So, What is Tumblr?

Tumblr claims to be a lot of things, such as the “easiest way to blog” or some-sort of wasting ground for low-content users. It is both of those things, but I’ve encountered all of this before. Where, you ask?

High School

Specifically, the mid-oughts and their explosion of social networking. First, there was xanga. I liked xanga for its promotion of  actual writing and the “blogring” concept, yet it was “emo” as fuck. People would talk about the shitty bands they liked, and generally air out their grievances over the internet. This evolved into MySpace.

MySpace became less about thinking, and more about copying and pasting your dumbass surveys. No one really cared if you liked pepsi or coke, but rather if someone made a hint about liking you. So, this is what Tumblr is-a low-impact, user-generated service that lets people go all LiveJournal with memes.

Seriously, if I see one more thing about shitty power-pop bands, your longing for someone, or your oh-so-advanced adolescent wisdom, I’m gonna be pissed as fuck.