Plu and Fawn - plu/plur/plurself -

[Meowthkip]

The problem the tumblrite crowd has with war vets and PTSD is recognition. If a war vet were to walk up to you and say "Hey man, could you turn that movie down a little, it reminds me of Iraq.", you'd likely turn it down.

Well, to the typical tumblrite, that's power. They turn around and cargo-cult it into their own little world, and we see crap like "trigger warnings". Invoking the magical PTSD works within the closed circle of the Tumblr cult, but outside of that, everyone is just going to laugh.

That's what pisses the typical tumblrite off. The PTSD ritual doesn't work when they invoke it on normals, and it makes them mad...whereas, the combat vet actually suffering from PTSD gets all that "power" and empathy.

I imagine it's also hard to prove, especially over the internet. If you know the basic symptoms, you can just lie about having them.

There's plenty of civilians with PTSD, but another thing I think Tumblrites do is they conflate trauma with PTSD. It's like comparing being anxious with having anxiety. Like, by Tumblr logic, I could say seeing a pet store tarantula when I was five gave me PTSD and seeing them triggers episodes where I feel sick and like, totally have flashbacks, man.

But I don't because that's fucking stupid.

 

[Delicious Stickmeat]

I imagine it's also hard to prove, especially over the internet. If you know the basic symptoms, you can just lie about having them.

There's plenty of civilians with PTSD, but another thing I think Tumblrites do is they conflate trauma with PTSD. It's like comparing being anxious with having anxiety. Like, by Tumblr logic, I could say seeing a pet store tarantula when I was five gave me PTSD and seeing them triggers episodes where I feel sick and like, totally have flashbacks, man.

But I don't because that's fucking stupid.

You're pretty much hitting the nail on the head, there. Even more funny, if you directly confront the tumblrites asking them for a specific symptom list regarding their PTSD, you always seem to get this general muddied up "bad feels" thing from them. PTSD has some pretty specific symptomatology that goes way past "bad feels".

The fun thing to do, though, is suggest medication to tumblrites. We've made huge strides in the management of PTSD using the really common alpha and beta blockers propranolol and prazosin. We're talking, 90%+ reduction in symptoms, which dovetails well with CBT and other therapeutic approaches. Mention them to a tumblirte, you'll get screeds about how evil psych doctors are zombifying people with drugs (those two aren't even psychotropics, they're blood pressure medications), along with how their PTSD is super extra special and totally won't respond to treatment regimens.

 

[RecordStoreToughGuy]

You're pretty much hitting the nail on the head, there. Even more funny, if you directly confront the tumblrites asking them for a specific symptom list regarding their PTSD, you always seem to get this general muddied up "bad feels" thing from them. PTSD has some pretty specific symptomatology that goes way past "bad feels".

The fun thing to do, though, is suggest medication to tumblrites. We've made huge strides in the management of PTSD using the really common alpha and beta blockers propranolol and prazosin. We're talking, 90%+ reduction in symptoms, which dovetails well with CBT and other therapeutic approaches. Mention them to a tumblirte, you'll get screeds about how evil psych doctors are zombifying people with drugs (those two aren't even psychotropics, they're blood pressure medications), along with how their PTSD is super extra special and totally won't respond to treatment regimens.

Maybe if we went back to calling it "Shellshock" or "Combat Fatigue" it would be less easy for tumblristas to appropriate.

 

[Magpie]

Maybe if we went back to calling it "Shellshock" or "Combat Fatigue" it would be less easy for tumblristas to appropriate.

That would just serve to alienate non-vets/civilians who are also unfortunate enough to have PTSD. Also never doubt a Tumblrina's ability to appropriate things, because trust me it's pretty hard to keep them from sticking their grubby fingers in anything.

 

[RecordStoreToughGuy]

That would just serve to alienate non-vets/civilians who are also unfortunate enough to have PTSD. Also never doubt a Tumblrina's ability to appropriate things, because trust me it's pretty hard to keep them from sticking their grubby fingers in anything.

Hmm. That is a challenge.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

Triggered by Disney's Hercules and low opacity photos??

Come on this has to be a troll.

 

[dookerbewitt]

Triggered by Disney's Hercules and low opacity photos??

Come on this has to be a troll.

You'd be surprised what bored kids on tumblr will convince themselves they suffer from. I'll bet for every single one of these 'triggers' she has a reason, no matter how petty illogical or plain stupid, to justify it. (And get butthurt that people would dare to question them.)

 

[Fareal]

This tumblr suggests that an individual amongst this self-identified collective is currently receiving hormone treatment for gender dysphoria/for the purposes of transition (choose as you feel most neutral/most appropriate).

