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Exactly!!! It shouldn't be terrifying, and everybody "knows" that. But that doesn't help if you have a weird PTSD reaction to the idea of "questioning your own

Exactly!!! It shouldn't be terrifying, and everybody "knows" that. But that doesn't help if you have a weird PTSD reaction to the idea of "questioning your own beliefs and then changing them" because you're afraid you'll Completely Lose It, or Wind Up A Completely Despicable Horrible Person, or Get Mobbed On The Internet And Have Your Life Ruined, or, or... And that's dramatically easier to wind up with than you might expect from the term "PTSD". Surprise: everybody's got bad shit that's happened to 'em, that's life. Some of 'em lose it in rage and lash out. Some of 'em shut up entirely, dissociate hard... apoptosis, even, unfortunately. Sometimes literally, sometimes metaphysically- one's not much more sad than the other, but the literal apoptosis isn't reversible from the perspective of others. I can type like this, show off Pure Unfiltered Self, and then switch to my work laptop and write up client reports. Can you? Why not? Anybody can write weird meaningless stream-of-consciousness stuff. Some people just don't want to. Most people just "don't want to".

holler 5y ago
> Anybody can write weird meaningless stream-of-consciousness stuff. By chance I'm working on a public discussion site and would love to have some stream of conscious discussion with you! https://sqwok.im https://sqwok.im
- XMPPwocky 5y ago
  sure thing! talking to a large number of folks right now and generally have a lot of outlets for My Bullshit, but I might pop in at some point. p.s. on the registration form, my brain expected "username, email, password" and not "username, password, email"; might just be me but, IDK, maybe A/B test that (and make sure you're not logging "email addresses" for new accounts anywhere, because a sufficiently distracted person will inevitably put a password in the email box.)
  - holler 5y ago
    awesome and great point, thanks for mentioning!
positus 5y ago
The tone and style of your comments reminds me of Ashley Pomeroy's 'Women and Dreams' blog[1]. It's not about anything in particular, but it's witty and entertaining and has some good info hidden away in it. [1]: http://women-and-dreams.blogspot.com http://women-and-dreams.blogspot.com

holler 5y ago

> Anybody can write weird meaningless stream-of-consciousness stuff. By chance I'm working on a public discussion site and would love to have some stream of conscious discussion with you! https://sqwok.im https://sqwok.im

XMPPwocky 5y ago
sure thing! talking to a large number of folks right now and generally have a lot of outlets for My Bullshit, but I might pop in at some point. p.s. on the registration form, my brain expected "username, email, password" and not "username, password, email"; might just be me but, IDK, maybe A/B test that (and make sure you're not logging "email addresses" for new accounts anywhere, because a sufficiently distracted person will inevitably put a password in the email box.)
- holler 5y ago
  awesome and great point, thanks for mentioning!

positus 5y ago

The tone and style of your comments reminds me of Ashley Pomeroy's 'Women and Dreams' blog[1]. It's not about anything in particular, but it's witty and entertaining and has some good info hidden away in it. [1]: http://women-and-dreams.blogspot.com http://women-and-dreams.blogspot.com