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Tumblr was a social media giant in the early 2010s. It was the perfect middle ground, offering more text characters than Twitter and less clutter than Facebook. For many people, it was a glorious era of online networking.
Thankfully, the Curated Tumblr subreddit keeps those days alive in today’s world of “reels” and “shorts.” As the name suggests, it’s a collection of screenshots from the platform that touch on political discourse, life’s absurdities, and everything in between.
We’re keeping this a lighthearted list that’s more about the silly and mundane. Enjoy scrolling and have yourself a nice throwback to a simpler time on the internet.
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#1
The End Of The Monarchy
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#2
We Sadly Live In A Society
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
Probably because if we don't, things are even worse for us. Just sayin' ...
#3
Shoo
If you came of age in the Instagram and TikTok era, you’re likely not as familiar with Tumblr’s appeal. But looking at its About page will tell you a lot about its character and personality.
“Wholesome chaos” was the phrase used to describe the site’s contents. It also encourages self-expression because “Tumblr is whatever you want it to be.”
#5
It's Not Getting Fast, But It's Getting There
#6
That Tables Turn
The internet defines Tumblr as a microblog. However, its founder, David Karp, does not use this description. In an interview with Media Bistro, he describes it as “the easiest way to share yourself.”
Karp also emphasizes Tumblr’s flexibility regarding the type of content users can create. Because it is easy for anyone to self-publish, he believes it helped draw in a broad audience.
#7
[u.s.] Michigan Democrats
![[u.s.] Michigan Democrats](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/669dfa4a9fcf4_dgi3r38ia6na1-png__700.jpg "[u.s.] Michigan Democrats")
#8
That's How It Works
Vinny DaPooh 1 year ago (edited)
Yep. I'm the guy the defense wants on the jury. You committed a crime and got immediate karma so now want the true victim to pay? Your honor, are we allowed to hang the plaintiff?
#9
Astronaut
“It’s the gay people in your phone” is another description written on the site. This comes from Tumblr’s similar claim to be the “queerest place on the internet.”
According to Adweek statistics published in 2021, one in four users on the platform identify as LGBTQIA+. A Tumblr user is also said to be 193% more likely to be part of the queer community compared to other social networking sites.
#10
Scenes Are Meant To Be Seen
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I particularly liked that bit, too.
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Marnie 1 year ago
I tried to watch some series with Chris Pratt, and I liked it, but stopped because the entire thing was so dark I couldn't make out what was happening. This was even when it was indoors and there was supposedly a lit lamp. I tried to find a way to increase the brightness on my TV, but it has no such setting. It's not just about filmmakers making it look very dark at night they way it actually is. That's a tiny part of the problem.
David Martin 1 year ago
Several years ago, I saw all three LotR films, extended editions, in a day long theatre marathon. Including a slight intermission between movies, we're talking around a 12-13 hour day. Of the Lord of the Rings franchise, let us remember. As everyone stood up to leave after the third film, I heard a woman one row up from me comment "Well, none of that seemed very realistic to me"...and I just wanted to pull her aside and ask "What did you think you paid to come and watch?!"
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Fantasy, yeah, but jfc 90% of SOV horror for the past three decades. I have seen hundreds of movies where there is at least one extended sequence where I can't see a thing and it's not supposed to be a completely dark experience.
Analyn Lahr 1 year ago
What even is going on the in Game of Thrones picture? All I can see is fire on a hillside?
FluffyDreg 1 year ago
Genuinely i thought it was a bedroom, someone in bed, and a row of romantic candles....
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Major Harris 1 year ago
that is supposed to be j.r.r. tolkien from "epics rap battles of history". in this rap battle he is facing off against george r.r. martin! some them, like this one, are great. "mythbusters vs ghostbusters", frank sinatra vs freddie mercury, isaac newton (played by weird al) vs bill nye, etc.... then there "princess battles", khaleesi vs malificent, snow white vs alice, queen of hearts vs the wicked wich, etc....
Dogcat vet (retired) 1 year ago
So how much money do they spend on graphics and CGI that the viewers can't see?
KittyGaming 1 year ago
Pov the Harry Potter movies, I've only seen the first two but I swear they get darker and darker each movie and no I'm not talking about the plot, I have read all the books
Rich Black 1 year ago
That's how you instantly know they are CGI. The director saved a too of money by not having to fully render a scene
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
OMG, JUST watched the GoT S8E3 and was complaining about this! WHY??? WHY can't you at least fake some kind of ambient light so we can at least have a tiny more of an inkling of WTF is going on?!
veryvenasaur 1 year ago
I'm guilty of this in my writing I'll spend hours in front of a calculator and looking at medical websites so I can know how long my main character can survive before bleeding out to make sure the scene where he's stabbed by the dagger of malevolent fury and healed with a magic flower isn't unrealistic.
