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the hooman-that-identifies-as-intellectual has a special "prowling" mode where it will purposely look for things to be offended by by imbuing combinations of letters with self-interpreted meaning

this sets up the situation so that either conflict or misunderstanding is inevitable this is the "big-brain" equivalent of finding a waiter to get angry at it is not about righting a moral wrong but about "winning" at something to feel whole

this is a "chip on the brain" a chip on the shoulder takes up exaggerated amounts of physical or social space so that any intrusion can be set upon. "what you looking at!" or "what did u just say?"https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1360619309383360512?s=20 …

a chip on the brain on the other hand takes up exaggerated amounts of intellectual space or moral space "that combination of letters! how dare they exist!" both types of chips assume non-existent intent bc the identity has planted flags everywhere

this is why "identifies-as-intellectual" is emphasized. the "identification" tries to synchronize an inner world with an outer world. an amazing article is read and someone hopes to reach that level on a first draft

when you read a finished article you read and so "think" what the author intended. however this is NOT at all how the author thinks. this is what the author is capable of CREATING through multiple rounds of editing, polishing, and brainstorming

by trying to mimic this kind of "thought", an impossible ideal is set. this leads to constant feelings of inferiority and a repression of internal thoughts. the internal thoughts become REPLACED with the polished regurgitations of external memorizations