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alamwamal · 1 year

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Elon musk is trending on tumblr, what did he do this time? 🤦🏻‍♀️

Don't answer; I don't care.

#don't make clowns famous #alhamdulillah I have deleted my twitter more than a year ago #recently I stopped using Facebook except for the messenger for family #I'm planning to resort to telegram Whatsapp and tumblr only #for the rest of the year #I will sound like an old person but social media is such a waste of time #people will just overreact over everything #totally unhinged #time to focus on things that either benefits me or gives me joy #I shall cut everything else #in shaa Allah #إن شاء الله #to delete #I use youtube but youtube doesn't count as social media right?#youtube is... youtube?

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rayeee10101 · 8 months

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𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐮 𝐑𝐃𝐑𝟐 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬

(might do another one for the girls in the gang idk and if this doesn't exactly match the characters were going to pretend it does so don't come for me)

Characters ~ Arthur, John, Javier, Dutch, Hosea, Sean, Charles, and Kieran (this is not in order lol)

Arthur Morgan

Ok, as we said in another post he's definitely a truck driver.

He always has his dog with him no matter where he goes and he most likely has one of those giant bloodhound dogs or a bird dog. Maybe even a stray cat he found in a parking lot, who knows with him?

He probably pulls over on the side of the road to sketch some of the scenery he sees and it most likely causes him to be late to places he needs to be but oh well.

LOVES to put different stickers on his truck and to blow the horn for little kids that wave at him sometimes.

His dog is absolutely spoiled, having a giant bed in the passenger seat and probably over 20+ toys because Arthur can't help himself when he sees new toys or treats.

He's always uploading poorly taken selfies of him and his dog onto facebook (lets be real he's almost 40, he's most def uses facebook)

Dutch Vanderlinde

Let's be real, Dutch owns one of those fake gold shops that try to scam you and sell you fake jewelry, I don't make the rules that's just how it is.

But Dutch is good at his job, even if what he's selling you is fake he'd probably be able to convince you it was real by the end of the conversation.

Takes major pride in his business

Actually makes pretty good money considering he's a good liar lmao.

He def talked John into buying a fake diamond necklace for Abigail, John didn't realize he'd been scammed until Arthur pointed it out lol

Probably would give his S/O fake jewelry from his shop because he is cheap

"It's the thought that counts," he would tell his S/O when they point out that the ring he gave them wasn't real.

Somehow has managed to avoid countless law suits, no one really knows how though

He probably uses his shop as a cover up for money laundering ngl

Hosea Matthews

This ones difficult

lowkey feel like he'd work in a bank

Doesn't question where the large sums of money Dutch deposits comes from because he doesn't want to know lol

Has a picture of John and Arthur hanging up in his office

always having to lecture John on not falling for internet scams because this is like the 5th time he's had to freeze his bank account for fraud.

Always turning Dutch away because he tries to take out loans for stupid things that he doesn't need

Has to help John get back the money Dutch scammed from him ofc

Hosea likes his job though, it pays well and he gets his own office so what is there to complain about?

John Marston

I wanna say he works in a zoo and has to deal without wolves just to be funny but I honestly see him being a mechanic

Always working on Arthur's truck when something happens to it.

Likes to teach Jack how to work on cars also, he considers it their "father, son bonding time"

Buys Jack the nicest truck when Jack is old enough to drive.

Has had to fix Sean's car after he drove it into a tree because he thought it was a good idea to drink and drive.

Drives around a classic car that no one else is allowed to touch or he'll have a stroke right there and then.

Everyone in the town comes to him when they need work done on their car, he even opened up his own show eventually

Javier Escuella

Ok, so I see him working as a singer in a bar, like with a cover band or something

he even performs his own songs that he wrote some nights

people love him

he actually has a lot of followers on social media from posting his music and videos of him playing guitar

if him and his s/o have a kid he definitely teaches them how to play guitar from a young age.

writes songs for his s/o

all the guys come and watch him perform some nights when they are all in town at the same time.

makes youtube tutorials on how to play songs on the guitar.

the other guys are convinced that he's going to become famous one day

Charles Smith

I see him working in an animal sanctuary for endangered animals or hurt animals

Definitely becomes best friends with a literal bear and treats it like your everyday normal pet.

Forms strong bonds with every animals he works with, something about his aurora is calming to be around

Doesn't allow John near the wolves when he visits.

Has had to stop Sean from trying to climb into the lion enclosure more times than he can count

He lets Dutch, Arthur, and Kieran come to visit some of the horses he takes care of.

He does volunteer work with animal shelters and other things like that.

Major animal lover in general, probably dog sits Arthur's dog whenever Arthur can't bring him somewhere

Sean Mcguire

This man CANNOT hold a job

Its not that he's lazy (he is) he just gets bored quickly and hops from job to job.

No one actually knows how he affords his apartment, Hosea is convinced he's selling drugs

He usually works in fast food places for a little bit just to make some quick cash.

Has shown up to work drunk a few times ngl

if he has an s/o he probably shows up to their job whenever their working to annoy them

Tried to get hired at a bar but that most definitely didn't last long considering he got plastered on the first night of the job

He probably is selling drugs but I mean, money is money?

