Oddbean new post about login | logout Noticed even on nostr, the leftists are removing pronouns and rainbow flags from their bio Nature is healing, maybe people are learning all that virtue signaling is insufferable
Are there leftists on Nostr?
Maybe half a dozen
Not many. They generally love censorship so this is the polar opposite of what they would look for in a platform.
seriously now. there was some commotion a few days ago caused by some leftist that used several fake accounts in order to "doxx" some people. I was not friends with either of them, so i'm not sure of the details.
still here, still fucking queer. to whom am i signaling this virtue? it's just my life.
I don't see any pronouns or flags in your name or bio Be gay it's fine and normal.
sure, narrow your conception and then pretend the larger picture doesn't exist. what virtue were they signaling, and to whom?
I often think about my college orientation years ago when all this madness was just starting and one dude listed his pronouns as "your highness/his majesty" 90% of the kids thought it was hilarious and the TA was butthurt. I think we may be finally going back to that world
This is a beautiful thing. Simplicity wins.
I refused to add a him/he anywhere... it was never sensical and to pretend it was ever "to be kind and inclusive" felt ridiculous. It's like saying everyone should walk around naked to show inclusiveness to nudists. Fortunately I never got any direct pressure to do so, but seeing collegues do it in slack and emails did seem to put a weird uncomfortable pressure, like peer pressure, but the fact that it feels like a chore always overrode that pressure. Go lazy gene! 😅
Turns out, the emperor has no clothes. Some of us tried pointing it out. And a bunch of people saw it, but they were too scared to say anything. Until now…
