On Having Expectations – Even When Doing Things for Free
People often romanticize “being in community” without realizing that community is formed and sustained through reciprocity — fulfilling mutual obligations to one another — and that this is sometimes inconvenient and taxing! But you can’t receive support without offering it
taco bellex.comWith our millions of patient streams and endless tweets, we’re laboring out of love, but we also expect something in return: we come to see it as crucial that our values be reflected, to the letter, by those we have chosen and feel we can influence.
Kaitlyn Tiffany • Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It
would bend to them. I assumed they had people to impress, parents to please, siblings to rival, rivals to beat. I assumed their true desires were relatable: community, or intimacy, to simply be loved and understood. I knew that building systems, and getting them to work, was its own deep satisfaction—but I assumed everyone wanted more. I was always
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