Whoever prescribed hormone treatment for gender issues to someone who is this obviously and this badly in need of professional help for their mental state is negligent to the point of criminality.

 

[DocScuttleButt]

Something strange I noticed as well:

For giggles, I looked up both of these users. One of them has the same theme as "Emily and Alice" and even more strangely, all of them stopped posting on Tumblr nearly within the same month:

So... How deep exactly does this rabbit hole go? All of these Tumblr blogs where reasonably active up until all around the same time. Was it just one crazy girl posting across various accounts?

The thing you need to know about tumblr is those last four blogs are using the "default" theme, the theme every blog starts with now.

but i would not be surprised if they were all the same person to be honest.

 

[shinimasu]

Eh on tumblr if it seems too good to be true it probably is. I call troll blog on this one. They're doing it for attention certainly, just not the kind of attention you'd think

 

[Megahertz]

This person is very inconsistent with things. I have actually been following their antics for a long time and before this, they were kicked out of their house by their parents for """coming out""" as Plutokin at I think around early spring of last year, and before that it just sounded like they lived at home and never left their room. They then went to go live with Deer girl. There was no mention of a child anywhere. Assuming Pluto girl and deer girl are the same person, this doesn't line up and could be reason to suspect elaborate troll.

For a troll, this person sure puts in a hellton of effort posting on multiple blogs with other, non-cringe content. an obvious troll would kinda post only spergy stuff and none else. With all the other heartfelt posts and emoticons as well as how long they've kept it up, it almost feels real. I don't really know what to think about this.

 

[Ancani]

Looking at their about page, I actually am inclined to believe they're separate people; Alice's hair is short and blonde, Emily's is long and auburn. And granted, the fact that their faces are stupidly covered means that could mean nothing--it's possible that it's the same person and that "Alice" is "Emily" after getting a haircut and bleach job--but that seems like a bit too much effort to go to for the sole purpose of pretending to be different people. Plus, the selfie tag has pictures of the two of them together...

They also have their own separate blogs (Alice's is plutokin, Emily's is emilydeerkin). Can't remember if that's been mentioned or not (I'm running kind of tired today, so my brain keeps shitting itself), but it's worth noting, I think.

Besides, given Tumblr's love of ~*multiple systems*~ and bullshit like that, you'd think that if they actually were the same person they'd be super obnoxiously open about it.

So yeah, tl;dr I think they're two separate but equally batshit people.

As a bonus, here's Alice's ridiculously long banner list thing.

Spoiler: get the fuck out of my fandom you loon

 

[Megahertz]

You're right. They both have different hair, unless Alice took pictures with some unsuspecting second person then pretended they were Emily, But the fact that before this Alice never mentioned anything about a child before she moved in with Emily does point to them being two separate people, which decreases the chance that they're two separate trolls.... oh god.

Also holy fuck, that banner. I am low-key raging at that self-harm "pride" flag. Self harm isn't something you can reclaim as a source of confidence like anxiety.

 

[Ancani]

Also holy fuck, that banner. I am low-key raging at that self-harm "pride" flag. Self harm isn't something you can reclaim as a source of confidence like anxiety.

I'm slightly amazed I didn't notice that and I wish I were more shocked that it existed.

 

[Simplicity111]

Dwarf planet still has the word planet in it so I don’t care.

This person is crazy, but, she... I mean, er... plu has a point here.

 

[Megahertz]

To me it's understandable how Pluto is no longer considered part of our solar system, especially considering it's size, relative to all the other planets that come before it. Also something about Pluto's axis of orbit being hella weird compared to all the others.

Dwarf planet still has the word planet in it so I don’t care.

Denying that Pluto is part of the solar system is not denying its status as a planet. It's still a planet, lol.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

That poor possibly-imaginary child...

 

[RecordStoreToughGuy]

I'm slightly amazed I didn't notice that and I wish I were more shocked that it existed.

You're right. They both have different hair, unless Alice took pictures with some unsuspecting second person then pretended they were Emily, But the fact that before this Alice never mentioned anything about a child before she moved in with Emily does point to them being two separate people, which decreases the chance that they're two separate trolls.... oh god.

Also holy fuck, that banner. I am low-key raging at that self-harm "pride" flag. Self harm isn't something you can reclaim as a source of confidence like anxiety.

I think that's more an awareness ribbon than a pride flag. So maybe not quite so terrible.

 

[Lord Khaz]

To me it's understandable how Pluto is no longer considered part of our solar system, especially considering it's size, relative to all the other planets that come before it. Also something about Pluto's axis of orbit being hella weird compared to all the others.



Denying that Pluto is part of the solar system is not denying its status as a planet. It's still a planet, lol.

What? Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet, that doesn't mean it's not a part of the solar system.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

I, too, am pluto-kin.