fishfingersandscarves
tacticaltaxonomist

Declutter Tumblr

The new layout it a whole mess. Thankfully Xkit can already help with a bunch of this! I'm sure it'll give more options soon.

Vanilla Tumblr:
(I have marked in red what can be removed. The tabs can be set not to stick, so you will really only see them at the top of your dash. Empty box on the left for hidden notifications and shop sparkle, i just didn't have any. I'm EU so no Live for me).

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Xkit Rewritten Tumblr:

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The settings I use:

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joifee
made-nondescript

I love how the apparent solution to Tumblr being "too confusing" is to just make it look as much like Twitter as possible. Are Twitter users truly so stupid that you have to completely wash away Tumblr's UI identity so they can figure out how to use the damn site? Maybe I'm too hopeful, but I sincerely think Twitter users could figure it out??? There are certainly things that could be streamlined and change is inevitable etc but did they have to make a change that so radically changes the CORE tumblr experience??? good lord

lifewithchronicpain
elbiotipo

Me: Did you know that medieval cathedrals weren't actually supposed to be dark and rundown places with only stained glass as color? They were bright places full of light... the reason they look like that now is because of the centuries of accumulated grime and dust, here look at this restoration of the Cathedral of Chartres in France:

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It's based on actual paint from the times, and when you think about it, it makes a lot more sense, after all a church is supposed to be a bright place of hope. Yet when we think about the middle ages we think about grimy and dark cathedrals. I wonder how much of our conception of history is shaped by our current visions of historical buildings.

My Goth GF: listen, I don't think this thing between us is working,

bunjywunjy
beggars-opera

I spent so much of my life romanticizing the Great and Powerful Enormity of the Sea, reading about the salt and the sweat of the sailors straining to haul the sails or anchor while dreading the monsters in the cold, icy deep fathoms below…and now you tell me that a fathom is only 6 feet deep -

panicedgannet

Six feet is still more than enough for a grave.

beggars-opera

Hi, that is the most metal addition you could have possibly made to this post

lifewithchronicpain
marisatomay

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twitter is hell but i really hope it doesn’t actually die because this is in contention for the funniest thing i’ve ever read in my life

lotad

this post fails to show the original tweet that this was in reply to, which is not as jarring but certainly should be included:

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