The New Tumblr Term for Creepypasta

[@TheOblivionMan]

Can we just normalize the idea that "because the author frigging felt like it" is an entirely valid reason for representation in fiction and a character doesn't need to justify their existence beyond that?

[@tbotalpha8133]

The discourse would be unironically better if all the artists who fill their art with cishet white men used the exact same justification.

[@enderkatze6129]

Yes For Sure Aslong as the integrity of the Story is Not compromised, Like in Most big Budget Remakes that Insert diversity For diversity Points and Not because they care

[@autumngalix4616]

It's not forced diversity people just exist. Unless it is done wrong, then it's not even diversity it's just shitting out bad stereotypes and stigmas.

[@Ramsey276one]

​@@enderkatze6129*THIS!*

[@thelocalnecromancer1224]

​@@enderkatze6129 Exactly!

[@havochellian1248]

We can agree and disagree on cold water vs room temperature water, but we know our true enemy: *Drinking boiling water from the heated pot on the stove*

[@c_p_t_cold7655]

truly, if for anything we can have truce because of them -official Cold Water drinker

[@solarsailor973]

Okay, maybe not *boiling,* but hot water slaps tbh

[@histranger5808]

so good they had to say it thrice

[@joda7697]

To reiterate, you are clearly not a water drinker if you think there's any disagreement.

[@gillsmoke]

Cries in herbal tea and AZ tap water.

[@uafgames9061]

I prefer cold water over room tempt because room temp doesn't quench my thirst right. I end up feeling *more* thirsty after drinking room temp water, unless it's in *very specific circumstances*

[@McBehrer]

0:13 WHAT?! Why would anyone EVER want to drink ROOM TEMPERATURE water? Ice water is fantastic

[@sockswithsamdals]

Ok thank god I’m not insane who the drinks their water room temp

[@robertbernard7844]

As a guy who lives in the Equator, cold water is how I SURVIVE in this oven of a country.

[@AsteroidWrangler]

Cold water is the most refreshing and delightful thing imaginable. Room temperature water is fine, but nothing makes me feel as alive as ice cold water, especially when it is hot out.

[@theclodofclods]

Cold water is great for refreshment, but it also gives me freezing damage

[@conspiracypanda1200]

2:45 I have one person that I've followed on Tumblr since the beginning. I don't even really share their interests anymore, but when I scroll and suddenly see 10,000 anime gifs of comfy anime couples from their favorite shows 5 years after said shows ended it's the equivalent of me sitting on my porch and watching my neighbour from across the street who's name I don't know take their beloved dog for a routine walk. I'll probably not see them again for a while afterwards, but there's a bizarre sense of normalcy that comes from it now.

[@Tr0lliPop]

Cold water and room temperature water is good for different situations. One quenches thirst the other soothes excessive heat

[@Iterator_NSH]

The agony my mouth stones experience when I drink cold water is exactly the reason why I drink cold water. I like the pain.

[@austinfletchermusic]

I PREFER COLD. ROOM TEMPURATE IS BORING, TASTELESS. COOL, ALMOST-COLD IS PERFECT. ENERGIZING. FULL OF SPIRIT AND LIFE.

[@silverwolfgamer4100]

Water drinker here. If it isn’t so cold it’s like you’ve just drank a bottle of fresh glacial thaw that was two seconds away from refreezing I’M NOT DRINKING IT

[@jediarcherbc709]

0:56 this kinda describes Optimistic Nihilism. Nothing really matters and it's all going to end anyway, so live your best life while you can and give it as much value as you want!

[@WarmLusamine]

3:34 I can tell you. A *LOT* of work.

[@jordanhunter3375]

3:49 *inhale* Verbalase Incident

[@justas423]

0:09 That is misinformation, my favourite water is cold water and all other waters are mid versions of cold water.

[@eloquentornot]

Cold water hurts teeth yes but room temperature water actually does not quench thirst, at all. At least for me. If water is not cold, it is not water, according to my brain.

[@Sombyr]

The only time they ever told me whether my blood pressure was good or bad was when I was in an ambulance once and it got to 160/90, which they said was good because I probably wasn't bleeding out.

