furthermore. and the truly sinister byproduct of this sort of actualization of the digital self is the continued reinforcement of the digital avatar as the real self. of course everyone knows that every photo, every post, every interaction online is curated by the participants to some degree or another, whether this is an omission of photographs on instagram that depict a less than ideal reality, or certain phrasing or certain forms of conversation being preferred over other forms of conversation and communication. so in treating anything said about anyone online as real conditions people to accept their online identities as real, and to defend themselves against attacks online as if they were real when the reality is that you can just block people, ignore them, not give a fuck about them. but that doesn't make the jews (or the privilaged minority whose voices are loud enough to hear online) money. i'm old enough, and i'm sure many of you are also old enough, to remember a time on the internet when it was taken for granted that people were going to be rude or incendiary and that it didn't matter because you're literally interacting with a profile picture or avatar of an individual who doesn't actually exist and your online persona doesn't exist either and nothing actually matters and it's just supposed to be fun but these days are gone.
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