#social media

[worlds-worst-ships]

Do you ship it?

Back when I was bored out of my mind during the pandemic, I listened to many many hours of people reading things off of reddit, and I noticed something... people on Reddit are fucking liars. Like, every story I heard was utter bullshit. I'll give you an example...

It was shit like "bro anyone who thinks they can't afford a relationship is an incel, I met my gf at 17, we were homeless and living in my car for two years and then I bought our first house at 19, and now at 21 I'm raising my kids in the New York suburbs". Please, someone explain to me, why do they lie so fucking passionately? Who believes this shit? Surely, nobody is that stupid??? And why is it considered a controversial or "incel" thing to state the objective fact that money is necessary for building a life with someone? Like, okay, try actually living in a car with a girl for two years, eating out of bins, and tell me how it goes.

Then there's the clearly bullshit "I fought 10 guys at a bar and won because I was protecting my wife" stories from people who are so clearly 15 and watch too much Andrew Tate, or the girls who make up stories about guys doing something on the level of tunnelling out of prison with their two front teeth just to beat them up (which you really don't have to lie about, trust me, everyone hates guys enough as it is) or, even better, the people who make it their civic duty to accuse every person with a disability of lying. OR the mods who act like they're the fucking head of security at fort knox, when really they just run an r/cringethings subreddit or some shit. I will never understand reddit.

[mouthtapedguy]

lions are very mean and like jellyfish

[jaswilliams999]

Even tho I’ve only posted twice lol tumblr is like a breath of fresh air to me 🫧

no bc why is it so scary. They’re so judgmental on both.

[ed-recovery-affirmations]

Remember that many "wellness" influencers care more about their wallet than about your actual wellness. If it triggers anxious thoughts about your life, if it makes you hate yourself, if you feel like your relationship with food is suffering, you may block and move on at any time. And THAT'S wellness.

[tastefullyoffensive]

45 Anti-Capitalist Posts By “Guillotines For Billionaires” That Will Have You Ready To “Eat The Rich”

[bisexualbaker]

Oh, it is for sure more complicated! Common communities and positive interactions at those were definitely high on my list of how I made friends on LJ. That said, there's also...

4. Friending memes! The short version is, someone makes a post about a particular theme, and people who are are interested in that theme and also in making friends with other people who are interested in that will comment on that post. Other people who also want to make friends with that interest will check out their accounts and, if a peek at the rest of their blog piques their interest, will reply to the first person's comment, and a new friendship might be born!

In addition to individual friending memes, there are whole communities that do about the same thing! The main difference is that, rather than replying to a post about a specific shared interest, you make your own post to these communities and talk about what interests you. After that, it's pretty similar: People who have the same interest will reply to your post, and you might strike up a friendship!

Some communities where you can do this:

addme - A pretty general "add me as a friend!" kind of community

addme_fandom - One where you're looking specifically to make connections with people into the same fandom as you

findingfriends - A bit more in-depth about your interests and posting habits, what you're like online, etc, but otherwise not fandom specific

add_a_writer - Specific to finding friends who write

the_great_tumblr_purge - A community not only for general Tumblr-to-Dreamwidth resources, but also for trying to (re)connect with Tumblr mutuals, and finding new people to befriend

There's definitely more out there (specific communities sometimes do their own friending memes, for example), but this is a good place to start!

So it seems like some of you might be interested in learning more about Dreamwidth.

Listen, here's the thing: Dreamwidth is not slick. It is not fancy. Its base code was originally put together some two decades ago or more, and it looks like it. It can't do much with images and definitely not with video—like, I think there's some way to embed video, but I have no idea how to do it, and hosting it on Dreamwidth is, uh...

The point is! Dreamwidth is a lot different from Tumblr. It's closer to Tumblr than it is to Facebook or Instagram, but it's a lot more old-school internet than Tumblr is. And that means that, for anyone who wasn't on the internet some ten, fifteen years ago, there's probably going to be a steep learning curve. It can take more effort to post things there, and more effort to find your people, its image hosting capacity can charitably be described as both "limited" and "poorly organized", and overall it may still never be the kind of website where you, personally, will want to spend a lot of time or do a lot of things. Dreamwidth does not and will never have an app, for pretty much the same reasons as AO3.

But there is one thing I can guarantee, and that is that Dreamwidth is willing to fight for us and our rights. They're already doing so.

[dgsource]

[mouthtapedguy]

How can someone be this wrong ?

[crazycatsiren]

Do kids these days know that activism existed long before we had social media and smartphones in our lives.

Because if you're actually naive enough to be judging whether people are "doing anything" by what they do or don't post on the internet, I got some news for you.

[queenstallion1]

Megan Thee Stallion “WHENEVER” out now‼️

[itsalwaystomcruise]

Congratulations Ryan, Michael, and to the entire cast and crew. Must see in a cinema and stay through the end credits!

— Tom Cruise on social media, April 27, 2025

[mxxnmxxn9875]

Ya

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

I had The Royal Family Instagram come up on my feed, when I went to look, I genuinely thought it was a C &C Fan account. I am absolutely certain that when the Late Queen was head of the family there was more of a balance of all the working royals highlighted. With this you really have to work hard to spot anyone other than the K and Q, and it’s not like the Princess Royal is a slacker when it comes to royal duties, The Duchess of Edinburgh does a tremendous job. I have always been a bit sceptical about this self promotion at the expense of others, but my goodness it couldn’t be more blatant. Frankly I’m disappointed it’s not and never has been a two man job, I little more humility and recognition of the other working royals should be shown .

I said it once, and I'll say it again: the BRF instagram needs to cover the whole entire family. If Charles and Camilla want to promote themselves exclusively, they can use the old Clarence House instagram. They're still living at Clarence House so it still works, just change the handle to King Charles and Queen Camilla, go forth and conquer.

[tastefullyoffensive]

38 Most Hilariously Unhinged Tweets From This Week (April 27, 2025)

[goatboynfriends]

[27/4/25] Art: Jamie in clouds

I have returned. Sorry for being gone! I was still in university and been suffered from art, activity and writers block. ~n~

Anyways, here's WOnDERWALL Jamie in Clouds

-Qhai