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id: 2026-02-27T17:48:43-05:00
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aliases: []
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title: "2026-02-27 17:48:43"
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tags:
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- authorship/original
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- destiny/permanent
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- status/draft
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- type/timestamped
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dg-publish: true
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date-created: 2026-02-27T17:48:43-05:00
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daily: "[[2026-02-27]]"
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weekly: "[[2026-W09]]"
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monthly: "[[2026-02]]"
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quarterly: "[[2026-Q1]]"
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yearly: "[[2026]]"
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---
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# 2026-02-27 17:48:43
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I've meant to ask my peers who read these notes
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how they feel about my using "my peer"
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rather than their names,
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even when my paraphrasing is so specific
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as to leaves no doubt of authorship.
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I'd figured I'd respect their wishes on the matter,
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but thinking about what my reasoning must have been
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(before it became consistency)
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I'll probably keep doing it anyway,
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however I feel I owe them an explanation.
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These peers sound like you, but they are not.
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They are characters of my imagining,
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their actions and beliefs
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subject to the whims of the narrative.
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You'll find that they tend to reinforce my own beliefs
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more often than you would.
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Ambiguous attribution is how I hint that an interaction is embellished
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without harshing the whimsy.
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And another thing:
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The people that I do this for I think aloud with,
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speaking with the understanding that I will say things
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that are ill advised or poorly reasoned.
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I've said before I'd rather not be credited for my ideas,
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not least because ideas are free and I am nothing if not frugal.
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If y'all properly cited me
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on some of the dumb shit I say in implied confidence,
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I'd cry.
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In conclusion:
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You could call it plagiarism, but I'd disagree.
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_Intellectual dishonesty_ I'll grant,
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so long as you agree it's tasteful, or at least fun.
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