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_refugee_  ·  3609 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: HUBSKI: Chapter 27

GUYS IM GOING TO TRY AND BE NICER I PROMISE

I mean, I'm not gonna stop arguing and standing up when I think I need to stand up. (My dilemma.) I like to think I've spent the past two years or so honing my debating skills - learning how to stay focused in a discussion and recognize when your debate partner is throwing red herrings and foul plays, mostly - and I'd like to continue to get better at it (though it mayn't help my personal relationships, it seems - but that means I just need to find someone who can argue well) and I'm terribly tickled by how I'm presented in Hubskina, and I do just totally get emotionally engaged in Hubski and maybe a little ... Well, defensive isn't the right word but... But... But NO ONE OWNS HUBSKI ALL RIGHT, and PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PEACEFULLY COEXIST, and damn me if I'll drag down something I love, and and and dale Carnegie and stuff.

Klein suggested I take up a sport to work out my aggression! I'm working on a life attitude adjustment.

But also seriously if anyone ever gets the brilliant idea to stalk or dox me imma make you really, really ragrets it.





veen  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Remember, the Ref in Hubskina is a characterization of 8bit's idea of who you are based only on your interactions here. There's a ton of subtlety lost at every step. Who we think we are doesn't always align with who others think we are, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

user-inactivated  ·  3607 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I should add that its a characterization of that idea, ramped up to 11

lil  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My favourite line so far:

    Hush, you," Ref shot back. "They were asking for it, and even if they weren't right now, they were probably going to deserve it for something else later today."

A pre-emptive strike! Good one ref.

_refugee_  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Haha, yeah. I meant to quote that in my response but forgot, so thanks for putting it out there :) I do enjoy it, and my personification in Hubski as a whole - so 8bit don't feel any way about that - but I'm also trying to be nicer in life in general. I've allowed myself to feel far too negative about things, like my job, which is really incredible and affords me SO MUCH more than other people in terms of freedom, etc - and I need to be positive.

lil  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As far as being too negative goes, you didn't happen to see 8bits contribution to pubski today? It was so forlorn, I almost cried and then couldn't write anything at all after reading it. If only I had a magic book with answers to everything.

kleinbl00  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Speaking as a card-carrying cranky fuck:

The act of venting is remarkably therapeutic. That, in many ways, is what pubs are for.

thenewgreen  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yep, pubs are for the crappy days as well as the days worth celebrating. It's when you start heading to the pub on the "average" days when you might want to consider whether or not you have a "problem." That said, I can't help it if I happen to find something worth celebrating every day.