does sadposting make the world worse?
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Yeah, and it's not just commiseration. The arrow of (reading sadposts -> less loneliness) also goes through (your friends seeming to have greater anti-phatic emotional depth/realism) for example.
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And I suspect this is partly gender-coded, but for me the arrow also goes through "some kinds of patheticness are romantically attractive because of the opportunity to provide for the afflicted". Not sure if I should be ashamed of that.
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but maybe they just fall into category 1, depending on how obfuscated they are?
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Humor is my fave way to cope with intractable existential suffering.
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effect of sadposts on me is neutral to positive. main thing i worry about is if cool ppl sadpost, ppl will stop wanting to become cool
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i've mostly moved sadposting to an alt and to [redacted]
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