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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 1m

I think the more vanguardist types see themselves as the Elect, yeah, true. Others are just low-key suicidal.

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 10m

Like, at a certain point your arguments for pain and misery to all go from the pain being instrumental to terminal, and your insistence that only mass immiseration stops Americans from being fascist holds the instantly repugnant conclusion that the immiseration can't *stop*.

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 9m

(it's also what they believe of themselves as individuals, but they might not realize that they're still carrying their upbringing)

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 11m

Increasingly hard to ignore the fact that a significant number of people on this site think that the US should be some penitent/martyr-state kept in a permanent immiseration by the priest-theorist class for its corrupt original sin.

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 28m

i refuse to voice an opinion on the truth of the matter while there's still Discourse happening

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 30m

got hit with the double whammy of an emotionally charged topic and negative polarization against Internet leftists

mix in some "defending, therefore is a fan of" because winning is more important than being truthful

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hailey @hailey.at · 40m

everyone should be able to run one of these on their own. personal moderation really ran by you.

paul replying to me with a rude reply and being labeled as bad faith.

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 38m

please tell me that y'all were deliberately collecting toxic replies because that would be the funniest fucking thing

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Nicole Saltesi @nacl.sh · 6h

counterpoint:

finnish sauna. the whole family gets in. all the brothers, and there's nothing gay about it 😎. btw finland has more saunas than houses.

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 1h

when people are That spun up, they're less able to weigh evidence about whether the thing triggering the emotional response is actually factual

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The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 12h

Look, I write C++. C++ is a sick abomination.

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 1h

[email protected] is neat, if you don't mind making your presence known lol

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 2h

really we just need "do four cycles of box breathing before the Send button becomes active"

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kat claws @kat.meangirls.online · 20h

it's really quite striking that this is the first item listed, ahead of fact-checking, spoofed sources, & account impersonation

Look out for emotional red flags

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Emotional red flags include content that:

triggers an emotional response
makes a bold statement on a controversial issue
makes an extraordinary claim
seems too good to be true
contains clickbait like “You won’t believe this video!”

If something you come across online really hits a nerve, consider doing a quick fact-check before sharing it with others.

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 2h

Makes perfect sense, if it provokes an emotional response, someone won't be in the right headspace to vet it anyway

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 2h

really we just need "do four cycles of box breathing before the Send button becomes active"

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 2h

Sandslash might be better branding. Very spiky when stressed irl.

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 2h

she's kind of "front toward enemy". liked her well enough, blocked me though.

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