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I’m getting too old for these capers

@trejean / trejean.tumblr.com

margaret. 29. she/they. jean valjean liker. i follow from @pykraken-archive and post art at @rattsbian

i thought to myself it's only a matter of time before someone tags my post about female characters with a male character and was impressed the post went around so long without it happening and now that it's happened i'm honestly not even upset just confused

There's a subsection of people on Tumblr who seem to be unaware of the concept that it is - or should be - possible to deduce what other things someone might already know, based on what you've verified that they do know. A good rule of thumb is that if they demonstrate that they are aware of some more advanced piece of knowledge, it is safe to assume that they already know the more basic info that you also know and believe to be relevant to the conversation.

Complex knowledge is built on top of simple knowledge. A person who mentions that they've been learning how to ride backwards on a horse probably already knows that you can also ride a horse while facing the same direction as the horse. You do not need to tell them this. A person who seems to be familiar with foraging edible mushrooms probably already knows that there are unsafe and inedible mushrooms. You do not need to tell them this.

Assuming that a person who seems familiar with more advanced knowledge would not be aware of the basics of this field is like assuming that someone who is in the fourth floor of a building has not been to the second floor yet. People will assume that either you are stupid, or that you're assuming they are stupid. People don't like either option, and therefore will not like you.

If it's within your power to stop doing this, by all means you should stop doing this.

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