you ever see those, like, uber-subculture-exemplar power couples and be struck by the impression that they're miserable together but they're stuck with each other because their commitment to their cultural capital won't let them pairbond with anyone but the other apex cool kid
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for the people reading this who are currently trapped in just such a relationship, remember that your choices reveal your actual preferences, but don't be sad; your suffering always serves a purpose, because it amuses me
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[ CENOBITE MINDSET ]
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Replying to @chaosprime
Can you compare and contrast this with a [ T A R D I G R A D E M I N D S E T ] ?
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Replying to @jefflowrey
oh, sure. tardigrade mindset is basically common or garden variety antifragility, where Cenobite mindset celebrates fragility, at least in its failure modes
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Replying to @chaosprime
Nice explanation! A related question. Can a trilobite celebrate an few orders of magnitude more fragility?
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regretfully i must report that the qualia of trilobites are beyond my experience
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