[ExI] list intimidation

[Gadersd]

> Many people over the years, especially women, have been particularly nasty to me about it, including screaming in my face, telling me I would die alone, and no one would ever love me.
> 
> So I gave in and made a fake personality. Now every time I try to be more authentic I get labeled “a troon”.

Authenticity has a cost. It is often easier to just fabricate. Telling people what they want to hear often has better results than honesty. In some sense honesty isn’t a virtue, at least gaging by peoples' reactions to honesty. I suppose this is why politicians are so successful.

> On Apr 10, 2023, at 12:36 PM, SR Ballard via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> Many people over the years, especially women, have been particularly nasty to me about it, including screaming in my face, telling me I would die alone, and no one would ever love me.
> 
> So I gave in and made a fake personality. Now every time I try to be more authentic I get labeled “a troon”.
> 
> SR Ballard
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2023, at 12:34 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> 
>> I am a kind and generous and forgiving person, but to my students I was an arrogant know-it-all who was too hard. The way they reacted told me what I never knew about my image.  bill w
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 10:56 AM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>> wrote:
>> I used to be like this but I changed my personality because no one like me. I miss it
>> 
>> SR Ballard
>> 
>>> On Apr 10, 2023, at 9:57 AM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> Is this you?  It's me.  I have had to moderate #3.  You?
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>>> https://hackspirit.com/signs-you-have-a-straightforward-personality/ <https://hackspirit.com/signs-you-have-a-straightforward-personality/>
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