This highlights a pretty interesting idea—have the Open Thread be directly accessible via the “post” option dropdown, rather than a thing you have to remember to post to and then hunt down and find.
Certainly would cut down on the loss of morale one feels going from +3 karma to zero in one sincere post to discussion. Is there no way to reasonably differentiate between critical thought and just being obtuse?
Poetry seldom gets a good reception around here, although fiction (especially of an allegorical nature) seems to be much more well received in general. It may just be that few LW members engage with poetry in the way they do with other modes of writing.
And don’t worry about the −3 karma. It may seem like a lot now but a couple of insightful, helpful or interesting comments will surely balance it out. You might think of the downvotes as the kind of feedback you asked for in the original post.
No, poetry doesn’t get a good reception—even in quote threads...
I suppose this can be our poetry thread. Why not? It’ll contain it for those who can’t handle our poetry skilz.
Dominion of fear
There is so much I want to say
But I find it so difficult to speak freely
For Fear of being put down
So I focus on looking at fears
Confronting my fears
Facing my fear
Dominating my fears
Fearing nothing when I speak
As if nothing around me is relevant
As if nothing can subjugate me to their will
Taking offence or otherwise
And I’m caught up in this world
As if the other person isn’t there
As if their considerations are irrelevant
As if the pain of what I say dosen’t hurt them
And doesn’t bring the fear into them
And if they do dominate that fear
It matters not
For we’ve dominated ourselves
Not knowing we’ve dominated one another
Inspired by Malcolm X, the hope that expressing these insights will be a therapeutic supplement to downtimes in my concentration & my own upbringing and ongoing recovery from PTSD.
It sounds terrible to me honestly, but I hope being brave enough to brave it might encourage others to do the same—permission to make bad art! It’s certainly helped me feel better writing this.
I don’t think you were being obtuse. Your post wasn’t bad per se, it was just off-topic as, unless I am failing to interpret it, it doesn’t really add anything new to rationality or applied rationality.
Also, in case you had trouble locating the open thread, just click “Discussion” at the top of the page, then click the link under “Latest Open Thread” on the right of the page.
This highlights a pretty interesting idea—have the Open Thread be directly accessible via the “post” option dropdown, rather than a thing you have to remember to post to and then hunt down and find.
Certainly would cut down on the loss of morale one feels going from +3 karma to zero in one sincere post to discussion. Is there no way to reasonably differentiate between critical thought and just being obtuse?
Poetry seldom gets a good reception around here, although fiction (especially of an allegorical nature) seems to be much more well received in general. It may just be that few LW members engage with poetry in the way they do with other modes of writing.
And don’t worry about the −3 karma. It may seem like a lot now but a couple of insightful, helpful or interesting comments will surely balance it out. You might think of the downvotes as the kind of feedback you asked for in the original post.
No, poetry doesn’t get a good reception—even in quote threads...
I suppose this can be our poetry thread. Why not? It’ll contain it for those who can’t handle our poetry skilz.
Dominion of fear
There is so much I want to say
But I find it so difficult to speak freely
For Fear of being put down
So I focus on looking at fears
Confronting my fears
Facing my fear
Dominating my fears
Fearing nothing when I speak
As if nothing around me is relevant
As if nothing can subjugate me to their will
Taking offence or otherwise
And I’m caught up in this world
As if the other person isn’t there
As if their considerations are irrelevant
As if the pain of what I say dosen’t hurt them
And doesn’t bring the fear into them
And if they do dominate that fear
It matters not
For we’ve dominated ourselves
Not knowing we’ve dominated one another
Inspired by Malcolm X, the hope that expressing these insights will be a therapeutic supplement to downtimes in my concentration & my own upbringing and ongoing recovery from PTSD.
It sounds terrible to me honestly, but I hope being brave enough to brave it might encourage others to do the same—permission to make bad art! It’s certainly helped me feel better writing this.
I don’t think you were being obtuse. Your post wasn’t bad per se, it was just off-topic as, unless I am failing to interpret it, it doesn’t really add anything new to rationality or applied rationality.
Also, in case you had trouble locating the open thread, just click “Discussion” at the top of the page, then click the link under “Latest Open Thread” on the right of the page.