[@KeyboardTarantula]

3:56 bro me with black sayori reskins that artists do sometimes for ddlc. like... it just feels unnatural after seeing them one way for so long to see them be different, but what's worse is I really can't find any specific reason why it feels so... off. it just does. I get self insert characters, or maybe minor skin tone changes, but to full on race swap that character felt... iffy. I dunno...

[@Bd-qs5bn]

i like how you can hear a cut at 2:23 implying you went on a rant about fettuccine afraido or something

[@GrayAndGrey]

So I've been drinking air because it's not room temperature water? Grab _your weakness_ and buzz off.

[@morbidmacaroni]

Also consider... spooky spaghetti, rancid ravioli, freaky fusilli and-- wait a minute...

[@kidakaze]

I happen to like cold water, it just tastes better for some reason

[@AngelOfDC]

Speaking of cold opens: IT'S LIKE 20 DEGREES ALL DAY IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW PLEASE SEND WARMTH

[@Xifihas]

Cold water on warm days, room temperature on cold days.

[@Ramsey276one]

2:31 I got a tag for funny spookies now! PAPYRUS, help me out here...!

[@Ramsey276one]

1:30 if the nurse didn't freak out, you are not dying YET...

[@Starvingmetheartist]

I drink cold water when I feel sick, that's it, because I have to drink it very slowly, but most of my water is in a five gallon water bottle with a pump to refill my smaller bottle

[@Peppsyl]

....... I refuse any drink that isn't icy cold (unless they're supposed to be *hot* like tea/coffee/etc). Room temperature anything has me gagging in disgust.

[@Joe_Potts]

Cold water is refreshing while warm/room temperature water makes my brain sad :

[@intothemagic]

If you use a straw while drinking ice cold water then it just skips your teeth.

[@EcnavMC]

Cold water is the best… or maybe I’m just so used to ice water that my autistic brain has decided that warm water is just fundamentally wrong. One of those.

[@bluelfsuma]

I'm tired even with a bedtime. Ever since puberty.

[@SharowbladyeGaymerPorate]

Have you my good sir heardof something called 37 degrees C? This is why cold water is better than room temperature

[@LoganTheAroAce]

warm is gross. i guess maybe bottled water is fine warm, but sink water is only good ice cold.

[@DrZaius3141]

Re: Baked goods. Fellas, fellettes, and nb-fells - start baking your own bread. It's so easy, even I can do it. And it's so forking good I had to pause doing it because I gained too much weight.

[@donnietidwell965]

As a cold water drinker, I've always felt hurt by the attacks

[@Missiletainn]

Room Temperature water is gag inducing wtf.

[@TotoDG]

When I say I like cold water, I don't mean *ICE* cold water; usually, I like drinking water that's been in the fridge for about ten minutes.

[@sunny_h3ad]

recovering from tooth removal, one wisdom and two molars. this is doing the trick for me :)

[@grymhunter2849]

Cold water drinker, it just doesn't taste the same. I have very sensitive teeth, especially to hot and cold stuff, but I'll bear the pain for that flavor change. I now live in the south, and room temperature water is horrible for it even in this freezing spell. Also, clotpoles? Someone's watched Merlin before

[@Saga_Anserum]

1:30 They can't tell you that because some people have naturally lower pressure and others have naturally higher pressure. Think about how giving blood - you should only be allowed to do this if you're healthy, but some people still faint

[@jacobbissey9311]

Cold water tastes better and is more refreshing, if I feel thirsty or dehydrated and I drink room temperature water my mouth *still* feels thirsty and dehydrated, meanwhile if I drink cold water I *immediately* feel better. I shouldn't have to wait 20 minutes to an hour for the water to go through my system and rehydrate to have the thirst go away, then I just drink way TOO much water as I'm *still* thirsty so I go back for more, and now I'm bloated from having too much water in my stomach and probably get a little queasy if I have to move faster than my slowest possible speed. I don't know if cold water is *actually* more efficient at rehydrating, but I know it can't actually rehydrate me as fast as it *feels* like it does, but I'm drinking water to stop the thirsty feeling in my mouth and throat, not because I have cells shriveling up due to a lack of water, so obviously I'm going to prefer the option that immediately removes the feeling of thirst, since either way, water is water, so drinking more *will* hydrate me.