Kieran Duffy

We already know the answer to this, he works at a stable

Tried to get a job with Charles but they didn't hire him :(

LOVES working at the stable, he basically gets to play with horses for most of the day

If him and his s/o have a kid he's definitely teaching them how to ride a horse before they can even walk

is always showing his s/o pictures of different horses he gets to work with

probably is in facebook groups for horses

he's a horsegirl

he owns his own horses too and always makes sure they look pristine and perfect

#arthur morgan #rdr2 #rdr #red dead redemption #red dead redemption 2 #red dead fandom #red dead redemption two #van der linde gang #red dead fanfic #dutch van der linde #hosea matthews #charles smith #kieran duffy #john marston #red dead redemption fanfic

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roo-bastmoon · 1 year

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BTS Tutorial: Pandora's Unlimited Looping

As Whoopi Goldberg once famously said in the movie Ghost: "You in danger, girl." Many chart accounts on Twitter are saying our streams have Jimin dropping out of the Top 20 already.

Looping on Pandora is a crucial strategy at a critical time when YouTube is deleting views, radio is reluctant, and our Spotify playlists must support several members. We must make use of all tools available.

Please read this post and share the link to this tutorial with all big accounts and your social media. We need all hands on deck.

Pandora is an old and trusted streaming service that counts for Billboard charts.

If you have a free 90-day premium trial, it lets you make your own playlist that you can loop for 24 straight hours without clicking around or signing in.

Here's why you don't want to just use the free version:

--the streams count three times LESS than premium streams

--Pandora will auto-play other songs in between the songs you want

--there are constant ads you have to sit through to get to a song

So just bite the bullet and use a free trial. It's good for months and they will remind you before you get charged!

Okay, so, let's assume you've been a good ARMY and you've made your free premium Pandora account.

You want to start straight away searching for songs to save into MY COLLECTION.

Today, we need to make a playlist to promote Face--specifically Like Crazy. (We can also use this strategy later to help all of BT'S songs. Our goal right now is to prevent freefall in Week 3 before D-Day is out. But this will be good practice for all our boys once we get it down pat, especially if YouTube doesn't get straightened out!)

My playlist looks like this:

Now look here. There are 1,440 minutes in a day. We know Like Crazy is 3:32 minutes long. In theory, you could loop this song 410+ times in a day and all those plays will count. We know that 150 premium streams is the equivalent of buying the song once, so looping like this is like buying the song twice that day.

THIS IS HOW WE BEAT THE DROP IN SALES AND CULLED VIEWS.

I am not saying you shouldn't buy. You should. In fact, both SHERRY and JIMIN FUNDS will be prioritizing Like Crazy digitals in Week 3, so please buy if you are US/PR ARMY and can make new accounts!

Either way, when you make a Pandora playlist of all of Jimin's Like Crazy versions, remember to click that loop button once on the bottom ribbon:

And then just sit back every day and let those streams pour in.

Puppykitties, I know you must be so tired. I have an eyestrain migraine a mile wide and am not supposed to be on the computer right now. I'm certain the last thing you want to do is delve into making new accounts when you're already working hard.

Word on the street is that using Pandora WORKS WONDERS:

We already know this is a tried and true technique for other K-pop fandoms whom I will not be mentioning here. I appreciate their hard work and respect the knowledge they've earned. Please leave them alone. ARMY needs to focus on BTS and make good use of the techniques they have learned.

For visual learners, here's an instructional video on setting up Pandora, but honestly, it's pretty intuitive.

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PLEASE COPY THE LINK TO THIS TUTORIAL AND SEND IT TO EVERY MAJOR JIMIN-SUPPORTING ACCOUNT YOU KNOW ON TWITTER AND TUMBLR.

I know we have some very important conversations that need to be had, but I strongly feel we need to put shipping and solo discourse aside right now. We are losing precious time because ARMY is reluctant to use this app. But we cannot maintain buying records like we did for the first two weeks of Face.

We NEED to use Pandora--in addition to requesting radio play and using Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, and Facebook-- and hope those streams supplement sales drops.

Please do not abandon any platform even if they frustrate you. I'm just saying I don't think I can over-emphasize how crucial Pandora is going to be for Week 3 for Jimin. And isn't Jimin what unites us all?

I really, really need your help to get all major Jimin accounts familiarized and on board with this, so Jimin fans can hop on Pandora early this week and go hard. It is the most effective use of our energy right now.

FIGHTING!

Love, Roo

P.S.

To my friends tagged below, any help spread the word is deeply appreciated. Thank you all!

@chikooritajjk

@stormblessed95

@shellbells-things

@ejassy

@mariajmajesty

@kanmom51

@kmgoogiemin

@sunandmoonjikook

@minggukieology

@dgtn

#jimin #park jimin #jikook #face by jimin #like crazy by jimin #BTS_Tutorial #Youtube

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anonymousredactedconfessions · 7 months

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I'mma have to be real delicate and careful with writing this Confession. As to not give away who I am on here. >,<"!!

Now that, that's out of the way. Let's begin shall we?

Right off the Bat I will confess that what I have to say here would Never and could Never be posted on my Tumblr or any Social Media attached to my name. The fact of the matter is in all truths? I Own and Run several Super Popular, High Follower count Blogs and Pages in the Redacted Fandom.

I've been in this Fandom since it's early stages and I actually used to talk with Erik quite frequently when he had Social Media and a Discord. But after "The Purge" and the Drama around it. Erik not only Shutdown all his Social Media besides his YT and Patreon. He also shut himself down.

He was and to a extent still is overly Cautious about interacting with ANYONE from or in his fandom. He does read the comments on his Patreon uploads for the first ten hours. But he hardly ever pays attention to YouTube comments anymore.

