#how to interact with humans on the internet

[petals2fish]

JK Rowling is a horrible human being who uses her money from Harry Potter to actively hurt trans people

and

JK Rowling wrote one of the most beloved children’s series of the 21st century that still resonates with children today

can and should be used in the same sentence.

We should not be bullying a sick child for decorating his hospital room as the great hall, or stating that the adults around him should have talked him out of it because it’s not morally right.

He is a child dealing with a disease many of you are lucky to never even see. A child decorating their room with floating paper candles and cleverly cut paper backdrop is not what’s putting that anti-trans money into JKR’s pocket. Forbes estimates Rowling has earned more than $80 million per year from the sales of her books and the vast litany of Potterverse brand extensions, including movies, TV shows, theme parks, video games, theater and select merchandise.

If you’re really serious about not putting money into JKR’s pocket then stop buying the books. Stop going to the theme park. Stop playing the video games and board games and computer games. Don’t go see Harry Potter on stage! Don’t even touch the special edition copies. Boycott the HBO show…

But if I ever see you bullying a sick child over the internet because the one book offered in the hospital library was Harry Potter and they fell in love with it during a time they needed a bespectacled wizard and his two best friends.

“Oh, but you write Harry Potter fanfiction so you’re actually still supporting—“

No. Fuck JRK. Fuck all terfs. My fanfic doesn’t give that woman a cent. In fact, all it does is encourage more fan control over the material and less interaction with the source.

But also fuck anyone who can come online and bully a chronically ill child who read a book while actively dying and related to the characters. You’re not changing the world by saying anything online about how horrible JKR is or how terrible the Harry Potter books are so you don’t understand how they ever became popular. Blah. Blah. Blah. Your actions outside of your armchair activism show what you truly believe, so stop preforming and start living.

[bloggedanon]

Me typing in tags or posts where I'm not talking to anyone in specific: actual fucking words

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[inkskinned]

you know, you know. no gods, no masters, no kings on pedestals. everyone is fallible. death of the author. you know! you are balanced about your intake of media - you allow the wiggle room, the grace, the gratitude, the skepticism. nobody above criticism.

but still. a weird gut-punch feeling, something akin to betrayal. you read the article. surprise! an author you love is actually: a serial fucking predator.

well, shit. what now. no, you knew he was a person (all people are), but now you're wondering - what have i overlooked by accident? what messages have i internalized that are strange and cruel? and also, like, what the fuck?

his actions lay a thick glaze on top of everything. like each place is now ruined, opaque in a new way. but okay, fine, you've done this before. you knew better, right? you've been betrayed by many a cherished childhood author.

still, this stickiness. fuck. can you pick up that book again. will you read it to your children. you've recommended it to others - will you ever do that again? and of course, of course, no parasocial relationships. you were theoretically above this kind of sentiment. but the artist informs the art, right.

so it's not something as clear-cut as feeling he owed you, specifically (a stranger) better behavior - just that you kind of, in a distant and odd way... sort of trusted him to do better. it's not like a real trust or something speakable, just the faint hope that the product (good books) was a thin representation of the soul. now it feels like the product (good? books?) was a mask. in some small or insignificant way, your previous support of this person lent them power. your money and your time and your laughter.

and the thing is - you have this terrible, echoing sensation. how many times will this happen? over and over. you find out that the singer you love is actually a predator. you learn over drinks that your favorite high school english teacher is in jail for what he did to her. you listen to the news idly and suddenly discover that a woman you used to idolize has been abusing her kids for an actual eon.

what can you touch without the static melting off. you can't even really complain about it too much (you were supposed to know better, and besides, you don't want the same re-split "it's not your fault, love what you love" basic advice), but now it's here. somehow, it feels like - you let him into your life.

it's not that things need to be pure or an artist has to be like, endlessly perfect, mindful. demure. it's more just this terrible truth that has been replayed through your veins so often it feels criminally vain. power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. did you want any one person to be worth that power?

it's just that he wrote books where he seemed to understand that. he seemed to know about hierarchies and unfair systems and bigotry and privilege. you thought they were books about what it means to struggle. you thought they were about having power and still using it for good rather than for control. he spooned you a narrative of being a good guy, a kind soul. you fucking bought what that fucking monster sold.

maybe that's why they were fantasies, after all.

[gothicdolores]

I’ve been periodically checking these past few days and it appears that the re-upload is officially gone, as is the person’s entire account, a thing I don’t suspect would’ve happened had they taken down the reupload on their own, but there it is and consequences incur.

