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@emanate I have no end of stray thought suited to Jules or Taneh or Valentin or any number of headmates, but no real place to _put_ those thoughts at present because they're not big enough to encompass in a story and the standard model of in-character interactions assumes that I'm able to stay focused on those thoughts and devote constant blocks of time to manage. I'm looking for something more like a forum with an expectation of continuity but high potential latency.

@emanate Not exactly.

I do a ton of creative work. I only externalize a small fraction of it because storycraft is hard. Embodying characters -- other selves -- is easy, but finding spaces outside of MUCKs to do that is difficult, and MUCKs have an expectation of synchronicity that I can't meet at my day job. I'd make character-based Masto accounts, but there's always the risk of the orthocosm demanding it be analyzed through one or more character lenses, and sometimes I don't want to do that.

I want--

No.

I need more space in which to be my fictive selves, without fear that I'll have to one-to-one mesh the orthocosm onto any particular paracosm or syncosm.

@Aros Personal favorite to date: "Comets and dust," from a setting in which astrological confluences actually matter and comets are generally seen as a big deal.

@anthracite @indi @somekindofcrow Regardless, it scares me.

@indi @anthracite "Dress Theory" makes more sense than "Dr Ester S Hoy", which I also got out of that breakdown.

... now if only I could remember to bring my car on the days I need to go Eastside so I could actually attend meetings like a ponsibl.

bein' a people is __hard__.

Look at me callin' and makin' and schedulin' and datin' stuff like a _ponsibl_.

I'm going to take a stab at writing down what happened, in the interest of making sure we can tell the tale as we need to tell it, as a reminder of what we've endured together, and of what we can overcome when we work together.

I love you, Keet.

This past weekend, my spouse and I began to truly heal from a long period of emotional trauma. I'm still learning to put weight on those feelings again, but I feel like I _can_ again. That's a new feeling, and a very good one. I feel like I can depend and count on those feelings in ways I couldn't for a long time, and I'm immeasurably grateful for their patience and their willingness to help me move past a moment of trauma and to help rebuild something so vital and precious to me.

Healing from past trauma is difficult. Muscles long disused protest at being stretched, the fear of pain and repeat injury makes motion hesitant and limited. Learning how to move again is effort.

So it is with emotional trauma. Feelings long buried protest at being exposed. The fear of being hurt again makes exploring past pain itself stressful and prone to relapses. Learning how to feel, and to trust those feelings, is difficult.

@Soreth Take what time you need. Everyone will still be here.

@_dystoxia@cybre.space Been playing Shadowrun again?

@ElectricKeet If you choose the latter, I will support you. It'll be hard. We'll need help. I'll likely beg for forgiveness on a couple of failures along the way. I'll still stand in the fire with you.

If you choose the former, I'll support you. It'll be difficult. I don't want to lose you again. I know what the drugs do to you and I hear how you feel when you take them.

If you decide on some other path, I will support you. I can't imagine it, but I'll be there.

@jakebe I wish. I hear your pain and frustration. I I wish the world were a kinder place.

@adeptomega Two thoughts:
Does Marx account for the innate differences in value of goods to different people? An apple is worth more to me than to Keet, who is allergic to them. A car is worth more to people who value driving than those who don't.
Also, does Marx ever address automation or is that after his time? Goods which have a near-zero marginal cost after recouping the automation setup -- e.g. most electronic goods -- change the game.

@irisjaycomics me, gorging on fried tofu, mushrooms, and eggs: *sobbing and screaming behind a dead-eyed stare*

@angrboda This reads fine to me. I have a ton of thoughts in this space, but you say "this isn't a thesis" and I don't want to turn it into one either. I think you've done a good job of capturing the ten-kilometer view and laid out a great basis for further engagement later if you wish. Nicely written.