Myself and some other "Og" people have managed to keep in contact with him for the most part. You all already know who we are if you have seen our Patreon comments. As Erik tends to Like and Reply to us sometimes over everyone else.

This isn't supposed to come off or sound like I'm "Humble Bragging". But people keep getting Upset, Jealous and downright Angry at us because of the attention we get and it's NOT our fault!

It's not like we talk to him "All the Time" as he will go weeks without responding to a Message at all until someone pesters him into doing it. Even then his replies are very sparce and he sometimes just quits responding in the middle of a conversation.

Now all of this to say. Every single one of us "Og" people who you all claim are his "Close Friends" on Patreon? Yeah. Newsflash Besties!!

We are not his friends. We are not acquaintances. He doesn't know a thing about us and we don't know anything about him. Any and all conversations are strictly Content based and never stray from the topic.

Erik has stated he wants nothing more than a "Transactional Relationship" between himself and his entire Fandom. I know for a fact that if I were to ever stop my $20 tier pledge on his Patreon he would quit responding to my Messages and ignore me completely.

Parasocial Relationships SUCK!

He tried the "Friendly Content Creator who loves his Fandom and Interacts with them all the time!" bit. But all it took was one drama filled shit storm to completely Sour his attitude and make him Bitter towards his Fans.

He's not a bad guy or some unoriginal content creator. He is a Person who used to absolutely love his channel and wanted to make people happy. Until it didn't. And now while he still wants to create stuff. But he is now just overly Cautious with it and defaults to Generic Boyfriend content because it's Safe, Gets Views and has the most Positive Feedback.

Hope this helped explain some things. I had to run it through two different rewriting programs to remove my style of typing and words/phrases I am known for.

🥷

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#redacted asmr #redacted audio #confessions #🥷

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laulo821 · 3 months

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stealing this set of questions from @i-like-eyes cuz i love talking about myself

1. Art programs you have but don't use none. or well i have paint and paint.net that came preinstalled but nothing else

2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even) either is simple i think. just depends on the angle

3. What ideas come from when you were little everything i do comes from when i was little i guess so i don't really get the question

4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw soa or lloyd (OCs) because of those goddamn tattoos

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself i post 100% of my art it just depends on the platform

6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it) my friends' art styles

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate classical music

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in the furniture gang. my very first group of OCs. they're just a bunch of guys with not much story going on

9. What are your file name conventions name of the character(s) (left to right) or ship + music inspiring it or theme or word

10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw belts

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what yea. whatever my random youtube playlist gives me

12. Easiest part of body to draw hands

13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing uhhhh i don't know. i don't admire people

14. Any favorite motifs religion. anguish. love

15. *Where* do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth) my home address is

16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing i don't know. i'm having fun the whole way through else why would i even draw

17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what no. or drink (water mainly) if i'm thirsty

18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken none

19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.) crowns

20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy hands

21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways yes? i mean i like roccoco paintings. i guess it counts

22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any none i'm built different. but i may do head stretches in the middle of drawing if i've been at it for a while

23. Do you use different layer modes yea

24. Do your references include stock images yea. i barely use any references though

25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by i don't know you tell me

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended i don't have people that interpret my pieces or tell me so, so not applicable, i guess

27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with no warm up i'm built different

28. Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines) no i'm not socially apt enough for this

29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically sanrio (?) i don't know everything inspires me by osmosis

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated all of them

#long rambling #game #please be my guest and answer those too if you want

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nflstreetsanimereviews · 1 year

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Bocchi the Rock! Review

What was your favorite anime of the Fall 2022 season? If I had to bet, it was the highly anticipated Chainsaw Man. It was the most hyped anime of the year after all. It even had me, someone who usually doesn't watch or read shounen, keeping up with it. And as expected, it was a pretty good adaptation. Was it my favorite anime of the season though? I would have probably said yes if Bocchi the Rock! wasn't airing that season too. I'll stop with the comparisons here, since most people reading this already have read and/or watched CSM, and the two are apples and oranges, if the apple phased out of existence if you said its name too loud and the orange made you shit your pants after two bites. Anyways--who is Bocchi? And why does she rock?

Bocchi the Rock! is about Hitori Gotou, more commonly referred to as 'Bocchi', a high school girl who started learning to play guitar in order to be in a band and become popular. The problem is that, while she has become an excellent guitarist in the four years she has been playing, she has made zero friends during that time. She also hasn't joined a band yet due to her severe social anxiety. Turns out that being good at guitar, while making you look cooler, doesn't automatically net you new friends. In lieu of that, she runs a well-known YouTube channel under the pseudonym 'guitarhero', which she uses to upload her guitar solos. Luckily for our dear Bocchi, her dream of being in a band suddenly becomes true one afternoon, when she meets drummer Ijichi Nijika, who coincidentally is looking for a guitarist for her band.

Rounding out the band (named Kessoku Band) is bassist Ryou Yamada, whose cool and aloof demeanor is counteracted by her always being broke and being a walking rock music encyclopedia, and Ikuyo Kita, vocalist and backing guitarist, who joins the band because of her admiration (and longing) for Ryou. She doesn't actually know how to play the guitar when she joins Kessoku Band, but her willingness to learn combined with her ability to handle the social media side of things makes her a valuable asset to the group.

