missed that at the time, but you'd think scoot would have an easy time finding a contact at a major publication like the NYT...
froztbyte
joined 2 years ago
This is extremely confusing from the outside
understandable! and it's messy in the weeds, because the loons have been talking about and doing absolutely crazy shit for a long time
And I don’t know where does this Lemmy community fit into all of this.
so, before I answer, I'll tell you upfront that you'll probably hate what you learn. that said, see the sidebar for some links and descriptions
the community (techtakes, sneerclub) can be loosely described as a collective of people who've, for some reason or another, found themselves caring- /having to care about/encountering/etc one or more of the loons in the subject groups, and then needing a place to vent about it
partly this is because these loons are extremely influential in tech and related spheres, and have been becoming ever more so in recent political pushes in the US. much of yarvin's thought is directly influencing current US government policy, and all the harms that is causing people. the current stock market bonfire? yeah, these fucking guys.
Sounds good - being rational is obviously a good thing
there's a difference between "being rational" and capital-R Rationalism (which is what's involved from yud/lesswrong/etc)
nice reads about rational thought
on paper, that's the pitch. in practice, it's cult shit. it's also self-reinforced for years against any actual expertise - all the fuckers in this scene don't want to learn from anyone "outside", and they do an extreme amount of mental gymnastics to justify their various beliefs (which frequently include scientific racism, eugenics, etc)
if you listen to podcasts, Behind The Bastards has featured episodes of (Curtis) Yarvin in the last 2y, as well as another (very recently) on Ziz. all these go into a fair amount of detail about these people. but, again, warning: you will hate what you learn.
every time I read these posters it's in that type of the Everyman characters in the discworld that say some utter lunatic shit and follow it up with "it's just [logical/natural/obvious/...]"
pray forgive, fair poster, for the shame I have cast upon myself in the action of doubting the Most Serious Article so affine to yourself - clearly a person of taste and wit, and I deserve the ire and muck resultant
wait... wait, no, sorry! got those the wrong way around. happens all the time - guess I tried too hard to think like you.
nothx, I can find better fiction on ao3
"thought process" lol.
yeah I've found reasonable success with 1Blocker (and its local VPN proxy thingy, which I happen to have lifetime because early customer), but also
- iOS-Fx does not get the same treatment as Safari does, and it's fucking whacky
- a lot of sites are aggressively shitty about pushing a particular form of non-blockable/less-blockable on for mobile UAs
- fuck apple so much for driving this shit
I just typed it into my post box
dingdingding! the infocasino was called a "tool" again! everyone to have a shot!
wow, a whole domain and interface for the thing they continually fail to make people use (you can tell based on how desperately and constantly they shove it to the top of results)
you must feel so special! one of their 13 users, getting a custom ui for the turd you love. how rare
check the asian markets too