[@SiffrinISAT]

My blood pressure is so over the roof from anxiety every time I get checked by nurses that their faces alone make very clear it's Not Good lmao

[@vicious_cycle]

Room temp water is mid. Cold water is the best, and sometimes hot water from the sink when I wanna warm up my insides.

[@Deathnotefan97]

I drink cold water because it’s hot outside and it lets me keep going

[@demi-femme4821]

Cold water drinker: It is God's most perfect beverage

[@silverlynxclaw1460]

People drink room temperature water? I want mine to be just above freezing. The temperature is crisp and refreshing.

[@GirlWhoLovesTurtles]

I absolutely prefer cold water? I don't understand how anyone can enjoy room temperature water.

[@MarianahsTrenchGal1]

Damn so on top of the American health care system charging ppl an arm and a leg, their nurses don't even tell them whether their blood pressure is good or bad? Everything I hear gets worse and worse

[@AlphaOmega93650]

Cold water. Room temperature doesn't taste as good.

[@jadethenidoran]

3:50 I've seen OFFICIAL stuff that causes the same feeling Most of it is non/ambiguously canon but it still sucks ass when my blorbos are treated even worse than they were in the main story and completely mischaracterized to boot

[@kamiart6001]

I JUST commented about this lol, I get this feeling mostly with the sonic franchise

[@Cuprite1024]

Meanwhile, me, who prefers water when it's basically freezing:

[@lukeflanagan1307]

Proposal: since ‘trans’ and ‘cis’ are just Latin prepositions meaning ‘the other side of’ and ‘this side of,’ we could therefore substitute in other prepositions. Cisgender would become citragender, and transgender would become ultragender (who doesn’t want that?). Antegender = before gender Juxtagender = near gender Coramgender = only having a gender in public Subgender = below gender

[@transsnack]

Unironically, coramgender sounds lit. I only have a gender when perceived, otherwise it's just ✨️personal vibes✨️.

[@RichDXtreme247]

As if the world of “gender naming” couldn’t get anymore confusing and irritating to understand because of “Tumblr logic”.

[@sparda100]

cold water is so much better than room temp the pointy taste is better than the round taste

[@davidparkes7741]

The f?? Who likes room temperature water?? Lol.

[@ACEYGAMES]

Incorrect PM, the colder the water, the better! GIVE ME THE TEETH HURTING JUICE

[@ebmario874]

This dude probably could do a gilbert godfried impression very well

[@Midnight-7411]

As someone who would have literally died from heat exhaustion if not for ice cold water (am Australian no further context required) I find the idea of drinking room temp water disgusting tbh

[@properantagonist]

Cold water or room temperature water isn't a binary, it's a spectrum! Give me a water that has been chilling in the fridge for something like an hour. Cool, but not cold. Then it's perfect.

[@Ryu_D]

Wait, do people drink water through their teeth? Why would they do that? Cold water is really good, with no downsides, so long as you aren't bizarrely drinking it through your teeth. Do those people drink smoothies through their teeth too? Can someone explain why people wouldn't learn to optimally enjoy cold drinks, and then complain that their teeth hurt? Is there something forcing their jaws closed when they consume any form of liquid? And how do they eat solid food if they can't stop clenching their teeth? None of this makes any form of sense.

[@ciciplease9909]

Ixm gonna play nothing but sexbomb at my wedding reception

[@equivalentconcept1403]

I’ll be real, I’m entirely sure why people are so afraid of the wonderbread guy. Yeah the stuff they draw is unusual but it’s pretty tame all things considered. What else did that guy do that I’m not aware of? Am I out of the loop here?

[@ProfessM]

If cold water hurts your teeth see a dentist.

[@MySerpentine]

Lukewarm water is gross.

