I think some people are kind of wary of being too happy... in part because they intuit, (correctly I think), that being happy makes you a target for the miserable
my experience of of social/cultural as I progress on my journey has led me to revise some beliefs – I’m increasingly convinced that anybody who achieves “success” past a certain threshold *has* to have some sort of inner psychological sanctum, be religious almost
interesting thing here is that... I think- if you are moderately/averagely unhappy, this actually does work as a sort of defence against being exposed to the *most* miserable/angry/grumpy people
thinking on it more the sanctum/altar idea probably only applies to people who are very sensitive. you could presumably also sort of... be very insensitive and just barrel through things. but there’s still a central narrative there even if it’s clunky and childish
thesis: all conflict is narrative conflict
antithesis: not true, all conflict is resource conflict, read history
synthesis: narrative is how humans decide to allocate resources? conquering tribe tells itself a story that other tribe = Other
*my experience of sociocultural homeostasis, god edit buton wen
“socIoCultUrAl HomEosTasIS”
yea I mean I’m not particularly attached to the phrase- how would you describe the phenomenon where people police other people’s behavior? I guess you could say social policing. Thanks social cops for keeping our streets safe from weirdos having fun!
“All units be advised, we have multiple reports of some kid being happy on the internet, suspect possesses self-esteem. I repeat, suspect possesses self-esteem. engage with extreme prejudice”
nice norms u got there, it would be a shame if someone were to transgress them
literally, I mean they will be shamed for transgressing the norms, that’s what norms are for haha
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I’m noticing a lot of parallels with Game of Sultans, there’s a kind of design language embedded in the interface. A lot of things on the screen but I’m learning to click on the next step the way we learn to ignore ads
something that is cringe in one status economy can be extremely based in another status economy
part of the big shakeup of the world since smartphones, twitter, whatsapp, youtube, etc is the ability for people in one status economy to directly observe the people in another, and to dunk on them for ingroup points, which kinda creates a Neo-Hobbesean "war of all against all"
we know from history – relatively recent history, even – that each new advancement in media technology catalyzes a corresponding culture war, as people discover exciting new opportunities to be dicks to each other
I saw this game in an Instagram ad and I am now 150 levels in 😭 I’m not sure if I regret it. Does it go on forever?
it’s one of those things where I fell for it because the lady in the ad was fucking up the most simple level 1 stage with two strings and now here I am
I am pretty good at this. It has zero positive impact on my life.
U really wanna know? Ok so I was born a weird kid, a chess piece on a checkers board. I was a misfit in my family & my society. I found true kinship in books, then in music, and the internet. So I spend my life finding other misfits & building a home for them. Pretty str8forward
home isn’t a place but a project, it’s anywhere you add meaning to. home is relationships, home is history. home is in the shared understanding between you and me. home is a story we tell ourselves and each other and anybody else who belongs here