Woxing and Moxing

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
gamercock
merrilark

.......why is tumblr desktop laid out like twitter now.

merrilark

ah.

  • the font on the dropdown menus on the left are hard to read and eye-strainy
  • clicking "activity" gives you a dropdown menu first instead of taking you to the actual page
  • tag search seems slower...? (could be my bad internet though)
  • it's honestly less "comfortable" imo to navigate when everything isn't naturally on the upper right
  • oh this is so cluttered. i miss having empty blue space on the left; this feels... loud and annoying.
  • if i wanted to use twitter or facebook, i would use twitter or facebook. but i'm using tumblr.

tumblr, i've complained a lot about many of your changes over the years, but blatantly reskinning yourself as twitter is maybe the worst ones right next to the beta editor.

why are we changing for the new users? this website isn't hard to learn. it's charm lies in not being like every other social media website.

gamercock
inneskeeper

"I don't like the Jack Harkness test because it means it's okay to fuck Scooby Doo"

yes that's the entire damn point of the Harkness test. The Harkness Test doesn't exist to say you have to fuck Scooby Doo. The Harkness Test exists to say that it is morally/ethically fine for someone to want to fuck Scooby Doo, because Scooby Doo can give informed consent and communicate as such.

the reason you don't like it is because none of you are self-aware enough to realize how incredibly fucking puritan all of you are when it comes to fucking

sethprotector

Tumblr being free is humanity's greatest error.

inneskeeper

Then pay me 20$ if you feel so strongly about it

inneskeeper

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Tumblr is a free website where I am paid $20

inneskeeper

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Hey tagger are you aware of the existence of any IRL dogs who speak fluent English and solve mysteries? Just curious.

ninjacat64

I’m pretty sure the Harkness test is intended for monsters/aliens, not sapient animals.

just a thought.

inneskeeper

You are fundamentally incorrect, it is intended for fictional scenarios which could not happen in real life. It is the kink equivalent of The Bechdel Test. It is proposing the absolute minimum of what is needed to ensure that the kink is #nonproblematic: Is it old enough to grant informed consent, and does it have the capability to communicate that informed consent clearly to its partners? If it fits both of these criteria, it passes the JHT and is ethically fine, though thinking it's gross or not liking it is still totally fine--it isn't saying "It's ethical so therefore you're a bad person if you dislike it. It is saying It's ethical and so therefore you should not base your disliking it in the framework of morality and ethics.

Basing your disgust of sexual fetishes and kinks in morality is fundamentally a Puritan concept: It creates the idea of wrongsex, and it justifies a framework of punishment due to perceived moral high ground. It says "You are a better person than someone who wants to fuck Scooby Doo for whatever reason, because that person is inherently morally disgusting for wanting that".

Basing your disgust of sexual fetishes and kinks in a personal dislike is fundamentally the correct ethical response: "I am not a better person for not wanting to fuck Scooby Doo for whatever reason, and someone else would not be a bad person if they wanted to fuck Scooby Doo for whatever reason".

You say that it isn't for "sapient animals", and I fully agree! Regular degular nonhuman animals cannot give an informed consent to us, be it through body language or power dynamics baked into the species difference! There's also the fundamental question of "Is this body language clear because of informed consent or because of biological nature", which is always "No, if it cannot not want to consent, it is your responsibility to ensure that its boundaries are not crossed while it holds impaired judgement".

But Scooby Doo isn't a sapient animal. Scooby Doo is a fully grown Great Dane, yes, but he speaks fluent-if-accented conversational English. He's also clearly intelligent enough to use that ability to solve criminal investigations, which gives him the ability to offer that consent in a clearly communicated way, ie human language.

That's it. I don't wanna fuck Scooby Doo. I think the concept itself is innately hilarious, because of all the things you think are sexy, you landed on the cartoon mystery-solver dog. And I chose him for this example of what passing the Harkness Test can look like explicitly because he was the most incendiary take I could think of. He is an emblem of "Just because you hate it doesn't make it immoral" in this context. It forces you to confront the possibility that you hate certain kinks because you think you have a moral high ground, and why that morality-based justification is completely false and ethically unsound. But it lets you keep your own personal boundaries--something passing the Harkness test doesn't require your approval or even your neutrality. You can totally loathe it. But you have to loathe it the same way you loathe a type of food: There is no good or bad involved. It's just not for you.

gamercock
merrilark

.......why is tumblr desktop laid out like twitter now.

merrilark

ah.

