His life was marked by radical self-sufficiency, courage through passivity to fate, and a rational indifference to suffering. Diogenes went barefoot, and folded his tunic so that it could double as bedding. He openly engaged in behaviours that defied social norms, such as masturbating and spitting in public, and even urinating on people.
Diogenes supported himself by begging, which he saw as fair compensation for his role in challenging society's values.
The Athenians reportedly held him in high regard, even replacing his jar when a youth broke it. One day, he famously discarded his drinking cup after watching a boy drink water from the hollow of his hands, saying that he was not aware until that moment that "nature had already provided him with a cup."
He was also known to wander the marketplace by day with a lit lamp, saying "I am looking for a man", that is to say "for a wise man" (sophos).This is sometimes translated as looking for an "honest man", although the term "honest" only appears in modern sources, never in ancient sources.[25]

Well, that's the thing a lot of chronically online peoples don't get. IRL you can ear stuff that is so much worse than here and no one give a ♥♥♥♥. Funnily enough, there is less consequences IRL about what you may say than online. Sadly for online peoples, we just have to close our computer and theyr don't exist for us anymore.

It never was about anonymity and today it's even more the case. The society evolve without political correctness and don't even look back at it.

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No, there are tyrants in power who will have you assassinated or jailed for speaking against the state or saying things they don't like.

Like in the UK you mean ?

There are sentences that I wish I had swallowed in retrospect.

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Yeah, sure, if you want to get prosecuted. Mind you, the surface web isn't anonymous.

Exactly, that's also why it was never about anonymity in reality. The state can already ask your internet provider for your informations if needed. The peoples who are truely anonymous on the internet are a very small elite, not you and me on steam.

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Yeah, sure, if you want to get prosecuted. Mind you, you are 'obviously' not anonymous on Steam (they have your bank deets, your ISP/VPN provider knows your activity, etc).

How much power does that give them over me?

Just use a dog whistle.

It's high enough pitched that the AI moderators can't see it for what it is.

Just to make everyone realise how spied we are by current technologies :

Journalists were able to find dozen of US secret services agents just by watching for smart watches around the offices of such organisations. To spot those going for a run and sharing their performances online. Even these peoples aren't fully anonymous in this day and age, so us ? Nope lol.

My safety is irrelevant as long as the truth lives on in people.

Defending your point is how you get in trouble and why told you should do it.

honestly, I am unable to say anything both intelligent and controversial, I think I can trash talk some not very dirty swears at my best,
I feel limited all the time because of it.

They shouldn't need the anonymity as there shouldn't be people gunning for the heads of those who dare to speak their mind. But unfortunately we as a species haven't gotten past that point yet.

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There are sentences that I wish I had swallowed in retrospect.

On your deathbed you will wish you said more.