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[fireisredsir]

mm then again ig scum dann would probably be making a specific effort to have a trajectory of paranoia on me

and it's maybe kinda weird how quickly he backed off when i don't think i really did anything that would defuse the paranoia he had

[GuiltyLion]

Did you share your thoughts there?

I could imagine the HEM-VPB conflicts as distancing. Initial friction 1167, 1171, and then the argument over HEM's readslist (1222, 1262, 1267, 1279, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1286, 1303). there's a lot of sass and intensity in how they fight with each other but it doesn't seem to actually amount to strong scumreads or votes on each other. the way they talk to each other mainly seems to serve the purpose of establishing an argument between the two more than anything else.

want to signal boost my own post again and add further that it reminds me of how I like to distance as scum. if you throw in a lot of intensity, saying things like

> "is that the surface level reads i should expect from you from now on"
or
> "[your readslist has] Zero scum, or anything generally that doesn't have the flavor of lukewarm milk. It's a pointless list to make other than it looks like effort"

it makes people feel like you're unaligned because of the sass despite the fact that you're not actually solving each other. They ask a lot of pointed questions back and forth but it doesn't vibe to me like either side had a real agenda to what they were doing (VPB - don't see him trying to really push HEM for lim or rebuff a townie on the right track, HEM - don't see him trying to solve VPB).

@Shea

"Theatre" is actually a good word to capture my feelings here, it gives me the impression HEM and VPB wanted the thread to know that they were at odds, but to me the emotions in their posts are played up and disconnected from their actions in engaging with each other. Feels performance and makes me think of how I treat my scumbuddies

[Thestatusquo]

I'll go reread their interactions but I like the thought.

[fireisredsir]

i do agree with that assessment for the most part but they're also just kinda both people that tend to put on that air of bravado as either alignment, so i wouldn't necessarily expect the argument to always come with a serious scumread even if hem is town

kinda like baltar vs pooky on d1/first bomb defusal of ktane (sry to keep bringing it up for those who haven't read it, but it's a useful comparison point for scum vp), it was hard to tell what was serious bc they kinda just are like that. but then again in that case they were actually scum lol, so idk. they were a lot quicker to actually call each other scum tho

[fireisredsir]

shea how do you feel about the game now that it seems rather unlikely that you will be the elimination today?

[humaneatingmonkey]

Okay yeah my bad for even doing that and not having the time to follow through

[humaneatingmonkey]

It was bad play i didnt even think about what will happen i just thought it was rhe fastest way to catch up and get reads but i cant even sit down to play this game

[Thestatusquo]

shea how do you feel about the game now that it seems rather unlikely that you will be the elimination today?

in what sense? I feel like I've been pretty clear about my thoughts.

[humaneatingmonkey]

I think shea looks worst out of this, GL depends on how reachy his case is, fire too

These are people who swore i was town just before scamper rallied the wagon

The fact there's so many of you makes me think its just me though

[humaneatingmonkey]

Frogsterking and Nero maybe whiteknight

Nero was scumreading me before
Frogster I can understand since i believe he scumreads shea

[humaneatingmonkey]

Datisi townbinned me too and now that im inactive is talking trash behind my back smh

[humaneatingmonkey]

Ydrasse why did you vote me if you townbinned me too

[Thestatusquo]

lmao.

[humaneatingmonkey]

The alternate take is it's just me and i should be looking at who whiteknighted or held off their vote for no good reason

[Ydrasse]

compelled by arguments

[Thestatusquo]

The process of trying to sort of people who find you scummy after you do something scummy is funny.

"Wow, these people were town reading me and then I did a scumfuck and they changed their minds!"

[Ydrasse]

i feel weird about your current process of questioning eberyone maybe because i expect either claim or like
idk

some sense of direction that ends in not your wagon

[humaneatingmonkey]

Okay thats enough from me i gotta go pass out

Im sorry for this

[humaneatingmonkey]

I think im only gonna claim if i actually feel like im in trouble but the truth is i dont think anyone of you really scumreads me that hard and is just looking for someone to vote.the wagon i joined was just the one wagon standing and dissipated quicjly when mine went up

[Thestatusquo]

I didnt scumread you that hard before. I do now.

[humaneatingmonkey]

The process of trying to sort of people who find you scummy after you do something scummy is funny.

"Wow, these people were town reading me and then I did a scumfuck and they changed their minds!"

Is anything i did really scummy though

[humaneatingmonkey]

Didnt scumread me that hard? Boy you towncased me

[Thestatusquo]

Clearly 6 and at points 8 people think so.

[Dannflor]

mm then again ig scum dann would probably be making a specific effort to have a trajectory of paranoia on me

and it's maybe kinda weird how quickly he backed off when i don't think i really did anything that would defuse the paranoia he had

I don't think you actually did anything that scummy in the first place

I think one post triggered it and it was further exacerbated by you moving your vote to me

after the initial emotional reaction wore off I still definitely have some paranoia about you but I don't feel willing to thunderdome

[humaneatingmonkey]

Ehh give it time

If not then ill hostage my claim to buy time enough so i can really play and not just braindump