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THATTOWN Entertainment

@thattowntertainment / thattowntertainment.tumblr.com

Tales of THATTOWN podcast:
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phantomrose96

You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

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pendragyn

it's probably from assholes making asks a minefield of trolling/harassment for years with no real blocking ability, which turned people off from allowing asks on their blogs so as a whole the site moved away from it

but now that we do have better blocking, we should try to revive it.

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triflesandparsnips

Reblog if your ask box is open.

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bogleech

not my meme but you all do know about this right? It feels like it's getting buried right now and I feel like its proponents are trying to take advantage of that.

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ghostfoolish

This is the first thing you can see on the project2025.org website

This is being organized by The Heritage Foundation. A right wing organization that worked with Trump during his presidency.

For more information here’s a video that goes in depth about it https://youtu.be/9k3UvaC5m7o?si=ef6LxmOit5txAhyt

Remember to not panic and stay informed!

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bogleech

Reminder also that their definition of "radical left" is primarily people who are accepting of gender identity, desire any tightening of even one gun regulation, want to combat police corruption in any way, and don't want a border wall.

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the-scp-list-of-ominous-threats

Hey, it would be a SHAME if I were to REBLOG THIS and let MORE PEOPLE see it!

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wastedarkcell

I don’t measure success in numbers.

I don’t chase trends.

I just make stuff I want to see or hear.

That said; seeing a good, round number IS fun. Four away from 250 subscribers.

Maybe I’ll do something for that. We’ll cross that bridge as we burn it.

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wastedarkcell

As with most things, I just missed it.

Ah well.

Uhhhh, who wants some stickers?

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wastedarkcell

I don’t measure success in numbers.

I don’t chase trends.

I just make stuff I want to see or hear.

That said; seeing a good, round number IS fun. Four away from 250 subscribers.

Maybe I’ll do something for that. We’ll cross that bridge as we burn it.

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rainbowgazes-archive

here’s a compilation of different people driving box trucks into a low bridge over and over

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thetrashiestoftrash

It’s worth knowing a few fun facts, courtesy of 11foot8.com:

  • They can’t raise the bridge because it’s a train trestle, and raising it would require closing and modifying miles of busy track.
  • They can’t lower the road because it’s directly over a sewer main.
  • They can’t ban trucks entirely because there are too many local deliveries.
  • That section of road has a speed limit of 25 mph, numerous signs alerting drivers to the 11'8" limit, and recently they added a sensor that activates the stoplight and a flashing “overheight warning” sign so that drivers have to stop and think really hard about going forward.
  • The clearance is actually nearly three inches more than 11'8", the maximum deviation from the signage allowed.
  • Trucks have been getting stuck or damaged since the 1960s.

The guy who runs the website (and owns the cameras) says he sees a lot more trucks pull up to the stoplight, look at the warnings, and turn off onto the side road, but about once a month, someone hits the bridge.

the penske business is probably sick of this shit

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captainofthetidesbreath

Since all the information is from 2017, here some updates from April 2022 according the website 11foot8.com

  • The bridge was finally raised in October 2019 to a new clearance height of 12 feet and 4 inches (though the actual height is 12 feet 8 inches, measured by the webmaster himself). The road was open again to traffic on November 5, 2019.
  • The first truck struck the new crash beam on November 26, 2019.
  • In acknowledgement of the new height, the website now calls it the 11 foot 8+8.
  • He also calls the bridge “the Canopener”
  • Despite clearance being a whole 8 inches higher, trucks still strike the clearance bar.
  • If you want to support him, he has a Patreon and a store where he sometimes sells art made from the debris. Both are linked off his website.
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