July, July
...Okay so going off of robbstark I uh, apparently am the initial source for the current craziness rocking Tumblr what the christ oh my god.
6LilacMimeLions
okay you have got to expand on this
6LilacMimeLions
because what
July, July
Which is to say the revival of the Citrus Scale thing running around Tumblr.
July, July
Are directly my words/definitions of the various terms, from way back in like, 2008.
July, July
Like
July, July
So apparently with them punting on NSFW entirely as a tag thing
July, July
People have suddenly gone back to using the Citrus Scale.
𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗
wait
𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗
like
𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗
𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗
this is the image going around
July, July
Those are my words.
𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗
these are your defin--oh my holy gods
6LilacMimeLions
Tentessee
guys we know a celebrity
shivorce
hahahahhaha
shivorce
jesus
kiwi burgers
wow
kiwi burgers
congrats???
July, July
July, July
I WASN'T EXPECTING IT TO BE LIKE THIS LEVEL OF BIG OH MY GOD
ᴇʟɪsᴀsᴜᴇ 💉
CONGRATS CITRUS PATIENT ZERO
ᴇʟɪsᴀsᴜᴇ 💉
I actually didn’t know there were levels below lime lol
miles you ass
HOLY FUCCK
ITS LADY TIME
NICE
July, July
I am not the actual creator of the scale, I was just the first person who actually went and codified the whole thing.
chrismas creep
you've made history
you've made history
(•─•)/")
AHAHA
July, July
I'm going to die.
July, July
ᴇʟɪsᴀsᴜᴇ 💉
Okay, see, that's the thing, Orange was only sometimes a thing back then! And I only ever saw it get used in a couple of fandoms! When I made the scale I included it because it was still present enough, but very rarely used! Same with Grapefruit!
Tad Cooper
This made me smile. Thanks July.
July, July
noooo I need to find a hole to die in
☼ zinnia
ohhhh my god, July
July, July
Tad Cooper
: I am glad it gave you a smile, at least.
𝙟𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙙𝙖𝙬
YOU MADE HISTORY
July, July
I did not actually want this
(•─•)/")
internet don't care what you want
(•─•)/")
you're on the internet train now choo choo
July, July
choo choo...
spookynonsense
it's a helpful scale for a very stupid problem
July, July
that really shouldn't exist in tyol 2019.
spookynonsense
Right?
𝙟𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙙𝙖𝙬
we’re in the hell timeline and this is the only thing getting us through this
Nox
I'm laughing because I'm seeing that get shared here, too
July, July
only death awaits.
Juliet
omfg you are the new standard
𝒹𝓊𝓀𝑒
you're helping a whole new world of internet babies
July, July
Juliet
: I can't entirely believe this happened? like I mean, it was old and starting to die out when I wrote it all up in one place and now it's reexploded? using something I wrote for the new standard for all of them no less.
Zita
oh my god dude time is a flat circle and you found the center
July, July
I did not want or expect this
sAlty
oooomg 
SPOILER ALERT
holy shit my life
SPOILER ALERT
SO THAT'S WHY WE CALLED THEM THAT
July, July
SPOILER ALERT
: haaa not quite, term comes from an old porny anime which is where the term 'lemon' comes from. the rest developed from lemon.
July, July
the main ones commonly agreed on everywhere where lime and lemon.
July, July
citrus, orange and grapefruit weren't in common use everywhere but were repeat theme enough back then for me to decide to add them as items on that particular version of the scale.
(•─•)/")
yeah I can't say I ever heard orange or grapefruit but lemon/lime/citrus yes
July, July
yeah. it's just very interesting watching this from a fandom history pov.