#general etiquette

[your-daily-desert-weather]

Always ignore the tiny voice in your head that tells you to leave. It plots your demise. Daily.

#wtnv #night vale #nightvale #welcome to night vale #welcome to nightvale #your-daily-weather #general etiquette

[stressedlilbean]

What’s up with people going ‘totally listening to this song with heavy sexual implications/heavy swearing on a public bus without headphones, lol. This kid is looking at me so weird’ as if the kid is the one in the wrong? I keep seeing this in the comments of YouTube videos I watch.

Like, yeah. It’s a kid who’s having to listen to music that, while it may be a banger, still has sexual implications or swearing. Obviously they’re going to be embarrassed.

And the responses are almost always ‘lol’ ‘🤣’ ‘😂’ or something like that, and I’m just like, wear headphones then, asshole. If you pulled that shit next to me on a bus, I’d just make you feel super uncomfortable and not shut up about hookworms and get graphic with it. See how you like it.

Tdlr: stop going ‘lol’ and shit when people look at you and judge you when you’re being an ass. Wear headphones or earbuds when listening to music on the bus.

#bus etiquette #general etiquette #don’t be an asshole #wear headphones #or earbuds #this is a psa #because im sick of this #stop normalizing this #thank you

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

practicing for scares, i imagine!

#sorry this is so scribbly i couldnt be bothered to clean it up! #too much effort for my ancient soul <3 #ive been entertaining a little Scene in my mind #of barnaby helping wally practice halloween etiquette pre-party #somebody says boo! you say aah! somebody says trick or treat! Obviously you say trick! #damn now im sad that in my years of 'weening i never said trick. i should say trick next time i get the chance #scribble salad #welcome home #i continue to Massively enjoy drawing barnaby with claws #thank you mr. were-beagle for the opportunity #ok i admit i do just like drawing claws in general #half the time my hand practice turns into Monster Talon practice

[leofrith]

woah you hate gale? that's crazy, dude. you should tell us more. don't forget to tag it.

#bruh i swear every time i go in the tags i see someone bitching and moaning about how much they hate him #i don't think i've never seen this many people not think twice about tagging their hate posts about a character #AND THEN GET MAD when fans of that character give them shit about it #like what the fuck did you even expect lmao #is it not generally considered good etiquette to not tag that shit?? am i wrong?? come on now. #insufferable behaviour #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #ky posts text

[dailymanners]

Don't make fun of any accents, ever, for any reason.

The person on the receiving end will most likely fall in at least one of three categories:

Second language

Regional accent

Speech impediment

1. Second language

This person is probably speaking in this language to you because either you don't speak their mother tongue or you speak it worse than they speak the language you are speaking. They are making an effort for you. An accent doesn't make you dumb.

Making fun of someone for attempting to communicate in another language is the height of assholery.

2. Regional accent

Half the time you make fun of regional accents, you make fun of historically disenfranchised accents.

Southern accents? Congrats you're making fun of the way rural, usually poor, people speak. Their speech was highly influenced by black people.

Don't even get me started on making fun of AAE.

Again, an accent doesn't make you any less intelligent.

3. Speech impediment

They know they have a speech impediment. They are probably trying very hard not to sound like that. It is literally not their fault. They have had to deal with people making fun of it their whole life.

A speech impediment doesn't make you less intelligent either.

#submission #manners #good manners #etiquette #politeness #courtesy #nationalism and xenophobia plays a pretty big role in the first one too #In the country I live in a lot of the nationalism and xenophobia specifically centers around language #For foreigners it's a lose / lose situation #If they speak the local language then locals will be rude to them for having an accent #But if they don't use the local language (since most locals born here are actually pretty multi-lingual) they get yelled at #and generally treated like garbage #@ nationalistic people in the country I live in: please choose #Either be patient and kind to people with an accent #or be willing to use English or Spanish or other languages #you can't just yell at foreigners who speak to you at all either with an accent or in a different language #and get mad that they just don't appear here with perfect native speaking abilities

[exhuastedpigeon]

Just a gentle reminder that when you bookmark a fic on AO3 the author can see anything you've tagged or comments you've added. That means the author can see if you bookmarked a fic saying something like 'this fic sucks' or 'read it and hated it'.

I know this might be shocking to hear, but fic writers are people too and seeing one or two rude comments in the bookmarks, even if all the other ones are nice, can ruin someones day and maybe even mean they stop writing.

