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exactly, the 'about' page, is all I needed to see



I looked at the about page because of your comment, and wow you were right. I've rarely seen such a concentrated collection of "I'm a good person who believes good things" self-pats on the back. Really cringe.


It reads like a Twitter profile (for better or worse).


Looking at the page, I assume you mean that she's queer and vaccinated? (And not concealing those things)


Mainly the vaccination thing. Your vaccine status is utterly irrelevant to a blog. There is zero reason anyone would state that unless they have a strong moral belief about vaccination and wish to make a public statement that they are doing the correct thing as they see it. It's really cringe, like I said. I don't conceal which vaccines I get - if it's relevant to the conversation I have no problem mentioning it. But neither do I proactively tell people so that they know I'm One Of The Good Ones.

I didn't even see the queer thing you mentioned, but I also left the page pretty quickly once I realized it was just going to be the author patting herself on the back for social status.


It might have been weird five years ago, but vaccination is actually a pretty reasonable thing to have strong moral beliefs about in a post-COVID world.

There's a lot of people who think "virtue signalling" (and also "cringey") means "saying things I disagree with out loud," and it seems like you're tending in that direction.


rad that only makes me like the author more.




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