Evinceo

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[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago (5 children)

fair share of doomsday rats have sneaked in trying to co-opt the movement

There's a group called "Pause AI" that is exactly this, EA funded (iirc) org trying to astroturf artists against AIart.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Setting up email and actually getting into people's mailbox isn't trivial.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago

It's rdrama, they're in another league of weird. Fun fact: TheMotte is using a fork of rdrama's code.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 17 points 4 months ago

they [nrx and LW] clearly are completely different groups who only party and fuck around together

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or at least not provably not insane.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 12 points 4 months ago

The article on GamerGate is also awesome, but my favorite part is probably that it contains the very best article about Trump you're ever going to read.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 14 points 4 months ago

Especially since he posted on TheMotte that the connection between NRX and LW was quote 'fabricated.'

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 19 points 4 months ago

fabricating ties between LessWrong and neoreaction

Lmao

I knew the yarvin afterparty fact would come in handy later

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why did evolution give most males so much testosterone instead of making low-T nerds

Dude needs to crack open a biology textbook and read up on the rest of the animal kingdom. The Winestein-ian attempts to explain every facet of human behavior and physiology in terms of it helping humans survive is just dead wrong.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago

Maybe the difference is that Rhysider is doing journalism and Zitron is much more soapboxing. I'm hoping he gets the rants out of his system early (or maybe confines them to his blog where they're more than welcome) if he's going to continue doing interviews, because there are moments where he injects his own opinion after a guest answers and it's a bit awkward. His interview with the Onion guy was great, but his interview with the SEO wizard was kinda painful at times, even though she had really interesting things to say.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Rhysider's editorial comments come off a bit naieve and even a bit childish at times. His good attitude is sort of infectious though.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

His initial premise is so damned stupid that there's probably nothing to salvage so I'm not reading it. He gives zero credence to the idea that whatever metric he grabbed for men should be a linear correlation to IQ might... not be? Then ploughs on with an explanation that allows him to do Trans discourse. Fuck off with that.

Here's an alternate theory: you only know about out trans folks. Trans folks will only come out if they think they're likely to not be beaten to death. Therefore you will see more trans folks at IT jobs and fewer at construction sites, because IT workers sit in chairs all day and many couldn't beat someone to death even if they tried. Plus having lots of money helps insulate you from the risk of ending up living on the fucking street. Seriously if this guy just thought about it for like ten seconds he'd realize his data was skewed.

Also, anyone who's ever experienced being a teenage boy probably understands exactly how dumb Testosterone makes you firsthand, complete with specific stories.

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