The four congregate at STARRY, a live house managed by Nijika's older sister, Seika. STARRY operates as a home base for Kessoku Band, with all four members working, practicing, and even sometimes performing there. Other characters of note include PA-san, a mysterious girl who also works at STARRY, and Kikuri Hiroi, an alcoholic bassist who quickly became a fan favorite despite her only appearing in a few episodes.

What made Bocchi the Rock! such a well-received show? The main reason would be the way Bocchi's social anxiety is shown as ridiculous and surreal, while at the same time being relatable and hilarious. I believe the phrase goes like 'She's just like me!'. There are more anime than I can count that have a socially awkward main character, but Bocchi the Rock! is one of the best anime at portraying the main character's introvertedness. Who among us has not at one point mentally melted into a puddle of water over being asked to do a simple task? Watching Bocchi's growth is one of the best parts about the anime.

Bocchi the Rock! has drawn many comparisons to K-On!, with some even considering it K-On!'s spiritual successor. While both anime do have many of the same plot points (slices of life about high-school-aged girls forming a rock band), Bocchi the Rock! is in no way a clone of K-On!. Bocchi the Rock! is nowhere near as 'moe' as K-On!, and contains a lot more conflict, although said conflict generally being low stakes. Kessoku Band has aspirations of becoming big, while it was only a passing thought for Ho-kago Tea Time. That being said, if you enjoyed K-On!, then Bocchi the Rock! is right up your alley (and vice versa!).

The sincerity of Bocchi the Rock! endears it even further, never using cheap fanservice as a cop-out. It isn't afraid to have subversive characters, which is great considering musicians tend to be, well, subversive. The nature of the anime leaves little to be desired. If there's one thing I'd fix, I'd have Nijika call Ryou a broke ass more often. I'd also have Bocchi listen to The Smiths and then have her turn into evaporated water once she finds out how stupid Morrissey can be.

In my opinion, Bocchi the Rock! is as good as the hype says. Is it top ten anime of all time good, as Anilist suggests? I wouldn't go that far. However, Bocchi the Rock! is one of the best SoL anime that I have seen in a long time. It's a good, wholesome story about a girl overcoming social anxiety to show off her guitar skills to the masses and gain fans and, more importantly, friends. While I would love to have a chance to scare the shit out of Bocchi, I'm cheering her on, mostly because I know she's more than likely to be a NEET if the whole 'become a famous guitarist' plan doesn't work.

80/100

#bocchi the rock!#anime review #anime #review

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nephrastar · 1 year

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Honestly convinced that, barring maybe tumblr, bigwig social media has collapsed damn near all of my social circles.

All this shit about figuring out the algorithm, all this shit about analytics, SEO, about view time, about follower count... I just fucking hate it all now. Social media basically turned the internet from a wild west with pockets of peaceful and interesting communes to a monolithic walled city where the only thing that matters is numbers. And if you get big numbers, congrats you get to be famous!! But only if you can keep those numbers going.

And let me tell you from personal experience-- 9 times out of 10, when you post something to social media at "the right time of day" with the intent of getting some clout, your post just... Does not get clout, most of the time.

Any post that goes viral is a benefactor of circumstance. In my almost 20 years of being on the internet, the one and only thing I've ever posted that went viral was a shitpost on Twitter of me memeing on a restaurant because they had a tip limit on their app and they along with many other food and adjacent companies were being criticized for not paying their employees a living wage. This was in 2022. Last year. I learned nothing from having hundreds of thousands of likes and retweets, and have not had anything nearly as popular since. I promoted my art Twitter in the replies, but you wanna know what that did?

Absolutely FUCKING NOTHING. I didnt make any money as a result of piggybacking that viral tweet. I didn't have people clamoring for what i had to offer. And it was then when I realized that getting big numbers anywhere will ultimately amount to jack and shit. And Jack had long since left town.

That may sound like i was upset that i didnt become internet famous overnight. I honestly wasn't, but there's a point to be made here-- the chances of your platform becoming big and internet famous are about as good as your acting landing you a breakout role in a Hollywood film. You're competing with hundreds of hours worth of content per second on most platforms, and depending on the site, their algorithm, which may or may not be controlled by real life humans.

Nobody can know for certain what types of videos will be hits on YouTube anymore. not even YouTube staff know what will be hits anymore because their algorithm is a machine learning AI, and creating any content at all with the intent of beating the algorithm or making faceless computers happy will lead to burnout. And when that content doesn't make the big numbers, you're probably going to feel like it's your fault when it's really not. this goes for any social media site that uses similar methods to "curate" their user's site experience.

And I've seen far too many people i know fall into this trap, which may as well be gambling. Getting good numbers so you can get that nice dopamine hit. Then maybe you hit a jackpot. Then you're just outright delighted. So you do the same thing you did before. But it doesn't make big numbers this time. Was it something you did? Ah well. Post again. Nothing. You adjust how you post and when to post. Maybe what to post, even. But still... Your content isn't doing well. You may as well be playing slots at a casino, except instead of losing thousands of dollars you're losing time. Time that, honestly, would've been better spent doing something you legitimately like to do.

The way i see it, make content like the algorithm doesn't exist-- make videos infodumping about your special interest like view counts dont matter, draw art and post it with the same energy a 5 year old has when they show off their macaroni art to their parents. Make the music you want to hear played during a thunderstorm.

