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"What do you do?", "had a busy day?" And similar questions are those I dread. I rarely have to meet acquaintances now, thankfully. But even the grocery drivers can ask that. It's friendly, it's conver
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@FibroJedi@gamepad.club I never thought about it before but “what do you do?” Is another symptom of the productivity focus of the modern world.
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💊 # Fibromyalgia Fighter 👨👩👧 Hubby to one, Dad to one ✏️ # Writer of original # fantasy fiction on WorldAnvil. 🖥 Gaming when health allows. 🌐 https://www. worldanvil.com/w/qal-ath-fj-br odie I have a horrendously short attention span and usually live in Survival Mode due to # ChronicPain . Names/Titles: He/Him/FJ # fedi22 # gamingonlinux # gaming # drawing # anxiety # actuallyautistic
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Mar 05, 2026
@bearmine@gamepad.club yeah, when really we should be asking "how are you really?" And, for new people, "who are you?".
What we "do" might be someone's identity, but it's not true for everyone. After all, when you switch jobs it lose one, you still need to know who you are.
But "being known" is a bit scary. So we talk about surface stuff.
IMHO anyway.
I don't use my real name here, but I am the real me. That matters more than "being known for doing something". Again, IMHO.
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