Tumblr feelings

[Charcolor]

do not post without reading the thread

I'm a child, so a lot of my opinions and feelings are affected by Tumblr, since I've been using it a lot more lately.

It's not really anyone's fault but mine, but I feel like a lot of negative feelings are caused by Tumblr, or people's impression of it. For example, my gender. I'm genderfluid, as you can see in my user title. My pronouns change with my gender, which changes every few months. It's pretty infrequent, and I've been a girl for a long time, since November. I'm designated female at birth. The longer this goes on, the more I start being terrified that I'm just being a fake special snowflake who wants to be different. But at the same time, I want to stay a girl, or even a boy, just something that isn't non-binary so it'll be easier to describe my gender to people, and easier to feel comfortable and happy with myself.

I'm otherkin too. No, I'm not like the troll blogs on Tumblr that act like plants. Otherkin is basically a spiritual or psychological connection to something fictional or nonhuman. It could also be used as a coping skill involving identity. In my case, it's a spiritual connection. It's just a silly little part of me that makes me feel good. It's not really hurting anyone, as far as I can tell. Some people take it more seriously than I do (though not necessarily troll blog levels), but they're not hurting anyone either. It's just a harmless belief we have.

Tumblr's also a place where I've heard things such as the idea of sapiosexuality being ableist, and white people are racist by default (whether they intend to be or not) and I agree with a lot of those things, but aren't I supposed to accept people no matter what? The main way Tumblr affects me is that I'm absolutely horrified of being a bad person. I'm fourteen years old, I have a lot of time to change and grow, but what if I don't? What if it's like my music taste and I never bother venturing outside of what I like hearing? I want to be a nice person, but the truth is I'm absolutely bitter and hateful about anything I don't agree with (though this doesn't apply to minor things such as opinions on coleslaw). It's really, really hard for me to change my major opinions. It really sucks. I have a lot of feminist and social justice beliefs, and I base a lot of my opinions off of those, but I'm so scared of being morally wrong.

I just needed to rant a little. I know it seems like it has nothing to do with Tumblr, but a lot of my feelings expressed here are based off of that horribly functioning website. Thanks, and sorry if I offended anyone

 

[Spongebob]

Rule 1 of life don't go on tumblr


and don't worry if you offend anyone, the people who get offended way to easily are almost always from tumblr

 

[That Zephyr Guy]

Wait I'm confused are people actually taking Sapiosexual seriously now? Lol.

Edit: Also expect an anti-tumblr circle jerk. You've opened a can of worms.

 

[seliph]

If the things you see on tumblr are affecting you negatively then you're following the wrong people.

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Wait I'm confused are people actually taking Sapiosexual seriously now? Lol.

Lol I hope not

 

[nami26]

get rid of tumblr, the only advice I have for you

 

[radical6]

nothing on tumblr is real

 

[Dae Min]

I see where you're coming from. I have a tumblr for posting art, but otherwise never use it for anything else. The place is filled with some.. interesting? people who have.. unique.. views and ideals about life and identity, etc. The issue comes in when these people go to extremes to force their opinions down people's throats. That's when the website becomes toxic. People get their feelings hurt. Hate on specific groups of people are encouraged despite tumblr's insistence on 'equality' for all, and 'love for everyone'.

I suggest you be yourself. Try not to take anything too personally, and spectate rather than participate in the chaos that is tumblr

 

[Charcolor]

tbh the only reason i use tumblr is because it's the only way i could ever contact my girlfriend again if i heard from her again. it's a long story and i'd rather not talk about it

also, these feelings are not affected by people i'm following - it's influenced by people i hear and read about

and in case you're wondering, i don't take sapiosexuality seriously, but i'm scared that it makes me a bad person

 

[Fantasyrick]

Honestly tumblr is trash tbh save you're self and don't go on it. It changes you.

 

[tae]

yeah if it's thats bad, you really follow the wrong people.

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tbh the only reason i use tumblr is because it's the only way i could ever contact my girlfriend again if i heard from her again. it's a long story and i'd rather not talk about it

also, these feelings are not affected by people i'm following - it's influenced by people i hear and read about

and in case you're wondering, i don't take sapiosexuality seriously, but i'm scared that it makes me a bad person

if you hear about this ****, it's bc you're following people who care about that ****. which means, you're following the wrong people.

 

[radical6]

you'll very much find tumblr is pretty much the same as twitter, except twitter activists tend to be at the scene more often than not. thats why all the vines and photos during ferguson came from twitter as opposed to tumblr. tumblr is more for "educating" people and having discussions.

i dont really care about tumblr anymore tbh, i have my own opinions and i see no need to argue with people. hell, tumblr isnt really a hivemind. leftist commie side of tumblr argue with each other all the time, ex anarchists vs tankies.

you have radfems vs libfems, etc pretty much anyone 100% dedicated to politics on their blog is arguing with people. i think discussing politics on tumblr is silly and stupid, because i cant take it seriously. the website has really lazy and bad coding too, and the tumblr staff are bunch of dudes who wear ties as belts.

really cant wait for yahoo to kill it

 

[seliph]

tbh the only reason i use tumblr is because it's the only way i could ever contact my girlfriend again if i heard from her again. it's a long story and i'd rather not talk about it

also, these feelings are not affected by people i'm following - it's influenced by people i hear and read about

and in case you're wondering, i don't take sapiosexuality seriously, but i'm scared that it makes me a bad person

I mean a lot of tumblr stories you hear aren't even real. Like that post that says something like "Of course people want teeth that are WHITE and STRAIGHT like most of society" and anti-sjws or whatever they call themselves eat it up as if it's not the most obvious joke post on the site.

And believe me you're not a bad person for not taking a fake pseudo-intellectual "sexuality" seriously.

 

[crystalmilktea]

I've never had any troubles with Tumblr, I just reblog pictures of things I like/find pretty

 

[seliph]

I used to be really involved with the politcal side of tumblr but then I realized it was draining me and I went "Oh wait, I can just unfollow 8 people and reblog nice looking pictures instead 'cause this is pointless"

The bad side is really easily avoidable.

 

[Charcolor]

yeah if it's thats bad, you really follow the wrong people.

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if you hear about this ****, it's bc you're following people who care about that ****. which means, you're following the wrong people.

Never mind. I can't really express what I'm trying to communicate.

 

[boujee]

It has it's ups and downs. I sometimes just look to find funny pictures.

 

[Llust]

the only reason why i use tumblr is so i can scroll through funny text posts when im bored

 

[inkling]

Relax, nobody's perfect. We can't be perfect. Don't worry. Its cool to explore things like your gender and other things that are out there. Its cool to think about all these things tumblr people take so seriously.

I think you just need a break and need to think about your true self for a bit. Like explore your inner life thats not on this grand social level or whatever

 

[Shimmer]

For that very reason I have blacklisted the following words and I suggest you do too.

trans
feminism
black
trump
politics
sexuality

or anything else along those lines. Those words are usually where the ****posts happen. and not the good kind.

 

[Charcolor]

For that very reason I have blacklisted the following words and I suggest you do too.

trans
feminism
black
trump
politics
sexuality

or anything else along those lines. Those words are usually where the ****posts happen. and not the good kind.

I will not blacklist those words because they do not cause problems for me, especially since I myself an a non-binary feminist.

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Relax, nobody's perfect. We can't be perfect. Don't worry. Its cool to explore things like your gender and other things that are out there. Its cool to think about all these things tumblr people take so seriously.

I think you just need a break and need to think about your true self for a bit. Like explore your inner life thats not on this grand social level or whatever

I think a break would be a good idea, thanks for the suggestion