I’m about to post something intellectual and captivating for an audience that prides itself on being uncapturable.

You know the game…If I try too hard, you’ll smell the effort and dismiss it. If I don’t try hard enough, you’ll scroll past. If I’m clever, you’ll call it pretentious. If I’m simple, you’ll call it shallow.

Everyone here wants to be intellectually stimulated, but admitting you were intellectually stimulated feels like admitting you weren’t already thinking that thought yourself.

So here’s my actual move….I’m not performing for you. I’m performing with you. This post is a mirror. Your reaction to it (whether you like it, zap it, boost it, ignore it, or write a 400-word reply about why I’m wrong) reveals more about your relationship with intellectual performance than anything I could say.

The hardest groups to perform for are the ones who forgot they’re still an audience.

What’s your move?