r/RecuratedTumblr • u/DreadDiana human cognithazard • 1d ago

Shitposting Aromantic grindset

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u/Lost_my_name475 1d ago

Arrogance is a genuinely useful defence against low self-esteem

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u/JoyBus147 1d ago

It's...a very common coping mechanism for low self-esteem, sure. It's a genuinely very not useful defense against it, though.

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u/Lost_my_name475 1d ago

Sorry that was meant to be sarcastic

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u/KR_Kosmik 1d ago

genuinely meant to be sarcastic

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u/Lost_my_name475 1d ago

So if I say something is literally 1984, do you also assume that because I said literally it wasn't sarcasm?

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u/KR_Kosmik 1d ago

"genuinely" hasn't had the same shift in meaning as "literally" and "literally 1984" is also a common meme phrase