“Of course this is how tumblr reacts in an election.”
No, it’s not.
This isn’t even close to how tumblr reacts in an election.
How do I know?
Because I was here. I was right on this website in 2012, when we didn’t have messaging or replies, when the ‘t’ was different and the tea was different and we said “what is air” way too much.
I was eighteen, in my first semester of college, unable to vote because nobody told me how to register until it was too late.
And I saw the occasional posts. Tumblr is a pretty liberal website so you mostly had videos and photos of Obama doing adorable/cool things. A few of us laughed at Mitt Romney’s attempt to say that he was diverse because he picked a lot of women to be on his cabinet. There was some panic. There always is.
But it was nowhere near this bad.
Now I’m 22, in my fifth year of college, and you have bloggers pleading to vote for a specific candidate because they don’t want to be deported. You have posts upon posts upon posts where people are freaking out because they won’t survive going to conversion therapy. You have posts from people wondering if they’re still going to be allowed to called their partner their husband/wife. You have post after post after post talking about the latest black/Muslim/Latinix/etc. person to be harassed or attacked by a Trump supporter. You have posts about people already committing voter fraud and people threatening to show up to the polls holding guns. What we went through in 2012 is nothing compared to what we’re going through now. Both on tumblr and in the nation.
The fact that tumblr is reacting this strongly to this election is terrifying in and of itself. Because I can tell you that this is not how tumblr has reacted to elections before. Not even close. Because we knew that Mitt Romney would have been a bad president but at least millions of lives weren’t going to be in danger, at least millions of families and homes weren’t going to be broken up, at least there would still be some positive aspects, at least we could make the best out of a bad situation.
Tumblr’s posts are ugly right now because this election is ugly, one of the ugliest in history.
4 years older and the 2008 election was also nothing like this one. We didn’t much like John McClain, but by and large we weren’t terrified of him. Stakes were slightly higher in the 2012 election… a lot of people (like my brother), were only receiving life-saving care thanks to ~Obamacare~ (the republicans will always regret starting that one lol), and there was fear in the air for us, specifically, that Romney would repeal it and we’d start dropping like flies again.
But 2016? 2016 feels like a dream. A nightmare, specifically, some kind of shared fever dream with demon clowns (we’ve straight up got those) where no matter how fast you run you can’t get anywhere.
In 2008 and to a lesser extent, 2012, the mood was hopeful. A little scared, in 2012, depending on who you were, but it definitely wasn’t widespread outside chronically ill circles, that I noticed. 2016 is completely different, on Tumblr, around the country, and around the world. It’s like a madness disease that’s catching, and there’s fear and hate in the air like I honestly haven’t seen since right after the 9/11 attacks. It’s fucked.
There has NEVER been an election like this one.
From the rest of the world to you, US: we are scared. Make the right choice. Vote Hilary. Call it ‘Vote not-Trump’ if that makes you feel better, but that’s what you need to do to make sure not-Trump, so DO IT.
most relatable lines in hamilton:
• “oh shit”
• “sweet jesus”
• “honestly it’s kind of draining”
• “fuuuuuuuuu-”
• “in the living room stressing”
• “uh, do whatever you want, i’m super dead”
• “i hadn’t slept in a week”
• “i’m young, scrappy, and hungry”
• “a mess, she looked pathetic”
• “i’m dying inside”
Bloodlust & Bonnets - watercolour & pen, edited on photoshop
This is a comic I entered in a competition a year ago. I had started
drawing again after a 4 year break, and it didn’t win anything but I
still like it. My style has changed a lot since then - this was hand-painted on four A4 sheets (hence why it’s quite squished), and took me forever. I cleaned it up a
bit on photoshop and reposted, hope you like it!
HOLY FRIGGIN FRICK u guys this comic just got shortlisted for the @capegraphicnovels Graphic
Short Story Prize prize!!
VERY unlikely I’ll win but I don’t even care, imma turn up in a
ball gown anyway and cry all over everyone 🎉🎉🎉🍾🍾🍾
Most of my coworkers think I have a hearing problem. The people who really know me understand I have a "listening" problem. Luckily, I work in an environment where it's appropriate for me to ask that all requests for help come to me through email.
When you don’t understand what someone’s saying, you ask them to repeat it and you still don’t understand them, but you feel like it would be rude to ask again so you have no idea what they said.
“We have the world’s most stable system not just because there aren’t tanks in the streets on election day, but because we have institutions that are strong enough to restrain the venality of individual men and women. And now, Republicans are not even pretending that those institutions should be impartial and transcend partisanship. They’re saying, if we can use them to destroy our opponents, we will. Something is seriously breaking down.”
The 2016 election is notable not only for who is running—the first woman to earn the presidential nomination of a major political party—but for who is voting: women who were born before they even had the right to. People like Stellajoe Staebler, 100, of Washington state, who was born in 1916:
"I am grateful that at the age of 100 I'm still able to vote and that there is a highly qualified woman to vote for."
And Estelle Liebow Schultz, born in 1918, and who participated in her first election when she voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"She was in the hospital about one-and-a-half years ago and was diagnosed with a heart condition and was told she only had six months to live," (Schultz's granddaughter, Sarah Bunin) Benor, of Los Angeles said. "She kept saying, 'I want to live long enough to vote,' and now she wants to see [Clinton] get inaugurated so it's almost like she's living for this election."
"It's about time we have a woman president," said Feldman, a widow, mother of three and a self-described strict Democrat who resides in a Kings Point condominium with her live-in aide. "It's the first time getting a chance to vote for a woman and she happens to be brilliant."
