i'm like the grinch of tumblr.

[swan_bite]

i have to get used to this shit. so many of the posts there seem to be about askbox-people's flattering comments and the posters acting bashful, thankful, about how anonys and their friends think they are so awesome, amazingsauce, hawt, pretty, brilliant, so quirky and random and insightfuly cracky. which is fine every once in a while, but when 70% of the posts seem to be about that-- dear Gostiel. YES YOU ARE AWESOME, IF YOU WEREN'T I WOULDN'T FOLLOW YOU. GET IT, KNOW IT, STOP POSTING ABOUT IT.

reminds me of that character in Austen's Emma who was all, "Well, I've never thought my sandwiches were wonderful, but my friends always say my sandwiches are the very best in the world."

i'm so used to LJ, where people leave those in the comments section and i can and not a fuck was given on that day while i try to have crabbycakes conversations.


hand me my cane...i need to go tell these tumblr kids to get off my lawn dash.


x-posted (abbreviated less pleasant version) at tumblr.

Comments

[jetaimerai.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I hate that about tumblr as well. But tumblr is overpopulated by insecure teenage girls - if not in reality, than in spirit. Hell I can relate, I'm still an insecure teenage girl at heart, even though I'm not a teenager anymore. But I at least keep that crap to a minimum because it's fucking boring.

I also hate hate hate how people converse on tumblr, period - it's so annoying the way you have to keep reblogging each other to have a conversation which takes up space on your dash, as opposed to just having a comments section like on LJ. LJ is so vastly superior, lol. /rant

[swan-bite.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I hate that about tumblr as well. But tumblr is overpopulated by insecure teenage girls - if not in reality, than in spirit. Hell I can relate, I'm still an insecure teenage girl at heart, even though I'm not a teenager anymore. But I at least keep that crap to a minimum because it's fucking boring.


i think the whole wide world is full of insecure teengirls (of both sexes) which is better than ** dickheaded insecure teenboys (of both sexes) because those are a lot more destructive..but yes, boring. a good reason not to make 9293082 telling me how awesome you are by way of ask-box. like, show me, by being awesome.

every "conversation" feels so fucking public, it's like-- idk, so much more prone to grandstanding and speechefying.

i'm thinking of unfollowing a few people. it's kind of disconnected there, not like anyone will notice.

[jetaimerai.livejournal.com]

That's absolutely true, most people are either or - and I'd take the insecure girls any day. It's just boring and tiring on a daily basis, which is why I rarely bother with tumblr these days.

That is so true! Especially since, you know, anyone could reblog your response, which could lead to greater ~tumblr fame~ *eyeroll*

I think about that too sometimes, but I get a lot of good stuff from the people who also post too many conversations/asks so it's a tough call for me. You should go for it though!