#too many billion people

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

#this was much longer i had to cut it down for legibility #but i do want to say i am aware this post doesnt touch on human rights violations as a result of fast fashion #that is because it deserves its own post with a completely different tone #i am an environmental educator #so that's what i know the most about. it wouldn't be appropriate of me to mention off-hand the real and legitimate suffering #that people are going through #without doing my research and providing real ways to help #this is a vent post about a thing i'm watching happen; not a call to action. it would be INCREDIBLY demeaning #to all those affected by the fast fashion industry to pretend that a post like this could speak to their suffering #unfortunately one of the horrible things about latestage capitalism as an activist is that SO many things are linked to this #and i WANT to talk about all of them but it would be a book in its own right. in fact there ARE books about each level of this #and i encourage you to seek them out and read them!!! i am not an expert on that i am just a person on tumblr doing my favorite activity #(complaining) #and it's like - this is the individual versus the industry problem again right because im blaming myself #for being an expert on environmental disaster (which is fucking important) but not knowing EVERYTHING about fast fashion #i'm blaming myself for not covering the many layers of this incredibly complicated problem im pointing out #rather than being like. yeah so actually the fault here lies with the billion dollar industries actually. #my failure to be able to condense an incredibly immense problem that is BOOK-LENGTH into a single text post that i post for free #is not in ANY fucking way the same amount of harm as. you know. the ACTUAL COMPANIES doing this ACTUAL THING for ACTUAL MONEY. #anyway im gonna go donate money while i'm thinking about it. maybe you can too. we can both just agree - well i fuckin tried didn't i #which is more than their CEOs can say

[uncanny-tranny]

So much love and recognition to the people who don't know how they feel about recovering. To the people whose scars are fading away, and there's a sinking feeling, despite knowing that it's a good thing. To the people who miss when they were "worse," when they felt "broken." To the people who mourn losing their coping mechanisms, even the ones that were destructive, scary, or unpleasant. To those who feel guilty they're healing because their past self wasn't ready.

Whatever it is, there is nothing wrong with any of those feelings. It's a natural reaction, something you don't have ultimate control over. There is nothing shameful about yourself, and I admire the strength it takes to recognize how you feel, even the parts that do feel like the "wrong" reaction to a Good Thing.

#mental health #self harm tw #self harm mention tw #sh tw #mental health recovery #mental health support #i love you i love you i love you #i admire you and empathize with you and want to be your fellow man. i want to share this wold *with* you #and that includes sharing a world that you aren't sure you deserve or are ready for #the world can wait. humans have been here for hundreds of thousands of years. it can wait #when i think about all this what makes me feel better is remembering how many billions of people have lived #and it makes me feel better to know that there has never been a problem too big to have - to uniquely awful #i have my own conflicted feelings about this because objectively i am healing #but it feels like i have boarded on land after surviving the worst trip to sea ever... #...a trip that was plagued with my ship being flung through hurricanes and lightnight and i'm only manning a sailboat... #...and i have found land and that land is good... #...but my legs feel like they will give out underneath me because this is solid land that i have never stood on... #...and you get used to the constant seasickness and sealegs and wondering *how* you'll make it out - If you will... #...the peace feels like a ruse at times because all you've known was chaos. but it's a good ruse and a comfortable one #and so you learn i guess to sink into the comfort like a spft feather pillow

[hexenjagd]

Which character archetype are you?

The Trickster. A person utterly self-reliant, and if they need others, it's for their interest and whim alone. Someone charming, someone who gives others an image that's only one aspect of their entire being—a being that's vast, that nobody has seen in completeness.

Tagged by: @cursedfortune (Thank you bug - v-) Tagging: @oathloathed @necrophcge @yellowfingcr @miserycorde @knightshonour @zaubersammler @illholy @izar-tarazed @vilestblood @lancelot-sharpkeen@duelplix (all 3 if you want) @tacetnix @yeleltaan @prismaiden/ @wolfbrawn @renatvvs(boi) @goldenfists @vulpesse @rotten-pest @fulgurantfirstborn @casketdweller @wolfofwinchester@zcrayas @lasraichean @starcaller-scholar @sunpraised and anyone else who would like to do it, feel free to tag me and say I tagged you so that I may see.

