I think Will Macaskill and I both advocated for the same position and got a lot of likes, so I understand your impression. I was sort of surprised to see the word wheeled out again, especially given I don’t think ‘softcore’ was ever really intended for widespread use in the original post, just to contrast to the (more widely used) word ‘hardcore’.
And fair enough re. hardcore. I don’t have that association at all really (I recognise it, but it’s far from the first example-usage I think of), but I’m not averse to ditching the term or at least using it selectively based on audience if multiple people have that association given this is all a PR/​perception question in the first place.
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I think Will Macaskill and I both advocated for the same position and got a lot of likes, so I understand your impression. I was sort of surprised to see the word wheeled out again, especially given I don’t think ‘softcore’ was ever really intended for widespread use in the original post, just to contrast to the (more widely used) word ‘hardcore’.
And fair enough re. hardcore. I don’t have that association at all really (I recognise it, but it’s far from the first example-usage I think of), but I’m not averse to ditching the term or at least using it selectively based on audience if multiple people have that association given this is all a PR/​perception question in the first place.
So....‘full-time’ it is?