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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@maniclucky The issue I think that you're having here isn't that you're not making good points. Your points seem correct to me.

I think what's going on is that you're saying "there's nuance", and there clearly is, but I'm deliberately presenting a simple verbal model in order to be quick and to the point.

I do agree with you largely, but I think my point stands: two equal contributors to a system differentiate when just one contributor is friendlier to their host system. That becomes the edge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What, my ~7 paragraphs isn't simple? /s

You're correct. I think I was chafing at the systems in question predisposing friendliness to mean modes that I personally am unskilled at or uncomfortable with despite my value.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@maniclucky It's chafing to me, too. I'm not very good at it, I'm sure that's kind of obvious at this point ;)

I just notice it a lot because, I guess, I wish I were better at it? Or better at being personable? But, it's so expensive for me in terms of effort, it wears me out so fast.