just had to reassure @selentelechia that it is okay to want to be a good person
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"but what if i dont really want to be a good person but i only want to be someone who wants to be a good person" stop this immediately
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Replying to @eigenrobot
do you have a sense of a specific thing your brain does here to override with an imposed bottoming out of the fruitless endless descent? do you just go "I shan't" to the part that says this and that works?
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Replying to @anonymiserly
i think I see where its going, start laughing internally, and drop it almost immediately
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Replying to @eigenrobot
hm when I (try to) do this (for whichever genres of such loops) I'm left with a nagging corner that says "aha but you didn't answer the question
", maintaining this latch on my confidence and never letting things drop
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Replying to @anonymiserly
i think i slowly shed self doubt over the first decade and a half of adulthood may just take some doing
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working on it (or working on convincing myself I'm allowed to work on it
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Anomalic @anonymiserlylatest loop: decide to stop looking for Permission from Authority in everything; accept independence, risk, being Wrong Sometimes, etc. but it feels like the *act of deciding that's ok* is itself act of permission seeking from authority! "I'm permitted not to seek permission"Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @anonymiserly
would it help if i gave you Official blanket permission to do whatever seems like a good idea at the time
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you should definitely do this. go forth and Slay
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Replying to @eigenrobot @anonymiserly
youll probably fuck up a lot but thats good too within reason
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believe me I am so god damned deep "within reason" that it would take quite some doing to stray beyond it
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