What is your most lukewarm take?
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
There's no incentive for showing compassion online, apart from virtue signaling
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
Wherever you go, there you are.
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
wrote last edited by [email protected]People who are the most uptight about manners and language are the rudest and most vile shit talkers.
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
Different strokes for different folks.
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
Water is really good, you should drink it every day.
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
Honesty is the most important factor in any relationship.
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There's no incentive for showing compassion online, apart from virtue signaling
This makes so little sense. Why would I care about signalling my 'virtue' to a bunch of anonymous people who have no idea who I am? I can say something nice or harsh because I believe it was affect the people who read it, even though I'll never meet them. That is rational even if it doesn't benefit me, if I care about the experiences of other people. But acting a certain way to gain positive regard for an anonymous identity is dumb af.
And the main reason I or anyone else acts compassionately online is probably just that it's the first and easiest reaction. I don't troll or harass people, even if I would suffer no consequences from it, simply because I have no interest in doing so. I say something nice because that's what I want to say, it's not an effort or a cost.
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
I don't want to hear about your dog or baby.
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
The future ain't what be it used to be.
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I don't want to hear about your dog or baby.
What about baby dogs?
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There's no incentive for showing compassion online, apart from virtue signaling
That's a very depressing take, and I think it says more about you than anything else.
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People who are the most uptight about manners and language are the rudest and most vile shit talkers.
A great realization that I had was that many of my language pet peeves were really preferences and not hard and fast rules. Language constantly evolves, regardless of how any one person feels. Clinging to my pet peeves was really just a form of elitism.
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What about baby dogs?
oh, go on then
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
The most important political issues are education and the environment, because those determine the future.
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What about baby dogs?
I don't like puppies. Also unrelated Christmas. I'm a kid's cartoon antagonist ready to happen.
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Something that's not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.
We're about due for another asteroid impact.
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That's a very depressing take, and I think it says more about you than anything else.
What does it say about me? I don't think online culture promotes compassion, although I think it's the main value in human existence
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This makes so little sense. Why would I care about signalling my 'virtue' to a bunch of anonymous people who have no idea who I am? I can say something nice or harsh because I believe it was affect the people who read it, even though I'll never meet them. That is rational even if it doesn't benefit me, if I care about the experiences of other people. But acting a certain way to gain positive regard for an anonymous identity is dumb af.
And the main reason I or anyone else acts compassionately online is probably just that it's the first and easiest reaction. I don't troll or harass people, even if I would suffer no consequences from it, simply because I have no interest in doing so. I say something nice because that's what I want to say, it's not an effort or a cost.
I think you missed the point completely. What I meant is people are busy sending thoughts and prayers to war & disaster victims but fail to show true compassion when someone online is going through a difficult time or otherwise misguided
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There's no incentive for showing compassion online, apart from virtue signaling
I think most people get a dopamine response from being kind.
