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People love to also say it's "because of the Algorithm on platform XYZ" as if The Algorithm is some mystical force and not something programmed by humans that humans change the parameters of all the time.

a) There's no actual evidence that saying words like "murder" directly limits the reach of what you have to say on ANY platform at the moment. I do find it plausible that a social media platform has done this before but there is no evidence that these restrictions are put in place by any social media platform regularly.

b) Even if/when these restrictions are in place, why would you choose to say "unalive"? What these restrictions amount to is the social media platform saying "We don't like it when you say the word kill and so if you say the word kill we will not show your post to as many people". You are being threatened with being mildly inconvenienced. If someone came up to you and said "if you say the word kill I won't be friends with you any more, you have to say 'unalive' instead" you would laugh at them. Why would you choose to so significantly alter the way you speak so a social media platform can make more money from advertising? Why is that even considered a reason? "Yes I know I hate the word unalive as well but TikTok would censor me if I said kill so it can't be helped" Yes it can!! Simply say NO!! Your account isn't going to be banned, all that will happen is slightly fewer internet strangers will see your post.

Once when I was a kid my dad told me to “stop being a you-know-what”. And we’d done the whole song and dance enough times that I knew he meant “bitch”, so I told him: That’s cheating. You know what you mean, and I know what you mean- you’re just stepping around it so you can pretend you’re on the high ground. So if you’re going to call me a bitch, at least have the balls to actually say it.

And it’s been about fifteen years since then but I’m just now figuring out that that’s the same feeling I get hearing shit like “grape” and “unalive”.

If your audience knows what you mean, you might as well actually say it. Otherwise you’re just fucking hiding

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We need to find a new word for arguing with someone honestly in a way where you are interested in understanding their point of view because "good faith" has been taken over almost entirely by the most obnoxious people in the world

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This reminds me of the person who gave a wild rabbit mouth-to-mouth CPR.

I’ve been seeing quite a few phony “wildlife rescue” videos recently, so I just want to put out this quick PSA:

- don’t “save” wild prey animals from predators. just don’t. even if the prey animal is cute. even if the predator is scary or gross.

- if you find a baby deer all on its own, it’s doing fine. deer naturally leave their fawns alone for extended periods of time. leave it alone. mama will come back, and she can take care of baby much better than you can.

- if, however, you find a fawn with heavy, visible open wounds, or if mom has a carcass nearby, then you can call a qualified wildlife rehab center. do NOT bring it into your house and try to raise it yourself

- don’t try and raise ANY wild animals yourself, actually. The only exception I would give would be like, jumping spiders or earthworms

- don’t touch wild animals. not even if they come up to you. not even babies. ESPECIALLY not babies.

- don’t feed wild animals. this can cause them to expect food from humans, which can be disastrous if they don’t get it

In general, just observe wild animals from a respectful distance. That’s it. That’s all you have to do.

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when you go to bed significantly earlier than usual, a little menu should pop up asking if you want Wake Up Early or More Sleep. and then you should get what you requested. that's my human body UI improvement for the day.

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It's always a not-so-fun game on Tumblr of is this an actual thing or just another one of those strange customs of troubled North American republic The United States

Minimum wage jobs should not be allowed to give you homework. You want me to dedicate my time and energy to learning shit for your company? That's on the clock behavior

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Thanks ChatGPT!! I'll be sure to use the Tongue Method next time I fry something to see if the temperature is right!!!

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My SCSI and NVME drives get a holy day of rest every week. For SATAday.

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See the problem with Tumblr is that the main things you can do are

tone tag discourse and its byproducts (why is this a thing)

age gap discourse and its byproducts

US politics discourse

And even though you can find people who share interests outside of these 3 things, I have not yet found anyone who, upon scrolling down, is NOT also doing the 3 things.

This is not good. This is bad. If you're going to do discourse, do it about something you actually like. Where is the:

making fun of local councils

Melburnians

making fun of Australian politicians

gunzels

Instead it's just an endless feed of:

"My life is full of suffering!" "Donald Trump just announced every newborn baby will be given a free slap!" "The brain doesn't mature until age 25 guys, why yes I am 19 how did you know" "You're going to jail for not putting /srs on that" "Uh oh! Treason Alert!! Yes it's the united states again. Yes it was Donald Trump" "My life is ALSO full of suffering!" "Suffering? Poob has that for you" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Real Estate Agent: "This house is a premium quality heritage home, dating from the 1880s, own a piece of history now with this beautiful investment property"

50,000 wasps living in the walls: BZZZZ.

