willow: "the quote isn't directly relevant, but i just wanted to call out that i'm pretty bad at the type of thing described in Changing the Subject. it's still a little bit out of place because although he does give some more concrete examples, its obviously mostly oriented around philosophical subjects"

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willowOct 8, 2023

this is related to (or a symptom of) my lacking ability to properly change the subject. i play within the rules of the game provided and have immense difficulty fluidly transitioning from context to context. I remain trapped with my own lack of imagination and lack of courage

Changing the Subject, Raymond Geuss, pg. 5

willowOct 1, 2023

one skill i lack is the ability to end a conversation. part of this is definitely midwestern goodbye syndrome. another part is that i don't really get frustrated enough with people to storm out - but even when i used to get angry, i would just keep on arguing

willow @dreary.dev

the quote isn't directly relevant, but i just wanted to call out that i'm pretty bad at the type of thing described in Changing the Subject. it's still a little bit out of place because although he does give some more concrete examples, its obviously mostly oriented around philosophical subjects

October 8, 2023 at 9:06 AM

willowOct 8, 2023

which i'm bad at too lol, i'm not coming up with novel philosophical questions. but the thing i was describing was pretty narrowly general social skills. i engage too directly with the question and sometimes the answer ought be "that is the wrong question". i usually lack confidence to say that.