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Nice article about the old internet.
A concept I thought of one random day for a webcomic
if the Internet had sentient things living in it, who would they be?
The answer? Stereotypical anime girls that aren’t girls and hate their job.
Meet the malware sensors, they have to go through every single website ever made to ensure no malware is within it!
Every. Single. Website.
And it seems like poor Tera Bytes happens to have the worst luck with the websites they have to check…
But never fear, Tera isn’t alone! With their awesome, definitely not an asshole at all Frutiger aero orb Sorby, they can defeat any malware!
..even a really hot lesbian malware that wants to fuck Tera..
Nevermind that. Here’s some shitty sketches I did tonight of them!
This webcomic will serve as both a dark humor (real dark humor, not just saying “r*pe!” And expecting people to laugh.) story to settle down and read weekly, AND an actually accurate story about Internet history, what happened when the USA tried to censor the internet, and just what it was like to be there in the early 2000s!
It would be a crime to not reblog this
Are fedoras really that bad?
YES YES THEY ARE
Happy Birthday Ao3!!
Happy birthday to AO3 🎂🎉
Study up, this WILL be on the test
ATTENTION ALL OF TUMBLR!
THIS IS AN URGENT MESSAGE.
IN 2014, IN SCHAUMBURG , ILLINOIS, USA
THERE
WILL
BE
A
TUMBLR CONVENTION!!!
THESE ARE THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN
SIGNAL BOOST THIS GUYS
I WANNA SEE EVERYONE THERE!!
Whenever I read the Harry Potter books, I get angry when Ron and Harry are complaining about how much homework they have.
YOU ARE DOING MAGIC HOMEWORK FOR YOUR MAGIC CLASSES AT YOUR MAGIC SCHOOL WITH YOUR MAGIC FRIENDS.
I WOULD GLADLY TRADE PLACES WITH YOU. WANNA DO MY MUGGLE HOMEWORK?
STOP COMPLAINING.
#if i went to fucking hogwarts i would wake up at six in the morning every damn day and be like I’M GOING TO DO MY HOMEWORK NOW
When you think about it, this explains Hermione.
reblog if your name isn't Amanda.
2,121,566 people are not Amanda and counting!
We’ll find you Amanda.
Fan art I drew of miku binder jefferson dying in a glue trap
Happy birthday to AO3 🎂🎉
in the latest cyber-news: the internet archive has lost their case against 4 major publishing houses (verge article). they’re going to appeal, but this is still a bad outcome. the fate of the internet is currently hanging in the balance because 4 multibillionare publishing groups missed out on like $15 of combined revenue during the pandemic because of the archive’s online library service. it’s so fucking stupid.
for those who don’t know what the internet archive is, it’s a virtual library full of media. books, magazines, recordings, visuals, flash games, websites - a lot of these things either don’t exist anymore or cannot be found & bought. heard of the wayback machine? that’s part of the internet archive. it is the most important website to exist, and i don’t say that lightly. if the internet archive goes down, the cultural loss will be immeasurable.
so how can you help?
boycott the publishing companies involved in this. they’re absolute ghouls, frankly, and don’t deserve a penny. the companies involved are harpercollins (imprints), wiley (imprints), penguin random house llc (imprints), and hachette book group (imprints). make sure the websites are set to your location as it may differ worldwide.
learn to torrent. download a torrent client (i recommend transmission), a vpn (i recommend protonvpn - sign up and choose the area that’s closest to your continent/country), and hit up /r/piracy on reddit for websites. with torrenting, you can get (almost) any media you want for free in high quality, with add-ons such as subtitles, and with no risks of loss. i would also recommend getting into the habit of watching stuff online for free. the less you can pay to a giant corporation, the better.
get into the habit of downloading and archiving materials. find a TB external hard drive, ideally the higher the better. it’ll probably cost around $60 for 1TB and continue to go up, but they’re so so useful. if you can’t afford a drive, look for any GB harddrives or memory sticks you have lying around and just fill them up. videos, pdfs, magazines, songs, movies, games - anything you can rip and download and fit on there, do it, because nothing is permanent.
donate to the internet archive. this is the most important option on the list. the IA relies entirely on funding, and it’s going to need more to fight this case. whatever you can donate, do it. i promise it’s helpful.
and finally…
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