The 19th Amendment, passed in 1920, gave women the right to vote. Now, Just four years away from that centennial, the 2016 election serves as a reminder for these voters—and for their families —that there was a time it wasn’t so.
Crying for no reason at all or for odd reasons like being excited. Getting overly excited and breaking into tears. People asking you why you are crying and not being able to explain it to them.
I found the crowd shots amusing. Lotta cheering, but also a lot of soulless white folks upset there was a black woman on stage singing about shooting men.
I think it’s fabulous that the Southern community ostracized the Dixie Chicks until they weren’t relevant anymore and as of 30 minutes ago they’re officially more relevant than any of the people who kicked them out. They tried like hell to keep Bey off that stage, and not only did she get on the stage, she brought the RIGHT-WINGED political outcasts with her. It’s a racist Republican’s worst nightmare. Suck it.
I'm here for #1, but only because I didn't know about the second one.
someone: "oh, you're happy the cubs won? are you from chicago?"
me: "no, I just support 1. good old-fashioned curse-breaking & 2. the baby bear team DEMOLISHING the team with the logo that looks like a fucking hate crime."
humans getting a reputation amongst the galaxy for doing totally absurd and reckless things, like making absolutely ridiculous flight paths through asteroid belts, or hitting warp speed for a five mile trip, or devoting 90% of the power of a ship’s onboard computer to their personal laptop so they can torrent abba’s discography, or mixing rocket fuel with mentos to see what happens
and at first other species are like….. okay we’d better not have humans on the crew if they’re this dangerous….. but then when they notice the humans are actually getting a lot more done and advancing super fast because they take such absurd risks “just to see if it works” it becomes commonplace to have a group of at least four humans on every ship in the fleet
no other species previously had a word in their language that equated to “fuck it” but within a century “fuck it” is regarded as an immensely wise proverb
Scenario One
“Now we must be careful as there is still the question of how territorial the wildlife in this area is-“ The jalaxian fleet commander says, standing in front of their crew, ready to lead a slow and calculated expedition through an unexplored forest on an uncharted world.
“SPACE PUPPIES!” The human medic exclaims, barging past, picking up a small tentacled beast. It appears to be friendly, welcoming the contact.
“… Well, I suppose that answers that.”
Scenario Two
Zampushian: “Captain! The space pirates are hot on our tail and with their firepower we could never hope to outrun them! I can send a beacon to the fleet-”
Human: “Nah. It’s cool. Just put all the power to the shields.”
Zampushian: “But Captain-”
Human: “Trust me, dude!”
[The Zampushian transfers all available power to the shield modules. The ship, unable to move now, slows to a halt. The space pirate ship barrels forwards and crashes into the ship, exploding on impact, with no damage to the fleet ship.]
Human: “See? Everything’s chill. Do we have any chips left?”
Scenario Three
An Ungrampish crew member working aboard a multi-species fleet ship goes into the ship’s cargo bay to move some equipment. Tye (that’s the pronoun they use on Ungramp) is greeted by the sight of a human eating an entire Ungrampish chilli pepper, the hottest in the known universe, just to see what happens.
I remember two other posts closely related to this…one was about Star Trek, and another said that the human superpower is “Fuck it, hold my beer, I got this”
OK, but why does every picture looks like she's actually Hermione working undercover to take the beast down?
The new Predator movie has an unlikely setting. The Black Hole remake isn’t happening anytime soon. Get a look at Dolph Lundgren’s Arrow villain. Plus, new footage from Passengers and Moana, A Wrinkle In Time casts another antagonist, and new images from Supergirl. Behold, Spoilers!
can you imagine a reworking of The Cask of Amontillado except featuring two fratbros at a heavily Greek-life-oriented university in the south
the thousand injuries of Brad I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insulting my salmon-colored vineyard vines summer breaker shorts I vowed revenge
The Keg of Amontillado
*Amontillabro
Brad Fortunato and Drew Montresor as they walk arm-in-arm into the dankest depths of the chi phi beer cellar: “what’s better than this? guys bein dudes”
“For fuck’s sake, Montresor!”
“Yes,” I said, “for fuck’s sake.”
as a giant nerd and memelord who went to Ole Miss this is the greatest post I have ever seen
Donald Trump has warned of Mexican rapists and drug dealers, called for a ban on Muslims entering the country, publicly mocked a New York Times reporter with a disability, and made lewd comments toward women. A new video from Hillary Clinton's campaign suggests that America's kids are watching—and that many are feeling the aftershocks every day at school.
Clinton first raised the idea of a so-called "Trump effect" in an August speech in Reno, Nevada. "Parents and teachers are already worrying about what they call the 'Trump effect,'" Clinton told supporters. "They report that bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, Muslims, and immigrants." The term was popularized by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which in April released a survey of 2,000 K-12 teachers highlighting real concern about the effect the campaign's hostile rhetoric has had inside America's classrooms. More than half of respondents saw an uptick in uncivil political discourse, and more than one-third saw "an increase in anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiment." Of the 5,000 comments taken in the survey, more than 1,000 cited Trump specifically.
It's difficult to know whether bullying and harassment are actually on the rise this year. The SPLC report was unscientific, and federal bullying data likely won't be released for some time. (Data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that school-based bullying declined between 2007 and 2013.) But teachers and experts alike worry about the influence this election will continue to have on children in the future.
"The aggressive name-calling and mocking we have seen on both sides of this campaign has a ripple effect on our society, affecting both adults and children who learn by example how you achieve power and status by belittling your opponent," Dewey Cornell, a forensic clinical psychologist and education professor at the University of Virginia, wrote in an email. "I expect the effects are not just in the classroom, but in the workplace and in homes across the country."