If you want to add mean comments/comments about what you don't like about a fic, make the bookmark private. It's just a little check box that you click and then no one but you can see that bookmark and any comments you've made.

#fic #fanfic #ao3 #be nice maybe? #i read through 400+ bookmarks with comments on my fics today and 99% were nice or generic #and then there were two that were crazy rude #like things you'd never say to another person in real life rude #so just remember people can see them #and don't be a dick #fandom #fandom etiquette

[doesnotloveyou]

"there are no instructions on how to use tumblr!" and "I've been here for years (joined after 2017) and didn't know this feature existed!"

do some of you just never explore things ever? like you join a site, don't check the TOS, don't check your privacy options, don't check all the settings, never look at your stuff in desktop, and only pay attention when someone makes a post like "omg turn off this feature immediately!" ?

bro. it's your house. know where everything is and what it does, the real estate agent isn't going to hold your hand

and help yourself by following @changes so you'll actually know when tumblr announces every minor change no one notices for a couple weeks until one person screams that their favorite button was moved slightly to the left on mobile

#sincerely #i have never had a problem using tumblr #unless it was mobile #you all just expect websites to hand you instructions? #what like f*cebook and insta telling you how to get data mined? #find crap out yourself #freakin app generation right here y'all expect things to be streamlined and packaged #“but that's so much extra work---” actually it isn't #i joined at nineteen and figured it out #if you're dumber than me at nineteen that's on you #og #dnly rants #tumblr etiquette #tumblr how to

[miralines]

I don’t have the brainpower to elaborate on this the way it deserves but the Toy Soldier is a brilliant parody of militarism and Dapper Steampunk Englishness that really doesn’t get enough credit

#the mechanisms #the mechs #the toy soldier #as I’ve been archiving I found a Jessica law tweet about bad retrofuturism #the kind of thing I like to refer to as taking the punk out of steampunk #and she mentions ts’s manner is very similar to what she’s criticizing #and acknowledges it does murder which that character archetype doesn’t generally #but she didn’t get into how. it does murder. it follows any order. it loves battle and is posh and knows everything about tea etiquette. #and those are bad!! it’s not noble or gallant it’s a very polite war criminal!! #it’s that genteel English officer taken seriously and with the implications of its violence #which is a wonderful pushback to the kind of popular ‘steampunk’ that’s just romanticized neovictorianism

[babyprime]

yall want my hot take? I don't think gale would be a good dad. I think he would be good with and like kids but that's not the same as parenting. like. u know kids are generally really bad at things and kinda dumb compared to adults right? I think realistically having to stay quiet when a 3 year old was really really REALLY wrong about something would give him a stress induced ulcer skjrdkkddn

#and im saying this with love #he and astarion to me are both like. i enjoy imagining them with kids bc it would be funny #and also good for them i think but they would be Terrible at it in different ways #the only wholly good parent as they are in game is halsin and wyll but in a few years imo (cause he should be at the club) #laezel and karlach too but karlach would try and get a babys first word to be Fuck for a laugh and laezels not in general good w kids #so she would suck with certain aspects like playdate etiquette etc #i think wyll will be a great dad in like 2-5 years bc he should be at the club rn

[wilimia]

Tp Link and Zelda hate each other. That's it that's the headcanon

#like Link knows nothing about etiquette and city life in general #Zeldas never stepped outside of castle town (or never gone to anything remotely rural #both of the probably think Midna likes the other more so theyre jealous of each other #link thinks shes a stuck up boring stick in the mud #while zelda thinks hes a dumb brash n honestly gross bumpkin #like the respect each other but they dont like each other #zelda sends link out on meaningless missions just to fuck w him or get rid of him #link intentionally embarrasses zelda infront of nobles and isnt very helpful #theyre VERY competitive #the interactions the had in the game where polite sure but that was before they knew each other #they'd met like three times and everytime it involved midna somehow #midnas like there mutual friend who makes them hang out together and then she leaves and its super awkward #thats it this is my headcanon #wili talks #twilight princess

[your-daily-desert-weather]

To be eligible for wholeness and completeness, one must complete 92,000 hours of community work and 30,000 hours of work in the dunes. Of course, more is always better!

