#and more of a pernicious insidious normalized habit of weaving a web as big as possible because it’s juicy or interesting or could get you

[jamestaylorswift]

re the last post 😅 I don’t want to pin it all on, ya know, tiktok because I am aware of and have even participated in medium clowning efforts on/spawned on tumblr. however I dare you to look me in the eye and assert that repeated clowning about what taylor swift is doing does not eventually get old

#I mean we all go through our phases and it ebbs and flows with what the fandom is doing #at least in my circles I am unaware of a single person who manages to clown (social media definition) constantly and still find fulfillment #in that after months or years #really it’s just like swiftieism as practiced in the mainstream has unfortunately become synonymous with blatantly conspiratorial and/or #otherwise anti thinking #sorry but like that worries me on an existential level!! #it is truly fascinating how this evolved from the fringes of the fandom to become. well. part of her fans’ brand but #I am old man yells at sky about how clowning has become much less of an avenue for fans to be creative and explore because they’re finding #inspiration and joy in art that taylor puts out #and more of a pernicious insidious normalized habit of weaving a web as big as possible because it’s juicy or interesting or could get you #attention from other people who are trying to do that too #or could get you some form of validation because of how correct you are #it’s not a test!! you’re not passing at swiftieism (something which is both normal to want and possible to achieve) #and you’re not even truly having fun #rambles