Bio

Good evening, how did you get here? Have some kind of Google magic brought you to one of the articles? Were you interested in me and found a link in one of my profiles? Regardless, feel free to take a seat, otherwise the door is right there.
I am Amonimus (not Anonimus), I'm a full-stack developer from Russia with ADHD who does critical analysis of storytelling as a hobby, as well as some coding projects I'll never finish. Since I can't track own age, just subtract May 1997 from the date. Can be quite cynical and arrogant, but I would like to get along with as many people as possible.

Activities

My daily life is usually composed of:

• Working. As of this writing I'm working as a Django sysadmin and have built a few voicemail, user management, workflow automation and notification systems from scratch.
• Going on a trip with YouTube, watching science essays and playthroughs for no reason in particular.
• Having sessions of going through anime and manga, occasionally other media. First for the feels on what is popular, then to break down why authors write what they write.
• Experimenting with content creation.
• Being sad about reality.
• Sleeping, both during day and night whenever possible.

I like to think of myself as a pro-programmer since I can come up with ways to automate most things in Python and HTML, and using methods that are considered obscure. As much as I want to publish own software, I drop it the moment I see that I "can" but "don't have time" for it. I'm trying to get into gamedev and original writing, but they have been quite a challenge.

Personality

Is of the opinion that rational logic should be above everything. Don't let preconceptions with no evidence to cloud your reasoning. Everything deserves a fair chance.
Am above good and evil and practicing some moral relativism, using one mentality or the other depending on the situation. Which usually falls back to being nice to people.
I find all puns funny with little exception, and am a regular memes consumer.
Am sarcasm-blind. It's already hard to tell in a chat, but if someone doesn't mean what they say then they are just an asshole.
I hate small talk. Or talking in general. Using voice is quite energy-draining and I would prefer people wouldn't take my time unless it's important.
Prefer winter since there are less insects and I can't stand the sun. Slippery streets and snowbanks are the worst, though.
I like when people validate me, but don't actively seek it. It is the greatest joy to think you did something of value to someone, even if you've never met them.
Quite a misanthrope. As much as I'm fascinated by human civilization, history shows that we just don't learn from mistakes and jump into mutual destruction whenever we can. Being optimist is good, but, I have little reason to.
Craves friendship. Just talking to someone even if their stance differs makes life a lot less monochrome.

Public ethics

Prejudice is a form of corruption. Any action or assumption against a person made based on race, nationality, gender, religion, etc, is a peak of stupidity.
Respect and politeness is earned, not expected by default. Every new relationship should be starting from a neutral point. If you ask to be treated with higher regard for one reason or the other, you surely don't deserve it. Having unfortunate circumstances can grant you sympathy, not privileges.
Swearing is corruption of language, but it has uses in comedy. It hurts hearing swearing in most circumstances.
Since alcohol is poisonous, I'd rather drink an actual poison instead of a beverage that will slowly hurt me from the inside. Ditto with smoking. Both should be banned for the sake of public health, since people who use them hurt others by their mere presence.

Political stance

I identify myself more with libertarian meritocracy. I'm of strong belief that individuality and diversity of thought is humanity's greatest value and should be enriched instead of controlled. While humans are born unequal, the better society is the one that allows anyone to become anyone who they want to be, to the best of their capability. Still, I don't like thinking that compassion is universal, those who contribute less, for the sake of fairness, also deserve less.
My preferred form of government is the one that truly is "for the people, by the people". If someone is pushing laws nobody asked for, it means the social integrity is lost. So many nations are ruined by rich conservatives, it feels like the end of the world.
While I'm always for keeping an open mind and hate generalization, I have yet to find a single right-winger who isn't a dangerous bigot, but my experience with this is based more on news reports and not like I've talked to any of them in-depth.
On the other hand, some things the left-wing say equally annoy me. A lot of groups subvert democracy by falling into a mob mentality, and force values that sound ethical on paper but not when everyone are requested to follow them indiscriminately.
Of the belief that rehabilitation is more productive than imprisonment. Still, I'm in support of a death penalty for those who show no signs of improvement since they are a consistent threat.
Think free speech is a privilege, not a right. You are free to express your different opinion. If you're being an asshole or promote violence, silencing you is only fair.

Sexuality

I've used to think I'm asexual, but I had to admit that I'm just bisexual with sex aversion. I like when people get intimate with anyone they want and would like someone like that in my life as well, but I'm of a strong belief that sex conceptually poisons minds and should be restricted to childbirth. There are many ways to snuggle without turning into animals.
Am gender-blind since the concept of gender has lost all meaning. If we don't treat people differently based on physiology (and we really shouldn't), and people don't strictly follow masculine-feminine scale, then gender is a deprecated concept and we should treat each other as agender.
Porn is just a form of art, but I don't like seeing it. Since drawn people aren't real, I really couldn't care less about what fetishes people are into it, as long as it stays in private and I don't hear about it.
I really don't understand why nudism is a taboo. If people are comfortable with not covering anything, good for them. If people walked nude on the streets, I wouldn't get what's shameful about it, since I don't judge people by appearance.