Ffaelan Condragh 1 year ago
People are weird about voices and light. When I worked in lighting in live theatre, you could have the volume on an actor be the same in 2 scenes, one well lit and the other dark and ppl would complain about not being able to hear in the dark scenes. My college instructors described it as a kind of psychological issue with not being able to see lips moving. Same with voiceovers and announcements. They had to be louder than well lit scenes.
devotedtodreams 1 year ago
Even Melisandre's contribution was not enough to save that particular GoT episode. I vividly remember wondering what the hell was going on, where are we now, who are we focusing on... My then-bf called it a "see-nothing" episode XD
#11
Professionalism
#12
Most Embarrassing Thing That Can Ever Happen
To solidify Tumblr’s reputation as queer-friendly, Sydney-based writer and photographer Jonno Revanche wrote an article for The Guardian in 2016. Here, he described the platform as his “saviour” that made him see he “wasn’t monstrous and unloveable.”
“While it may seem simple or silly, social media allowed me to express elements of myself I felt like I couldn’t in my day-to-day life,” he wrote.
#13
Pronunciation
#14
Accidentally Based
#15
What's Your Corpse To Water Ratio?
Tumblr seems to have always catered to a younger, more progressive audience. For author and DePaul University professor Allison McCracken, it became the youth’s “best option for an online ‘private’ public space.”
In a journal article she published in 2017, she credits the platform’s ability to “bring a broader range of voices” than any college classroom could. She also believes Tumblr was able to “offer developed minority representation” when the media wasn’t able to.
#16
Yeah, You’d Think They’d Be Able To Put Two And Two Together On This One
#17
Tit For Tat
StrangeOne 1 year ago
Taylor sounds like an insufferable girlfriend. I'm sure she's just as bad, if not worse, to her boyfriends and makes it hard for them to please her in strategy. Her muse is break-ups. If she doesn't have fights, falling outs, break ups, her career would be over.
Despite its reach and popularity among the younger demographic, Tumblr had its fair share of controversies. In 2018, it announced a prohibition on “adult content” after an iOS ban on the app due to child pornography issues.
In an official statement, Tumblr assured its users that it would continue to work to keep the platform a “safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community.” However, it received backlash, with affected users attacking its queer-friendly claim.
#19
Rich People And Ghosts
#20
Boring Queers
#21
[u.s.] Vocal Minority
![[u.s.] Vocal Minority](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/669dfaf9adf13_m0q034jyn6sb1-png__700.jpg "[u.s.] Vocal Minority")
VikingAbroad 1 year ago
They should be able to give a short review of the book and tell you on which page the offensive material is, and whether or not it is reoccurring in the book before being even allowed to ask for a book ban.
By the time the controversy arose, Tumblr had already spiked in value and had been sold to media giant Yahoo! for a whopping $1.1 billion in 2013. In an interview with Inc. at the time of the sale, Karp admitted he wasn’t expecting it to happen that year. However, a “remarkable opportunity” presented itself.
“This was an unbelievable opportunity to shortcut a lot of the very hard things that we’re about to be going through,” he explained.
#22
Autism Awareness
clairebear 1 year ago
Omg you can't group us. As the saying goes, If you have met one autistic person, you have met one autistic person. We present differently.
#23
😔
Cat Palmer 1 year ago
The first part happened to me: after a sudden massive decline in health I was found to be dangerously deficient in a vitamin (B12, fwiw). Sadly the "solved all my problems" bit has yet to take effect.
Tumblr remained with Yahoo! for four years before moving to Verizon Media. Two years later, in 2019, Verizon sold the platform to Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com.
This time, the price tag was far less. Reports didn’t specify the amount, but it was believed to be “well below” $20 million, a far cry from its original purchase value.
#25
Gargle My Balls, Microsoft
#26
Catholicism Patch Notes
Now, we’re shifting the attention to you, dear readers. What do you think about Tumblr as a social media platform? Where do you think it stands in comparison to TikTok and Instagram? Let’s create a discussion in the comments!
#28
True Allyship 🏳️🌈
The explanation 1 year ago
Then again, maybe if you question somebody's identity and sexuality, they'll be annoyed. Also, what if their friend was gay but hadn't come out yet? Seems a jerkish way to treat your friends
#29
A Collection Of Alternative Sayings
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
My favourite put-down remains "100 000 sperm, and *you* were the winner?"