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"Oh it's because if you use the actual words you get your account deleted" Then let your account get deleted!! A platform that makes you speak in a way such that they can extract the most money out of your speech is not a platform that respects you!!

”pdf file” “unalived” “grape” “corn” what if i killed myself right here right now

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I don't think Elon Musk (and by extension, all of his rabid American followers), understands quite how America is perceived by people in other developed countries. The first three things that come to people's minds when they think "the United States" are something along the lines of "stupidity, obesity, and gun violence". There would be no cheers of "Wow! The US Army are here to liberate us and give us each our own personal AK-47!", there would be WAR, and I don't think there would be many countries willing to remain allied to the United States anymore...

If I was a Trump supporter, I’d be really annoyed that this utter dork is becoming the spokesperson for US foreign policy.

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This can also be applied to other types of bigots and arseholes on the internet.

Do not waste your time trying to explain things in "just the right way" to convey information to people who are trying their hardest to find a way to misunderstand what you are saying. They are trying to be annoying and get a rise out of you on purpose. It's not your job to explain to bigots why it's not okay to call people slurs because THEY KNOW it's not okay to call people slurs but they still choose to do it because their desire to hate overrides their desire to follow basic social etiquette.

i just want the vast majority of media to be by and for trans lesbians, ok? the rest of you can have other stuff sometimes i guess.

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this is from a town in spain that in San fermines instead of bulls uses a giant ball and its so funny watching it on tumblr 

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I need to see F1 drivers play trackmania (specifically TM2020 with a steering wheel) so bad you don't understand... the countless potential comedy factors of guys who Drive Cars for a living being put in a situation where they initially THINK they know what's going on but internally are completely lost on what the hell a plastic or wood or god forbid ice road is and how the everloving fuck you're supposed to drive a car on it.

I need to see them in complete denial because "HOW do you expect me to drive this shit I can't even keep grip on a rainy day" and I need to see Max Verstappen in complete agony and denial about any unusual racing line or "unrealistic" game mechanic (while secretly finding them quite exciting) and I need to see George Russell full focus dead set on figuring out the easiest turn known to man while Yuki's already rage quit an hour ago. I need to see Lando Norris with sparkles in his eyes at the first sight of a loop-de-loop and I need to hear Oscar Piastri show more emotion flying out of a sausage block turn than he does winning a race. I need to see C2 pretend to take it seriously while they have a collective 0 clues as to wtf is happening.

And I need Wirtual or Jnic or some other TM streamer to explain all the horrendously complicated ways to gain time (I genuenly cannot overstate how intricate the strategies in this silly little car game are) while the drivers sit there in complete disbelief. Before they actually start getting the hang of it, if anyone has a chance at it it's the people whose native languages list includes Car. Above all I need to see them enjoying cars existing beyond the confines of real physics. oh and I need to see them all still competitive to the bone about it in a cup or tournament setting unrelated to how much they're enjoying the game. also I need Nico Rosberg to commentate it, send post

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Me but the exact opposite!!! A username is a place where you put something silly and amusing. I can't imagine anyone actually referring to me as TRAPEZOID. If I don't know the person's real name or it's a situation where there are lots of people chatting and most people don't know each other's real names then I will rather not refer to them by name than use their username unless I am writing @ notation to notify someone of my message (then you sort of have to refer to people by their username)

man I still hate referring to anyone from the internet as their actual regular name

like it's just so ingrained into me to use usernames and that using a real name is giving away information that I cringe any time I have to

plus what's the point in having a username if you're not going to go by it?? just be john8397 or something if that's the name you want to be known as??

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I want a button to block the United States

I think it would be a great service to the rest of the world that all posts on social media platforms coming from a location in the US can be filtered out and blocked if the user desires, Most of the time I don't want to see the latest happenings in America, and I am also curious about the number of Americans that would rent a VPN so they are not "silenced". Even more curious about the number of Americans that would cite their "right to free speech" as the reason they are renting the VPNs.

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No, it's two pairs of scissors. It's not any amount of just "scissors", and saying "four scissors" is a grave grammatical crime punishable by having your even number privileges relinquished. You see, "pair" is actually the English language's first and only counter, just like :.|:; is the English language's first and only logograph!