this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2024
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Curated Tumblr

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For preserving the least toxic and most culturally relevant Tumblr heritage posts.

Image descriptions and plain text captions of written content are expected of all screenshots. Here are some image text extractors (I looked these up quick and will gladly take FOSS recommendations):

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Please begin copied raw text posts (lacking a screenshot that makes it apparent it is from Tumblr) with:

# This has been reposted here to Lemmy as part of the "Curated Tumblr Project."

I made the icon using multiple creative commons svg resources, the banner is this.

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[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Why are you assuming that the female relative is a "need" in order to empathize and not just a way to feel closer to the problem? I think it's fair that if you have deep connections with someone, their problems become your problems. It doesn't mean you wouldn't care about that if you didn't have that connection.