# having the confidence to be unapologetically oneself though other than superficial empty headed nothing one wonders what the heck such a elf / creature might consist of rather that is than performing pseudo spontaneous acts in public emphasizing performativity over authenticity say stripping down to one's underwear dancing and splashing around in morning city fountains overly intimate public displays of affection tone deaf gestures oblivious to sensible social norms forced andor unfunny attempts at comedy public meltdowns or outbursts general displays of willful ignorance or cloyingly earnest elf expression normalizing validation of attention seeking and maybe therefore decreasing empathy sneaking suspicions arise that one should instead be quietly apologizing to universes for having andor expressing elf in first place yet it too often turns out the most psychotically narcissistic are researchers who brim over with unbridled aggressive finger pointing humiliation repeatedly crying omg cringe a public secret a live streamed witch trial such obnoxiously judgmental anti elf aware awkwardness and smug contempt often overwhelms scene proudly displayed ownership of synthetic collective soul free disgust to cower wince and recoil from such well practiced homogenized mortification the chance to escape forward into refreshing pretentiousness far away from dull unceasing attempts to administer banality antidotes drab judgments and assumptions about the systematically misperceived plastic awkwardness of others in which what's important isn't that one is necessarily incorrect about some minor nothing but rather one acts an arthole about it like online jerks with detestable reaction videos // [[republic of bob contents | imaginary pastime republic of bob]]