#that’s why blocking is an option

[shapeofmetal]

Me: hmm I did not care for that interaction. “Blocks” ahh that feels better. Now I can go about my day.

The person I just blocked: on public social media “And then they BLOCKED ME. IT WAS SO RUDE. IM ENTITLED TO TALK TO OREO AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE BLOCKED ME HOW AM I GOING TO TALK TO THEM??? I’m deprived. Oreo is problematic actually! 🤬🤬🤬

Me: wow I’m so glad blocking people means I don’t have to see what they are saying. I’m living my life now and moving on.

The person I blocked: MOM SOMEONE ON TWITTER BLOCKED ME CALL THEIR MOM AND MAKE THEM TALK TO ME.

#the fact that multiple people are going to assume I’m talking about them specifically says a lot #I’ve had to deal with pushy or rude people over the years #I’ve always just blocked and moved on #if someone else blocks me I see that as them saying they don’t want to interact and I respect that #I’m not entitled to their time or energy #that goes both ways #if I block someone I’m not obliged to talk to them anymore #that’s why blocking is an option #so many people online treat me like I owe them something #wether it’s art or a conversation or a friendship #I don’t owe people anything #I just wanna draw weird robots #I’m not going to name any names or call anyone out for being obnoxious #if people want to make public callouts denouncing me for the crime of blocking them that’s their problem #I will say though that what I have been shown of those posts is so cringe #I do not regret a single person I have blocked #if you end up blocked on the internet build a bridge and get over it.

[kedreeva]

If I could kill the reply feature on this webbed site, I would.

#personal #i wish there was an option for only allowing replies from people following you for one year or something #one week is not long enough for me up put up with some people #who are you and why are you replying when you could have just reblogged whatever the fuck it was #and said your piece there #there's like a handful of people who've been here a long time that i don't mind replies from #and then people whose usernames I've never seen in my life #saying stupid shit #that should have been a reblog so it doesn't get emailed to me #i want to keep the people who've been around #I've just started soft blocking people who i don't know that reply to not my posts #to say random things #I'm so cranky right now i should go to sleep #just to be clear if you are saying something TO ME on a post I MADE then this isn't about you

[tsams-confessions]

Soooo, how old does everyone guess the average person in this fandom is? Especially on youtube

(could maybe be a poll or not idk?)

yknow what sure fuck it poll time

#sun and moon show #the sun and moon show #tsams #sams #tsams confession #< block this if you dont want to see these #mod 1blood #confession polls #i dont really do polls so if the options arent great thats why lol #not gonna do stuff like this super often

[crunchycrystals]

what if i just pretend like he gets something else to hold the branches together

#crunchyposts #mcu #loki spoilers #was it a good ending? was it a bad ending? did i like it? did i dislike it? i genuinely unironically cannot answer any of these questions #i just cannot handle tragedies and unhappy endings #so to me he steps out he goes to bind it together and sylvie stops him #so in my head she steps out after him and she finds a diff solution #<- i say sylvie does it to justify why he was so emotional over it #and also im in the sylki trenches still i do not care block me if you dont like it #but then hes not forever trapped there and im fine and hes fine and theyre fine and im fine and im not anxious at all like i get w tragedie #my other option is sylvie goes with him so they both live in their worst nightmares but together #but like. i dont want pain rn lol so im sticking with the happy one

[tadbitsketch]

mcsm (s2) hugs look so comforting tbh

#they're literally blocks why does it work so well #like the cabin scene hug oh my goshhh it just looks amazing #and also the optional lukas hug in the tower #gahhhh #major props to the animators and whoever the heck figured these out #mcsm #minecraft story mode

[liesmyth]

sometimes I encounter blogs I don't know in fandoms we don't share and they have me blocked. and I know we were enemies in a past life I cannot remember

#I wish tumblr gave people the option to tell you why they blocked you #like when you unsubscribe from a newsletter and they're like 'oh! why are you leaving us?' #and I NEED to know what the last straw was #elle.txt

[achairwithapandaonit]

fandom purity culture has me with my head in my hands. there was this fandom project thingy i was really looking forward to and then i joined the server and one of the rules was like 'if you're found to be making/consuming problematic content you will be removed from the project' and it just pissed me off so much i decided i didn't want to be part of a project like that and exited the server as soon as i'd entered it. like GEEZ. why does that matter? why does it even matter what people are making and consuming outside of a separate project? how do you decide what's problematic and what's not? why are you so obsessed that you're gonna police actual people's lives like oh so and so saw you reblogging something problematic so we can't have you tainting our pure and perfect project. like, damn, purity culture is a hard thing to grow out of (i know. i fell into it in my mid teens and it's still hard unlearning it), but at some point you have to accept that it doesn't matter that much. that people aren't that simple. that it's just words on a page. there're things that make me uncomfortable, but as long as i block the tags and avoid that content why should it matter? it doesn't affect me. i'm sorry if i've ever said otherwise (as i said, it's a hard thing to unlearn but i am unlearning it) but god, we're all just people, aren't we? who cares about other people's fucked up little ships. it just sucks

