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A tumblr post by staff on oct 15, 2013. It says “for april fools we’re deleting this entire site sayonara you weeaboo shits”

  • mossy_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    2 days ago

    for those of you who don’t appreciate real culture, ‘sayonara’ means ‘goodbye’

  • IndiBrony@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    I’ve just looked at Tumblr again after many years away. What the hell is with the 10 million blue ticks?

    • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      When Elon bought Twitter he changed the verification system which used to be for public personalities to be trusted into a paid tier. So suddenly you could have a blue check mark by your name just like Rhianna, AOC, or any of your other favorite celebs for $10/month. Tumblr responded by selling rainbow checkmarks to anyone for $2.50 and so a lot of people sarcastically bought and gifted them to other people to make fun of Twitter. Ultimately they’re meaningless