#twitter has ruined us

[thechekhov]

me when someone tags a 4-page comic with #long post 

#no look I'm not judging #i understand that tag is useful #but four pages really #thats like less than a second to scroll past #color of the sky is a long post #superwholock bs is a long post #twitter discourse analysis olympics are long #but a 4 page visual comic????? #twitter has ruined us #im old #im kvetching and you can't stop me

[sergle]

what I was talking abt earlier. we have fully looped back around and away from feminism, societally, whereas before it was very Feminism 101 to acknowledge that many parts of existing as a woman in a misogynistic society are painful and upsetting. not that being a woman is Inherently Negative in a bubble. but that living on this earth, in the conditions we're living in, is hostile to women. and that gender is a performance. that many of the Staples Of Femininity as accepted by society are things that you have to create and perform and mold artificially and aren't inherent, that COMPLAINING about day to day difficulties of existing as a woman is something that you're allowed to do. acknowledging these basic, again, feminism 101 things, that something tied to womanhood is more time consuming or more expensive or more dangerous Because Of The Problems. does not CREATE the problems. that when women complain about having to perform femininity, they are not, in fact, oppressing themselves. the call does not come from inside the fucking house. saying that you HAVE suffered does not fucking equate that you believe you SHOULD have suffered.

like I could talk about this for hours. how braindead and one-dimensional the Takes are getting. "being a woman is looking in the mirror and going fuck yeah i'm a woman" damn. I guess any negative experiences you have by living in a misogynistic world... are your fault if you are anything but positive? "you don't actually want liberation" we've fully gone back to telling feminists "you WANT to be oppressed" when anything negative about our society is pointed out. it's not real until I say it out loud, I guess, and then I'm actually the one who caused it. if anybody expresses any unhappiness with how they're treated or the status quo or the language and culture surrounding womanhood and femininity. they've created it, right that second. they invented it just now. it wasn't a problem before somebody complained, right? also trans women aren't braindead zombies who just follow the flow of whatever cis women around them say. I am pretty fucking sure they are very much aware of pain, and are MORE than aware of the swirling torrent of misogyny and standards of femininity than anybody else. actually. and I am pretty sure someone complaining on tumblr that being a woman means always putting on a performance is going to make someone change their mind about transitioning. also "performing femininity" as a necessity to being treated well as a woman is not fucking NEWS to your Local Trans Woman. I AM PRETTY SURE SHE GETS THE CONCEPT. using trans women as a scapegoat for this braindead perspective on gender politics is spineless, meritless, and pathetic.

#how I feel about my gender is not the same as how I feel about the living conditions of my gender #when I saw that post I screenshotted here I literally sat w my mouth open for a minute #sent it to my friends and was like am I fucking crazy. is this what we're doing now #Forced Positivity and that there is no war in ba sing se and actually #you're ruining children's lives if you complain about misogyny on twitter #I don't HAVE to tell little girls about the downsides because they are already being mistreated #before they have even heard the word 'misogyny' let alone know what it means #you do not have to be fucking happy all the time about the cards you're dealt. #you don't live in a bubble where it's just you and your mirror and your pretty dress and nothing bad has ever happened to you #unfortunately bitch. we will have negative experiences that are in fact. part of the package of being a woman #and IGNORING them doesn't make them not exist. actually they will continue to remain status quo unless acknowledged #sergle.txt #I see so much rhetoric that is JUST old-fashioned gender ideals being presented with liberal language on tiktok #that is just telling women that womanhood is just being a girllll and loving pretty things and being kind and gentleeeee and nurturing #and not working and just like being wholesome and being happy and being a light in ppl's lives and just LOVING LOVING LOVING being a woman #so if for even one second. you don't love it. you are actually failing at being a woman #if you complain about the standards for shaving or putting on makeup. which used to be Baby's First Feminism online #that's actually just you creating problems. you're not supposed to acknowledge it. you're supposed to shut up and smile into the mirror.

[reliccipher]

just ended up sending in feedback about the layout to support. But I have to say it here too, this new layout is such a pain in the ass to figure out. I hated twitter's layout for the same reason, its so annoying to use and everything feels so cluttered and squished in and distracting... it's actually headache inducing.

