spider crew
[ID: a four panel meme between two people, one in a blue shirt, the other in a yellow shirt.
The first panel, is of the man in the blue shirt saying "Hi! My name is Jason" with the name "Jason" in a blue box.
The second panel is of the other man in a yellow shirt saying "Ah! Nice to meet you, Jason" grabbing the blue box from the speech bubble.
The third panel is of the man in the yellow shirt shoving the blue box with Jason's name in his head but instead of a brain, it's edited so it's the scene of Luz's Palisman hatching and Luz and Amity kissing in Watching and Dreaming
The fourth panel is of the character in the yellow shirt saying "Say Jarvis, have you seen the Disney Channel animated show, The Owl House"/End of ID]
it really is sad that algorithmic feeds have broken peoples' brains so badly. people really do come here and go "wait, i have to CHOOSE who i follow to get posts on my dashboard???" because a social media site working the way they were always supposed to work is so alien now. people will assume the site is a ghost town because they don't follow enough active users. there has to be a constant stream of New Content every time you refresh, regardless of whether or not said Content is any good
you can never just get caught up on your feed and put the phone down, because that's not what tiktok and insta and twitter and facebook have conditioned users to expect. putting the phone down means you're not looking at more ads and generating revenue for the site. when you venture off of the following feed twitter's algorithm is very transparently designed to show you bait tweets and other things that will make you angry, because getting people to argue is one of the easiest ways to drive engagement. it's no wonder threads just launched with no following feed whatsoever, just an infinite stream of algorithmic slop. these sites don't want you to curate your own experience because then you might develop a healthier relationship with them. that's not what they want. they want addiction
The illusion of choice and all that
@staff this is truly a basis for me to never open tumblr desktop again so if that was you guy's aim congrats, you nailed it!!!! Now if you wanted to keep "what makes Tumblr unique" you have never failed better
companies really have got to be okay with stagnant profits. what is wrong with earning the same amount every year? why does it always have to be more? it's not sustainable. there are only so many people on the planet you can profit from 😭
This is the thing. If there are only so many people they can profit from, and they demand to see profits go up every year, they will have to steal more out of the pockets of the little people each year, either by paying less, or by charging more. And that is the problem. Because that is exactly what is happening. And the rich get richer. And the poor are getting so poor that it is coming to a crisis point. They seem to have forgotten what happens at the crisis point though: people who have nothing to lose, will rise up and fight.
white 44 year old twitter user with a03 addict in their bio: omg the dad from cocomelon is actually kind of a litty dilf? and his relationship with the mailman is kind of enemies to lovers villaincore let me know if i should make them both pee on eachother
worlds youngest and yet most verbose baby online: can you seriously like knock if off man im trying to learn about the rhombus
white 44 year old twitter user with a03 addict in their bio: fuck off worlds youngest and yet most verbose baby. just another puriteen minor inserting themselves into adult spaces. go play in the sandbox Also heres ur dox: 123 Circle Road ..... yea i have that....if someone shows up to your house and shoots you and kills you then thats deserved 🤷♂️ know your fucking place and get the hell out of the cocomelon fandom if youre not ready to see dark topics
a scientist at mit about to change the world forever: i just made my own centipede by sewing all the dead flies in my room together with all the dead ants in my room 😃☝️
the first man made centipede: kill me again
can’t focus on work. can only think of that one lesbian poem about chivalry
oh god. oh fuck
[Image ID: black text on a white background, which reads:
“My definition of butch involves chivalry. I want to be courageous, gallant, to show the highest respect for a woman. I think of
an idealized knighthood, where such characteristics are valued and groomed. I would protect my lover from an enemy, risk physical harm.
I was nine years old the first time I held another girl. It was nighttime around the campfire, and the counselors were telling gruesome stories to freak out the kids. The girl beside me— with hazel eyes and long braided hair— asked if I would hold her because she was scared. I had never imagined such a request. My instinct kicked in immediately. I wrapped my arms around her. I ceased being frightened myself because I could only think about how proud I felt to protect her. It didn’t matter if I was cold, or if the rock that I was sitting on was hard or uncomfortable. Everything, for an instant and for the first time in my life, felt right. I was a little knight beside the campfire.
— A Beautiful Creature, Karleen Pendleton Jiménez”
The last line is in a smaller font. End ID]
mohammed el-kurd is genuinely one of the funniest people ever and he talks abt this idea during his saïd memorial lecture that humor is a way into people's hearts to help them understand these otherwise unapproachable uncomfortable topics and. I really admire his wit and sharp words
