Yeah, I got sucked into that for a while, before gradually noticing that a lot of the stuff they were laughing at ("headmates", "transethnic" people, etc.) seemed to be limited to a few extremely obscure Tumblr accounts instead of being widespread phenomena. A lot of communities that are based around dunking on people fall into the trap of focusing almost all of their attention on a tiny number of trolls and people with obscure personality disorders, but TIA fell for it really hard.
Also finally getting a little bit of exposure to sociology and philosophy made me a lot more open-minded about political and cultural movements. Even if there were a massive, influential community of Otherkin, it's hard to argue that it's any weirder or more threatening than, say, Christianity or car enthusiasts.
I mean, it's not limited to just them, but there's definitely a bit of an echo chamber here in terms of making out all opposition to be harmless clowns.
I used to think TIA was funny, poking fun at the low-hanging fruit of spoiled suburbanite kids who have to dream up problems so they can feel edgy.
Then I realized it had become a right-wing echo chamber. Or maybe it was all along. I still can't tell.
Yeah, I got sucked into that for a while, before gradually noticing that a lot of the stuff they were laughing at ("headmates", "transethnic" people, etc.) seemed to be limited to a few extremely obscure Tumblr accounts instead of being widespread phenomena. A lot of communities that are based around dunking on people fall into the trap of focusing almost all of their attention on a tiny number of trolls and people with obscure personality disorders, but TIA fell for it really hard.
Also finally getting a little bit of exposure to sociology and philosophy made me a lot more open-minded about political and cultural movements. Even if there were a massive, influential community of Otherkin, it's hard to argue that it's any weirder or more threatening than, say, Christianity or car enthusiasts.
My tipping point was realizing that even those 'transethnic' weirdoes weren't hurting anyone, so why should I care?
TIA feels like another case of someone using "edgy humor" to draw people into alt-right talking points.
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isn't this community based almost entirely around dunking on Charlie Kirk & Ben Shapeeno?
I mean, it's not limited to just them, but there's definitely a bit of an echo chamber here in terms of making out all opposition to be harmless clowns.
All opposition are clowns, but certainly not harmless - I think this community realizes that more than most.
This is why we buy guns! For the harmful clowns
we see in our night terrorsNot even close, no. Nor are those people fringe trolls, they have audiences.
they have audiences and obscure personality disorders
What are they?
pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified
No we constantly talk about each other’s dicks
too much talk, not enough stalk
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I don't know, but that sounds right.
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