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*logs into tungle dot net for the first time in 3 months* *makes post about retiring from tumblr* *logs out* *logs back in next day to check the replies*

whuh. where did you come from. get out. we're no longer serving customers. resturaunt's closed. SHOO!

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a few yotsuba panels i colored in a while back. i love this comic.

i highly recommend others try this too. it’s very therapeutic.

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even more yotsuba 🫧📦

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yotsuba goes to the ranch

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hiiii hello

I've been gone for a hot minute so I figured it's about time I pop in and give an update so none of y'all think I died or something!

I'm doing fine! Really good actually! Long story short, I've had a bit of a priority shift lately and I realized just how much time I spent every day just scrolling, looking for anythng that would scratch the itch in my brain, so I decided to try starving the itch instead by not doing that. So I took a break from Tumblr. (and it worked, itch is gone!) I've been on this site pretty much every day since 2013, on one hand it's been great! I've learned a lot and met cool people here, but on the other hand it has been a bit of an unhealthy coping mechanism for me. Ever since middle school I'd escape into this world instead of interacting with the world around me. And while I've had great times here, it's also been kind of bad for my brain and body. I suffer from chronic migraines and fatigue. Bright lights especially aren't great for me. And I managed to trick myself into thinking that lying in my bed looking at my phone was the same as resting, which isn't true at all. However boring it is, the only way to properly rest when I'm fatigued/in pain is to put away all screens and take a nap. So being on my phone in bed is actually very detrimental to my quality of life.

The past few years I've tried to compromise. I've turned the colour off my phone screen so I'll get bored of it more quickly, and I've deleted apps and turned it into a "dumbphone". Problem is, I still end up lying in bed staring at my phone, scrolling tumblr. So I had to take a stand and just put it away. Log out of my account and beat my addiction.

So here I am, approx. 3 months later. I have not opened tumblr one, and aside from a couple of relapses, I never lay in bed on my phone anymore. And it's only had positive impact on my life. I'm still fatigued, but I'm more present in my irl friends' and family's life than I've been in a long time, because I've gotten better at properly resting.

So... this isn't a goodbye forever, but after this experiment I truly do not feel the need to use tumblr. I'm in a better place both physically and mentally after taking a break, and I think I might continue to be on break, because I don't want to fall back into old habits, and I don't feel that itch to share my every thought with people online anymore. So,,,, I'm gonna go back to touching grass now. Sayonara you weaboo shits (lovingly) <3

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Any battle at all except Waterloo. Reblog if you can think of one!

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character misses their shot and the villain goes "ha! you missed." and the main character goes "did i?" and then shoots the villain again while they're frantically looking around the room for what the hero could possibly have aiming for instead

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Former living weapon absolutely dominating at laser tag

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ok but give me one good reason why you wouldn’t date Kermit the frog besides that he is a puppet and a frog

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surprised this hadn't been made yet

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My ninja hcs!!

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Reading Dracula. When does she show up?

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i am still in absolute disbelief that i managed to capture this moment

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why did I cough up a fish bone. I ate mackerel HOURS ago was it just chilling??? in my throat???? this whole time???? what

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found "morro with ghost dog" in my notes and I so agree past me I so agree

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