#30
Racist, But Funny
ScarletRos 1 year ago
My son is autistic and in a special needs school and the kids are allowed to leave class and go outside if they need to.
#31
Cursed_sitcom
#32
Dumb Ways To Die
#33
Evolution
CanadianDimes 1 year ago
Evolution is reactive, not proactive. There's no goal per se, as in, a species isn't trying to evolve toward something, just trying to adapt to changing conditions so as to not die.
#34
Shaggy, The High Geologist
#35
From What I Can Tell This Hasnt Been Posted Here Yet So Here
Verena 1 year ago (edited)
It fascinates me endlessly, how in the one hand people are totally loving electronics taking over human work and free stuff on internet, and at the same time complain about not being able to find well enough paid work. Guys, we are 8 billion, not 2,5 as in 1950s happy fantasyland. These 8 billion need food, clothing, shelter and entertainment, which requires them to find well enough paid jobs. Shopping deadcheap stuff from deadcheap countries ruins your local economy and employment. By this making a few incredibly rich and you screaming hell and fire because they are rich.
#36
Forged In Fire
#37
Good Person
#38
Female
lenka 1 year ago
Unless the story involves her breasts, vagina or menstruation then adding 'female' to boss is irrelevant. Just don't. If the story involves your boss's breasts, vagina or menstruation then perhaps you should be reconsidering whether your relationship is appropriate and just not tell the story at all.
#39
I Love How Stupid The Cybertruck Is
#40
[u.s.] Confederate Surrender Day (Was Yesterday)
![[u.s.] Confederate Surrender Day (Was Yesterday)](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/669dfb745bba6_on0oyp5d73ta1-png__censored__700.jpg "[u.s.] Confederate Surrender Day (Was Yesterday)")
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
What is is the difference between Georgia and Germany? It took only one Sherman to defeat Georgia... (Just a history joke I heard recently)
#41
[marvel] A Simple But Elegant Solution
![[marvel] A Simple But Elegant Solution](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/669dffcc6358b_w435hzzqefwc1-jpeg__700.jpg "[marvel] A Simple But Elegant Solution")
Navindu Wijewardena 1 year ago
for further context: the man shown is Matt Murdock, a.k.a Daredevil (Marvel). He's blind.
#42
>greentext Form
#43
"This Country Used To Build Railroads!"
#44
Sex
Chihuahua Mama 1 year ago
*Talking to an incel* "Yes, complaining about 'females' is good, but have you tried sex"
#45
Book-Ish
Auntriarch 1 year ago
A bible, unless it's one you had in primary school but your friend wrote something really naughty in it and you didn't dare give it back when you left and told the teacher you'd lost it.
#46
Evil Ethics Board
Robert Millar 1 year ago
Just use words laser, AI, quantum and entanglement, then people will fight to give you funding.
#47
Welcome To Twitblr
#48
Try Finger, But Gun
#49
Americanized Food
Jack Burton 1 year ago
A lot of american people still think pizza and hamburger is an american invention.
#50
Supes
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
The creators of X-Men didn't plan it in the 1960s, but Magneto became a perfect analogy for israel: the victim that became worse than his tormentors, capable and guilty of greater crimes than he endured.
#52
But Chris Pratt Is One Of Them. Y'know, Generic And Famous But Milktoast Performance?
Montanavanna 1 year ago
Please tell Chris Pratt to stop voicing animated characters. He got Mario and Garfield. And let's just say they don't sound very different from each other. I miss when voices in animated movies were with iconic, perfect for the part voices rather than just big names.
#53
Science
#54
From A Small Boy To Kratos
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The explanation 1 year ago
In case you were wondering, the reason why all of these seemed so random compared to the next one is that the author just went on r/curatedtumblr and just took screenshots of random posts
JustAnotherCommenter(she/they) 1 year ago
*article says memes from tumbler* everyone: How dare they screenshot things from tumbler? I’m very picky about my titles because I’m way too bored. I hate bored panda and how repetitive it is but yet I use it everyday!
The explanation 1 year ago
In case you were wondering, the reason why all of these seemed so random compared to the next one is that the author just went on r/curatedtumblr and just took screenshots of random posts
JustAnotherCommenter(she/they) 1 year ago
*article says memes from tumbler* everyone: How dare they screenshot things from tumbler? I’m very picky about my titles because I’m way too bored. I hate bored panda and how repetitive it is but yet I use it everyday!
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