I do not dislike steampunk, I just dislike gears in places that make no sense. Why are there gears on your hat? Is it a steam-powered hat? What does that MEAN? Keep ya ears extra toasty? Do you shovel coal into your hat? Sounds messy. Like, there are times that even hat gears serve a purpose. Do the gears operate a timepiece on your hat? Acceptable. Do they connect to a clockwork spine prosthesis that allows you to walk? Pretty cool.
Are there just LOOSE GEARS that don’t even line up to anything else on your hat but are just there to remind people that you COULD be creating a fabulous invention if you weren’t so busy calling people ‘gentlesirs’ on the internet? Enjoy your botulism and lead poisoning from your cool Victorian-style meatpacking factories!
The hat gear tightens and loosens the band, for those days when me head swells up.
That happens a lot to the kind of steampunk people who put gears on their hats.
I’m fine with one or two loose gears, because I can imagine having some that were incorrectly cut or something and deciding “what the heck, I’ll just accessorize with them.” I firmly agree, however, that most of your gears should appear functional.
Fanfic written by 14-year-olds is so wild because they all think “smirk” is just a fancy word for smile so every serious romantic scene comes out looking like
Are you implying I don’t look like this when I’m trying to be romantic
In response to the NSFW ban being enacted by Tumblr Staff, on December 17th 2018 I propose that we all log off of our Tumblr accounts for 24 hours.
The lack of respect and communication between staff and users is stark. Users have been begging staff to delete the porn bot outbreak, which has plagued the website for well over a year. The porn bots oftentimes send people asks and messages, trying to get them to go to a website full of viruses. They also spam advertisements on others posts.
Users have also begged that Tumblr ban neo-nazis, child porn, and pedophiles, all which run rampant on the site. The site/app got so bad that it was taken off the app store.
However, instead of answering the users, Tumblr has instead taken the liberty to ban all NSFW content, regardless of age. But users have already run into issues of their SFW content being marked as sensitive and being flagged as NSFW, not allowing them to share their work.
Not only does this discriminate again content creators, but it also discriminates against sex workers. Disgustingly, the ban will be enacted on December 17 which is also International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
This ban is disgusting, and while I (and plenty of others) welcome porn bots and child porn being banned, the Tumblr filtration system is broken. It tags artistic work’s nipples as NSFW (when it is art), it tags SFW art as NSFW (when it is not), and does not stop the porn bots, neo-nazis and dozens of other issues.
This ban is discriminatory. This ban is ineffective. This ban is unacceptable.
To protest, log off of your Tumblr account for the entirety of November 17th. Log off at 12 am EST or 9PM PST and stay off for 24 hours. Don’t post. Don’t log on. Don’t even visit the website. Don’t give them that sweet ad revenue.
Tumblr’s stock has already taken a hard hit. Let’s make it tank. Maybe then they will listen to the users.
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