Vent Thread

@Moons  
About the only thing I can think of would be to stealthily probe applicants. Do something to lightly nudge conversation in the direction of current events and see what they say. If you get something like “defund the police” or “punch nazis” or what have you, you know to move on. If you get a more reasonable response then maybe you have something.
 
Also I got the biggest sense of deju vu typing that just now. I hate when that happens. Fucking weird.

I cannot sleep… Why now?

I’m tired. So very tired. This whole crap that’s been going on over at Derpi has been eating away at me. Which… shouldn’t be happening because it’s a freaking art site. Why should I care when all I do is favorite art I like?
 
I’m not going to get into it here because… well, everyone knows. Everyone’s trying to pin the blame on someone, looking for some kind of boogeyman. But if you ask me? This whole mess has gotten out of hand. Because blacklisting tags is a thing. You can just block the image you think is offensive and then that’s that! I just had to block a tag when I first signed up a few minutes ago! No big loss!
 
I mean, when there are TWO DISTINCT DNP threads, one that’s anti-Nazi and the other anti-censorship, I don’t think there’s a clear winner! It’s a moral panic that’s completely derailed and it’s going to kill a site that I’ve spent literally years on and now I’m sared of having to start all over again, on another booru that, admittedly, is still in beta.
 
I braved my fair share of shitstorms. I was around when Tumblr threw a hissy fit over Molestia. I was there when the fandom collectively shit a brick over Twilicorn. I was there for all of it. But this bullshit? This broke me. This absolutely broke me.
 
What the fuck is happening? The show is over. It’s been over. Why are we just now panicking over this bullshit that, years ago, we figured out how to just block it out? I feel like my whole damn world is at risk…

@Gr4veM1nd  
Trust me, I have more reasons to dislike Derpi than just… This whole fiasco.
 
I am happy to see a new site try and come out.

@Zaknel  
It’s a positive to take away from all of this. Finally Derpibooru has a bit of competition. Plus, you might even meet more new people here!

@Zaknel  
Yeah… let’s hope this one can learn from that one’s mistakes. I mean, if Derpi could learn from the original Ponibooru (god, remember that one?), then maybe this one will be even better. I don’t know who runs this site, but I sure hope they’re prepared. Lot of people are about to be without a home, artists and regular site-goers.

I’d like to import my faves from Derpibooru over to here but I’m not really sure what the protocol or etiquette for that is. Never uploaded an image before.
 
As long as I cite the source it should be fine right?

@Anonymous #139C  
I’d like that too. I haven’t figured out how to best go about that either.

@Anonymous #139C  
I need to remember to log in before I post.

@Gr4veM1nd  

 
Because they’re desperate to find more boogeymen to attack. They’ve ran out of legit things to complain about (that they know about, because generally they’re too stupid or tribal to tackle actual problems) so they’ll just make shit up.
 
Doesn’t help that basically nobody has a life right now, so it’s all the more free time to be a miserable piece of shit.

I read the shit mods said about me in those logs… Y’know, it was exciting. Laughing my ass off and all.
 
But uh… It isn’t funny anymore. I’m pissed.

@Anonymous #139C
 
Make sure you check the DNP list before uploading.

@Anonymous #139C  
@Gr4veM1nd  
I doubt it. It might be possible if the image numbers matched up between sites but they don’t.

I wanna commission something just to upload it here and give the site something.

@Zaknel  
I kinda want to commission something but I’m kinda low on autismbux right now. Plus it would just be some really weird fetishy thing.

@Mitchy  
Well now you have to do it.

@Moons  
Yeah. There’s that. It just blows my mind that this is all happening right now, when the show is well and truly over, and the fandom has for the most part moved on.
 
Christ, I remember when shit like Aryanne was making the rounds. We didn’t all collectively clutch our pearls and gasp and go, “HoW cOuLd SoMeOnE mAkE sOmEtHiNg sO oFfEnSiVe!!!!” You wanna know what we did?
 
We laughed. We laughed at it. Because of course some shit-for-brains edgelord would make a Nazi ponysona. So we rolled our eyes. That was the attitude back then. Because if you make a joke out of something, even if it’s something as horrible and offensive and evil as Nazism, you take the teeth out of it. You declaw it. Suddenly, it’s not so scary. You giggle at the ghostie.
 
Now three guesses where THAT particular nugget came from. Here’s a hint. She’s the pink one.

@Gr4veM1nd  
Reeeee silence is violence  
just kidding of course

@Crazieman  
Yes… my silence is clearly equal in force to a punch in the face…
 
It’s okay. I love you too.

I remain convinced at some point I stepped into an alternate reality where weird shit happens constantly and for some reason people take it seriously.

@Dex Stewart  
I’ve been that way since 2016. I feel like the past four years have been some kind of weird fever dream I’ll never wake up from.

@Dex Stewart  
God, but that would explain so much. I just… I don’t recognize the world around me. And it’s about 30 years too soon for me to feel that way.

@Gr4veM1nd  
My whole life has been that.

i just want to enjoy things
 

@Moons  
So do I, but 2020 has not been a good year for, really, anything so far.