Prohibition only failed because it ended too soon. it would have succeeded had it lasted long enough for modern mass survielance to be implemented. We're at a point in time where almost everything everybody does can be monitored, analyzed and extrapolated from.
I liken it to the internet's very own Chernobyl. From a certain perspective, the resemblance is uncanny.
Site is built up on a stack of shoddy decisions, questionable policies and nepotistic hiring. Site gets lauded as the most Important Thing. Someone trying to protect the site from danger (danger created by their own actions), does something radical without understanding how it all works. The site explodes, spewing hazardous waste all over everything.
Okay some of that's a bit of a stretch but you get what I mean.
There's no such thing as a containment site, there never was, and all you accomplish by thinking you're containing them is establishing the ideal breeding ground.
On one hand, Tumblr was a breeding ground for the kind of thing we're seeing, but on the other it wasn't just a container for them, it also allowed more sensible people a window into the to point and laugh at the excess. That mockery was one of the things that kept stuff outside Tumblr almost sane
Mocking them has absolutely no effect besides making you feel good, which is perfectly fine and it's important to have fun, but don't confuse it with anything that's actually going to make a difference.
It certainly doesn't change anything now, the damage is long since done. Back then it helped maintain the midground between the contained crazies, the disconnected normies and the snarking right. Maybe not in all cases, but fringe madness like otherkin was safely ignored by the mundane masses as 'that weird tumblr stuff everyone laughs at'
See, I'm trying to remember a time when this look wasn't a huge tell for how mentally ill the character and writers for said character were.
The closest I can remember was Jack from ME3 but 1. She was mentally ill from years of abuse by both Cerberus and after (though calmed down a lot in 3 especially if romanced) and 2. No hair dye and despite no boobs was actually a fit looking character.
I really can't think of a time when the ENTIRE look wasn't a warning flag for crazy, as it's like they took elements from every niche style and mashed them onto a bland frumpy character. Like if you removed the hair dye and put them on a Brazilian model then it might work or just had dyed hair without the shaved parting on an E-girl, then maybe just altogether, it looks as much a mess on the outside as what is probably a mess on the inside.
A punk girl used to just be a punk girl. Necromunda's House Escher and League of Legends' Vi aren't references to the modern leftist woman, they're references to what those modern leftist women are pretending to be.
I swear it's a skinsuit for them as they go into every community trying to skinwalk and subvert them and it's just this 'style' is the most popular as easiest for them to maintain with no effort.
The only one closer I think is cosplay but they get drowned out by the onlyfans/Ethot crowd who do it better.
I look forward to the explosion of free (beer) AI generated videos. It will inevitably be better than the paid thing, and the paid things won't be able to compete with labors of love given freely.
"And now you're a boy."
"I am today."
Actual dialogue.
...And before anyone says, no, I don't have links or an archive. This screencap is years old, and the tweets are gone.
The character is a shapeshifter. She doesn't actually spout gender identity bullshit, she's just making shapeshifter jokes.
fall of tumblr as a containment site and it's consequences have been disastrous for the human race
Tumblr's fall is a huge reason I continue to say that trying to ban porn is a losing battle.
Tumblr fell apart the instant they banned it.
I get the sentiment, I really do. But like Prohibition a century ago, the ban did more harm than good.
Prohibition only failed because it ended too soon. it would have succeeded had it lasted long enough for modern mass survielance to be implemented. We're at a point in time where almost everything everybody does can be monitored, analyzed and extrapolated from.
You got banned from ConPro.
What the fuck did you do to get banned from ConPro?
Hell if I know, I get banned basically everywhere I try to interact.
I liken it to the internet's very own Chernobyl. From a certain perspective, the resemblance is uncanny.
Site is built up on a stack of shoddy decisions, questionable policies and nepotistic hiring. Site gets lauded as the most Important Thing. Someone trying to protect the site from danger (danger created by their own actions), does something radical without understanding how it all works. The site explodes, spewing hazardous waste all over everything.
Okay some of that's a bit of a stretch but you get what I mean.
There's no such thing as a containment site, there never was, and all you accomplish by thinking you're containing them is establishing the ideal breeding ground.
On one hand, Tumblr was a breeding ground for the kind of thing we're seeing, but on the other it wasn't just a container for them, it also allowed more sensible people a window into the to point and laugh at the excess. That mockery was one of the things that kept stuff outside Tumblr almost sane
Mocking them has absolutely no effect besides making you feel good, which is perfectly fine and it's important to have fun, but don't confuse it with anything that's actually going to make a difference.
It certainly doesn't change anything now, the damage is long since done. Back then it helped maintain the midground between the contained crazies, the disconnected normies and the snarking right. Maybe not in all cases, but fringe madness like otherkin was safely ignored by the mundane masses as 'that weird tumblr stuff everyone laughs at'
"We need a name, something that says Ramona Flowers but newer and more progressive"
"Nemona?"
"You're a genius!"
Writing rooms are crèches for adult retards now.
Nemona Clover
See, I'm trying to remember a time when this look wasn't a huge tell for how mentally ill the character and writers for said character were.
The closest I can remember was Jack from ME3 but 1. She was mentally ill from years of abuse by both Cerberus and after (though calmed down a lot in 3 especially if romanced) and 2. No hair dye and despite no boobs was actually a fit looking character.
I really can't think of a time when the ENTIRE look wasn't a warning flag for crazy, as it's like they took elements from every niche style and mashed them onto a bland frumpy character. Like if you removed the hair dye and put them on a Brazilian model then it might work or just had dyed hair without the shaved parting on an E-girl, then maybe just altogether, it looks as much a mess on the outside as what is probably a mess on the inside.
A punk girl used to just be a punk girl. Necromunda's House Escher and League of Legends' Vi aren't references to the modern leftist woman, they're references to what those modern leftist women are pretending to be.
I swear it's a skinsuit for them as they go into every community trying to skinwalk and subvert them and it's just this 'style' is the most popular as easiest for them to maintain with no effort.
The only one closer I think is cosplay but they get drowned out by the onlyfans/Ethot crowd who do it better.
Jack was one of my favorite characters in the Mass Effect trilogy. Shame they didn't make more games...
I'm gonna sound like a basic gamer saying this but as playing only as male Shep:
Favourite romance: Tali, too sweet not to plus you could tell she had curves in her suit
Favourite bro: Garrus, he was the one guy throughout it all that always had your back and knew what to say at the right time.
"There is no Shepard without Vakarian."
And I'll agree with you on Tali. She stands with you through and through the whole way. And she's thicc. Best girl.
She was my first heartache video game crush, and I've never recovered.
It was a webcomic over 10 years ago. The comments section was a lot of fun. It's probably the prototype for all this.
I look forward to the explosion of free (beer) AI generated videos. It will inevitably be better than the paid thing, and the paid things won't be able to compete with labors of love given freely.
Sora's the limit.
Twitter sucks for porn since they actively shadowban accounts.