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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. 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕝𝕒 𝕃𝕦𝕟𝕖‏ @vers_laLune Mar 28
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      that's how you found him? Nah, that was a shitpost

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    2. eris‏ @erin_nerung Mar 28
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      eris Retweeted Liminal Warmth  💕

      also it doesn't look like a shitposthttps://twitter.com/liminal_warmth/status/1244002367680303104?s=20 …

      eris added,

      Liminal Warmth  💕 @liminal_warmth
      Great thread. Choose your online second-brain hive carefully so that it aligns with your first-brain needs and goals I like tapping people smarter than me with specialized knowledge on a whim https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1125119314611171328 …
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    3. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Mar 28
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      Who cares if it was a shitpost I think it’s a useful model

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    4. eris‏ @erin_nerung Mar 28
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      it's a lot of words and a memey catchy term to say "there's a lot of info out there and you'll stay behind if you don't calibrate your input" it's difficult not to consider it a grift, but i'm starting to accept that people love grifts

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    5. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Mar 28
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      Sure but I’m actually more interested in his throwaway concept of leveraging online friends in a fluid way than any claims about temporal advantages at different engagement levels

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. eris‏ @erin_nerung Mar 28
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      i don't think anyone in the history of humanity ever needed a guide to leverage friendships like that anyway, sorry, i didn't mean to target you specifically - clearly a lot of people find some value in what he writes. i just think it fosters helplessness

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    7. eris‏ @erin_nerung Mar 28
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      eris Retweeted sonya! supposedly?

      sonya posted this recently and i think it applies to everything: i see people around here clapping and oohh aaahh-ing at the most basic stuff trust a random guy to teach you how to think and you'll probably forget that it's possible to do it without helphttps://twitter.com/sonyasupposedly/status/1242541908750004224?s=20 …

      eris added,

      sonya! supposedly? @sonyasupposedly
      "What's the easiest way I can procure or make (poor man's) surgical masks for myself?" the level of learned helplessness among people making internet posts is going to prompt me to have a meltdown, I swear
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    8. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Mar 28
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      It’s all performance art and we’re all pretty bored 😂

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    9. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Mar 28
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      I guess I’m particularly/unusually entertained by novel ways of looking at concepts I already understand too

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    10. eris‏ @erin_nerung Mar 28
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      i don't see how it's in any way novel, it's truly mind boggling to me that it is considered so

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Mar 28
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      Replying to @erin_nerung @liminal_warmth @vers_laLune

      I don’t think I know you, and I’m not sure what I did to offend you, but perhaps just mute or block my accounts?

      2:25 PM - 28 Mar 2020
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      • 魔法BOZO族GOBLIN ☆ ODDS stupid twitt account Liminal Warmth 💕 Adele Dewey-Lopez ryan
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        2. eris‏ @erin_nerung Mar 28
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          i just think your content is hugely overrated and does not deserve a fraction of the hype, not that it's complete garbage i would rather never see again. you're a big blogger, you should be used to this kind of comment

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Mar 28
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          nope, this kind of comment/reaction is fairly uncommon for me and there is no good reason besides masochism to get used to it, so I’ll be muting you

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        2. too many lizards‏ @toomanylzrds Mar 28
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          Queen of beefs, although she’s just doing it for the hell of it (cf. her bio) i find it amusing, some intense method acting, just don’t take it seriously/personally

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        3. eris‏ @erin_nerung Mar 28
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          eris Retweeted eris

          it's all in good fun even when i get mad, I've been growing to dislike him less after accepting im not the target audience as well allow me to say though, that the fandom around a lot of people here is fcking unbearable and obnoxioushttps://twitter.com/erin_nerung/status/1243030249245413377?s=20 …

          eris added,

          eris @erin_nerung
          i found myself considering sending a bengablesh mao piece to a friend of mine who isn't in on the phenomenon of bluechecks which got me thinking, "hey, maybe there is an actual point, there is some value, to what he writes. it's just not for me"
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          Erin blocked me this morning so oh well

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