@sidewayskoyote @slimepriestess for all of that said I don't want to change anything? like, "just don't trust ppl" implies it's a rational thing not an emotional decision skewed by irrational optimism
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Reply · Jan 2, 2023@b3rduck I want to trust you because I think we can learn from each other, so I enter the conversation with a hypothesis of trust, but yes it is…Reply · Jan 9, 2024@tenobrus i think you can make a deliberate choice to be optimistic & give ppl the most generous interpretation of their motivations, as a practice &…Reply · Dec 8, 2023@HephaistosF @LastWordSword sigh, yes but only partly a subtweet - is also me thinking through the perspective of the ppl I distrust (and no, that's…Reply · Dec 8, 2023@AlmostMedia literally the conversation would be "i don't know why but i don't trust you" - and then what?