I really wish I had the option to switch back. I wish there was an option to CHOOSE between the two layouts. I wish I had the choice to opt out of "testing" this thing.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" really should have been brought up before they even tried making this. It was fine before, and now the new layout is completely different and frustrating when it didn't need to be.

If I wanted Twitter's layout, I would have just fucking gone to Twitter.

#tumblr update #tumblr upd8 #new layout #i'm so frustrated #i didn't want this at all #this was the last website I actually felt like I could navigate #youtube has become annoying to use #twitter is atrocious #i don't want to touch facebook with a 40 foot pole #instagram seems like a pain in the ass #it's slowly looking like I should just cut the line and quit using the internet altogether #but i'd lose all my opportunities to actually have a social life #and i wouldn't be able to share my art #but AI is ruining that too #and my social situation is such a complicated fucking mess #Like I want to reach out to some of my old IRLs but I don't know what they think of me or if they even want to hear from me #I deleted my discord without warning in 2020 and I feel guilty about it. And some awful shit was happening and I should have talked to them #idk. sorry for the dump. might delete the more personal tags later #it's just depressing seeing everything fall apart like this when I already feel like I have too many holes in myself to patch #or maybe this is just what my 20s are gonna be like. I hope not.

[sunsetcurveauto]

so now people are saying the movies are better because they changed up the lotus casino scene in the show from how it is in the books. are we even on the same planet what happened to the 10+ years of hating the movies because they were inaccurate and awful. were people really that attached to poker face i thought it was a joke. i hate tiktok and the users that cant think beyond exactly what they see in front of them. burn that app to the ground im sick of it all

#its an adaptation its not going to be a 1:1 replication ​its an adaptation its not going to be a 1:1 replication its an adaptation its #i know im preaching to the choir because miraculously tumblr users are the ones using critical thinking skills #but im sick of it #i hate how tiktok and twitter are the only fan reaction studios look at and those are also the places people complain the loudest #and you KNOW if the show doesnt get renewed theyre the same people that are gonna be the most 'upset' abt it happening #binging has ruined tv consumption bc now people cant consider that in a week things will be resolved #like do yall have a brain in that skull? are you sure? #ok. rant over #tina talks #pjo show

[death-rebirth-senshi]

Kinda ghoulish that of all the things you could complain about Hades that makes it "too woke", naked Aphrodite's cheekbones being too mannish and thus she's trans is what makes the list these days.

I wonder if her being compared to that one video game is what started that.

#the one where the girl has a huge ass. That's all I remember about it despite having watched a whole trailer #hope it's not Hades' actual audience spreading that shit around #this is why I don't use twitter I can't take it #I mean I know the standards for what makes a female character feminine and sexy enough are always impossibly high #but god. She's naked aphrogina out and people are still gonna complain about wokeness ruining it

[1833outboy]

i finally deleted twitter are you proud of me

#saw a load of bullshit that almost ruined my day #realised i was only seeing this because twitter is a hellhole i am willingly walking into #i’ve never posted there i just use it to keep up with people #but my god is it no longer worth it #not to mention everything elon has done to it anyway #i should’ve left ages ago #tumblr is a cosy blanket #not as up to date on things but i can just check insta more for official updates on the things i enjoy

[chaifootsteps]

There’s something worrying about the fact that Moonkitti felt the need to include a massive disclaimer (“Eyelashes are not synonymous with gender, I would rather be thrown into a Sarlacc pit than to suggest this, please refer to the following for proof”) alongside a split second joke.

#Moonkitti #Moonkitti is the only good thing this fandom has and I swear to god if Twitter ruins it for us... #Warrior Cats #actual blog post

[transmascnepetaleijon]

i feel like one day ill be 37 sitting in my studio with no ideas on what to draw and will think "hmmm. ill just draw men" and start sketching, and then when im finished ill look at the paper and dave strider will be there staring right back at me

