
The Insufferable
@consultingGoodness
TW: This pr9file will c9ntain vari9us triggering t9pics related t9 in-depth discussi9n 9f pr96lematic issues pervading s9ciety, including 6ut n9t limited t9 #hem9ism, #classism, #a6leism, #slurs . . .
"Imm9rtality" isn't all that different fr9m un-m9rtality, really. Sure, I d9n't have all the trappings 9f a living 69dy, 6ut time is n9 96ject f9r me n9w. I c9uldn't even tell y9u h9w many sweeps it's 6een since I died. Spent with the same pe9ple wh9se acti9ns c9llectively led t9 9ur deaths. Rehashing the same interpers9nal dramas that led t9 9ur game 6eing s9 unsta6le in the first place, plus plenty 9f new, exciting, exhausting 9nes. Una6le t9 enact change up9n the living w9rld, 9r indeed up9n any w9rld that 'matters' as far as parad9x space is c9ncerned. Sweep after sweep after sweep after sweep. 6ut at least we're c9nnected with the wider extra-net, n9w. That's pretty c99l. S9me pe9ple here even appreciate my essays. TW #death #undeath #andAllVaria6lesIn6etween #imm9rtality #p9stM9rtality #dream6u66les #repetiti9n #pl9tIrrelevance #drama #interpers9nalC9nflict #purgat9ryLikeStates #thankY9uT9MyReaders #newEssayS99n #iPr9mise
It feels g99d t9 garden. It feels fulfilling t9 cultivate life and have it gr9w thr9ugh y9ur eff9rts. Even if it's n9t actually alive. 9r real. 6ecause it's all dream6u66le gh9st-mem9ry stuff. And y9ur eff9rts are actually m9stly just perceiving that it is gr9wing hard en9ugh t9 make it s9, t9 the p9int that y9u are n9t actually sure if y9u are achieving anything at all. 6ut 9nce y9u get past all that it's pretty relaxing and fulfilling, I think.
The curse 9f 6eing such a free thinker (#thinking #intelligence #wisd9m) is that at all times my thinkpan is c9nsumed n9t just 6y #radical ideas (in #s9ci9p9litical terms, n9t in 'c99lness' terms f9r all y9u 69ard-skaters), 6ut 9f ideas 9n h9w t9 c9mmunicate them effectively t9 the masses. Such that it pr9ves difficult t9 f9cus 9n any 9ne issue t9 c9mpleti9n. 6ut that's just my 6urden t9 6ear.
S9me very imp9rtant th9ught-pr9v9king p9sting t9day. I think I've earned myself a little treat. 6ut 9nly a little 9ne. #allThingsInM9derati9n #n9t6ragging #myC9nd9lencesT9Th9seWith9utTreats #iW9uldShare6utItIsGh9stStuff #andThusN9tTechnicallyReal #andAls9ImpracticalT9Share9verTheNet
TW #nsfw #nsfwe #fetishes #kinks #hem9spectrum #fetishizati9n9fSpecificTraits #andA6ilities #6el9ngingT9ParticularCastes #interCasteRelati9nships #p9werDynamics #stere9types #pr96lematicKink #r9manticEntanglements #p9tentiallyT9xicRelati9nships #intentD9esN9tEqualImpact #kinkDisc9urse #c9nsent #n9nC9nsent #tagDisc9urse #tagY9urSh** #y9uAreAll9wedT96eH9rny #asL9ngAsItIsTagged #s9mePe9pleHaveTraumaA69utY9urFetishes #itIsN9tNecessarilyInn9centT9Them #6eC9nsiderate As the self-designated m9ral centre 9f this we66ed site, I feel it is my imperative t9 remind y9u: P9ssessing certain... Interests, 9f a salaci9us nature, is all #fine and #dandy. Even th9se which stem fr9m particular traits 6el9nging t9 certain dem9graphics; I w9uld n9t think t9 #shame any69dy f9r attracti9ns t9 th9se 9n different areas 9f the hem9spectrum, n9r 9f any characteristics within - pr9vided all inv9lved have given their inf9rmed #c9nsent t9 any such #fetishizati9n 6ef9rehand, 9f c9urse. Self expressi9n and #sexual li6erati9n fr9m the n9rmally narr9w 69rders that tr9ll s9ciety 9ften f9rces us int9 is a p9sitive acti9n, generally speaking. H9wever. It is a thin, thin line t9 tread, and a risky 9ne at that. F9cusing 9verly and 9vertly 9n these traits and fetishizing them risks th9se traits c9ming t9 6e seen in that light exclusively, and in turn h9m9genizes expectati9ns and depicti9ns 9f such. It flattens the pers9n int9 6eing a sum 9f th9se traits, and the stere9types ass9ciated with such - a categ9ry m9re than a living, 6reathing 6eing. (9r an unliving, n9t-necessarily-6reathing 6eing, in the case 9f myself and 9ther p9st-m9rtal individuals.) Remem6er that n9t all mem6ers may even have these a6ilities and c9uld feel inadequate as a result, 9r that th9se wh9 d9 may disdain such things and the attenti9n drawn t9 them. Perhaps th9se y9u kn9w appreciate flirtati9us c9mments and lurid fantasies a69ut what they are capa6le 9f, 6ut it is just as likely that 9thers - including rand9m passers-6y 9n y9ur p9sts - may feel differently. A 6lanket #nsfw tag is n9t en9ugh: The