#Dash games || merriment; #Thank you bug; sorry I did it on this blog since the bb blog is close to being done; I'll do it over there too #A drop in the ocean #But this is fitting to a point-- charming is... debatable depending on who you are but #that aside; one of many names-- of many stories-- of many rumors both connected -if you can put it together- and seemingly disconnected #many roles played; many masks #Very few remain that know her from start to finish or fully know her.. tbh she never asked for that but.. such is the way of that world #trying to move around though my energy is still off-- we are writing again at least #tagged like 2 billion people sorry

[not-souleaterpost]

People on here who think even anime Crona didn't deserve redemption or needed to be severaly punished after watching DBZ:

#soul eater meta #soul eater #meme #low effort #dont take it too seriously #just showing my context when people claim someone is beyond redemption #my man vegeta literally killed billions for fun into his 30s #and even continued to be a dick way past many chances #even killed his closest companion without a second look for basically no reason #like that shit is kinda cold till now #but still got redeemed #so crona can have a little mass murder as a treat #do people still use this meme format #idk #it is what it is #dragon ball #dbz #vegeta #redemption arc #I think unironically vegetas backstory is one where one can say that it influenced his actions but dont justify them

[lepusrufus]

This is for all the fic writers/ younger writers who think their works aren't good enough to be taken seriously or to be published someday.

The number of boomers who have nothing better to do at 70 or 80 and think they're The Shit and decide to publish autobiographies, walk around with their elementary school grammar thinking they're some writing gurus, can't properly space out paragraphs, form sentences like they swallowed a fistful of commas and spat them all over the document, abuse of the bold and italics like their lives depend on it, have zero understanding of properly putting spaces after punctuation marks, is absurd.

So please make yourself some tea and give yourself a pat on the back for honesty being a better writer than the vast majority of boomers with an ego the size of Jupiter who publish their bullshit.

#I'm not even exaggerating when i say most fics I read by people writing for shits and giggles #are a billion times better formatted than 99% of the books I edit #what are paragraphs? #what is putting a space after a comma or period? #what is not abusing of quotation marks? #they have no fucking clue #i swear fic writers need so much more credit than they're given for being so careful about proper formatting #yes I'm totally writing this after having to deal with one too many shitbags at work

[marsbotz]

breaking my silence. minions/dm franchise is genuinely good and fun

#esp the music #alexa play minions cover of you cant always get what u want. #alexa play minions cover of revolution. #actually u need the visual for that one. too. its not the same. but still fun #i understand why ppl find the minions annoying lolol… but i love them PERSONALLY…. #oh. except dm3. that shit is the bane of my existence. soooo many missed opportunites. #anyway i know a billion people who would fold for stuart if he was human. just saying #if this fixation ends up coming back i apologise in advance tho.

[queen-boudicca]

Someone: ugh marvel sucks now

Me: you're so right, 100%, agree completely

Someone: they peaked in endgame

Me: ...

#i will never understand why people like endgame #i mean i hated infinity war bc it had to do the contrived shit where very powerful characters had to be very foolish #bc otherwise they could win immediately #and the way that they decided saving vision was more important than the hundreds of wakandans that would die instead #and many many other reasons #but endgame was a billion times worse #it had exactly one redeeming quality and that was Steve using Thor's hammer #but even that was undercut by his ending so #anyway Steve should've done the snap and Tony should've retired to be with his family #and also everything else about that movie sucked too #god the fucking “”“girl power”“” shot where all the women come together to help a man when they should've just given it to Captain marvel #way to admit you have zero female characters by the way #also way to disrespect black widow like where was her wreath during the funeral scene?? #anyway there's a billion more problems with that movie but my point is people will be like “everything after endgame sucks” #and I'm like my guy everything after whatever movie was before infinity war sucks #tbf i heard the new black panther and guardians are good #but I've stopped giving marvel my money so #marvel #anti endgame #anti marvel

[unproduciblesmackdown]

"winston quant billions: like anyone else, an entire universe" or "the good news is it's just that everyone's been terrible to you, the bad news is it's just that everyone's been terrible to you"

