Underwater Vestige

There is a secret callsign for [tumblr] users.

If you spot a wild [tumblr] human in the wild, you must tell them this phrase:

"I like your shoelaces."

The appropriate reverse-call, if you hear this phrase, goes thusly:

"Thanks! I stole them from the president."

40%  “the ancient texts!”

30% “oh we’re bringing this back?”

20% “fuck you OP” and/or “you paid money for this!?”

@rotten-dan​ this is a good question. honestly? little of column A, little of column B.

I do love the culture here, and I both unironically love the shoelaces thing as a cute little relic of a bygone era of freeform [tumblr] silliness and appreciate it as an AoE psychic damage attack on those old enough to remember those days.

I want to both include younger people by teaching them [tumblr] history, as goofy and "cringey" as it may be -- because I absolutely want any new people to feel welcome in this absolutely bonkers community -- and I want to deal just, like, massive psychic damage to those of us old enough to remember -- because, well, after all, that's a time-honoured part of the culture here, too.

do I think this code is silly and very few people will use it? sure.

do I think people should be going around using this code? absofuckinglutely.

Day 22+23

171604 -  Sora

For #IgnisFashionWeek on Twitter.