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Maybe you just need to stop hanging around with kids? It seems to be a younger generation thing. And a tumblr thing. Maybe just stop hanging around tumblr?

Okay, let's just fucking STOP with the "stop hanging around Tumblr" shit, k? Some people like Tumblr, and Tumblr is not all that-one-annoyingly-bad-blog-you-saw-that-one-time. Quit being elitist snobs.

But you must admit there is a definite tumblr language. If OP doesn't like that language, best option is to avoid that culture.

That's not "tumblr language". That's BS textspeak, which everyone uses and is afraid to admit. Not one of the Tumblrs I follow types like that. It's not fucking Tumblr. That's like saying LJ is entirely ONTD.

DA

Not everyone uses textspeak. Fewer phones and messaging plans have character limits these days and plenty of people use the complete keyboard on their phone.

Meanwhile, blogs that have no character limits and never have, have people typing like that. Your argument is invalid.

Your argument is invalid. I don't think that means what you think it means.

Some people use textspeak, some don't. To say everyone uses it whether they admit or not is bullshit because it isn't true.

Nope, definite tumblr language. It's not used by everyone, but it's there. As for the crap OP is talking about, I mostly see that in tags rather than actual posts which is easier to ignore.

That's not "tumblr language". That's BS textspeak, which everyone uses and is afraid to admit.

Fucking this. It drives me crazy when I see those posts going "BUT GUYZ TUMBLR IS TOTES A LANGUAGE."

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(I should probably add that I have a Tumblr and I enjoy the nice little corner of it that I have found. But every once in a while, I'll see dumb posts like that and I want to flip a table.)

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"gr8" and "4ever" are text speak. "gr9" and "5ever" are variations mostly found on tumblr. No one is claiming that everyone on tumblr types that way. What is being said is that there is a rather large subset of people on tumblr who type that way, and what's more--this is the important part--there are a lot fewer people who type that way anywhere else (except perhaps twitter). The suggestion was that OP stay away from tumblr because it has a high concentration of people who use "gr9" and "5ever," not because tumblr is automatically bad.

If you're still here, I hope you've calmed the hell down and are looking at these posts rationally.

I don't think disliking a website makes you an elitist snob.

Every time FS finds something to complain about, the "lol Tumblr" posts come pouring in.

Every time everywhere not called tumblr finds something to complain about, the "lol Tumblr" posts come pouring in.

Fixed that for ya!

For serious though, I think I only come up to "defend" tumblr on other sites when said site starts implying they're shit free. Still, hard to deny when one site is constantly invoking Poe's Law :U

lol

Elitist snobs?

How do you feel about people who don't like Facebook? Or don't like Reddit? Or don't like Chinese food? Are they all elitist snobs too? Are people not allowed to dislike something now?

Dislike all you want. Just don't go around bitching on the internet about how every time something goes wrong in fandom, it's that damn Chinese food again.

LOL You're so adorable with your total inability to recognize a virtual culture and the ways it infects other cultures, virtual or not.

Hey, don't patronize me, dipshit. Just because your side is louder doesn't mean it's right.

DA You lose points for the "dipshit" bit.

1. I didn't know we were keeping score, and
2. I don't fucking care because I'm sick to death of people shunning entire corners of internet and fandom just because a handful of people are annoying and not shy about it, and people here are the fucking worst about doing it.

1. We are always keeping score, and
2. Why do you keep coming back if it causes you such frustration? Maybe you should stop hanging around FS.

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Maybe if you stop calling people assholes and dipshits we can actually take you seriously.

Many Tumblr users use the same expressions that are rarely used anywhere else and when they are, it's by those same Tumblr users. Yes, that is a virtual culture. They also engage in particular behaviors once unique to that site that have now spilled over into other places, such as AO3. That doesn't mean the people who don't use or like Tumblr have to like it when they see that happening.

I tried that angle, but funnily enough, no one did take me seriously. Because no one takes Tumblr seriously and if, god forbid, anyone speaks up in defense of it, it's a fucking free for all, let's mock the stupid Tumblr user, lol aren't they so funny trying to defend it

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But everytime you have gastrointestinal issues it is most likely due to the Chinese food. I keep telling you it's the common factor and to just avoid it, but no. You refuse to believe it and keep chugging down the Chinese food, then continue to complain about the pain afterwards.

Oh you young'uns. When will you learn to stop taking digs at websites as personal affronts :')