#do both

[hug-your-face]

“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...

"The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites, lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance...

"We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements — transportation, communications, and all other industries; agriculture, medicine, education, entertainment, protecting the environment; and even the key democratic institution of voting — profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces."

Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995)

[dabunnybuns]

I really really liked the theme of “Do Both” in Spiderverse so I made a graffiti thing heavily heavily based on the “Great Expectations” mural cuz I wanna make it a poster

I did an edit since people thought it said “bots”!

[bluebellhairpin]

Yes, I too keep my weed in a Milo tin. Little known Australian fact. That's where we all keep it. It's the real reason why we like it so much.

[eclipsen-smiles]

Fun fact:

Mods day to day activities include:

Overthrowing the government

And being nice to authority figures

Aka don’t be a bitch

Be kind to teachers or I’m gonna steal ur dick :)

[hellcifrogs]

I recommend the names Naomi and Reina for the fusion kids^^ They just sound so pretty! Maybe, just maybe, Naomi for SakuHina? And Reina for ChoSaku?

It matches!! I love it, but got to wait for the poll 😔

Naomi is great too, but Reina is actually PERFECT for her!

[berryswitchystuff]

Idk if this is just me not being comfortable with male deities, but anyone else just love Mother Mary? Like…I was raised Southern Baptist, but I love Mother Mary. The rhythm of the “Hail Mary” the thought of a mortal woman, blessed by the divine to bring a miracle to the earth, a human mother to a divine sacrifice in the name of all humanity…

Something about Mother Mary just feels…right.

[oid19]

a random man I sketched in late 2022

[daydream-reblog]

GUYS, INTERACT MORE! GIVE COMMENTS!

here’s a little comparison for people who say engagement hasn’t gotten that bad and anyone who complains is ungrateful.

these are two posts from my first go round on tumblr circa 2014-2017, my most popular gifset of all time

& a text post

notice how the ratio is about even on likes to reblogs?

here’s from this go around, my most popular gifset

and my most popular fic

do you see how that’s discouraging?

i love being on this site. i love the little community i’ve found and the people who follow me and the mutuals i’ve made friendships with and the mutuals that i’m still getting to know. i love it. but at a certain point it’s hard to justify spending so much time on works that get bad engagement.

reblog, comment, send asks. without them, this site doesn’t work.

[ibenology]

the average twitter vs tumblr community experience

[veliseraptor]

the weird schrödinger's emotion that is "that character death was narratively satisfying and emotionally impactful and ultimately the best way to handle their character arc" simultaneously with "noooo but I wanted them to live :( :( :("

[anthropologist-on-the-loose]

I'm as grateful for cellphones as the next person, but sometimes I think about how everyone having a phone on them at all times really did cause us to loose some things as a society. I mean - for example, kids these days will never experience their car breaking down and needing to find the nearest place with a phone they can use. They're never going to have the opportunity to tentatively approach a house only to discover that it's full of queer people having a party hosted by a transvestite to celebrate his creation of a sex homunculus, stay the night, and loose their virginity while unintentionally partaking in cannibalism. It's tragic, that kind of gay sexual awakening just doesn't happen these days because of cellphones.

[copepods]

crazy how 4 hours of work will literally take up my entire 15+ hour day. who allowed this

[technovillain]

i come from the universe where everything is the same except disney heroines get like an ounce of their fathers' obviously dominant genes and their clothes are like 80% more historically accurate. it's beautiful here.

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[cameforstuff]

Me: wow this idea would be best with digital

Also me: but this part would be best with physical.

The humble art of mixed media *exists*

[acorviart]

not to sound like a boomer, but I need some people to learn how to write emails in a semi-professional (at the very least) format so you're not cold emailing a business/potential employer/any other stranger about formal matters in the exact same way you'd DM a close friend on instagram

the formality/language can loosen up in the email chain once you've established a rapport and you match the other person if they're being less formal, but please don't have the very first email you send a stranger be written in all lowercase ultra-casual sms slang with no greeting or signature and a billion emojis