#and thats how ill be almost 40 and get thrown STRAIGHT back into homestuck. #ill post it in my art instagram #(instagram has become a second twitter after the og got bought by the us government and mark zuckerberg decided to profit off of that) #and my thousands of fans who adore my comic (about two guys doing fuck all i hope) will ask me #''looool whos th saucy son of sobbing clown poodle'' (internet slang for the time) #and ill type in with my old decrepit 2022 internet slang ''blorbo from my webcomic dave strider hes like the supreme skrunly'' #(three people respond to it calling me a combination of old+new 2040s slur and im not sure which of them is joking) #they decide in the posts Debate Area (second comment section for discussions to prevent fights) that he is worthy of attention #and so the 4Th Homestuck Renaissance begins. in three days the hyper online fans (chronically online people but like worse) #put it on the Cool Page (trending but worse) and homestuck goes mainstream #funkopops of the characters are made within a week of this happening #and theres a new meme of putting the official dave strider resin figurine in a jar and caprioning it THROWING HIM INTO THE SHAKER. DRINKABL #someone mentions the rainbow dash jar meme and disappears misteriously #they find out homestuck is public property since hussie was murdered in 2024 and vis media quietlt shut down a few years later #and start publishing fanfic (top ship is jadevris in a surprising turn of events) #the davekat hate is still there but like worse and im one of the top creatores to get crucified (there are 56 buzzfeed articles on me) #this ruins my comic artists career and i kill myself in november 5th 2048 #txt

[tuberosumtater]

Join us in the Takarajima/Treasure Island 1978 fandom, we exist! (and are starving for more fan content about the anime pls feed us-)

#takarajimaposting #treasure island #treasure island 1978 #takarajima #long john silver #john silver #宝島 #ジョン・シルバー #it's about time i put the jiafei silver edit into use #floptock and stan twitter has ruined me...

[dundeelemonade]

god i miss being able to draw

i can practically feel the empty space where that skill used to be like an empty tooth socket.

#to get back to the level of proficiency where i can start making things come to life again #i’d have to spend a few weeks relearning the basics from the ground up #but the joy and satisfaction are all gone. i don’t feel anything but an impatient wondering why i wasted my time. #i know i used to take joy in art #there used to be a sense of accomplishment and magic #i don’t know exactly what killed my ability to have fun making something out of nothing #but the terrible relationship i have with tumblr/twitter probably has something to do with it #not to mention the friendships i ruined and left for dead #god i want to make things again. i want to be a creator. #i feel like such a parasite.

[platypus-quacks-too]

I really loved that tedbecca drawing in my header but also it meant pain to look at because, you know (it's not even the ship, it's the whole- no, don't get me started). So it happened that my very local Imma/Calogiuri ship finally gave me joy after four. long. years of pain (I don't think I mentioned them much on here before this year because there's no fandom here, but the last season just made me unhinged about them. I mean, I was so already, it just made it worse...). Anyway, the most natural thing for me to do was to switch to something that reminded me of this (1) shipping joy. If you're wondering what exactly some meadows in the murgia of Matera mean related to them, that's only because you can't hear gifs...

#if only you could hear...! #okay I could have the kisses before but I wanted IT #big bang biggity bang of wild love #but the director has been evil to us #there are episodes straight out an hbo thing but we only HEAR this??? #okay okay I take it #and I can use it withoug a ban I guess lmao #anyway you know it looks pretty even if one doesn't know what's about #pretty meadow! #i hate the fandom is only on twitter or ig #this is my safe place for shipping! #* pouts * #also did you know I didn't gif a thing ever since may...? #tl really ruined me

[paeinovis]

I still can't believe what a fucking shitshow the twitter acquisition was. Like there has not been a social media more ubiquitous where you could freely see posts from politicians, activists, scientists, doctors, journalists, just an insane amount of prominent people, n now it's just totally unusable. Capitalism is the worst thing on this planet Jesus Christ

#text #what a fucking disaster #the tweets arent even in order anymore on pages???? #cant see replies or quote tweets or anything #the sign in with an account thing is fuckin abysmal #musk just has to ruin literally everything he touches #he is such a fuckin egotistical manchild screwing up the environment and space science and obs astronomy and Important Social Media #just bc hes a brat subsisting off of money that he didnt earn to begin w #I hope he brutally kills himself and i hope somehow makes it so it isnt quick n painless <3 #like i never even used twitter literally except for info gathering

[noonecanjudgeonhere]

Intox kink but instead of the femme being in way over their head: it’s the butch in over theirs.

Us sitting on the bed and me trying to keep up with my femme and taking as much as they do. Having it hit me very hard compared to them. Them starting to notice it and deciding to have some fun with me.

