Behaviors and artifact displays that reassure observers that despite acting weird in public you won’t violate the order of civil inattention
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People who get really good at being publicly weird develop abnormal but “hypernormal” normality-reassurance displays
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Anyone have examples of this? It seems true right but hard to get specific
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Replying to @literalbanana
I have a habit of reflexively looking for something funny to RT after tweeting something vulnerable or emotional, does that count?
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Replying to @literalbanana
It’s a way of signalling to / reassuring people that I can talk about heavy stuff without being a permanent mood killerpic.twitter.com/dv9xjcMcgI
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Replying to @visakanv @literalbanana
It’s a bit of a balancing act. On one hand, you don’t want to trivialize the serious thing you just said. On the other hand, you don’t want to be so serious all the time that people start filtering it as “that’s just how he is” +not take it srsly any more. keep em on their toes
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Replying to @visakanv @literalbanana
Got news for you. You’re not fooling anyone. We all know you’re a pile of mushy sentiment.
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Replying to @vgr @literalbanana
You guys are the insiders; the act is actually for everyone else *wink wink*
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I didn’t say us I said anyone
Dare you to do a poll
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Replying to @vgr @literalbanana
I don’t mind; what should the questions/options be? Also I suspect it’s like “can you pass the salt” - everyone knows it’s a directive not a question, and yet
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