Faith

I am what is called "Soft Atheist", someone who doesn't believe in the supernatural but wouldn't reject the possibility of it. This comes from a few rational reasons:

1. Religious texts have human sources and motives if you simply look them up. It's hard to respect them when the history tells they were primarily created as a political tool to devalue minority tribes and foreigners.
2. All phenomena attributed to the paranormal have been disproven by scientific method as a matter of course or had insufficient documentation.
3. Religious belief turns you into a contrarian who passes moral judgment based on your personal preference instead of objective actions or actual divine providence. If a divine figure hasn't talked to you in person, it's absurd to thing your interests align.
4. The afterlife or divine realms reside outside the scope of human knowledge. Since we still have no information from there, it's useless to base our lifestyles with it in mind. As of now, there's no reason to doubt that the personhood is irreversibly destroyed upon brain damage.
5. Churches show systematic corruption and are overall unnecessary in life.

Above all else I despise organized religion, because their purpose is brainwashing people into a common cause instead of providing helpful service. Especially for convincing people into thinking their services are helpful until they can't live without them, instead of doing it the other way around and providing guidance on topics that can't be resolved with traditional psychology. So I strongly believe that religions should be reduced to communities that provide spiritual framework, but what people should believe in and how they practice it should be individual, personalized, and constructed from multiple sources, whichever makes more sense to a person.
Still, spiritual concepts are technically not impossible. If I see some supernatural phenomena, I'll gladly adjust my values accordingly. And spiritualism in general is both romantic in terms of speculation about metaphysics, and provides a useful framework to base ethics and mental health practices on. I often think about all forms of the afterlife and what could await me, just in case.

Health

Asthmatic and slightly overweight, I can't breathe if I run for just a minute. I want to get more exercise, but I just can't bother.
Ironically for being attention-deficit hyperactive, I'm obsessively compulsive at the same time. If I come up with something of interest, I'll hyperfocus on that immediately, everything else be damned.
Am having a chronic memory loss. If something hasn't given me a lasting impression, it's gone the moment I don't focus on it. This has always given me trouble since I not only sometimes don't understand what am I doing, I need a consistent external reminder to take notes.
Potentially clinically depressed. Without active stimuli I passively fall into self-hatred and disgust over any thing, and self-harm is something I have to regularly rationalize against. This is not something that is solved by a good day or a helpful advice, so there's nothing someone can do about it. Aside of that, a good therapy is expensive and is also not a thing where I live. This is something I have to deal with on my own because talking about it with anyone will get me locked up faster than anyone can provide something useful.
I tend to build up anger inside, because the last thing I want is my temper giving anyone an impression. It heals quickly, but sometimes I do need to lash out in private. Am having poor nerves and any source of irritation can push me into a panic attack. A round pencil falling off a table with no consequences can me spiral into a loop of self-loathing because naturally it shouldn't have fallen.

Diet

Not a picky eater. I was made eat whatever is on a table, so I can take anything. Sweets and meat would make me feel better, though.
Any food is better with extra salt and ketchup.
Prefer raw vegetables and salads. Cooking vegetables should be a crime.
Can't stand seafood, except for sushi and dried squid.

Unsorted quirks

1. I can't draw or write or even focus on one task to save my life.
2. Listening to same energetic music over and over in the lack of better things to do and have a giant collection.
3. Avoiding fandoms since they tend to grow out of control and devolve into groupthink.
4. My dreams are my kingdom I don't want to wake up. They feel like a drug no matter what happens, and what happens differs every time.

Biography

Was raised in a village by grandma with brother and sister, who I always consider as best companions. Mother has never visited me outside of paperwork. I can still call her any time, but I hardly consider her family. The sister was nature-loving and the brother was gaming-loving, so it has heavily affected my development. This was a time where I was really spoiled and knew nothing of the world at large.
At the age of about 6, I was given to father's family and has moved to the city. Father was quite internet-savvy, so I've learned a lot from him. Still, I was living under regular proof that everything that was gifted is borrowed, and I'll have to deal with my country's bureaucracy sooner or later.
The first school wasn't a particularly good experience. At the age of 9 I got transferred, and it was fairly similar. Fairy early I've started to notice that I'm smarter than other kids, while the faculty is mainly concerned about the budget. This has caused me to grow antisocial and skeptical. The stress from homework, even if I excel in it, eventually drove me to self-hatred and barely clinging on life.
At some point I've got some kind of epiphany that my worries don't really matter. The world is a bad place, so may as well make the best out of it while I can. And the entire time I was fixated to fiction since it's more interesting than IRL politics trying to end me in every way they can. I've managed to graduate despite teachers don't doing much for me, have managed to avoid military service by some luck, have managed to graduate to a Master of IT in Management, and landed in a job that requires developing auto-answering machines, web interfaces, chat bots, and practical scripts.
I've used to be a regular and then a moderator of a Terraria fansite before it was sold off. I'm an admin of Markiplier Wiki, though as much as I want t finish it, it grew out of interest. Currently I'm a known editor at TV Tropes.
I think my life is stable now. I have a fight-kiss relationship with my family which I can't complain enough, but I'm not in a position to ask for everything else. On top of helping others as part of my responsibilities, I've always wanted to provide something of interest to others just out of courtesy. I just need motivation and determination in content creation.
And the adventure continues...

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