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Launched fifteen years ago, Tumblr is now often viewed as one of these relics of the internet that make millennials nostalgic. Once prominent and innovative, it fell into the shadow of fellow social media giants, but it may not stay like this for long.

In fact, avid Tumblr fans have recently noticed a weird renaissance in their feeds that are getting weirdly active as if it was 2010 all over again. Astonishingly, Tumblr’s CEO Jeff D’Onofrio told The New Yorker that forty-eight per cent of its active users and sixty-one per cent of its new ones are Generation Z. To put it into perspective, this is the exact demographic that Facebook and Instagram are in fear of losing.

And while people are now (re)discovering the miscellaneous world of Tumblr, various posts shared on the platform both years ago and now get dug up into the bright light of social media. They end up on “The Weird Side Of Tumblr” Facebook page that shares the funniest, weirdest and most wholesome findings. Below we selected quite a few of the best for your entertainment, so pull your seat closer.

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    Tumblr was launched around the same time as Facebook (2004) and Twitter (2006), in 2007, so it was not always behind. In fact, it was built to be a simple social blogging platform, but its multimedia approach set it apart. It was about the time when users were getting their cell phones, so they could take a photo and upload it straight on their Tumblr.

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    The appeal of Tumblr also had to do with the fact that users could design their own home pages; post text, images, gifs, or videos; and follow a feed of others doing the same. It became home to endless personalized moodboards that best reflect each user’s personality, whether by music, images or gifs.

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    Little king trash mouth
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We walked past a storefront today with mannequins in the window and my two year old was hysterically laughing- "look mommy they no have any heads!" Lol.

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    In 2018, the world changed for Tumblr. The passing of the federal SESTA-FOSTA law to ostensibly combat sex trafficking, and issues with Apple’s App Store and its provisions against apps containing adult content, led to Tumblr enacting a ban on NSFW content across the platform. This was followed by an uproar as Tumblr was home to many established communities devoted to real-life and illustrative erotica, so they spoke out against the restrictions.

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    But since the ban, media coverage of Tumblr focused on the decline of the website. For example, in 2019, Business Insider reported Tumblr’s unique monthly visitors had decreased by more than 20% in the year.

    Meanwhile, Allegra Rosenberg, a writer at Fansplaining, argues that reports of Tumblr’s death have been greatly exaggerated. “While Tumblr was certainly known in some circles for being a haven for NSFW content, that was certainly never all there was to it. For every user that decamped for greener, smuttier pastures when the ban was put into place, there was another user that simply shrugged their shoulders and kept on blogging,” she said.

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    Rosenberg argues that contrary to everyone’s expectations, “Tumblr users have stuck around en masse, making the kind of sardonic posts the platform’s long been known for, all the while feeling like survivors in a post-apocalyptic landscape. And if you know where to look, you can still spot new blogs being started by young teens, a constant injection of youthful activity into the platform.”

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    Ellie Rosser
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grew up in Australia-thought they were a thing Disney made up. SO excited when I saw the first one in real life.

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    MacKenzie Moore
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fine. I won't. (2 seconds later) "hear me out guys, what about *scorpions*"

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    Plenty Pineapples
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if I should say it came out of the blue and then show myself out immediately

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    Your Neighborhood Alien
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if there's some medical emergency going on inside of a locked room with a doorknob like this?

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    Wolfe
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If a dude does this with me, we are getting married. Y'all are invited

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    Kona Pake
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Careful… you do that too many times and it becomes permanent.

    Sandy D
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol! Funny a/f but still, thanks for the nightmares 😆

    Kel_how
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cookie looks so happy! Seems like a Goosebumps episode.

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    Jontelle
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mesmerizing. If I could make time stand still I’d want to lie here for awhile.

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    Tina B
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine slept together until they were old enough to make their own decision to split. And then still slept together most nights anyway. Keeping them apart seems cruel.

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    Jake B
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are we not mentioning the lava monster that is oozing over to grab it?

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    Tim Douglass
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was making bank on her. She literally was the only one keeping his business afloat.

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    Izzy Curer
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it cynical, or optimistic? It could be viewed as creating new life from the death of something. I would have called it 'the phoenix dress'

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    JustAFan
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thought this was from a movie for a second. Dude's a hell of a lot more photogenic then I'll ever be

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    Burgermeister Meisterburger
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn’t a random hole, that was were you put your phone. (as in landline) They we’re in homes until the 1950s or so.

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    Stardust she/her
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Venus is just so interesting. Did you know that Venus had oceans of liquid water? Venus also rotates backwards and scientists believe that a huge collision caused it. That is also the reason Venus spins extremely slowly

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    MacKenzie Moore
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    for a second I didn't realize the trophy was there so by "I could do it" I thought he meant Leo would date someone over 25.

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    NsG
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, so that's her original movie (top left), her cameo in Wreck-it Ralph 2 (top right), her own animated TV series (bottom left), where's the fourth one from?

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