#internet behaviour

I am so done with it.

I saw a video showcasing how early it gets dark in the UK in winter and the top comment was “clearly you’ve never been to Canada” and when someone asked why that was a necessary comment they defended it with “the English are acting like it doesn’t happen all over, they’re not special”.

It was educational and it said England because it was filmed in England, nowhere did it claim it was a unique feature of England. It just wanted to show what occurred in that location.

I saw another one showing the Red Bull F1 car making cool vortexes in the rain spray, just showing off some cool photos and saying “look how cool this is”. All the comments were going “all f1 cars do that” “this isn’t a new thing” “this isn’t unique to them they’re not special”.

Why do people act like someone showing something cool is an attack on them if it isn’t focused on them?

It’s just something cool. It’s just someone showing something happening and saying “hey look at this”.

for another, it's also kind of insulting to the entire tradition of storytelling and critique. which is a fundamental component of the human race. saying it's fiction therefore it doesn't matter what it implies or suggests or how it treat's its characters or the message it sends... as if stories aren't what human culture is built off of. all those great myths? fiction. propaganda? fiction. religion? fiction. politics? ads? games? music? it's all storytelling. hell even our economic and moral ideas are fictions we believe in and enforce. money is a collective fiction that runs the world.

if it's so meaningless then why do you care about it getting critiqued? why does a different interpretation bother you so much? come to think of it, why are you even in the fandom? why do you care about any of the characters at all? why bother reading, writing, drawing them if it's all meaningless fiction no one should ever analyse?

obviously you're here because it isn't meaningless, it has a real life impact on you. it brings you joy. it has real impact. fiction is a real thing created by real people with real effects. how many inventions do you think were inspired by sci fi? why do you think some fictional books were banned? why do you think representation matters? because we see ourselves in stories, we communicate with stories, we spread, critique and bond over fucking fictional stories!

- do not tag celebrities in NSFW or scam posts.

- do not speak to celebrities as if they are your personal friends.

- do not DM/tag offensive or "call out" discourse to celebrities.