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adriofthedead:

Okay, can I just say something? Because this is something that’s been bothering me for quite a while.

The way this image is worded really bothers me. Now, if it said ‘reblog if you appreciate your followers’, then I’d have no issue, but the fact that they had to throw ‘Tumblr famous’ into the equation is just stupid. So I guess because I have THIS MANY followers as opposed to THAT MANY followers, I’m not allowed to appreciate them.

I want to make it known that I really… really, really… really HATE… this whole “internet popularity” mindset. Like. I really fucking hate it. I hate what it does to people and I hate the stigma that comes with it.

Yes, I have a pretty decent amount of follwers, and, yes, a lot of what I post gets a fair amount of attention. And yes, some people have gotten legitimately angry at me because of this fact. People have gotten legitimately angry at me over something that I basically have little to no control over, as if by some magical force, I willed or brainwashed a bunch of internet people into liking me. Really, the only thing I’ve done, and the only thing I will continue to do, is post shit I like. That’s it. I post shit I like, people like the shit I post. That’s really all there is to it. It’s no big fucking secret.

I’m not sure exactly where it’s written that “popular” is a four-letter word and you have to have X amount of internet followers in order to be a Certified Asshole on The Internet™, but obviously it’s some sort of unwritten rule around here. WELL, let it be known that I’ve been an asshole for far longer than I’ve been using the internet, so some random, arbitrary number isn’t going to decide that for me. Just because x amount of people like the shit I post on the internet, it is not a reflection of myself or my character.

This isn’t aimed at anyone in particular, but, for those of you who keep striving for that golden promised land of Internet Popularity, dreaming and hoping that one day, you, too, will be coddled and adored and continually showered with love and praise and notes and lovey-dovey messages, you’re in for some serious disappointment.

Yeah, the attention is nice, but with good attention also comes bad attention. People will throw a shit-fit at you because you have THIS MANY more followers and notes than THEY do, people that you’ve never even met, seen or were even remotely aware of before will approach you out of nowhere and berate you for not talking to them, others will talk amongst themselves about how much of a BIG ELITIST PIECE OF SHIT YOU ARE and how you’re only this or that because how many followers you have, and how you don’t deserve having this or that, etc. etc. etc.

Why? I have no idea. I chalk it up to them having absolutely nothing better to do.

It may sound like I’m exaggerating, but I’m not. It doesn’t happen to me ALL the time, but it does happen. And yes, it sucks. It sucks knowing that there are people out there who legitimately dislike you over something as idiotic as a number. And there’s really nothing I can do about it.

Maybe I’m just having a really sensitive day or something (and I’m almost positive that I’ll be on the receiving end of large amounts of flak and people telling me to stop whining), but I’m really kind of sick and tired of my Tumblr popularity being treated as if it’s some sort of intimidating superpower or a badge of honor or a Get Out of Jail Free card or an excuse to treat me or anybody else as someone other than who they really are. I’ve seen people, some whom I’ve come to call my friends, do this, and it’s kind of disheartening.

That’s all I really have to say about that. I’ll shut up and go back to posting pictures of burgers now.

Not Reblogging for picture, Reblogging for amazing rant UNDER picture.

(Source: lastsprout)