Are "Post Unpopular Opinions" threads about: - finding the walls of your echo chamber? - encouraging naive outgroup members to expose themselves? - providing a formal justification to make ingroup-divergent claims, thus asserting your status if your thread is seen as legitimate?
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Replying to @simpolism
- letting off steam for some reason i'm reminded of Johnny Carson's final Tonight Show, in which he nibbled the hand that fed him with the most exquisite gentleness
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Replying to @chaosprime
why might expressing unpopular opinions publicly "let off more steam" than doing so privately?
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Replying to @simpolism
shrug, it's very common to feel as if an unwitnessed event hasn't really happened
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Replying to @chaosprime @simpolism
best evidence I know of supporting the whole "self isn't real" hypothesis. if you're the only witness you don't even trust your own testimony.
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