I think there are two responses- first is that curiosity you just described. Truth/meaning-seeking
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Replying to @BagelDaughter @fire__exit
second is personal/relational validation of the experience, for the original person's sake. Legitimate & necessary, & personal
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but a lot of ppl lose sight of the purpose of the second thing, and learn poor strategies for supporting each other
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
hah, i forgot it has a name. you think an abbreviation means the actual act has died?
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Replying to @fire__exit
might hmm, maybe. I find myself looking for nonstandard phrasings of things when trying to say something genuine & heartfelt
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
maybe signalling "this was important enough to put effort into phrasing it"
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yeah... Unfortunate that in truth-seeking saying the same old thing is bad but in giving care it's what we mostly need
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
i don't know, it seems like this could go either way, e.g. "scientific method" vs "tired platitudes"
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though i guess with showing care, you can say the same thing, you just need to say it properly, like you really mean it
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yeah I think I was wrong now about the distinction being the novelty of delivery. There's something different though...
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