I don't know who needs to be reminded of this but:
Me expressing my own opinion of things on my own feed is not me trying to convince you of anything. It is MY opinion on MY own feed about stuff that is of interest to ME. It has absolutely nothing to do with you. I don't even know you.
If you find it interesting, awesome. If you think it's epic, even more awesome. If you don't care, then just move along. If you hate it, move along faster.
You don't have to respond to everything you see.
𝘈𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 ... 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘜𝘓𝘋 𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘌𝘌𝘋 𝘛𝘖 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘺 ... 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘕𝘠𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 "𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘹 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸" ... 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.
@corlin ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
@corlin The reality of this still seems to be this is something that white men do almost exclusively. I don't have any real research or way of saying this is 100% true ... but on social media white men seem to just really feel like they need to to insert themselves into absolutely everything for some reason that is beyond my understanding.
@corlin I have no answers or explanations for it (shrug).
It is a difference in tone.
In black conversations, there is a back and forth, but it is grounded in either humor, and or oneupmanship. Like a horn and a sax taking rival solos.
In white conversations, there is always an implied superiority. Somebody has to win, or at least feel like they have won.
@corlin @thewebrecluse I have been tooling around in a white body for a while in the US.
I would not say _always_, but it's nearly always. It's like white guys from the US have to feel like they won the conversation or scored the highest points.
@AskTheDevil It's always giving MAJOR INSECURITY when it happens. Like ... only people who are deeply broken and insecure feel the need to try and "win" unwinable things to prove something or make competitions where there are none or prove to themselves they are ... important in some way. It's tedious and unfortunate to have to deal with all the time.
@thewebrecluse Tedious and unfortunate indeed.