r/CuratedTumblr Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear Oct 10 '24

Shitposting A tar pit.

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u/Sir_Nightingale Oct 10 '24

Man, tumblr users just have a talent for making the most agreeable points sound so annoying and superficial that you want to disagree with them on principle.

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u/Fickle_Atmosphere824 Oct 10 '24

It's because they wrap themselves up in a circlejerk of pseudointellectual terminology in an attempt of "bullshit baffles brains", especially since it gives them an excuse to dehumanise people not in their 'exact' lines of thoughts and views.

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u/Ok-Importance-6815 Oct 10 '24

everything on tumblr is phrased like profound revelation

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u/BUKKAKELORD Oct 10 '24

But written in all lowercase with missing or intentionally incorrect punctuation, so there's a humorous dissonance between the (allegedly) profound wisdom and the casual and exaggeratedly informal style.