#one thing you can do now that billions has an overall conclusion: fight it to the death w/your bare hands & anything within reach #go ''anyway.'' look at taylor mason being in there and out here like wrow.... #come get your thee most special little fella on earth created by this series by nonzero layers of happenstance babeyyy #and people will have been terrible to them in general / more than not / perhaps always #meanwhile i'm turnt on album recording amphibian that high note oh my gott #and have been snapping metal in half thinking about orvphil material like hhrrhgh #and in this case have been like ''sure making this coloring Busier and Noisier...'' then been like ''yep'' and continued apace #can't be too much in his cosmos. and also: yolo #winston billions #corned beef #also spent many words for many minutes Just Today going on & on abt [christ the winston material + billions more broadly] in the dms lol #typical sunday....it's truly not Not. the verbosity will simply manifest thusly now and then. s/o to my fellow connoisseur #and now. need nappuccino #oh and also the way the whole universe that is oneself? needs no external acknowledgment abt this; is not deficient or insufficient; etc... #winston deserved to flip tf out & not in a way everyone liked & respected #&/or every day on a simmer just be more of a bitch; cause problems on purpose; etc #meanwhile they just handled his material like ''well you can only ultimately throw him in the trash'' but like welp #he in turn can only be better off removed from [all other characters on this show] lol like team ben / tuk exception maybey.... #he already so Arrogantly has any sense of self worth/confidence. and he needs more. More!

[technicallyaminecraftsimp]

Guys how the hell am I supposed to explain to other people why I love the Antenna Galaxies so fucking much without the “this too is yuri” meme

#I tried to say something like ‘it’s poetic in my mind’ but it just doesn’t hit the same as #this too is yuri #look man #billions upon billions of years we spent alone in an endless universe #surrounded yet completely isolated #slowly and unknowingly being drawn to one another #and now that we are not alone #we can do nothing but destory each other completely in the hope of becoming something new something better #I have spent so many years alone but now I get to spend many more knowing and loving you #until I ultimately destory you and you me #we will kill each other we will die in each others arms and throughout it all it will be painstakingly beautiful #HOW?????? AM I SUPPOSE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE #or at least people who aren’t on tumblr #like my astronomy teacher #how can I possibly grasp the emotion I feel about. some fuckin galaxies 45 million light years from us #also can I mention #no one else I’ve told this too can see it #but the antenna galaxies look like two ppl holding each other’s face #im not kidding guys I think about this way to often in life #god I hope someone here gets it #The Crab Speaks

[rivilu]

Everyone's on about Miguel beefing with a 15 yo, which sure it's funny, but y'all are letting the Spot, "I now declare this child that MY INVENTION inflicted this anomalous occurrence on, my lifelong nemesis", the ULTIMATE beef haver, to go unchecked.

#spireverse spoilers #across the spiderverse spoilers #you know at least miguel has the excuse that 15yo or not Miles's actions might cause TWO whole dimensions to collapse #assuming both pavitr's and miles' own dimension have a similar population to ours #thats SIXTEEN BILLION LIVES at stake babes #yah like no i'd also be going kooky crazy in his shoes #ofc his handling of Miles' situation wasn't good but that's not. precisely his job? Breaking the news shouldve fallen on Peter and Gwen #yanno. his actual friends? but they skirted around the subject too much so woops it falls on Miguel now #the most emotionally unsuited for this task guy possible. woopsies. #get ready for the most projection filled fight of your life kid cause it sure is cheaper quicker and easier than therapy! #I jest and the projection part is true but tbh i think too many people in the tags are interpreting Miguel being antagonistic to the rest- #as him having personal beef with children instead of him focusing (too much) on the bigger picture. like..isnt that his entire personality? #the 'fate of the multiverse' guy? cmon now. #the main issue is that miles Does Have To TRY- that's part of the canon event in the first place #trying and failing. if his plan of keeping him trapped until jeff died had worked then his dimension would most likely also collapse #if anything the way things are set up rn is sooo interesting because miles IS precisely on the way to fulfill a canon event #the question is - are they going to play into that- or is there going to be a twist. Gwen's realization that Her dad could in fact Quit - #comes to mind #i for one would find it really funny if the plot of the next movie is trying to convince jeff to quit his job but i doubt it jxnsn #my guess is that since this is basically the variation of the trolley problem where the singular person on the tracks is one you care about #(but said person is simultaneously also on the 5 person rail because if they don't die everyone does) #and miles has decided to just go and stop the fucking trolley itself fnsjsj #the plot's gonna go a bit more all out . /Beyond/ the previous scope- if you will #the only sticking point i have with this movie in general though is pavitr sticking with the group like. #“obviously he would've stuck with miles- he wouldn't want the guy to die!”so you think he prefers the version of events where everyone does #his friends? his aunt - whatever family he has- his girlfriend? EVERYONE? #yeah like nah until he can solidly know that shits gonna be fine in his home world i don't think it makes sense for him to fuck around more #yanno? #not that I dont want to see more of him- on the contrary I fuckin love his design to bits #just saying if miguel drops the bomb that his universe collapsed and my guy switches sides i would not be surprised

[coulsonlives]

I just had to share this video because holy shit, it hits the nail right on the head! So well spoken. This stuff needs to be circulated more, esp with the growing number of people thinking they have this because of misinformation, or just outright faking it.

