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Lately I've been tryin to do more Srs Person things, like I'm about to go to a conference and I looked at the other people going and they're all like, People In Suits who Founded Businesses and have Academic Degrees, and then I get a feeling like I shouldn't be horny on main 1/
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but like, what is that? I'm feeling sheepish, like I should be professional and pretend I don't have a sex drive and not talk about my pooping habits or eating poop or my deepest insecurities. But that's weird; it's weird to be in a culture that quietly, subtly suppresses that
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It's like people are interacting through avatars of themselves when it comes to these worlds. And maybe that makes sense, like they *are* avatars, they represent a company or something where being honest and vulnerable would damage their work. But man, that really sucks for them
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For the first decade or so of my professional career, I worked with the DoD and various other three-letter agencies. We were, in fact, always "in character" as people working with our agencies. And it was so liberating when I went "you know, I just don't fucking care anymore"
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were we ... all crazy and we all just kept quiet? & if crazy's the new normal then it's not that crazy, is it? Cause the word by definition means it sits outside the system & how ... tell difference between sick & tryna fit in? If everybody's crazy, then who's supposed to fix it?
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I’m with you in that I like to be my full self on main and actually optimise my life for this and/but also I think it’s possible to be a sterile corpo and still have fun, it’s just a different flavor of kink. not being allowed to swear it makes it hotter when you do get to do it
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I used to be those people. Slowly, but surely, through lots of counseling I'm learning how to be the person I truly am which is absolutely not that. It's always great to see people who have achieved what you have, I think you're doing great!
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there is a meme about how once you become a good enough developer, you get to come out as a furry on your main twitter account and it doesn't affect your professional life.
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