#wtnv #night vale #nightvale #your-daily-weather #welcome to night vale #general etiquette

[krystaljasper]

#black history #struggle #ignorant racist white people who came from generations of ignorant racist white people who could not change their racist beliefs and value #The Jim crow etiquette of the racist past #Not that long ago only seventy eight years ago #Racist white police officers of the Jim crow South.

[alltimefail-sims]

SIMBLR PSA: Stop putting story posts, cas screenshots, dollhouse builds, room builds, build screesnhots, renders, and etc. in #ts4cc tag!!!

Many of you aren't even using CC in your builds or screenshots, so why would you tag them as CC?

As a general rule of thumb: if it isn't actual, downloadable custom content and it also doesn't link to CC, it shouldn't be in the CC tag. People use the #ts4cc tag to "shop" for custom content: and story posts/screenshots of your sims or builds don't belong there, even if your sim happens to be wearing CC or the build you're showing off has CC in it. Posts unrelated to downloadable, linked custom content will clog the tag and make finding the actual downloadable content more challenging, and this will ultimately lead to people blocking you so that your posts don't show up when they're trying to shop for cc. Trust me, you're not going to receive more likes or engagement by purposely misusing a tag.

Some possibly applicable tag alternatives:

#simblr

#ts4

#sims 4

#the sims 4

#ts4 gameplay

#ts4 legacy

#ts4 story

#ts4 legacy challenge (Only if you are doing a legacy challenge obviously. You can also use a tag associated with your specific legacy challenge that was likely provided by the OG creator.)

#sims 4

#ts4 screenshots

#ts4 cas

#ts4 build

#show us your sims

#the sims community

I'm sure there are even more alternatives, but these are the popular ones that I see used most often. Remember, if it isn't downloadable cc, it should not be in the cc tag. There are new people here on simblr every day, so I assume many new blogs might not know this and that's why the #ts4cc tag is filled with a mess of unrelated content. Tumblr's tagging system already sucks - please do not make it worse! Hope this is helpful to someone!

#ts4 #simblr #the sims community #this isn't my rule btw it's like a general bit of etiquette that has always been unspoken #but jesus it needs to be spoken lmfao #CC shopping is already hard enough with the paywallers. We don't need tag cloggers too #the sims 4 #sims 4

[microcosme11]

Napoleon at his worst!

General Thiébault goes to court and witnesses this ugly scene in 1810...yikes:

I was in the gaming room at the end of the rooms devoted to receptions; the empress played her part; and while so many kings, archdukes, princes, foreigners of the highest rank, and so many illustrious Frenchmen, followed the Emperor with their eyes and watched his slightest movements, he exchanged a few words with one, honored another with a nod, went from one gaming table to another, and addressed the ladies in words that were more piquant than gallant.

Having made his rounds, finding himself near the door which separated the gaming room from the drawing-room which preceded it, he crossed the threshold, and instantly an immense procession rushed after him. Waddling, he arrived in the center of the salon, stopped, crossed his arms over his chest, stared at the floor six feet in front of him and did not move. The kings, the Archduke Ferdinand, uncle of the Empress, and the other eminent personages who followed, stopped immediately; some drew back, others stepped aside, all close together, and a rather large circle formed around the Emperor, of which he occupied the center in an immobility that everyone imitated, in a silence that nothing interrupted. We began by avoiding even looking at each other; little by little we raised our eyes and looked around us. A few more moments, and our exchanged glances took on such a questioning character that everyone seemed to be wondering what this stage game was preparing: a tacit question, which, in the presence of so many foreigners, made everyone French feel uneasy. Indeed such a sudden meditation, as bizarre as it was out of place, could, for three or four minutes, be attributed on the part of the Emperor to the need to realize an important thought which he had unexpectedly been seized with; but after five, six, seven, eight minutes, no one was in a condition to make sense of it; and yet it remained evident that with a haughty and superb master, at a moment when it pleased him to create so singular a spectacle, it was best to do nothing. 

