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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Taking over for Gerard this time. Special thanks to him for starting this.)
What our good friend Eliezer makes of it
Oscar Wildeās job is in no danger
Apparently āemotionally matureā means āblushing schoolgirlā
Following āgownedā so closely with ādressā is awkward, because the latter is redundant. Consider, e.g., āShe is gowned in black, the fabric sewn withā¦ā Using both āgownedā and āgownā in the same sentence compounds the problem. Consider introducing further information about the fabric: e.g., āthe darkness of the velvetā or āthe darkness of the silkā.
Whoof. Made it through the first sentence.
first thought: āshe is gowned in old jeans and a Debian t-shirtā
Impressive how someone can be so bad at writing after writing so, so much.
guy chooses never to take in feedback or think about how to git gud at writing so every time he spurts out more sludge itās just more infinite degrees of fractal bad.
Why the fuck is it in bad script form? MAN: WOMAN: MAN: WOMAN: just fucking name them! Thereās like ten names in the text, just fucking do it, you shit!
FWIW the only way to read yudkowskian dialogue is to imagine yud as each character wearing a different wig for that character. No distinctions in voice though, none are apparent in the text.
ah good point. He reads āmature and excellent at communicationā as a self-description. After that, thereās absolutely no way he can resist writing himself into both characters.
The man is a hollow shell, and the woman is tripping over her own tongue in the least regal fashion imaginable. Thereās no emotional maturity because thereās no interiority. Thereās no communication, just Yud doing Ready Player One with Nerd Cultureā¢ references. Remember the Evil Overlord list? You do, donāt you? Wasnāt the Evil Overlord list funny? Now imagine if an Evil Overlord had, wait for it, read the Evil Overlord list. Wouldnāt that be amazing?
(Yes, he did the same damn thing in HPMOR, too.)
all of his works are socrappy dialogues (crappy socratic dialogues). This one is an unsubtle exploration of his BDSM fetish
yud, 15-year top of score chart of expert beginners
(e: s/p,/d,/ stupid phone)
Nice try, but youāre going to have to work a lot harder if you want to trick me into clicking on that. I lived through browsing peak Slashdot at -1, you know
Next time Gadget, next time!
Ha! My Lemmy client is having trouble following that link! Safe again.
Also, shit writing prompt. I havenāt seen a writing prompt online that I didnāt hate. āHey wouldnāt it be neat if someone wrote about this premise???ā
Writing prompt: Day one at the dildo factory
shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up
Writing Prompts:
OK OK you have a point, I hate all of these and I wrote them.
comp.basilisk FAQ
when I think about it more, what I donāt like is how insistent WPs are. Like whatās being communicated to me is āhey this is a good story idea, now you write it so you can prove my point!!!ā You arenāt my editor, pal!
Yeah, itās a lot easier to think of a potentially interesting premise than it is to sit down and actually write it out. Also if Iām gonna write something itāll be something I think is interesting rather than a prompt.
ā¢ Diligent application of Bayesian reasoning finally gains you the ability to fly, propelled by your own farts
wouldāve thought thatās more a hot air balloon situation
bullet 4 is almost the plot of the film In Time (2011)
āYarrgh. Another crew of bushy tails, more wet behind the ears than 'tween the legs. Youāve no idea whatās in store for you, but these eyes, these old eyes have seen things. Like the great injector malfunction of aught-sixā¦ā
Dragon whats?