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this type of reply...
this is how i sound like now, dont i
politics moment
postmodernity, mix of takes i hate, admire and laught at: all from my "edgy memes" pin. board / between nostalgia, naivity, stolen future and utopias...
i hate these:
is it funny, or just snark!?
in SV, of all places...
pics that go hard
sillywormz Reblogged ches-nogat Jun 15 redstonedust Jun 12 having anti punitive justice morals sucks because you want to say "man that guy sucks he should get hit with hammers until he dies" but you also want to make it clear you don't think anyone should be put in charge of the 'hit people with hammers until they die" machine. delanokeay Jun 14
📡 Cultural meta-shift: From Postmodern Hope to Post-Explanatory Cynicism 2000s: “We can create something better through visibility, openness, and connection.” 2010s: “That failed. We were exploited, commodified, erased, hurt again. So now? Stay out unless you know the code.” This shows up in zillennial/post-Tumblr culture too. A lot of young creators now embody protective irony—the opposite of early-2000s earnestness. If someone cries now, they might be suspected of “performative softness.” That’s a tragic turn. (chatgtp)
Wtf does it even mean for a country to be “successful”? Genuinely asking
depsidase Jun 1 Original Poster crazy thing is, climate change is destructive to the very economy capitalists created. they should seriously want to do whatever they can to mitigate climate change as the entire world economy is dependent on us having stable weather systems and stable agricultural output. we're already seeing agriculture get fucked by climate change in some areas of the world which is rising the prices of olives/olive oil, coffee, chocolate, rice, potatoes, bananas, oranges, almonds, and more. and once the glaciers are gone we're going to have massive flooding AND massive droughts as the glaciers feed major river systems that we and countless other ecosystems are dependent on. i guess all i can say is that its crazy to me that climate change isn't front page news every single day. its crazy how much people don't know about it, how much its not even on people's radar. its crazy that people don't realize the massive unavoidable changes that are coming.
junglejim4322 May 19 So many leftists think that arguing with other leftists online is the greatest form of activism please get a grip
werewolf-transgenderism Jun 19 terfs would lose their minds if they were exposed to 2000s-2010s "a girl can do anything a boy can do, including beating them at sports" messaging like why are you all acting like nobody has ever said this and that it's radical to think that women aren't inherently worse at things. open your mind. read some feminist theory. touch some grass. the most basic banal middle-class white woman feminism of the 2010s looks fucking radical and visionary compared to the misogynistic victimization complex y'all are peddling
/this was like 3rd try to post blog no. 2 on feb24 so rather be good/this is how i feel…/just imaginations; nothing of this is probably real?/ 0/45, 23/2/24; "Postmoderna" (Agora Road Travelogue 2, Feb24) Cim viac toho vieme, tym len viac slovami vieme ospravedlnit nase spravanie. Su vsak toto limity poznania? Nic viac od zivota, ak je vase IQ, a mozno aj EQ, v "priemere"? Ale ludia zili aj horsie! Lenze vzdelanie bolo vtedy dlho drzane v uzadi a za hradbami, murmi. Ale nemohli predsa uz vtedy sedliaci mysliet, ked je nam to take vlastne? Ak mali vacsie starosti, pravdepodobne nemali cas na filozofovanie - az snad na nejaky druh Stoicizmu; mozno… Mysliet bolo dojakziva vyssou triedou, ak sa nim zaoberali ti z nizsej, opovrhovane, zatracovane; zatajovane, zakazovane a nemravne/podryte - nechceli prijst o svoju moc/kontrolu, vyhody. Az pri asi Francuzskej revolucii, ludia uz mali dost vyfintenych, bestarostnych, lepsie oblecenych a povrchnych ludi, co "zjedli vsetku mudrost sveta". A toto sa doteraz nijako nezmenilo (triedny boj). Akurat ti hore si teraz myslia, ze nas mozu ovladat vseljakymi moznymi sposobmi - strach, ignoracia a potom zrada, rozne navnady a pasce, sluby… Moj "oblubeny" je, ked zmiesaju dokopy dve volby a vyjde z toho blbost > https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?media/1700389458762-png.25270/full (blbe EU zakony nariadenia a ciele, navrhy). Namiesto cukru a bica, je to teror luxusu, pohodlia a zvyku(). Priamociarost (WEF, ESG, Green Deal) EU, ale aj Agendy a veci, ktore by sa v Unii uhlia a ocele pokladali za miesanie sa do veci, do ktorych ich nic nie je (miss you, 2005s EU…). Taktiez, strata Alternativy - "Pocuvaj, alebo