Make the content that you want because you like the idea of it existing. At the end of the day, that content is FOR YOU! It has value because you poured your passion and love into it, and no amount of Algorithms or influencer courses or viral content will ever change that. And if that does eventually lead to you being notable and successful, then congratulations! You have a large audience that's cheering you on and encouraging you to do what you love.

#vent post #Neph does a vent

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sandutita · 7 months

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i need more people to talk about topfreedom. because the situation that we're at right now is really bad. it's REALLY REALLY BAD. there is a very strong inequality between men and women in this issue that it's genuinely revolting to me how it's so normalised and everyone seems to completely accept it. this society prides itself in being progressive and inclusive and respectful of women, yet no one fucking talks about this very prevalent part of misogyny.

it devastates me. i hate living in this inequal world which has so thoroughly sexualised and demonised human breasts. it fucks me up really really badly. and the fact that i'm transmasculine doesn't help at all. sometimes i feel better about it; i think to myself that maybe this society will be better someday. but other times i feel worse; i wonder if i we'll ever have topfreedom. if we'll even have it during my lifetime. is this really what my whole life is going to be like? being bound by misogynists, forced to cover myself forever, obliged to hide myself whilst people with masculine chests get to roam free?

i try to take my own steps as best i can. i make art and normalise exposed nipples within it. i try to send a message that female-presenting nipples are just the same as male-presenting ones, they shouldn't be separated, they should be seen and treated as the exactly same thing. i encourage everyone else to do the same. whether you make art or not. just because the big things matter more, doesn't mean the little things don't also count. it would mean a lot to me and many others.

it just depresses me really badly how these are the social media platforms we are doomed to use for our daily interactions. instagram. youtube. tiktok. facebook. they all ban female nipples. why do they do that? short answer: rampant misogyny. long answer: this post of mine.

this isn't fucking okay. this isn't treating humans equally. it isn't respecting of human rights. it's vile and sexist. it's misogyny justified by law. it's the deeply ingrained power of the cis man trying to have as much power over women and their bodies as possible which still strongly affects our society today. it has to be tackled.

something needs to fucking change. radical action has to take place. something CONCRETE has to happen.

i'm so tired of waiting.

#topfreedom #important #my post #gender equality #women's rights #feminism #free the nipple #nipple equality #feminist post #tw misogny #hate that i have to censor that word for whatever reason #human rights #i'm so sick of waiting for this situation to change #but i just don't know what i can do to help #other than making art about it #equality #gender inequality

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mydaroga · 1 year

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Hello! Since you’ve been talking about not using Spotify a little recently, I was wondering if I could ask what service to use? I respect Neil Young but it seems to me all the streaming options are hosted by shit corporations so if there’s one that isn’t, I’d like to switch to that!

Hi there! Thank you for asking. Before I answer, I want to reiterate that for what it's worth, I don't think any less of anyone for using Spotify--I actually do think it's the easiest thing to use out there and has some features I really miss! And it's entirely valid to make those considerations a priority, not that I expect anyone's too worried what I think.

So if you want to know what I'm going on about, see below the cut.*

Right now, I'm on Tidal, which claims to offer a higher percentage of profits back to the artists, but has had some issues with its numbers being questioned. The interface has also been problematic for me on the AppleTV app, which is annoying because those are louder speakers than my phone. I've tried Amazon, which was abysmal in terms of user interface AND crashed every time I left the app screen, and I find YouTube music difficult in that it makes no distinction between video and audio and has some cataloging/organization problems. I don't have an apple phone so I haven't tried iTunes or whatever it's called now. Honestly of the things I've tried, I miss Spotify, because the suggestions/generated playlists were generally better and socially it's way easier to share things with friends cuz everyone's on it.

That said, for now I'm sticking with Tidal because I'm not quite done hoping something else will present itself or the conversation will shift towards platforms being more cognizant of what they're enabling. That, and while I don't listen to a LOT of Neil, I want him to be available to me (as he is on all other major platforms, AFAIK. And yes, right-wing social media has tried to convince people he retracted instantly because of the money. Girl, Neil doesn't need it and he's a stubborn bastard.). I believe in free speech and in looking at all sides of an issue, but I don't believe that deliberate misinformation and dangerous shit-stirring when lives are at stake really count, so I personally don't believe that asking Rogan or others to be responsible citizens is "silencing" anyone.

*And for those of you wondering what on earth I'm going on about, last February Neil Young demanded his music be removed from Spotify after a series of incidents involving blockbuster podcaster Joe Rogan promoted Covid misinformation and vaccine skepticism. There's certainly an argument here to be made about what Spotify's responsibility is, and I have had that argument (mostly with middle ages white dudes while I'm driving for Uber or whatever) but the point is: Young took a stand and did not want to be included on a platform that refused to take responsibility for what it was supporting. (There have been other issues with Rogan and his guests in the past, and it comes down to what you think free speech should entail on a private/corporate platform, etc etc.)

#i hope that helps!#thanks for asking and sorry for the added political screed but i felt background was relevant here #again no shade on those using spotify #i genuinely believe it's a superior experience and keep almost going back so it's a matter of #my impatience with politics battling my impatience for shitty tech #kris talks a lot #anon asks #the ask box

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Who do you think is on their phone the most and least?

