So apparently a lot of Twitter users are jumping ship and coming here (which is hilarious) and I’ve seen a lot of “welcome to tumblr” posts going around (also hilarious)
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one address how clout works on this app. Namely that it doesn’t exist. There’s no verification system. There’s no way to check how many followers someone else has. You can have 5 followers or 500,000 and no one is going to care either way.
Also, simply being on tumblr negates any clout you may have elsewhere. Taylor Swift uses this app. No one cares.
Yes this is a selling point
and thats the best part of tumblr. just being weird and shitposing for the sake of being weird and shitposting rather than to gain clout
So I know the Ever Given has wiggled out of the news cycle, but I learned something incredible on the radio today and verified it with a writtensource: there was one guy, Abdullah Abdul-Gawad, driving the excavator for up to 21 hours a day for five days.
He apparently disliked the memes, and per business insider, was driven by the memes and the jokes to prove he could dislodge it.
One dude moved the dirt for the Ever Given. Driven by spite and three hours of sleep a night, max. And while the lawsuits have started, he hasn’t been paid his overtime yet.
“they weren’t people anymore. they were just shapes. and their lines were just things that someone had written. they never existed. they never had feelings. they never would exist either. and it felt so sad. like i’d just lost these real people. and this whole thing we had, it was just… me. alone.”
my favorite homestuck fact is in the alterniabound album toby fox put an elephant in karkat’s theme for no reason other than he thought about how pissed karkat would be if there was an elephant in his theme for no reason
me, reaching into my dresser drawer for black pants: I hope this isn’t the pair with big holes worn in the inner thighs
Marie Kondo, gently over my shoulder: why is a pair of pants you find unwearable still in your dresser drawer
me: oh shit that’s right!! The dresser is for clothes that under some circumstance I might conceivably wear!!
Marie Kondo, beaming proudly: Yes, that’s correct!!Thesepants must have been your favorites. How wonderful that they were so comfortable and practical that you wore them out. But now since they no longer function as pants, you should move them from the drawer where you keep your functioning pants!
me: Yes thanks I got it they’re in the fabric basket now
Marie Kondo, fading back into the darkness: I love what you’ve done with the kitchen!!
The notion of KonMari as some creepy semi-embodied but entirely benevolent spirit, like a well-intentioned Bloody Mary, is so perfect and wonderful.
Marie Kondo has the same powers but the exact opposite energy of the Duolingo Owl.
YES.
Marie Kondo: Your room isn’t very clean, but that’s okay, I love mess! Does this spark joy?
Duolingo Owl: I wrote the ransom note in Spanish, and if you have to use Google Translate to read it, your kid gets it. You broke your streak. I’ll break your neck.
Marie Kondo holding your child, while standing on the remains of the Duolingo Owl : The Bird did not spark joy
