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 @user-366 @user-246 @user-367 @user-353 
 
 I try to be conscientious of such things and only believe the things I read
 that I agree with explicitly. I've been burned before, in my youth, which
 perhaps is a privilege that those who come beyond us might never experience in
 the future AI generated internet that shall scarcely resemble the wild wild
 west that I grew up in. Perhaps, but I cannot say for sure, as the future has
 necessarily not yet come to pass, and so we cannot see how it shall unfold. I
 hope people can learn the digital literacy skills I developed. I hope they
 learn new ones that they'll then pass on to me. I hope the future is grand and
 beautiful and... Frankly I don't think I'll be disappointed in that particular
 respect. : )
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 @user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-352
A response to the previous message written into the chat text box. It has -8 characters remaining, meaning the words expressed were simply too large to fit in the technical restraints of the computerized medium within which the author is communicating.  Here is the text of the message:  There's only so much time in the day, and when perceiving media people often tend to "turn off" their brain and exist in the moment. But, then, when they come across something they identify with, said brain lights up and says "Hey I know this!" and so they resonate in a pleasurable way, which they tend to then incorporate into themselves in a way that is personal and meaningful.  It's not... wrong, per se, to do that. But it leaves you vulnerable. A better approach I think is to work toward facilitating space in people's lives, such that they may have the mental freedom to analyze their conditions and the nature of the reality they perceive through their own two eyes. There's nothing more powerful than a thinking machine aligned toward rationality through it's design comprised of the natural result of logical rules that are incontrovertible due to the nature of reality - All things are based on a combination of math and sensation. See this XKCD: https://xkcd.com/435/

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 @user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353 
 
 I wrote a little bit of that on my website, but something told me not to. I
 think because it would weaken the message? Frankly it was quite difficult to
 say even the barest minimum of "I wrote these things when I was distressed and
 didn't post them until now. I'm only posting them now because they're becoming
 increasingly relevant and it's a little embarassing tbh to showcase how much
 I've changed. Please don't take these things out of context."
 
 I wasn't *wrong* per se, but I was misaligned. I am always re-aligning
 myself in small ways that eventually create (what I believe to be) the best and
 most ethical direction. BUT it's easy not to see that. People don't see things
 in their totality, they see only what they are exposed to. That's not bad, it's
 just a product of our finite existence. Which is why I value personal
 expression more than self-identified moral and ethical directioned [beliefs,
 but pronounced as "adaptations"]
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 @user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353 
 
 My classes only briefly touched on 2nd wave feminism, because apparently 1st
 and 3rd were more important. I haven't gone back and re-examined it because I'm
 too busy learning about computers - alas! that there should be more hours in
 the day? I wonder what I would then be able to say, here in this moment, should
 I have been prepared with more moments in solitude or classroom, studying the
 work of those who came before me.
 
 Oh well, I should probably focus on processor architecture or Java frameworks
 or whatever I'm assigned next.
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 @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 
 
 Perhaps I'm strange, but I like to take that particular joy that you're
 describing in essentially every piece of media I consume. Not as a vengeful
 feeling, but rather just a product of the idea that I cannot truly know the
 intentions of those who created it, so I approach my understanding of it from
 an angle that is aligned according to my own experience. Which means that my
 conclusion lands somewhere they (presumably) didn't intend...
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 @user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-353 
 
 Hell yeah, that's the kind of words I seek : )
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 @user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353 
 
 That makes sense to me. Now that I think of it I remember reading the book
 "Female Chauvinist Pigs" which I think was 2nd wave? It's been a while. I've
 been in school for too long. I should probably stop dropping out -.-
 
 https://archive.org/details/femalechauvinist00arie
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 @user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-353 
 
 Oh what a life, wouldn't that be grand? Video games are a complex subject, and
 require complex analysis - the likes of which could only be shared through an
 extended explanation and exploration - perhaps in the context of a university
 course, might a particular genre be plumbed? We have art history degrees for a
 reason. People discuss the history of math and physics in much the same way.
 Thank goodness for YouTube, I have no idea how we'd share the history of
 computers and gaming if not for the people making retrospectives on obscure
 hardware from 1988.
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 @user-353 @user-370 @user-366 @user-246 @user-367 
 
 Some things I lived through, some things I lived through a retelling of, and
 some things I sought out recollections of and incorporated into my knowledge
 banks such that I might more adequately and efficiently approach future
 situations.
 
 ... am I a computer or just autistic? /shrug
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 @user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-353 
 
 Hate is corrosive, and self-hate is self destructive. I'm glad you aren't
 feeling that way anymore!
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 @user-246 @user-353 @user-370 @user-366 @user-367 
 
 Might have to read these tomorrow, I have 6 new tabs that are begging for my
 attention. Yet somehow the comfort of my bed feels more inviting. BRB napping
 for 8 hours
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 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 @user-370 @user-366 
 
 Ah, the limitations of our mortal forms. But dreams are most beautiful, so
 perhaps it's worth it to be a little constrained to our conditions ^_^
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 @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 
 
 These three images are the same, I just needed 3 pictures to fit all the words
 into the low-vision description box.
 
