I have a terrible habit of just liking posts on social media and then disappearing. like. no comments, no reblogs, just silence. I am a quiet observer who shows up as a number on your screen and nothing more.

I've never had mutuals I can tag on posts that vaguely remind me of them or just to joke around with. in fact, I've had very few online interactions at all.

so when I post something and people, like, respond? it's baffling.

who are you?? why are you liking my comment? why are you reblogging my post? you're here, and you're just... talking? and you can say anything you want? should I respond? should I keep quiet and disappear into the void again?

who taught you these social skills? who taught you to just... say stuff? how are you so funny, so profound, so human? how do I get to know you? should I get to know you?

there's so many users I'd love to interact with, but the thought of purposefully drawing attention to myself online is wild. it's like I'm asking to be hurt, asking to find the kinds of people that'll know exactly the kinds of words to get in my head, the kinds of words I've spent hours in therapy getting out of my head.

I thought I'd be able to find my place if I spent enough time in autistic spaces online, but then I realized I'd have to be vulnerable with digital strangers. I'd have to share my stories and, even worse, talk to users. anyone could say anything at any time, and I could end up reading things that will never leave my head. that's already happened, but those hateful words were never directly focused on me. what'll happen when they are?

people talk a lot about how a common symptom of autism is our struggles with social interaction, but how often do we bring up online interactions? am I the only one who struggles with this? how many people online are like me, quietly interacting, terrified to be seen, heard, and understood, yet constantly and desperately lonely?

I want to leave room for hope, so I think I'll add a bunch of tags vaguely related to this post in the hopes that people will see this and relate to the things I'm saying. I'd like to leave the conclusion open for discussion.

Anyone else find talking to people online scarier and harder than in real life or just me? It feels like there’s even more even subtler social cues online than in person and trying to figure out the social boundaries feels lowkey impossible. Like in person it’s still hard but I feel like I’m the only autistic person I know who struggles so much more with interacting online than in person. It also probably doesn’t help that I’ve been told I text and type like an old person on multiple occasions lmao

There’s no wrong way to interact, I’m just curious if anyone else feels the same way.

I'm so tired of having to deal with how people communicate online. There is so much aggression. People really don't stop and think about how other people feel at all anymore. It's always a fight all the time. They really aren't concerned with it at all. They want to hurt you as much as they can. It's almost the actual goal of so many people. It made me collapse into myself so much. I feel like I need to keep digging to get as far away as I can from that kind of energy. And I feel so alone in the world because of it.

People have never terrified me more.

Hey tumblr...?

How do u make friends on here??

I've had tumblr for a few months now and I still don't really know how to talk to people or communicate on here without coming off as weird. This is the first social media platform I've been on so I don't really know how to communicate with people online. And I know tumblr is a place where it's ok to be weird but I still don't really know what I should do when it comes to interacting with others on here.

I wanna try and put myself out there and get out of my comfort zone a bit more (god knows I need to do more stuff like that) but I really don't know how to do it and I'm just very clueless when it comes to making online friends let alone talking to someone online.

If anyone has any tips or some advice that might help me with this please let me know

when Victoria Aveyard said, "The truth doesn't matter. It only matters what the people believe. They will believe this little scene, this pretty play of actors and lies." she was actually just talking about online interaction and conversation.

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Sometimes I forget im allowed to draw him going a lil crazy 😌✨

Fandom is so different now and it’s becoming un-fun with how quickly shit moves.

I just want to enjoy things. I don’t want to have to play a game of Artist-Race that seems to be afoot lately.

Ya’ll eat up fandoms, leave artists and writers bone dry and then move on so fucking quickly then fucking wonder where all the Good Fandom Stuff is.

Idk Maybe cherish some things for longer. Reblog stuff. Interact with people. Comment and share.

Fandom is Capitalism now and I’m not being nuanced.

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i still remember clearly one of my first interactions at pride with a 40-something member of the lgbt community. I asked him if I could take a picture of him with the bear flag (because I was really happy to see it irl for the first time!) and he asked, "are you feeling like a she-bear a little bit?"

and being gay almost exclusively online back then aside from maybe two friends, I was shocked by that question. me? a 19 years old kid who thought themselves to be cis and bi? I was basically the polar opposite of what a bear is.

but now, six years later, I see it. I'm fat, I'm hairy, I'm shamelessly a dyke, I'm masc. yes I'm butch, but fuck it, I'm also a she-bear. that guy was right. I hope he's doing alright and he knows he's changed my view on labels forever.

i watched re death island today!!!!!1 it was really good!!!!!!!!! had to draw smth to celebrate :)

well wishes from the void

real gay men in real life: buck and tommy both presenting as masculine, muscular men developing an intimate and vulnerable relationship that doesn't shy away from sexuality but instead embraces it proudly and without fear means a lot for representation. it's a good thing that these two have a realistic gay relationship that is both romantic and sexual, where they both feel they are able to openly make jokes and flirt with each other as this accurately depicts my experience as a gay man. as well, seeing non-queer men describe this relationship as bummy is very offensive and in my opinion homophobic and is incredibly tone deaf as it sounds eerily similar to gay slurs targeted at gay men to mock their sexuality. utilizing this homophobic speech is not productive and is way more harmful than you realize. please stop.

non gay men: THIS RELATIONSHIP IS TERRIBLE REPRESENTATION, MAKING DADDY KINK JOKES IS DISGUSTING AND TAKES AWAY FROM BUCKS VULNERABILITY, BUMMY BONES BUMMY BONES BUMMY BONES, YOU GUYS ARE FETISHIZERS