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7/15/2025, 10:28:26 PM
>>149408569
This one has a few iterations
This one has a few iterations
6/22/2025, 10:54:20 PM
>>149114200
I suppose that's kinda the paradox for me. if you go full max stirner and only care about your selfish interests then that means putting on masks can become a genuine expression of the self. I don't have problems with the masks per se, but how do you know the person is doing this because they are being sincere vs insincere? a real connection vs being treated as a performance they get to enact with you? and like the other anon said, if you are being genuine do you even need a mask to begin with? a parent that loves their baby could feel frustrated, tired, annoyed, but if they really love their baby and understand the sacrifice, would they really have the urge to yell "shut the fuck up" at a crying baby instead of just simply feeling all those negative emotions without letting them fester into a destructive desire and continue caring for the baby without the need to put the parental mask?
I'm stuck on whether this whole concept of being "genuine" is itself a fantasy, because it could be the case that expression of the self is only possible thanks to these masks to begin with. Maybe people are just different and have different tolerances, maybe the only real thing is a right balance that varies per person but I don't know, there's still so much I need to figure out. People enjoy calling others "fake" and having a "forced personality" to make themselves seem more authentic but do they even understand what that means anymore?
I suppose that's kinda the paradox for me. if you go full max stirner and only care about your selfish interests then that means putting on masks can become a genuine expression of the self. I don't have problems with the masks per se, but how do you know the person is doing this because they are being sincere vs insincere? a real connection vs being treated as a performance they get to enact with you? and like the other anon said, if you are being genuine do you even need a mask to begin with? a parent that loves their baby could feel frustrated, tired, annoyed, but if they really love their baby and understand the sacrifice, would they really have the urge to yell "shut the fuck up" at a crying baby instead of just simply feeling all those negative emotions without letting them fester into a destructive desire and continue caring for the baby without the need to put the parental mask?
I'm stuck on whether this whole concept of being "genuine" is itself a fantasy, because it could be the case that expression of the self is only possible thanks to these masks to begin with. Maybe people are just different and have different tolerances, maybe the only real thing is a right balance that varies per person but I don't know, there's still so much I need to figure out. People enjoy calling others "fake" and having a "forced personality" to make themselves seem more authentic but do they even understand what that means anymore?
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