And realizing that, for me, what makes Twitter a worthwhile place to engage is that I have my “avoid being disliked” dial turned waaaaay down compared to IRL mimi…

Most of my tweets IRL translation would be a half-smile head-tilt “hmm” unless the other person has very clearly invited me to tease them and share my weird thoughts

And I’ve been assuming the same dynamic exists for many of the folks I follow, and I really enjoy hearing their less-filtered potentially-offensive takes