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Mothman. 30 year-old not-so-cis guy (he/they), fry cook on Venus. You might recognize me on Facebook as the guy who got into an argument with your racist uncle. I was the one with the avatar of myself photoshopped onto a clown being arrested. "you're the weird ascetic living in a cave but that cave is the internet" -tumblr user lovelymimic
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neil-gaiman

There is a tiny OCD part of my head that just realized that the herbs in my window boxes are arranged parsley, thyme, rosemary and sage, and wants the world to end.

Are you going to Scarborough fair

Parsley thyme rosemary and sage

Remember me to one who lives there

His window boxes have filled him with rage

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RATING: NOT CUTE!!!!

It's a very common mistake for people to see their fictional blorbos engaging in calm, rational discussion about their feelings and say things like "aww, such healthy communication!" without recognizing the telltale signs of authorial mouthpiecing, which is a very stressful and unhealthy situation for blorbos to be in.

Blorbos thrive on melodrama, and require lots of space in their stories to scream and cry and break things and talk past one another while their voices crack and they make horrible gurgling noises from the weight of all their emotions in order to get the enrichment they need. While they do engage in catharsis naturally from time to time, it's a very sparing occurence and should not be forced.

Recent trends in blorbo breeding have authors and fans alike selecting for increased catharsis output and "behavior modeling", with little consideration for the effect this has on their ability to perform their vital functions. For example, in the above video, Alice explains to Bob that she feels hurt by his actions at the softball tournament in a measured and even tone, without even throwing so much as a lamp in his direction. Bob, rather than getting defensive and doubling down, responds by considering Alice's feelings and offering to make up for the transgression. Throughout the conversation they both use terminology ripped either directly from the DSM-V or the most recent thinkpiece the author had read. These blorbos are suffering from severe drama malnutrition.

While videos like this might seem cute and heartwarming at first glance, it's important to stay aware of the ongoing trend of blorbo abuse behind the scenes. Misinformation about proper blorbo care is rampant online and many authors arent even aware they're doing anything wrong.

Please spread this post to help raise awareness. Remember: Blorbos are happiest when theyre miserable!

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Tiktok SEEMS like it fills the same ecological niche as Tumblr circa 2014, but everything that happens on tiktok is the result of some multitrillion dollar conglomerate setting a Rube Goldberg machine I'm motion that makes people act insane , and this leads to an increase in profits for someone somehow. Tumblr was just good old fashioned mass hysteria.

“When someone on here stole human bones for a magic ritual it was because there was genuinely something wrong with them. If someone on tiktok did it it would be because they were trying to sell you shovels”

@clarascuro you can’t leave this in the replies

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the line “your worst sin is that you’ve betrayed and destroyed yourself for nothing” is so raw you’d think it’s from a destiel fanfic or even hetalia but it’s actually from dostoyevskys crime and punishment

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zepdeans

2021 seinfeld episode aaaaand go. jerry gets a call from a woman he slept with telling him she gave him a virus, but he can’t figure out if it was covid or an STD. george begins getting harassed in public because a main instigator of the capitol hill insurrection looks exactly like him. elaine wants to break up with her new boyfriend because he keeps gifting her NFTs, but can’t bring herself to do it because his apartment has a jacuzzi tub. kramer keeps dressing up as different people so he can receive as many vaccinations as possible.

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had a dream that teenagers on TikTok started holding seances to make contact with Winston Churchill’s ghost and insult him

“Churchilling” was a funny trend for a little while, but then people figured out that any dead historical figure could be contacted and harassed from beyond the grave in this fashion, which was also a funny trend until it got coopted into bad social justice rhetoric and anytime a living person got criticized they would counter with “well why are you canceling ME when you could be cancelling any of THESE people, who were REALLY bad and never redeemed themselves” and would then post a list of links to Wikipedia articles about dead dictators and serial killers and colonists for people to direct their ire and energy at. and if you expressed your disapproval at this fixation on the dead, people would accuse you of “acquitting the dead” instead of holding them accountable through mean seances.

in the cold light of day this dream is no longer funny but in fact far too real for comfort

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you ever just suddenly remember that linguini and remy can’t communicate. linguini does not have some special ability to understand rats. he just fuckin. accepts that this weird rat wants to cook and can control him with his hair. he’s just okay with that

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mctreeleth

If a rat showed up and made me capable of getting done all the stuff I need to get done I too would be just okay with that.

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I'm not british but "daft cunt" is such a funny insult but I couldn't say it without sounding like one myself

It's a shame they aren't making music anymore

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