish him to get in a bad crash because before being the incredible driver who annoys every non-RB fan he is, he is a human being.

2. Liking one driver more than the other one in your favourite team doesn’t make you a bad fan as long as it doesn’t interfere with the first point up there. Concrete example, I’m a Tifosa but I’m also a Charles Leclerc’s fan, of course I’m happy with the 1-2 today but of course I would have preferred if it was the other way around. Nothing wrong here because I know Carlos did an amazing weekend and deserves his win, it doesn’t mean I cannot be a bit disappointed for my fav.

3. Your opinion during the race can be different that the one you have after the race, and two hours later, and two days later, and so on. Your feelings are evolving with the things you see or even just with the way you rethink what you saw. Another concrete example, when the race finished I was so disappointed because for Charles that I couldn’t enjoy the Ferrari win 100%, it changed a few hours after when I rethought it and saw interviews and celebration and it truly made me happy for Ferrari. And it also took me some time to accept that Charles was just less performant than Carlos this weekend and that it was still a super good result both for him and the team.

The last point makes me want to add that, please, you don’t have to hate on another driver to appreciate your fav’s achievements or justify their misfortunes/less good moments.

I’d probably have so many more things to say because even if I enjoy some drama as much as the next girlie some people just make me want to throw things.

#this comes from someone who’s been watching f1 for less than a year #so I won’t take any risks at talking about something technical #but please these are just some basic rules #and lord knows how I can hate on vertsappen or perez during a race #even on Carlos sometimes because I know that everytime he outperformes Charles I’m gonna see nasty things online #people saying that Charles is washed can go touch some grass #f1 #ferrari #charles leclerc #formula 1 #carlos sainz #scuderia ferrari #formula one #max verstappen #australian grand prix 2024 #aus24

[gloriousmonsters]

picturing Velvette huddled up on a Hell doorstep 2 hours after she arrived making a list of possible ways to get some power as quickly as possible on a bloodstained cellphone she took off a corpse and it's like

create startup, get aqui-hired

become first hellfluencer

sugar daddy?

startup + collab with a celebrity for more attention

celebrity boyfriend?

become already powerful couple's third, profit

actually find people to work with who respect and value my skills and me as a person <- this one is a joke

and then a year later she's in bed, awake after vox and val have nodded off for once, looking at mockups of the Vee tower design on her phone, and brings up the old list for just a minute to cross everything else out and write in 'all of the above???'

#YES IT'S BEING SAPPY ABOUT VELVETTE AND POLYVEES HOURS #in my headcanon she crashlanded in Hell juuuuust after the extermination happened and/or during the tail end of it #and it was both a curse and a blessing in clawing together her first tiny power base #because there's a lot up for grabs! but it's basically like being hired in retail during holiday season #but that's one of the reasons that usually hanging out during exterminations is one of her favorite activities #it's a potent reminder of how much power and safety she's gained #anyway i just love how Velvette is so 110% for her boys and their mutual brand the fact she has a #'<3' i.e 'V3' phone case kills me among other things #to me she seems like someone who dealt with being unappreciated her whole life so being part of this #powerful flashy exciting thing she shaped and getting attention not only online but from her clearly appreciative #*carmilla carmine voice* colleagues #hits her hard. ok i need to shut up and make velvette psychology/past headcanons a different post sometime #hazbin velvette #hazbin hotel velvette #poly vees #polyvees #polyamorvee #happy days in hell (hazbin tag)

[septembersung]

In real life, the traddest men I know: change diapers; do chores; are present and playful with their kids; take good care of their wives; work 50+ hours a week to provide for their families; literally never think about the 1950s.

#there is literally ONE (1) guy at my trad parish who is kind of a problem. he’s a) young b) apparently terminally online #and he is surrounded by the other trad husbands who have quietly mutually agreed to Change Him #my life #everything online is disconnected from reality and an aesthetic pipe dream #in real life trad communities differ just like other communities do #but my parishes are not that unusual #there’s a variety of opinion and practice but everybody is basically grounded and sane #our kids may struggle when they grow up but like. don’t we all #no matter what you do you can’t struggle or rebellion proof your kids #I have a foot in at like 5 different parish groups. I don’t attend them all regularly but I have strong ties with them #besides - ask five trads what it means to be trad and guess how many answers you’re going to get #more than 10 for certain #my catholic thoughts

