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Lightcone is so *outraged* at the Guardian article that they have started a prediction market about it in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 8 points 5 months ago

Aren't prediction markets an attempt to turn insider trading into a productive part of society (or whatever the libertarians who love prediction markets conceptualize as society.)

In Case You Had Any Doubts About Manifest Being Full Of Racists in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

after party at Curtis Yarvin's house

One sentence horror story.

In fact, didn't they make this movie, "Get Out" right?

Effective Altruists: look, we *tried* to invite nice people as well as the huge racists we knew were huge racists when we invited them. What? Exclude the racists? But they're so *interesting!* in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 30 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Why Do I Hate Pronouns More Than Genocide?

I had to google this but it's real.

Effective Altruists: look, we *tried* to invite nice people as well as the huge racists we knew were huge racists when we invited them. What? Exclude the racists? But they're so *interesting!* in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Fails to list SlateScott as a controversial guest.

Also, did he just use a bang path to refer to a racist dude's Twitter persona? Seeing old school lore adopted by these mutants gives me heartburn.

Oh, and that bit at the end disclaiming it as an EA event despite it clearly being an EA event is classic "decoupler" (or, if you like, responsibility avoider.)