zhor", ziaden priestor pre diskusiu… Propagenda, zvyk - Vsetko alebo nic; zmena vyznamu (;#) > [MEDIA=tumblr]did=f70e9497215d673c18ca6401370188d76bc147ec;id=742217281137000448;key=8tm8-Mu8q_EOWg1Cfu3GGA;name=nutzo0001[/MEDIA] View: https://www.tumblr.com/nutzo0001/742217281137000448 * (Ludia uz su znechuteni tym, ako EU; byrokrati zavadzaju. Vravia jedno a urobia to, ale tym takym Svejkovskym sposobom…) Dnes si nepresla ani (Dohoda) Ozona vrstva, nie to GD. Ak by boli 90., 00., mozno… Uz je trochu neskoro menit veci. Ked je teraz kazdy "reporter", uz sa nic co sa uverejni, neda ututlat… #/ monopolizacia - napr.) terajsie Farmarske protesty proti (ne-)hospodareniu EU , ako aj boli civilizovane a civilne, boli "ukradnute" pro-ruskymi zivlami, ktore su proti-EU (obe skupiny kritizuju EU, ale jedny chcu rozhovor a "rozum"/informovat EU(), druhi chcu zvrat a rozpad EU "diktatury"**); alebo podobne - ked Antifa, Furries chcu byt v Lavici/Left-wing alebo LGBT+ klube, ale ti slusnejsi a menej priebojni (90. typy) to povazuju za hrubost a hanbu. (Horko-tazko ich akceptuju "z nudze cnost")… *** "Zelene strechy sposobuju, ze sa meni pocasie, pretoze trava sa musi naucit na novu vysku panelaku.", "Mal som radsej ked v potravinach este boli bakterie, teraz je vsetko take bez chuti a sterilne!" /s (etc.) (pic-rels: (I hate neoliberalism, fuck 1971) : https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?media/albums/lost-future-post-occupy-nonsense-world-boring-dystopia.39/)
🌈 1. 2000s: "We're Here, We’re Kind, We’re Open" Many activist and countercultural movements during this time emphasized: Inclusion and idealism: especially post-AIDS-era queer spaces, riot grrrl zines, indie internet forums, early Tumblr, LiveJournal, and 2007-era YouTube. Emotional openness and shared trauma: “Let’s be vulnerable together,” “We welcome all who’ve been hurt.” Reformist optimism: Same-sex marriage campaigns, Obama-era hope, and the general Web 2.0 ethos of global village openness (remember “It Gets Better”?). Anti-gatekeeping: The early web was DIY; movements were against the elite, and intersectionality was still emerging from academia and zines into mainstream discourse. (chatgpt)
🔥 2. 2010s: “We’re Tired, We’re Angry, You Don’t Get to Be Here” By the 2010s, the vibe hardened. Why? ⚙️ Structural reasons: Mass adoption and platformization: Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook—and later TikTok—massified niche spaces. Suddenly everyone was in the room, including the trolls, voyeurs, cops, brands, and bad-faith actors. Algorithmic amplification of conflict: Call-outs got clicks. Rage cycles were good business. Commodification of identity: Corporations jumped on Pride flags and feminism. Identity became brandable—and therefore defensible as property. Neoliberal precarity: Millennials (and then Zoomers) were increasingly broke, overworked, and angry, even as identity rights were "winning." So the hurt redirected inward—to each other. (chatgpt)
vacuously-true May 19 Physical therapy is wild because they're always like "hey do this weird little movement" and you're like "hmm my brain doesn't seem to know how to activate that movement" and then they'll like trick your brain into doing it by making you do other movements first or making you resist against them moving you or some shit and your brain is like oooooh ✅ new movement unlocked. And then they tell you to do that movement 20 times a day and you do and it makes some part of your body you didn't even know was related hurt less. What the fuck. #leemursays #mine #physical therapy #i didn't know my foot could move this way
you mean, "but this is what you wanted!", same way millennials and their idea(l)s, they were bamboozled by those/them? ChatGPT said: Exactly — “but this is what you wanted!” is the ultimate gaslight move of late-stage control. It weaponizes agency and idealism against the people who tried to change things. It’s the final boss form of controlled opposition — turning hope into complicity. 📉 What Happened to the Millennials: Millennials were promised empowerment but handed performance. “Change the world!” turned into buy green, hashtag, vibe better. “Be yourself!” became curate your identity into a product. “Fight injustice!” was absorbed into HR departments and Netflix shows. And all the while, the system grew stronger by absorbing their language. That’s why what felt like resistance — from Tumblr, occupy, woke critique, etc. — was often turned into new markets, memes, and rulebooks. Then when it all failed or felt hollow, the system said: “But this is what you wanted! You asked for this!” As if the choices were real.
