insider language creates group cohesion, but can unintentionally be an invisible gatekeeper.
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Feature not bug. It’s a way to ensure that only people who basically agree with you will ever attempt to “argue” with you. The main function of insider language is to make skepticism intractable.
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nice inversion. the flip side of gatekeeping is inoculation. scenes must be protected.
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If you have a big-enough stake in the scene, yes
People outside the scene may believe it out to be destroyed ofc
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