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But why, tho?

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A collection of rambling observations and good-faith breakdowns of things someone at some pointed asked me "but why, tho?"

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But why do so many would be progressives slideback in their anti-bigotry journey, tho?

Let's talk about the Slur Event Horizon, and de-bigotrifying a normie.

but why thobigotry

But why moral absolutism will always kneecap you, tho?

a rant on moral absolutism, purity culture and the refusal to engage with reality when discussing long term fixes for societal evils

but why thomorality

But why is lazy AI shortform fiction skyrocketing misogyny, tho?

a rant on the lazy ai shortform fiction on youtube shorts and other platforms, and the way it propagates ambient misogyny onto people who can't tell those stories aren't real

but why thoanti-ai

But why is AI fearmongering actively harmful, tho?

a piece on ai fearmongering and using it to drive people out of decision spaces for things they actually really fucking care about

but why thoanti-ai

But why is my criticism not landing the way I want it to, tho?

a rant on the differences and purposes of academic criticism vs criticism of creative works, particularly in fandom spaces

but why thocriticism

But why is supporting abuse survivors so damn hard, tho?

a rant on the common pitfall people walk into, when trying to support abuse survivors, which ends up alienating them instead

but why thosupport survivors

But why is Corporate "Like That", tho? The Response.

A couple of follow ups to the Corporate how to post, based on tags and comments on the original tumblr post.

but why thocorporate

But why is Corporate "Like That", tho?

No, but why do some people thrive in Corporate spaces, and why do others burn out like matches? Is there a trick to it?

but why thocorporate

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