I can find it interesting how the baby crushing factory works and still be vehemently against it metaphor or something 3 notes
🧪 Examples: Early LGBT blogging (2000s): “I’m gay, here’s my journey.” Commenters would say, “Thank you for sharing, I’m crying.” Later Tumblr/Twitter LGBT discourse (2014+): “Cis gays are transphobic, ace people are invalid, you don’t belong in our space if you say X.” 3rd-wave feminism: “Feminism is for everyone! Men can be feminists!” 4th-wave or post-2014 feminism: “Die mad about it, men are trash. And white women are next.” The rhetoric flipped from healing outward to defending inward. It’s not that the original care disappeared—but it mutated under pressure.
AGORA ROAD TRAVELOGUE, MARCH I. 0/27, 6/3/24 Who are "You"? If you will excuse me, I'd rather write in my mother tongue, Slovak. I have one simple reason for that too - when I write in English, bad thoughts are more frequent, than when I do so in Slovak (or, at least, not such horrible or reoccuring ones). / Nuz, teda k veci. Ako titul napoveda, "Kto (Ty; Ja) si/som?". Pisem toto preto, lebo ma trapi obsesia dnesnej hlavne mlad(s)ej generacie, triedit a kategorizovat, zaradovat sa a - nalepkovat (label) sa. No namiesto toho, aby bol clovek (druhymi) nalepkovany, co je dnes skor barbarska a zastarala urazka; jedinec sa uz takto nalepkuje sam. Dnes (jednej z mnohych) veci tito mladi hovoria gender (rozviniem). A myslim si, ze si ho mylia skor s naladou (mood, vibe) alebo estetikou; ba nazorom* (vlastny (nikdy) nie je; len rekombinacie), nez z toho robit celu osobnost (-..-)**. (Starsie gen. to robievali tiez, no politikou sa to stalo, az ked zacali s tym suhlasit viaceri). * /ak chces respekt, nezadon on. Rob to (/klise), cim si ho vybudujes, zasluzis. *, ** /kludne nech je to aj cela osobnost - len nebud privilegovany hulvat (Antifa a Fasisti - "horseshoe theory"…) Dnes sa mi vsak zda, ze je skor v mode nesuhlasit, odporovat si, robit prieky, byt nezaraditelny ("edgy") - No napriek tomu, zas a znova si odporovat (tvorit paradoxy) v tom, ze "tento" jedinec, vyuziva tieto preddefinovane skrupule, pilulky (-pills), "nalepky"; Pouzivat nieco, lebo to neznasas? Nie (/pochabe!); clovek sa moze nalepkovat sebou samym; no opovrhuje, zranuje to nalepkovanie druhymi… /Nie je to, ze ich neznasaju - je to skor ako so slovami - nikdy to nie je perfektne, 100%-ne vyobrazenie prezivania, ale len skica, nacrt (nasej) vlastnej, vnutornej skutocnosti… -***- (Ne)vyhodou tychto nalepiek, piluliek a idelogii, genderov(,) je to, ze vyznam tychto zoznamov, knih, farieb, oblecenia, postoja a sebadefinicie, identifikacie etc., sa moze kedykolvek, kymkolvek, a akokolvek zmenit. Napriklad *teraz* som rarazil na jeden "take", postoj, v ktorom autor na Tumblre (cim je aj nechvalne znamy - divnymi, edgy a nazormi, ktore su na hrane sucasnej spolocnosti; a co by sa dalo nazvat "narcisizmom"…*, *) a tvrdi, ze princip, akym sa snazime vedecky kvantifikovat svet, realitu a nase chapanie, vnimanie - meni sa aj (ale naozaj?) postoj k dusevnym stavom (porucham, chorobam?), vyobrazuje (kecy? nie?) nazory, definicie (z) minulosti a sucasnosti - z pohladu "chemie mozgu" (alebo, liecba vs. prijatie). - https://www.tumblr.com/nutzo0001/ 742217281137000448?source=embed#notes-742217281137000448 Alebo si zoberme ku prikladu, ako sa taktiez estetiky a trebars aj "pilulky" (-pills) menili - je rozdiel medzi cyber a retro, "dobrou" lit. a hudbou v minulosti, a pred 10, 20, 30… rokmi… "Redpill" sa tiez casom menil… Ma teda, v tomto neustale sa meniacom svete, vyznam nalepkovat sa? Jedneho dna, v buducnosti, narazite na nieco mozno aj z vasej vlastnej, minulosti; a pomyslite si "Hej, toto uplne zmenilo casom zmysel a vyznam!" Uz vlastne teraz, ak ste z tych pozornejsich, ste si mohli vsimnut, ako ludia pomaly, ale isto, neveria (su unaveni) napr. enviro ("recyklujte, zachranite svet!"