TitaniumOrb

so, first of all, tumblr’s culture has changed a lot in the past couple years. there’s a genuine community effort to not start any drama, and ironically a lot of the current hostility is an effort to keep things calm. there’s also a change in how people interact with posts, so if you haven’t been here in a while please skip down to the tags/replies/reblog with text section.

for newcomers: you should be reblogging posts about as liberally as you would like something on twitter. if you only like stuff, people will think you are rude/a bot. you’ve probably heard people talk about “cultivating your dash,” and thats because this platform is 100% centered around your dashboard. trending matters less, unfollowing and blocking in order to shape your dash into it’s best form is widely accepted, the majority of the content you’ll find and interact with will be because of your dash, and the only way to put things on your dash is to reblog them. tumblr users are deeply distrustful of algorithms and have largely turned off the “see posts your friends have liked” function (i recommend you also turn of the various algorithms in settings → general settings → dashboard preferences).

so, once you’ve reblogged a post, there’s three ways to add content to it. the tags, replies, and reblogging with text. all of them have different connotations

the tags: an inside voice. originally they were meant for organizing your blog (and they’re still used for this), but they’ve also morphed into a way to share thoughts that aren’t funny/insightful enough for non-followers to be interested in. when in doubt, put your comment in the tags

replies: basically talking to your friends in class. your followers have no way of finding your replies (they don’t pop up on the dash, nobody gets notified except for the original poster) so chances are, only the person who made the post is gonna see your comment. it’s for quick one-offs that you’re okay with other people overhearing, but really is only made for one person. they’re like a public dm

reblog with text: an outside voice. you’re getting up on a stage in town square and entertaining people. make sure it’s funny or insightful— bottom line, add something new to the conversation. you should use this the least

general rules of thumb: 

when in doubt, reblog. people will judge you if your blog is only personal posts and you only interact with other content by liking it.  

the only things people will judge you for reblogging are personal vent posts. leave a like to give a little virtual hug

if a post is asking about your personality/opinions (i.e: tell me what’s the last tv show you watched, that kind of thing) put it in the tags 

Gerard Way witnesses 9/11 and as a consequence, starts My Chemical Romance

Stephanie Meyer sees My Chemical Romance and becomes inspired to write Twilight

Somewhere in Rio de Janeiro, a man by the name of Felipe Neto is so outraged by the Twilight movies that he makes a hate video about them that goes so viral he becomes one of Brazil's biggest YouTubers

His brother Luccas Neto rides off his fame and becomes a children's YouTuber

Across the Atlantic, Portuguese children become obsessed with his videos. Like the lusophone Jake Paul

Portuguese children watch his videos so fucking much that they begin talking like they're from Rio

Portuguese parents are horrified by the Brazilian Portuguese but can't make it stop

via godzdntdie

𝔽𝕀ℕ𝔸𝕃 𝔽𝔸ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕊𝕐 𝕍𝕀𝕀 : ℝ𝔼𝕄𝔸𝕂𝔼

i got a surprise for you

peter parker: mr. drax? I would die for you

specifically ~500 fewer people

specifically the ~500 richest people in the world

otherwise no i’m not concerned about overpopulation

No one accidentally becomes a billionaire. No one accidentally becomes one of the .01%. That sort of wealth doesn’t accumulate because you had a really good idea, or were really smart, or worked really hard. You know who becomes billionaires?

Capitalists who hoard profits 

Capitalists who evade taxes

Capitalists who underpay and abuse their workers

Capitalists who use money to buy political influence

and in turn use that to buy tax cuts, and lax regulations

Capitalists who value profit margins above consumer & societal well being. Capitalists who endanger their customers and their workers.

Capitalists who fight against unions and employee healthcare, 

Capitalists who become successful, who accumulate millions, and then consciously choose to use that wealth to pursue profit on a whole new, exponentially higher scale, at the cost of the societies in which they exist.

No one accidentally becomes a billionaire. And no one becomes a billionaire without choosing to do harm. 

Folks in my support groups for cerebral palsy and fibromyalgia were insisting we would be fine because the virus wasn’t neurotoxic and wouldn’t necessarily cause more problems for our comorbid syndromes.

until a deaf/hoh slytherin started to teach them sign language and it took a long time bit by the time they left hogwarts they and the rest of the house were communicating with the mermaids and on good terms

eventually it becomes a part of slytherin house culture you’re a slytherin you know sign language because if you don’t chat with the mermaids they get grumpy

this helps a lot of deaf/hoh students

this also gives slytherin the best grades of any house on all aquatic magical studies

(DROWN HIM <3)