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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• over 1 year ago

my least favourite part of my twitter is the odious feeling that that when i am talking about my life, i am presenting myself as someone to model. i am, as modern society teaches us to do always, selling myself

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• over 1 year ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

sometimes i see groups of guys, in alpha bro podcast mode, relating to themselves and each other, like each person is nothing more than a shorthand for status

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• over 1 year ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

sometimes i see women do this too, in wealthier, smaller town, sitting around white tablecloth, relating. there’s no safe "under" there, there’s just the shorthand of their self, they relate, present, sell with

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• over 1 year ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

sometimes i see that in me. desperate attempts to present myself, in the hopes this may be accepted. the hope that someone might ignore & skip over this lonely thing called me and instead see this shiny, nice, wonderful, enviable, emulatable "me"! https://t.co/2CZwgdpCDv

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• almost 3 years ago

the boy tried to give her the dead fish, but she didn’t want it “it’s your fish,” she said. “i don’t want it” “that’s ok,” said the boy. i’ll make it better, he thought

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• over 1 year ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

the thing about selling yourself is you are literally selling yourself

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• over 1 year ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

in what unbroken culture, do you go up to someone and say, "hey, i am going to sell myself" and they "sounds good, son!" instead of being horrified

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• over 1 year ago
Replying to @AskYatharth

i was in a conversation yesterday where someone asked, "why are americans so nice all the time. so fake nice" and someone else said "it’s because they’re selling themselves all the time"

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