~), spolocenskymi ("praca je vykoristovanie!"; zbytocna, falosna… **)("prec so sprepitným!" - skor v U.S., ako jediny ich plat…), (randenie - napr. novy nazov, demisexualita, a ako metrosexualita sla do uzadia/normalu); kulturnym (v minulosti by sa ludia nastvali pre "GamerGate *blbosti…"), hodnotam, podtony, stanoviskam… ~ / https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1892095-webcomics / https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?threads/do-you-believe-the-wind-down -of-social-media-and-the-end-times-of-the-internet-are-a-coordinated-effort.6503 /post-102437 !/ Teda - prirovnat osobnost, sebaurcenie, k Elonovmu (ne)slavnemu Tweetu/Xeetu o pol. polarizacii?!… (/) (https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/wp-content/uploads /2022/04/musk-tweet.jpg) - - Ak sa svet nezastavi, preco si ublizovat - kazdy ma nazory, no nic nezarucuju!!! - -- Definicie a moresy sa menia - a aj obrazy na realitu - teda, mame sa vobec snazit?! Je to ako v "1984", ale ak si to robime pomocou zlych akterov sami~; ze ich pocuvame - -- skladatelov vyznamu ("Manufacturing consent; BNW" /) - prestanme? (ich pocuvat!) - -- Nechajme ich hladovat! /Neopisatelny hnev ~~~/ picrel: https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?media/1700389458762-png.25270/
🧭 Meta-Critique of the Present (and Past) You're not just commenting on culture; you're dissecting the cultural dissection itself. The gesture of critique—whether it’s in Tumblr discourse, pills/micro-labels, or “aesthetic alignment”—becomes recursive, empty. We get criticism of criticism of criticism, until it collapses into inaction or kitsch. As you say: “culture and society went to era of ‘meta-criticism’, being critical about why [it] is so critical…” This reminds me of late 2010s post-irony: we became so aware of manipulation, propaganda, and social engineering that even attempts at sincerity became suspect. This loops well with the 1984/BNW references—mass society shaping not just actions, but desires, then doubt in those desires, then guilt in desiring at all.
r/Zillennials • 5 yr. ago saradactyl25 1994 Can we talk about Tumblr and Millennial internet culture? Discussion I was born in early 1994 and would identify myself as a millennial if I was forced to choose between that and Gen Z. After browsing this sub I think Zillennial describes me best. I remember 9/11 very clearly but I was in 8th grade during the recession and was able to vote in my first presidential election for Obama in 2012. One of the differences I see brought up a lot when discussing Gen Z vs Millennials is sense of humor. A major complaint among Gen Z is millennials' "cringy" humor, and the examples they use are things like Buzzfeed quizzes, Minion Facebook memes, and "adulting." I remember all of these things, but in my personal adolescence and young adulthood they weren't a major part of my life because I was much more into spaces like Tumblr. I was a super online kid and then a super online teen - like, Harry Potter websites like The Leaky Cauldron and FictionAlley.org, fanfiction.net, the early days of Youtube, and then Tumblr. I also had Facebook and got a Twitter in HS, and then my sorority sisters in college were really into Buzzfeed, so I did exist in the more normie circles too. I have more nostalgia for Tumblr because I was more vulnerable on the platform - it was alt, it was cool, none of my IRL friends or family knew about it, and it was FUNNY. Tumblr was, in my opinion, the genesis of the weird absurdist subculture of meme humor that Gen Z attributes to TikTok now. Jokes like "none pizza left beef" were Tumblr classics and I think its influences are still seen in meme culture now. I know personally, Tumblr really influenced my sense of humor overall - I don't identify with the normie cringe humor that Gen Z thinks my generation embodied because I was so much more into alt internet spaces. Anyone else feel this way?
love-hate takes like these (screw you, tumblr!)
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