mrcompletely, 1 month ago

@paninid that is a fascinating observation, I'd love to hear more about it if you want to expand

paninid, 1 month ago

@mrcompletely
this was a #ShowerThought inspired by the observation that some people are drawn to correcting others in online forums.

Those same people may lean extra hard into it if the incorrect opinion-haver is of the same cultural background.

Tribes of people have origin stories.

Everyone has a cultural origin.

I think mine is sufficiently curious, emergent, and integrative that it enables me to empathize with more than most, including ruthlessly shitposting bad opinion-havers.

mrcompletely, 1 month ago

@paninid I'm still thinking about this. Part of it is that you're observing a form of (sub)cultural belongness enforcement, yes? A sort of purity testing applied to posting that's more strictly enforced within a self defined community