I just realized I genuinely like playing to caricatures of me that people might hold. Discover the cartoon view people have of you and own it to absurdity. Usually there is some truth to it that people are picking up on, but don’t fully realize the implications actions of.
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Thank you for speaking such multifaceted and fractal truth, my fellow crewmate of Spaceship Earth! May we all emerge into collective agency, flocking beautifully like a murmuration of starlings or white people at Burning Man. May I paint your face, Venkat? (Consent first!) 🌈🌀🙏
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Same. My online persona is a hyperbolic version of my actual personality. People who meet me after following me online are always shocked at how quiet and measured I am.
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I like online Cathy and think she’s fun. But she’d be exhausting 24/7 or really in any context you can’t click away from.
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this is the secret of persona-craft that smart celebrities use. Paris Hilton was an early pioneer
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I’d love to see the shrine you have dedicated to the Great Old Ones and other Elder Gods, and to know of the things you sacrifice to them. What gets their attention these days?
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at best, it will teach us to not hold any one version of ourselves too seriously (or lightly).







