taro: "criticisms like these need to be whispered though, since while it's more frustrating to watch them give another bad answer to the same question, they kind of are the vanguard for grappling with the question at all. sometimes requires reluctant solidarity"

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taroJan 9, 2026

niche criticism but it's odd when people realize the contradictory nature of self and then think plurality will help the situation

taroJan 9, 2026

feels like you've misunderstood and underestimated the contradictory nature of self, multiplying the problem won't get you anywhere

taro @taro.somber.me

criticisms like these need to be whispered though, since while it's more frustrating to watch them give another bad answer to the same question, they kind of are the vanguard for grappling with the question at all. sometimes requires reluctant solidarity

January 9, 2026 at 8:21 AM

taroJan 9, 2026

see also: poly and neos (trans more broadly) for whatever reason the more ideational (think socialist, philosophical) disagreements garner less sympathy from me. i have inklings of theories but it might be good to wait a bit before writing them out

taroJan 9, 2026

"for intellectuals, unswerving isolation is the only form in which they can vouchsafe a measure of solidarity." i wouldn't call myself one of those mr adorno but i feel u bestie