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sarcasmandsugar

nothing, i repeat nothing, will ever be as iconic as power rangers (2017)

reggies-fake-horcrux

freaky Friday au where Sirius and regulus wake up in each others bodies and understand why they made the choices they did and how the choices affected each other

idk-my-aesthetic

antique-symbolism

tumblr users love to say "we don't censor things here like on Twitter" and then type things like "r3ylo" and "jk r*wling"

lesbianralzarek

if you say "and then this fucking r3ylo-" that implies that "reylo" was the bad word in that sentence

tiktokers do it because they have to, we do it because it's mean ☺️

astraltrickster

Okay I know this was mostly a joke but I just feel the need to point out - this didn't start out as being mean, it started - and largely continues - as the opposite.

For a long time, tumblr had tags and no other search function. You wanted to find a post that wasn't tagged, you had to go to Google and type in your query and add "site:tumblr.com" and hope for the best.

As it is now, that method is STILL better than our native search function most of the time, but the quality of tumblr's native search function isn't really what's important here, what's relevant is how they implemented it.

See, the search bar in the upper left corner of the site - you used to type in something there, and it would take you to posts tagged with whatever you searched. Then, one day, they quietly rolled out an update that instead brought you to a search page that pulled up nearly every post that even mentioned your search term.

This...did not mesh well with the site culture.

Because, see, we had an etiquette guideline - do not post your negativity in the public tags. Why? Because people go into the public tags to find content about things they LIKE. Posting hate in a public tag was basically seen as being a raging dramamongering pissbaby troll LOOKING to start a fight over petty nonsense.

So imagine, suddenly, you log in one day, and someone's sending you anons angry about you allegedly posting hate in the tags, when you have NEVER done so. You use what you THINK is the tag search function to prove it, and - what the hell? Your UNTAGGED post about how annoyed you are with your notp...is appearing there???

So people started censoring things like that. Usually not because we all think the thing we're complaining about is profane (though sometimes it does get a giggle to think of it as such), but to keep it from showing up when people are searching for what they love and to prevent pointless drama. To avoid looking like some asshole troll going onto a fan forum specifically for The Blorbo Show and making a thread entitled "THE BLORBO SHOW SUXXX AND YOU ALL SUCK FOR LIKING IT!!"

And now it's just part of our site culture, for both peacekeeping reasons and petty glee.

The more you know.

cinqueform

On tiktok, you censor for the algorithm. On Tumblr, you censor for the users.

grimeysociety

I worked for a govt agency during a ddos attack in 2020 and it was incredibly difficult to give a specific time frame for how long it would last

for the love of God, don't be dumb enough to believe that this is somehow ao3's fault

I hate to parent fandom youngsters but you *can* take a break and not panic about getting back to fic ✌️

morally-earl-grey

one thing about me is that i am meant for anxiously attached people. wdym you can drop people at the drop of a hat and not think about them. i still miss my childhood best friend from 8 years ago

anxious attachment missing people friends friendship postbyme me mine nostalgia longing childhood childhood best friend types of attachment

kat-m-toast

sebbianas

where are the remus lupin time-loop au where he has to relive october 31, 1981 and each loop he keeps trying to save james and lily only to find out he’s suppose to save sirius black

kat-m-toast

Oh. My. God...... 👀👀👀👀👀

It would be like Happy Death Day or Groundhog Day!!!!!

💔💔💔💔💔

threefuckencrowsinatrenchcoat

Myself included tbh

shortguytye

I feel at home already

@roadwrkahead

afloweroutofstone

Sorry to everyone who’s enjoyed the last 130 years of science and culture journalism, but Disney needs the money to fund Toy Story 9

underrated form or physical contact is leaning full weight on each other

esp forehead to forehead moments too like we are so real in that moment you are real and i am real and i can feel you so i know. i know.

saying “ we’ll if you ever need me you know where to find me” is so special because it’s like. i am always going to be available for you. i need you to know that i’m here and i’ll still be here for you in the future

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.