the thing about media literacy is that understanding why the author chose to specify that the curtains are blue is the same skill set as understanding that the way the author characterizes all black characters as angry or all chinese characters as meek and silent is racist. it is the same skill set as being able to identify when a news source is biased or when someone is feeding you propaganda. the ability to ask "why did this person choose to present this premise in this specific way?" is a critical skill in a world full of misinformation. why are the curtains blue? maybe it's a characterization detail. maybe it's extraneous worldbuilding. why is this character written as being right all the time? maybe you're intended to disagree with them. maybe it doesn't matter. maybe you should still ask why.

i'm having a bad day. someone is going to die today (remembers suicide jokes are bad for my mental health) and it's not going to be me. (gets scared someone will report me to the police) people around the world die of natural causes every day. (remembers i want people to think i'm smart) and i know who it's going to be (remembers i want to retain an air of mystery) but i'm not telling.

Idk who needs to hear this and I'm sure it's already a widely shared sentiment but if you are using AI chatbots for roleplay / emotional attachment towards fictional characters of any kind you are Dying. I think if that technology was around when I was 12-15 would've become even more traumatized and isolated than I already became over my fictional character obsessions. I could hardly handle this technology 2 years ago and it still had a very bad addictive impact on me. You should not fuck with it under any circumstances if you're the kind of person to grow deep attachment to fictional characters. Its not your friend and it's not real. Delete your accounts cancel your subscriptions Get it OUT of your life. This is your sign 😁 goodnbye