#it's painful because i knew someone who personally faked this stuff (or has convinced herself she has it i can't even tell) #she had spent all her time on tiktok and i know for 100% sure that's where she got the idea. it's TRAGIC how fast things went downhill #i'm legit horrified at how many people (esp young kids of 13-14) think they have this too. or are just pretending #i've been neck deep in hardcore research (and i'm talking pubmed sciencedirect etc only) for months #and those kids definitely don't have did.. if they have trauma and are dissociating it's going to be something else like dpdr etc #the number of stupid 'you have did' answers i see for totally basic questions like 'i got dizzy what's wrong w me' is insane too #it's like googling 'muscle twitch' and then thinking you have some rare 1/billion familial cancer thing despite other obvious explanations #but worse.. in these cases the information is being fed to them. they don't have an opportunity to explore other possibilities #and the worst part is they don't even know to CHECK THE VALIDITY OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SAYING. they don't have info literacy #like i'll say this once: did is so rare that it's STILL contentious about whether it even exists #and it only happens in the most unimaginably traumatic experiences. think of the worst possible things you could do to a child #where even just thinking about it makes you uncomfortable. THAT'S the kind of trauma that leads to did. the truly evil stuff. #i'm not even gonna start on the BITE model shenanigans that are happening in the 'did' communities either #or how the people who used to be in them (and got out) always equate them to self-harming cults that celebrated not finding real answers #they got told they were 'perfect the way they were' despite having OBVIOUS psychological issues they needed help for #(it just wasn't did) #they were assured their 'did was valid no matter what'. toxic positivity ig? it just delayed their real diagnosis and ability to get help #but now you have gluts of people like in the video 'talking to themselves' and people on tumblr posting one-liners of 'alters' talking #one after the other within seconds. and i want to fcking cry because it's the same exact shit my friend did before she cut ties #the did/tourettes/ftlb stuff has literally been called a 'mass sociogenic illness' in multiple academic studies #but like qanon believers they seem to immediately discredit anyone who mentions this with 'you're just ableist' so anything you say is poo #aka you're part of the problem you're an 'ableist' so your legit info even though legit isn't valid/acceptable/real/whatever. i'm tired fam #did #dissociative identity disorder #osdd #ddnos #munchausen syndrome #mass psychogenic illness #ableism

[trimmedarmor]

doing the equivalent of gripping something intensely hard then forcing myself to let it go every time i see something about the stupid fandom drama i got pulled into earlier this year

#nothing bad ppl just... bringing up its existence...AGAIN...... #every time i see it i wanna go on a rant for a billion years but the worst place to do that would be on tumblr #I rly don't wanna see anyone talking abt it unless it's to criticize the ppl who started the false accusations or to apologize to us #for the harassment #Buster: You Really Think Someone Would Do That? Just Go On the Internet and Tell Lies? #anyway I cant believe ive had the misfortune of interacting w some1 who has to b vindictive toward others to quell their own insecurity #to accuse us of racism because he wasn't allowed to be in a personal friends discord group... #and then saying that we didn't wanna let him in bc he wasn't a 'popular' account? 1. he has way more followers than some ppl in the server #hence why he was able to get so many ppl to attack us #2. he can't keep his own story straight. First we're racist then we're ableist then we gatekeep popularity? #Dude... we don't like you because you're vindictive and take minor slights way too personally...hence...everything that fucking happened #anyway idk who reported him but i thank them for it and i hope that was worth their account getting suspended for getting paid to harass us #to anyone outside of all this reading this mess... please question the validity of ppls accounts if they don't offer concrete proof #and the only proof is based on assuming that certain actions COULD POSSIBLY line up to the accusations #this includes if multiple people have the same accusation without proof because that's EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED #except it was dumber because several of their accusations literally contradicted themselves #wowww people apologized and informed their audience about possible microagressions once they were informed. they MUST be racist! #and if you don't want to dig into it that deep..then by all means mind your own damn business before you join in on someone else's witchhun

[uncanny-tranny]

When I find it hard to do certain things, I like to pretend I am a neanderthal living in a cave with my clan, and I must do The Thing in order to survive.

