If you were pretty online between 2013 and 2018, first of all, I’m sorry, second of all, you are most likely familiar with the somewhat hard-to-define sire called Tumblr. Part interactive blog, a repository for creative works, and a safe haven for fandoms, its influence can still be felt across various internet spaces to this day.
“The Worst of Tumblr” Facebook page actually goes above and beyond its name and shares hilarious and random posts as well. Below you will find a collection that should be entertaining and a bit unhinged, regardless of your taste, so remember to upvote your favorites as you scroll through and comment your thoughts below.
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Part of the appeal of Tumblr was its key differences with other social media. Instead of focusing on the individual person, the focus revolved around fandoms, art, memes, and discussions. One’s personality plays a part in what one creates, but the anonymity did allow for more freeform content.
It’s not surprising that many artists, actors, and musicians all had Tumblr accounts at some point, before, during, and after fame. Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and even Ryan Reynolds have and perhaps still are allegedly Tumblr users. While one does not have to stay anonymous on Tumblr, it no doubt adds to the appeal.
this is so wholesome <3 strangers helping strangers, i have faith in the world
While still quite popular, or at least recognizable, Tumblr is still a pretty niche platform compared to giants like Twitter or Facebook. While this might mean less revenue for its owners, the flip side is more focused content and a more consistent demographic. The vast majority of its users were teens and college students, with at least half of its active user base being younger than 25.
Unlike many other social networking sites, Tumblr users are surprisingly prolific, as many do make their own content. In 2019, there would be over 21 million posts made a day, despite only approximately 30 million active users at that time. Compared to Facebook or Instagram, where the majority of users almost never post anything, it’s still a vibrant community, if somewhat reduced over the last few years.
"How could you leave me? Every day there has been a very persistent burglar here looking for me. Luckily I am good at hiding."
This reduction in content and usage came about in 2018 when adult content was banned in an attempt to make the platform more marketable. This, predictably, backfired, as more adult-style content was quite popular. The anonymity and relative freedom of content originally made Tumblr a haven for people exploring their sexuality and researching others’ experiences.
While many assume that the rapid reduction in usage following the adult content ban indicated that much of Tumblr content was not for children, statistically, only approximately 22% of its traffic was specifically for this sort of content. Many left the platform in protest, not so much because they needed it for adult content, but because they did not like the direction it was going.
Man I’d be ROLLING lmao I have to remember this for when my sister turns 32
My brother once wrote a story where a scientist made a potion that turned things back to their original state, but spilled it. The paper on his desk (and the desk itself) turned to trees, the plastic into dinosaurs, the metal into ore, carpet into sheep and plants etc. All very detailed. And then, because he was a little boy and liked gruesome things, went into just as much detail about how the dinosaurs ate the scientist.
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Reminds me of something I did when I was younger. My teacher treated us all like babies. We spent an entire class having her teach us how to use read and write for google chrome. She SHARED HER SCREEN to show us how to INSTALL it. Even did it twice in case one of us missed how to find the search bar. So every Tuesday we had a writing prompt and I got sick of it. “Today seemed like the perfect day until…” and she was obviously expecting us to say something about our boots getting muddy when it rained, which is actually something someone did. I wrote a description of the earth opening up and basically killing someone very graphically. When she asked who wanted to share, I did, and she just stared at the screen for like a minute saying nothing. She stopped treating me like a baby after that.
I can finally be proud of the fact that I had to visit the school psychologist because of creative writing. Then I realized to reduce the volume of creativity and write boring stories. As a teenager, my new teacher was more excited than worried and encouraged me to write more.
Same. I had to go to the school counselor and prove that I wasn’t suicidal even though my writing was about someone killing themselves in graphic detail
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Extraordinary imagination for a kid in elementary school. Definitely not your run of the mill intellect. That kid has a bright future ahead of them, as long as no one tries to make them conform and be like the rest of the unimaginative drones so many schools try to create. The outliers, the eccentric, the non-conformists—-all in positive and harmless ways, of course—-are the only people who give life color and a kind of glamor. Let’s enjoy them, not suppress them.
I hate the education system in the US for this reason. School should be a place where you're allowed and encouraged to figure out what you're good at and who you are. Instead they try to cram all kids into the same box and wonder why they aren't all successful. Curriculum is based off end of year testing and making sure everybody does well so the school itself gets a good score, rather than where the child is and how can we help them learn their path. Heaven help you if you're neurodivergent or have special needs. We are not all the same, we have different interests and things we're naturally good at, and that should be fostered. It's infuriating. I wish I had the money for private schools or Montessori style schools, instead my teen's at a charter school and my toddler will be too.
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This had me rolling on the floor laughing. When My youngest daughter was 7\8 6are old she was doing classes for her first holy communion. One of the questions on a work sheet asked what their favourite part of church was and her reply was the MacDonald 's breakfast afer, I have never been Notre humiliated in my life.
