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@la_ninpre hehe, did you see me sharing a photo of a Prusik knot yesterday? :P...

1 March at 15:38 | Wall-to-wall | Open on merveilles.town
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la ninpre

@rek yes, yes, but i was thinking about this for quite some time

1 March at 15:39 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

@la_ninpre It's tricky. The name does distract. I like the knot, it's very useful, but sharing it with that name will likely always attract conversations about the inventor's past instead of ones about the many uses of that knot. So it makes it difficult now to want to share that knot with that name.
When sharing things online, ppl have no context for you, there's always a big risk of being 'guilty by association'. Sometimes its safer not to insist, I don't want that kind of heat.

1 March at 15:54 | Open on merveilles.town
la ninpre

@rek thanks for telling that, i can see why one would want to use a generic name for such things. unfortunately, tho, it's not always possible to predict what will trigger some people. it's like some people just want to spread some hate they have inside so they'll pick anything actually :neofox_sad:

1 March at 16:03 | Open on merveilles.town
la ninpre

@rek i wonder if people are making flame wars about schödinger's equations

1 March at 16:19 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

@la_ninpre Posting on Mastodon is like walking on egg shells, but again... i don't know what's going on in ppl's lives, they may not be in a good place, or have somekind of past trauma.
When someone tells me something I said or shared upsets them, in all, I prefer to correct, especially if that small act can spare that person some pain. The internet is already a very hostile place, so...

1 March at 16:33 | Open on merveilles.town
la ninpre

@rek this is a perspective i haven't thought of... thank you.

and i'm sorry if i said something unsettling. i never meant to pick on you personally.

1 March at 18:48 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

@la_ninpre oh no no, don't worry, you didn't say anything unsettling, it's important to talk about this sort of thing.

1 March at 19:09 | Open on merveilles.town
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