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Title: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Robo on November 08, 2011, 05:50:04 PM
I'm reading some article on TheSource.com about why Drake hates social media (what a thing to be doing) and there's a paragraph where he says:

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“The thing that scares me most is Tumblr.  I hate what Tumblr has become.  Because it like, it reminds me of those clique-y girls in high school that used to make fun of everyone else and define what was cool, but in five years, when you all graduate, that shit doesn’t matter.  No one gives a fuck about that shit.  Instead of kids going out and making their own moments, they’re just taking these images and living vicariously through other people’s moments.  It just kills me.  Then you’ll meet them and they’re just the biggest turkey in the world.  They don’t actually embody any of those things.  They just emulate.  It’s scary man, simulation life that we’re living.  It scares me.”


Drake is scared of chapped lips and white bread with the crust intact, but I assume there's a point he's trying to make here, and I have no idea what any of that means.  I thought Tumblr was just a blogging "network", specifically photo blogging.
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 08, 2011, 05:53:44 PM
actually he's spot fucking on
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Robo on November 08, 2011, 05:57:03 PM
But what does it MEAN?
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: brob on November 08, 2011, 06:16:19 PM
tumblr is a type of blog that sustains itself on 're-blogging' other people's content (often taken fro somewhere else to start with). At best it let's people feel like they are in someway creating a scrapbook of their personality, but there is no investment from their side - all they do is take someone elses work and reblog it.

There are themed blogs on tumblr that are cool - which is why I have one, so I can follow those and look at pretty pictures of pretty girls without much effort. 
:munch
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Positive Touch on November 08, 2011, 06:20:16 PM
so I can follow those and look at pretty pictures of pretty girls without much effort. 


aka the only reason to be on tumblr
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: pilonv1 on November 08, 2011, 06:25:17 PM
Is that Jimmy Drake you're talking about?
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on November 08, 2011, 06:26:04 PM
Never been on Tumblr. Dont know what it is.

Dont give a fuck either.
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Bebpo on November 08, 2011, 06:41:11 PM
I don't really get re-blogging either.  The tumblrs I used to follow were just blogs with nicer layouts where people would put their photos and drawings and random thoughts.  I figured it was the taking over where livejournal ended.  I stopped following tumblr for about 2 years, came back and now it's just 90% reblogs.  Weird.

I like jiji's tumblr because it's more like what I was talking about, and just his awesome photos and stuff.
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Vizzys on November 08, 2011, 06:51:25 PM
agreed, thats pretty much dead on description of tumblr
Title: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Shaka Khan on November 08, 2011, 06:56:51 PM
Tumblr is a has some quality porn pages. That's the only use I have for the network.
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Diunx on November 08, 2011, 07:19:07 PM
Didn't knew what it was until this thread tbh.
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: magus on November 08, 2011, 08:15:25 PM
i love tumblr,so much cool shit to look at
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/05/tumblr_is_endlessly_entertaini.php
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/06/another_taste_of_tumblr.php

(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltzthb0BoM1qizbpto1_500.gif)

(http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltydr6t2in1qizbpto1_500.gif)

http://magicalgametime.com/

(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls5jdoTwRu1qlhoglo1_400.jpg)

(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lry36gvWLE1qlhoglo1_400.jpg)

http://nomarios.tumblr.com/
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Mandark on November 08, 2011, 11:32:20 PM
When I was a teenager, a lot of girls I knew plastered the walls of their room with posters, magazine cutouts, and CD liners.

Feh to moral panics.
Title: Re: An old man asks, "what the fuck is Tumblr?"
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 08, 2011, 11:41:50 PM
Drake had bigger things to worry about in high school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjFJOHs7KN8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJJrvgYPXSo