All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXVIII

[GethN7]

Guys, could you please take a look at this set of changes to the page on Tumblr?  I can't put my finger precisely on what, but something about it rubs me wrong, and I'd like to know if it's just me or not.

Thanks.

Tumblr is INFAMOUS for all sorts of people self-identifying as things to downright bizarre extents and pretty much becoming absolute caricatures of normal human beings. Sexuality and mental illness are two things that I can confirm have been flanderized and fetishized to a disturbing degree there, and when Tumblr cracked down on porn, many of the very people mentioned in those edits colonized Twitter (now X) and other social media platforms.

I want to admit a COI here, just to avoid accusations of bias. It's NOT the sexuality part that bothers me, but the mental illness LARPers offend me on a very personal level. I still see a therapist, and the most disgusting for me personally are the Tumblr users who self-diagnose their own mental illness and treat it like a fashion accessory, not legitimate trauma that should be treated with seriousness and concern. Given them and the sexuality/gender fetishizers have a huge overlap, I personally believe the comments have a sizable degree of truth, based on my own knowledge.

On a less potentially biased note, the actual edits appear reasonable enough, pointing out an actual trend without being overly biased, even citing cases in point and actual studies to make their point.

EDIT: Saw where it mentioned LGBT under perversion, okay, going a bit too far there. Agreed with the bit about sexuality and gender have often been flanderized to the point of parody only on Tumblr by the more bizarre users.

I added some far LESS inflammatory and toned down commentary salvaging what could be expressed while remaining neutral as possible in it's place.