#don't look at it. it cant hurt you

[skunkes]

if life is categorized by Before Loss and After Loss then I exist in the before but with a countdown to the after. and the countdown is always always present and debilitating. the loss will be debilitating too but i cant help myself. i will always suffer twice.

[b4kuch1n]

dip pen ink comm batch 4 complete! for Ezechiel, @ohwwhuv, and Leo :]

[mishapen-dear]

no but im thinking about how 4halo could be together while keeping their dynamic intact. forever asks bad on a date and bad is like yeah :D friendship date. several dates later bad's the one to propose and he says "will you merry me" as in like. be merry with me. feel joy forever for we're together and we have 11 children aka all of the eggs we have forcefully adopted from the other parents and i dont know what life would be like without you. you changed my life for the better. besties 4evar, forever

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

god its 1am i cannot be doing this

[crimeronan]

imo tumblr having an algorithmic for-you page for people who don't know who to follow yet is literally fine and good. you shouldn't need an in-depth tutorial to figure out where the content on the site is and even if you disagree, it's honestly inconvenient as Fuck and always has been. the most active users here rarely have tagged archives that can be easily discovered & the for-you page limits the barrier to entry for new people. unless you came here specifically FOR an artist/writer/creator who ACTUALLY POSTED THEIR TUMBLR URL over on twitter or reddit, you can't figure out who's active in your fandoms or how to talk to people or how to populate your dashboard with content very easily. i get being biased against people who specifically seek out algorithmic content but staff is NOT wrong that this site is inaccessible to get started with. and they're not wrong that that's a bad thing. let people have fun on the internet instead of forcing them to get frustrated and give up????

i'm mainly posting this because i DO disagree with a major part of staff's proposed plans, which are the plans to update their advertising techniques to mirror other social media. that does suck. they're doing it because tumblr users do not have enough money or dedication to keep the app afloat ad-free with in-app/website purchases, but it Fucking Sucks. that's a business decision that has nothing to do with attracting/retaining users or making the user experience better, and everything to do with Make Dollar Sign Go Up At All Costs.

showing new users content while they figure out who to follow is good, that's a good change, that introduces people to the different fandoms and communities on here n gives them a place to start. i know it's annoying for popular tumblr users to have their content prioritized in this way but the people who use the algorithm weren't gonna fuckin' figure the dashboard out to see your posts anyway?? it's a change that's sorely needed and will improve the user experience and it wouldn't surprise me if reasonable staff members have wanted to do it for A While, & are couching it in corporate language so that it can be prioritized. it is FINE.

please for the love of god don't get lost in the weeds here. it's important to understand why different marketing decisions matter and how they impact the userbase. tumblr updating their signup streamlining to retain more new users IS FINE AND GOOD. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THIS SITE????

eta just in case: if you have a rebuttal to this that's along the lines of "but algorithmic content will encourage advertisers to ruin the user experience with their grubby greedy little hands" : yes, that's a valid concern. hence why i'm saying i don't like the proposed advertising strategies. i just don't think that the for-you page is in and of itself a bad thing.

[megane-sama]

"A little family day, so we won't have any regrets"

AND WHAT IF I DIED?! WHAT IF THIS WAS MY LAST STRAW?!

I will actually commit ropeneck. I am entitled to emotional compensation actually.

[liliallowed]

I mean I'm already blocked but like...

it's a douche move to browse their blogs without consent. I SHOULD be respectful of their wishes but like...

what did I do??? I still haven't had my closure.

this question has been bugging me for an entire YEAR. yes this is your blog but I feel extremely horrible for not knowing what I did wrong.

If you were a random person on the internet that I had ill-will towards I would have moved on. but I CARE.

but this genuinely hurts you know? I see your posts coming up my dash from my mutuals. and if they follow you it means you're cool. I wanna see your art! like it! spread it and reblog it! coment and complement you for having such cool art!

can't we just start over?

is rambling about it in my own post even a good thing to do?

I'm tired of bottling this in. I NEED to know what I did wrong. tell me and I promise I'll never ask anything again.

it's such a creepy thing to act like I HAVEN'T been blocked on my other account.

I should even come clean and ask you to block me so it can't be considered rude...

but then would I know?

I wouldn't be able to do anything. (of course that's intentional. I don't deserve to have access to your posts. that's only fair. I should just block myself in respect of your wishes)

but what if there was a misunderstanding? what if you didn't mean to block me? what if I was a bad person and I'm actually just acting like an immature childish stalker-

... I fucking hate myself man. I can't even accept being blocked like a normal person.

I get emotional. I SHOULDN'T. you have the right to manage your blog...

and I'm over here crying like a friking baby because I'm terrified to ask and risk being blocked again... but I SHOULD be blocked again... if it's intentional then I SHOULD at least have the integrity to admit that:

"hey! you blocked me! please block this other account of mine too so I don't come off as a freak! "

but the thing is if I DIDN'T have another account I would HAVE NEVER KNOWN any of your policies regarding being blocked so how would I know?...

I'm so sorry. whatever I did I'm sorry.

[incorrect-league-of-villains]

Toga: Our client tried to kill us!

Dabi: More importantly, he didn’t pay us.

Toga: How is that more important?

Dabi: I take that personally.

[georgespaniel]

this is probably going to sound a bit spineless but it makes me feel sad knowing that people will think of me in a bad way because i like the 1975

[biollyante]

if you put on a mask to be loved, they will love the mask, not you

if you put on a mask to be loved, the mask will drain you

if you put on a mask to be loved, the mask will ingrain itself into your identity forever, becoming part of you

if you don't put on a mask to be loved, would nobody love you?

[median-culture-is]

Median culture is wanting to come out to your bf who is accepting of systems but didn't think you were a system when he found out you were questioning :(

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[todayisafridaynight]

i think ichi would still go into work while suffering from *gameritis and hes so brave for that he's so committed

[candlebel]

I cared. I still do. I still think of you and I still cry over you. You were importat to me. You still are.

[catboyfurina]

One of the really irritating things about that 'oh QPR is just friendship, clearly you've never had friends, lmao loser' discourse is that (and there are many irritating things this is just one of them) even in QPRs that ARE just friendships with a new fancy label.... like...? There are many kinds of friendship that people just have because it's easier than not. And there are friendships that you think are going to be incredibly lasting, but then they date someone new and suddenly you're no longer a priority. The QPR label lets people attach an intentionality and priority to their friendship that really is not guaranteed..... like also not every QPR is this way etc etc but even when it is Just Friendship T M its still like entirely reasonable to want to use that label to signify that it isn't casual

[grilledkatniss]

Kim Kardashian is not, never was, and never will be a victim.

[caffeinatedopossum]

It's kind of jarring to be reminded that everyone around me has always had more than me (aside from a select few). Like I just forget until it comes down to something mundane like buying shoes and I don't know my shoe size because for most of my life I've had one pair of shoes that I wear until they break. And it was usually something someone either got me as a gift (horrified that my shoes were wearing out. As if thats not what shoes do when you wear them) or they were passed down and I grew into them.

Like that's just normal for me. It doesn't bother me either, this isn't a pity party. It's just surreal that it bothers other people sometimes