Subnostr

Laeserin 1y ago

On Nostr, you have to either be:

- intellectual, philosophical, and/or a bit haughty, so that the riff-raff avoids you,

- pleasant-but-distant to all, like someone greeting acquaintances in a shop or the park,

- or pander to the bottom-feeders, so that they all swarm around you in large numbers.

Nostr is just like real life.

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Laeserin 1y ago

Obviously, the first option will spell death for your follower count, as you've priced yourself out of the majority of the market...

But that is also like in real life.

Laeserin 1y ago

I tried pandering, but I am so easily disgusted and bored by repetition, that it's always a short-lived strategy.

Then I tried being pleasant and even-tempered, but my moodiness and propensity for brooding quickly put a stop to that.

So, here I am. I have fallen upward, again.

In retrospect, it was inevitable.

Laeserin 1y ago

I've decided to simply lean into my ladylike persona and be horrifyingly off-putting to the people I find off-putting. That way, they mute me and inadvertently warn their friends over WoT.

The mute reports are already trickling in.

Clever, isn't it?

Not just a hat rack, my friend.

And now I can wield my thesaurus with impunity.

Unleash the full vocabulary.

unleash it, i enjoy it

liminal 🦠 1y ago

You being yourself is the best out of it all. Be moody, be contrary, embrace the momentary fluctuations of your persona. Those that see signal will stay and appreciate you for you. Who cares about the rest.

Laeserin 1y ago

🫂

Laeserin 1y ago

That is very reassuring advice, seeing as how I've tried to be different and utterly failed. 😊

Low Information Voter 1y ago

Ma'am, I don't mean to offend, but I believe you over-think everything more than anyone else in the world (with the possible exception of my little sister).

It's endearing, but I read your posts and think "Man, she's right. She must have spent, like, a full minute thinking it through. Who does that???"

Laeserin 1y ago

Overthinking is the only thinking mode I have, as I think whole-to-parts.

Laeserin 1y ago

I mean that I see the complete system in my head, all at once, and then I scribble the whole thing down until I see my vision reflected in the text.

And then I post the note.

And then I notice that I forgot this edge or that node, or that I didn't define this point clear enough.

And you can see the scribble-correction posts sort of drip in.

Erase, redraw the line slightly further left...

Laeserin 1y ago

And I can't stop myself from writing feverishly until the whole picture is complete. 😂

Laeserin 1y ago

The End.

Low Information Voter 1y ago

Your process, right there.

You are a remarkable outlier on the bell curve, on what is now known professionally as "Low Self-Monitoring", but which our ancestors are believed to have termed "sincerity".

Apparently it was valued. :-p

Laeserin 1y ago

🫂

You mean to tell me that I have no protective mental filter?

Say it ain't so, Sam. 😂

Luckily, I have an artificial filter called "unfollow" and "mute".

Low Information Voter 1y ago

Don't change :-p

Laeserin 1y ago

😊

Laeserin 1y ago

I suppose some men prefer guileless women. You don't have to interpret anything we say or do, as we speak with such transparent naivete.

Like a child.

But we always need lots of protection. I don't know if that's a bug or a feature.

Laeserin 1y ago

I think my husband likes that about me.

Constantly strategizing, but rarely scheming. Outspoken and outgoing, but physically timid and easily startled.

Such an odd combination.

Perhaps I'm an acquired taste.

Laeserin 1y ago

Sorry, I'm rambling and daydreaming, again. As usual.

Later, gators! 😊

Laeserin 1y ago

Four npubs have told me I'm an acquired taste. 🙈😂

Sovran Systems 1y ago

Clever