Ok, from least to most it goes like this:

7. Minka - it's not that she's not on her phone at all, but honestly? She's not that much either, especially when compared to others. She has better things to do and way too much energy to sit or lie in place and scroll through her phone. She'd rather do other things, and she likes a lot of activities that don't require phone at all: painting but also a other kinds of crafts, going on walks to find some pretty, shiny stuff; or invade her friends' houses or other places where they might be and do something with them. She doesn't always call them, appearing out of nowhere is much more fun anyway. She likes taking a lot of pictures though and posting them as well or at least sending to basically everyone she knows. It doesn't matter if she just met you yesterday, you're getting a picture of a pretty leaf.

6. Russell - this one is probably more expected. He has other stuff to do, also not really the type to sit on his butt and scroll through social media, he'd rather do something that might actually be useful to him one way or another like, of course, reading a book or even, let's say, solving a sudoku (on paper, not on an app on his phone). Plus, when it comes to technology he uses his laptop or a console way more, liking video games, so he'd rather play them, not on his phone.

5. Penny Ling - she spends her fair share of time on her phone, but not that much. Contrary to the other two, she can just sit down and do stuff on her phone for a longer time. Plus, she likes calling her friends or messaging them, so a phone works here too. Also, has an almost compulsive need to check her friends' social media quite often to like and/or comment on their posts or whatever other bullshit they have there. Getting herself immersed in that virtual world can be quite calming as well, being able to focus on something else than whatever is stressing her out. But of course there are also ways of it being stressful in itself, so it's not like it's her super safe place.

4. Sunil - just like Penny Ling it's sometimes calming to immerse himself in that other reality or get himself busy with some stupid games on his phone. But he also gets on his phone when bored often, bored enough to find himself an activity, but not having an idea what else to do, or his energy-level is too low to really do something else. He's not that attached to it to use his phone when something important is happening (for example, in class) too often, but it can happen.

3. Vinnie, let's gooo, my boys are right next to each other, well, 2 of them - the average mindlessly scrolling through phone enjoyer and watching youtube. That's what he does mostly with it, but he has a couple of games there too. Can and absolutely will just lay down for hours at a time and do just that. Compared to Sunil has way less inhibitions about being on his phone when he should be paying attention to something completely else (though a lot depends on what that something is). Absolutely the person who's on his phone for hours while already in bed, sometimes it's just until 1 am, but other times it can be until 5 am, or even an entire night. Also listens to music on his phone when doing a lot of things, so I guess that technically counts too.

2. Pepper - very similar to Vinnie, just a bit more, but really just a bit. Also can be on her phone for even an entire night (for that reason those two often message each other during the night), during classes or other important activities when you generally shouldn't be on your phone. Mostly on youtube, but also likes stalking random or not people's accounts on social media for various reasons. She also likes talking with a lot of her acquaintances that she often doesn't even know that well or at all through chats and loves making chat rooms with most random of people who know her but not others in that chat and mess with them and their dynamics.

1. Zoe - I actually wanted at first to put her lower, at 3rd place or so, but nah, I think when it comes to spending time on her phone she would do what her classic kind of character would do - use her phone a lot, for selfies or other pictures, checking and posting on social media, but also listening to music. Mostly that second option though. It's not quite enough for it to get in the way a lot, but she loves sharing most of her life online, along of course with her in different outfits. Quite addicted to checking the number of her followers and compared to the rest of them she actually has some following, pretty big actually.

#lps 2012 #asks

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melodygordon · 1 year

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5 Things That Happened in March

FIVE

I listened to this great podcast about what it means to be an artist and Rick Rubin's new book about creating art. I haven't read the book yet, but I plan to because I love learning about the creative process from as many different perspectives as possible.

FOUR

I started taking classes at a local yoga studio. I believe there's a strong link between body, mind, and creativity. Movement can be art. I've started incorporating it into my daily routine by doing short morning yoga videos. My favorites right now are Arianna Elizabeth and Yoga With Kassandra.

THREE

I opened and closed an Etsy shop (okay, I put it in vacation mode and launched in February, but it doesn't feel like it, seems like the shop had a much shorter lifespan). I didn't sell anything, but I didn't have a lot of products either.

It also wasn't an art shop. I made digital downloads and I spent many obsessive hours being a perfectionist about every single design. Then I went back to drawing and forgot the shop existed for about two weeks. Whenever I spent a large amount of time reading articles on successful Etsy shops, brainstorming ideas for niches, or watching instructional YouTube videos, I would eventually think, 'I really want to draw. I really want to paint. Why am I not doing that?'

Since the passion isn't there and I wasn't as devoted as I thought I would be, I decided to stop. When you try new things, sometimes you learn that you don't like the new thing. It feels like time wasted, but I keep reminding myself that eliminating the wrong option leaves me available for the right ones.

TWO

In the six weeks that I haven't been on Tumblr, I've been more active on Instagram. My follower count is tiny, 50-something. I'm trying to figure out how to approach social media as an artist when it's such a tumultuous time to be an artist on social media. What do you do when it's not the helping hand it used to be and when cultivating community and finding an audience is harder than ever? But simultaneously knowing you need to be on it to share your work with the world? I'm still figuring it out, like many others are right now.

ONE

I completed my first ever series of digital paintings(!!!). 🧡🧡🧡🧡 I'm proud and happy with how they turned out. I can honestly say that my skills are improving with every new piece.