c9ntent therein may 6e p9tentially triggering, disc9mf9rting, 9r distressing, and sh9uld 6e tagged as such. Als9 6e wary that such acts run the risk 9f reinf9rcing 9ffensive 9r danger9us s9cial n9rms; again, I d9 n9t shame th9se wh9 participate in cr9ss-hem9spectrum r9mantic entanglements 9r r9leplay that accentuates differences in status, p9wer, 9r the like, 6ut d9ing s9 in pu6lic with9ut pr9per tags, warnings, and c9nsent risks the unprepared stum6ling acr9ss it like a pr9ver6ial minefield and det9nating implicati9ns which reinf9rce their 6iases. Likewise remem6er that this we6site d9es n9t c9nsist 9f 9ne unified culture, rather that it har69urs tr9lls fr9m all walks 9f life (and un-life). The implicati9ns 9f a relati9nship with a vast caste-gap, f9r example, c9mes with different c9nn9tati9ns 6etween 6ef9rans c9mpared t9 Alternians; in either case, it als9 will inevita6ly c9me with a gap in p9wer and privilege, n9 matter h9w equita6le the relati9nship may actually 6e. A warm6l99d may c9me acr9ss a p9st fetishizing their perceived weakness, their s9cially-assigned p9siti9n 'underneath' c9ld6l99ds, and leave feeling 96jectified, demeaned, and vile as a result. If these things are n9t marked pr9perly, if it is imp9ssi6le t9 tell a ficti9nal fantasy which d9es n9t reflect their actual views versus real, 6ig9ted views 9n the s9cial hierarchy as a wh9le, then it runs incredi6le risk t9 6e triggering and disparaging t9 th9se discussed - and, w9rse, much harder t9 av9id f9r th9se wh9 wish t9. The same may happen t9 s9mething fetishizing the usage 9f psi9nics, when g9ld6l99ds as a caste are s9 9ften treated as little m9re than p9wer-6anks and 6atteries f9r the whims 9f the elite. 9r the usage 9f psychic mind-c9ntr9l techniques 9ccasi9nally p9ssessed 6y th9se 9f c99ler castes, which can 6e seem 6y s9me as gr9ss vi9lati9ns 9f c9nsent and thus a reminder 9f h9w the c9nsent and pers9nh99d 9f warmer castes is s9 9ften disregarded whenever it is c9nvenient. In all cases: Tag pr9perly. Tag resp9nsi6ly. C9nsider wh9, 9r what, y9ur w9rds may harm; even if y9u 6elieve them t9 6e inn9cent fantasies, n9t every9ne feels the same way.
Given recent trends 9n the dash69ard t9night, I feel as th9ugh it is my m9ral duty t9 weigh in with my 9pini9n. Far 6e it fr9m me t9 #kinkshame 9r #ha6itshame 9r shame any kind 9f act 9f self expressi9n 9r c9nsensual c9-expressi9n. And 6elieve me, even I am n9t immune t9 sym69lism and alleg9ry regarding the t9pic; it is ripe f9r such. H9wever. I feel we, as a c9mmunity, need t9 address the tusked trunk-6east in the r99m: The inherently #predat9ry nature 9f #canni6alism. And h9w it reinf9rces 6r9ad, unhealthy p9wer dynamics and the s9cial heirarchy 6acking them up, 9f c9urse. As always pr96lematics tie int9 9ther pr96lematics, creating an 9ur969r9s 9f t9xicity. And als9 that's h9w y9u get pri9n diseases in y9ur thinkpan. N9thing 6ut sympathies f9r th9se suffering fr9m such afflicti9ns, 6ut it 6ears menti9ning. TW f9r #canni6alism (again) (just t9 6e safe) and #g9re (which is typically implicit.)
Idleness d9esn't suit me. S9me w9uld call it a 'vacati9n', 6ut I w9uld call it '6eing left al9ne with my th9ughts f9r t99 l9ng.' Still, I rec9gnize that I am privileged t9 6e in a p9siti9n where I can take such a sa66atical in the first place and sh9uld endeav9ur t9 make up f9r l9st time. Either way, it's 9ver; there are essays I must pen. 9ne I've had 9n the 6ack6urner f9r a while: "The S9ci9-Ec9n9mic Privilege Held 6y The 'Influencer Class', And Their R9le In Inf9rmati9n C9ntr9l And Pr9paganda Disseminati9n."
Much t9 6e said a69ut the pr96lematic treatment 9f qu9te unqu9te 'd99med' timelines and the rampant alpha-timeline privilege that d9esn't get discussed. The idea that s9me9ne is less imp9rtant as a pers9n simply 6ecause their respective universes did n9t g9 h9w they were 'supp9sed' t9 g9. Might make a g99d t9pic f9r an essay t9 6reak me 9ut 9f this rut. TW #timelines #alphaPrivilege #chr9n9l9gicalInequality
I d9 n9t get upset when I find that I am #6l9cked. I am n9t 'The Insuffera6le' 6ecause every9ne unanim9usly l9ves my message; just as The Signless, I am 9ft maligned. (TW #impliedRejecti9n9fTruth #impliedIgn9rance) I respect every9ne's right t9 curate their 9nline experience. I simply h9pe th9se una6le t9 hear my w9rds are c9rrectly tagging their c9ntent in my a6sense.

