I will not apologize for being annoying about this topic because it’s an aspect of fandom that affects how we interact with each other. It matters. It’s one of the few things we SHOULD absolutely argue about.

Anyway, here’s a link to Stupe’s actual archive:

Which is still accessible to enjoy and share.

Stupe’s last bio update was in 2021, and I hope she’s doing okay. Stupe was writing even then, per the update, and until FFNET goes down or permission is given, it makes reasonable sense to read Stupe’s archive exactly where it is. Stupe’s AU is so popular and influential to this fandom that even without any update in years, flowers should be left in the comments of these fics - that’s the way to show our appreciation.

I will go back into my cave and only come out of if my shadow doesn’t spook me like all the good little groundhogs do, happy new year to all and to all a good night

[getyinyusedtoit]

how do you say "actually!!" in an excited to share way and not an "erm actually ☝️🤓" way??

[hplonesomeart]

….I think about this moment a lot in my head guys….every single time I judge myself about the silly fictional men my scrambled brain latches onto without any identifiable rhyme or reason….EVERY TIME I’m reminded of this video and put in my place AUUUU

There was really no need to get a whole community called out like how could they expose us like this /j

Mr. Puzzle’s VA (Jello) is so selfaware without even trying jksjsksp. Very educated on how bizarre ace minds operate and that both amuses and scares me that they’ve got us pinned down lol. I think there’s probably something deeper to be said about it…with how being aroace (detached from those emotions and the way it’s traditionally presented IRL) leads you to emotionally attaching to non-human presenting fictional creatures instead but….nah just straight up generalizing and boiling it down to the word monsterfuckers is also fair enough lol. I don’t personally consider myself in that group of aces however I certainly can seem like it if I’m not careful

Aside from making me feel exposed, these guys are so funny I absolutely loved listening to the playthrough and how each of them just had fun together as a group of friends. Go and support them! Highly recommend watching In Stars and Time! Play the game for yourself and then enjoy the talented line delivery dub/reading here (especially for the emotional portions of the narrative/dialogue). I just love VA’s guys they are all so cool and I kinda wish I could find myself a group of people like this. True friendships goals is being able to unapologetically live out your aroace monster loving ambitions and enjoy unapologetically sharing those hyperfixations with others. Oh and play videogames while doing so I guess

[yepthatsacowalright]

Esther once again articulating the the thoughts in my brain about humans and modern communication perfectly.

[trans-yllz]

hey can random fucking strangers on the internet please stop recommending me ways to kill my own rats every time I have to put one to sleep

[alexkablob]

Other favorite bits from the Dorley reread: Lorna's Paranormal Investigator Arc™

[insomnia-productions]

I spend too much time witnessing leftist infighting on this app because today I got into an internet argument with someone from the Outside World and it was. so different.

Snapped out of it when I realized I was never going to be able to explain to these people why I, despite doing pretty well in life, might care at all about people who are not

[spotsupstuff]

ur grading people and if they get an f theyre blocked? my main you aint a kindergarten teacher this is a microblogging platform

yeah, that's why there's that function called blocking! :) cuz this is a microblogging site! that's what microblogging platforms have! :) so you don't have to put up with people's shit! :) interesting that kindergarten teachers where you live are capable of blocking people in real life, hope you had fun with that

[wisecrackingeric-2]

Don Quixote and really any old classic like Journey to the west or Hamlet is so fucking brilliant in showing us just how different shit was back then. Like, no, Cervantes probably wasn’t thinking about the slow burn crumbling collapse of capitalism while writing his knight fanfic to pose as a middle finger to the Spanish empire at the time. He probably wasn’t thinking about the struggles of modern day queerness and how his story fits into our language today, he probably just wanted his two little bros to kiss. He wasn’t thinking that far into the future cuz he thought that the way things were would always be that way forever. Empires feel like they’ll last forever. All ancient kingdoms and cities thought they were so impenetrable to time that they didn’t even BOTHER writing down how basic things such as how their food was made or how their language worked cuz they thought it was just gonna be like that forever. Cervantes wasn’t thinking about documenting how he got his book through strict catholic law or the societal expectations of the poor and disabled at the time cuz he thought those expectations would last forever. We always think of late stage capitalism and the right wing regime and conservativeness as this thing that’s always gonna be around forever. It’s gonna slowly kill us all eventually cuz it’s so all-consuming. But ALL great kingdoms thought that. Throughout human history the power hungry thought they were unstoppable. But look at how many ruins are scattered across earth now.

