Any pronoun
Mostly active at tumblr.com/linkyu
If you want a fun rabbit hole to fall into, look up the Hollywood side of this
Like for example how we have to use tiger sounds for lion roars now because it was used once for effect and it worked really well but now people expect that sound out of a lion.
Skill issue, Elissa. Instead of old,I just feel jealous.
Oh what a timing! I actually just got my new pair fitted last week.
Over 10 years ago I got myself some Magnum desert ranger boots (y'know, back when they were still decent), and I finally had to change them this year. The leather was still... alright but everything else was breaking apart bad, so I figured I'd finally replace them.
But like! Magnum is a shit brand now, and all the competitors available here aren't much better, and the only real options for boots in that style are just, super expensive, so at this point I just went to a cobbler to simply remake the same shoes but with better materials and nice colors.
I think they turned out great!
Yeag we gay, we crime
Man, forget about culture, this thing's got a straight up society in there.
Here's my sister's cat
Algerian sign; very understandable
Yep!
When I was in high school, we had temp classrooms made of those while the main building was getting renovated.
Imagine the smell of 30 teenagers spending all day in these.
Very interesting dimensions on that thing
I've never used it, but I imagine this is related to the html drag & drop feature?
That reminds me, I just learned yesterday (from a crossword) that Natives In Tech has actually asked Apache Software to change their name last year.
I don't think it'll happen anytime soon, but seeing them here in the picture reminded of that.
Cute! It's rare to see ALTTP stuff, this is nice.
Who's the artist?
Ace moment
Uh, no, I don't think I'd like to be in the same room as Madness when the bell rings.
Artist is catcrumb
Lmao. What a way to word this.
OK here's the context :
Translation:
"MAYOR'S OFFICE CLOSED
Because of the 8th and 9th of May, the mayor's office will be closed on the 10th and 11th of May"
This year, the 8th and 9th of May are both holidays. It is common in France for public offices to do long weekends for these holidays, so this office chose to be closed on the 10th and 11th.
This sign is nothing out of the ordinary, but the wording does make it a bit funny.
So, no head?
For what it's worth, the Boost client supports animated gifs just fine. I assume most do, tbh
Yeah!
Well, technically the design of the pattern was made by Magnum in early 2010s (it's the old spyder model), but the construction of this pair specifically is all from scratch, tailored to my feet and to my orthopedic insoles.
Ea-Nasir is very famous on the nerdy side of tumblr. Chrysippus too, to a lesser extent.
I think those are simply tumblr leaks tbh.
Honestly I didn't even question it
Although I am subscribed to it here, I only learned about the 196 subreddit during the api shutdown (and through tumblr, actually (apparently the content I post resonated a lot with r/196 refugees at the time)). By that time I was already moving out.
Oh boy Alright let's see if I can keep it short (edit: 😔), I've been there since the start so Let's Go:
First, some vocab.
Dashboard = feed
Staff = admins
Blog theme = custom look of a blog
The default "For You" dashboard is kinda trash. It's one of tumblr's attempts at an algorithmic feed. It mixes stuff from your following with stuff from tags you've liked, but doesn't do a great job at either. If you want a pure reverse chronological feed with no algorithm, I suggest you use the "Following" tab. If you want to actually see new stuff from your interests, then I suggest you go to the Explore page and then use the "For You" tab that is there.
Reblogging works just like a re-tweet, except that if OP deletes the original post, all reblogs stay up. Think of reblogs as copies, rather than direct sharing. That also means that very old posts are still circulating around today. Which is cool.
There are bot waves on there. It's not as bad as it sounds though, they're mostly mildly annoying by giving you useless notifications. You might not see them for a while, since they tend to target more established accounts, but if you see one, the rule is to report them as "spam and/or bot". The more we report, the easier it is for Staff to figure out the current pattern. Currently some bots are countering this by having no bio and no profile picture, so if you want to avoid being mistaken for a bot, please set one up.
Your likes are public by default and will be shown to your followers right on their dashboards. If that's OK with you, carry on, otherwise you can make them private in your account settings.
Speaking of settings, there's actually a lot that you can customize in there. Don't hesitate to spend some time going through all the options!
And speaking of customization, if you're on desktop, the most popular add-on for tumblr is XKit Rewritten". I can't recommend it enough. It's like the YCC of YouTube or the RES of reddit. But on steroids.
And, while we're on the customization topic, you can actually fully customize your blog. I'm talking like, full HTML and CSS and Javascript customization. So go hogwild if you want! However please note: blogs can have 2 different views. The default one is basically a minimalist view that only has the posts. You can find that one at www.tumblr.com/name. If you want to actually see a blog's custom theme (if it has one), you need to go to name.tumblr.com.
When you create a post, the tags you put will make it show up in tag searches. If you put tags that not relevant to the post (like on Instagram where people put all the trends in their tags just to be seen), that is actually against tumblr's ToS and you can be reported for spam. The only exception is for nonsensical tags, or "Commentary Tags" which brings me to the next point
Tags on tumblr are a new form of communication (not a joke, there's been research on this lol). You will often see people put whole sentences in there. That's fine. These are essentially comments from the poster (or reblogger), and are seen as the acceptable form of commentary when there is nothing to add to the post. Embrace it, it's very fun, especially if you're neurodivergent. I could elaborate but I won't.
These are all the big tips I can think of right now. I probably missed a lot. If you have any question on specific parts of tumblr I would love to answer those.
Finally as for recommendations, well, I don't know your tastes, but if you're into cool girls, furries, tech, and cool things in general, then I suppose you would enjoy what I post here.
Lmao I have the same with AWS. I tried a free plan like 10 years ago, then noticed it was only free one month. On the last day I deleted and disabled everything, but I guess something took longer to deactivate because the next month I'm presented a $0.17 bill with a warning of account suspension if I don't pay up (like hell I would).
I still get those emails, twice a month. They go straight to the bin.
Oh man, I feel that one
Right now I think it would be really cool to be a feminine-presenting girl, but my ideal self when I'm old is more like "retired santa-looking trucker who spends his days in a woodworking workshop". An elder bear, if you will.
And I'm kinda already there today to be honest, so like. Yeah. Metronome time.
And unlike screw head shapes, all of them serve an actual useful purpose
Häagen-Dazs Conkreet, baby!
Ultra instinct Marge Simpsons
That is not Daddy Dearest
I'd say that's a lot of citrus for such small slices, but with that amount of pith it balances out.
Originated in April 2020, so close to 4 years now yeah
You can bathe chickens, but only when really needed. And even then, you don't need to dunk the whole bird, you can just clean the area that needs it, that way they don't have to repreen their whole body.
That said, this could also be a cold bath for treating an overheating chicken.
But in general, yes, chicken don't need water baths.
Sharks are fish
knock knock
Chants of Senaar mentioned!!!
That's Kuromi, a Sanrio character. She's the rival of My Melody (Hello Kitty's best friend).
Oh so that's where gaggle comes from as a demonym.
The only place I'd seen it used so far was about a group of kids from Whoville in a Tony the tiger X Grinch fanfic (very good fic BTW, highly recommend). Now that makes more sense.
The tale of Chrysippus, and the oldest recorded account of an (alleged) death from laughter.
Here's the relevant part: