1. This is no longer a legitimate blogging site: This one should be obvious. This site was created to be a way to share art and music with others. It’s now transgressed into awful jokes, stolen art, and broken coding. In other words, this is Facebook, just except it doesn’t beg for money as much (although $50 for themes are fucking ridiculous) and there are less corporations.
2. The blaring hypocrisy: tumblr is a site that accepts everyone! Unless you don’t ship the “right” ship. Or like the “right” movies and music and TV. Or make a trivial spelling mistake/get a fact wrong. Or you aren’t a feminist. Or if you believe in God. Or if you’re a hipster.Or if you God fucking forbid call them out on their bullshit. A lot of people have been legitimately bullied off of this site because of shit like that. For some reason this doesn’t sound very accepting to me.
Tumblr loves everything gay. You won’t find a single homophobic person on here. And you know what? That’s fine. That’s pretty damn great actually! I am in full support of gay rights. But if you tumblr-ize it and hate any straight person, or anyone who uses their brain for two seconds and says, “hey guess what, by the laws of group selection there are most likely mean and nasty gay people out there.”
Can’t forget people who make fun of rage faces but use ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) on a regular basis. Or those who make fun of the Anonymous/Guy Fawkes mask but use horse masks in all their posts. Or hate Impact font but have no problem with Comic Sans. YOU’RE PACKAGING THE SAME SHIT IN A DIFFERENT VARIATION. I got this argument from a post that I’ve since lost, so forgive me, the original author of that.
3. The narcissistic userbase: The people who complain when they lose followers even though it’s just a fucking number. The people who complain their selfie doesn’t have enough notes, because they need more to make themselves feel better about themselves. Why should you give a shit what complete strangers on the internet think?
The “I am holier than thou” mindset is best represented in jokes about peasants. Not only are they not funny, but the message behind them is pretty shitty. And on the opposite end…
4. Mental disorders are found attractive here:This is best seen when people post pictures of their scars, etc., and people say they’re “beautiful.” NO THEY’RE NOT. THAT IS A LEGITIMATE DISORDER AND THEY NEED HELP. But no. You just want to lift their spirits up and be all ~accepting~. Fuck you! Find some contact information and HELP THEM.
Another big one is anxiety. I think being shy is attractive, but anxiety is a different story. That’s also a fucking mental disorder! Stop romanticizing it. It needs to be dealt with otherwise. Not to mention girls who complain about their anxiety and low self-esteem post a ridiculous amount of pictures of themselves (usually, at least from what I’ve seen.)
5. It’s warped girls in the wrong way:As much as I loved going to Supercon and meeting so many people with similar interests as me, tumblr is a shining example of how being a nerd going from uncool to cool turned the people in my generation to shit. Girls here think all men should like girls to have curves and read books and all that shit. Well, no. Men are allowed to be attracted to what they find attractive. I’m not saying that guys should rule out girls that aren’t paper thin and are complete idiots. Why should I give a shit if the girl I like isn’t in the best of shape? If I like her, I like her. End of discussion. But as to tie in with the entitlement argument, girls here feel everyone should conform to their ~random and intellectual~ lifestyle.
Which ALSO ties into the hypocrisy argument because so many of them complain that men are the ones who are doing this! What kind of bullshit is that?
(You may think after some of the stuff I’ve typed here I’m a fedoracore MRA who’s feasting on Mountain Dew and Doritos. But uh, no. You’re wrong on this one. In fact, here’s a little idea that /any/ self-proclaimed “feminist” should read:)
6: The term feminist (as well as LGBT Activist, MRA, etc.) should be abolished: Consider the following: why do you need a label to be supportive of the rights of an oppressed group of people? Shouldn’t that just be standard? Shouldn’t saying “I’m not a bigoted asshole” cover all of these things? There’s a thought. And a small sub-thought that’s tied in to this I don’t think stands out on its own..
7: Most “feminists” here are misandrists: A real “feminist” (using that term loosely) wouldn’t demonize men. I’m not gonna lie; the white male has had the advantage for almost all of history. But is that any reason to hate them? Of course not. Instead of saying “Men have had the advantage this whole time, it’s time to take them down!”, why not just say, “Men have had the advantage this whole time, but I can show them I’m just as good as them!” Oh, because that doesn’t meet your selfish needs? Right.
8: Tumblr thinks obsession is a-ok: Whether it’s bacon, Robert Downey Jr., One Direction, Homestuck, whatever, if you love something so much it physically pains you to be without it, then that’s cool and hip and trendy on this site! That really isn’t something to be promoted. Like, at all. It’s cool to like more than 4 things, contrary to the popular belief on this site. Instead of blogging the same shit forever, find cool new things. ENJOY AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.
And how could I ever forget people addicted to this site in general! It’s all they talk about! “lol, who needs a social life when you have a tumblr account? :3” People who aren’t wastes of space and human resources, that’s who. It’s disgusting how laziness, anxiety and antisocial-ness are not only glorified, they’re ENCOURAGED here.
This is a nice transition to my next point:
9: The fandoms that think they control this website: You know which ones I’m talking about. Supernatural. Dr. Who. Sherlock. Attack On Titan. Homestuck. The Avengers. Things that no matter how much you don’t give a FUCK about them they always show back up no matter what. If you don’t tag fandoms you’re a fucking asshole. I usually just reblog things that are funny, but if it’s a fandom post (e.g. when I post Code Lyoko, Evangelion, Soul Eater, etc.) I try my hardest to tag these things because I’m AWARE NOT EVERYONE CARES ABOUT IT. Humor is subjective so tagging that under anything is pointless. But fandoms are a different story. Be considerate to others on this site. Please.
Plus shipping. This seems to take the place of actual relationships on here. While I do like imagining some characters together *coughsMarceline and Bubblegumcough* this site takes it to absolutely ridiculous proportions and it’s quite disgusting. Focus on your actual damn life, not the lives of characters, or even worse, in some cases real people are shipped. No.*warning what I’m typing next is a bit personal and you can skip it if you want*
I’m talking to Kristen Schaal and Eugene Mirman shippers. I like their chemistry in their stand-up and on Bob’s Burgers, but THEY’RE MARRIED TO SEPERATE PEOPLE. STOP IT.
10: The sense of humor here:I’m not talking about random humor. I find randomness to be funny (when it’s done right at least, I love off-color non-sequitir humor.) But ranDOMLY SCREAMING IN SENtenCES is not a joke. It is not funny. It’s confusing and goes against every damn grammar rule I’ve seen in my life.
Plus to tie in with the hypocrisy argument, tumblr insists in having this “war” with Facebook because of how often FB reposts them. But you get on tumblr and what do you see? Facebook screenshots! You can’t hate one without hating the other. Well maybe if you’re stupid, I guess.
There you go. 10 reasons I hate tumblr. And I’m not alone. Tumblr legend badgoku14, creator of some of my favorite content here, has left. And you know what, I can’t blame him.
I still use this site because there’s still a few funny original people left, I have a few friends here, and I just like to look up stuff I enjoy. But for the most part, tumblr is still one of the most two-faced, ignorant sites I’ve ever joined.
Should I bring this post back with these new followers? I think I’ll bring it back.
this post inspired me
“hey, did u hear somebody bought tumblr?”
“ya, who?”
“yeah”
mY MUM JUST CAME HOME WITH 11 FUCKING KILOS OF BISCUITS
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WAHT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
3 months later: she just came home with 600 bread rolls
