If You've Ever Wondered Why People In Hawai'i Hate Tourists, Try To Wrap Your Mind Around The Fact That

If you've ever wondered why people in Hawai'i hate tourists, try to wrap your mind around the fact that there are CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, tourists sipping martinis and looking at fish within swimming range of the fresh corpses of local people who couldn't escape the overnight destruction of their entire town.

Try to comprehend that there are fully functional, high capacity boats passing through the waters in front of an area full of survivors who are stranded and in need of supplies, refusing to help. They are hosting snorkeling tours.

Really think about, try your best to actually picture over two thousand people unhoused and in need of shelter, with nothing but the clothes on their backs and nothing to return to. Understand that the island, stolen land, is littered with hotels full of air conditioned of rooms with beds and showers and toilets, each fully equipped to host hundreds of families for weeks, turning these people away because they're booked up with tourists who refuse to leave.

And understand that these tourists were offered free transport to return home or be hosted on other islands. Free. Courtesy of local tax dollars. 4,000 wealthy tourists were offered free flights shelter on Oahu and begged to leave the island, BEFORE the survivors were given shelter.

And enough still insisted on remaining and carrying out their vacations that people are left without shelter and resources while they enjoy "their stay in paradise".

[Edit]: This current situation, and this type of tourist behavior is horrifying beyond words. In other circumstances, the tourism situation is much more complicated, and I need to ask that people do not add on to this post unless they are local.

Mutant Abilities at Work

(Note: typing in-character as Gio here.)

Being mutated by an oozesquito was painful and weird, especially at first, but it isn't all bad. It gave me some cool powers, including...

Uncanny navigational instincts

Enhanced low-frequency hearing

Increased swimming speed

Enhanced underwater eyesight

Of course, this is kind of a best-case scenario. You could get unlucky and wind up like the imitation crab pizza delivery guy. But I'd say it worked out pretty well for me. :)

Based on some reblogs, it looks like Andy's just going to start posting Rise stuff again.

Welp. :/

Let's keep trying, though!

I’m starting to think that Andy Suriano wants Rise back as much as we do…

Guys, if you want to take another proactive step to make this dream into a reality, go to this post and add your reasons why Rise matters to you in the google doc made by our lovely ally @seasaltcosmos

tumblr staff have...

allowed false flags of 100% sfw posts made by transfem users (and blacklisted trans-adjacent tags)

taken away basic accessibility features in an effort to tiktok-ify tumblr

pushed tumblr live, a feature users actively dislike which is mostly unused and overrun by spambots, that also collects all of your data

allowed ads that can literally kill people via flashing / strobing lights, even if the person had it filtered, despite user complaints, with the ceo even saying people with epilepsy should "just buy ad free" in response to concern over potential death or serious injury from such ads

STOP GIVING THEM MONEY! stop trying to make crab day or whatever else happen. paying for stuff from the shop is rewarding them for ignoring the userbase continuously and doing things the majority don't want, even if the things they're doing and allowing can cause actual deaths. staff shouldn't be praised and get profit for ignoring their users in exchange for trying to turn tumblr into twitter 2 ft. tiktok. at this point i don't even care for "staff are people 🥺 be nice" arguments, because even when people are being very polite in feedback, they're perfectly fine ignoring it in exchange for implementing changes nobody wants or asked for, all because new users may like it more (and forget anyone who's used the site for years, apparently).

leave bad reviews. don't buy things from the shop. send feedback, even if they never reply. email them and @ the staff, send asks to the wip blog. don't just blindly buy into "we need to support the site, buy xyz shop product", they don't deserve more money for giving a worse product.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO MY HEART!!! Why are you all so good at giving me the feels?! 😭

I don't think the poor boy could handle knowing that he lost his spot as "Best Hugger." BEGINNING || PREVIOUS || NEXT (SOON) MASTER POST

It is late and I am sleepy but wanted to finally get this out! Thank you all for your patience! I love drawing flashbacks with all the boys!

Incorrect Quotes Shenanigans: Special IRL Conversation Edition

Donnie: Ugh, I'm having literal nightmares about these kids... Maybe Afton was right.

April: Donnie, breathe. Think, "What would Dr. Delicate Touch do?"

Mikey: April, no--

Donnie: He'd take the tennis ball attachment on my battle shell and use it to blast the kids away.

Mikey: Okaaaaaaaay, let's bring out Dr. Positive instead!