#this website is dying

[stuckinapril]

I love Tumblr because nothing matters here truly. There are no influencers. Having followers doesn’t mean anything. It’s just a site where people post their sporadic thoughts and rb pretty pictures. Anyone who thinks any of this matters is woefully missing the point

[harrietvane]

So, you can buy one of the books from the 1999 The Mummy at the upcoming March 2024 Propstore auction.

From the listing for Lot #250:

The heavy book is primarily made of resin finished in gold paint to resemble solid gold, and features several intentionally tarnished bronze components. The book's embellished metal spine displays 12 individual strands attached to each internal page. Designed to hold the front cover in place, four metal vulture-like clasps are inserted into the scarab emblems and are adjoined to uniquely designed hinges. Located within the book are 12 resin tablet pages covered in ornate hieroglyph detailing. To open the book, the circular mechanical emblem on the cover must be twisted in an anticlockwise direction, which causes the two clasps on the right side to pop up. To close the book, the two clasps should be pushed down into their corresponding slots and held. The emblem should then be turned clockwise, causing the locks to fix back into place. Intentionally distressed for the production, there are some small chips on the cover. Dimensions: 14.5" x 14.5" x 4.75" (37 cm x 37 cm x 12 cm) Estimate: $50,000 - 100,000

The clasps and lock mechanism are fully functional. BYO key, though.

[batshaped]

morning people

[greelin]

it ultimately is not that serious but it is kind of dystopian to have your tumblr posts get used for marketing. Like cool y’all are making a buck or two off of my text post but it feels a little gauche. odd, maybe. but whatever

[leawesomesloth]

I don’t think I’ve posted this one here before! I just got reminded of this on that dying hell site Twt. It’s so cute so I wanna share again here ✨

[rotisseries]

planet of love

[ashiyn]

ashy i fucking love u for all the gifs ur making of the irl stuff, it makes me so happy

stop i might just start sobbing, have a cute zed and tango gif that i haven't posted yet as a massive thank you,

[bloodmoonloveletter]

you know the gravity falls obsession is strong when you wake up from a tarot-motif inspired, set-in-gravity-falls, started-as-a-party, billford-y, ending-with-bill-sacrificing-himself-for-ford-in-the-most-heartbreaking-way-so-the-latter-won't-die, thisisnotawebsitedotcom-computer-prism-with-bill-messages-inside-featuring dream

[robotclownindulgence]

Oh my god you guys😍 the wizards over @ tumblr staff just rolled out a new update🥳 so every time you spend money on their site you get this ✨badge✨ as your profile pic😍💖 Everyone go gift 5494829384 crabs now🦀🦀🦀that way we can thank our poor hard-working baby beans👶 over @tumblrstaff for all their hard work💪 in keeping this site clean and safe from all those naughty tr@nsw0men posts🥰

#tumblipoos #queer #pride #suckittwitter #tumblrinas #crabs #goldstar #lgbtq #queerestsiteonearth #trending #ao3 #heckyeah

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

to that anon I got about my last posts: if you're hurt that I'm talking about antisemitism on tumblr rather than the Israel/Palestine conflict itself then you're going to have to make your peace with a star wars blog not being an effective platform for activism.

This is the point I've been trying to hammer home perfectly illustrated. I deviated ever so slightly from what's allowed on the subject to say that I can't participate in this website's idea of 'raising awareness' (distributing real facts and misinfo alike without a care and being a bunch of fanatic Jew haters in the process) and that I don't think I'm able to critically and accurately examine every piece of news that gets passed around here, and you're taking this to assume I don't care. So no, I'm not going to spend my time trying to prove that I do care to that particular crowd.

You're upset with me for not treating this like I did fandom and assuming I value fictional characters more than real people because of it, but it's precisely because this is infinitely more important that I'm not going to be doing real people the disrespect of giving my two cents on their suffering and deaths on the same platform I did STAR WARS.

[nekokvmaa]

I'M DYING I FOUND A WEBSITE THAT GENERATES INCORRECT QUOTES AND IT'S SO FUNNY I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LIKE HALF AN HOUR NOW

HERE HERE ARE SOME THAT I GOT BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY AND I NEED TO SHARE THEM IN THE HOPES THAT AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON THINKS SO TOO

Enmu: *sighs* Doma: You bored? Enmu: Yeah. Doma: Wanna start drama for no reason? Enmu: I thought you’d never ask.

Muzan: I assume you realize that this kind of idiocy will not be tolerated in this house. Doma: Is there any kind of idiocy you would be more comfortable with?

Enmu: Not to be nsfw but I want someone to hold me while I sleep.

Rui: *writing a letter* Rui: Dear Santa, I'm writing to let you know I've been naughty... And it was worth it you fat, judgemental bastard.