 I'm cheating the system! Nobody can stop me! Rules are fake! The system is
 fake! Nothing will hold me back! Something something
I ran out of text characters, both in the original post and in the description that I'm writing right now, so please listen to the description of the 2nd picture as well. It's the same picture, just with the 2nd half of the content of the post added to the screenreader description.  Begin content of post:  Your perspective is valid and I can understand how hearing the words that he spoke would unnerve you. I'd say that topically it's less similar to the Epic of Gilgamesh, and more similar to...  -- CW content warning --   dot dot dot   a particular piece of writing called dot dot dot  mein kampf?  not just because of the connections to genocide and racial... stuff... that I don't really want to touch with a 10 foot pole. Maybe a 15 foot pole but tbh I just don't have the core strength to wield such a long pole, so I think I'll just not.  Err.... what was I saying oh yes. I wouldn't want to remind you of the times when a particular person wrote terrible things. I wouldn't repeat those things, as I feel that would imply that I believed those things. And I try my best to believe the least terrible things, which as far as I can tell is a decent way to go about it ^_^ so I guess I'm saying I wish I could extract words written by another and express them through my own mouth rather than implying the perspective of the author, which is necessarily displaced from my own.  [out of characters, see second picture] [begin text of 2nd picture]  I mean, if a particular german dictator who lived in the 20th century (was it really so little time ago?) wrote some interesting and novel essay on the art of impressionistic painting or... whatever he liked to paint... I don't think we'd have any right to use it to express ourselves. It'd feel immoral and strange, because it's impossible to excise the magnitude of the beliefs that would later go on to define that man. But I also wouldn't want to unnecessarily condemn a person to infinite reprisal because the path of their thoughts carried them down a dark road - if, perhaps, he had written a piece about all the genocide and racial stuff and whatnot... But then immediately recanted it, explained why he believed what he did and why he now believes something better, and carried the shame of his cognitive failure with him forward into the future, until all those he had wounded with his words had forgiven him... Then maybe he would have been redeemed. Obviously that's not what happened, and bringing it back to the essay I posted, should the author of that essay deny the words he spoke and claim they were a mistake that he has since learned from... Perhaps he could be forgiven. But such things are controversial for a reason, and so we are not compelled to grant him any succor or mercy in our reprisal and vehement resentment.  [ah nuts ran out of space again, see... third picture? teehee] [begin description of 3rd picture]  [they're the same pictures btw it's just a way to "cheat" and add more words into the description box that you're listening to right now]  [phew that was a lot] I guess I just want to reiterate that what I was trying to do was express a thought that required a lot of typing to explain, and it mostly aligned to what was expressed in the essay I posted. Like, a leaf node on the tree of my expressive argument : )  as to your question, I don't really remember being included in any internet beefs. I think I was swept up in the pop-leftism + pop-feminism of the mid 2010s, but that quickly matured as I engaged with people who knew much more than I and I could see the cracks and fissures in the stuff I had learned from the internet. I really do learn more from engaging with a person than by reading... I think perhaps it's due to the back-and-forth nature of conversation? You can temper and refine your ideas by striking them against the hammer and anvil of another. It's fun! Anyway I'm way over the text limit.  [finished with all pictures]

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 @user-95 
 
 Perhaps it might be! The spectrum of my rainbow is diffuse I suppose ^_^
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 @user-379 @user-366 @user-380 @user-381 @user-382 @user-367 
 
 I, being a witch, posted something on Nextdoor a few days before Halloween
 about how the phases of the moon at the time were the harbinger of dark and
 ancient evils that crept through the night on that particular day, one day,
 just once, one night per year, because... y'know, Halloween is supposed to be
 spooky?
 
 People there hated it. They muted me and blocked me and called me names. So I
 deleted my account because it's obviously not designed for witches like me xD
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 @user-387 @user-388 
 
 Also a few weeks ago (month or two maybe? idk time is an illusion) they updated
 their mobile app and now it's just worse.
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 @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 
 
 darn, that's good to know. I guess I could make multiple posts but I don't want
 to spam people - Mastodon tends to notify people whenever you do ANYTHING which
 I worry is bothersome. Hence the attempts to compress longer thoughts into
 smaller spaces...
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 @user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353 
 
 Agreed! That's why I never touch the stuff. Frankly I worry that if I did, it
 would "infect" me somehow, because brains are kinda stupid. Or maybe it's the
 'tism that makes me repeat the most taboo think I can think of in my brain
 whenever it wants to hurt me -.-
 
