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should i add an "African" react that's an icon of the continent of africa and is worth -3 rep
For my part, my reticence stems from perfectionism, which, granted, I think could be seen as a form of self-consciousness, too. It reminds me of an anecdote about Joseph Addison:I think the groyper forum users self consciousness comes from twitter usage. Twitter is open so projection of strength and aggression is the method of protection for the self against possible enemy attack. Whereas on a semi private forum the self is sheltered by non-interaction with foreign worldviews, allowing for some to type with more revelation of the self. The self's greatest fear is to expose itself completely in honesty and truth, with the response being anything negative. At its most vulnerable point even a light blow could cause extreme damage. But is the hidden self even real? It is necessary to reveal, to make known, for something to be concrete and what the self wants most is to be concrete. Self-confidence is the ability to reveal the self completely, devastating and extreme blows rendered impotent against the force of will. The will being the concrete of the self in a man with self confidence. Overwhelming will can turn what would be total defeat into the most spectacular victory of the self, spurring on greater and greater solidity of the self, until they are erecting marble statues in your self's honor.
I only ever use the like and the gem react because the choices already overwhelm me!an overwhelming variety of reacts like the moods would be impressive
I liked the anecdote I had to look up fastidiousness and perspicuity lol.And I don't know what to make of the rest of your post. What do you mean by the self? It seems to mean different things throughout the post (or to be too broad to mean anything). You say that the self wants most to be concrete, that self-confidence is the ability to reveal the self completely, and that the will is the concrete of the self (in a man with self-confidence). So, really, self-confidence is just the ability to reveal the will, for the man with self-confidence reveals the self completely, and if both the self wants most to be concrete and the will is the concrete of the self, the self, whatever it does mean, falls by the wayside as a mere intermediary to the will. So when you go on to say that the overwhelming will can effect a victory of the self, you seem to have lost track of your thought. In any case, your meaning is near impenetrable.