All manner of scifi/fantasy/nerdness: Roleplaying, comic books, .... okay, so mainly just RPGs & comic books. And Dr. Who. And Firefly. And comic books. And role-playing games. And Community. And Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And comic books. And RPGs. And Avengers. And RPGS. And whatever else amuses me today...
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Our whole party is chaotic neutral. So, yeah, we’re bickering over how worthwhile it is to rescue some hostages.
While you were busy judging us, we sacked and looted your town. A magnificent oak tree has begun to grow where your house once stood.
Puh-leeze. When you rolled up into my town there was only one way it was going to play out…
That’s it. One more follower on Tumblr and I’ll have more people listening to me on here than I have actual friends on Facebook.
I think I may need to rethink my life.
So who’s seen Man of Steel? What’d you think?
Staying home from work today b/c I have a sinus infection, sore throat, and can barely talk.
I also have a ticket to an advance screening of `Man of Steel` tonight.
I really hope I don`t bump into anybody from work there.
Since we launched our first sponsored post on Tumblr Radar one year ago, we’ve been proud to see our partners bring their most creative work to Tumblr. Their posts have already earned more than 10 million likes and reblogs.
Today, we’ll start to bring sponsored posts to your Dashboard on the web. Just like in our mobile apps, these posts will simply blend in with the posts from the blogs you follow.
Now back to your regularly scheduled Dashboard!
To anyone upset about this, you should realize that you scroll past things every single day of your tumblr life, and scrolling past an advertisement is not the worst thing in the world. these are not bannar ads, these are not pop up ads. these are not intrusive. they are simply extra little posts on your dashboard and WHO KNOWS MAYBE THEY’LL BE QUALITY POSTS THAT YOU’LL LIKE.
Except, I start from a foundation of trust with the people I follow. I trust that I’ll like what they have to say/reblog. When I see a crappy posts I don’t like or disagree with (like this one), I know who to blame. I can talk to them about why they put that bad post up. We have a shakey, perhaps shallow relationship, but we have an actual relationship, and each post effects & changes that relationship one way or the other. If I keep seeing consistently bad posts from somebody, I can end the relationship by unfollowing them.
I cannot unfollow the ads. I don’t have or WANT a relationship with advertisers. It is permanent and ever-present and one-way. I have no control or ability to effect it.
If your icon looks like a woman’s face…
…I’m tagging my reblogs as “nerd girls” and “geeks girls.” Or if I have any other reason to think you might be a girl. Unless you ask me not to, in which case I’ll definitely remove/change the tag.
Because seriously, those 2 tags are way too one-dimensional and need some better representation in them.
The “Nerd Girls” tag makes me sad
I’m not going to go on a slut-shaming rant here or gripe about cosplayers, because that’s uncalled for and not the point.
I am going to say that it seems unnecessarily hyper-sexualized and almost one-dimensional. I feel like there should be some “reclaiming the nerd girls tag” movement to bring some more balance to it.
Thoughts?
…whoa, I saw that tag like… now, for the first time. ò_ò Pretty sad.
I mean, everyone has the right to do (and photograph) whatever he or she likes, but I think I’m pretty nerdy and… I don’t look like that… or dress like that… or anything like that…
I don’t know, maybe I’m… prude? Am I? I don’t know, I’m confused now. O_o
Well now I’m sad I brought it up. I definitely didn’t want to bother the awesome nerd girls I know. I guess what I’m really wondering is how to “correct” this. The “geek girls” tag isn’t much better.
Should everything I tag with “nerd” or “nerd culture” or “nerd world problems” also be tagged with “nerd girls?”
Should the tag be used strictly for discussions on how nerd culture effects girls?
Mainly I just want to start tagging things “nerd girls,” but not sure what to tag with it. Besides this conversation.
The “Nerd Girls” tag makes me sad
I’m not going to go on a slut-shaming rant here or gripe about cosplayers, because that’s uncalled for and not the point.
I am going to say that it seems unnecessarily hyper-sexualized and almost one-dimensional. I feel like there should be some “reclaiming the nerd girls tag” movement to bring some more balance to it.
Thoughts?
So basically: the girls called “fake” geek girls are actually faking being called “fake” because some girl who isn’t “fake” isn’t called “fake” and is therefore authoritative enough to call “fake” geek girls fake “fake” geek girls, because the only geek girls really called being “fake” are fake “fake” geek girls.
Today is the 23rd anniversary of the death of Jim Henson. It makes me sad that there are so many people on Tumblr that only know about him in a historical sense, but if you’ve ever enjoyed The Muppets, Sesame Street, Dark Crystal or Labyrinth, here’s a tribute to the joy and hope he brought to the world.qw
