no offence but the reason tumblr is “dying” is, well, yes, of course the cursed like/reblog ratio and the change in user behaviour (because of people being used to how instagram and tiktok work) BUT also the lack of weekly shows. i say it with my whole chest, they don’t produce captivating and engaging stupid weekly tv shows anymore because streaming killed that so you have spikes of activity here when Something happens in general fandom or up to three days after a new season of whatever drops and then it’s a wasteland. this is obviously an old woman yelling at a cloud missing supernatural and the vampire diaries and pretty little liars and all these other shows type of post but honestly give me back weekly tv shows where i have something to watch for 40 minutes almost every day of the week after work so then i can read and reblog it on tumblr give it back for the sake of my sanity
This looks cool but this technique is extraordinarily dangerous and people have literally died trying it
For more info, check out the very informative Ann Reardon video:
Seriously. Pyrography already exists and a bit of practice and experimentation will get you something just as beautiful without playing chicken with the Grim Reaper.
You are not the exception to ‘fuck around and find out’.
If you just get afraid of something dangerous and respond to that fear with “no one should do this” – you silence actual sound advice and techniques from people who have done it safely.
WAAAAAAAA I AM SCARE OF ELECTRICITY
You fucking should be – it’s dangerous – but there are these people called electricians who work with it safely every day because they know how – and they are not fairies and have no special powers – but they have PPE and standards for how to do things
Did you watch the video where it explicitly states at least two of the people who died doing this at the time the video was made were experienced electricians? This is not “ooohhh it’s dangerous but you can do it 100% safely if you know what you’re doing” this is “nobody should do this because one small mistake will kill you instantly and endanger everyone around you who might try to save you in a panic, because electricity doesn’t stop conducting when you’re dead, it’s simply not worth the risk for funny crafts thing.”
Why are you acting like this is some kind of out of pocket exaggeration when EVERY technique for it quite literally involves fucking with enough volts of electricity to kill you instantly or that it’s somehow mystifying the process, goddamn. What’s your problem.
To explain the amount of energy going through this, here’s me playing with a microwave transformer, circa 2001:
This is 1000W of energy @ 2kV, and which ends up being 450mA– that is still 4x the amount of current that can stop your heart.
“i don’t owe anyone anything” is one of the most incredibly callous and damaging phrases to enter popular vernacular. you owe everyone kindness and consideration, always. understand the idea of a social contract. you cannot reap the benefits of human society and interaction while maintaining such a cold and thankless attitude about it. i mean you can but you’d be a bad person for it
Ok hear me out tho
What if being kind and considerate actually does nothing except waste your own energy. What if it never gets repaid so there is no reaping the benefits of human society because it’s just one sided service.
“cold and thankless” is valid in that instance because a) there’s actually nothing to be thankful for and b) being “cold” shows people they can’t fuck with you and saves your own energy for living and all those things you spent years helping other people with that they’ll never repay
That’s just my take tho
I am glad I live in a world where being considerate, AT THE MINIMUM, affirms that I’m a member in society, and I can do nice things for people even if I don’t directly receive benefits.
Sometimes you plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
