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From:

rathercommon

Yeah.

[ Ugh. ]

I have friends. I just wanted to establish trust with you. That's all.

[ Still mostly reassuring herself. ]

$nastygram: (C:\derf)$

From:

nastygram

[For that, Kitty only gets a small "sure, Jan" face.]

Thanks for sharing. Unforch for you, I'm not an info dumper.

From:

rathercommon

[ Another sigh of anger as she tries to release all her embarrassment and self-consciousness purely through the power of vigorous breathing. ]

Not an info dumper meaning you're too paranoid and angry to ever share any information with anyone, yeah?

$nastygram: (C:\net.personality)$

From:

nastygram

[Darlene rolls her eyes.]

I could get tracked through my frickin' blood at any point in the day, hell yes I'm going to be paranoid and pissed off. I think it's allowed.

From:

rathercommon

Sure. That makes a lot of sense.

[ She lifts her eyebrows. ]

You're facing down a government that's basically got unstoppable power over you, so yeah, definitely, be paranoid towards anyone else who might be helpful. I know that when I'm backed into a corner, I always try to thoroughly investigate any potential paths of escape.

$nastygram: (C:\cuspy)$

From:

nastygram

[She fixes Kitty with a serene smile this time. As serene as she ever gets, anyways. It's still pretty pointy at the edges.]

Maybe try proving that you're helpful and not just an irritating bitch who wants to crash my frickin' dates.

From:

rathercommon

Oh, yeah, because you're absolutely the sort of person who respects people when they're meek and quiet and helpful.

$nastygram: (C:\jrst)$

From:

nastygram

I'm sorry I didn't get on my knees and suck your dick when you made vague allusions to knowing stuff.

[She doesn't sound sorry.]

I want answers. If you want to give me answers, real answers, and real info, not just shit I can find reading the fuckton backlog of network data--cool. If you want to tell me stories about how great you were before you took a permanent vacay, I am going to tell you to fuck off. And if you want respect, get out your phone and text your boyfriends.

From:

rathercommon

Except that I don't keep secrets. When I have real answers, I put them up on the network so everyone can see them, so that everyone knows a bit more about what's going on.

Which doesn't mean I haven't got value. People are more than just sources of information for your consumption, you know. Unless you're some capitalist exploiter who only sees other people as a collection of things they can do for you.

$nastygram: (C:\misbug)$

From:

nastygram

[Darlene flicks her cigarette out into the center of the path, exhales the last of her smoke.]

Didn't your dumb ass get kidnapped?

From:

rathercommon

[ Her eyes narrow. ]

What's that got to do with anything?

$nastygram: (C:\machoflops)$

From:

nastygram

[She folds her arms over her chest, hip cocked.]

Why'd you get kidnapped?

From:

rathercommon

[ More emphatically, enunciating clearly: ]

What's. That got. To do with anything.

$nastygram: (C:\dontdothatthen)$

From:

nastygram

[Oh my god. Darlene rolls her eyes.]

Because that's the kind of shit that your super public face-of-the-revolution info-for-all will get you. Kidnapped. I love free info. Love. It. And I think everybody's got a right to know what the hell goes out in all those backrooms, same as you do, I bet. And I will gladly risk a fuck of a lot to get that info, and show it to everyone, but I'm not stupid enough to think that the best way to do it is to staple a nametag to my boob and tell everyone my life story.

What exactly does that get you that anonymity doesn't?

From:

rathercommon

First, that's some fine victim-blaming, isn't it.

[ She tosses her head and sniffs in disapproval. ]

And what it gets me is that it means I serve as some example to others. If I stay anonymous, then I can get my information out, yeah. Sure. But if I do things publicly, and if I'm brave, then maybe other people will see that they can be brave too. Which, yeah, ha ha, what a joke that I'm so arrogant that I think I can be a model for people, got it without you having to say anything about it, but maybe if people see even someone like me being unashamed of where she comes from and being brave and standing up for what's right then maybe they'll do that too.

$nastygram: (C:\gilley)$

From:

nastygram

[Darlene laughs, nastily.]

Wow. How fucking vain are you?

From:

rathercommon

[ She purses her lips. Flatly: ]

Incredibly vain. Astonishingly vain. And yet you pointing that out isn't actually shooting down any of what I said. You're just insulting me.

$nastygram: (C:\BFI)$

From:

nastygram

No, bitch, I'm serious. People don't need a hero. They don't need a face to look at. That's you. You want to stand for something. You want people to look up to you and think what a great goddamn job you're doing.

[She laughs, again, just as nasty.]

I mean, fuck. You wanna be a role model so bad, why don't you get a TV show, you narcissist? It'll be easier. People can get together in big groups and worship you, just eat your shit right up. I guess you lose the philanthropic edge that you're jerking off to so hard, but whatever.

You know what matters? Doing shit. People can get just as inspired by someone--some thing--they never fucking see. People need results. Not leaders, because leaders always turn out to be a piece of shit. And I will stay anon for fucking ever because that is the way to get shit done. No one schlicking to your face. No one falling over themselves because you are so great. We should be done with greatness. It is meaningless.

From:

rathercommon

Shit. Complete shit.

[ She dismisses this line of thinking with a wave of her hand. ]

People, anonymous, people when they're not seen, people when they're hidden - you know what they do? They say nasty shit about one another. They rob each other. You know that - I'm sure you've been to those parts of the internet, haven't you? People have been programmed to think that when they're hidden, that's when they're really free, and they've been programmed to think that the truest expression of freedom is being incredibly shitty to one another. Honestly, tell me honestly - how many people are there who are like you? [ She jerks her chin at Darlene. ] Everyone in your world can go anonymous, right? Everyone's got the internet? How many people use that power to be good and speak truth to power, and how many of them use that to say shit that's - racist and misogynist and heinous? Rough numbers.

$nastygram: (C:\FOO?)$

From:

nastygram

Oh my god, okay--

[Darlene takes a step back like she's been thrown off-balance, and presses her fingertips under her eyes for a sec, like she's warding off a headache.]

--Okay, you are way off. I don't give a shit about tearing down the patriarchy or keeping the internet all safe and-- Jesus.

I want to tear it all down. That's what I'm into.

Edited (less questions more certainty suck it) Date: 2016-09-21 09:34 pm (UTC)

From:

rathercommon

[ She shakes her head. ]

Right. Because the system is corrupt and wicked. Right? Because it's so far gone that it's beyond all attempts at reform. So it's got to be torn down completely. Beyond redemption.