[11x13kyle]

the girls (cohosts of fireside chats pod) are fighting

#microceleb au #idk if these are permanent pfps but i find them hilarious and i’m basically half the target audience so #oh also real ones know that cartman’s url is straight up just dasha’s twitter handle #explanation for people who are less online than me

[iidgm]

the demons won. ill set it up further tomorrow but if anyone's interested lemme know in the replies lmao

#not art #.eiden speaks. #server basically will be safe space to ramble abt the blorbos AND your ocs if you have one #obvs will have rules n shit but. yeah #need mods for that too so.... if youre chronically online like me hmu #will have tupper for roleplay too btw

[xoxo-ren-xoxo]

really weird thing ive noticed lately re: hermits getting critiqued for stuff theyve said or done is that as soon as someone holds a shit opinion (even if it's just them being stupid, or a centrist, or saying a bad word without knowing what it means, or whatever) people immediately seem to flock to the 'this guy should die' 'kys' 'why are we giving this person a platform' rhetoric and like. that's not how meaningful change is made?

like, yeah, if one of my beloved CCs posted a tweet or video tomorrow about how much they hate gay people, or believe in conservative ideals, or they just said a bunch of slurs or whatever (these are hyperbolic examples obviously) then yeah, fuck them, they should go rot. but like, having some dumb takes, or saying bad things in the past, doesn't = evil terrible person...

idk, i feel like we can critique content creators without getting so insane about it. like, shit, there are things some of my favourites do that i don't like, but theyre not even really worth bringing up tbh. unless its something actually important, i feel like it just creates more drama out of nothing and all these assholes come crawling out of the woodwork to tell everyone how much they hate that creator. or find their content boring anyway so clearly they have no real merit to anyone.

more of an explanation of what i mean in the tags but yeah.

#this is kind of about ppl finding out x is a centrist and... apparently that means telling him 'kys' is ok #i dont even like centrism but like... wasnt he super right wing at one point? is this not at least a mild improvement? he's just some guy #i like his content. dont care enough to get into drama about him being a 'we should all just talk it out!' kinda guy. who give a shit. #this is also kinda about doc's little rant on twt about plestine/isral (spelling to not clog tags) which was basically just - #- 'stop asking me to speak on these things 1. i could get into legal trouble 2. i stopped talking about politics years ago for good reasons #which like. isnt my favourite response to things? but i also Get It yknow? #it wasnt as big of a deal as ppl seemed to think it was #(especially since he very clearly retweeted donation post and said hes against innocent ppl dying. which is pretty clear to me.) #anyway the milder things im talking about here is like. harry potter references or mild orientalism re: 'asian-style' builds #like. i could go mad about that but i really dont give a shit #i dont #and like im a hard leftist. but i just do not care. so long as they arent a massive right winger or a creep im fine #*i say massive right winger but tbh i kind of mean right winger at all. i just dont give a shit about ccs wanting to remain more centrist #especially online. #anyway #hermitblr #hermitcraft #mcyt #discourse #ben chats shit on the internet #to clarify im not tryna say that its cool to play both sides politically but also i dont think bringing up a 4 year old post - #- to stir up drama is very genuine. looking at the notes i just see a lot of 'wow fuck this guy i hate his content anyway' and its like. ok

[bomnun]

240413 PENTAGON at Hongseok’s fanmeeting

#shinwon’s whereabouts..the plot is thickening like his hair #he was not at basic training but hui and jinho ddint see him for a while and he couldn’t be online #the long hair is so nice tho #hui #shinwon #hongseok #Yang hongseok #wooseok #jung wooseok #yeo one #yeo changgu

[astranauticus]

RWD S4E9 SPOILERS

we really do be getting some incredibly fun new lightning flavours from VR-LA these past few episodes huh. anyway black necrotic lightning <3

