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humanodon · 3812 days ago · link · · parent · post: "You are muted here. Have you tried apologizing?" ·
I wonder if part of this whole internet hostility thing is because there's no native "Hi, I'm _________" part of interactions where we can make snap judgments on people's appearances, voices, etc. in addition to what they say. Or let's take an example from the Western model of food production. Westerners (yeah, I mostly mean white people . . . so?) generally do not give a fuck about animals without faces. On styrofoam and shrink-wrapped? "Mmm, chicken!" With feathers, clucking and shitting? "Oh my god, I feel so close to my roots. Animals are adorable!" No face? Whatever. Face? "Let's be friends!" When really everything is food AND friends (potentially).