[@pokeninjafireemblem]

NO PYTHON

[@toothfairy10133]

i would be pretty happy with 100k for free. thats an insane amount of money i could pay off my parents' mortgage, put down a deposit for my own mortgage, pay for my masters degree without having to take out a loan, pay off my student *and* maintenance loans entirely, and still probably have a few thousand left to go towards living expenses while i do my masters. the 2k i work hard for gets eaten by rent and bills and food in like a couple months i wouldnt even get to enjoy it

[@toothfairy10133]

shit i could *buy* a house outright. did twitter op get given 100k? is that why they made that tweet? if they dont want it can i have it?

[@lets-all-love-lain]

I... I love cold water.....

[@thetos]

It's called creepypasta because it comes from copypasta, that itself comes from copy-paste. Creepypastas are horrific copypastas, and copypastas are just big chunks of text that can be copy pasted and has been enough times it has become recognizable beyond the original post and/or community.

[@thatguycallednick6765]

I'm not a nihilist but i do relate to it alot (I'm a existentialist)

[@Libby-Phantom]

I love that the comments are all just going "that water one was wrong and stupid" because that's what I came here for and I wasn't disappointed

[@Libby-Phantom]

if drinking cold water hurts you there is something wrong with your mouth and I advise you go to your local dentist.

[@DatBoiChucklez]

10/10 Monty Python reference

[@noodsdood6977]

Based Andy is Based. Me? I'm more of a Pivot guy myself, but pog robots are pog.

[@ordinaryextraordinary9484]

spooky spaghetti

[@shiningstar737]

2:12 Andy I am *BEGGING!* you to play persona 3 reload when it comes out, I’m not calling your robo waifu trash……you just might have missed a thing of true beauty

[@neverg0n]

cold water is fucking AMAZING i do not know what youre talking about

[@fireblast133]

Why is it called creepypasta and not fettuccine afraido? Because we rarely know the original sauce.

[@thewitepheonix3149]

your liked songs playlist is only 2 hours long?

[@beepboop9712]

I prefer cold water....

[@alt4388]

Nah FUCK room temp water cold is the good shit

[@polyacov_yury]

2:25 frettuccine

[@weirdguy59]

3 things: A. I live in the desert so Cold Water is like the Nectar of the Gods B. Shout out to the Monty Python reference C. I work at a school and one of the October lunches was Fettucine Alfredo and I told them the same joke as that Creepypasta one. They changed the name on the district Website for me.

[@simonedegroot905]

As a cold water drinker: the sensory experience is amazing to snap out of a panic attack or anything like that it's amazing

[@CFGalt]

EXACTLY!!! Cold water is such a good sensory experience!!

[@sugarqbs]

I would also like to add ice cubes as a suggestion if you’re feeling extra spicy. They do threaten to cross the line into the uncomfortable if you hold them in one place of your hand/mouth too long but sometimes you need that to get out of your head

[@incrediblyangryskeleton]

C9lmd wahter

[@AyoWtf648]

COLD WATER JUST MAKES THE EXPERIENCE OF DRINKING WATER 100% MORE REFRESHING. IDC ABT THE PAIN I CARE ABT THE FEELING OF ICE TRAVELING THROUGH MY VEINS. SO GOOD. Also I hate water with gas. That's the bad kind of pain. 0/10 makes u burp.

[@simonedegroot905]

@@sugarqbs Yess that's amazing! I usually put my water bottle in the fridge the day before I go to school, it's like a really good midway solutiom

[@impishlyit9780]

TIL that other humans are apparently much more sensitive to cold than me. I drink cold water. It doesn't even begin to hurt. It feels nice and refreshing, every time. My refrigerator is almost cold enough to freeze it and it's still nice and easy to chug. Didn't realize other people couldn't do that.

[@erinyes3943]

In the kindest way possible, I think you are secretly one of those deep sea krakens that also likes to crunch ships

[@vidachsa]

Saaame😅

[@NekoChanSenpai]

Must be nice to have healthy teeth

[@derpymule7977]

@@NekoChanSenpaiI have incredibly sensitive teeth due to enamel erosion, just biting something normally with my front teeth causes me pain sometimes, but I’ve never had pain in them because of cold water

[@peppermint_8]

Me too! I out a ton of ice in all my water

[@lucasknox4871]

2:34 The serious answer is “Because it has nothing to do with pasta and it’s just a pun on ‘copypasta’”. The true answer is because the man who named them was _not_ this creative genius.

