With Twitter seemingly on its way to complete annihilation thanks to Elon Musk operating it like the Dr. Strangelove nuclear bomb guy, some users have begun to look elsewhere for their scrolling needs.

While some have attempted to explore the proverbial wilderness of Mastodon, it hasn't quite impressed the first wave of wayward posters.

Others have decided to revisit a land they'd deserted long ago, a place that also once had its good qualities sanded away by new ownership, but has recently become an attractive destination once again thanks to its decision to let nudity back onto the site. That place, of course, is Tumblr.

get in loser, we’re going to superhell

— tumblr dot com the website and app (@tumblr) November 5, 2022

While Tumblr has widely been considered basically dead for the past several years, it maintained a small and passionate userbase in the post-porn-ban era.

Now that Tweeters fed up with Musk's shenanigans have considered migrating back to the weirdest corner of the internet, the stalwart posters who stuck through the muck have launched a hazing ritual of sorts to weed out those too weak to stomach what Tumblr has to offer. Currently, if you want to return to Tumblr, you'll likely be greeted with an endless stream of cringe.

Yeah imma just have to go down with the ship this ain’t it. pic.twitter.com/EsAWDoEmC8

— Evil Darkskin Nigga (@FTate05) November 6, 2022

Spearheaded by users like evilmario666, Tumblr is in the midst of a cringe revival, bringing back some of the site's most infamous memes of yore to ensure that anyone who can't enjoy Tumblr at its worst won't get to enjoy it at its best. This includes a deluge of Superwholock posting, Homestuck GIFs, drooling tributes to the site's founder David Karp and the old "I like your shoelaces" code once intended for Tumblr users to identify each other IRL.

https://www.tumblr.com/cutelilbow/700239391455625216/how-the-superwholock-babes-would-react-to-you

https://evilmario666.tumblr.com/post/671786373700829184/dear-apple

https://www.tumblr.com/trees-to-meet-you/672583527468056576/horse-plinko-eeby-deeby-superhell-the-color-of

So far, it seems to be working. The responses to the above tweet by @FTFate05 find people stunned the site is apparently stuck in 2014 cringeposting, not realizing they're being duped.

Still, some more internet-savvy posters were quick to realize the scheme at play.

this post is the tumblr version of firing off a few shots to keep the rent down https://t.co/WMDId7uyKa

— Minerva Professional tumblr understander Kelley (@doubleca5t) November 6, 2022

While Tumblr users are working to ward off invaders with cringe, some on Tumblr argue they can't possibly be doing as good a job as Tumblr itself, who unironically hyped up the site's meme culture by tweeting, "Well hop on your plinko horse, grab your blorbos, little meow meows, and glup shittos because we’re on our way to steal some shoelaces from the president in Superhell."

Reason to Join Tumblr #11:
Do you love inside jokes?
Would you like to be a part of one someday?

Well hop on your plinko horse, grab your blorbos, little meow meows, and glup shittos because we’re on our way to steal some shoelaces from the president in Superhell.

— tumblr dot com the website and app (@tumblr) November 6, 2022

Tumblr may indeed be an attractive alternative to Twitter users who want off Elon's wild ride, but those making the switch should know that Tumblr is a very different beast from Twitter, and its users are more than happy to make that clear.