The Mask (and Hypocrisy)
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padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
the trouble comes in with agreeing on what "properly done" is
we'd probably all cheer when someone cleverly trolls someone or we consider terrible and deserving
I personally don't admire well-done trolling as an end unto itself but some people might I suppose
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
lol boss I'm too old and wily at this point to let you troll me about trolling, tho I appreciate the inherent meta-ness of it
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
it reminds me of that Mel Gibson movie where he starts using a beaver puppet to communicate with everyone
I watched it a few years ago with an ex, v blazed. it's a completely insane movie - he [SPOILERS] gets in literal physical fights with the beaver a la Fight Club, and eventually it completely takes over his life and he winds up cutting off his own arm with a saw i.e. the guy in Pi drilling into his own brain. also it was after his anti-Semitic etc outbursts so it's impossible not to read it as a metacommentary on his situation.
but the basic impulse behind it is similar to her with the monkey
constant escape
winter withered, warm
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We're being trolled.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
it's the kind of the thing that is so deeply insane and terrible that for a moment you're like "but actually, maybe it's genius...?"
and then you're like no, it's terrible, but you do have that brief moment of doubt
sus
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The latest online craze is submitting to the mortifying ordeal of being known
‘If we want the rewards of being loved...’
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sus
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There should be a collection of top trolls, you kno, launder it as high art
constant escape
winter withered, warm
alt-right avant garde, I'm tellin ya. I haven't picked up on it yet, if it does exist. In principle, it should.
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This is the second time today I've seen someone interviewed about something they've done becoming a meme. That dreamed invention of his friend's is intriguing. Dunno that I'd make it to the end either,The latest online craze is submitting to the mortifying ordeal of being known
‘If we want the rewards of being loved...’
Years ago a friend of mine had a dream about a strange invention; a staircase you could descend deep underground, in which you heard recordings of all the things anyone had ever said about you, both good and bad. The catch was, you had to pass through all the worst things people had said before you could get to the highest compliments at the very bottom. There is no way I would ever make it more than two and a half steps down such a staircase, but I understand its terrible logic: if we want the rewards of being loved, we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.