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new post on tomo.city: "the essence of training is to allow for error without consequence"
when I was a teenager in the 1990s, a huge chunk of my time was spent exploring the world wide web, chatting with other people on IRC and in MMORPGs.
when I was 15-17 years old, I hung out with 20, 30 and 40-year-olds in cyberspace who assumed I was their age. that was partly thanks to my ability to type quickly and accurately.
I wasn't always taken seriously by the other people in those online groups, because I could be a real pain in the ass sometimes. I was moody, prone to emotional outbursts, and had a poor sense of boundaries. y'know, just like a teenager.
IRC channels and Ultima Online unknowingly became safe spaces to learn how to relate to adults, by imitating them, and being disciplined by them.
emotionally, for me, a lot was at stake: I wanted the people in my channel to like me. conversely, nothing was really at stake for me too. when i pissed someone off, got booted or banned from a channel for being a little shit, I could just turn off the computer monitor and go watch TV. no one was going to come to my house and beat me up, or take away my possessions or put a permanent blotch on my academic record.
... continued at the link:
https://tomo.city/#2025-02-08
#indieweb #smolweb #blog
when I was a teenager in the 1990s, a huge chunk of my time was spent exploring the world wide web, chatting with other people on IRC and in MMORPGs.
when I was 15-17 years old, I hung out with 20, 30 and 40-year-olds in cyberspace who assumed I was their age. that was partly thanks to my ability to type quickly and accurately.
I wasn't always taken seriously by the other people in those online groups, because I could be a real pain in the ass sometimes. I was moody, prone to emotional outbursts, and had a poor sense of boundaries. y'know, just like a teenager.
IRC channels and Ultima Online unknowingly became safe spaces to learn how to relate to adults, by imitating them, and being disciplined by them.
emotionally, for me, a lot was at stake: I wanted the people in my channel to like me. conversely, nothing was really at stake for me too. when i pissed someone off, got booted or banned from a channel for being a little shit, I could just turn off the computer monitor and go watch TV. no one was going to come to my house and beat me up, or take away my possessions or put a permanent blotch on my academic record.
... continued at the link:
https://tomo.city/#2025-02-08
#indieweb #smolweb #blog