So, when I'm doing cardio at the gym, I'm actually chasing and tracking a mammoth, and when I need to cook, well, I'm not cooking on a stove top, I am hurdled over the first fire and watching the fat of our kill drip down onto the burning wood. And when I find it hard to crochet, I pretend that the first winter storm is coming and our clan needs me to make blankets to hurdle under and that I must contribute.

I hope whatever you do to do The Things will help. It is a uniquely personable trait to motivate yourself through pretend and stories. That's what makes this life interesting - that's what makes you feel larger than yourself 💛

#mental health #positivity #it helps that i absolutely adore learning things about ancient people too - it's endlessly fascinating #unironically if somebody has textbook/video recommendations about neanderthals/ancient civilization let me know i will froth at the mouth #i like talking about this because it gives other people ideas about how they can motivate themselves #and personally the feeling of being ancient or a part of something old makes me feel that #in addition to the There Are 8 Billion People principle i work on the There Have Been ~117 Billion People Here principle #i find it comforting to think that i don't stand out significantly in a good or bad way because of the sheer NUMBER of people who have live #the human brain is bad at computing those numbers but... just... that's an insurmountable number #there truly are very VERY few experiences truly unique and that's not a bad thing #that just means that you aren't forgotten nor are you alone in anything #i was watching a video about somebody making flax into thread using a paper that was published about ancient textiles #and holy shit i wanted to bite somebody because i was so interested in it and it's just so humanizing to both us but also ancient people #those people probably used very very similar techniques that the video maker did - at first she used a rock to get the fibers #and then she remarked that saliva helped to get to the fiber of the flax and i wonder how many ancient people also did that

[xoxoemynn]

Just literally lost my breath watching Ed stretch out his boot to tap Stede's foot.

I have seen this moment I don't even know how many times now, I have seen hundreds, if not thousands, of pieces of art of that moment, I have read all the metas and all the screaming and examined all the gifsets and it STILL has such a visceral effect on me

And somehow knowing it was improvised just makes it even more lasjdakldaj?!??!?!

Anyway, got me sitting here cradling my head in my hands wondering what kind of small, intimate action that ordinarily you wouldn't think twice about, but in the context of Ed and Stede it is simply EXTRAORDINARY and PROFOUND we're going to get in season 2.

What's going to be that unexpected but undeniably romantic moment that launches a b

illion emotional breakdowns?

We are going to be weeping on the floor and I cannot wait.

WRECK MY SHIT!!!!!!

#OFMD #Edward Teach #Stede Bonnet #Ed x Stede #emynn.op #I have been deliberately doing a very slow final rewatch #I'm saving the final two eps for tomorrow so I don't have my final image of Ed be him sobbing for too long #but I am just.......unwell #also I sit here debating the number of emotional breakdowns #I started with a thousand just to be true to the saying but that was obviously low #and no clue how many people actually watch OFMD? #a million? ehhhhh #but we're all having multiple breakdowns yeah? #so billions #my math checks out don't question me

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

edit archive done.... organized and labeled baby... media preservation win!

#i promise though the redacted ones were done on saturday. as i said the whole of the era would be... #took one billion years to fix all the shadow and bone ones that got muted is the thing #but i did it... and now i can watch my little edits on my computer without opening tiktok at all <3 #well until i want new ones i guess #but not many people are making new shadow and bone edits at this stage it's too old now (in tiktok time old is like three months. so.) #except in redacted world. because it doesn't exist there's never anything new and so it never becomes old

[specterris]

somebody on twitter said i was a good twstblr artist & after i posted yesterday they deleted th e funcking tweet i still got it baybeeeeee 😎

#'why do you vanity search yourself on twitter' i wanna jumpscare people who think theyre safe #talk tag #in all seriousness it made me SO happy random twitter user who thought they were safe if ur reading this ily mwah mwah #protip dont say nice things about me ill explode into a billion little piecesss (too many to pick up itll take hours)