#idk. i think as my follower count gets higher this also just stresses me out more and makes me even more pissed off #i'm constantly scared i'm gonna do something and suddenly i'm going to be getting hate anons cause i dared not to write the same shit i #always do #why does fandom have to be a place of fear? like. seriously. the goal of fandom purity is to strike fear in people so they don't dare to #create what you deem problematic #right? doesn't that sound a little fucked up #it's all very performative #anyway if this gets me hate anons i will be blocking the anons if that's an option on tumblr or deleting them in the other case

[femmesandhoney]

is there only romance options in bg3. why can't i become twin flames w someone.

#i think about this all the time i get close to a companion and suddenly theyre like do u wanna be a couple do u wanna share a bed NO!!! #i wanna be besties why can't i block a romance option and just be best friends w people who aren't the ones i wanna romance

[buckevantommy]

i've been trying to remove that song from the coffee date scene but the vocals seem too stubborn for my methods to detangle from the spoken audio. has anyone managed to remove the music track? i will give you my first born... 👶🥲

#if you're curious why: i want to try overlaying a few different song options for that scene (nick drake hello) bc the one they chose #does not vibe with tempo or vocals or even lyrics. i just think it wasn't a great choice so i want to see what else might've worked #but adding quiet music behind the dialogue doesn't block out the vocals of the song they used. so... please send help 🥺 #evantommy #bucktommy #911 abc 7x05 #.txt #music #soundtrack

[everlovesbuffy]

all i wanted was fluffy Huskerdust fic on ao3. and what was i met with?

a Radioapple smut fic that had the tags, and I’m quoting:

“Sex-Repulsed Alastor” “But Not For Long”

#tw aphobia #hazbin hotel #asexual #i’m gonna start blocking the r*dioapple tag when i search for stuff on ao3 #it is so disgusting when people twist canon sexualities to satisfy their fetishes #why not just ignore his asexuality altogether while you’re at it #hazbin alastor #i don’t normally get angry/hate on other shippers but i am just so tired of people treating asexuality like it’s optional

[elliesgaymachete]

#there is no wrong answer here #the first person who asks why fjord isn’t an option gets blocked /joke #critical role #veth brenatto #fearne calloway

[rainbowangel110]

Just sent a complete stranger a song from my playlist willy nilly someone hit me with a shovel Lethal Company style

#just posting #it was the Wither Storm theme tooo I had better options #actually no #RAINBOW #WHAT THE FUCK GIRLY #WHY DID YOU DO THAT #it's Fran the guy with the fluffy af ToH art I think they do Dragonropa as well #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGHHHHHHHHHH #whyyyy did I do that fuck :D #best case senario they don't see it and he never reponds #worst case he blocks me

[fizzytoo]

if they’re punishing players for save scumming.. why let players save during rolls anyway

#bg3 #*fizzyspeaks #CORNBALL #plenty of games would have blocked that option #also it’s patch 5…….. we’ve done it all this time #why do something about it now #i don’t want to hear a “this is how the game was meant to be played” ass bitch. go suck on a rock

[starfilled-galaxy]

Should I do that thing where I post a random xenogender label from my hoard every day?

It'd go on for 60 days (as of currently, idk if i'll add any more xenos to my hoard within those 60 days lol)

It could be fun...

I'd add the gender name, flag, description, link to more info aka coining post/wiki page, and alt text if its one of the flags that has it (some dont</3)

#niko.txt #me using the poll option for the first time ever??? no way #WAIT WHY CAN YOU ONLY PICK BETWEEN 1 DAY AND 1 WEEK I THOUGHT YOU'D BE ABLE TO CHOOSE 1-7 DAYS ?? #im making it 1 day bc theres no way in hell ill be patient enough to wait a week for final results #i'd probably tag it as smth like “daily xenohoard posting” if i do end up doing it so you can block the tag #also they'd all be scheduled posts bc theres no way in hell i'll remember to post every day without scheduling also fuck the queue option

[valoale]

