Asofon

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People really are thinking that their Discord dramas etc. are important. And people really, really think, that because they have 100k subs on YouTube, they’re important, better somehow.

We have had all of the internet for decades and people’s media literacy has only gone down. A lot. People rather spend hours arguing online about who is evil and who is good instead of reading some bare minimum philosophy and doing a bit of introspection, checking their own thinking. I see people repeat painfully common talking points about the nature of reality as if we didn’t have tons of literature challenging every single thought you could ever have about it. “MaYbE wE lIvE in A SiMuLAtiOn”… Read about Plato’s cave. Read Nondual texts. Read BOOKS. And these same people are out there trying to change the world. I fucking promise you, every single profound thought you’ve had while smoking a bit too much weed has been discussed in philosophy for thousands of years.

People still say shit like “pull yourself up from the bootstraps” as if willpower and free will in general were some kind of endless resource everyone has but because they “choose” to be lazy/worthless/etc. they just don’t use it. And people are quick to agree with this when we talk about mental health issues, which is great. But ask them to apply the same logic to people they disagree with politically, suddenly “correct opinions” are just out there, available and everyone who doesn’t just adopt them just like that must be evil. Everyone who didn’t grow up smart enough, in an environment that encourages learning must be evil.

Good and Evil. Also things that don’t exist in anything else but the human mind and somehow, we kill people over it. You’ve been brainwashed into believing into good and evil since you were a kid, because we’re generations into people who were also brainwashed to believe it. It takes conscious effort to drop that belief, and a fuckton of willingness to NOT consider yourself morally superior. You value human well-being to whatever point you do and if you’re lucky, you’ll run into your personal trolley problem sooner or later. Whatever you think about yourself is nonsense anyway, you’re a different person every moment of every day. No, you don’t have mental illness about it, that’s the natural state of all humans but at some point we actually started to believe that we are supposed to come with a cute little description about our True Self on the box we were shipped in (thanks American media industry). Then we angst over not knowing who we are, or not living up to who we are supposed to be, or not being able to fulfill our potential or whatever spin you internalized about The Finding Out Who You Really Are© project. And most of all, whatever you think you are, you certainly aren’t good enough (buy this product, it might make you good enough).

People STILL in the year 2026 make an artificial separation between the mind and the body, all because Western psychology was largely colored by Christian beliefs in souls. At best, people go “oh yeah sure, exercising is really good for your mind”. True. Now let’s say that mental hygiene is good for the body and you get called an antivaxxer. Tell people that you practice Loving-Kindness meditation and people call you weird or tell you that it’s pointless because nobody is going to change because you send them good vibes. These same people are the ones spending hours online, calling others racists, cucks, libtards, rightoids, trannies, nazis, pedos and more. But the weird ones are those who cultivate compassion for 20 minutes a day and gently cradle their hate in love, instead of vomiting it on others. But let’s be trauma-aware, put in trigger warnings, consider accessibility and disabilities. The Buddhist monks doing the walk get shit because “they’re just walking” - yeah but they aren’t posting the upteenth tired meme about how much The Other Side sucks.

Propaganda still works. After all this shit past few years, people ACTUALLY somehow still believe that’s it’s a good idea to discuss politics on social media. Because they’re totally sure that THEIR side is impartial, trustworthy and flawless. There couldn’t possibly be bad actors on THEIR side with the sole intention of spreading misinformation.

People march over homeless people in their own city, protesting for some issue happening on the other side of the globe that they can’t do anything about.

It’s a weird fucking timeline.

Was bored so...

Hey dude. Letting you know someone in the queer platonic group chat (the one you left after Kai’s alter made some acephobic comments, which he apologized for later btw :/) said they found receipts on your twitter of you liking a James Charles tweet which is really,, yikes.

Hey dude. Letting you know someone in the queer platonic group chat (the one you left after Kai’s alter made some comments that were perceived as being acephobic, which he apologized for later btw :/) said they found receipts on your twitter of you liking a James Charles tweet, which I think a lot of people are uncomfortable with.

Also Rainbow said you were tweeting on ur Steven universe roleplay account that were gonna rewatch ATLA which is like a really transphobic and racist and sexist show

Also Rainbow said you were tweeting on ur Steven universe roleplay account that were gonna rewatch ATLA which the community has agreed doesn't align with our values as it's perceived to be transphobic, racist and sexist.

and you know how Ash feels about even if they won’t say anything about it bc of their anxiety ,,,

and I'd invite you to consider how Ash may feel about it though they may not wish to say anything due to their anxiety.

idk dude I just wanted to let you know. I know Ash can be biphobic sometimes but they also live in an apartment and their parents are divorced so they have ptsd from it :////

idk dude I just wanted to let you know. I acknowledge that we've considered Ash's behavior unacceptable sometimes but they also live in an apartment and their parents are divorced so they have ptsd from it :////

I think Ash might write a callout but me and Rainbow are trying to calm them down just be aware and maybe stop being toxic

I think Ash might write a callout but me and Rainbow are trying to calm them down just giving you the opportunity to consider this and if your conduct aligns with the values of the community.

Less accusatory tone. Less "shoulding". Less expressing things as universal truths and instead, framing the concerns as coming from a place of building a community with certain values (and everyone is free to build whatever kind of community they want - and everyone is free to either join and follow that community or not). Taking ownership of one's own narrative about a situation, instead of trying to pass it off as an objective truth. Also more respect for boundaries. People's feelings are their business and you can invite others to take them into consideration but demanding others walk on eggshells is crossing a boundary - which tends to lead to resentment sooner or later (this is how communities and people get called "toxic"). If someone doesn't respond to an invitation the way you can at least level with, don't engage with them. And I say "level with" because bless humans, they figured out a way to make boundary-keeping problematic too ("if you don't 100% do everything the way I want, I'm dropping you.... bawww why is there such a loneliness epidemic").