me: hey guys here's this mashup i made please go listen to it
mr. strawman: people in real life: hey man how's it going
me: what
mr. strawman: people don't say those kinds of things in real life. you're weird
me: well yeah i am weird but also that doesn't make sense. why is that a bad thing
mr. strawman: uhhhhh
me: you know this is my blog right. i'm not in a town square yelling in people's faces. digital spaces are obviously going to have different social standards than physical spaces
mr. strawman: okay i guess you're right
me: hopefully you haven't been saying this to, like, people expressing political opinions or shit. judging anything by how "normal" it is does not help you understand an idea and why it's good or bad. in fact discussion of issues that people don't talk about in real life is arguably more important since nobody knows about them!
mr. strawman: ... i have been doing that actually.
me: ah fuck. well it's okay we're all fallible. you can be better in the future!
mr. strawman: thanks for this talk. man i love socratic dialogues
me: i don't think this counts as a socratic dialogue but also do you wanna make out
ms. strawman (transitioned mid-convo): yeah i'd love to