Unfortunately, Marshal Masséna, who was in the first rank, and behind whom I had placed myself, judged otherwise; I was even convinced that this man, who on the battlefield had such a happy inspiration, such a sure eye, but who retained none of his advantages at court, had thought he was doing Napoleon a service by offering him a natural way of ending a ridiculous scene, and, in its kind, the most ridiculous that I have seen in my life; he did not understand that by providing an offended chief a means of mortifying him, he was getting him out of trouble, but by substituting cruelty for [ridiculousness?]. Consequently, while no one in the world was moving, or dreaming of moving, he left his place, entered the circle which an evil genius seemed to have traced for him, to go there to seek an affront; then, with slow steps advanced towards the Emperor. Astonishment and curiosity showed on all faces; mine could only express fear; the wait, however, was not long; for hardly a few words, said too softly to be heard, had been uttered by the Marshal, when, without raising or averting his eyes, without making a movement, the Emperor articulated in a voice of thunder: “What are you doing?” This old marshal, who despite his glory and his dignities had just been humiliated in front of the whole of Europe, instead of leaving immediately and returning home to hide his shame, returned to his place without replying and, which completed my confoundment, regained it by stepping backwards. Never have I felt more mortified, never has the despot appeared to me in Napoleon with more arrogance and impudence; for it was gratuitously cruel to insult France with one of her oldest and most illustrious defenders. As for Napoleon, after this prize awarded for such great services, he continued his statue scene for a few more moments; then, as if emerging from a dream, he raised his head, uncrossed his arms, cast an examining glance at everything around him, turned around without saying a word to anyone and went back into the game room. At a sign, the Empress threw down the cards and rose; all games ceased and everyone was on their feet. Passing in front of Marie-Louise, he said to her in a rather dry tone: "Allons, Madame..." and continued to walk, while she followed him three paces behind him. As soon as he approached the door of the interior apartments, this door opened, and, the moment the Empress had passed it, it closed behind them.

Mémoires du général Baron Thiébault / publiés sous les auspices de sa fille Mlle. Claire Thiébault, d'après le manuscrit original par Fernand Calmettes, c.1 v.4

hathitrust

#I haven't even read this memoir it was quoted in another book #Thiebault memoirs #Napoleon being incredibly rude and crazy #Massena makes a regrettable error of etiquette #Napoleon drama queen #WTH #Massena probably regrets that General Bonaparte ever got into power

[moondirti]

Some of these anons really do be submitting the most demanding stuff

I’m not upset, as I think it’s a thing that’s typical to any new (and let’s face it, even some long-running) fandom. People have all these ideas and not all of them know how to approach it themselves. The excitement might cause them to lose sight of how to phrase things in people’s inboxes, lol.

That being said, I just want to remind everyone of some basic request/internet etiquette, from someone who doesn’t take requests:

Don’t send multiple blogs the same request!

This is something I’ve noticed after receiving a Miguel O’Hara one that I had just seen someone else write a response to, and I really hope I don’t have to convince you why this is not only super risky, but just blatantly disrespectful. Writers are not your personal content machines. Some of us take requests because we hope that our readers love our writing enough to want to see it in multiple scenarios. Approaching multiple individuals with the same idea just screams that you don’t give a fuck about the personality we can bring to it, that you just want your plot written for free. And I’m speaking for myself here, I definitely don’t expect anyone to agree, but I hope y’all understand that there should be decorum and respect within fandom because at the end of the day, it is a community propelled by sheer love alone.

There’s also the additional fact that, by sending your request to multiple writers, the potential for originality claims and allegations to be thrown around skyrockets, which would cause so much unnecessary drama within the community. If you want to keep seeing writers - and, on a whole, creatives - produce the work that you love, then don’t create any reason for them to quit/be attacked.

Remember your manners!

Please, thank you, or even a simple compliment letting us know that you actually appreciate request-taker’s efforts make all the difference in the world. Again, writers are not your personal content machines. We have lives and jobs and work separate from this, and we choose to create only because it brings us joy. By being demanding and rude, you suck that joy right out.

#psa #internet etiquette #miguel o’hara #x reader #fanfiction #fanfic #fanfiction community #general #༄dee answers #༄dee rambles

[eternally-tired-cryptid]

It's thinking abt Gwenna hours again

#jasper rambles #all i have is disconnected snippets but i wanna write like. an actual one shot to post on ao3 #ive never rlly posted oc fic stuff before tho and i dont read a ton of oc fic just bc when im into a fandom its generally not what i seek ou #t? i think its fantastic bc like. same dude. but i just tend to lean towards either fully original stuff or fic of the existing characters? #im the same way w like. i tend to read canon divergence aus over full on aus. like im not a modern au or high school au person? theyre epic #i just dont seek them out #all that to say lemme know if theres any sort of etiquette abt writing ocs i should know abt