[@weebjeez]

I was sitting there, at that moment, loudly complaining that people have forgotten the old magicks. Even those who were there to see them scribed... have seemingly forgotten.

[@tbotalpha8133]

@@weebjeez I initially misread your username as "weebjews"

[@craftersshaft]

that checks out for 90% of creepypastas

[@nortalian549]

Which (referring to copypastas) in itself is derived from “Copy” and “Paste”

[@therighttrousers343]

​@@nortalian549What's the keyboard shortcut for creepying then

[@mr.stoneface7699]

As one of those types of people who is chronically AWFUL at handling heat: The feeling of a cold drink rushing into my stomach and cooling my everything goes beyond merely "refreshing," it's truly revitalizing and life-assuring.

[@genericuser984]

room tempurature is EXLCUSIVELY for waking up at exactly 3:27am and downing the entire bottle in 1.76 seconds to quench midnight _t h o r s t e_

[@transsnack]

Fish brain wants real water, not ice that brings forth the dreaded mammal brain.

[@Icespark]

You. You get it

[@ashadowperson9905]

Exactly.

[@LunaxioProductions]

FR

[@smol-one]

Not liking cold water is a skill issue.

[@autumngalix4616]

RIGHT? Like, cold water feels the best on a dry throat.

[@a-s-greig]

50° is the way to go. And that applies to either scale.

[@Sparkz1607]

the REAL skill issue is living in a city with a subpar municipal public water system that makes water taste bad unless it's freezing your taste buds lol

[@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102]

I mean, Lusamine's whole motivation, the reason why she did all that evil, fucked up shit, was so she could find an intradimensional horror... and put it on her head. She did the war crimes to commit fashion crimes.

[@WarmLusamine]

Multiverse.

[@DE23]

2:23 I actually know this one! The name, "Creepypasta", is derived from "Copypasta", which itself is derived from "Copypaster", which was a term used online for when people just copy and pasted funny blocks of text somewhere. (The connection between Copypasta and Copypaster is a bit tricky to see nowadays because of how often it's mispronounced)

[@lagomoof]

But have you considered why it's "paste" in the first place? To spare the search: Before the computer terminology, people literally used to stick bits of paper with the copied text into a document with glue. Scrapbook hobbyists almost surely still use this method. Glue used with paper is often, of course, called _paste._ And so the use as a verb. Things get weird at this point: Pasta gets its name from the fact it's (usually) made from a flour and water paste. Which can be also be used as a glue if you have nothing else.

[@A-crying-mess-50]

Thank you, ​@@lagomoof and OP, for enriching my life with pointless, yet entertaining trivia that will likely never be useful, but makes me happy none the less.

[@Emmariscobar]

​​​@@lagomoof "Hey, could you explain to me why scary stories on the internet are called 'creepypastas' ?" "Sure! You see, first there was the big bang............And then a planet collided with the earth, which resulted in the creation of the moon.........At the time he thought he had arrived in india, but as it turns out it was actually America........Alan Turing.............Email......And that's how they became called creepypastas! Any questions?"

[@shaden.l.m.9506]

You're mostly right. While Copypaster would be a sensical root term for Copypasta, Copypasta actually gets it's roots in "Copy and Paste". (copypaster shares these roots) And (this not a correction, just an add on) Creepypastas first spread by people copying, pasting them onto a new forum, altering some facts about it possibly or using the same trope (like "And out pops a skeleton" for instance). In an effort to make it more- well- creepy, as it was meant to obscure the true facts of a character

[@sailorenthusiast]

Okay, but 3:47 is so validating. Like, I’d literally stop reading a fanfic, regardless of quality, if my previous blorbo ends up acting wildly differently from what I expect.

[@FrostBeast5]

I…prefer cold water?

[@boiyogold]

Your lying! (same but don't tell anyone)

[@FrostBeast5]

@@boiyogold Yeah, I definitely don’t prefer freezing (hyperbole) water though. I like it at the point just before it gives me brain freeze

[@pranavghantasala6808]

Okay but there's a _specific temperature_ for cold bottled water where it feels absolutely heavenly, like a glacial stream running down your throat.