Looking forward to April 😊

#my art #art blogging #digital painting #black girl art #black artists on tumblr

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youhavetogotocollege · 1 year

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information superhighway

i don't think i should be allowed to have access to the internet. it allows me to stalk profiles of people i dislike or people that make me anxious or people i could potentially be jealous of or people that i've convinced myself my boyfriend likes more than me or...well, y'know. i can't not use the internet, of course. how would i ever talk to my dearly beloved audience of four (me, my boyfriend, my new follower, and the porn bot)? how would i complete assignments for classes that i'm most likely going to fail? how would i be able to gasp stalk all of the social media profiles that i've decided that i Need To Look At because i Need To Know What Is Happening or i Need To Know Who This Person That My Boyfriend Just Followed (i don't recognize them) Is? see, i can't just quit the internet. i have to have access to it. i just have to. maybe that's the "i was given completely unsupervised access to the internet at 8 years old and now i don't know what my life would look like had i not been groomed on Kik in 2014, thus creating this idea in my head that without the internet (and the validation of 25 year olds (but switch the 5 and the 2)) i am literally no one" in me talking, but it's something that i genuinely believe. i don't know what i would do without the information superhighway at my disposal.

when i was 8, my dad decided that i needed to have a phone. he said that, because i was traveling across the country for the sole purpose of seeing him, it was an absolute must for safety. my mom agreed, reluctantly. she clearly didn't think i needed it. i was 8, for christ's sake. she was most definitely right. the minute my father bought me that bright blue samsung intensity 2 sch-u460 (the type that slid to the side to reveal a miniature qwerty keyboard), i was a completely different person. (my dad was also the person who bought me my first ever computer, but we'll get to that later.) i was absolutely hooked on this phone. i loved taking pictures and sending texts in 8-year-old english to my parents who most definitely had something better to be doing than looking at what their kid sent them. this phone did not have access to the internet unless you wanted to spend $1.99/month—which was more money than 8-year-old me ever could've imagined—but it was my First Ever Device and i wanted to do everything i could with it, with or without internet. that was, of course, until my dad bought me my first ever computer.

i'll be honest, dearest audience, i do not remember much about this computer. what i do remember was seeing p-o-r-n at 10 years old and being completely scarred (i've developed a slight addiction to it now though so like y'know it worked out alright i guess), and discovering youtube, but honestly it wasn't that bad. i'm gonna skip around in time to being like 13 now because i literally can't remember anything about my computers or social media presences and whatnot from before then so imagine me fucking around on tumblr at 10 years old and discovering masturbation or something i dunno.

when i was like 13 or so i developed an obsession with musical theatre, tumblr, and being gay. eighth grade was a horrible, horrible time. i used instagram, twitter, kik, google hangouts, google+, tumblr, ao3, wattpad, quotev, you fuckin' name it. it was honestly out of control. i wasn't allowed to use my phone at home, so i did all of my social media-ing at school or when i was out with what little friends i had. i also used our home computer a lot because i had homework and things and i wasn't allowed to have my own after The Incident (i don't even remember what it was or if it actually happened, i'm just trying to be ominous). i have this one specific memory of my mom finding out i was self harming because she opened my google hangouts logs and saw me talking about it with my then "girlfriend" (we were 13, it literally doesn't count). she freaked the fuck out and told me that i wasn't allowed to use the computer or else she'd send me to the psych ward. i don't really know where i was going with this story, but it felt relevant in showing how my internet addiction impacted my mental health and my relationships with everyone in my life. my parents didn't really support my phone usage.

now at 20, my family still thinks i use my phone too much. they think that it stunted my growth and ability to communicate with people in the outside world. they think that all of my online friends aren't real people and that my boyfriend that i met on discord in 2020 isn't worth my time because we met online. i don't know if i agree with all of that, but i definitely think that my relationship with the internet and social media isn't the healthiest ever. i don't really know why i started writing this. maybe it's me telling myself that i absolutely need to quit the internet or else? maybe it's me warning you all about the dangers of raising your child with the internet? maybe i'm just reaching out to see who relates to me about being too damn old to be this obsessed with their phone. who knows, who knows. i really am just using tumblr as a diary and making 3 people (excluding the porn bot) read it. whatever the case, i don't know how to feel about the internet. i think we're in an abusive relationship but one where we're both abusing each other and it's gonna get impossible for us to quit it any time soon because we find comfort in the madness.

that's all for now, dearest audience. love you porn bot.

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eyeballtank · 1 year

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A few dumb "rants"

Like a follow up to other posts and a long text file, if you care about this part of me, when i got actual content in the making.

Feel free to ignore.

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If there ever is a "voice of reason", it's more likely to be the right group of people, each with their own different information, having a discussion and sharing different information until they reach a conclusion.

Not a "lone guy" standing on a stage and talking to a wide audience of people or "next George Carlin".

Because "information" and "intelligence" can be vague concepts and people almost make up interpretations of it, which is worse than regular "sheeple" type shit.

Life has no true protagonist and people will stumble into this realization by looking at e-celebs that are seen as such.

Always some Youtuber or social media "influencer" that says some okay things and then says stupid shit or gets something wrong or even says the wrong thing to accidently betray the audience.

And when someone says "see i can do this better", they still fall for the trap.

Hence why i think it's more rewarding to be a true creator of something. "Great minds think alike" has a dark meaning and is why most people already think "stupid sheeple" shit.

This shit is already covered in that post, if you manage to find me talking about intelligence and even mention George Carlin at times.

2

Something i had in mind is 2 kinds of artists: Performer and Creator.

Performer could be like an actor, singer, model, maybe even a show host or sports player and so on.

