I was content to damn them with faint praise and save everyone the hassle. EY is a reasonably good writer who repackaged a lot of good ideas (Kahneman et al) and came up with a lot of less impressive original ideas (all the parts you’ve highlighted, many more). His most enjoyable work was fiction.

I can’t speak for others but I’ve come to see the Less Wrong / hardline rationalist crowd as having had some interesting ideas despite the Sam Bankman Fried of it all. Rationalwiki can be rather snarky, but can be a good resource.

It’s really that bad

There’s an argument to be made for both Repulsor and Favourable Beginnings.

Sup dood

Some bots do more hardcore living in one comment chain than I do in six months

Imagine if Vivaldi became a right wing meth addict internet troll; variations on a theme

OP said “what if the present was meta”

Sorry someone had a mental breakdown on your post

I’ve never been impressed with my fellow Americans who talk shit on the French. We have mostly let go of our revolutionary spirit, and they never did. We would do well to pick up where we left off at Blair mountain.

The fact that this didn’t result in a revolution ended my hopes for the country

Russian state media said some worthless shit? Must be a slow news day

I’m a basic little shit so, I basically use a correct horse + number password for my PW manager

Rainbow tables and presumably newer stuff I haven’t heard of make this sort of thing weaker than it used to be

That’s the neat part, you don’t!

I deadname corporations run by transphobes

This is just my personal version of “death of the artist”. You have to separate the art from the artist, but that doesn’t mean we give them a free pass imo

That’s funny shit though, if you talk about how HP Sauce named his cat a hard R slur, that’s just good small talk.

I’m only fighting you on this because I like to acknowledge the darker side of our cultural touchstones. For example I still listen to Thriller, but I never forget MJ might have fucked those kids. I mean, come on. It’s a bop.

Why do you presuppose it has become normal? Have you seen this often? It’s the first time I’ve seen it myself, and I am genuinely browsing memes too often for my health.

Nice to have a tin ear sometimes