[@theblue-hattedbush8377]

Def agree that it's highly specific. Water can be too cold.

[@pkg946]

I see your claim regarding cold water hurting teeth, and to it I propose: straw.

[@matthewburley9872]

1. Still fucking hurts, though it does lessen it 2. you're either wasting a straw or have to clean a metal/reusable one 3. brainfreeze either way if you drink a lot I also prefer to not use a straw unless i'm driving because I like a nice flow rate but that might just be me

[@uberculex]

Someone has never tried to drink a milkshake in a straw very fast. You still get brainfreeze and hurt your teeth.

[@pkg946]

@@uberculex Personally I just keep the end of the straw far enough in my mouth for stuff to never make contact with my teeth, but, fair enough.

[@Keirridwen]

I'm a simple girl; I see Uncle Roger, I click. (Also PM thank you for coincidentally uploading just when my exam ended, this was the perfect video to watch for stopping stressing about my exam!)

[@86fifty]

I recently discovered Uncle Roger, and I'm happy to be able to share a new reference with the internet! :)

[@soulnightingale9443]

I'm sorry but who tf drinks water at room temperature???

[@petemagnuson7357]

Me. I hate water but need to drink it sometimes. Easier to shotgun a whole bottle into my mouth without getting a brain freeze.

[@incrediblyangryskeleton]

​@@petemagnuson7357 psychopath

[@stealthlock6634]

✋🙂 Me Tap water actually tastes so good, if you actually drink it room temperature. So many times I think I’m craving sugar, I’m actually just thirsty. I guzzle some water and the craving just stops. So satisfying. Cold water just tastes like pain. I have to drink it slow so I don’t hurt my throat and teeth and stomach. And I’m not satisfied.

[@bonedude666]

Or, as I call it, shower water.

[@uberculex]

@@bonedude666 You shower at room temperature?!

[@ThatCrazySylveonIsAtItAgain]

Cold water ONLY on hot days. Room temp the rest of the year.

[@spiritofchaos58]

The boring truth is that it's based on copy and paste chainmail, those "share this with 10 friends or you'll die!!1!!" sort of thing. It became copypasta, and when we started making scary stores, creepypasta. The 'pasta' isn't noodles, just a cute way to say paste. It's scary email. So just normal email.

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

Unrelated but I absolutely how people have started using 1s in their ! 's

[@DarkestElemental616]

Education!

[@blakecook9266]

@@Sepi-chu_loves_mothshey there person! You forgot the opinion. Also i am pretty sure that is not new

[@Nyjietha]

​@@Sepi-chu_loves_moths The 1's for !'s is not new. It's old. Like, very old. Like, more than 15 years old. Like "I've seen it used in forums back in '08 but I'm pretty sure it existed long before that" old. Source: I've seen Chuck Testa and Chuck Norris memes in their prime so 🤷‍♀️

[@NineHundredDollarydoos]

Living in Australia, I 110% prefer cold water to room temperature water, because 'room temperature' is sometimes hot enough to burn your throat.

[@stormerkromy988]

0:58 I try Optimistic Nihilism. Nothing matters, let's have a blast until the end! Embarrassed? Who cares! You'll be forgotten so sing karaoke! Stressed, overwhelmed, or any other negative emotion? Keep pushing, all things come to an inevitable end so keep pushing and it'll soon be over! Life has no meaning at birth, so go and fucking make it!

[@littlegiantj8761]

Isn't that absurdism?

[@stormerkromy988]

@@littlegiantj8761 I call it having fun

[@pygmalion0451]

@@stormerkromy988 Nothing more absurdist than calling absurdism itself "for nerds" and I love you for it

[@seanmcfadden3712]

Nobody is born on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV. - Morty. Rick and Morty.

[@stormerkromy988]

@@pygmalion0451 thanks

[@DarkenedSun1]

As a cold water drinker, I really, really dislike the taste of water. It genuinely tastes better when cold and I chew ice on the regular so... Yeah.