i genuinely believe that 2012 was the optimal tumblr experience. like if you didnt live through 2012, you havent fully understood how much of a hell site this is. to jog some ppl’s memories:
francieum
quirkybrittany
justgirlythings
“I like your shoelaces” “I stole them from the president” and people actually fucking doing this in public
we still called porn fics “smut” and “lemons”
“you must be fun at parties”
cole sprouse’s tumblr social experiment, and some people taking it so seriously that they threatened mass suicide
mitt romney
hetastuck (hetalia and homestuck fandoms were moirails i guess)
hussieruya (people unironically shipping the creators of hetalia and homestuck)
andrew hussie actually asking about hussieruya in his twitter
the obsession with andrew hussie’s lips
superwholock fandom (this was their prime)
supernatural has a gif for everything
“Fuck you watson” somehow being praised as the best comeback possible?? ok lol
hipster side of tumblr vs fandom side of tumblr, and all those pictures of the two coexisting to bring some sort of peace? as if we were at war with each other?? wtf was up with that
the dumbest fake stories holy shit, and everyone believed them
benedict cumberbatch everywhere
that sherlock gif of benedict cumberbatch looking into a door’s peep hole and people saying how if you cover one side of his face he looks confident but if you cover the other side he looks sad, so they said he’s the best actor in the world or whatever
gangnam style everywhere
people being shamed from using memes or even saying the word meme
“Oh, you facebook people think tumblr is boring? Well, we’ll find you…Supernatural fandom, grab your demons! Sherlock fandom, grab your Watsons! Doctor Who fandom, grab your Tardises! Harry Potter fandom, grab your wands! Homestuck fandom, grab your strife cards! Hetalia fandom, grab your pasta!” proceed for 1628519 more fandoms
“im pretty sure thats taylor swift” “no thats becky”
the dancing chandler gif from friends
“Reblog if you dont have a problem with gay marriage!” followed by ten mile long additions of rainbow gifs and pictures and 9gag memes
potato jesus (i’ll admit, this was actually funny)
the reblog button being at the top of posts
cuil theory, aka “i give you a hamburger”
27 comments on a post just saying “INSTANT REBLOG” or “PRESS PLAY”
song mixups from people “accidentally opening a bunch of tabs playing music” but it was actually from a pop mix album
“ah, the scalene triangle”
XD vs 😀 discourse
the most reblogged picture on tumblr
doge
men of tumblr
the cursed long ass “fedoras arent that bad!” post
touch my butt and buy me pizza
spread this like wildfire
tumblr university (complete with uniforms)
tumblr island
tumblr nation
these all would lead to the creation and failure of dashcon
The girl grave robbing and selling human bones online
The white american girl who pretended to be an interracial lesbian couple living with hiv in india, just so she could write hamilton hiv fic
The girl everyone thought was the native lesbian writer of my immortal, who wrote it to find her brother, but it turns out she was white and lied about her backstory and probably didn’t even write the fic
Russian Chaos Agents
Add more if u want, lord knows theres plenty
wait wasn’t girl number 2 exposed by someone who wrote Hamilton mermaid vore?
She Sure Was! 💁🏼
Wasn’t there that one girl who switched out her mom’s medicine as a Political Statement and she ended up in the hospital almost dead?
THERE SURE WAS!
And the girl who was kin with Hitler, pretended to commit suicide and announced it by saying she was her sister and posting about it on her account.
Also the girl who sent another girl her amputated toe to make into jewelry and the jewelry maker posted pictures of it.
Don’t forget the woman who posed as an animator and got people to donate 200k to pay her to do a pilot about a poly person and an asexual person living together. But she took the money and disappeared.
that ruby rose doppelgänger with a pokemon url who claimed to be like latina and spanish and from like 29277286 different defunct indigenous tribes who set up an organisation / fund / whatever in leelah alcorn’s name that ended up not being in actual existence essentially as a scam and when her real race and intentions were discovered she ran off with the money and hid her blog
wasn’t there a popular user who like admitted to their family owning child slaves
The girl grave robbing and selling human bones online
The white american girl who pretended to be an interracial lesbian couple living with hiv in india, just so she could write hamilton hiv fic
The girl everyone thought was the native lesbian writer of my immortal, who wrote it to find her brother, but it turns out she was white and lied about her backstory and probably didn’t even write the fic
Russian Chaos Agents
Add more if u want, lord knows theres plenty
for all the people in the notes asking for sources/more info:
Below the Read More is every single fact available about Dashcon anywhere. If you find more, message me and let me know. There’s a list of questions I still have at the bottom that will remain there and be updated until I’ve found answers to them all.
My credentials? I was there. I purchased my badge over a year ago, followed the Tumblr since then reading all updates, attended the full duration of the con, and have read huge swathes of the Dashcon tag. I am not (yet) affiliated with the staff, guests, or panelists in any way (although I did share a hotel room with a friend-of-a-friend who was a non-featured artist, and I am looking into getting involved for next year). This post is intended as a way to present all the facts as I know and have experienced them without bias.
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