PNG is my friend. JPEG is my mentor. WEBP is my sworn enemy

ive been simmering like a pot of pasta sauce the whole day so let me post my rant about how you can't expect a thriving fandom without a thriving comment culture (or hell, even just a reblog culture)

you know what? the real reason why some of yalls fandoms are so dry is because none of you know how to support fanwork creators in the first place

ive been in rarepair fandoms with like 10 other shippers but the number doesn't even matter because they're the most supportive people ever, yelling in your comments and sending you their live breakdowns and whatnot. in an environment like that, what person wouldn't want to keep creating? it doesn't even matter that something only reaches 5 people when those 5 people are always cheering you on.

but ive also been in fandoms where all people do is,,, complain. complain about how little art there is, how little fic there is—and then when people actually do make something, there's so little response? like, i thought you wanted your fandom tag to be populated? i thought this was what you wanted?

do you know what happens when people don't get response on their work? that's right, it demotivates them from doing more. in the same way that comments energize fanwork creators to make more, a lack of support saps their will

of course there will be people who still continue to create despite a lackluster response, but i think i can pretty confidently say that the majority of us are fueled by fellow fans actually engaging with what we make. it makes it feel like what we're doing is worth all the time and effort we spent on it—which, by the way, is a fucking lot! ive seen artists, fic/meta writers, giffers, editers, etc all work tirelessly on fan content that ends up flopping at like, 15 likes and 1 reblog. and half the time that 1 reblog is a self reblog.

guys, it is so tiring. numbers do not define one's worth, but fandom is built on interaction, and every fanwork is a gift. you can't keep something alive without putting in the effort. if you like something, please, reblog it, yell at us about it, i don't care just let your local fanwork creator know how much they're appreciated. you can't whine about people leaving fandom when you never gave them a reason to stay in the first place.

A 1992 article on Super Mario Kart in a Japanese national newspaper, Daily Yomiuri, referred to Luigi as "Mario's evil brother". It is unknown whether this information was based on any material provided to its reporters by Nintendo, or whether it was a complete fabrication by the newspaper.

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this is how every person on this site talks about fictional men

whoever decided to turn daisy bell into a spooky dookie creepypasta song is fucking evil. that computer was brave enough to sing us a delightful little song and you do THIS to him? thats hatsune mikus grandpa dude. fuck you

Miku family reunion

for today's lucky 10,000, here's the song that OP is talking about

it is genuinely sweet and charming and I'm so glad to have googled it

The meme is funny, but Miku's grandpa (the IBM 7094) actually looked like this:

He took up 2,000+ square feet and helped with NASA's "Saturn" flights.

Look how big and clunky he is. He had to work really hard to sing that song ;_; please appreciate him.

if you want to feel emotions here’s a combination of the IBM704 and Hatsune Miku singing Daisy Bell as a duet

sorry i wanted to draw miku singing with her grandpa 🥺

miku heritage post

this is what i come to tumblr for

my mouse is. dying

@liquidstar i’m afraid taking him somewhere will make it worse… whenever he moves he makes a depressed little cry that sounds a lot like the windows disconnecting noise

OH. ILL GO FUCK MYSELF THEN I GUESS.

Evidence against the argument that Superman's disguise wouldn't fool anyone:

Tony Hawk

@i-want-tennis-ball what the fuck is your blog

I want tennis ball

God I love this movie

(ID in alt)

(Waves this around in executives faces) wow it's almost like profitable art happens without exploiting workers. Wow. Imagine that

Also it's good. The movie is good. It's nice to see something where you can tell the people working on it didn't just love the movie, but had fun working on it. Let film making be fun instead of detrimental to a person's physical and mental health

I’m gonna puke this makes me so happy to read. Idk. I just want more good news from the industry i’m going into

“are u okay?” no i need more money

Lupin: Hiiii buddy! <3

Goemon: Stop catfishing me for your own amusement

Lupin: I hear what you’re saying. You’re tired of us not acknowledging your bisexuality and I agree, we’ve not done a good job at that. I am making a hard commitment to being a better friend and ally in the future. I love you.

Goemon: Not What I Fucking Asked

I sent this to my dad, who's been a boiler tech for 30 years.

“Of the two ways you can explode a boiler, that’s the best one” isn’t the comfort your father thinks it is

So.

Y'all know that one meme of the tank being dumped off the ship saying "I go kill submarine for the motherland"?

If not, here it is:

The origins behind this image are utterly fascinating.

This is not a soviet built tank despite what the meme implies, it is actually a chinese built tank, a T-69-2 to be more specific.

What you don't see in the image are the further 24 tanks that are also on the barge about to dropped into the water as well.

These tanks are being dropped in on personal orders by Queen Sirikit, the queen mother of thailand.

No, for those worried, this was not them discarding old unusable tanks, at least in this instance. Rather, each of these tanks have selected and prepared to make an artificial reef. Rather than melt them down for scrap, in 2010 there were pushed into the water off the gulf of siam to create a home for hundreds of sea creatures. All the internals are gutted, including the engine and transmission, don't worry.

If you looks a little closer into the image, you'll see that all the hatches are open or removed, probably to make room for sea life.

If you want anymore info, I'd suggest checking out ConeOfArc over on youtube, he has a lot more on this and many more fascinating subjects such as the origins behind the panzer of the lake.

Y'all find this as cool as I do, right? Like, this shit is just so damn cool. As a wee bit of a tank nerd, it does make me sad that these are being dumped never to be seen again, but at least their still being used for something rather than being turned into tin cans.

Call that a fish tank