Anonymous asked:
Sometimes I feel like this is the True Rationalist Internet Nerd Gender.
Anonymous asked:
Sometimes I’ll… hmn, how to describe, use certain twists of language or hints in order to come off one way or the other.
Someone once asked, on a post, “wait, is that a period joke?” Yes, yes it was. It was also several other jokes simultaneously. But that has a certain weight to it in peoples’ gender reading intuitions.
Anyhow,
Avatars have a powerful effect on how we read people online, and lead to us making various subconscious assumptions. Don’t worry though, I didn’t choose my avatar as a ‘gotcha’ to trip people up with.
In an environment where gender presentation is much more of a choice than it is elsewhere, it also becomes part of communication and describing one’s intent to others, just as @wirehead-wannabe‘s rat avatar gives off a certain vibe about him, and @argumate‘s rotated pyramid is as frustratingly neutral as his posts.
So the avatar, too, is part of the message of this blog, an indicator of tone and so on, in addition to visual branding to make it recognizable and differentiate it from other blogs.
I will say that the grey is a deliberate choice as no real races are grey. Yet.
Anonymous asked:
Honey, darling,
You’re missing like the remaining 11/12ths necessary to describe a full neurotype matrix. I feel cheated, here. But I guess I can’t expect people to be living in the gender world of 2052.
I’ll just take the average.
5/10 Strawberry (F)
3/10 Watermelon (A)
2/10 Cherry (M)
An interesting reading. I have been known to describe people, gender-wise, by ratios like this.
garmbreak1 asked:
This technically makes you more true to Core Rationalist Principles than anyone else who has answered this ask! Very good1! You win a square watermelon for this take.
1Where “Good” is defined as “within the framework of Yudkowskyan principles” and not as The Good, or other Goods as defined by competing ideological frameworks. Offer not valid in Alaska or Hawaii. Void where prohibited.
Anonymous asked:
The ambiguity is deliberate.
Anonymous asked:
B-but A-Anon-sempai, what if the other b-bloggers find out about our illicit love?
Oh no! I just blogged about it! Now everyone will know!
Anonymous asked:
Based on previous relationships, my ‘type’ is subbish bisexual nerd women who I can talk to for hours on end (at least at the beginning).
My first girlfriend and I spent a lot of time together, hmn, let’s call it developing video game content piecemeal. Also worldbuilding. Lots of worldbuilding. And various other things.
But that isn’t necessary in specific. That’s just something that happened.
Like, I could name out an exact list of traits and so on, but these things aren’t usually cut and dry like that. They have to be felt out a little.
Anonymous asked:
“My Opinion” (Pixels on Tumblr)
- Anonymous (2017)
SAN FRANCISCO—In an effort to reduce the number of unprovoked hostile communications on the social media platform, Twitter announced Monday that it had added a red X-mark feature verifying users who are in fact perfectly okay to harass. “This new verification system offers users a simple, efficient way to determine which accounts belong to total pieces of shit whom you should have no qualms about tormenting to your heart’s desire,” said spokesperson Elizabeth James, adding that the small red symbol signifies that Twitter has officially confirmed the identity of a loathsome person who deserves the worst abuse imaginable and who will deliberately have their Mute, Block, and Report options disabled. “When a user sees this symbol, they know they’re dealing with a real asshole who has richly earned whatever mistreatment they receive, including profanity, body-shaming, leaking of personal information, and relentless goading to commit suicide. It’s really just a helpful way of saying to our users, ‘This fuck has it coming, so do your worst with a clear conscience and without fear of having your account suspended.’” At press time, Twitter reassuredly clarified that the red X was just a suggestion and that all users could still be bullied with as little recourse as they are now.