Not all students are polite little puppets, but it’s the ‘unique’ ones who have extensive imaginations. The majority can’t ‘think outside the box’ simply ‘cause they don’t even know there’s a box.
I wrote a story about a serial killer who turned his victims into dolls before hiding them in fresh graves. That was my sophomore year of highschool.
I wrote a poem about Santa and his reindeer dangling and twitching from the power lines. My teacher submitted it to a national contest thing and I won. - Something about "Who is Father Christmas REALLY?" Then something about drinking and driving. - I legitimately wrote it to be a jerk, protesting the lack of creativity for the assignment. The deepest thought there was "If I have to write another stupid Christmas poem this year I'm going to scream.".. and sure enough..
Creative writing class was actually the first time I was asked whether I was schizophrenic, easily three decades before my diagnosis. Tiny piece of me wishes I still had the work, would be interesting to see how my mind worked back then
I loved primary school creative writing. I connected all my stories together and would bring back recurring characters to make a while [word for cinematic but for reading] universe
That’s like when my mom recently asked what my next book is going to be a about and I gave her a description of every horribly violent thing that was going to happen 😭
I used to write stuff to scare the teachers, too. I turned out normalish. No heads in my basement.
Perhaps she should have been a bit more specific. Makes perfect sense to me
I loved my creative writing class when I was in school. The only problem is that although they were "well written" it was all pretty dark and had humor to match. Well the school actually called my Mom in for a parent/teacher conference because they wanted to make sure that everything was alright at home. My Mom was not amused by the teacher and let her know about it. Of course this was in the early 90's so the school viewed those of us that were "different" as something to be afraid of.
One time i wrote a short story on someone being executed after multiple years of death row... i was 12 i wonder what my teacher thought
In all fairness, at first, I thought the ABA music form meant using soundtracks that started with the letter A, then ones that started with the letter B, and then ones that started with A again. Weirdly, even though I only realized what it actually meant halfway through, I managed to make it work.
Yeah, I once had to write an essay and rewrote the entire Raiders of The Lost Arc as a comic book.
We plagiarized a lot of rap songs and made the teacher cry. Thanks Scarface, Tupac, Biggie!
Yeah, I loved the Lord of the Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, and Star Trek as a kid (still do), and almost forty years later I still remember my 5th grade teacher making me feel dumb for only ever wanting to write fantasy stories.
Video games don’t help me “relax,” they have me screaming “yessss YESSSS” at the screen like Gollum when he gets the Ring. Get it right, EnochPowell. 🙄
My BFF from HS lives over an hour away (more if there is traffic-Houston). When my kids were little, she always came to my house to visit. She married later in life and had 1 kid. Now I try to go visit her when her schedule allows. And that's why we've been BFFs for 42 years and counting.
I would have backed up a few feet and braked hard. Door slams shut. Boss comeback.
Puss in Boots got a weird translation here, the dog is called Perrito and every time they say his name the subtitle goes "Speaking Spanish", like it is his NAME you dont have to translate it!
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Well this wasn't Tumblr, like what, 5% was? Nevertheless entertaining I guess.
Those are screenshots from Twitter posted on Tumblr. But it gets even better. Boredpanda copied them from a Facebook group called "The worst of Tumblr".
Load More Replies... I clicked on this hoping to see some tumblr shenanigans (which I miss) but turns out this is mostly about Twitter :(
About four-ish were actually from Tumblr. The rest not. Its terrible.
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Calling for a proofreader: If you were pretty online between 2013 and 2018, first of all, I’m sorry, second of all, you are most likely familiar with the somewhat hard-to-define sire called Tumblr. Really, guys, the very first sentence?!
This post makes me so angry. It's mostly Twitter and other platforms. Hardly anything from Tumblr. How lazy can you get? If these images are from that Fb group, that group should change their name. BP needs to do a better job about topics to write about. Don't choose some Fb group and then show content that has nothing to do with the topic.
Well this wasn't Tumblr, like what, 5% was? Nevertheless entertaining I guess.
Those are screenshots from Twitter posted on Tumblr. But it gets even better. Boredpanda copied them from a Facebook group called "The worst of Tumblr".
Load More Replies... I clicked on this hoping to see some tumblr shenanigans (which I miss) but turns out this is mostly about Twitter :(
About four-ish were actually from Tumblr. The rest not. Its terrible.
Load More Replies... Calling for a proofreader: If you were pretty online between 2013 and 2018, first of all, I’m sorry, second of all, you are most likely familiar with the somewhat hard-to-define sire called Tumblr. Really, guys, the very first sentence?!
This post makes me so angry. It's mostly Twitter and other platforms. Hardly anything from Tumblr. How lazy can you get? If these images are from that Fb group, that group should change their name. BP needs to do a better job about topics to write about. Don't choose some Fb group and then show content that has nothing to do with the topic.
