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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Dec 2017
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      Poll: What is the primary reality you inhabit (the one that feels like home and from which others appear like foreign realities)?

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    2. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 27 Dec 2017
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      No worries. "Unwillingness to identify with a subculture" is an odd statement to me. Looking back at my history, I spent a lot of time and energy trying to participate in almost any subculture that would take me in, but I'd inevitably encounter friction points few others did

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    3. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 27 Dec 2017
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      My parents were generally quite indifferent to my identity, I don't think they made much of an attempt to either suppress or nourish it. they kinda left me alone to do my own thing. If I'd to guess, I think the absence of a strong childhood/boyhood ingroup is a better explanation

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    4. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 27 Dec 2017
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      but even then, I fuckin' tried, man.😂 I dove into each group that seemed receptive to me. I was a music scene kid, immersed myself in it, tried to do it justice. Put in more effort than most people do. Still didn't work out. Same for local politics, writing, everything.

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    5. Marc Whipple - Legal Inspiration!‏ @legalinspire 28 Dec 2017
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      Been there, so been there. Tried so hard, seemed like it should work... and then it just didn't. I would say, "you are not alone," but I'm afraid I'd cause some kind of irony explosion.

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    6. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 28 Dec 2017
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      Haha. ❤ Thanks for sharing, I appreciate it. I hope you've found some good people over time?

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    7. Marc Whipple - Legal Inspiration!‏ @legalinspire 28 Dec 2017
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      I have. Not many, but I have.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 28 Dec 2017
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      I’ve never even been tempted. I just don’t see the upside. “Unwillingness” assumes something holding you back. There can also be lack of anything drawing you in.

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        2. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 28 Dec 2017
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          Yeah I relate to this. I've sometimes made conscious efforts to try to participate in the hope that there's something I'm missing- ie that I'd understand the draw once I'm on the inside. Alas. My attempts to pretend to care about sportsball are the funniest on retrospect

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        3. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 28 Dec 2017
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          I'm receptive to the idea that it might be some sort of inherent trait, like we're colorblind somehow Funny thing I've learnt is that it's possible for a non-believer to model a true believer better than actual believers. but the act of carrying on the sham tarnishes the soul ☻

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        1. Chenoe Hart‏ @chenoehart 28 Dec 2017
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          Maybe was somewhat tempted in sense that there were certain groups of people who'd invite me to sit at their lunch tables in high school, but I was never motivated to put in the effort to actually listen to their music or play their video games when I wasn't naturally interested.

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