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You Either Die A Hero Or Stay On Tumblr Long Enou

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Long live the Bryan Denton Worshippers

i'm founding a new school of media criticism which i've decided to call Bitism. the Bitist school of literary analysis asks a simple question: is this work committed to the bit?

you see, any work of fiction is either committed to the bit or it's not. the worst thing a piece of media can be is ashamed of its own premise, of the genre it in habits, of the tropes and aesthetics we expect from it. to be committed to the bit does not inherently make it good, but it makes it more worthy of respect than those which are not.

also, that's not to say that a story cannot parody or criticize the genre it inhabits or mimics. we can discuss the bit, we can deconstruct the bit, we can ask ourselves whether or not it's a good bit, but to commit to it first will strengthen these discussions, not detract from them. commitment to the bit is, after all, the first step to genuine sincerity. and sincerity will exalt and elevate parody such that it can stand on its own feet.

commitment to the bit turns melodrama into camp, elevates parody to biting commentary, and allows cringe to open up into a resonant, if unpolished, expression of true emotion.

fully expect bitism to take the literary world by storm sometime in the next few years.

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ictsgn

joe biden’s resumé, in order of importance:

  1. caused fall out boy
  2. 46th president of the united states of america

the first time i ever heard about biden “causing” fob was in a tik tok and for some reason my immediate thought was that mr joseph biden himself told these motherfuckers to start a band, pep talk and everything. and then my second thought was maybe he had some connection with a record label, and called them up like “yeah, man, got this great band, great group of kids”

it never crossed my mind that pete wentz’s parents met at a fucking biden campaign

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tigerteeff

and it continues btw

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aloxthefox

Joe Biden being responsible for the formation of IDKhow was not something I was prepared to encounter today

Seeing Era-Defining KPOP sensation SHINee on a post about Joe Biden being directly responsible for the formation of Fall Out Boy was not something I expected to see today

Have some Pushing Daisies fanart! (full blame goes to @wurzelbertzwerg for introducing me to this awesome show ;)

I really like the style of the show and thought it would be awesome to combine it with another unique art style I love, namely that of Coles Phillips!

Specifically, I modelled this after Coles Phillips's illustration "Forward and Back", which, funnily enough, is one of his covers for 'Life' magazine 😉(you can check out Phillips's illustration under the cut):

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superchat

staff changing dashboard again i think, all pfps are removed unless its an original post, which then it appears INSIDE the post :|

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superchat

can you stop.

like if its a reblog, theres just no PFP. at all. why.

how the hell am i supposed to know who anyone is?!?!  

i don’t remember names.

you are all your avitar to me.

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superchat

Hey! so i just found out that the creator behind the dashboard-unfucker (@/dragongirlsnout) updated their script to fix the icon change!

If ppl could try to spread this around so others see it, thatd be appreciated