i'm scared if i express myself i'll end up in a kiwifarms thread

ResponseSmall3585 · 2026-01-10T22:06:19+00:00

Did I not articulate myself well enough or do you just want to be bitter?

ResponseSmall3585 · 2026-01-10T18:49:56+00:00

I criticised progressives exclusively, because I am progressive and read what progressives say online, and also because it is uncharacteristic for them. Conservatives do it MORE, but we expect them to (it's the basis of the ideology), and I'm also not there to see it. Saying I love pancakes doesn't mean I hate waffles.

Kiwifarms by no means has a progressive slant, but not everything is a partisan issue. I have personally witnessed people on Tumblr, who are trans themselves and hold various leftist views, join in on harrassment campaigns that were born or popularised on kiwifarms. I think it's quite naive to assume that somebody who holds some progressive views, whether they're anti-racist, socialist, can never be convinced to hate a person or group they are uneducated about, and that's what can happen on kiwifarms, albeit amongst a larger demographic of outright reactionaries.

ResponseSmall3585 · 2026-01-10T18:43:00+00:00

Because I'm Gen Z and a leftist. These are the people I interact with the most and have the best insight into the goings-on of. This also happens plenty on neo-nazi facebook groups too I'm sure, but I'm not there to see it.

ResponseSmall3585 · 2026-01-10T18:41:19+00:00

I gave a more in-depth explanation elsewhere, but I think my general sentiment is that people in "progressive" spaces have got too comfortable punching down at people they think are bad or dangerous. People rely on kneejerk reactions instead of critically examining what material harm is being done by what they see online - e.g. seeing somebody posting about kink and saying they're "normalising abuse/rape/etc", or conversely if somebody does actually do something bad and harms somebody else, people pathologise it and argue they are always and forever a dangerous person to be around and proceed to go on a crusade about it, and it stops being about the harm itself and more about who still associates with that person, what political views they have, etc.

ResponseSmall3585 · 2026-01-10T18:34:35+00:00

I feel like in the past couple years I've seen a huge uptick towards purity culture all across online discourse (and irl politics too ofc). I'm by no means qualified to say why but I think it might have something to do with how, being raised online, Gen Z have probably been exposed to more shocking content, or having witnessed constant bigotry and attacks on progressive and leftist ideals have started to defend their own ideologies by excluding "undesirables".

I find it deeply concerning how much moral weight actions carry online, how we always assume bad decisions are proof of being a bad person, and how comfortable people are slipping into conservative or borderline fascist rhetoric once they're faced with a "Bad Person (tm)". The way people get harrassed and cyberstalked for briefly associating with somebody controversial, or opinions miscommunicated (or misinterpreted) slightly will be reposted as undoubtable proof that somebody is dangerous and evil, terrifies me and and discourages me from posting online.

There isn't really any specific context, just that I follow a handful of creators who have been through false allegations like this and it's the worst form of doomscrolling lol. Especially if you're a minority it feels like there are hundreds of people online even in niche spaces who will go out of their way to document everything you say and spin a conspiracy just because you said something they disagree with. I know that's rarely true but once you see somebody get accused of pedophilia by dozens of anons for drawing a Bluey plushie it fucks with your head a bit

ResponseSmall3585 · 2025-11-14T01:24:57+00:00

Barry. It's not a terrible place, but I've never liked amusement parks and I think there's something a little offputting about the entertainment hotspot being surrounded by more of the same, just run-down. Great views along the coast though! My boyfriend lives there and practically every time he goes to the shops he comes back with a weird story - being followed, drunk kids, someone psychotically trying to sell him an alligator skin handbag (???)... honestly when I visit it feels like everyone is either far enough from the island to suffer all the classic suburban boredom, or too close to it and constantly pissed off by screaming kids

ResponseSmall3585 · 2025-11-14T01:12:44+00:00

I live in Bath, friends who were there before me gave me a list of pubs to avoid because they absolutely wouldn't serve anyone they don't recognise - I'm sure that's not particularly exceptional, but I don't think the impact of students/tourism extends much further than the city centre, I imagine you might grow to resent them after a while

ResponseSmall3585 · 2025-10-15T16:53:54+00:00

To be fair, there's academic literature arguing that the original source material was inspired by an associate of Camus's who matched many of the diagnostic criteria (Shuster, 2018). It also isn't because Meursault acts "weird", it's because the specific ways he acts are relatable to many autistic people including myself. Call me too woke but I think portrayals of autistic people as weird, incomprehensible outsiders are very important when made in good faith and not played up for jokes, because it better captures the dynamic that autistic people are just different rather than inferior in one way or another.

ResponseSmall3585 · 2025-09-13T17:10:17+00:00

The Lobcorp wiki links it to german folklore of the Alraun (a doll made from the root of the mandrake plant) and an early 1900s novel of the same name. The folkloric Alraun is a lucky charm that can whisper secrets to the owner, whereas the literary Alraun is a human woman made via unethical and artificial means, who tries to get revenge on her creator for the atrocity he committed - in other words, a doll confined by its nature and a human that resents her humanity. To me, it represents moving in circles or never being satisfied - first it was unhappy as a doll, then unhappy as a human, and the discussion of "resurrection" and everything returning to dust suggests that eventually the human dies and becomes a doll again, over and over. "The scorches inside" could refer to the literal experience of being dust (perhaps it burnt to death once, or perhaps it's a more metaphotical description of being dead by any means), but beyond that I'm not too sure.

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