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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
so, context: some time ago i became annoyed at how much wordy thinky stuff was happening at rationalist parties (even the *naked* parties 😩) and had the idea to throw a "nonverbal party": no spoken or written words, all consent negotiated nonverbally, maybe one verbal safe zone
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Brent (Berlin till August 7)
@_brentbaum
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Replying to @chercher_ai
@QiaochuYuan you gotta host that "no words allowed" party, it'd be fascinating!
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Anne-Lorraine 🍓
@AnneSelke
I'm into this. U can also do 3 hrs of no talking and no one can join after those 3 hours. And transition out of silence w "no reply" (10' timer, only say a thing after u checked that a. it's not a reply to anything else and b. it's meaningful to say) h/t
@craythan
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Anne-Lorraine 🍓
@AnneSelke
U can put out 2 small erasable Whiteboards so 2 people can have a conversation in writing. I wouldn't worry about lyrics. The social patterns come from doing the act of talking more than the words themselves.
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
i do kinda like the idea of "fasting" from verbal comprehension entirely though! like remove anything that has words on it in the space too, just no verbal processing at all for awhile
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Anne-Lorraine 🍓
@AnneSelke
Coool! Is there some way to transition into it? Maybe forget reading? Have things become illegible? Understand the effort that takes and drop it? Look at silent videos of people talking gibberish, overlaid with bird song? Or wildly shake our heads?
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