#rolling with difficulty #vr-la rwd #vr la rwd #you might need to like. turn up the brightness on your device for this one im so sorry #i had my ipad brightness up pretty high and didnt realise how dark everything was #LOVE projects like this thats like #'how did you draw that' 'really specific custom procreate brush' #i love fiddling with custom brushes IDK #anyway no idea what a witch bolt is but the noise austin made when describing the necrotic lightning is *sending* me #for the past few weeks ive been stuck in the headspace of like 'well i kinda wanna draw (thing) but i've also got The ProjectTM' #'so i should probably just.. spend my time on that...' #but this scene was just like. yeah i gotta. i HAVE to draw this #'spooky VR-LA' is basically my summon at this point LMAO #lol my idiot ass was tryna airdrop this and the kyana goop shitpost from my ipad to my computer and #somehow accidentally also sent the qr code for my last online purchase bank payment (?????????) #art I made

[bumblingbabooshka]

Older Tuvoks

#the star trek online version of Tuvok looks NOTHING like him to me so I basically just took the uniform #combination of computer graphics + very much underestimating how well Tim Russ would age HEHEHE #I gave Chakotay & Janeway more gray hairs & wrinkles bc it suited them <3 #Tuvok doesn't have many wrinkles or any gray hairs yet but he DOES have bags under his eyes post-voy in my mind #<- stress + isn't sleeping well - both due to being too on edge #bea art tag #I think Chakotay gets gray hairs first (while on Voyager but dyes his hair) then when Janeway gets gray hairs post VOY he stops dying his #when Tuvok starts graying they both tease him a little like 'welcome to the club old friend!' #<- Chakotay also starts calling him 'old friend' at one point post voyager...can't remember when #st voyager #st prodigy #10 am and the Tuvok tag 'today' is empty: I must post

[mwagneto]

sorry i can't hang out rn the two men from that 4 year old show kissed and i literally cannot think about anything else. yeah gonna be all month

#good omens #gomens #crowzira #deleted messenger haven't talked to any of my irls in a week #lowkey hate how nice it is to get a break tbh like oh my goddd im in the mental illness zone do NOT talk to meeee #it feels mean but also I've spent basically every second since September hanging out with #1 - 10 people near constantly. i need some downtime. although by downtime i did not #imagine stopping all human functions and just becoming a vessel for an engless loop of g0mens thoughts #not even true i CAN talk to ppl but only if it's someone that knows how ill i am or if it's #about g0mens. otherwise leave me alone #like i can literally only talk in terminally online tumblr terms rn i can barely remember hungarian #MY ASS LITERALLY GOT FACTORY RESET TO MY TERMINALLY ONLINE SELF😭😭 #not true coz back when i used to be this online i still talked to irls. mostly to get them to watch whatever i was watching but still #im gonna hang out with some tumblr mutuals who are just as ill as me soon. so that's something #idk how the fabric of budapest can handle that much mental illness in one room but whatever #ineffable husbands #i misspelled it.

[manhattan-gamestop]

Hello fellow LGBT+'s unfortunately it seems like the only ways to get Job are:

already have Job

just so happen to talk to the right person in order to obtain Job

#I have a job lined up after graduation now #bc I did an informal interview with someone #who so happens to have an opening in June for the exact thing I want to do #so that job might have to be posted online and stuff #even tho it's basically decided I'm the one getting it #tracking tag #rambling

[cat-winterfield]

ssl/o iceberg theory: mr sands was modelled after vladimir lenin

#star stable online #sso #ssoblr #basically when ssl came out there were discussions on online forums about some in game photos of mr sands #and someone mentioned that one of the photos looks very similar to a photo of lenin adressing the masses #I am not at home so I can’t really find the pic but remind me later

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

aaaand immediately after answering that ask i got one pretty much saying what it is. thankfully tumblr blurs pictures in asks until you click on em so That wasn't spoiled for me but still. cmon

#tired sigh... #i wanted to hear it from the man themself! #and i was happy to have a couple of days of Excitement! #yall just... be considerate of others please #dont spoil things unless Explicitly Asked #if you wanna share say 'hey! i know! can i tell you?' #and if the answer is No (or if there is no answer) then dont! please! #basic online etiquette! #even if What It Is is easily found #some people wont go looking! we'd like to Wait & See! its not obvious to Everyone! #and it might not have been Intended to be easily found #absolutely unprompted #sorry just. spoilers really bother me in certain situations #especially when its an individual creator excited to share something they're putting out into the world #having their chance to be the one to Share taken away from them #so just! yk! be nice! hush up! hold it for three days! Three! thats not a long time! you can do it! #be considerate of clown & others! #think before you speak yk...