detoxing from the worst habits that twitter encourages is actually very simple: just absolutely refuse to state an opinion about anything or anybody, but keep tweeting
we’ll call it the @eigenrobot cleanse
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eight things you can do on twitter instead of stating an opinion:
tell a story
make a joke
ask a question
start a game
share a feeling
offer help
do a business
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NB none of these is what
@eigenrobot typically does this would be more a…@Thinkwert cleanse? Eigen does have opinions, but obfuscates them when Socrates asks you a question, he's manifesting an opinion when Diogenes masturbates in front of you, he's manifesting an opinion1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes -
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it's not necessarily a fully fledged Opinion that you could write up sincerely and sign off but it's a point to think about Diogenes' public masturbation makes you go "hmm" an Opinion would just make idiots descend and argue technicalities hence shitposting, hence obfuscation
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point is, not having opinions online is good, but that doesn't mean you should stop making points just resist the need to collapse the superposition of points in your head into a single stancehttps://twitter.com/mechanicalmonk1/status/1264642670644862978?s=20 …
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credit to rightful caliph @literalbanana
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