phantompsyche.bsky.social
🌲▹ bookseller in PNW
📚▹ Sci-Fi and social studies
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-ʙᴇʀᴛᴏʟᴛ ʙʀᴇᴄʜᴛ
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Thinking on it, I’m always understanding too well. I gotta lay off myself bc I am too empathetic.
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I’m reading over this comment more and letting it seep in a bit. I think you make some valid points. I’m just kinda confused why everyone jumped to the second step (she’s demanding convo) when it feels like all that was implied was a desire to initiate.
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How they respond is my problem. We can continue or not. I feel like everyone is responding with the experiences of folks who are forced to continue engaging. And from my own experiences, that fucking blows chunks
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Post says headphones and “don’t talk to me” expression. A scowl is assumptive. But okay let’s say I went “hi stranger, sorry to bother but the bass in your headphones slaps ass. What brand are they?”
And they did just scowl at me? Mkay that’s my problem.
They respond “oh, they’re Sony”
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But that comes from my own experiences and I recognize that’s way not the case for everyone
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That’s totally fair. I guess I just deal with a lot of unaware idiots in my life. I figure as an adult human, if someone demands my attention it might be important or they need something I can quickly provide. And if not, I can tell them fuck off. Its on me to continue if I don’t like what’s started
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I truly could not give less of a rats ass if a middle age lady called me “uncool”, especially right now. imo being able to elect not to engage comes with intense privilege. So those arguments confuse me in this.
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The feels like an assumption? I don’t get that from the post at all. I see OP as identifying that some folks visibly put off vibes to be left alone. And she is not one of those folks, she wants to talk to strangers.
Like that’s barebones what’s being presented and everything else is assumed imo
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A lot of these comments seem to be in defense for the person being talked to, but comping from the perspective of the person being called out (someone holding a book and looking disinterested). The OP is just saying they’re not disinterested, not that they dislike those who are visibly disinterested
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But the original post didn’t say that? At all? So it feels like assumptions from past experiences that folks felt forced into. Lots of people jumping to the defense of an imaginary stranger who isn’t even depicted as receptive or not.
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You can just say so if approached 😭 entitlement is assuming no one will engage. We are communal animals who have been forced to commune in ways we don’t like. I think people are scared to seem like a dick if they wanna disengage.
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Truly the more I read these comments the more I realize how many people can elect out of talking to strangers. Which is an immense privilege. Also incredibly abetting to fascism, but idk if yall are ready for that convo 💅🏻
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I say this as a burned out audhd trans guy who is more than exhausted by the state of the world and strangers rn. But damn half the people who pray for Mutual Aid and an end to fascism don’t want to talk to the folks most impacted by it.
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These comments are strange and concerning. People acting like saying “hi” to a stranger is demanding their attention. Working in customer service forces me to talk to hundred of folks a day that I really would rather not. I’m finding joy in learning about other humans who struggle like me.
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Omg! When will this be available??
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David Cronenberg: {Trans People} are saying, “Body is reality. I want to change my reality. That means I have to change my body.” And they’re being very brave and they’re investing a lot in these changes… I say, go ahead. This is an artist giving their all to their art.