Author: ahubcap
to tumbl or not to tumbl
Is it wrong to delete a social network account simply because you don’t like that class of people on said social network? If so, I’m wrong and loving it.
Backstory!
I deleted my Tumblr in the first week of June. There were a lot of reasons (and it was actually well thought-out on my part) however, one of the biggest reasons was the fact that I don’t like what it had become.
For the past year, Tumblr has become more of a place to rip on other bloggers, actors, musicians, etc. and less of a place to create and share creations. You had to have chosen a side in the Benderbatch Cumbernict vs. Tom Hiddleston fandoms, and it was becoming “old fashioned” to just like something; your life had to be dedicated to it.
My previous blog had been running for about two and a half years prior to this influx of new ideals in the tumblrverse and I had never had to worry about culture. Each shift was easy to follow as it was being done by everyone, and everyone had a lot in common.
Next thing I know, there’s a mass exodus from Facebook and everyone made a tumblog. Translation: all of the crap on Facebook came to my precious internet secret.
I like feeling like part of a secret club. I couldn’t feel like that anymore with Tumblr, so I got rid of it.
I like following the world’s creators. That’s nearly impossible on Tumblr lately.
I like liking things. You’re classified as a “hobbyist” on Tumblr.
I like to use Tumblr. But my Tumblr is no longer Tumblr as a whole.
I’m sorry to everyone who doesn’t care about my Tumblr problems. They just make me really, really sad.
brain vomit
This verdict bothers me. Not in the “#nojusticefortrayvonmartin” kind of way. In the “I don’t know how I feel about this” way. And I very consistently know how I feel in regards to verdicts.
Facts:
- Trayvon Martin is dead
- George Zimmerman killed him
To me, nothing else matters. The fact that there may or may not have been racial prejudices in place and/or a dangerous teen running around a neighborhood should have nothing to do with this case. A teenage boy is dead because a bullet was placed directly into his heart; not in his legs, arms, hands, or feet (all places to aim when shooting a gun in defense).
Trayvon had no say in any part of this trial, which really complicates things. If he had survived, this case would have by no means blown up to this size but I’m not going to be so prideful as to say that I know how it would have turned out. Too many options were taken into consideration. However, as a result of his death, the aforementioned “#nojusticefortrayvonmartin” movement has become a cultural thing.
Blacks have taken it as a hate crime, democrats have started using it to benefit gun control, conservative whites are screaming “self defense”; everyone has some kind of opinion formed in their head.
But it all comes back to one verifiable truth: George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin. Last time I checked if you kill someone, you get convicted of manslaughter at the very least; Mr. Zimmerman did not.
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