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This is my conversational account. For my work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian.

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    1. sonya! supposedly?‏ @sonyasupposedly Feb 5
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      I love how extremely unglamorous real fight videos are. Expectation versus reality w/r/t fights is John Wick versus a toddler face-planting. Awesome that I can learn this without having to get into fights!

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    2. Matthew Samuel Sweet‏ @Matthew_Sweet Feb 10
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      Replying to @sonyasupposedly

      Fights are not the same as violence. Former is ritualised, social performance art. Violence is about hitting hard, fast, close and with surprise (paraphrasing Rory Miller). And it’s asymmetrical. Totally different approaches.

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    3. sonya! supposedly?‏ @sonyasupposedly Feb 10
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      yeah I've read that book, you don't need to condescendingly paraphrase it to me, but thanks

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    4. Matthew Samuel Sweet‏ @Matthew_Sweet Feb 10
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      Not an attempt to be condescending. Glad you’ve seen Miller’s stuff, though.

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    5. sonya! supposedly?‏ @sonyasupposedly Feb 10
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      lecture mode rarely plays well in replies, fwiw. "Have you heard of... ?" goes way better.

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    6. Matthew Samuel Sweet‏ @Matthew_Sweet Feb 10
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      I’ll go for that next time. Still seriously glad you’ve read Miller. Seems to me that understanding of visceral things like violence is on the decline.

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    7. sonya! supposedly?‏ @sonyasupposedly Feb 10
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      my delivery was probably overly harsh, sigh. I get fed up and snap at people and then a couple hours later I'm like.... that could have been said much more nicely. workin on it. @visakanv is way better at this >.<

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    8. Matthew Samuel Sweet‏ @Matthew_Sweet Feb 10
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      Funnily enough, my reaction to your reaction had the hallmarks of a minor adrenal dump. One of the few times I’ve *really* understood conflation between one’s ego and ideas.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 10
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      Damn. You young people and your reasonable conflict resolution. At this rate I have to worry about how we’ll keep the internet of beefs going.

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        1. Matthew Samuel Sweet‏ @Matthew_Sweet Feb 10
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          Conflict reminds people how to be civil. Guess you’ll have to start work on “Internet of Peace, Love and Positivity”... (P.s. IntOfBeef has (positively) skewed how I engage online, so thanks)

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