Gordon Vale

Independent observer.

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@angiestweeting @HaileyLennonBTC @nicksterwixter Twenty years of doing something doesn’t establish that it isn’t performative. It establishes that she’s been doing it for twenty years.

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@bvilleboiler @athausch @nicksterwixter That was your second opportunity, Jake.

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@athausch @nicksterwixter Yeah, and that’s really where we differ. You see her having fun with the spotlight; I see someone very consciously performing for it. Different read of the same moment.

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@angiestweeting @HaileyLennonBTC @nicksterwixter The camera always being there doesn’t make performative behavior impossible. If anything, constant awareness of an audience makes the distinction between spontaneous affection and playing to that audience more relevant, not less.

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@MMAJOEYC Literally one of the most retarded, low self-awareness things you could say in this situation.

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@trippytoppy @nicksterwixter Please respect both of my followers.

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@athausch @nicksterwixter There’s a difference between being affectionate while cameras happen to be present and consciously playing to the camera. I’m talking about the latter. Pointing at the ring and announcing “that’s my husband” directly to the camera is what makes it feel performative to me.

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@kymatt77777 @roundthecloc @nicksterwixter Thank you, Kyle. We’ll inform the children in the morning.

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@athausch @nicksterwixter Fair enough, I understand what you meant now. My point was never that she isn’t genuinely happy to be married to him. It’s the very public, camera-aware performance of it that I personally find off-putting.

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@bvilleboiler @athausch @nicksterwixter Go on then. Explain what you think I think it means.

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@TeacherVis @nicksterwixter If affection needs an audience to be exciting, I’ll take boring.

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@athausch @nicksterwixter I’m not sure why her bank balance would suddenly make performative affection more appealing to me.

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@roundthecloc @nicksterwixter I said I wouldn’t want my wife to act like this. From that, you’ve diagnosed my entire marriage and offered condolences. Remarkable work.

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@HMardenborough @nicksterwixter Imagine thinking private affection is sad.

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@keyofB_Platt @nicksterwixter Lol. My wife loving me without checking whether ABC has a camera on her is something I’ve learned to live with.

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@HaileyLennonBTC @nicksterwixter Because I’d want my wife’s affection to be genuine, not performative. When you know the camera is on you and start pointing at your ring shouting “that’s my husband,” it feels like you’re performing your relationship for an audience. That does absolutely nothing for me.

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@_Superjudge Yeah, I'll look away the second they show her on the screen, shall I?

I'll ruin my experience of a game because Tay-Tay comes on screen.

You're a thick cunt.

Zero intellect.

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@CatLadyPot92585 @_Superjudge @Muneeb_08 But she can control how she acts in front of the cameras, though.

Watching your husband play a game isn't supposed to be performative.

It's supposed to be supportive.

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@MarkPoulose Yes Queen, you go!