All narratives are fake. Narratives are, nonetheless, invaluable.

@starkatt "Fake" implies deception. Narratives are constructed, but that doesn't make them fake. Some may adhere closer to one or more sets of facts, but neither accuracy nor precision are necessarily measurements of narrative value.

@literorrery Yes, I know. I can use language reductively sometimes.

@starkatt That's fair. I was also at about a {9} when I had the thought. Being a people while processing heavy thoughts is hard sometimes.

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