[goldensunset]

every so often i open instagram to see if my siblings have sent me funny things via direct messages and instead i am forced to see people my age whom i haven’t heard from since middle school getting married. i am entitled to some form of compensation for this

[ka3l]

omg kael youre on tumblr! do you happen to post on bluesky too 👉👈

bluesky has no identity aside from being "new twitter", im on tumblr bc i genuinely enjoy the site culture

im already only on twitter since some of my friends only actively post there, but at this point those kind of sites are equal to facebook to me

[yeehawpim]

hi yeehawpim i just wanted to let you know ur comics are really awesome and inspiring, im gonna be majoring in sequential art at college next year and ur comics are really inspiring and motivational!!! i hope you have a good day/night!!!

hi here is a picture of my eyes exploding in tears

thank you that's such a compliment I'm glad smth I did could do some good hope college goes well!! remember to eat that's very important

[giantkillerjack]

the average person doesn't expect you to be a perfect ethical consumer, that's not possible for the vast majority of us. but what youre saying is it's better to do nothing at all and choose the worst possible options (sweat shops, overseas shipping waste, idea/product theft, all wrapped up in SHEIN) than to put even the tiniest effort in where you can.

[they are referring to this post]

What I said was "some people are doing literally everything they can to survive and have no extra bandwidth to spend extra time and money on their purchases, and it is cruel and therefore un-punk to gatekeep punkness and add additional shame to these people's lives based on that fact."

I think it's still a good thing to try to ethically consume; I literally never said it wasn't. I had never even heard of SHEIN before. Rather, I am much more concerned about what I saw as arbitrary gatekeeping based on ability and income.

And frankly how dare you claim that I am supporting sweatshops and abuse by saying that this additional work you are demanding (in this case, presumably, vetting every clothing company you buy from) is not always possible for people. It is not a light accusation to accuse me of supporting abuse.

"How dare you say we piss on the poor", Etc. 🙄 this isn't Twitter. You are determined to enforce moral purity, but you are failing to see the nuance.

Because when I say "no extra bandwidth," I mean no extra bandwidth. This is not the "car shows it's on E but actually secretly it has a lot of gas left" situation that abled people constantly assume disabled people mean when they say they are at their limit.

This is "the car has stopped moving, and to move it I'd have to break my body pushing it." This is "at a certain point, people will hit a wall in terms of money and time and energy, and any energy spent after that comes directly out of their life force."

So the argument "okay but just spend a little more time money and energy actually" is not a valid one.

And the argument "if you are not able to do this specific task, then it means you're not doing anything else to make the world a better place" doesn't exactly impress me either. You said yourself that it is impossible to be a perfectly ethical consumer for most people.

How do you know what else people are doing to resist oppression? How many hours per week until your standards are met?What if someone works 3 jobs? Does that mean it's harder to be a good person if you're poor?? Why do you get to decide what specific avenue of bettering the world is the most morally repugnant or acceptable? What kind of proof of goodness and effort would make you satisfied enough to lay off on the shame?? Who are you helping??

Clothing is a fundamental human need, and some of us have to buy cheap fucking clothes quickly. Billionaires are buying their seventh yacht this month. The people who own fast fashion companies are abusing their workers and putting local affordable clothing stores out of business - and this applies for basically every company with price points that low because governments are failing to regulate corporations to enforce basic human rights.

I have $300 to spend on a new wardrobe as my old clothes have fallen apart or become too small. Do you have a way for me to get a new winter coat, 3 flannels, 10 shirts, 3 dress shirts, new sandals, 10 pairs of pants, 5 bras, 12 pairs of socks, and 10 pairs of underwear within that budget and also definitely 100% ethically sourced, with free returns in case it doesn't fit? Or will I simply have to use the cheap stores?

I have about an hour to spend on this per week. Many mainstream stores doesn't make clothes in my size, and I am now in *year 5* of needing an electric wheelchair and being unable to get one; plus I live up a flight of stairs, so I can't even bring my walker out with me - so thrift shopping is not gonna cover this. Should I continue to wear small and tattered clothing until I have the time, money, and energy to meet your standards?

Did you know there are more empty homes in this country than homeless people? If I decide to splurge on only 100% ethically-produced products, and I can't make rent, and I become homeless, are YOU going to be there for me?? Or are you too busy litigating the endless tiny shames of poverty in your own community?

So I ask you again, are you SURE this is where you want to direct your punk energy?

Because there are a whole lot of rich people relying on people like us punching down and to the side instead of looking up to see where the money is going.

Because energy and time, as it turns out, are limited resources. And I would never expect you to secretly have more than you claim to have.

[acheronist]

its just so interesting to meeeeeee because henry's authorial voice doesn't exist unless tom's dead remains are there keeping the wallet and journal safe, but tom's dead remains stay unknown unless henry's authorial voice is there keeping his identity kept behind a cipher. and they literally got divorced when they were in their twenties.