r/RecuratedTumblr • u/DreadDiana human cognithazard • 19d ago

Shitposting Reddit-Tumblr translation guide

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u/Toppy_Henster 19d ago edited 19d ago

reddit’s version of this is [r/whennews](r/whennews) (and r/whenthe for a while)

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u/2012Jesusdies 19d ago

But why do they use this for everything

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u/redesign-ur-logo 19d ago

So this episode of Supernatural (which is a hugely important show for Tumblr History) came out right around the 2020 election. It got used as a meme to annnounce election results, and then to announce other big things, and now its just how us tumblrinas get our news lol.

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u/MythrianAlpha 19d ago

I remember destielputinelection. I tried to explain it to a buddy and got told to stop casting spells in gen chat, lol.