Deciding to sit inside my lap feeding me another hit and telling me to shotgun it to her. Taking her time in taking it from me and making sure her hands are wandering all over as she slowly lays me down.

Staying on top of me before pulling back and blowing the smoke in my face. Her watching the grin on my face as she leans in to give me another kiss and start to trail kisses down my cheek. Starting to move to my jawline and neck; her hands keeping my hips into place.

My hands starting to move around trying to touch her as she brings out small groans and whimpers. Her gently and slowly pulling my hands up above my head and holding them there as her mouth keeps marking up my neck and shoulders. Slotting her thigh between mine so she can grind harder on me. Rolling her hips into mine as I try to get free.

Her chuckling against my neck as I’m too weak like this to get my hands back and touch her properly. Her pulling back to look me in the face and use one of my hands to look at her. Their nails slightly pressing into my face as I look like a pet who got their toy taken away. Them asking,

“Are you going to be a Good Butch for me?”

#my shit #okay to reblog #oh to ruin a cutie #I’m the cutie #no comment #but with consent #all of this is with prior consent #bruh I just want to touch this chick she’s so adorable #and she said she wants to cuddle with me and she sent a pic earlier #of their water bottle and it has a sticker that says ‘pillow princess’ #so I said pillow princesses deserve the world #and she sent back bottom emojis #also we talked about my strap and how I have this tumblr #and she talked about how she had a twitter that she used to do that stuff on #and I’m gay and she’s a girl I’m interested in who’s interested in me who’s really close which is nice #so it could feesibly cuddle and such without too much problem

[memorys-skyscraper]

honestly big shoutouts to el*n m*sk for fucking up twitter so bad

the fact that i literally can't use the site at all now without running the risk of my "impressions" resulting in alt-right chuds getting paid, even just an extra cent, has finally given me the motivation i needed to uninstall/block twitter on all my devices

and since im at it i've finally switched from chrome to firefox, added a bunch of ad blocking/privacy/QoL extensions, changed my default search engine to duckduckgo, the whole nine- all stuff i should've done ages ago but just never did

so, uh, hey! shoutouts to him for being a fucking idiot and driving me off the platform for good, thereby prompting me to change all this other stuff

#rambles #to be serious for a moment it is a genuine shame that hes ruined twitter #especially since there isn't a single clear replacement #there are a bunch of options- threads/bluesky/cohost/mastodon/tumblr/etc. #but each has their own individual drawbacks and people will be drawn to different platforms accordingly #so unless a given community makes a concerted effort to move together people will just be scattered to the winds #and no matter where you go you certainly wont have the same breadth of content/users who you could stumble across by chance #now do i think twitter was a net negative to the world overall? probably #it certainly expedited the spread of misinformation/general brain rot #but it had its uses and its a shame those are gone

[kommunisti]

oh i only now realized tumblr changed their app to have the post button in the lower right corner because that’s how it’s on twitter. they want to cater to twitter users so bad it’s pathetic

#like okay yeah there might be some people coming to tumblr from twitter #but it is a tiny trickle of people #and you're changing the mobile app trying to suck twitter users' toes thinking they will become a major source of income #when tumblr will NEVER have what twitter has #and that is public figures news stations etc #some celebs have tried using tumblr and all of them concluded it's not feasible #just accept what you have and milk the lib millenials who want to buy your shitty merch instead of ruining the site -__- #txt

[13eyond13]

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#i legit cant tell if not caring about celebrities is an actual side effect of getting older or just a side effect of social media #like i def had some intense celeb crushes back in the day but i cannot think of a single one ive had in years now #and whenever i do find one cute or something its usually like 'lets not ever learn more about them because i will quickly find them boring' #like is this because the mystique has been ruined by them all having their own twitters and so on #or am i just old and crusty and cynical #unfortunately we cant make time stand still for everybody except me so i can figure that out hahaha #youre always aging alongside the world changing so! it's anybody's guess #but i do know for a fact i used to just be more starry eyed by people more easily #i will look at the same thing that impressed me once ten years ago now and be like PFFFT #something i actually still find very interesting is when people give insider knowledge about the world of PR though #like those tiktokers who teach you to spot all the fake couples hahaha #or like 'this was clearly an ad for something' #i can go down those rabbitholes way too much #p