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but lying and manipulating ppl to convince them is something i'm rly bad at doing. so i think i made the right decision to give up and try to dissociate from humans, period. out of all the reasons i'm sad, i think lumardy will always be the big one bc that's how i realised this

8/14/2023, 8:11:52 AM

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i saw my friendships get deleted and was powerless. the other thing he taught me is that, well, i'd thought love wins. it doesn't. love here rly means empathy; i think the concept of love humans traditionally have isn't even real. but the empathy humans have isn't good enough

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that's rly one and the same problem – humans prefer convincing over truth-seeking cos they don't visualise their opponent's pov. the reason i lose is that my depictions of opponents do convey that, so my opponents don't seem "evil" enough to merit being deleted. but i do to them

8/14/2023, 8:11:53 AM

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to my surprise, i found that once i'd resolved the truth on that matter (by drowning it with evidence), the pattern started repeating, with more intelligently-executed lying, case after case, ending my reputation, and making truth-seeking seem unfashionable somehow??

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but it's like that everywhere. from the frivolous case of saying who has wr in sms any% moving into the territory of stigma (lol), to moderators being empowered to replace evidence with rhetoric when cancelling someone. these days, u can see some1 be accused of sexual offences—

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by several ppl at the same time, and have it be entirely plausible that they conspired to twist facts to get rid of that person. "believe [minority]" doesn't work anymore. i once saw reputable sm64 players say consent can be taken away months after an encounter, and no1 noticed

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i saw mlarvitar make light of my domestic abuse situation to say that i'm mentally ill, and no1 noticed

i think every important political issue i've seen has also become a battle of taking sides, and centrism/compromise are out. caring about why ppl think as they do is also out

8/14/2023, 8:11:55 AM

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the impact of queer culture on lgbt people, of inequality on westerners, of fossil fuels on the planet, and of warmongering everywhere (including 🇺🇦)... is all buried in layers and layers of false narratives and either equally cringe or extremely unpopular opposition

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and no mainstream movements to better understand the issues, reconcile different stakeholders, use science to decide things. it's all rhetoric and i feel like it's gone over a tipping point it hadn't in the past, where there's an exploding chain-reaction of self-interest

8/14/2023, 8:11:56 AM

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bolstering the desire to convince vs find the truth. i say the past – not since WWII. and i feel like the world ends with a combination of climate catastrophe and the usa losing its sustainability and starting a nuclear war in its place. and i don't wanna be around to see that

8/14/2023, 8:11:57 AM

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in fact i would go further – human empathy is not good enough, so they deserve everything they get. go and destroy my life with lying and see if i care about what happens to you

tbh, this has become a major demotivator for me getting better informed on political issues [14/14]

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