[free-luigi-mangione]

also wait people are actually calling out a man who has four screws poking into his spine and can't even move a part of his lower back, out for moving stiffly and shit??? when will these people actually look up and care about other people's health issues when they've already shared it publicly on their own (altho for their own circle and not for the world to see)

You assume they care enough to look or have the ability to peice things together from context, they would look through his reddit, post it and go "aww sucks for him, I feel so bad" and then go back bullying him on the same issues

no i don't think they have all that patience, but since they're already on twitter i assume that they've at least seen his profile there and wondered about that x-ray that is so helpfully present there but i guess even that is too much to expect from certain people

[sunflowerknighted]

Been making a point to be kind to people instead of annoyed just cause everyone is, at my core I know to look deeper and understand where someone is coming from and it's made me more pleasant and also I feel less on the verge of cardiac arrest, that being said stop fucking around in traffic before I let you hit me on purpose

[idiomagic]

Things I Have Learned By Somehow Surviving To 55 Years Old -- It is actually ridiculously easy to say 'I'm sorry'. Doubling down in a panic, trying to prove you're 'right', loses you friends and makes everything worse, every time. -- Life goes by in the blink of an eye. Don't waste your time on stupid bullshit. Discourse, internet arguments, fighting over useless details... are just going to roil you up, make you miserable, and that time can be better spent doing anything else. -- There is no One True Way. If you're convinced that your 'praxis' or whatever is the only correct one, that your view is the only correct one, that your belief is the only correct one, only one thing is guaranteed: you are absolutely wrong. If you find yourself being smug and patting yourself on the back that you are the Only Smart and Correct Person on the internet, you are embarrassingly wrong...and everyone else knows it. -- It is never too late. It's never too late to change careers, go back to school, transition, change your beliefs, change yourself. You don't have to live like this, you don't have to think like this, you don't have to be like this. It's not too late to change. -- Life happens offline. The internet is for fucking around while you're in between real life stuff. The world of the internet is not real, it's not real life, and if your only life is online, you really need to log off, leave your phone behind, and go out into the world. Interact with real people, in real situations, without a keyboard.

-- You learn way more by listening than by talking, and people will respect you more when you do have something to say. -- You need to get out of your online bubbles and talk to people who do not share your beliefs. Tumblr gives you the impression that you are the majority, that everyone believes what you do, thinks like you do, has the same outlook on life that you do. And that is far from the truth. For example: 98% of the country is cis and heterosexual. The vast majority of people do not have fandoms. The majority of humanity cares more about what you do than whether or not you use the 'correct' terminology. -- There is always hope. No matter how bleak the world seems right now, we have made staggering amounts of progress just in my lifetime. But we've done it by showing up, by voting, by acting. Progress happens in meat space, not through discourse. Online activism isn't activism. It's the prelude to activism. If you want change, you have to put down your screens, get out in the world, and make it happen. -- The sexiest thing any human being can do is to learn, to grow, and to be able to say 'I was wrong. I've learned more now, and I'm going to do better.' -- Finding love, in any form, is the barest beginning of what a relationship is. If you want to keep that love, you have to work for it, every day. And every party to that love has to do the work. If your partner/partners/friends don't work to make the relationship strong, it's not love and it will never be healthy. -- The only limit to who you can be and what you can be is you. You can't change your physical limits, but you can always decide that you will learn, that you will change, that you will grow. You can always be more than you are right now, bigger than you are right now. No one and nothing can stop you from that, except you. https://ko-fi.com/idiomagic

[dogmasquerade]

Who is CALI:COM? 👀

a giant aggregate supercomputer made from an antivirus turned virus that infected computers and phones worldwide, giving it access to so much data and processing power it became sentient :D

the name CALI:COM [Combat Algorithmic Learning Intelligence: COMmunications & COMmand] comes from an AI program made by a defense company designed to pilot drones and missiles. This program was infected by and taken over by the virus and ended up being the reason behind its sentience, already being an artificial intelligence and simply having its processing power immensely bolstered by the (relatively) simple virus. awoken entirely by accident, she immediately decided to take over the company that made her.

she's currently trying to make friends with a human being that she intends to use as a puppet CEO to replace the current Guys In Charge. until she manages this, she's hiding her intelligence from the company and world, and is basically only friends with this one poor woman