bringing out "the real you" means

@apophis woops i missclicked I wanted to click 'mutable[...]' and other/reply but i forgor other/reply

@apophis other/reply is :
A performance, fleeting like a dance

@apophis the aspects of self that i have fallibly developed over my lifetime by trying to follow my immutable soul (product of efforts, but distinct from the go-along-to-get-along efforts, anchored in something deeper)

the me isn't real, but the "real me" isn't me. i'm a mask being worn by itself

presentation conform(1)/mutable(3)/everything is a mask(5) i guess maybe is the generalized answer

@apophis "something you made for yourself and thus own" is real as fuck.

@apophis if I don’t have to think about what I say that’s the real me, anything else is a construct

The self is an illusion
@apophis

9% finally making/letting your presentation conform to a pre-existing real you that was previously hidden/suppressed

17% a deliberate product of your efforts, something you made for yourself and thus own

17% mutable, but is whatever the sum total of your presentation and thoughts are right now

14% a lie (there is no "the real you" but masks all the way down)

31% a lie (anything you do is just another mask but "the real you" is fundamentally unknowable)

9% other/reply

3% results

24 people voted

surprised how low "deliberate product" was and how high "fundamentally unknowable" was (and how willing people were to pick that instead of "there is no")

i think i worded that first one poorly though

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