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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
i think it’s even odds the causality goes the other way: the stuff you joke about is presciently intuitively anticipating the way your reality is headed. i don’t think you can “force” the joking in whatever direction you want, i think the jokes will feel staler
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Visa ✈️ SF (Aug 2-14)
@visakanv
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the stuff you joke about (even ironically or whatever) has a way of shaping your reality so be careful and deliberate with that stuff. a lot of people out here fumbling their own bags by joking about outcomes they don’t want. you might as well joke about the outcomes you do want
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
oh hmm maybe it’s a false dichotomy. maybe will and intention are the same thing as coming into better alignment with the future. wack. i can sort of see the possibility intellectually but i don’t grok it at all really
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
anyway tbc this doesn’t really affect visa’s conclusion either way; i def agree that it pays off to be more careful about your words. but maybe there are people who are destined to do that after coming across the idea and there are people who aren’t 😬
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It’s a graph walk. You see the edges where you’re looking. All humor is observational. I think part of the problem is that there’s an success quotient. If you make intentional jokes and they’re not funny, you’re looking in the wrong place / you’re not seeing what you’re watching