#Not to worry because there is a solution

[soulbrand]

man you all were not kidding abt the therapyspeak in veilguard.

[july-19th-club]

i have no mouth and i must scream speech but for about insomnia hate hate hate let me tell you how much i have come to hate being awake

[nillisaie]

I saw something last night that really bothered me and it honestly probably shouldn't, but it did and it's how someone said they bought the Alastor pride merch even though they weren't ace themselves. And I couldn't figure out why exactly aside from the obvious me being crazy jealous and overprotective over the deer that I adore, but I think I figured it out

When I checked the website yesterday morning, it said that over 100 people bought that shirt. It's probably several hundreds now. And when I saw that number, I thought "wow, so many aces!" I thought all of the ace and aroace and probably aro too fans were buying it up in support, because they felt represented by Alastor like I did. But this person saying how they got it despite not being ace themselves made me realize that those 100s and 100s of people buying the shirt aren't all aces or aros or any aspecs. A good portion of them are honestly probably aphobes themselves who just want to sexualize the deer man who isn't interested. And that honestly hurts a lot. Just the thought of finally being able to hold this shirt honestly makes me want to cry, because it's the closest thing to being able to show my colors I can get without possibly outing myself and aphobes are buying it because sexy deer. It's honestly making me wonder if my attempt at saying I'm (aro)ace! by dressing head to toe in Alastor stuff is pointless, if people just see me as some fangirl instead of an actual ace in the hole like Alastor. If I wear this shirt, will people even know I'm wearing it because I'm ace?

[neobastard]

that's an. interesting final line.

[classic-jamie]

every time i talk about jamie and santiagos weird WEIRD fucking relationship i always feel like this image

[astriiformes]

My instructor for my German class copied me on a communication with my academic advisor about my attendance issues and I get it, I get that I've missed a lot of class and that instructors are frustrated by that, but I genuinely don't know what I'm supposed to do when the problem is that I've been physically unable to wake up most mornings for the last several weeks.

Like I've had similar issues before, but it's so much worse this semester (my class isn't until 10:10am, and I live a 30-40 minute train ride from campus, but that's still not that early). I specifically took this class--at this time too--because I thought it was late enough that it wouldn't be an issue, and now I'm probably going to have to end up in a meeting with her and my advisor where I bawl my eyes out about how I really am trying, and that I know it sounds like the worst excuse ever but I swear I'm not just being lazy or skipping class on purpose.

And it makes me terrified for the future, where I might have jobs where I can't set my own schedule, and especially because when your partner ended up suddenly and mysteriously sick with tired-all-the-time-to-the-point-of-being-mostly-bedbound disease, having your own fatigue issues is incredibly scary and traumatizing. We're already in such a precarious situation, we cannot afford my health going south, too.

I don't know. I'm scared and stressed about this specific scenario, but also about, like, life in general, and feeling pretty miserable.

[ambyandony]

monster au tiziano desperately trying to wrestle a mercury thermometer out of squalo's hand because the bitch is trying to eat it

[zevrans]

i want to have high hopes for the sims 2 rerelease because that game is so prone to corruption and the pink flashing and what not i'm curious how ea manages that, because all that needs to be fixed before even trying to optimize the game for new pcs, but if they pull this off? that'd be pleasant to say the least!

[soulstagger]

Find yourself a friend who fully understands and gets your strange worries.

[thatonebjp]

I feel so fucking helpless sometimes. It gets harder and harder to hold onto any kind of hope. Any feeling that things could realistically get better. That I could get better. I hoped and hoped so hard, and I don't think there's any hope left in me at this point.

The temptation to just give up is always there, constantly on my mind. And the fact I know I won't actually go through with it is starting to just become one more reason I hate myself.

[unnonexistence]

fuuuuuuck celiac disease

[squaduck]

Huh.

Thanks to all the strangers who liked a single post, and thanks to all the weirdos who stuck around.

But also, what? I pretty much do nothing.

I occasionally reblog stuff, sure, but not a whole lot.

Sorry for the long tags. I'm just going slightly insane and didn't want to make a mile long post. (Also, did anyone know that there's a tag limit??? It's 30 tags apparently.) (also also, because tmi, im disabling reblogs.)

