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Okay, cool art but ... exactly how do the popcorn and soda get consumed? 😂🤔

Live and Love by Xision Wu

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Fandom is amazing we’re all just writing stories for each other and making gifs and video edits and fanart and for what? For sharing the joy of it, the love of it. So we can look at another human and see ourselves

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M. Rodney McKay + “John”

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i do not ghost purposely i just have no idea what to say ever

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Cute!

MDZS B-Ball AU

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I play Avakin Life and they just started Age Verification by photo so you can create 18+ rooms, which is dumb because you can already make them private so what's the diff? And they try to lure you to do so with a shiny new badge for it, and supposedly it marks you as "adult" which is a sort of sore point with players because it WAS 17+ until a year ago and now, yeah, it's overrun with children.

But I thought the same thing, what happened to protecting your identity and online presence? Plus I do not trust the game co. to protect it. Players already complained of getting their accts hacked before this so how is this safe? Yeah, that's a hard NOPE from me.

This is a terrifying norm I’ve been seeing in fandom recently, with a lot of people asking for photo ID’s to enter a server or for 18+ commissions or to follow a private Twitter account. While I understand the sentiment and realize that there’s an issue of minors trying to get into adult spaces, this is an incredibly dangerous practice that needs to stop.

I have seen this popping up more and more in the past year and frankly, I’m sick of sitting back and watching it become a social norm. Not to mention, there is a huge difference between a company with a team of lawyers and legal statements with the intention to protect your information and giving this to a random person online.

Here is an article from IAPP discussing more in depth the current difficulties for age verification online.  Thanks to @murmurkins for digging around to find this!

Here is also some resources for Discord specifically on how to moderate and run a server that has 18+ channels and designating a server as 18+. Discord also notes that if you are locked out of 18+ channels, you can appeal this by sending a picture of yourself and either a photo ID or your Discord tag. Again, while not a perfect solution, this is their last resort, not the intial requirement. It’s dangerous to do, and Discord recognizes this, which is why they have a system to protect your information AND they require that all third-party individuals have a privacy policy telling individuals how they will protect others’ information. 

If anyone wants to respond to this post with more information on other websites, feel free! The biggest issue I have seen with this is on Discord, so that is where my information is focused.

TL;DR: Don’t give your ID out online to random people for your safety. Make sure who you are giving personal information to has a privacy policy. While it is an issue that minors are accessing 18+ content, this is not a safe solution to the problem.

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you know what i would be quietly sad about the end of, when tumblr's day does eventually come? gifsets

there's no other site that's really set up for them to flourish like they do in tumblr's particular ecosystem - certainly not any that aren't running into the same problems of profitability and without being owned by a corporation making money elsewhere.

you could host edits on art sites, and maybe singular gifs on the twitter-alikes and the reddits of the world, but painstakingly crafted gifsets? much less viable

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Omg, I remember that, my mother made this pattern when I was a kid. ❤️

I found this flower alphabet cross stitch in a thrift store! by 1Sidknee

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Oh my Lord, I want those figurines!

They both have bunnies and WWX has a lotus pod. I'm mentally screaming.

I participated in the 운심월성/雲心月性 Wangxian Costume Anthology! It is Wangxian's Harvest Moon/Mid Autumn Nenderoid Costumes~

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I honestly didn't know about this but it doesn't surprise me. How are they allowed to call themselves medical clinics, though?

Is anyone else just... exhausted?

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That was so cute. Carson, everybody's little baby puppy.

Stargate Atlantis - Sateda (S03E04)

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Hoo boy. I live in a Red State and a redder than Rudolph's nose county. Four churches down main street and at least 3 were always boosting for Trump or Republicans on their "welcome" (ha) signs. Wish I'd known this then. Good to know now.

https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/irs-complaint-process-tax-exempt-organizations

3. Nature of violation

Directors/Officers/Persons are using income/assets for personal gain

Organization is engaged in commercial, for-profit business activities

Income/Assets are being used to support illegal or terrorist activities

Organization is involved in a political campaign

Organization is engaged in excessive lobbying activities

Organization refused to disclose or provide a copy of Form 990

Organization failed to report employment, income or excise tax liability properly

Organization failed to file required federal tax returns and forms

Organization engaged in deceptive or improper fundraising practices

Other (describe)

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tag of the week:

@nthngtoseehere-blog :

#wwx: ex-fucking-scuse me? ✳