<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Contra wrote</title><author_name>Contra (npub14h…xjjzu)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub14hq5lgadtyy9dhvtszq46dnl0s0xwdddqr7e32rdqqhma8a4xhsspxjjzu</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>I’m about to post something intellectual and captivating for an audience that prides itself on being uncapturable.&#xA;&#xA;You know the game…If I try too hard, you’ll smell the effort and dismiss it. If I don’t try hard enough, you’ll scroll past. If I’m clever, you’ll call it pretentious. If I’m simple, you’ll call it shallow.&#xA;&#xA;Everyone here wants to be intellectually stimulated, but admitting you were intellectually stimulated feels like admitting you weren’t already thinking that thought yourself.&#xA;&#xA;So here’s my actual move….I’m not performing for you. I’m performing with you. This post is a mirror. Your reaction to it (whether you like it, zap it, boost it, ignore it, or write a 400-word reply about why I’m wrong) reveals more about your relationship with intellectual performance than anything I could say.&#xA;&#xA;The hardest groups to perform for are the ones who forgot they’re still an audience.&#xA;&#xA;What’s your move?</html></oembed>