Creator being the writer, painter/illustrator, composer, director, even game developer.

It may affect celebrity gossip shit, like how people obsess over actors and singers, but not usually movie directors.

Or even the internet, because modern e-celebs barely even count as "performers" (Unless their fake personalities means they're already acting).

3

I used to say 4chan affected some people in the sense that is why some e-celebs are even remotely interesting.

But this can also be spinned in another way: 4chan, despite its ape brained nature and contrarianism, can make people smarter than the traditional "4chan mind".

As in, some people end up picking the good parts of 4chan and not the bad, hence they go above that site in terms of thinking and attitude.

So people on 4chan tend to hate those kinds of people, like cavemen hating an evolutionary off-shoot that managed to learn language.

It's as if certain websites having their own subcultures means different sites can serve as "ingredients" to define someone's personality online.

In general, humans socialize because different interactions/info can build who you are.

Like most of the coolest people i've met got the good parts of some sites and i even feel like i had a similar effect.

But this wouldn't happen anymore/today because modern internet is a heavy monoculture where too many people use fewer websites: Most websites feel like they share a similar culture.

Zoomers might be the one generation that doesn't even know what a "personality" is.

4

There's always weird debates on the internet where "two sides" are supposedly opposite but never really "clash", as if it's from the same groups.

Like AI art either has people going smug about AI art's limits or people fearing losing its job: But you rarely see the first group talk to the second group about how they can still do things that AI art can't.

Or even with "media literacy" and politics: Some people say "Tezuka was always woke" but never use that against YMS who said Tezuka was racist.

5

If you believe that every kind of energy has its limits and there's no renewable energy, i wonder if biological reproduction has a limit.

And i mean like "natural extinction" that could happen even to a dominant species.

Imagine a perfect world where the least number of people died: No murders, accidents, disasters, diseases etc just natural age deaths and Earth would magically shape itself to keep humanity alive and strong.

Then some people just stop being able to reproduce and you see later generations being weaker and decay, even if they had strong ascendents.

Because i remember hearing that modern fruits have less nutritions nowadays, compared to before unless it's not because of natural factors (Just did a quick search and it might be soil depletion related).

Because even if cells multiply, another way to see this is with evolution and how a species changed because of past stuff.

6

Even if i'm missing some stories/versions of the character, i think the concept of the Punisher works when he's a Vietnam vet because of real world US goverment technology/weaponry and how it evolved over time.

The idea being that Frank (Even if not alone) evolved alongside the US government/army/its agencies and he may've been smarter than most of them (Which is why there's also the plot of Bethell trying to get Frank into the CIA/FBI or whatever).

Like, with current technology and shit, he couldn't start today or even somewhere in 2009 due to surveillance and shit.

"But what about the cops that watch over people planning mass shooters and never stop them?" Almost like stopping wasn't part of the plan.

But if a guy today tried to plan becoming an anti-crime vigilante with guns and fight against crime on his own way, he probably wouldn't last that long.

#blog

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digimark6 · 1 year

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cyarskj1899 · 1 year

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He’s Prob jealous how much more successful she is in the rap game than he ever was. Typical nigcel! Also he beats his gf to miscarriage and raped his dog so his statements don’t mean fquckshit!

Joe Budden Is Not A Fan Of Megan Thee Stallion

Joe Budden has admitted that he doesn’t like Megan Thee Stallion, adding that his opinion of the Houston rapper has been impacted by her relationship with people he knows.

The Joe Budden Podcast crew discussed Tory Lanez‘s ongoing court case on episode 586 featuring DJ Akademiks, which was uploaded to YouTube on Thursday (December 15).

After going over several aspects of the case, Joe Budden confessed his disdain around the 49:00 minute mark of the interview.

“I got some theories,” he starts. “But what I can say is I’m finished with these n-ggas and I don’t like that girl. I can’t.”

Joe Budden is not a fan of Megan Thee Stallion: "I don’t like that girl"https://t.co/52WCdDJySrpic.twitter.com/rVi0Ae1xvd

— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) December 18, 2022

In the podcast’s latest episode (#587), Joe Budden can be heard going into further detail about what has shaped his opinion of the “Body” rapper around the 19:23 mark.

“Personally, I’ve seen this woman do horrible things to some really great people that I have longstanding relationship with here in this industry,” he says in the clip. “So I’m biased. You can’t just treat my friends, and people I fuck with, and people I’ve seen in this game for 15 years a certain way.”

The trial — which sees Tory Lanez accused of allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in August 2020 — kicked off on Monday (December 12) and quickly took an interesting turn when the star witness, Meg’s former friend and employee, contradicted a recorded statement she made to the prosecution in September.

During their cross-examination, which took place on Thursday(December 15), Tory Lanez’ attorney took the opportunity to address any suspicion that his client had something to do with her changed account of events.

According to Law & Crime reporter Meghann Cuniff — who is covering the trial in Los Angeles and has been sharing updates via Twitter — Los Angeles County District Attorney Kathy Ta continued questioning Kelsey Harris when the trial resumed on Thursday, and made sure Harris understood that, while she has been granted immunity from her testimony being used against her at a later date, she can still be prosecuted for perjury.

Kelsey Harris was then asked again about Megan Thee Stallion’s allegation that she had been offered $1million to keep quiet about the specifics of the shooting. After failing to answer the question directly on Wednesday, saying that her “mind isn’t here right now” due to post-partum depression, she offered more details on Thursday.