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healing is lonely. nobody tells you that.

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Something that I still can't wrap my head around about the whole "AO3 needs to ban incest, 'pedophilia', rape, dark content, etc." is that you have to click in to fics in order to read the actual content of the fic.

Unlike Tumblr, where you have to intentionally put a readmore, otherwise people are subjected to full paragraphs of smut fics on the dashboard while randomly scrolling and not even looking for it - you are never forced to read anything on AO3 without reading the tags and description first. If you skip the tags and description, that is completely a choice.

So people are getting all bent out of shape about the presence of morally reprehensible fics on AO3 just because they have to scroll by those fics - they are not being forced to click on those fics, they are not being forced to read those fics, they are never forced to look at the dark content, ever.

"AO3 has a great filtering system and you should just filter out dark content if you don't want to see it!"

The filtering system is better if you're looking for something rather than if you're a whiny little bitch whose looking to filter out a bunch of things. Because inevitably something will be missed and not caught in the net to be filtered out. Tags are for authors to advertise what is in their fic to attract fellow fans, not for people to block out a bunch of things they don't like. People shouldn't be losing their shit this bad over simply having to scroll past dark fics on their way to find a fic they want to read when nobody is ever forcing them to actually read those fics.

When I see a scat kink diapering kink fic on one of my favourite pairing's tags, I don't go "that person should be banned and obliterated and how dare they!!!" I just go "huh. Someone sure wrote that and posted it" and keep scrolling and move on.

(And I swear if someone says 'oh but not everyone tags their fics properly!' shut up. That is so rare. Authors forgetting a tag are human beings who made a slip up, not predators who are purposefully trying to violate you with their weird kink.)

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In my opinion it's a lot more healthy to be able to own that you dislike someone for petty reasons than to do all kinds of mental gymnastics to make everyone you don't really vibe with out to be a bad person actually

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Hey everyone, remember that being sick or healing from injuries is a hard time for your body. You have to eat a lot and lay still and be kind to yourself! [large neon sign that says HYPOCRITE descends from the ceiling and points at me] Hey what the heck what's this who put that there

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Tumblr is good for creative types because the tag system lets you be truly deranged about how much you like it without feeling as Exposed as a Comment Section

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haha thats so funny [face gets gravely serious] but were you not a staunch and trusted ally i would have you executed for such a joke

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cutest adorable horangi and kkachi

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How to stop wanting anything tutorial easy

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i’ll say it a hundred times because some of you need to hear it a hundred times but the trick to liking yourself again is learning new skills and hobbies or returning to ones you had. it makes you so confident learning new shit all the time.

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there are a lot of undiagnosed adults out there but i do think it's a shame that we've reached a point where having hobbies and interests past the age of 20 is seen as a touch of the tism. i know many older adults who suppress all their childish desires and throw out all their old toys and for what. are you scared of being 'weird' ? who give a shit.

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go on more walks. walk for no reason. walk to solve a problem. walk to blow off steam. walk to get outside. walk to listen, read, and learn. walk to escape distractions. walk to improve your health. walk to think. a simple walking habit can change absolutely everything.

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You all need to hear this:

1. You probably dont suck at your craft as much as you think you do, I bet a lot of people are amazed at what you can make, and

2. If you actually are the Literal Worst In The Whole Wide World at your craft... who the fuck cares? What are they gonna do, call the police on you? Keep making your shitty little things, youre the boss of you, fuck the haters.

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observation: among a certain subset of tumblr users, the term “blorbo” has become unchic, but the concept it describes is still important; and so it has been replaced with “The Character”

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i'm excited to live the rest of my life like it belongs to me

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Ok, loves, so we've all got the message that joking about suicide is bad for your mental health. Now we need to get on "joking that the planet/all of humanity has no future" is bad for societal health/encouraging resistance to bad shit."