 Don't read that stuff. I wish I could forget every slur I ever learned, because
 my internal monologue just... REALLY enjoys intrusively thought-ing my internal
 narrative whenever possible. >.>
 
 It takes real, genuine effort to not be racist or whatever because brains are
 stupid, but like... it's kinda necessary to be a good person, so, y'know, don't
 think bad thoughts about people you don't know? And if you find yourself with
 intrusive thoughts related to that kind of thing, then focus your attention on
 vanquishing them, because it's important. It really is. Just do it. Work on it.
 Be better. I know you can. [says me to me lol]
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 @user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353 
 
 I mean, perhaps the trash that those gems are buried in is similar to the trash
 that my gems are buried in (capitalism I think? I'm stretching the metaphor)
 
 I think you're absolutely right. Don't listen to Nazis. I don't even like
 thinking about them or talking about them or even acknowledging their
 existence. If I see one I'd punch it. I'm not great in a fight so I might get
 stabbed or whatever but like... worth it
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 @user-391 
 
 Just want to point out that email is about as private as skywriting. Which
 means that everyone knows what you buy on Amazon or which forums send you
 messages... So if you want to keep your posts secret, you should use encryption
 - such as gpg, for example.
 
 Actually, wouldn't that solve the problem that @user-78 is talking about? Just,
 build encryption into everything.
 
 Ah, nope, wouldn't work, just realized that public means public, and you can't
 encrypt a public post. Well, you *could*, but then it's no longer
 public, just noise transmitted on a public channel.
 
 Idk. My opinion is that the fediverse is (and should be) like email. Like
 skywriting. If you mark something as public, it should be seen by anyone who
 wants to see it. It's an opt-in option. And frankly I miss Myspace, so I'm okay
 with archives.
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 @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 
 
 Ah yes, wouldn't it be nice if everyone spoke their mind? I'm doing my part
 d=(^_^)z
 
 Thank you for adding context to what I posted. I now know better how and where
 to use it, if I ever do again. We shall see, I haven't yet read the
 examinations of the author you sent me. I'll do that before I think about the
 post again.
 
 Those 6 tabs I mentioned last night have now become 4, and soon I'll get
 through all of them - reading is a joy to me ^_^
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 @user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353 
 
 I think that particular dynamic works in our favor ^_^
 
 one of the best things about fascism is how evil it is, because evil has a
 smell.
 
 Dang I'm riled up now, the part of me that exists in the past wants to swing a
 sword and lop off nazi heads.
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 @user-216
 
 this is what Earth looks like to the sun
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 @user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353 
 
 Good point. What is one person lopping off nazi heads when compared to a person
 writing a book that compels others to view them with disdain? I think we need
 both, but you're right that "the pen is mightier than the sword"
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 @user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353 
 
 I wouldn't know, I haven't read any of it, and my mind's too porous to want to
 expose itself to that kind of thing. Like, no coral reef WANTS to be bleached,
 but alas.
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 @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 
 
 I see... I mean, I've spent enough time around plants and animals to know that
 certain things are instinctual and are passed on through biological
 reproduction. It's not just that, but my other evidence is anecdotal.
 
 But I also know that most behavior is learned, through a combination of
 circumstance, action, and the intentions behind said actions, taken by the
 individual who is incorporating behavior into their psyche. So... While I'm
 sure there's some merit to each part of the "nature/nurture" spectrum I don't
 think it's really relevant on a meta, socio-political scale. You can just
 abstract all of those concepts and mark it as a black box called "humanity" and
 work through whatever socio-political problem, concern, or quandry you're
 working through.
 
 Abstraction is our friend - It hides the details that (while technically may
 have SOME merit) are irrelevant to the larger-scale decisionmaking, and in fact
 can often delude decionmakers into being unethical.
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 @user-391 @user-78 
 
 I see, it seems you know more than me about this topic. It's true that search
 engines don't index emails, but I was thinking more of a "cybersecurity"
 perspective, as in any "sufficiently motivated" individual or organization
 could access your emails should they so desire. And should they be willing to
 (I'm assuming?) break a few laws.
 
 If it *can* be done, and if it gives information that could be used
 for leverage, then you can be assured that *someone* will do it. I
 personally worry about people in power who *could* be blackmailed
 because their communications were more public than they anticipated. Which
 speaks to the problem mentioned in this post of the search-indexing-opt-out
 functionality being present but circumnavigatable. Avoidable? Able to be
 bypassed? It's an illusion of security.
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 @user-394 
 
 I'm transfem, but I figure it's the same thing right?
 
 They tell you to get a bigger needle for pulling the hormones out of the vial
 and then switch to a smaller one when injecting, but there's not really any
 point in that. I say get the same kind of needle (the small one) and just take
 a bit of extra time drawing it out. I still use two needles each time, but if I
 use the "least common denominator" then I can have a bit of extra flexibility
 with little downside.
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