[abyssalzones]

i keep seeing news about a potential gravity falls reboot. as someone who very much despises reboots and who thinks gravity falls ended very well (it's something gf has been REPEATEDLY praised for,) do you think there's actually a chance they'd legitimately reboot it?

I watched a bit of hana's interview with alex hirsch out of (somewhat morbid) curiosity and from what I could glean there, it seems less likely gravity falls is going to get a legitimate "reboot" any time soon and more that there's potential for spinoffs when alex's contract with netflix expires. my honest prediction is that the book of bill is a prelude to more if it sells well, as it's very possible they're testing the waters to see if gravity falls nostalgia-hype is alive and well.

as much as I dislike reboots- and I have some strong feelings about the book of bill as a concept- I actually wouldn't be mad about some of the concepts alex has in his back pocket, such as a miniseries set on the stan o' war, or potentially more comics. I criticize elements of writing and what's being done with the story now because, obviously, I love gravity falls dearly, and I do think it could be adapted or continued faithfully... in the right hands, under the right circumstances. reboots exceeding the production of new, director-driven stories is symptomatic of a larger problem in the entertainment industry, but I don't think they're the disease themselves. people love strong stories, y'know? I would be a massive hypocrite if I acted like there was something wrong with wanting more, I've been actively making art for this show since I was 12.

so, do I think they're going to fully reboot the show, take us back to the mystery shack for "summer 2013" or potentially something further ahead in the future? ...mm, probably not. the series ended at two seasons for a reason, and in the age of, yes, pointless cash-grab reboots in a time where the entertainment industry is hopelessly dependent on selling established IPs, I respect that decision a lot. but I feel like it's inevitable there will be more gravity falls in some form or another in the future, which I honestly wouldn't have guessed if not for alex's words himself and the release of a new book this july.

whether or not it's any good... I guess we'll have to wait and see?

[applejuiceyjuice-art]

i’m replying to this on my personal blog because i do not want to address this on the cloutchase blog. normally, we would delete an ask like this, but it bothers me too much personally.

it sounds like your brother is subscribed to “dead internet theory” which is a fringe conspiracy theory and total doomer talk. it basically proposes that the internet "died" in 2016/2017, and is or will be only made of bots that are generating content for other bots to engage with eternally, and that bot content makes up a majority of the internet in order to manipulate people. it is hyperbolic, using language like "everything online is generated by a bot and you are alone."

idk where he got the idea that it started with discord users, and we aren’t just going to take this information as fact for the sake of making content for our silly website gijinkas. it would be incredibly depressing and irresponsible of us to spread potentially dangerous conspiracy information like this, even if we somehow twisted it into the form of a joke (which we can't). cloutchase is moreso a celebration of the unique environment of the internet. (REMINDER: these are just funny ocs, and while there are serious conversations to be had surrounding actual problems with these sites, cloutchase is NOT the space to be doing so. read the FAQ.)

people believe in this theory because it “feels” true, the internet now feels fake and algorithmically produced and that nobody here is a real person. that’s why many people have nostalgia for “old internet,” where we remember a time where everything was seemingly user run.

but really the main difference between old internet and new internet is commercialization. inevitably, websites grew into businesses and businesses must generate profit. algorithms, advertisements, and ai are much more prominent than ever, flagging algorithms with human bias censor actual people, and so on. seeing and experiencing these things makes it kinda feel like nothing matters or whatever.

what’s actually important to YOUR experience online is asking this: is the majority of content you engage with generated by bots? no!!! you make it your own! the internet is massive, but we still find each other!!! there are REAL people behind this project and receiving your messages. we read everything, you know. WE aren't bots.

bots have always been around the internet, it isn’t a new thing. sure, we didn’t have sophisticated ai generation back then, but spam bots have always existed. malware spread through bots, some ARE bots. in some far off circles of the internet now, there are content farms and viewbotting, but here we are, meeting on this tumblr blog.

the internet will only die when its users decide to stop using it. is this not unlike the y2k scare?

[louthegreatfurrry]

so new HB merch just dropped, pride version. there's nothing with Striker. I would be devastated if it weren't for the reason why being extremely simple: being dustsexual (i'm dust) doesn't have a flag yet. hope this helps <3

[gailynovelry]

Hi! Hi. Guess who's in. Love y'all.