FUCKING HELL HOW DID I MISS ANOTHER TUMBLR SEXYMAN POLL?!?!?! I LITERALLY MADE AN ACCOUNT AFTER FINDING

I honestly don't know what PV would use... Like I wanna say brella because he's a kind protector type person but then Hollyberry would make more sense for that. Is giving Dark Cacao splatana ignorant since he's based on Korea??? Maybe brush instead lol. Golden Cheese is def tri-stringer, she'd be so graceful with it too. Maybe charger for White Lily? Love a quite and calm deadly sniper in the back lines, being the support by being the eye of the team.

But yeah dualies SMC is just so fucking funny and real

sploon!

Came to the party but it's already in cleanup

This is really just a "testing the waters" post and my jump into joining Tumblr but man....

I wish I had been more honest with myself and just got on here years ago, because I know this is a place I would've liked and I found myself frequently enjoying Tumblr posts, memes, stories, and art over the years. But I didn't because I kept lying to myself that I should try to avoid it because of the NSFW (before the purge at least), or that I wanted to "use less social media and enjoy my teenage years", and a plethora of other dumb reasons. But I've realized that these were just more excuses I kept holding myself to honor, amongst the various of other dumb things I never truly admitted to wanting to do.

I've wanted to skateboard ever since I almost ate shit on my friend's board when I was 11, or how I loved gardening in middle school but had to do softball instead every spring, or how I tried to avoid getting into Vocaloid because my mom thought it was corny and that only basement dweller loner middle aged men cared about a singing robot, and how I've wanted to learn baking and sewing and countless instruments, all of my denied feelings and more.

I'm joining here as a start to me doing what I want to do, but as I get closer to my 18th birthday and becoming an "adult", despite the plan to live with my parents until I finish college, I've realized (and my therapist) that I've held back from so many potential joys, for the sake of my academic career, softball, and partially the isolating feelings of most kids not liking what I did. I'm happy to enjoy the things I do, but there's a strong sense of lament I feel at missing out on the things I held back from, along with the things that were before my time or lost popularity by the time I learned to appreciate it.

TLDR: I'm regretting not just doing the things I wanted to do in the past, and now I can't help but slightly regret things when I enjoy them.

AO3 has been scraped, once again.

As of the time of this post, AO3 has been scraped by yet another shady individual looking to make a quick buck off the backs of hardworking hobby writers. This Reddit post here has all the details and the most current information. In short, if your fic URL ends in a number between 1 and 63,200,000 (inclusive), AND is not archive locked, your fic has been scraped and added to this database.

I have been trying to hold off on archive locking my fics for as long as possible, and I've managed to get by unscathed up to now. Unfortunately, my luck has run out and I am archive locking all of my current and future stories. I'm sorry to my lovelies who read and comment without an account; I love you all. But I have to do what is best for me and my work. Thank you for your understanding.

Woah, first reblog is crazy. Anyway, I’m not gonna say fuck all AI because mathematical AI can help with tech and cybersecurity, but yeah generative AI is pretty shitty. If people had the choice to opt in and make money from allowing their stuff to be repurposed then I’d be fine with it, but that’s not what’s happening. Art, voices, literature, and human work in general is being stolen without any compensation and it sucks, especially with people losing their jobs. I know some people use it for references and stuff but is it really worth it in the end if everyone loses their individuality and creativity over robot trash?

Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

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If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.