The points that humans are terrible fucking creatures is a valid one.
I think it's worth emphasizing again though that stuff like ERP preys on and points towards emotional entanglement on a scale that is beyond just gettin angry, gettin hilarious, or expounding on length about totalitarian regimes being worthy of blowing up.
Nerds are a clannish, cliquish (You notice how much 'us' vs' them' wording there is already in this thread?), closed off community at the best of times. (Yeah, sure, we welcome new folks but let's face facts: We're also our own worst gatekeepers. Â I refer you to all the lore arguments and Cat-Goon worries as recent evidence y'honor.) Â It means nerds bond harder than most people, when they think they click.
As I said before: This sort of thing aims at things Nerds are vulnerable towards: Loneliness, passion, attachment, possessiveness, and self esteem.
While all of those might align in any point in any situation, ever, ERP, relationship RP, and related facets of this strange, red, pulsing, wet jewel of a topic concentrate them all into a alluring diamond that serves as a bug zapper for nerd sensibilities, or even basic HUMAN sensibilities.
Us nerds just happen to get touched and set off in them easily given how deep those mental rivers we tote around run.
Be aware. Â Be considerate. Be kind. Communicate. Â This sort of stuff isn't dangerous until you make it, (Or worse, and more often: Someone else makes it) but it's real easy to make it disrespectful, or worse, dangerous if you aren't aware. Â Don't take this as my saying it's your fault if something happens or goes wrong, just to be aware as you would and should be in the realms of relationships even if they're just IC. Â You're dealing with a human behind that keyboard. Â Don't fuck them over and up.
It's worth noting here: Out abusers. Â Out them instantly. Â Out them loudly. Â Expose people who try to exploit. Â Log things when they happen. Â Keep them. Â Bring it out into the open. Â Do not let someone play the "Well I didn't" game with you. Â Be prepared to drag people into the light of day and into Sony's harassment report system and laugh while you do it because You Are Good Enough and Worth That Protection.
Don't let anyone tell you different, don't let anyone else try to crush you to get what they want out of something.
Know that good people are around for you to lean on if you need it. Â Lean on them, hard. Â Get friends that will tell you when you're committing bullshit, and when bullshit is being committed on you. Â It's the best defense. Â The Best.
Like I said. Â Be safe out there, human meat vessels.
It's a strange, wonderful, and sometimes sticky, world of storytelling.
Just because some people are terrible cannibalistic pigs in human skin isn't reason to avoid it.
I think it's worth emphasizing again though that stuff like ERP preys on and points towards emotional entanglement on a scale that is beyond just gettin angry, gettin hilarious, or expounding on length about totalitarian regimes being worthy of blowing up.
Nerds are a clannish, cliquish (You notice how much 'us' vs' them' wording there is already in this thread?), closed off community at the best of times. (Yeah, sure, we welcome new folks but let's face facts: We're also our own worst gatekeepers. Â I refer you to all the lore arguments and Cat-Goon worries as recent evidence y'honor.) Â It means nerds bond harder than most people, when they think they click.
As I said before: This sort of thing aims at things Nerds are vulnerable towards: Loneliness, passion, attachment, possessiveness, and self esteem.
While all of those might align in any point in any situation, ever, ERP, relationship RP, and related facets of this strange, red, pulsing, wet jewel of a topic concentrate them all into a alluring diamond that serves as a bug zapper for nerd sensibilities, or even basic HUMAN sensibilities.
Us nerds just happen to get touched and set off in them easily given how deep those mental rivers we tote around run.
Be aware. Â Be considerate. Be kind. Communicate. Â This sort of stuff isn't dangerous until you make it, (Or worse, and more often: Someone else makes it) but it's real easy to make it disrespectful, or worse, dangerous if you aren't aware. Â Don't take this as my saying it's your fault if something happens or goes wrong, just to be aware as you would and should be in the realms of relationships even if they're just IC. Â You're dealing with a human behind that keyboard. Â Don't fuck them over and up.
It's worth noting here: Out abusers. Â Out them instantly. Â Out them loudly. Â Expose people who try to exploit. Â Log things when they happen. Â Keep them. Â Bring it out into the open. Â Do not let someone play the "Well I didn't" game with you. Â Be prepared to drag people into the light of day and into Sony's harassment report system and laugh while you do it because You Are Good Enough and Worth That Protection.
Don't let anyone tell you different, don't let anyone else try to crush you to get what they want out of something.
Know that good people are around for you to lean on if you need it. Â Lean on them, hard. Â Get friends that will tell you when you're committing bullshit, and when bullshit is being committed on you. Â It's the best defense. Â The Best.
Like I said. Â Be safe out there, human meat vessels.
It's a strange, wonderful, and sometimes sticky, world of storytelling.
Just because some people are terrible cannibalistic pigs in human skin isn't reason to avoid it.
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