For the record, a) I’m a “0” on this (atomization ftw!) and b) if it isn’t obvious, this is related to the tweetstorm I just postedhttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/971453663834095616 …
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Replying to @vgr
I am happiest when I see people other than service workers and my husband about twice a month
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Replying to @literalbanana
Yeah I was roflmao when you admitted it publicly last week
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Replying to @vgr @literalbanana
Hypocrite is a compliment coming from us smarmy whigs btw. We welcome all to our two-faced community life
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Replying to @vgr
hypocrisy is a good way to expand empathy and realize that people with radically different brains exist? maybe?
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Replying to @literalbanana
Neal Stephenson iirc has paeans to Victorian hypocrisy in some novel. Diamond Age I think. His argument is more compensating with manners for limits of empathy I think. “Everybody wear this simpler mask because we’ll never really grok each other”
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also having something to aspire to, instead of just accepting your limitations
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Replying to @literalbanana
Hmm Jim Stone post last yearhttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/07/25/i-cant-be-your-hero-im-too-busy-being-super/ …
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