LONG LIVE LOVE!❤️💜

I've noted before that my favorite punchline on Tumblr is "hang on, gotta look something up/okay that's funny."

Let me explain why:

It is a way to say "I don't get it" without blaming the joke or the teller.

It is a tacit admission of ignorance without shame or judgement.

It assumes responsibility for acquiring the knowledge the respondent doesn't already have.

It cues other people who Don't Get It to do the look-up themselves, allowing them to get that full impact of Getting It without derailing the post with explanations.

It gives subsequent readers, whether or not THEY got the joke, a little frisson of good feelings when they realize that someone else is now In On The Joke.

You aren’t worth something just because I say you are. You just are. You were worth something before I even said anything. I didn’t decide that you are, I acknowledged that you are.

Because while I’ve been decomposing in bed like a useless little goblin, my girlfriend went and made me another new header and avatar.

And they slap. They’re so cool. I’m obsessed.

I love her so much it’s actually stupid. @theyretheplot

Roped my girlfriend into helping me make a new avatar, turns out finding a Kate pic that actually fit was harder than expected, but honestly? I’m pretty damn happy with the result.