  • the font on the dropdown menus on the left are hard to read and eye-strainy
  • clicking "activity" gives you a dropdown menu first instead of taking you to the actual page
  • tag search seems slower...? (could be my bad internet though)
  • it's honestly less "comfortable" imo to navigate when everything isn't naturally on the upper right
  • oh this is so cluttered. i miss having empty blue space on the left; this feels... loud and annoying.
  • if i wanted to use twitter or facebook, i would use twitter or facebook. but i'm using tumblr.

tumblr, i've complained a lot about many of your changes over the years, but blatantly reskinning yourself as twitter is maybe the worst ones right next to the beta editor.

why are we changing for the new users? this website isn't hard to learn. it's charm lies in not being like every other social media website.

gamercock
shortmexicangirl

'can i copy your homework?'

'yeah just don't make it obvious'

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what-breaks-my-heart

Reminder that this is an experiment as per their official announcement (screenshot below).

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Since this is an experiment, give your feedback to staff!

And remember to be specific on how this new navigation layout they are experimenting with is not working for you; hating it is one thing, but usability on different devices with different screen orientations, operating system, etc., would be much more impactful and meaningful.

gamercock
inneskeeper

"I don't like the Jack Harkness test because it means it's okay to fuck Scooby Doo"

yes that's the entire damn point of the Harkness test. The Harkness Test doesn't exist to say you have to fuck Scooby Doo. The Harkness Test exists to say that it is morally/ethically fine for someone to want to fuck Scooby Doo, because Scooby Doo can give informed consent and communicate as such.

the reason you don't like it is because none of you are self-aware enough to realize how incredibly fucking puritan all of you are when it comes to fucking

sethprotector

Tumblr being free is humanity's greatest error.

inneskeeper

Then pay me 20$ if you feel so strongly about it

inneskeeper

image

Tumblr is a free website where I am paid $20

inneskeeper

image

Hey tagger are you aware of the existence of any IRL dogs who speak fluent English and solve mysteries? Just curious.

ninjacat64

I’m pretty sure the Harkness test is intended for monsters/aliens, not sapient animals.

just a thought.

inneskeeper

You are fundamentally incorrect, it is intended for fictional scenarios which could not happen in real life. It is the kink equivalent of The Bechdel Test. It is proposing the absolute minimum of what is needed to ensure that the kink is #nonproblematic: Is it old enough to grant informed consent, and does it have the capability to communicate that informed consent clearly to its partners? If it fits both of these criteria, it passes the JHT and is ethically fine, though thinking it's gross or not liking it is still totally fine--it isn't saying "It's ethical so therefore you're a bad person if you dislike it. It is saying It's ethical and so therefore you should not base your disliking it in the framework of morality and ethics.

Basing your disgust of sexual fetishes and kinks in morality is fundamentally a Puritan concept: It creates the idea of wrongsex, and it justifies a framework of punishment due to perceived moral high ground. It says "You are a better person than someone who wants to fuck Scooby Doo for whatever reason, because that person is inherently morally disgusting for wanting that".

Basing your disgust of sexual fetishes and kinks in a personal dislike is fundamentally the correct ethical response: "I am not a better person for not wanting to fuck Scooby Doo for whatever reason, and someone else would not be a bad person if they wanted to fuck Scooby Doo for whatever reason".

You say that it isn't for "sapient animals", and I fully agree! Regular degular nonhuman animals cannot give an informed consent to us, be it through body language or power dynamics baked into the species difference! There's also the fundamental question of "Is this body language clear because of informed consent or because of biological nature", which is always "No, if it cannot not want to consent, it is your responsibility to ensure that its boundaries are not crossed while it holds impaired judgement".

But Scooby Doo isn't a sapient animal. Scooby Doo is a fully grown Great Dane, yes, but he speaks fluent-if-accented conversational English. He's also clearly intelligent enough to use that ability to solve criminal investigations, which gives him the ability to offer that consent in a clearly communicated way, ie human language.

That's it. I don't wanna fuck Scooby Doo. I think the concept itself is innately hilarious, because of all the things you think are sexy, you landed on the cartoon mystery-solver dog. And I chose him for this example of what passing the Harkness Test can look like explicitly because he was the most incendiary take I could think of. He is an emblem of "Just because you hate it doesn't make it immoral" in this context. It forces you to confront the possibility that you hate certain kinks because you think you have a moral high ground, and why that morality-based justification is completely false and ethically unsound. But it lets you keep your own personal boundaries--something passing the Harkness test doesn't require your approval or even your neutrality. You can totally loathe it. But you have to loathe it the same way you loathe a type of food: There is no good or bad involved. It's just not for you.