The worst thing is… my crap doesn’t just mildly degrade the “overall” signal to noise ratio (I disagree that this could be a coherent metric, especially in arguments directly related to actually existing socieies) - it outright hurts the (ever-precarious) position of “my” side, and doesn’t even encourage my allies on any problematic topic to put forward a better denouncement of “hostile” content here. Yet silence and aquiescence feel even more humiliating to me than making a fool of myself on LW.
Yet silence and aquiescence feel even more humiliating to me than making a fool of myself on LW.
I recommend developing emotional self-control to the point that you can put your political goals above your personal emotional satisfaction, or alternatively realizing that your terminal goals appear to be emotional, not political, and you can adjust your political goals to make your emotional goals easier to satisfy.
The worst thing is… my crap doesn’t just mildly degrade the “overall” signal to noise ratio (I disagree that this could be a coherent metric, especially in arguments directly related to actually existing socieies) - it outright hurts the (ever-precarious) position of “my” side, and doesn’t even encourage my allies on any problematic topic to put forward a better denouncement of “hostile” content here. Yet silence and aquiescence feel even more humiliating to me than making a fool of myself on LW.
I recommend developing emotional self-control to the point that you can put your political goals above your personal emotional satisfaction, or alternatively realizing that your terminal goals appear to be emotional, not political, and you can adjust your political goals to make your emotional goals easier to satisfy.
So you mean… I could really use another drink right now? Yeah, sure, that’s what I was thinking too! Can’t hurt...
That sounds like the opposite of emotional self-control.
Oh, you mean, like… do some cough syrup? Nah, that stuff is good, but I decided I need a tolerance break from it.
giggles stupidly