MERRY CRISIS TREE

Thank you precious @daddiesdrarryy for tagging me this made me very happy 🥹

Sending love to all my mutuals and followers and hope y’all are having a peaceful time and I want to thank you all for this year and making my day to day life so much better and keeping me entertained during my worst patches 🫶🏻

@xx-thedarklord-xx @sarxzu @mairzy-doats @heavy-metal-dick @littlewinnow @lqtraintracks @obliviateobsession @okay-sky @ashercries23 @l0vegl0wsinthedark

Forgive me for I’ve sinned and I’ve just woken up and I’m trying my best to wire up my brain and remember y’all’s urls but my brain still be scrambled real bad so if I forgot to tag you I didn’t do it on purpose I swear

#this is entirely optional don’t you worry you’re not obliged to do anything #and I just did something ????? and just walked through a blocked ticket sale and miraculously secured two tickets to comic con #the entire site was down but I just waltzed through #I’m a true wizard #but this is another reason why my brain remains scrambled #but I love you all #no matter what #this definitely isn’t an easy time for all so I’m really wishing you all are doing good #also I’ve still got one (1) thing up my sleeve and I am hoping to finish it soon #so Christmas treats ain’t over yet #but anyway #happy holidays to those who celebrate #vee talks

[whumpacabra]

There’s a post going around recently about how the whump community tags for disabled characters and I…have to disagree with its main point.

Simply tagging a post with ‘disabled whumpee’ does not give me enough information to know if a fic will be validating or triggering for me. I need more specific tags to filter out my squicks and triggers, and to identify posts of interest. Specific tags are the keystone of a community that specifically talks about potentially triggering or upsetting content.

For example, I like reading stories with characters that use prostheses and mobility aids. I find these stories relatable and validating as someone with both! But should those posts simply be tagged ‘disabled whumpee’ because it might conflict with the other users of the mobility aids and prostheses tags? I can only find out the nature of the whumpee’s disability by reading, and a negative outcome can at best turn out to be a waste of time or at worst deeply upsetting.

Cancer is a difficult topic for me given my past and current experiences with it. I have the cancer tag and a dozen variants of it blocked. Of course, people on tumblr with cancer or talking about their experiences with it use that tag to talk about it. If someone is writing about a character who has or had cancer, but only tags for ‘disabled whumpee’ I won’t know that I’m getting into a story that will cause me great distress.

I’m disabled. I have severe nerve damage, limited mobility, chronic pain, a plethora of other medical bullshit, and my condition is progressive. Whump is part of how I’ve been learning to deal with and process my struggles, and part of that involves writing and reading about disability in whump.

Do I just block all ‘disabled whumpee’ content and never know if I’m clicking on a story I’ll find relatable and validating or if I’m clicking on a story that will upset me so badly I won’t use tumblr for a few days? No - I block specific tags and specific blogs as necessary. The idea that we should stop using specific tags, when writing about a specific condition or disease, to put everything under one vague blanket is naive at best and dangerous at worst.

I understand the frustration of seeing posts you don’t want to see in a specific tag (the number of x reader headcanon blogs for fandoms I’ve never heard of that I’ve had to block when trying to browse is ridiculous). But at the end of the day if those posts are tagged appropriately (ie. not crosstagged spam in violation of the TOS) you just do what you always do for something you don’t want to see on this site: blacklist, block, and move on.

#whump #whump community #tagging etiquette #beans speaks #it’s fine if you disagree/are changing how you tag your disabled whumpee writing but I’m not so please feel free to block me (genuine) #if you see me in a specific tag you don’t want to see whump writing in #I understand where that post is coming from but also. is we stop tagging specific tags. how the fuck am I supposed to avoid my triggers??? #I just don’t understand tumblr’s block and blacklist options are wayyy more effective than they’ve ever been. #and I don’t see how tagging a post that contains the depiction of apples would be clogging the apple tag? it’s an appropriate use of the tag #do I want to see posts about the fictional mlp character applejack when browsing the apple tag? probably not. #but I understand why the tag search included those posts and why the poster tagged the post with such. I block them and move on. #my blood sugar is low sorry if this is rambly and incoherent and. I don’t know stupid or insensitive? #disabled people are not a monolith we all have different opinions and preferences for how we interact with the topic of our disabilities #and removing specificity for the sake of…inconvenience just seems silly #sorry I haven’t read that post in a few days I might sound like a complete asshole in which case idk send gore and death threats I guess #I haven’t done tumblr discourse since 2015. do people still send KYS or is it all kungpowpenis these days?