• printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    14 hours ago

    Replying from my phone, so this’ll be a shorter response until I get to my keyboard again.

    I haven’t checked - and don’t intend to check - the parent threads, so I must’ve missed somebody calling you an incel, unless you meant to say, in a humoristic way, that I did that indirectly by linking to that video. I meant to share the video without even the slightest intent of sarcasm or ridicule or the likes. I’m 99.99% sure you know that, but I just wanted to have that said. Just in case.

    Live in authenticity whenever you can, and don’t feel ashamed whenever you need to wear a mask to survive in this cruel world. They don’t deserve to know the real you.

    These words are so powerful. Thank you! May I put this on my profile with your handle next to it? Check out my current profile page for reference, as I have already done so with one other quote, if you don’t know what format I’m referring to.

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      13 hours ago

      Nah, someone definitely called me an incel, and even doubled down when I called them out on it.

      I know that wasn’t your intention, you were just sharing the video because it helped you come to your own awakening. Thanks for the clarification though :)

      Feel free to use the quote, but it’s up to you whether you include the attribution or just make it anonymous.

      reasons why:

      I tend to butt heads with a lot of people, even people that I mostly agree with (mostly when they can’t tolerate slight semantic or logical critiques or nuanced arguments that don’t conform 100% to their predefined scripts).

      Oddly enough, I’ve even been banned from a number of blahaj comms (all in one go, by one mod, for a discussion on lemmy.world…) because they thought I was being a transphobic troll for saying that sex assigned at birth is relevant information in medical contexts. Like, even while I was on HRT I understood that my doctor needed to know that information…

      So if you don’t want the stigma permanently tied to my username to rub off on you, it’s totally fine if you just make the quote anonymous. If it helps you, or anyone who visits your profile and reads it, then that’s enough. I don’t need credit.