@aph-japan / aph-japan.tumblr.com
will never get over the fact that we can love people despite there being countries between us. we can miss people we’ve never seen in person. we can connect and bond over hundreds of things without ever needing to be in each others physical presence. we can have half the globe between us and love never falters.
”IRL”? this is real life. you’re just talking to me from computer. i’m on the same planet as you. perhaps one day i will pull you from a burning building
Important reminder: Everyone on the internet is a real person.
Go read this. It’s really important.
Be kind to one another.
”IRL”? this is real life. you’re just talking to me from computer. i’m on the same planet as you. perhaps one day i will pull you from a burning building
Have you met any tumblr friends in person?
If you are, you are a great cosplayer.
End of story
gentle reminder sick and disabled people still cant go outside and havent had a normal life in over 2 years now and seemingly wont be able to go outside do their groceries, go to events and meet w friends in any foreseeable future. like at all. like not “if we’re all vaxxed its fine”. like not “if im masked up w an ffp2 its fine”. idk think about it
While I know I can’t actually convince people to not use the “r*tard” in any context, I would like to say that there’s no actual reason to use it given how many other words there are for “to slow/stop”
delay, slow down, slow up, hold back, hold up, set back, postpone, put back, detain, decelerate, hinder, hamper, obstruct, inhibit, impede,check, restrain, restrict.
There’s no reason to use it so like why use a word that makes an entire group of people be in definitely emotional pain and may even result in physical pain?
you have GOT to start acting like people online are also people
I get that its useful to refer to online spaces vs real life spaces, but fun fact, online is actually real life. Those are real people your talking to, who are going about their lives with families and jobs and obligations and commitments and opinions who happened to tap a keyboard a few times in your general direction.
I know there’s this myth that getting harassed online is supposed to be less traumatizing than getting harassed irl, but like. no, it isn’t.
a lot of times the safe spaces we carve out for ourselves occur online (especially common for queer & neurodiverse folks). for many of us, it becomes one of our few options to socialize in a way that feels safe and good. that space becomes as special and intimate as any physical community.
and when that space gets violated by trolls, by bullies, or just by confused and frustrated people who are encouraged to attack first and check facts later–these acts are not inherently less violent or traumatizing than things that occur in our “real” lives. when we are part of a community, and we are attacked by members of that community–that is a harrowing experience, in any form.
If it would be inappropriate or rude to treat a stranger a certain way offline, it’s still inappropriate or rude to treat them that way online.
Online life is real life. The people you speak to online are real, the things you say to them are real, their feelings about those things are real, the rules of basic respect and common decency are the same. If you would never in a million years consider treating a person “in real life” a certain way because you know that that behavior is wrong and uncalled for, then it’s no more acceptable to treat someone that way online either.
