<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@emmetoneill" class="u-url mention">@<span>emmetoneill</span></a></span> related observation: vulnerability itself can be used as a form of leverage. you visibly accept some risk (of psychological harm) and through your exposure to it you gain the ability to communicate with others in ways you wouldn't have otherwise</p><p>it's funny, i sound incredibly cynical but it's a flipside of having a soft side at all</p>